In 1862 he joined the 26th North Carolina Infantry and later transferred to the 58th N. C. regiment. He served until the end of the Civil War and was present at the surrender of Gen. Johnston's army at Greensboro in April of 1865.
After the war he was a merchant by trade in Boone and in Zionville. He and his brother Thomas Jefferson Coffey built the Coffey Hotel in 1869 in Boone. He married Carrie L. Curtis and after Carrie's death he married Mrs. Ada Penn.
In 1862 he joined the 26th North Carolina Infantry and later transferred to the 58th N. C. regiment. He served until the end of the Civil War and was present at the surrender of Gen. Johnston's army at Greensboro in April of 1865.
After the war he was a merchant by trade in Boone and in Zionville. He and his brother Thomas Jefferson Coffey built the Coffey Hotel in 1869 in Boone. He married Carrie L. Curtis and after Carrie's death he married Mrs. Ada Penn.
Family Members
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CPT Thomas Jefferson Caffey
1828–1901
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Charles Lewis Coffey
1830–1916
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Sarah Amelia Coffey Steele
1830–1901
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John B. Coffey
1834–1835
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Mary L. Coffey Nelson
1836–1863
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Margaret E. Coffey
1837–1873
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Frances Caroline "Carrie" Coffey Farthing
1839–1922
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Martha Elizabeth Coffey
1840–1927
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Sgt Henry Clay Coffey
1841–1906
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Pvt James F. Coffey
1845–1862
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Rachel Minerva Coffey Coffey
1850–1910
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Julia Jane "Jennie" Coffey
1852–1954
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Laura Louise Coffey
1853–1857
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