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Surnames: Cofer, Moore
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JSJ.2ACIB/70
Message Board Post:
After the death of Reuben Cofer on 12 Aug. 1853. F. Rand writes from Owingsville, Kentucky
that Jane Coffer, widow of Reuben Coffer, requests a copy of her
husband's pension declaration.
12 Sept. 1853. Bath Co., Kentucky. Gincey (X) Coffer of
said county, aged 72, declares she is widow of Reuben Coffer. She
was married 24 Feb. 1826 and her husband died 28 Oct. 1840, and
she is still his widow.
10 Oct. 1853. Bath Co., Kentucky. James Suddeth
declares Gincy Coffer is widow of Reuben Coffer.
Does anyone know who Jane was? Did he have two wives or was Jane a first wife? If he divorced her she might have thought she still deserved his pension. I have been led to believe that my Mary Cofer who married Reuben P. Moore was the daughter of Reuben and Jane Cofer. Mary was born about 1804 in Bath Co., KY. Gincy didn't marry Reuben until 1826. Reuben would have been around 66 years old by then.
Thanks.