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Tim, thank you so much for sharing these! I printed them all out to save.
Martha
In a message dated 4/19/2003 7:18:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tstowell(a)chattanooga.net writes:
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> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/Holiday/easter/
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> Please feel free to use these as you wish:
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> Most are postmarked 1911 except for:
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> greeting - 1912
> remember - 1915
> rabbit - 191?
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> Tim
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Tim,
Thanks for posting the Easter postcards. I copied some of them on my
color printer. I remember my grandmother having a scrapbook of
similar postcards when I was a child--unfortunately, I wasn't the
recipient of her scrapbook.
Marlene
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/Holiday/easter/
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>Please feel free to use these as you wish:
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>Most are postmarked 1911 except for:
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>greeting - 1912
>remember - 1915
>rabbit - 191?
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>Tim
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Dear Carole & Jack,
Thankyou so much for the responses. I transcribed my Thomas's Obituary
for you.....
Transcribed by thomas's gr gr grandaughter Donna Lucille Williams Rogers
in honor of his gr grandaughter Roberta Bernice Kline Shinn
for her kindness in sharing family data from our family bible
The Ha?????( i assume it is the harper something newspaper)
December 24th, 1935 ( date handwritten)
volume XXXI
Thomas Coffey
Died on Monday,
Funeral today
Military Burial by American
Legion for aged and respected
civil war veteran
Thomas Coffey, one of Buffalo's
most highly respected citizens
and one of the very few remaining
Civil war veterans, died at his home
in buffalo at about 4:30 Monday
afternoon at the ripe age of 90 years
? months and 2 days. He had been
????ing for about 3 weeks, following
a paralytic stroke, from which he failed
to rally because of his age. Funeral
were held this (Thursday) afternoon
at 2:30 conducted at the Baptist church
by Rev. J.W. Chapman, former paster
and an old friend who came from
woodward for the ?????. Burial was
in high point cemetary with the Evans
Mortuary in charge. All business
places were closed during the services.
Thomas Coffey was born near
?????ington, Kentucky, April 21, 1845,
and died December 23, 1935 He was
Married to Mary Ann Wilford on
January 23, 1866, almost 70 years ago,
and to this union 6 children were born.
Three of whom, George W, Leonard B,
and Jean Adel, preceded him in death.
Survivng are his Wife faithfull companion
for almost 70 years, 2 sons and one
daughter, Charles A of Brewster, Kan.,
Frank M of Lincoln nebr. and Mrs Edna
Eilerts of Selman.
When a small boy he moved with his
parents to Iowa, where he enlisted in
the twenty- fourth Iowa infantry on
August 18, 1861, just after the outbreak
of the civil war. During the entire duration
of that great struggle, he served in the
Union Army with distinction, and at the
close of the war was given an honerable
discharge. He served under General Grant
until the fall of Vicksburg, served in Louisiana
under general Banks. went thru the shanandoah
campaign with General Sheridan, and was in
Shermans command at the close of the war.
He came to Harper county in 190?, settling
with his family on a homestead close to
charleston, some 10 or 12 miles east of
Buffalo where he and his wife resided
until 1918. In that year they moved
from the farm into Buffalo and have
since made their home here. No resident
of Harper county was more generally
respected and liked than Tom Coffey,
whose life from the beginning was
distinguished by faithful service to
his country, His community, His
friends and his home.
His funeral today was under direction
of selman post no. 246 of the American
legion , and he was buried with full
Military honors. He belonged for many
years to the G. A. R. , but the ranks of
that body have grown thinner year by
year and lately he could find no Grand
Army post in..........
( the obituary stops here , though there is
obviously more)
a scanned copy of his obit is available upon request
I also have his civil war photo of thomas, and photos of Thomas and his wife
aged. I dont know the rules about sending attachments ect, but can send if
you would like.
what i can gather from the data i recieved from the mitchell co historical
society is.. Thomas Coffey was born near covington ky, Iknow he died in
buffalo Oklahoma ( he moved there in about 1904.
family folklore is that he lived on a plantation in ky as a child with
his parents Elbert and Mary. Mary was against slavery and left her husband
taking only Thomas with her. Mary became a help person for the slaves
assisting in underground railroads. Thomas was told that the plantation
burned down and his father was dead along with his siblings. ( if this is so
it could be Mary just wanted to close the idea of returning to home in her
sons mind) the above is the story that has been handed down. My 2 aunts
firmly believe it too, but i say it is only 80 % probable.
I have never been able to find a name of this plantation, Nor have I found
proof of the life of Mary and Elbert.
One thing that rang bells in my head Jack, was that you have a lewis
elbert coffey.
well, Leonard B coffey ( son of thomas and Mary Ann) moved to california
from buffalo OK. after the stockmarket crashed. The 1930 census has him
living in Madera calif along with his wife lucille, and his married daughter
(my grandma) bernice pippin and her baby eugene pippin age 1 . the wierd
thing is that leonard is listed as Louis B coffey. dodging bill collectors?
that was a wierd discovery for sure. and you say you have a Lewis E (possibly
elbert). I really dont know the exact reason Leonard changed his first name
for the 1930 census, but it makes sense if he was going to do so, that he
would use a grandfathers name.
Back to Thomas he was born near covington KY, he entered the civil war as
a union soldier in Iowa, he lived in Kansas for many years, he then moved to
woodward co Oklahoma, he then moved to harper co oklahoma where he died quite
old and very well respected. I sure do hope this makes sense again thankyou
for responding. God bless you Donna L Rogers
Donna,
I didn't mean to give the impression that this was part of my family. I was providing miscellaneous info to you from my files with the hope that it might be of some aid in your search. I did re-check my files for Iowa, but did not find any of the names you provided.
But, you mentioned having a Louis Coffey in CA in the 1930 census. I too had a Louis E. CoffEE in the 1930 Los Angeles Co., CA census. In that year he was living alone, and reported that he was a widower. In fact, his wife, Belle Nichols had divorced him, and remarried. Later, when he died, Belle and their two sons claimed his body, and had him buried in the family plot of her new husband, Floyd H. Cook.
Louis and Bell had two sons, Orval Preston Coffee, born 1915, and Everette M. Coffee, born c1918. I haven't had much luck finding descendants of these two Coffees.
Good luck with your search.
Jack
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Re: Thomas Coffey
I don't have any direct info on this line, but this might help. Jesse Coffee, son of Thomas and Sarah Fields Coffee, married Winnifred Crumpton in Wilkes Co. NC on 22 Dec. 1821. They had a number of children, among them a son named Lewis E., born c1826. His middle name is thought to be Elbert.
John Gordon Coffee born 1840 GA, died 1920, married Mary Monroe Pettitt, had a son named James Elbert, born 1860. Info from Coffey Cousins newsletter, Sept. 1992.
Go here, then click on Newsletter Index button:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coffeycousins/coffeycousins.html
Click on the FAQ link to find out how to get back copies of the newsletter.
Good luck!
Jack
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Thought i would re apply for lost cousins .........
My 2nd great grandfather Thomas Coffey was born near covington kentucky on
April 21 1845.... Family folklore is that he was born on a plantation and his
dads name was Elbert....Thomas Married Mary Ann Wilford on January 1866 .
They had 5 children George M , Francis, Charles Leonard B and Edna Coffey.
I am of Leonard b Coffey who Married Lucille Nelson. Thomas was in iowa 24th
inf company c in the civil war. Thomas and Mary Ann spent nearly 70 years
together before Thomas passed to God in 1935.
I want to find who his parents were very much. I want to find cousins to
share photos with. God Bless Donna L Rogers from Calif
Yes, Ambrose's wife was Lucinda Day. Her full name is
Margarette Lucinda (called her Sidney) Day.
He also had a second wife after Sidney died,
Margaret Morris Morgan, m. 1823
Sorry if I confused you.
Babs