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Thanks Jseni1952
Yes, I
did have this information, but thank you for trying to help.
I'm afraid I'm at a standstill as I have never found out who Jacob's parents
were. The 1860 census of Vigo County, Lost Creek, In, says he was born in Virgina, but
in later census with his family 1880 census shows he was born in Ohio. Family history
says his family was Pennsylvania Dutch. Jacob disapeared from the census after 1860.
From records I could find he served in the Civil War, and enlisted in
March 11,1862 on the Union Side, and mustered out on January 25, 1865.
I could never
find any death records for him, or if he divorced from Jane (Bradford) Coffman, but did
find where there was a Jacob Coffman who married a Olive A. Taylor on Jan 30, 1876 in Vigo
County, Indiana.
I don't know for sure if this is my Jacob, but have saved it just in case.