January 4, 2006

Things you probably didn't know

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Sheriff Holt Coffey and son, Clarence S. Coffey, a Missouri State Trooper, meet up with Bonnie and Clyde.

In 1841 Aeneas Coffey invented the Coffey or Patent Still, enabling the continious process of distillation of grain whiskey.

Joseph Coffey was the first white man to settle within the borders of Pleasant Township, Clark Co., OH.

Cornelius Coffey (1903-1994) was the first black person to hold both a pilot's and a mechanic's license. See this link also.

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