Burrell Thadeus and Alpha Mae Coffey Armor

Burrell, a son of James R. and Mary Emma Bass Armor, was born in Alabama on Dec. 9, 1894 and died at Moulton, Lawrence Co., AL on Nov. 12, 1981.  Alpha (Alphie) was born May 13, 1898 in Lawrence Co. and died there on Oct. 26, 1977.  Both are buried at Moulton Memory Gardens.[1]

Alphie was the daughter of Henry Clay and Martha Jane "Jennie" Gray Coffey.  She and Burrell were married on Sep. 16, 1916 in Lawrence Co.[2]  They lived in and around Moulton all of their married lives and two children were born to them there.

Their first child was Burrell, Jr., born Apr. 30, 1918, died Jun. 2, 1918.  He is buried at Memory Gardens in Moulton.[3]

Their second child was Lawrence E., born in 1919.  Lawrence remained with his parents until 1943 when he married Marie Davis in Lawrence Co. on Apr. 10 that year[4]  On Apr. 20, 1945 he enlisted in the US Army at Fort McClellan in AL.[5]  The war in Europe was mostly over by then, and his headstone does not indicate that he was involved in any overseas action in the Pacific.

Lawrence and his family apparently settled in Will Co., IL after the war.  He passed away in Monee, Will Co. on Apr. 1, 2008 and was buried at the Skyline Memorial Park in Monee.[6]

His obituary from Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times [7]

Lawrence Armor, age 88, of Lansing, IL, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2008. 

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marie; daughter, Joyce (Jerry) Brasel; son, Jim (Evelyn) Armor; five grandchildren: Jeff Armor, Mark (Julie) Armor, Karen (Keith) Bohne, Rick (Sharon) Brasel and Stephen (Kelly) Brasel; nine great grandsons; four great granddaughters; and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. from the Schroeder-Lauer Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL with burial to follow at Skyline Memorial Park in Monee, IL. 

Friends are invited to meet with the family on Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Whiting Baptist Church, 1541 119th Street, Whiting, IN 46394. 

Lawrence was a member of Whiting Baptist Church, having served as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher for over 40 years at his previous churches. He was a Mason and a member of the Carpenter's Union Local 434. 

Burrell Armor had a sister, Willie E. or B. Armor, born c1898 in AL.  A Willie E. Armor married a Charlie Coffey on Dec. 14, 1924 in Alabama.  I'm not certain, but it appears that Charlie might be a younger brother of Alpha.  That Charlie was born Apr. 3, 1909 and died Mar. 30, 1959, both in Moulton.

There is a marriage record for Alpha's brother Charlie to Ezma E. Moody in Lawrence Co. on Aug. 27, 1929.  They remained man and wife until his death in 1959.  Emza died in 2000.  The death record for Willie Armor[8] reports that her parents were James R. and Mary Emma Bass Armor and her spouse was William R. McCarty [deceased in 1982] to whom she was married on Apr. 2, 1916.

The license for Charlie and Willie[9] suggests there were perhaps two couples with the similar names in Lawrence Co.  I do not know.  If you do, please let me know.

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Sources:

[1] Find A Grave Memorial # 44257471 & Find A Grave Memorial # 44257601.

[2]  "Lawrence County, Alabama Archives" [http://www.lawrencecoarchives.com], Lawrence Co. Marriage Book P, Page 431.

[3] Find A Grave Memorial # 44257493

[4] Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920, Dodd, Jordan R., Ancestry.com Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969

[5] "US World War II Army Enlistment Records," Ancestry.com

[6] Military Marker for Lawrence E. Armor, SSgt, US Army, World War II, 1919 - 2008 - Loving Husband, Dad, Grandpa Papaw, Skyline Memorial Park, Monee, Will Co., IL. Photo by Rachel White.  Find A Grave Memorial # 86918208

[7] http://vitalrec.com/obitindexes/LakePorterIndiana.html

[8] Find a Grave Memorial # 42034571

[9] "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQML-GFM : accessed 02 Jun 2013), Charlie Coffey and Willie Bell Amor, 14 Dec 1924.

John and Nancy Snyder Coffey

This John was a son of James M. and Frances Lane Coffey.  He was born Apr. 22, 1810 in Wayne Co., KY and died Apr. 8, 1879 in Lookingglass, Douglas Co., OR.  Nancy was born Dec. 1, 1815 in Virginia and died Feb. 28, 1893 in Lexington, Morrow Co., OR.

He descends from Edward and Ann Powell Coffey through their son John and wife Jane Graves; their son, James and Elizabeth Cleveland; their son Archelus and Eleanor Wade.  Archelus and Eleanor were parents of James M.

John and Nancy were married on Sep. 13, 1832 in Gallatin Co., IL.  They settled there, and received a 40-acre land grand in 1835.  They sold this land on Sept. 20, 1841 and went to Missouri.  They were back in Illinois by 1848, and were on the Hamilton County, IL census for 1850.

By December 1852 the family was back in Missouri, probably preparing for their westward trek.  A family record cited by Marvin Coffey in his family genealogy says only  that "they moved from southern Illinois to Missouri joining a wagon train and crossing the plains in 1853."

The Coffey family arrived in Oregon on August 12, 1853.

Their children were at least 12:

Vandexer Lee, born Oct. 26, 1833 in Gallatin Co., IL, and died May 2, 1909.  He married Rebecca J. Wright, born Jan., 1854 in Indiana, on Jan. 5, 1871 in Marion Co., OR.  Vandexer died in Beech Creek, Grant Co., OR.

Miles, born c1835 in Gallatin Co.

James Bluford, born Oct. 11, 1837 in Gallatin Co., IL, died Jul. 3, 1924 in Adams, Umatilla Co., OR.  James married first to Mary Ann McCorkle on Oct. 19, 1862 in Marion Co., OR.  Mary Ann was born Nov. 26, 1847 in Marion Co., and died there on Jan. 30, 1853.  They had one child, George F., born Jan. 20, 1864, died Jul. 3, 1912 in Canada.  Mary Ann died 10 days after George was born.  He married second to Mary Elizabeth Bolin of Jul. 16, 1866 in Salem, Marion Co., OR.  Mary was born Jul. 24, 1848 in Indiana and died in Oregon on Apr. 26, 1927.  They raised at least 13 children.  This is the family of Dr. Marvin Coffey (dec'd).

Martha Ellen, born c1839 in Gallatin Co., IL and died (probably) in 1861 in Clackamas Co., OR.  She married William Arthur, Jr., born c1831 in Missouri.  They were married on May 8, 1856 in Clackamas Co.  Their known children were Mildred A., born 1857; Martha Josephine, born 1859 and William C., born c1861.

Julia Ann, born Oct. 10, 1841 in MO, died Nov. 25, 1928 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.  She was married to Joseph A. Hugh on Dec. 24, 1861 in Clackamas Co.  Their children were John L., born 1868, died 1960; Minnie V., born c1877; Sam J., born c1879; and Richard D., born c1881.

Eli D., born c1844 in Missouri, died between 1860 and 1879.

Infant daughter, born c1846.

Winfield W., born c Nov. 1848 in Illinois, died Nov., 1849.

Mary Jane, born c1850 in Hamilton Co., IL, died before 1900 in Morrow Co., OR.  She was married first to John Sloan in July 1874 in Douglas Co., OR.  They had at least one child, Nancy E., born c1875.    Her second husband was Arthur McCarty to whom she was married on Jan. 24, 1877 in Douglas Co., OR.  They had at least one child, Eli Howard, born Nov. 13, 1877, died Dec. 18, 1918.  Mary Jane's third husband was William W. Kirk, to whom she was married on Apr. 14, 1899 in Morrow Co.

John Achilles Winfield, born Dec., 1852, died Mar. 10, 1931.

Thomas Wesley, born Sep. 27, 1854 in Coos Co., OR, died in Portland on Sep. 2, 1939.  He married Amanda E. Coon on Jun. 27, 1878 in Douglas Co.  She was born to Jacob L. and Sarah Miller Coon on May 18, 1854 in Linn Co., OR.  Amanda died Sep. 27, 1903 in Camas Valley, Douglas Co., OR.  Thomas may have married again, but I had no information.  Their children were at least four:  Lillian L., born Jul., 1879 in Douglas Co., died 1956; Fred L., born c1881; Sarah; and Mildred V., born Oct., 1886, died Oct., 1870.

The last known child born to John and Nancy was Louisa, born and died in 1857.

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