Showing posts with label Parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parks. Show all posts
October 24, 2018
Charles William Coffey (1913-1955)
While working with Brad Jackson of Weldon, NC, a major mistake was discovered in most if not all previous issues of the Edward Coffey Project.
The error has been corrected and as the facts were explained.
As I understand the facts, they are:
Charles Mozer "Charlie" Coffey and Ethel Hill Deal had a son named Charles William Coffey, born 1913 in Caldwell Co., NC.
There were two children born in Caldwell, one year apart, and was given the same name. The incorrect one was listed as the son of Charles and Ethel.
Their actual son was Charles William Coffey, born 23 Aug 1913 in Edgemont, Caldwell Co., and died in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC in 1955. He married twice. First wife was Mabel Lee Parks, born 1918 and daughter of Joseph Polk Parks and Adeline Gurley.
She and Charles were married 10 Apr 1939 in Henry Co., VA and produced one child, a daughter, Mary Helen Coffey, born 20 Nov. 1939 in Rowan Co., NC.
They divorced sometime later and he married Ethel Olive Edwards. Children are not yet known.
Ethel was the daughter of David and Minnie Henson Edwards and was born 28 Oct., 1923 in Swain Co., NC. They are said to have produced several children, perhaps five, before Charles William died on 5 Mar 1955. He is buried at the now seemingly abandoned Philadelphia Lutheran (old) Cemetery at Granite Falls in Caldwell Co. His Find A Grave (FAG) memorial is 194083408 and was recently added there by me.
After his death, Ethel married Augustus Lewis Crater, date unknown, and he is said to have adopted the Coffey children and given the Crater surname.
Augustus died 28 Mar 1975 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC and Ethel subsequently married for a third time, this time to Fred Lewis Gurley, Sr. Fred died 7 Dec., 1993 in Statesville, Iredell Co., NC and was buried at Abilene Church of Christ Cemetery in Statesville.
Ethel died 30 Nov. 1991 in Hickory at the Catawba Memorial Park. According to her death certificate no. 050967 death was caused by "persistent sepsis and myelogenous leukemia." Her remains were cremated at the Bass-Smith Crematory in Hickory. Disposition of ashes are unknown to me.
Her obituary as provided by Brad:
Ethel Gurley
Ethel Edwards [Coffey] Crater Gurley, 68, of Rt. 1, Marvin Street, Claremont, died Nov. 30, 1991 at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville after a period of declining health.
Born Oct. 27, 1923 in Swain County, she was the daughter of the late David and Minnie Henson Edwards.
She was a retired employee of Hickory Chair and a member of the Fifth Creek Presbyterian Church in Statesville.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles William Coffey; and her second husband, Augustus Lewis Crater in 1975.
Surviving are her husband, Fred L. Gurley, Sr.; three sons, [children believed to have been those fathered by Charles William Coffey] Charles "Rick" Crater of Newton, David Crater of Vale and Steve Crater of Columbia, S.C.; two daughters, Terry Withers of Newton, and Nancy Hoffman of Conover; three brothers, Frank Edwards of Canton, Tom Edwards of Asheville, and Jack Edwards of Swannanoa; two sisters, Mary Wilhide of Swannanoa, and Jessie Pruett of Chattanooga, Tenn.; three step-daughters; two stepsons; and 12 grand-children.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Fifth Creek Presbyterian Church in Statesville. The Rev. W. C. Cockman and Rev. John Milholland will officiate.
The family will receive friends following the graveside service.
Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Society of America, 5624 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Charlotte, N. C. 28212.
Drum Funeral Home in Conover is in charge of arrangements.
The mistaken Charles William Coffey was the son of George Wesley and Lula Jane Barlow Coffey, born 8 Jun 1914 in Caldwell Co. He died 31 Jul 1993 and was buried at Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, NC. His wives were Virginia Pearl Kirby and Cynthia Lou Back.
Please contact me if there are additional errors.
November 5, 2015
James Robert Parks
This blog is ostensibly about James Robert Parks, born Sep. 17, 1874 in Larissa, Cherokee Co., TX to Doctor "Doc" Taylor Parks and his wife, Rebecca Ellen Brock. However, as will be seen a little further down, I concentrate more on one of his descendants.
James Robert Parks was a conductor on the Texas & Pacific (T&P) Railroad. His home was at Big Spring in Howard Co., TX. He moved there in 1892 and the following year was hired as a switchman with the T&P. Five years later he became a brakeman and promoted to conductor in 1900. James was an employee of the T&P for 56 years, 49 years as a conductor when he retired on Jul. 1, 1949 at the age of 75. On Dec. 1 of that year he suffered a debilitating stroke and died in Big Spring on Mar 28, 1950.
With him all those years was his wife, Rosa Ann Cardwell, a daughter of Sam Cardwell. Rosa was born in Frankfort, Franklin Co., KY in 1878. She arrived in Big Spring in 1895 and married James on Sep. 29 of that year. She died in 1954 at Big Spring, also of a stroke. Both buried at Big Spring in the Mount Olive Cemetery.
I am fairly confident that they had only five children, all born at Big Springs. They were Gladys Allene, born c1899; Robert M., born 1901; Mildred, born 1904, James Harold, born c1906 and Wendell, born 1920.
Daughter Gladys Allene was married c1918 in Big Spring to Roger Hammond White of Anson, Jones Co., TX. He was also born c1899. Together they had at least two children, Roger, Jr. and Shirley Jean. Roger was born in 1919 and Shirley not until 1931. There were perhaps others born in between those years who didn't live to become adults, but I have not been able to identify any.
Roger, Jr. married Frances Genevieve Wallace in 1946. Before that, however, he was a member of the 2d Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division of the Texas National Guard. His unit was activated at the beginning of WW2 hostilities and sent to the Pacific and the Indonesian island of Java. In 1942 they were the only US forces on the ground. On Mar. 12 that year, the British, American and Dutch military on the island surrendered to the invading Japanese. All of the American forces were sent to Nagasaki where they remained prisoners for 42 months*. According to some reports, there were about 400 POWs just to the north of Nagasaki when Maj. Sweeney, flying the B-29 bomber, Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on that city.
Although there were reports of some prisoners in the city being killed, I have found no evidence that any of the 2d Battalion prisoners being affected by the bomb.
After his marriage to Frances, he worked for the Pet, Inc., the evaporated milk company and was later employed by Cadena Jackson Food Services until he retired in 1981.
Roger, Jr. died at San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX on Jan. 22, 2010 and was buried there at Sunset Memorial Park. Frances preceded him in death on Sep. 5, 2000 and she too is buried at Sunset Memorial Park. They were parents of two daughters, Andrea and Wendy.
Neither James Robert Parks nor any of his ancestors are related to me. His son, Robert M. Parks did marry Zou Margaret Hardy, the daughter of Abram Tyree and Lula Edna Coffee. Lula was my first cousin, 2x removed, the daughter of Lilburn Warren and Margaret Goode Coffee. Lilburn Warren was brother to my great-grandfather, James M. Coffee.
*Name Roger H White Jr Event Type Military Service Event Date 1941-1945 Event Place Asia Military Rank Staff Sergeant Service Number 20813494 Military Service Branch Field Artillery Parent Military Unit 36th Infantry Division Assigned Military Unit 131st Field Artillery Regiment Subordinate Military Unit E Btry World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Data Files, 04/2005 - 10/2007, NAID 731002. Collection ADBC: Records of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, 04-2005 - 2006; NARA NAID 731002, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
James Robert Parks was a conductor on the Texas & Pacific (T&P) Railroad. His home was at Big Spring in Howard Co., TX. He moved there in 1892 and the following year was hired as a switchman with the T&P. Five years later he became a brakeman and promoted to conductor in 1900. James was an employee of the T&P for 56 years, 49 years as a conductor when he retired on Jul. 1, 1949 at the age of 75. On Dec. 1 of that year he suffered a debilitating stroke and died in Big Spring on Mar 28, 1950.
With him all those years was his wife, Rosa Ann Cardwell, a daughter of Sam Cardwell. Rosa was born in Frankfort, Franklin Co., KY in 1878. She arrived in Big Spring in 1895 and married James on Sep. 29 of that year. She died in 1954 at Big Spring, also of a stroke. Both buried at Big Spring in the Mount Olive Cemetery.
I am fairly confident that they had only five children, all born at Big Springs. They were Gladys Allene, born c1899; Robert M., born 1901; Mildred, born 1904, James Harold, born c1906 and Wendell, born 1920.
Daughter Gladys Allene was married c1918 in Big Spring to Roger Hammond White of Anson, Jones Co., TX. He was also born c1899. Together they had at least two children, Roger, Jr. and Shirley Jean. Roger was born in 1919 and Shirley not until 1931. There were perhaps others born in between those years who didn't live to become adults, but I have not been able to identify any.
Roger, Jr. married Frances Genevieve Wallace in 1946. Before that, however, he was a member of the 2d Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division of the Texas National Guard. His unit was activated at the beginning of WW2 hostilities and sent to the Pacific and the Indonesian island of Java. In 1942 they were the only US forces on the ground. On Mar. 12 that year, the British, American and Dutch military on the island surrendered to the invading Japanese. All of the American forces were sent to Nagasaki where they remained prisoners for 42 months*. According to some reports, there were about 400 POWs just to the north of Nagasaki when Maj. Sweeney, flying the B-29 bomber, Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on that city.
Although there were reports of some prisoners in the city being killed, I have found no evidence that any of the 2d Battalion prisoners being affected by the bomb.
After his marriage to Frances, he worked for the Pet, Inc., the evaporated milk company and was later employed by Cadena Jackson Food Services until he retired in 1981.
Roger, Jr. died at San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX on Jan. 22, 2010 and was buried there at Sunset Memorial Park. Frances preceded him in death on Sep. 5, 2000 and she too is buried at Sunset Memorial Park. They were parents of two daughters, Andrea and Wendy.
Neither James Robert Parks nor any of his ancestors are related to me. His son, Robert M. Parks did marry Zou Margaret Hardy, the daughter of Abram Tyree and Lula Edna Coffee. Lula was my first cousin, 2x removed, the daughter of Lilburn Warren and Margaret Goode Coffee. Lilburn Warren was brother to my great-grandfather, James M. Coffee.
*Name Roger H White Jr Event Type Military Service Event Date 1941-1945 Event Place Asia Military Rank Staff Sergeant Service Number 20813494 Military Service Branch Field Artillery Parent Military Unit 36th Infantry Division Assigned Military Unit 131st Field Artillery Regiment Subordinate Military Unit E Btry World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Data Files, 04/2005 - 10/2007, NAID 731002. Collection ADBC: Records of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, 04-2005 - 2006; NARA NAID 731002, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
January 23, 2013
Maj. James B. & Mary Jane Coffey Mulky
I've seen this family name spelled Mulky as well as Mulkey. The latter is the spelling used by Kim Mulkey-Robertson, native of Louisiana and woman's basketball coach at Baylor University.
James B. Mulky was born in Indiana in Oct., 1826[1] and married Mary Jane Coffey in May of 1853 in Monroe Co., IN. Mary Jane was a daughter of Lewis and Harriet Powell Coffey. Lewis was seventh of ten born to Thomas and Sarah "Sally" Fields Coffey.
Although James and Mary Jane had a number of children - six that I know of and all born in Monroe Co., IN - only a couple lived to adulthood:
Alice, 1854-1855; Ethel, 1856-1856; Horace, 1858. Death date unknown but not found after 1870 census. Adelaide was born in 1861, died in 1862.
Two sons survived to marry and have families of their own. The first was James Osmon, born in Sep., 1859. I have not yet found his death date or, burial place.
Frank Lewis, born Jun., 1863, died Jul., 1936 was the other son to reach adulthood. He married Catherine Emily Parks on Jun. 8, 1893 in Monroe Co., IN and later moved to Oklahoma where he sold real estate. They had but one child, Francis, born c1898 in IN. Catherine was born in 1868 in IN and died in OK City on Mar. 27,1922. Both are buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in that city.
[1] James was commissioned Major in Co. S, Indiana's 55th Infantry Regiment, USA on Jun. 11, 1862. He was mustered out on Sep. 1, 1862 in Indianapolis. Although a reason was not given in his Civil War record, it was likely because Mary Jane had lost another child. Adelaide, who was born in 1861, died in 1862.
[2]Charles Blanchard, Editor, Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey & Co. Publishers, 1884), Page 585.
James B. Mulky was born in Indiana in Oct., 1826[1] and married Mary Jane Coffey in May of 1853 in Monroe Co., IN. Mary Jane was a daughter of Lewis and Harriet Powell Coffey. Lewis was seventh of ten born to Thomas and Sarah "Sally" Fields Coffey.
Although James and Mary Jane had a number of children - six that I know of and all born in Monroe Co., IN - only a couple lived to adulthood:
Alice, 1854-1855; Ethel, 1856-1856; Horace, 1858. Death date unknown but not found after 1870 census. Adelaide was born in 1861, died in 1862.
Two sons survived to marry and have families of their own. The first was James Osmon, born in Sep., 1859. I have not yet found his death date or, burial place.
"James Osman Mulky is a native of Indiana, born September 15, 1859 in Bloomington, Monroe County. His parents are Maj. James B. and Mary J. (Coffey) Mulky. He is the second son and fourth child in a family of six children, and was reared in Bloomington.
"He attended school until September, 1877, when he entered the State University, whence he graduated June 4,1881. He afterward entered the emply of different dry goods merchants in the city, as clerk, with Wicks & Co., and L. Fields & Co.
"On September 10, 1883, he was appointed Assistant Postmaster, and is at present so engaged. He has been for some time a member of the K. of P. and inpolitics he is a Republican. He is a rising young man, and is quite efficient as a public officer."[2]James married Margaret, an Irish lass in about 1887. In 1900 they lived in Indianapolis, IN and, in 1910 they were in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. Margaret died before 1930 because that year James was a widower living with his son Alfred J. in DePage Co., IL. In addition to Alfred, they also had a son named Albert, born in Oct., 1889. I have found nothing for him after 1910 when he was still living with his parents.
Frank Lewis, born Jun., 1863, died Jul., 1936 was the other son to reach adulthood. He married Catherine Emily Parks on Jun. 8, 1893 in Monroe Co., IN and later moved to Oklahoma where he sold real estate. They had but one child, Francis, born c1898 in IN. Catherine was born in 1868 in IN and died in OK City on Mar. 27,1922. Both are buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in that city.
Jack
[1] James was commissioned Major in Co. S, Indiana's 55th Infantry Regiment, USA on Jun. 11, 1862. He was mustered out on Sep. 1, 1862 in Indianapolis. Although a reason was not given in his Civil War record, it was likely because Mary Jane had lost another child. Adelaide, who was born in 1861, died in 1862.
[2]Charles Blanchard, Editor, Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey & Co. Publishers, 1884), Page 585.
February 3, 2011
William Columbus & Mrs. Ada Elizabeth Worth Penn Coffey
Thanks to Lloyd Coffey for pointing out my (dumb) error. The children Edgar and Thomas Finley were by William's first wife, Caroline L. "Carrie" Curtis.
I have previously written a bit of information about William. Click on the title to see his photo and, to read that blog.
She married William on Jul. 25, 1908 in Ashe Co. and had two additional children: Edgar S., born Jul., 1867. He married Annie E. Parks, born May, 1874 in VA, on Dec. 19, 1894 in Watauga Co., NC. Their children were: Carrie L., born Oct., 1897; Ruth J., born Feb. 1900; Nellie E., born c1905; W. Hubert, born c1907; and Mary L., born c1909, all in Watauga Co. Their second child was Finley Thomas, born Nov., 1868 in Watauga Co.
Ada died of a heart attack on Aug. 13, 1965 at the Vine Arden Rest Home in Morganton, Burke Co., NC and was buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Elkin, Surry Co., NC.
January 29, 2007
Joel Anderson Coffey
Update: Feb. 4, 2010 - Sorry! The link to Joel's story is dead. Too bad!
And so begins "his life story" as told by J. W. Archer, of Spencer, IN. Click on the title link to read the full story.
"J. A. Coffey was born in Tennessee June 10, 1818. His father Elijah Coffey, with his little family of seven children emigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1821, stopping and spending the first year in Monroe County, near where Elletsville now stands. He first quartered himself in a little ten by twelve hut, on some lands then belonging to Benjamin Parks, but more recently owned by Samuel Harbison. Here he spent the first year in working for Mr. Parks, and some few others, for what provisions it took to support his family."
And so begins "his life story" as told by J. W. Archer, of Spencer, IN. Click on the title link to read the full story.
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