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| Samuel B. Coffey |
Sam's wife was Amanda "Mandy" Dalton, born Nov. 15, 1876 and died Nov. 23, 1903 in Grainger Co. I do not know her parents.
Their children known to me were:
Tina, born c1898, Grainger Co.
Jack Oard, born Oct. 29, 1900, died Jan. 29, 1930, Grainger Co. Jack married Leva Shockley, a daughter of Enos and Rosa Jackson Shockley on Jun. 28, 1919. Leva was born Jun. 6, 1901 in Grainger Co., and died there on Nov. 20, 1927. Both are buried in the Shockley cemetery in Grainger Co. Their son, Kenneth Edward Coffey was born Apr. 20, 1925 in Franklin, Warren Co., OH and died there on May 16, 1925. The death certificate for the child indicates that he died of malnutrition. Sadly, his mother suffered from tuberculosis and there was no one to care for the child. [Ohio death certificate no. 32020]
At one time Sam was the sheriff of Grainger Co. and boasted of the number of stills that he had raided and destroyed.
The photograph is undated and the name of the contributor has been lost. Please contact me if you are the owner. I would love to know what other information is on the reverse.
2 comments:
Kenneth Edward's birth date is after Jack Oard's death date - is that a typo, or are the dates correct as far as you know?
Good catch! According to his death certificate, the date of birth was also incorrect. Only the date of death can be considered accurate; other info depends on knowledge of informant. In this case, the informant was his father Samuel. I suspect he would know the correct date of birth. :-)
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