In February of this year I wrote a short family history of Larkin and Sibby Wyatt Coffey. In that blog I touched on their son Gilliam Wyatt Coffey and his wife Sarah Jane Isenhower.
Sarah Jane was the daughter of Joseph Isenhour [sic] and wife Lettie, and was born in Jan., 1854 in North Carolina. She and Gilliam were married on Jan. 10, 1875 in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina. Later that year, on Nov. 14, Sarah's widower father and Gilliam's widowed mother also married.
Gilliam and Sarah remained in and around Caldwell and Watauga Counties until sometime after 1900 when they headed west to Washington state. Gilliam died in Omak, Okanogan Co., WA on May 22, 1914. Sarah followed in 1928 and both are buried at the City Cemetery in Okanogan city.
Their children were:
Candes Lowellen or Candus, depending on which records you choose, was born in Watauga Co. in May, 1877 and died in Omak on Jul. 15, 1942. She married Lee L. Cook c1897 in NC. Lee was born in that state in Apr., 1871 and died in WA on Oct. 18, 1957. There were no known children born to this union. Very shortly after Candes' death Lee married a lady named Bessie. She died shortly thereafter and he married a lady named Julia Ann, who outlived him and died in 1978. All are buried the Okanogan City Cemetery.
The next three children of Gilliam and Sarah were: Sidney, born 1878; Etta, born Feb., 1880; and Martha J., born Mar., 1882. I have no further information on any of these children.
William Larkin was child number four, born in Jun., 1884. William married Emma J. Lingle, a daughter of J. Monroe and Frances J. Sullivan Lingle, about 1907 in NC. Emma was born in that state in Dec., 1886 and died in Okanogan Co., WA on Nov. 12, 1969. William died Jun. 11, 1968 and both are buried at the Okanogan City Cemetery. He and Emma had at least four children: Ethel, born c1908 in NC; Edna Y., born 1912 in WA; John Albert, born 1915 in WA and James Edward, born 1919, also in WA. Edna married Frances H. "Frank" Nickell, a son of David Franklin and Jaqueline Fulton Nickell, on Aug. 15, 1934 in Okanogan Co.. Frank died in 2002; Edna just a few days ago on Aug. 17, 2012 in Spokane. In 1947, James Edward married Ellen J. Dinger, daughter of Anton and Mary Dinger. James died Jul. 3, 1998 in Omak and Ellen died Feb., 28, 2006, also in Omak. Both are buried at Okanogan Valley Memorial Gardens with their only known son, John Allen Coffey, born Dec. 8, 1951, died Aug. 7, 1980.
Child number five was Joseph Monroe, born Feb. 23, 1887 at Shulls Mill in Watauga Co., died Jun. 5, 1958 in Okanogan. He married a lady by the name of Neata [sic] E., born 1889 in TN, died on Okanogan Co. in 1927. Their only known child, a daughter, Letha Mae was born May 19, 1920 in Washington and died Feb. 8, 2012 at Wenatchee in Chelan Co., WA. Letha married Glenn Arthur Payne on Sep. 21, 1940 in Okanogan Co. Glenn was born Jun. 26, 1917 in WA and died in Omak on Sep. 5, 1994. Both are buried at Okanogan Valley.
Number six was Minnie Lee, born Jul. 31, 1890 at Blowing Rock, died Pateros, Okanogan Co. on Dec. 2, 1972. Minnie was first married to Charles Martin Harrell on Jun. 30, 1911 in Okahogan and, he died 6 years later in 1917. Their marriage produced two known children, Leda Ruby, born Apr. 26, 1912, died Oct. 6, 2002 and, Doris Jane, born Dec. 8, 1913, died Feb. 10, 1999, both in Okanogan Co. Minnie's second husband was also twice married George Walter Brownlee. His first wife was Pearl Best of South Dakota and who died in Pateros in 1909. They were parents of David, Walter and Robert. Minnie and George were married on Okanogan Co. in 1919 and are known to have had at least two children: John Charles, born 1924, died 2003 at Wenatchee and, Grace, born c1928.
Gilliam and Sarah's last known child was Ethel M., born Oct., 1894 in NC. No further information is known about her.
No comments:
Post a Comment