Additional information about connecting families can be found at the following links:
http://coffeycousins.blogspot.com/2011/11/sheridan-l-sherd-sarah-sally-coffey.html
http://coffeycousins.blogspot.com/2010/11/sheridan-l-sherd-dobbs-sarah-sally.html
http://coffeycousins.blogspot.com/2007/11/truesdell-coffey-1941-2007.html
Coleman was the eldest son of Henry Baker and Sarah Elizabeth Dobbs Coffey. According to information found on his death certificate he was born Nov. 8, 1869 in KY and died in Co-operative, McCreary Co. on Oct. 26, 1948 and was buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery in Stearns.
Rosa or "Rosey" was a daughter of Benjamin Richard and Rebecca Jane Vaughn Burks. According to her death certificate, Rosa was born Apr. 30, 1875 in Wayne Co. and died in McCreary Co. on Mar. 18, 1942. She too is buried at Sherd Dobbs Cemetery.
Info provided by others report that Coleman and Rosa were married on Mar. 1, 1891 in KY but, omits the county. They are said to have had at least nine children, all born in Kentucky between 1892 and 1913.
William Gaines was the first, born Feb. 25, 1892, died Jul. 20, 1963 in McCreary Co. His first wife was Kizzie Coffey, born May 19, 1901 in McCreary Co., died there on Apr. 8, 1949. She the daughter of George Washington Coffey and wife Margery "Sis" Troxell and, first cousin to William; their father's were brothers.
To them was born Harrison, Mar 2, 1919, died in Pulaski Co., KY on Aug. 16, 1983, and buried at Sherd Dobbs; Bertie, born c1922 and Martha, born c1926. I know nothing more about these children.
Both William and Kizzie are buried at Sherd Dobbs.
William married second to Alice Phillips, a daughter of Pate and Elizabeth Cox Phillips. According to her obituary and the 1940 McCreary Co. census, Alice was born c1935. She died on Oct. 9, 1978 in Springfield, Clark Co., OH and was buried at Sherd Dobbs.
Alice Coffey, 43, Springfield, Ohio, died Oct. 9 in Springfield. Funeral services were conducted Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. at Hickman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Earl Davis officiating. Burial was in Sherd Dobbs Cemetery.
She was born in 1935 in McCreary County to the late Pate and Elizabeth Cox Phillips. Her husband, Gaines Coffey, preceded her in death. She lived here for many years and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her children, Gaines Coffey, Jr., Somerset, Mrs. Bertha Carroll, Covington, Dean and Linda Coffey, both of Dayton, Ky., and Herman Mark Hughes, Smithtown. One brother, Lloyd Phillips, Cincinnati and two sisters, Flossie Clark, Dayton, Ky., and Lola Irvin, Eaton, Ohio.
Hickman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.The child Herman Mark Hughes may be a step-son from a marriage subsequent to the death of William in 1963.
The second child born to Coleman and Rosa was Ada J., born May 4, 1896, died Jan. 15, 1971 in McCreary Co. Her husband was John Sherman Dobbs, a son of Stephen Tolbert and Mary Gregory Dobbs. They were married in KY on Oct. 8, 1912. Sherman was born Aug. 11, 1885 in Wayne Co. and died in Oneida, Scott Co., TN on Dec. 23, 1968.
Sherman Dobbs, life long resident of the Cooperative community, died Saturday December 23,1968, in Scott County Hospital, Oneida, Tenn.
Mr Dobbs, 82, a retired coal miner, had been ill for more than a year. The deceased was born August 11, 1885, in Wayne County, the son of the late Tolbert Dobbs and Polly Ann Gregory Dobbs. He was a member of the New Haven Baptist Church at Cooperative.
Surviving are his wife, Ada Coffey Dobbs, one daughter, Mrs. Lillie Bell, Muncie, two sons, Dewey Dobbs, Muncie and Roy Dobbs, Cooperative; two brothers, Jeff Dobbs, Monticello, and Albert Dobbs, Cooperative.
Funeral services were held on Christmas Day at 1 o'clock in the afternoon with Rev. Robert Jones and Rev. Earl Davis officiating. Burial was in the Sherd Dobbs Cemetery with Hickman Funeral Home in charge. His grandsons served as pall bearers.I have their children as: Roy, born Oct. 30, 1913, died Apr. 26, 1988 in Pulaski Co., KY; Lillie, born Sep. 16, 1915 in Wayne Co.; Dewey, born Oct. 13, 1917 in McCreary Co.; an unnamed child born Nov. 1, 1926; Ida Dester, born and died Mar. 20, 1932 in McCreary Co.; and Hubert, born Feb. 28, 1938, died Oct. 20, 1936 in McCreary Co.
The third child was Sarah E., born Mar. 14, 1898, died Apr. 1, 1984 in McCreary Co. Her husband was Rhodes Bell, born Mar. 6, 1893 in KY, died Nov. 8, 1977 in Oneida, TN. Both buried at Sherd Dobbs.
Two children following Sarah was Rosie, born c1902 and Henry, born c1904. No further information.
Lona was child number six. She was born on Apr. 30, 1905 and died Jun. 12, 1989. She married Thomas Gregory, perhaps some kin to Mary Gregory Dobbs, wife of Stephen Tolbert Dobbs. Thomas was born Feb. 26, 1903 and died May 23, 1967 in McCreary Co. He and Lona are buried at Sherd Dobbs.
Their children, all born in McCreary Co. were: Austin, born Jul. 10, 1926, died Dec. 6, 1958. His wife was Juanita Roberts; Ray, born May 28, 1928, died Feb. 8, 2000 in Clermont Co., OH; Betty M., born c1935; Ina, born c1937; Lona, born c1939 and Donald Lee, born Mar. 24, 1948, died Aug. 22, 1997.
Child seven was Wilburn, born Jun. 7, 1908, died Mar. 16, 1977 in Pulaski Co. He married Roxie Gregory, a daughter of Obie and Laurie Dobbs Gregory. Roxie was born Feb. 12, 1910 and died in McCreary Co. on Sep. 29, 1978.
Eva, born Jan. 14, 1912, was child number eight. I have no other information on her.
The last child was George H., born Aug. 24, 1913, died Mar. 27, 1967. George married Lucy Haynes on Dec. 28, 1946 at Hill Top in McCreary Co. I am told that Gary T. Coffey, born Mar. 30, 1962, died Apr., 1962 was one of their children. Lucy is said to have married Lee Sosh after the death of George. She died on Jun. 14, 1991 and is buried at Sherd Dobbs. Lucy was the daughter of Albert L. and Cora Tucker Haynes
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