Coffey-Pettit Marriage License |
Henry first married Rosa F. Arwood on Jan. 1, 1888 in Pickens Co. She was born Oct. 7, 1871, probably in GA and died on Sep. 25, 1890 in Jasper, Pickens Co., GA. It is thought that Rosa died of complications of child birth. She gave birth to Jessie on Jan. 26, 1890 in Jasper, Pickens Co. and the child died on Aug. 20, 1890. Rosa died just five days short of a month after Jessie. They are both buried at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper.
Coffey-Woodward Marriage License |
Coffey-Arwood Marriage License |
Their children, all born in GA., were:
Margaret E., born Apr., 1892; Joe G., born Sep., 1894; Van Buren, born Oct. 14, 1897, died Jun. 2, 1977 in Cobb Co., GA; Imogene, born c1901 and Henry, born c1903
So far, my search has only located Van Buren. He married Ruth Goldia Coursie c1919 in GA and were parents of at least five children:
Nelie Ruth, born c1920; Mary E., born c1923; Van Buren, Jr., born Sep., 7, 1925, died Aug. 14, 1991; Harold L., born c1931 and Carolyn V., born c1935.
Van Buren, Jr., served in the US Navy during WW2 aboard the Destroyer Escort 146, the USS Inch. Seaman 2d Class Van Buren Coffey, Jr. boarded the ship on Mar. 20, 1944. From then until 1945 he continued to serve on the Inch. The Inch was heavily involved in hunting the North Atlantic for German submarines and was in on the kill of the U-490 (forced to the surface and surrendered all crew), and the sinking of the U-154.
USS Inch, DE 146 For more information, see http://tw.gs/W6u9bv |
I do not yet know where Henry is buried. His last known residence was in 1910 when he was farming in Chalybeate Springs, Meriwether Co., GA** with his son Joe. Lettie is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Atlanta.*
A recent e-mail from Douglas Coffey, a son of Van Buren, Jr. resulted in this search. Douglas wrote that he has "...never researched my family..." but, was very interested in learning more. Anyone who is a descendant of Martin Van Buren and would like to contact Douglas can e-mail me for his address.
*Hollywood Cemetery is a very neglected cemetery. The state of Georgia and especially the city of Atlanta should be ashamed for permitting this very large and very historic burial ground to deteriorate. See http://tinyurl.com/mff44yl for photographs. On a map of the area, the cemetery is identified as a "landfill."
**While searching for information on these families, I discovered that the Georgia Virtual Vault has been removed from the internet. I guess the State figured they could sell the information and use the revenue to repair Hollywood Cemetery. I wonder when they will begin restoration? (Tongue in cheek, of course)
Update: Georgia's Virtual Vault website didn't disappear after all. They moved it to a new site that can be found at http://cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm/
2 comments:
Could you please furnish me with Douglas Coffeys email. I really need to contact him with hopefully, some information I have and maybe I can get some information he has. Thank you so much.
Please have Douglas Coffey contact me. Thank you. Carlene Adams.
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