A friend, after reading my blog about Bailey Eliphalet Chaney, wrote to me about the eccentric preacher Lorenzo Dow who labored in the continental wilds shortly after the Revolutionary War. Lorenzo Dow lived from 1777-1834. At one time his autobiography was second only to the Bible in sales. According to Wikipedia, Lorenzo was one of the most popular names in America in the 1850 census.
Looking through my Edward Coffey Project files, I found only one Coffey with given name of Lorenzo Dow. This Lorenzo was a son of William Wiley and Mailnda Emeline Little Coffey, born Sep. 12, 1852 in Indiana. He married Martha J. Wilson, born Oct. 28, 1854 in Gentry Co., and died May 13, 1938 in Stanberry, Gentry Co. Lorenzo died on Mar. 20, 1920 in Cooper Twp., Gentry Co.
Martha was the daughter of Sidney and Mary Cooper Wilson. She and Lorenzo are both buried in the High Ridge Cemetery at Stanberry.
There is another Lorenzo Coffey in my file, but I do not have a middle name for him. He was born in 1832 in North Carolina, a son of Larkin and Catherine H. Wilson Coffey. He married Eliza Corder and had at least two children; Wayland and Nora.
Lorenzo Dow Carr, born c1832 in Virginia, married a lady by the name of Margaret who produced at least three sons, one named Alexander D. Carr, born Feb., 1861. He married Alice E. Coffey on Apr. 17, 1884 in Nelson Co., VA. Alice was the daughter of Joseph C., Jr. and Nancy Jane Coffey Coffey.
Then, there's Langston Lorenzo Estes, a son of Elijah and Zebiah Walker Wentworth Estes. Langston was born in Nov., 1839 in North Carolina. Langston received his name - at least the Langston part - from his grandfather, Langston Estes who married Mary "Polly" Moore. The only reason these Estes families are in my file is because of a marriage between Lance Estes, a son of Reuben and Delphia Atkins Estes and Elizabeth Coffey c1803 in North Carolina. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Coffey, Jr., and Mary "Mollie" Moore.
Lorenzo does not seem to be a popular name in a population of nearly 4000 Coffey men in my file, plus a few thousand other male given names in colateral lines.
The Estes and Moore families, along with the Coffeys were some of the earliest settlers in the Globe Valley of western North Carolina, in the shadow of Grandfather Mountain.
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Bailey Eliphalet Chaney
I know...this is a Coffee/Coffey blog! But, sometimes I like to write about other families that appear in my own family line. So, please bear with me while I ramble a little on Bailey Eliphalet Chaney, an early Baptist preacher in the Mississippi and Louisiana Territories.
According to the Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (John McClintock, pub. Harper and Brothers, 1889) Bailey was a Baptist minister, born in South Carolina. He was in the Natchez area of Mississippi around 1790 and found himself - along with other non-Catholic religious leaders - subject to Spanish persecution as well as prosecution.
When the area "came under the protection of the government of the United States, the people assembled in large numbers, a brush arbor was constructed, and he was sent for; and, while the flag of the United States floated over him, he preached the Gospel of Christ unawed by the minions of Rome."
In 1798 he was run out of Louisiana after being arrested for preaching. He was forced to leave that state and return to Mississippi, where he died in 1816. However, in 1818 there was a Bailey E. Chaney in Franklin Co., MS who had been elected by the legislature to be a "chief justice."*
Another source, A History of the Baptist Churches in the United States (Albert Henry Newman, Christian Literature, 1894) Bailey and his family moved from Cole's Creek, MS to East Feliciana Parish in Louisiana in 1798 and began to preach. He was arrested and released on his promise to cease preaching in that jurisdiction, and seems to have returned to Mississippi.
I know of at least ten children born to Bailey and Elizabeth between 1700 and 1816.
Sarah, born Apr. 27, 1799, died Oct. 30, 1843. She married Joshua Howell Rollins.
Mary Ryan, born Feb. 19, 1801, died Feb. 21, 1852. She married first James Hope Allison but I do not believe there were any children from that union. She married second to Hugh Pinkney Montgomery on Sep. 28, 1821. He was born on Feb. 3, 1792 in South Carolina, died Feb. 18, 1836 in East Baton Rouge Parish. She and Hugh had at least six children.
Elizabeth Norris, born May 26, 1802.
William, born Feb. 14, 1804.
Bailey Franklin, born Feb. 16, 1896, died May 8, 1844. He married Sarah Ann Hooper on Feb. 2, 1833 in Saint Helena Parish. she was born Apr. 17, 1816 and died Nov. 19, 1897. She and Bailey may have had as many as six children, but I have found only three. After Bailey Franklin died, Sarah married Hiram Williams on Nov. 4, 1877 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
James Eliphalet, born Mar. 10, 1808.
David Madison, born May 19, 1809, died Feb. 5, 1859. David married first to Margaret Newson on Sep. 10, 1829 in East Feliciana Parish. She was born May 6, 1815, a daughter of Abraham and Lowanzy [sic] Kirby. At least four children were born to that union. He married for a second time to Mrs. Winnifred Watson (Winnie) Vincent on Aug. 29, 1837 in Livingston Parish, La. Winnie died Aug. 23, 1846 but not before presenting David with at least three additional children. His third wife was Susan Bankston who he married on Oct. 13, 1846 in East Feliciana Parish. Susan presented David with an additional five children. David is also buried at Bluff Creek. I do not know where his three wives are buried.
Olivia Jemima, born Sep. 27, 1812, married John Harrison of Feb. 4, 1834 in East Feliciana Parish. John died prior to 1860 when Olivia appeared as head of household in the East Feliciana Parish census for that year. I believe they were parents of at least eight children.
Roxana Mariah, born Sep. 27, 1812.
Olympus Octavia, born Apr. 27, 1816.
Please contact me at the above e-mail address if you can add to or correct any of this information. I also have additional information on some of the grandchildren of Bailey and Elizabeth.
*Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, Southern Historical Publishing Association, 1907, p986
According to the Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (John McClintock, pub. Harper and Brothers, 1889) Bailey was a Baptist minister, born in South Carolina. He was in the Natchez area of Mississippi around 1790 and found himself - along with other non-Catholic religious leaders - subject to Spanish persecution as well as prosecution.
When the area "came under the protection of the government of the United States, the people assembled in large numbers, a brush arbor was constructed, and he was sent for; and, while the flag of the United States floated over him, he preached the Gospel of Christ unawed by the minions of Rome."
In 1798 he was run out of Louisiana after being arrested for preaching. He was forced to leave that state and return to Mississippi, where he died in 1816. However, in 1818 there was a Bailey E. Chaney in Franklin Co., MS who had been elected by the legislature to be a "chief justice."*
Another source, A History of the Baptist Churches in the United States (Albert Henry Newman, Christian Literature, 1894) Bailey and his family moved from Cole's Creek, MS to East Feliciana Parish in Louisiana in 1798 and began to preach. He was arrested and released on his promise to cease preaching in that jurisdiction, and seems to have returned to Mississippi.
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| Elizabeth Ratliff |
It is a good bet that Bailey is the ancestor of most of the Chaney families who still reside in the parishes of East Feliciana, East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena and perhaps other surrounding parishes. He married Elizabeth Ratliff in Franklin Co., MS in 1798. She was born on Aug. 14,1779 in that county and died on Jul. 4, 1855 in East Feliciana Parish. Elizabeth is buried at the Bluff Creek Community Cemetery in East Feliciana Parish. There are other Chaney and Chaney relatives resting in this old burial ground and Bailey may be there as well, but in an unmarked grave.
I know of at least ten children born to Bailey and Elizabeth between 1700 and 1816.
Sarah, born Apr. 27, 1799, died Oct. 30, 1843. She married Joshua Howell Rollins.
Mary Ryan, born Feb. 19, 1801, died Feb. 21, 1852. She married first James Hope Allison but I do not believe there were any children from that union. She married second to Hugh Pinkney Montgomery on Sep. 28, 1821. He was born on Feb. 3, 1792 in South Carolina, died Feb. 18, 1836 in East Baton Rouge Parish. She and Hugh had at least six children.
Elizabeth Norris, born May 26, 1802.
William, born Feb. 14, 1804.
Bailey Franklin, born Feb. 16, 1896, died May 8, 1844. He married Sarah Ann Hooper on Feb. 2, 1833 in Saint Helena Parish. she was born Apr. 17, 1816 and died Nov. 19, 1897. She and Bailey may have had as many as six children, but I have found only three. After Bailey Franklin died, Sarah married Hiram Williams on Nov. 4, 1877 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
James Eliphalet, born Mar. 10, 1808.
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| David Madison Chaney |
Olivia Jemima, born Sep. 27, 1812, married John Harrison of Feb. 4, 1834 in East Feliciana Parish. John died prior to 1860 when Olivia appeared as head of household in the East Feliciana Parish census for that year. I believe they were parents of at least eight children.
Roxana Mariah, born Sep. 27, 1812.
Olympus Octavia, born Apr. 27, 1816.
Please contact me at the above e-mail address if you can add to or correct any of this information. I also have additional information on some of the grandchildren of Bailey and Elizabeth.
*Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, Southern Historical Publishing Association, 1907, p986
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