The Edward Coffey Project

Another Coffey Cousins' reunion is over! If I have counted correctly, it was number 30; the first was held in Boone, NC in 1984. Thi...

Back in 2006 I wrote a short blog about Smith Coffey , thought by me to be the youngest child born to Thomas and Elizabeth Smith Coffey. ...

Albert was the second eldest son of the Rev. Reuben A. and Martha "Polly" Dowell Coffey, born Feb. 22, 1810 in Wilkes Co., NC.  Al...

By his own hand, Alfred wrote that he and Julia were married in 1857. He would have been about 26 years old at the time, having been born...

John and Miriam were the parents of Newell Sanders, written about in an earlier blog .  At the time, I did not have a whole lot of informati...

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Benjamin was born Mar. 14, 1857 in MO to Levi and Mary Elizabeth Russell Green.  Louisa was a daughter of Eli and Louisa Caroline Storie Cof...

Lorenzo was born c1832 in North Carolina to Larkin and Catherine H. Wilson Coffey.  Not too much info has been found for Lorenzo. Eliza Co...

Janet Amtower documented the travels of her ancestor, Rev. Reuben A. and his wife, Polly Dowell Coffey.  I wrote about them in Dec., 2006  ...

"Newell Sanders, manufacturer and United States Senator, 1912, 1913, was born in Owen County, Indiana, July 12, 1850, the son of John...

Byron Howe Coffey was born in Owen Co. IN on Jan. 29, 1866 to Wesley W. and Laura Josephine Howe Coffey. Wesley was descended from the Rev....

Rufus was a son of the Rev. Reuben A. & Polly Dowell Coffey.  Reuben and Polly have been written about before, and most of the informati...

This photo was sent to me by Gail Hewett, a descendant of James and Harriet.  It is in remarkably good condition.  The young man in the phot...

The Rev. Theodore Cornelius Coffey was born the third child and second son of Cornelius and Margaret Smith Coffey. Cornelius was the son of...

The Winter 2007 edition of the Owen County History & Genealogy Newsletter has been published. This edition concludes the three-part su...