This family was in Owen Co., IN where Hodge married Hannah Wilson on Nov. 13, 1831.[2] Hodge and Hannah appeared in the Washington Twp., Owen Co. census in 1850. Sometime between 1855 and 1858 Hannah attempted [apparently] to divorce Hodge. The following appears in Owen Co. divorce proceedings[3]:
[Plaintiff] Coffey, Hannah Coffey, [Defendant] Hodge R. [Complete record, including order book and pages] (6) 270 48/116 1855/1858 [Remarks] Dismissed. Plaintiff to recover costsApparently there was a reconciliation because they were found living together in the 1860 census. I have not found them in 1870 or later. The death dates and places for the couple have also not been found.
Their children as given in the 1850 and 1860 census records were:
Oliver N., born Dec. 2, 1832; James L. R., born Jun. 9, 1835; Silas D. M., born Feb. 23, 1839; Mar A. R., born c1841; Serena, born c1847; and Laura, born c1852. Another child, Silas, is said to be their son, born c1843 and who apparently was deceased by 1850.
Oliver married Lydia Susan Litton, born c1828 in NC, on Jan. 30, 1851 in Owen Co. and died Dec. 30, 1901. He is buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO. I do not have a death date or burial place for Lydia. Both last appeared in the census record on Jun. 18, 1900 in Gentry Co. Their children were: Harrison, Rebecca, Edgar, Martha, Joshua Benton, Francis M., and Charles E. Charles is said to have been born in Douglas Co., KS; the rest in Indiana.
James Leander "Lee" married Elizabeth Caroline Litton, a daughter of Joel and Sarah Bridges Litton,[4] on Sep. 30, 1855 in Owen Co. Elizabeth died in 1876 at Alanthus Grove and is buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove. She and Lee were parents of at least six children: Martha Ann, Laura, Joel, Eliza, Sarah K. and Silas Hinkley. Following the death of Elizabeth, Lee married Sarah J. Matthews in Albany, Gentry Co., MO on Apr. 2, 1885. No children are known to have been born to this union. Lee died on Nov. 6, 1890 in Gentry Co. and was buried at Jennings Cemetery. Sarah died in 1917 at Stanberry in Gentry Co. and was buried at High Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry.
Silas married Carolina Laura Byles on Nov. 1, 1864.[5] Their children as I know then were Ida, Emma, Nettie and Robert Wallace. Robert was born Nov. 27, 1878 in Brazil, Clay Co., IN and married Alice Louise Wright in that county on Aug. 17, 1907[6]. Alice was a native of Terre Haute in Vigo Co., IN, born there on Jun. 24, 1891. Silas had a unique life. His bio can be found in source identified in footnote 5. He died on Mar. 6, 1904 in Manatee Co., FL and was buried at Cottage Hill Cemetery in Brazil, Clay Co., IN. Caroline died on Apr. 9, 1915 in Brazil and was also buried at Cottage Hill.
Hodge and Hannah also had a daughter named Mary Ann, born on Jan. 24, 1841 in Indiana. A public family tree on Ancestry.com identifies this Mary Ann as a daughter of William H. [Henderson] and Mary Falkner [sic] [Faulkner].
William H. died on Oct. 17, 1844 in Owen Co. Mary did not die until 1851. In 1850 she lived with her son Silas K. Coffey in Owen Co. In the household with Silas and his mother was a 16-year old Mary Coffey. Some researchers apparently conclude that this Mary was Silas' sister.
However, I believe that she was Silas' wife, Mary Parrish to whom he was married on Aug. 12, 1859 in Owen Co.[7]
Mary, daughter of Hodge, married David H. Allen on May 9, 1858 in Owen Co.[8] In 1860 the couple resided with their daughter Maranda, age 9 mos., in Owen Co. In 1870[9] a David Allen of the correct age was enumerated in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. His occupation was painter. In 1880 a 47-year old David Allen was an inmate in the Owen Co., Asylum. The Ancestry genealogies report that Maranda died in 1862 but I cannot confirm that. There are other reports, yet unconfirmed that Mary Ann married a Mr. James and, that she died on Jun. 30, 1903. There is a Mary Ann Coffey James buried at the Ellettsville Methodist Church Cemetery in Monroe Co., IN.[10] But, it is not confirmed that she was the daughter of Hodge and Hannah Wilson Coffey.
Additions and/or corrections welcomed.
Jack
Footnotes:
[1]William is said to be a son of Reuben and Sarah Scott Coffey, born 1789 in Caldwell Co., then Burke Co., NC. Reuben and Sarah's children are not entirely agreed upon by researchers.
[2]Owen County, Indiana: Marriages before 1850, Owen County Historical and Genealogical Society online [http://www.owen.in.us/owenhist/bks123a.htm], accessed Jan. 6, 2005.
[3]Divorces for Owen Co., IN 1819-1871, Owen Co. Historical and Genealogical Society online [http://www.owen.in.us/owenhist/divorces.htm], accessed Various.
[4] She is likely to be a sister to Susan, wife of Oliver, but I have not investigated the possibility.
[5] Charles Blanchard, Editor, Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. Illustrated. (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884), p345
[6]Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXR9-SPT : accessed 21 Feb 2013)
[7]"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXFF-X65 : accessed 30 Mar 2013), Silas K Coffey and Mary Parrish, 1849.
[8]Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database on-line], indexed by Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.
[9]The 1870 census record in which David is found is rather odd. The enumerator tallied females and males separately, making it impossible for me to determine who was in a family. For 1880, see https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11829-43603-85?cc=1438024&wc=M9SM-J17:n2115918512 and http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6742&iid=4240636-00249&o_iid=48558&o_lid=48558&o_sch=Web+Property
[10]Find A Grave Memorial No. 74411333
