They were parents of at least seven children: Margaret Ann, David, Mary, Nancy, Melvina, Evie and Nettie.
Margaret Ann, or Maggie, was born in May of 1870 and died in March of 1958 in Madison Co., KY. Her husband was John D. Coffey, born Dec. 20, 1859 in Estill Co., to whom she was married on Oct. 10, 1889 in Irvine.** John died in 1909 just before his last child was born in 1910.
John D. Coffey was a son of John T. & Elizabeth Jane Walton Coffey. John T. was a son of Colby and Mary Ann Adams Coffey. Colby was born in Wilkes Co., NC, married Mary Ann in Grainger Co., TN and lived out the remainder of their life together in Estill Co. Elizabeth Jane was a daughter of David and Elizabeth Warford Walton. I have not yet investigated a connection between Elizabeth Jane and Marcus, but odds are the were related.
John D. siblings were 1) Thomas Jefferson, 1858-1932, married Julina C. Walton in Irvine, 1881. Julina was a daughter of William Jackson and Thursy Ann Coffey Walton. William Jackson was brother to Elizabeth, wife of John T. and mother of John D. Thursy Ann was a daughter of Colby, and sister to John T. 2) Elizabeth Jane, born 1862 in Estill Co., said to have married John Andrew Adams and died in Dawson Co., NE.*** 3) William A Curtis, sometimes found as W.A.C. Coffey, born 1865 in Estill Co., married Sarah Frances Walton, another daughter of William Jackson and Thursy Ann, in 1890. She died in 1900. He remarried to a lady named Esther but I have no further info about that union.
There were at least 12 children born to the marriage of John D. and Margaret Ann Walton:
The eldest was John Dillard Coffey - perhaps John Dillard, Jr.? - born Dec. 16, 1892 at Jinks, in Estill Co. John married Jessie Lu [sic] Carr on Nov. 29, 1917. I have not found them in any census record. He died in 1968 and she in 1976, both in Richmond, Madison Co., KY. Both are buried at the Richmond cemetery.
David was the second child, born Aug. 15, 1894 at Jinks. In about 1929, at age 35, he married a young girl by the name of Kitty, who was 17 years old. The age difference apparently made little difference to either because they remained husband and wife until David's demise in 1974. Kitty passed away in 1983. Both are buried at the Richmond cemetery in Madison Co. They apparently had only one child, Annie Ruth, born c1933, the only child to appear with them in the 1940 census.
Bertie Land, born 1895, apparently never married. His mother lived with him in 1940 in Madison Co. He died in Jul., 1982 and is also buried at Richmond cemetery.
James Allen, born Oct., 1896, died Aug., 1968 in Jefferson Co., KY. His wife was Margaret, born 1910, died 1974. Both are buried at La Grange, Oldham Co., KY in the Valley of Rest cemetery.
With the exception of one, I have very little info on the next four children: Myrtle A., born 1896; Hobart L., born Mar, 1899, died Oct., 1900, buried at Garrett Cemetery at Jinks; Betty F., born c1902 and, Alma (Alva or Ava?), born c1903.
Child number nine was Clark W., born May, 1905, died Jul., 1974 at Richmond. Clark married Zelma Lee Marshall of Madison Co. in c1925. There were at least two children: Louise, born c1927 and William J., born c1927. William died in Sep. 2000 at Madison Co. and is buried at Richmond cemetery. Zelma died in Sep., 1984 and is buried with Clark at Richmond.
George P, born in Aug., 1906, was next born. He married a lady whose surname was possibly Wren, given name Hazel. George died rather suddenly in June, 1930 while living with Hazel at Duncanon in Madison Co. They had one son, Kenneth B., born c1929. George is buried at Fairview cemetery in Conway, Rockcastle Co., KY. In 1940 Kenneth was residing with some Wren relatives, headed by Arthur Wren, an uncle, in Rockcastle Co. Hazel likely remarried or died but I have not been able to locate her after 1930.
The last two children were Robert H., born Mar., 1908, died Nov., 1991 and, Beulah B., born Mar., 1910, died Oct., 1997. Both married but I have not yet been able to locate family information.
Additions and corrections welcomed.
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**"Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979, 1839-1960". Groom's Name: John D. Coffey Bride's Name: Maggie A. Walton Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1889 Marriage Place: Irvine, Estill, Kentucky Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01192-6 System Origin: Kentucky-EASy Source Film Number: 1760330 Reference Number: p 146
***John Adams first married Mary Ann Alcorn, daughter of Albert Gilbert Alcorn and Matilda Coffey another daughter of Colby. Mary Ann died c1888 in Estill Co. after birthing five children: Etta Bell, William Henry, John H. and Anna. John's second wife was Elizabeth Jane with whom he had Sarah, Nannie, Mary Grace and James B. More info is available.
