Seventh Generation


5915. James Walter Gragg was born on 9 October 1883 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He lived with his parents in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 13 June 1900. James died of tuberculosis on 15 June 1926 at the age of 42 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at the home cemetery in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 18 June 1926.19172,19173

James Walter Gragg and Sarah E. E. Coffey were married on 29 April 1906 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.19169 They19169 appeared in the census on 10 May 1910 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.19170 They19170 appeared in the census on 21 January 1920 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.19171 Sarah E. E. Coffey, daughter of Jesse (Cleveland?) Coffey and Lucinda Louise Coffey, was born on 6 April 1879 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Sarah died of uremia on 19 June 1957 at the age of 78 at Blowing Rock Hospital in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 21 June 1957.19166,19167,19168

Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Jun. 20, 1957, Page 24

Mrs. Sarah C. Gragg

Lenoir, June 19 - Mrs. Sarah Coffey Gragg, 78, of Gragg, died this morning at a Blowing Rock hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church at Gragg, with the Rev. W. L. Brackett of Valdese officiating. Interment will be in the Gragg cemetery. She was born in Caldwell County. Surviving are five sons, L. O. Gragg and Gleason Gragg, both of Granite Falls, Columbus Gragg of Patterson and Joseph Gragg of Lenoir; five daughters, Misses Stella and Nannie Gragg, both of Gragg, Mrs. Florence Earp of Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. Ceinia Teague of Blowing Rock and Mrs. Cora Woodruff of Lenoir; two brothers, William Coffey of Boone and James Coffey of Union Mills; 49 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

James Walter Gragg and Sarah E. E. Coffey had the following children:

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Stella Lou Gragg.

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Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Gragg.

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Hester Gragg.

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Florence Gragg.

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Columbus Newton Gragg.

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Albert Robert Gragg.

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Piolet Pauline Gragg.

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Leason Obidiah Gragg.

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Luecenia Gragg.

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Joseph Alexander Gragg.
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