Seventh Generation

5914. John Robert Joshua Gragg was born on 18 December 1878 in Gragg, Avery Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁵ He appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁶ He appeared in the census on 11 June 1940 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.¹⁹¹⁷⁷ John died of a coronary thrombosis on 8 January 1958 at the age of 79 at home in Linville, Linville Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC on 10 January 1958.^19178,19179 In the 1880 census he was enumerated as John R., age 1.

John Robert Joshua Gragg and Mary Adalaide "Addie" Coffey were married on 2 March 1898 in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹³²⁷ They^¹⁹³²⁷ appeared in the census on 13 June 1900 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹³²⁸ They^¹⁹³²⁸ appeared in the census on 5 May 1910 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹³²⁹ John and Addie^¹⁹³²⁹ appeared in the census on 22 January 1920 in Avery Co., NC.¹⁹³³⁰ Mary Adalaide "Addie" Coffey, daughter of Julius Calvin Coffey and Eugenia Lavania Dellinger, was born in July 1879 in North Carolina. She was born in 1880 in North Carolina. Mary died in Avery Co., NC on 23 July 1923 and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC in July 1923 .¹⁹³³¹

John Robert Joshua Gragg and Mary Adalaide "Addie" Coffey had the following children:

+12266	i.	John McCoy Gragg.
12267	ii.	Bunie (?) B. Gragg was born circa 1900 in Caldwell Co., NC. Bunie died in Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC , date unknown.
12268	iii.	Joseph E. (F.?) Gragg was born in March 1900 in Avery Co., NC. Joseph died in Avery Co., NC in 1915 and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC in 1915 .¹⁹³³²
+12269	iv.	Donald Lindsey Gragg.
12270	v.	Matoaka Jane Gragg was born on 9 May 1903 in Caldwell Co., NC. Matoaka died in Hudson, Caldwell Co., NC on 25 August 1982 and was buried at Hartley Hill Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in August 1982 .^19333,19334
12271	vi.	Pearl D. Gragg was born on 14 December 1904 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Pearl died in Avery Co., NC on 5 January 1919 and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC in January 1919 .¹⁹³³⁵
+12272	vii.	Grant G. Gragg.
12273	viii.	Corey Gragg was born in 1909 in North Carolina. He is buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC but death date is not known.¹⁹³³⁶ Corey died in Avery Co., NC before 1910 and was buried at
+12274	ix.	Alfred Argie Gragg.
12275	x.	Lonnie Edward Gragg was born on 23 July 1914 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹³³⁷ Lonnie died of a myocardial infarction on 6 January 1969 at the age of 54 at home in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Bellview Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 8 January 1969.^19338,19339
+12276	xi.	Ervin Odas Gragg.
12277	xii.	Almer Gragg was born on 25 October 1915 in Avery Co., NC. Almer died in Gragg, Avery Co., NC on 31 December 1918 and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC in January 1919 .^{19340,19341,19342}
12278	xiii.	Frank Gragg was born on 16 June 1917 in Avery Co., NC. Frank died in Gragg, Avery Co., NC on 5 January 1919 and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC in January 1919 .¹⁹³⁴³
12279	xiv.	Verna May Gragg was born on 22 June 1919 in Avery Co., NC.¹⁹³⁴⁴

John Robert Joshua Gragg and Sarah E. E. Coffey were married after 1930 in North Carolina.¹⁹¹⁷⁴ 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.