Seventh Generation

3475. Theodore F. Coffey was born on 10 August 1844 in Salem Twp., Washington Co., IN. During the Civil War, he served the Union side in Co. B, 33 Ill Inf. Regt. as a musician.
Theodore's name is inscribed on the tablets at the Illinois monument at Vicksburg. Other Coffey/e names on the tablets are: Coffee, Robert, Corp., Co., A, 93d Inf. Regt.; Coffee, Robert, Corp., Co. A, 13th Inf. Regt.; Coffey, Daniel, Co. K, 90th Inf. Regt.; Coffey, James, Corp., Co., C., 33d Inf. Regt. and Coffey, John, Pvt., D. Co., 81st Inf. Regt.

He received a patent for his "new and useful Needle-Threader" on 4 August 1903 at US Patent Office in Washington, District of Columbia¹¹⁶³⁵ Theodore died at 706 E. Mill St. (home) in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL on 9 June 1926 and was buried at Hopewell Cemetery in Downs, McLean Co., IL on 11 June 1926 .^11636,11637

Theodore F. Coffey and Laura Belle Freshwater were married circa 1879. They appeared in the census on 9 June 1880 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.¹¹⁶³⁸ They¹¹⁶³⁸ appeared in the census on 15 June 1900 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.¹¹⁶³⁹ Theodore and Laura¹¹⁶³⁹ appeared in the census on 15 April 1910 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.¹¹⁶⁴⁰ They¹¹⁶⁴⁰ appeared in the census on 2 January 1920 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.¹¹⁶⁴¹ Laura Belle Freshwater, daughter of John Freshwater and Martha Wilson, was born on 10 October 1860 in Apollo, Armstrong Co., PA. She began receiving her husbands Civil War pension in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL on 15 June 1926¹¹⁶⁴² Laura died in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL on 21 April 1928 and was buried at Hopewell Cemetery in Downs, McLean Co., IL on 24 April 1928 .^11643,11644

Theodore F. Coffey and Laura Belle Freshwater had the following children: