Eighth Generation

8475. Lewis Coffey was born in March 1874 in Kentucky. He lived with his parents in Wayne Co., KY on 16 June 1880. Lewis died in 1946 at the age of 72 in Wayne Co., KY and was buried at Gap Creek Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.¹⁴⁴

Lewis Coffey and Mary Olive Adkinson were married circa 1903 in Kentucky. They appeared in the census on 28 April 1910 in Elk Creek Twp., Wayne Co., KY.²⁶³⁷⁷ Mary Olive Adkinson was born in 1883. Mary died in 1918 at the age of 35 in Wayne Co., KY and was buried at Gap Creek Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.^144,26378

Olive is thought to be the daughter of Joel Adkinson and Sarah E. Walker. She was the second wife of Lewis Coffey.

Lewis Coffey and Mary Olive Adkinson had the following children:

15723	i.	Robert Coffey was born on 7 January 1903 in Wayne Co., KY. Robert died on 9 January 1904 at the age of 1 in Wayne Co., KY and was buried at Gap Creek Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.^144,26379
15724	ii.	Salena M. Coffey was born circa 1906 in Kentucky.
15725	iii.	William Lewis Coffey was born on 23 July 1908 in Wayne Co., KY. William died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 8 July 1938 at the age of 29 in Clinton Co., KY and was buried at Gap Creek Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY on 10 July 1938.^26380,26381
15726	iv.	Myrtie was born and died in 1909 in Wayne Co., KY and was buried at Gap Creek Cemetery in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.