Seventh Generation

3147. John O'Neal Coffey was born on 7 May 1867 in Lincoln Co., KY. He lived with landlady Hazel Allee in Marion Co., IN on 15 April 1910.¹⁰⁸⁶³ John died in Hendricks Co., IN on 25 March 1928 and was buried at Stilesville Cemetery in Stilesville, Hendricks Co., IN in March 1928 .¹⁰⁸⁶⁴

The 1920 census for Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN lists a John Coffey, age 52, born KY, parents born KY, married to Mary, age 36. Also in the household are three children enumerated as stepsons of John, all surnamed Chambers. John was a laborer in a cordage factory. He has not been found in the 1930 census.

John O'Neal Coffey and Dicy A. McMullin were married on 10 April 1890 in Washington Co., KY.¹⁰⁸⁶⁵ They¹⁰⁸⁶⁵ appeared in the census on 15 June 1900 in Hendricks Co., IN.¹⁰⁸⁶⁶ They¹⁰⁸⁶⁶ were divorced. Dicy A. McMullin was born on 29 September 1866 in Kentucky. She appeared in the census on 27 April 1910 in Vigo Co., IN.¹⁰⁸⁶⁷ She appeared in the census on 5 January 1920 in Vigo Co., IN.¹⁰⁸⁶⁸ Dicy appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in Vigo Co., IN.¹⁰⁸⁶⁹ She lived in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN on 4 April 1940.¹⁰⁸⁷⁰ Dicy died in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN on 3 February 1954 and was buried at Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN in February 1954 .¹⁰⁸⁷¹

Name sometime spelled McMillin and given name as Disey or Dica.

John O'Neal Coffey and Dicy A. McMullin had the following children:

+7861	i.	William Joshua Coffey.
7862	ii.	Susan Mary Coffey was born on 21 November 1892 in Mackville, Washington Co., KY. Susan died in Indiana on 27 February 1983 and was buried at Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN on 2 March 1983 .10872
+7863	iii.	John Martin Coffey.
+7864	iv.	Sallie M. Coffey.
7865	v.	Bessie (Roxie?) L. Coffey was born in February 1900 in Indiana. Is Roxie the child Bessie with nickname Roxie? A child named Roxie does not appear with the family in any census record. Bessie died at Lost Creek Twp. in Seelyville, Vigo Co., IN on 8 May 1913 by drowning and was buried at Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN in May 1913 .10873,10874 Perhaps the most famous flood in Indiana history, the Great Flood of 1913, occurred along the Ohio, Wabash, and several other rivers, affecting the entire midwestern United States. A series of storms in late March poured several inches of rain on saturated ground and nearly all the water was forced into tributaries as runoff.

John O'Neal Coffey and Mary E. (Mary Ada?) Chambers were married on 16 January 1919 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.¹⁰⁸⁷⁵ Mary E. (Mary Ada?) Chambers was born circa 1885 in Louisa Co., VA.

John O'Neal Coffey and Mary E. (Mary Ada?) Chambers had the following children: