Sixth Generation

1064. Sarah Bell "Sally" Coffey was born on 2 May 1857 in Alabama.

Birth date taken from Old Bible Records, Vol. 2, Donelson Chapter DAR, Nashville, TN. In this record, her middle initial was given as A. Sarah died in Jackson Co., AL in 1937. Mount Carmel, Bridgeport, Jackson Co., AL in 1937.⁴²³⁸

Sarah Bell "Sally" Coffey and Charles Williams Brown were married on 7 September 1882 at River Hill Plantation in Jackson Co., AL.⁴²³⁹ Charles Williams Brown⁴²⁴⁰, son of Jeremiah Brown and Mary Ann Williams, was born on 25 October 1854 in Limerock, Jackson Co., AL. Charles died in Bridgeport, Jackson Co., AL on 27 January 1940 and was buried at Mount Carmel, Bridgeport, Jackson Co., AL in 1940.^4241,4242

"Brown, Charles Williams, lawyer and state senator, was born at Limrock [sic], Jackson County, October 25, 1854; son of Jeremiah and Mary (Williams) Brown; grandson of John and Martha (Anderson) Brown, of North Carolina, and of Sam and Margaret (Gwynne) Williams. The wife of Col. John Snodgras was a sister of Jeremiah Brown.

Senator Brown was educated in the common schools of Limrock, Larkinsville and Scottsboro; graduated at the University of Alabama, A. B., 1878, and LL. B., 1880; practiced law at Scottsboro for a number of years, but is now retired from the practice, owing to defective hearing.

He served as master in chancery, 1887; and was chief clerk of the State department of education, 1888-89.

In the legislature of 1911, he served as a senator from the 5th district, and in the 1915 session of that body, as a representative from Jackson County.

While at college in his senior year, he was captain of Cadet Co. B. He is a Democrat; a Methodist; an Odd Fellows; a Woodman of the World; and a member of the Sigma Nu college fraternity. In 1882 he was editor of the Scottsboro Citizen.

Married: September 7, 1882, at River Hill plantation, to Sallie Bell, daughter of Gen. John Reed and Mary Ann (Cross) Coffey, of Jackson County. The Coffey family is related to the Zollicoffers. Children: 1. Mary Elizabeth m. Thomas B. Vance, Hollywood; 2. Eula Maud; 3. Annabel, m. Frank Johnson, Hollywood; 4. Octavia Eliza, died in infancy; 5. Ruth Forrestine,. Residence: Glensaida."

Sarah Bell "Sally" Coffey and Charles Williams Brown had the following children:

3706	i.	Robert D. Brown was born in September 1884 in Jackson Co., AL.
3707	ii.	Walter T. Brown was born in March 1886 in Jackson Co., AL.
3708	iii.	Jessie P. Brown was born in March 1890 in Jackson Co., AL.
3709	iv.	Alfred W. Brown was born in March 1892 in Jackson Co., AL.
3710	v.	Frankie Brown was born in April 1897 in Jackson Co., AL.
3711	vi.	Benjamin Brown was born in September 1900 in Jackson Co., AL.