Seventh Generation

4225. Joseph A. Coffee was born on 25 March 1845 in Tennessee. Joseph died of dropsy on 5 May 1913 at the age of 68 in White Rock Twp., McDonald Co., MO and was buried at Jane Cemetery in McDonald Co., MO on 6 May 1913.^{13731,13732,13733}

Joseph A. Coffee and Elva Tennessee Clark were married on 26 September 1869 in McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷³⁴ They¹³⁷³⁴ appeared in the census on 14 June 1870 in McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷³⁵ They¹³⁷³⁵ appeared in the census on 23 June 1880 in McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷³⁶ Joseph and Elva¹³⁷³⁶ appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in White Rock, McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷³⁷ They¹³⁷³⁷ appeared in the census on 19 April 1910 in White Rock, McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷³⁸ Elva Tennessee Clark, daughter of Wat Clark and Nancy E. , was born on 13 June 1853 in Arkansas.

She was a twin to Miriah Paralee Clark. She appeared in the census on 14 January 1920 in McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷³⁹ Elva died on 16 March 1936 at the age of 82 in Bentonville, Benton Co., AR and was buried at Jane Cemetery in McDonald Co., MO.¹³⁷⁴⁰

The Benton County Democrat, Bentonville, AR, Mar. 19,1936

AGED NATIVE OF THIS COUNTY DIED HERE MONDAY

Mrs. Tennessee Clark Coffee, aged 82, a native of this county, and widow of the late Joseph [sic] Coffee, died here Monday, March 16th, 1936, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.E. Pierce, and family on Sixth Street S.E.

Mrs. Coffee had lived for many years at Jane, Mo., and was visiting here with her daughter and family when she suffered a fall and a fractured hip two months ago.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist Church at Jane, Mo., conducted by the Rev. Mr. Wiles. Burial was in the Jane cemetery.

Mrs. Coffee was born here in Benton County on June 13th, 1853 and was a member of a pioneer Northwest Arkansas family. Her husband died at Jane, Mo., in 1918.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Pierce of this place and Mrs. Dolly Cook of Blackwell, Okla.; by five grandchildren, Price Bunch of Jane, Mo., Martin Bunch of Independence, Kansas, Mrs. J.H. O'Connor of Blankwell, Okla.; and Howard and Winfred Cook of Oakland, Calif. She also is survived by one brother, David Clark, living in Montana, and by seven great-grandchildren.

Joseph A. Coffee and Elva Tennessee Clark had the following children: