| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation476. Martin Van Buren "Van" Coffey was born on 9 September 1833 in Georgia. He lived with his parents in Gilmer Co., GA on 26 November 1850. Martin died in Fulton Co., GA on 5 November 1905 and was buried at Harmony Grove Cemetery in Buckhead, Fulton Co., GA in November 1905 .1848 "Born in Pickens Co. where he lived and was tax collector for many yrs. Moved to Atlanta 12 years ago. Was a Confederate Veteran. Leaves his wife formerly Miss Millie Petit of Jasper, GA. 6 sons, Eli J., W.J., H.L., G.M., C.M. & W.E. Also 3 daughters, Mrs. Newton Sprayberry, Mrs. J.M. Crane & Mrs. W.E. Fitts., all of Atlanta. Also a brother J.G.C. of Jasper, GA." [Source: Garrett's Necrology, Kenan Research Library, Atlanta History Center by way of Maureen Keillor] Martin Van Buren "Van" Coffey and Frances Millicent Ann "Millie" Pettit were married on 27 February 1859 in Pickens Co., GA.1849 They1849 appeared in the census on 10 July 1860 in Pickens Co., GA.1850 They1850 appeared in the census on 24 June 1870 in Pickens Co., GA.1851 Van and Millie1851 appeared in the census on 19 June 1880 in Pickens Co., GA.1852 They1852 appeared in the census on 12 June 1900 in Fulton Co., GA.1853 Frances Millicent Ann "Millie" Pettit, daughter of John Pettitt and Eleanor Mooney, was born on 7 November 1838 in Georgia. She lived with her son-in-law Newton Sprayberry in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA on 15 April 1910. She lived with her son-in-law John M. Crane in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA on 9 January 1920. Frances died of intestinal paresis on 6 September 1922 at the age of 83 at 513 Woodward Ave. (home) in Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA and was buried at Harmony Grove Church Cemetery in Buckhead, Fulton Co., GA on 7 September 1922.1854,1855 Martin Van Buren "Van" Coffey and Frances Millicent Ann "Millie" Pettit had the following children:
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