Fifth Generation

579. Joel Coffey²⁴³¹ was born on 10 June 1818 in Russell Co., KY. Joel died in Kentucky on 21 March 1901.

Joel Coffey and Permilia Haynes were married on 31 July 1836 in Russell Co., KY.²⁴³² They^²⁴³² appeared in the census on 28 August 1850 in Russell Co., KY.²⁴³³ Permilia Haynes was born circa 1818 in Russell Co., KY. She died by accident on 19 January 1853 at the age of 35 in Russell Co., KY.²⁴³⁴

Joel Coffey and Permilia Haynes had the following children:

2265	i.	Martha Ellen Coffey was born circa 1838 in Russell Co., KY.
+2266	ii.	Quintes (Quenton?) Coffey.
+2267	iii.	Logan C. Coffey.

Joel Coffey and Mary Ann Mann were married on 2 November 1854 in Rowan Co., KY.²⁴³⁵ They^²⁴³⁵ appeared in the census on 23 June 1860 in Russell Co., KY.²⁴³⁶ They^²⁴³⁶ appeared in the census on 5 August 1870 in Rowena, Russell Co., KY.²⁴³⁷ Joel and Mary^²⁴³⁷ appeared in the census on 18 June 1880 in Rowena, Russell Co., KY.²⁴³⁸ Mary Ann Mann was born circa 1829.

Joel Coffey and Mary Ann Mann had the following children:

2268	i.	Baxter Coffey was born in May 1856 in Kentucky. He lived with his parents in Russell Co., KY on 23 June 1860. He lived with his parents in Russell Co., KY on 5 August 1870. Baxter lived with his brother James Wilburn Coffey in Creelsboro, Russell Co., KY on 21 June 1880. He lived with his brother James Wilburn Coffey in Gresham, Green Co., KY on 2 June 1900. Baxter died in Coburg, Adair Co., KY on 31 December 1901 and was buried at the News item, Semi-weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY, Tue., Dec. 31, 1901, Vol. 29, Page 3 Braxton [sic] Coffey, whose mind has been considered unbalnced for some time, is mysteriously missing from his home near Capt Knox, Adair county. Baxter in Louisa, Lawrence Co., KY .²⁴³⁹ The Big Sandy News, Friday, Jan. 3, 1902, Louisa, KY, Vol. 17, Page 5 Farmer Missing. Middlesboro, Ky., Dec., 31 - Braxton Coffey, farmer of Adair county, has been mysteriously missing for 10 days. It is feared that he has either drowned or wandered off to some isolated spot and was frozen to death. Coffey family burial ground in Coburg, Adair Co., KY on 13 January 1902 . Source: The Green County Record, Jan. 3, 1902, courtesy of Camila Coffey Lafaver "Last Friday Braxton Coffee [sic], of Camp Knox, came to town and started home with a barrell of coal oil and a barrell of salt on the wagon. His wagon and one horse were found near Haskinsville with his shoes and coat in the wagon. The other horse was found between the Christie's farm and Coburg, but no trace of him has yet been found up to Thursday night. It is believed that he is mentally unbalanced." Source: Green County Death Records, Vol. 1, 1899-1905. Source of the source: The Green County Record, Dec. 20, 1901 "Braxton Coffee [sic], the man who reported as leaving his wagon and one horse near Kaskinsville last week, was found Wednesday, frozen to death, in George Lee's field close to Griffin Springs, near Tampico, about four miles from where he left the wagon and horse. The horse he took from the wagon was found Saturday morning near Coburg. He has been slightly unbalanced for some time and what ever acted upon his disordered mind to induce him to commit the [act] which led to his death from exposure will never be known. He was about 40 years of age and had never been married." Source: ibid. Source of the source: The Green County Record, Dec. 27, 1901 "The remains of Braxter Coffee [sic], who was found dead near Coburg last Wednesday, was interred at the family burial grounds near N. B. Loveall's last Thursday."
+2269	ii.	James Wilburn "Jim" Coffey.
+2270	iii.	Theodore Coffey.
2271	iv.	Viola O. Coffey was born circa 1863 in Kentucky. She lived with her parents in Russell Co., KY on 5 August 1870. She lived with her parents in Russell Co., KY on 18 June 1880.
2272	v.	Ebenezer Coffey was born on 28 April 1865 in Russell Co., KY. He lived with his parents in Russell Co., KY on 5 August 1870. He lived with his parents in Russell Co., KY on 18 June 1880. Ebenezer lived with his brother James Wilburn Coffey in Gresham, Green Co., KY on 2 June 1900. He lived with his brother James Coffey in Gresham, Green Co., KY on 28 April 1910. Ebenezer died in Gresham, Green Co., KY on 29 November 1912 stomach trouble Coffey Cemetery in Greensburg, Green Co., KY on 30 November 1912 .^2440,2441
2273	vi.	Helen M. Coffey was born circa 1870 in Russell Co., KY. She lived with her parents in Russell Co., KY on 18 June 1880.