Seventh Generation

4019. Arthur Coffey was born on 10 August 1859 in Virginia. Arthur died on 30 March 1945 at the age of 85 in Amherst Co., VA and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA.^13054,13055

Arthur Coffey and Virginia Anne "Jenny" Davis were married on 31 January 1884 in Amherst Co., VA.¹³⁰⁵⁶ They¹³⁰⁵⁶ appeared in the census on 18 June 1900 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.¹³⁰⁵⁷ They¹³⁰⁵⁷ appeared in the census on 16 May 1910 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.¹³⁰⁵⁸ Arthur and Jenny¹³⁰⁵⁸ appeared in the census on 22 January 1920 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.¹³⁰⁵⁹ They¹³⁰⁵⁹ appeared in the census on 25 April 1930 in the Coffey Settlement in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.¹³⁰⁶⁰ They¹³⁰⁶⁰ appeared in the census on 16 May 1940 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.¹³⁰⁶¹ Virginia Anne "Jenny" Davis, daughter of William Webster Davis and Avarilla Coffey, was born on 15 August 1866 in Amherst Co., VA. She lived with her parents in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 2 August 1870. She lived with her parents in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 1 June 1880. Virginia died on 14 May 1951 at the age of 84 in Amherst Co., VA and was buried at Green Hill Cemetery in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA.^{13062,13063,13064}

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Wed., May 16, 1951, Page 11

"Mrs. Virginia Coffey

"Buena Vista, Va., May 15 - Mrs. Virginia Ann Davis Coffey, 84, widow of Arthur Coffey, of Alto, Amherst County, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. P. Crawford, of Buena Vista.

"Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. J. W. Gibson of Buena Vista; Mrs. E. L. Sales of Amherst, Va.; Mrs. Glenn Wyatt, of Sparta, N.C.; Mrs. E. B. Humphries, of Lynchburg; Mrs. Huston Crawford and Leonard Coffey, of Alto; Heddie Coffey, of Raphine, Va., and Ernest Coffey, of Lexington; 41 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, H. C. Davis, of Buena Vista; T. A. Davis of Lynchburg and Chester Davis, of Hampton, Va., and two sisters, Mrs. P. G. Stinnett, of Newport News and Mrs. Betty Johnson of Lynchburg.

"A funeral service was held Wednesday at St. John's Methodist Church, with burial in Green Hill Cemetery."

Arthur Coffey and Virginia Anne "Jenny" Davis had the following children: