Seventh Generation

3985. Jordan Coffey was born in March 1841 in Amherst Co., VA.¹²⁸⁹⁶ He lived with his parents in Amherst Co., VA on 15 September 1860. He lived with his nephew Edmund Coffey in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 28 January 1920. Jordan died in Staunton, Independent City., VA on 22 September 1925 and was buried at Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery in Lexington, VA on 23 September 1925 .¹²⁸⁹⁷

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Sep. 23, 1925

"Jordan Coffey.

"Staunton, VA., Sept. 22. - Jordan Coffey, a Confederate veteran, born in Amherst County in 1842, died in the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. M. Ramsey, on Coalter Street, early this afternoon. The body will be taken to Timber Ridge Cemetery near Lexington, tomorrow morning.

"Mr. Coffey is survived by two daughters, Mr. F. M. Ramsey, of this city, and Mrs. Terry [sic] Coffey, of West Virginia, one son, Alvin Coffey, of West Virginia; and two brothers, Schyler Coffey, of Timber Ridge and John Coffey, of West Virginia."

Jordan Coffey and Rebecca Pettis Grant were married on 3 January 1876 in Rockbridge Co., VA.^12898,12899 They^{^12898,12899} appeared in the census on 29 June 1880 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.¹²⁹⁰⁰ They^{¹²⁹⁰⁰} appeared in the census on 2 June 1900 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA.¹²⁹⁰¹ Rebecca Pettis Grant¹²⁹⁰², daughter of Prymus D. Grant and Anna Mariah Coffey, was born in April 1852 in Virginia. She lived with her son-in-law Elias Coffey in Fayetville, Fayette Co., WV on 6 May 1910. She appeared in the census on 12 January 1920 in Fayetville, Fayette Co., WV.¹²⁹⁰³

Jordan Coffey and Rebecca Pettis Grant had the following children:

+9078	i.	Alexander Coffey.
9079	ii.	Uriah Paxton Coffey was born in May 1878 in Virginia.¹²⁹⁰² He lived with his parents in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA on 2 June 1900. Uriah died at the age of 31 when he fell from a train on 30 July 1909 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA. Cannot find this child in the census record. He might have been born between 1880 and 1890 when census was lost. A son named Paxton appears with the family in 1880 as a 1 yrs. Old.
+9080	iii.	Florence M. Coffey.
9081	iv.	Finley H. Coffey was born in March 1884 in Virginia.¹²⁹⁰² He lived with his parents in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA on 2 June 1900. He died of pneumonia in Virginia.
+9082	v.	Fary Letcher Coffey.