Seventh Generation


4050. Rebecca Pettis Grant12902 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

Rebecca Pettis Grant and Jordan Coffey were married on 3 January 1876 in Rockbridge Co., VA.12898,12899 They12898,12899 appeared in the census on 29 June 1880 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.12900 They12900 appeared in the census on 2 June 1900 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA.12901 Jordan Coffey, son of Schuylar Coffey and Elizabeth Hamilton, 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."

Rebecca Pettis Grant and Jordan Coffey had the following children:

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Alexander Coffey.

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ii.

Uriah Paxton Coffey.

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iii.

Florence M. Coffey.

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iv.

Finley H. Coffey.

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v.

Fary Letcher Coffey.
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