| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation6241. William Riley "Willie" Coffey was born on 29 August 1881 in Missouri. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Albany, Gentry Co., MO.20724 William died of a cerebral embolism and was buried at on 2 June 1943 at the age of 61 at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Nodaway Co., MO and was buried at High Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry, Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO.20725,20726 Death - The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Wed., Jun. 9, 1943, Page 3 An Angry Cow Kills A Missouri Farmer Stanberry, Mo. - William R. Coffey, 61, died last week at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville from injuries suffered several days before when he was attacked by an angry cow at this farm home ten miles southwest of Stanberry. Mr. and Mrs. Coffey were attempting to separate the cow, not considered vicious, from her young calf. Mrs. Coffey went first to lead her from her calf. The cow attached her knocking her to the ground three times and fracturing her left ankle. Her husband went to her aid and was knocked to the ground and trampled by the cow. A hoof cut a deep gash in his throat. When the cow returned to her calf, the Coffeys crawled to the protection of a near-by corn cultivator. Mrs. Coffey entered the family motor car, despite her broken ankle, and drove one-half mile for aid. Both were taken to the Maryville hospital. William Riley "Willie" Coffey and Icie Boston were married on 30 December 1911 in Gentry Co., MO.20727 They20727 appeared in the census on 14 January 1920 in Berlin, Miller Twp., Gentry Co., MO.20728 They20728 appeared in the census on 16 April 1930 in Nodaway, Nodaway Twp., MO.20729 Willie and Icie20729 appeared in the census on 22 May 1940 in Union Twp., Nodaway Co., MO.20730 Icie Boston, daughter of Noah Addison Boston and Sarah E. Herrell, was born in October 1889 in Illinois. She lived with her parents in Yorktown, Nodaway Twp., IA on 25 June 1900. She lived with her parents in Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 22 April 1910. William Riley "Willie" Coffey and Icie Boston had the following children:
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