Seventh Generation

4083. Virginia Texana "Jennie" Butridge was born on 31 July 1854 in Sherman, Grayson Co., TX. She lived with the at with the Brice Skinall family in Sherman, Grayson Co., TX on 28 August 1870.¹²⁷⁸⁵ Virginia died myocarditis on 27 September 1949 at the age of 95 at home in Sherman, Grayson Co., TX and was buried at Van Alstyne Cemetery in Van Alstyne, Grayson Co., TX on 29 September 1949.^{12786,12787,12788}

Death Notice, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, Thu., Sep. 29, 1949, Section I, Page 9

Mrs. Virginia Texas Coffey, 95, Oldest Sherman Resident, Dies

Sherman, Texas, Sept. 28. - Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Van Alstyne First Christian Church for Mrs. Virginia Texas Butridge Coffey, 95.

She was the oldest resident of Sherman at the time of her death Tuesdau at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dick Coffey.

Mrs. Coffey was born July 31, 184 in a house which is now the site of the Texas Hotel. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Butridge.

She was married to M. S. Coffey at Van Alstyne on Nov. 7, 1871. He died in 1921. She then moved to Van Alstyne to live with her son, and after his death in 1945, she and her daughter-in-law returned to Sherman to live.

Mrs. Coffey was a member of the Christian Church, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She had been active up until about six months ago. Mrs. Coffey was one of the principals in the Sherman Centennial parade a year ago. Two years ago she was awarded an orchid for being the oldest person in attendance at a Breakfast in Hollywood program at the municipal building.

She is survived by a son, E. G. Coffey of Van Alstyne; three daughters, Mrs. C. F. Jones of Dallas, Mrs. W. H. Miller of Pilot Point and Mrs. J. C. Coffey of Hedley; ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

Virginia Texana "Jennie" Butridge and Matthew Slaughter Coffey were married on 7 November 1871 in Van Alstyne, Grayson Co., TX. They appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Grayson Co., TX.¹²⁷⁸³ They¹²⁷⁸³ appeared in the census on 14 June 1900 in Grayson Co., TX.¹²⁷⁸⁴ Matthew Slaughter Coffey, son of Jesse Perry Coffey and Tabitha Slaughter, was born in April 1844 in Kentucky. Matthew died in 1929 at the age of 85 in Grayson Co., TX and was buried at Van Alstyne Cemetery in Van Alstyne, Grayson Co., TX.¹²⁷⁸²

Virginia Texana "Jennie" Butridge and Matthew Slaughter Coffey had the following children: