Sixth Generation

2379. William Ira Coffey was born in 1832 in Tennessee. He lived with his uncle William in Grainger Co., TN on 16 October 1850. He appeared in 1890 in the Veterans Census in Grainger Co., TN ⁹⁰⁴³ William died in 1894 at the age of 62 in Grainger Co., TN and was buried at Goodman Cemetery in Whiteway Community, Gibson Co., TN.⁹⁰⁴⁴

William Ira Coffey and Sarah Jane Hipshire⁹⁰⁴⁵ were married on 26 February 1852 in Grainger Co., TN.⁹⁰⁴⁶ They⁹⁰⁴⁶ appeared in the census on 14 August 1860 in Grainger Co., TN.⁹⁰⁴⁷ They⁹⁰⁴⁷ appeared in the census on 29 August 1870 in Grainger Co., TN.⁹⁰⁴⁸ William and Sarah⁹⁰⁴⁸ appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Grainger Co., TN.⁹⁰⁴⁹ Sarah Jane Hipshire, daughter of Jacob Hipshire and Matilda Hayes, was born in 1830 in Grainger Co., TN.

Bennie Coffey Loftin reports that Sarah was the grand-daughter of Thomas Hayes and Sarah Rucker. She lived with her son Thomas in Grainger Co., TN on 11 June 1900.

William Ira Coffey and Sarah Jane Hipshire had the following children: