| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation10579. George Powell Coffey was born on 22 June 1889 in Alexander Co., NC. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Alexander Co., NC.31038 He died of tuberculosis of the lungs on 27 February 1920 at the age of 30 in Little River, Alexander Co., NC and was buried at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery in Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC on 1 March 1920.31039,31040,31041 George Powell Coffey and Sarah Frances "Sallie" Brown were married on 25 August 1912 in Alexander Co., NC.31042 They31042 appeared in the census on 9 January 1920 in Alexander Co., NC.31043 The North Carolina Birth Index for years 1800-2000 lists the birth of an unnamed male child on Feb. 18, 1915 in Alexander Co. to George P. Coffee [sic] and Sarah F. Barnes. Sarah Frances "Sallie" Brown, daughter of William M. Brown and Georgia Ann Downs, was born on 27 September 1878 in North Carolina. She appeared in the census on 7 May 1930 in Little River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.31044 She appeared in the census on 18 April 1940 in Little River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.31045 Sarah died of a cerebral thrombosis on 14 May 1954 at the age of 75 at home in Little River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery in Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC on 16 May 1954.31046,31047,31048 Sarah may have been married prior to her marriage to George. She is listed on the birth record for son Ralph as Sarah F. Barnes. Might also be a typo. George Powell Coffey and Sarah Frances "Sallie" Brown had the following children:
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