Sixth Generation

1919. Thomas Finley Coffey was born on 9 November 1868 in Watauga Co., NC. He lived with his father in Watauga Co., NC on 1 June 1900. Thomas died of Brights Disease on 3 August 1926 at the age of 57 at home on Brooks Street in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC and was buried at Manning Cemetery in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.^{7215,7216,7217,7218}

Obituary, News and Courier, Charleston, SC, Aug. 5, 1926

T. F. Coffey is Dead

Former Manning Mayor Passes Away

Manning, Aug 4. - Special: Mr. T. F. Coffey died at his home on Brooks street today after a lingering illness. Mr. Coffey was near fifty-eight year old and had been prominent in the business circle of Manning for the past twenty-four years locating here coming from North Carolina, and engaging in the stock sales, and livery firm of Coffey & Rigby. During the past years he has been a trustee of the Manning Graded Schools, and has served as mayor of Manning. He leaves his widow who before her marriage was Miss Blanche Wells, and six children.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Manning Cemetery by the Rev. Brabham, of the Manning Baptist Church, and Interment in the family plot.

Thomas Finley Coffey and Mary Virginia Councill were married on 10 June 1896 at St. Lukes Church in Watauga Co., NC.^{7219,7220,7221} Mary Virginia Councill, daughter of William Bower Councill and Alice Margaret Bostwick, was born on 12 January 1872 in North Carolina. Mary died on 1 October 1897 at the age of 25 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone City Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.⁷²²²

Thomas Finley Coffey and Blanche Wells⁷²⁰³ were married circa 1903. They appeared in the census on 30 April 1910 in Clarendon Co., SC.⁷²²³ They^⁷²²³ appeared in the census on 21 January 1920 in Clarendon Co., SC.⁷²²⁴ Blanche Wells, daughter of Charles W. Wells and Sallie M. Horton, was born on 5 April 1877 in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.⁷²²⁵ She lived at with her father in Manning Twp., Clarendon Co., SC on 1 June 1880. She lived with her mother in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC on 15 June 1900. Blanche appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in Manning Twp., Clarendon Co., SC.⁷²²⁶ Blanche died on 7 April 1976 at the age of 99 in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC and was buried at Manning Cemetery in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.^7227,7228

Mrs. Coffey, 99, Dies in Manning

Manning - Mrs. Blanche Wells Coffey, 99, died Wednesday in a Manning hospital.

Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Sallie M. Horton Wells. She was a former organist for Manning United Methodist Church as was the oldest member of the church.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Henry M. Brabham of Gaffney, Mrs. Sara Kohler of Pageland, Mrs. Doris C. Carter and Mrs. L. K. Josey of Manning; two sons, William C. Coffey of Manning and Edgar S. Coffey of Columbia; 15 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services will be 4 p.m. today in Shelley-Brunson Funeral Home of Manning with burial in Manning Cemetery.

Thomas Finley Coffey and Blanche Wells had the following children:

5640	i.	Thomas Finley Coffey Jr. was born on 12 March 1904 in Clarendon Co., SC. Thomas Jr. died on 2 June 1905 at the age of 1 in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC and was buried at Manning Cemetery in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.⁷²²⁹
5641	ii.	J. Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Coffey was born on 27 July 1905 in Clarendon Co., SC. Elizabeth died on 9 July 1906 at the age of 11 months in Clarendon Co., SC and was buried at Manning Cemetery in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.
5642	iii.	Virginia Mary Coffey was born circa 1907 in Clarendon Co., SC.
5643	iv.	Mattie Curtis Coffey was born on 4 August 1908 in Clarendon Co., SC. Mattie died on 7 July 1909 at the age of 0 in Clarendon Co., SC and was buried at Manning Cemetery in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.
5644	v.	William Columbus Coffey was born on 12 April 1910 in Clarendon Co., SC.⁷²²⁵ William died in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC on 30 December 1996.⁷²³⁰
+5645	vi.	Doris Coffey.
5646	vii.	Sarah Margaret Coffey was born circa 1914 in Clarendon Co., SC.
5647	viii.	Joseph Mitchell Coffey was born on 26 July 1916 in Clarendon Co., SC. Joseph died on 12 September 1919 at the age of 3 in Clarendon Co., SC and was buried at Manning Cemetery in Manning, Clarendon Co., SC.^7231,7232 Death Notice, The State, Columbia, SC, Sun., Sep. 14, 1919, Issue 10396, Part II, Page 23 Death of a Little Boy. Special to The State. Manning, Sept. 13.-The two year old baby of Mayor and Mrs. T. F. Coffey died Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The little fellow was ill only a few days with diphteria [sic] [diphtheria].
+5648	ix.	Susan Almira Coffey.
5649	x.	Edgar S. Coffey was born about 1925 in Clarendon Co., SC.