Seventh Generation

4367. Mary Susan Coffey was born on 2 May 1861 in Nelson Co., VA. Mary died in Rivershead Dist., Augusta Co., VA on 21 May 1940 of pulmonary tuberculosis and was buried at Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery in Lexington, VA on 22 May 1940 .^12927,12928

Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, May 23, 1940

Mrs. Mary S. Coffey, 79, died Tuesday morning at the home of her niece, Mrs. Brown H. Staton, near Spottswood. She was the widow of Schuyler Coffey, and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Rice Blackwell, Spottswood; a brother, Wetzel Coffey, Augusta Springs, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was held yesterday at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Robert Ray and the Rev. Gaston Boyle officiating. Burial was in the nearby cemetery.

In 1930, a widowed Mary S. Coffee [sic] is found residing as a boarder in the South River, Rockbridge Co., VA home of Brown H. Staton. She is not yet proven to be the widow of Schyler.

Mary Susan Coffey and Schuyler Coffey Jr. were married on 28 August 1880 in Amherst Co., VA.^12922,12923 They^12922,12923 appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in South River Dist., Rockbridge Co., VA.¹²⁹²⁴ They¹²⁹²⁴ appeared in the census on 29 April 1910 in South River Dist., Rockbridge Co., VA.¹²⁹²⁵ Mary and Schuyler¹²⁹²⁵ appeared in the census on 3 January 1920 in South River Dist., Rockbridge Co., VA.¹²⁹²⁶ Schuyler Coffey Jr., son of Schuylar Coffey and Elizabeth Hamilton, was born in October 1846 in Virginia. He lived with his parents in Amherst Co., VA on 15 September 1860. He appeared in the census on 2 June 1880 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.¹²⁹¹⁴ Schuyler died at home in South River Dist., Rockbridge Co., VA on 15 March 1930 of pneumonia and was buried at Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery in Lexington, VA on 16 March 1930 .^12915,12916

Mary Susan Coffey and Schuyler Coffey Jr. had the following children: