Eighth Generation

12746. Luna Geneva Coffey was born in August 1897 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.

As best I can tell, Luna’s mother had to be a Holsclaw. 

The 1900 Boone, Watauga Co. census places her in the household J.W. Holsclaw and wife Martha Williams, and names “Luner Geneva Coffey” as their granddaughter.  I know Martha’s maiden name because 81 yr. old Stephen Williams, also in the 1900 household, was named as J. W.’s father in law.

J. W. (John or Johnson Wesley?) was born in 1839 in NC and married Martha c1866.

In 1870 Boone, Watauga Co., Johnson Holsclaw, age 29, lived with his wife Martha, age 27, in Boone.  They had a daughter named Ellen, age 4 and a son Stephen, age 2.

In 1880 Boone, Watauga Co., Wesley Holsclaw, age 40, lived with his wife Martha M., age 37, and daughter Ellen, age 14, son Steven L., age 12,and son Mark E., age 10.

The 1890 census does not exist.

In 1900 Boone, Watauga, J. W. Holsclaw, age 60, lived with his wife Martha M., age 57.  With them was Bynum G. Holsclaw, a grandson, age 7 and grand-daughter Luner Geneva Coffey, born Aug., 1897.  Also in the household was Martha’s father,Stephen Williams.

According to Caldwell Co. marriage records, Luna Geneva Coffey married John Vernon Beane in 1913.  They had Edgar Grady, born c1923; Jay Garton, born 1926, died 1998, and Gertrude Leola, born ?, died 1967.

Gertrude Leola Beane married Hardy Daniel Coffey in Caldwell Co. in 1929.  Hardy Daniel was born Apr. 12,1909 in the Globe to Joel Partee and Lettie Mamie Pearl Tolbert.

Because of the missing 1890 census, we don’t know if Johnson Wesley and Martha had any other daughters.  But,it’s likely they did over the long years they were married.

It’s not clear to me if Bynum Holsclaw was a son of a son or a daughter who perhaps had him out of wedlock and gave him her maiden name.  I haven’t found any later information about him.

I have seen other genealogies for this family that reports a daughter named Celia born to Johnson and Martha in 1870 and alleged to have married Adam Jasper Morrison.  However, there is not a Celia in the 1880 household. 

Having said that however, I did find a death certificate for a Stephen (there’s that name again) Columbus Morrison who died in Iredell Co. on Oct. 3, 1973.  His parents were named as Adam Jerry Morrison and Cecelia Holsclaw.  His wife was Mary Beth Craven.  I also found a death certificate for Hattie Morrison Cameron, born 1892 to Adam and Cecilia Holsclaw Morrison, died 1967 in Gastonia, Gaston Co. 

Luna Geneva Coffey and John Vernon Beane were married on 27 December 1913 in Edgemont, Wilsons Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.³⁷⁰¹³ John Vernon Beane, son of John Locke Beane and Alice C. Philyaw, was born on 17 May 1895 in North Carolina. John died in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 11 January 1982 and was buried at Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Collettsville, Caldwell Co., NC on 13 January 1982 .^{37014,37015,37016}

Luna Geneva Coffey and John Vernon Beane had the following children: