Sixth Generation

1363. Andrew Jackson Coffey was born in October 1836 in Nelson Co., VA. Andrew was conscripted by the CSA circa 1862.⁵⁰⁸¹

"Andrew J. Coffey was conscripted into the Confederate Army but deserted when Robert E. Lee entered Maryland before the battle of Antietam in September 1862. He went to Philadelphia and enlisted with the [U]nion and fought the Confederacy for three years before being sent to N. Dakota in 1865 to fight Sioux and Cheyenne [I]ndians. He was discharged in Iowa in 1865 and sent home to live amongst his kin all of whom fought for the south!"

[The above account may be accurate but unlikely it is about this Andrew Jackson Coffey. An A. J. Coffey served in the 56th VA Infantry, Co. D, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA, Records show that he enlisted in Co. D, of that regiment but a date is not given. The record also shows that he went in as a Private and came out with the same rank. It reports nothing to confirm the above statement. An Andrew J. Coffey was a Union volunteer in the 4th US Vol. Infantry. According to the history of that unit, a few thousand Confederate soldiers enlisted and served in a number of regiments of "U.S. Volunteers." The unit history also tells us that the loyalty of these volunteers was often doubted and many were assigned to locations away from the Civil War battlefields or, send to the west to fight Indians.]

Andrew died on 2 April 1911 at the age of 74 in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA and was buried at Henry B. Coffey Family Cemetery in Nelson Co., VA.^5091,5092

Andrew W. Coffey

(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)

Lynchburg, Va., April 2. - Andrew W. Coffey, aged seventy-five years, a native of Nelson county and a well known farmer and miller of that community until recently, died at the home of a son here to-day. During the Civil War he was a Federal soldier. He was a lifelong member of the Christian Church, of which his son, Rev. H. D. Coffey, is a successful evangelist. He leaves his widow and seven children, all of whom live here excepting E. R. Coffey, of Richmond; H. J. Coffey, of Goochland county, and Mrs. L. F. Meredith, of Louisa county. The burial will be here.
According to his death notice, his name was Andrew W. Coffey and a native of Nelson Co., VA.

Andrew Jackson Coffey and Rebecca E. Campbell were married on 5 February 1861 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵⁰⁸⁶ They⁵⁰⁸⁶ appeared in the census on 6 September 1870 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵⁰⁸⁷ They⁵⁰⁸⁷ appeared in the census on 30 June 1880 in Nelson Co., VA.⁵⁰⁸⁸ Andrew and Rebecca⁵⁰⁸⁸ appeared in the census on 26 June 1900 in Louisa Co., VA.⁵⁰⁸⁹ They⁵⁰⁸⁹ appeared in the census on 29 April 1910 in Campbell Co., VA.⁵⁰⁹⁰ Rebecca E. Campbell, daughter of Jesse Coffey Campbell and Mary Harvey, was born on 29 November 1840 in Nelson Co., VA. She lived with her son Francis in Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA on 16 June 1900. She appeared in the census on 2 February 1920 in Campbell Co., VA.⁵⁰⁸⁰ Rebecca died at home at 515 Bell, Lynchburg, VA in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA on 21 January 1926 of senility and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg, Independent City, VA on 22 January 1926 .^{5081,5082,5083,5084,5085}

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Jan. 24, 1926

"Mrs. Rebecca C. Coffey.

"Lynchburg, VA., Jan. 23. - Mrs. Rebecca C. Coffey, 85, widow of Andrew J. Coffey, died at her home, 515 Bell Street, Thursday afternoon. A native of Bedford County, she lived here for eighteen years. She is survived by these children: Rev. H. D. Coffey, of Lynchburg; Mrs. L. E. Meredith, Jr. of Buckner; H. J. Coffey, of Goochland County; E. P. Coffey, of Richmond, and F. M. and C. G. Coffey, and Mrs. C. J. Campbell, of Lynchburg."

Andrew Jackson Coffey and Rebecca E. Campbell had the following children: