Eighth Generation

9526. Mary Eliza Coffee was born on 8 January 1873 in Jane, McDonald Co., MO. She lived with her parents in White Rock, McDonald Co., MO on 23 June 1880. Mary died of apoplexy on 20 April 1933 at the age of 60 in Pineville Twp., McDonald Co., MO and was buried at Pineville Cemetery in Pineville Twp., McDonald Co., MO.^28956,28957

Mary Eliza Coffee and James William Ross were married. James William Ross, son of Samuel Lafayette Ross and Mahala Prigmore, was born on 5 October 1865 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE. James died of hypertension on 12 February 1937 at the age of 71 in Pineville Twp., McDonald Co., MO and was buried at Pineville Cemetery in Pineville, McDonald Co., MO on 14 February 1937.^28958,28959

Mary Eliza Coffee and James William Ross had the following children:

16766

Hillead Mahala Ross was born on 22 February 1895 in Bethel, Texas. She died of pulmonary and renal disease on 12 July 1954 at the age of 59 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX and was buried at Miami, Ottawa Co., OK.^28960,28961

Obituary, The Miami Daily News Record, Miami, Ottawa Co., OK, Jul, 13, 1954

Funeral services for Mrs. Mahala Jeffers, former Miami resident who died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bobby June Ralph, at Dallas, Tex., will be held at First Christian church of Miami at 2 p.m. Wednesday. She was 59 years old.

Mrs. Jeffers left here at 1952 after being employed at the local J.C. Penney store for nine years. Her death followed a long illness.

Besides the daughter at whose home she died, Mrs. Jeffers is survived by three sons, Edward Jeffers, Oklahoma City; Maj. Joe M. Jeffers, Tacoma, Wash., and Hugh Wayne Jeffers, Miami; six grandchildren and seven sisters, Mrs. Clara Miller, Aberdeen, Wash.; Mrs. Jane Childers, Sand Springs, Okla.; Miss Veola Ross, Miami; Mrs. Maude Prigg, Visalia, Calif.; Mrs. Jewel Erich, Avenal, Calif.; Mrs. Ollie Masters, Sand Springs, and Maj. Edna E. Ross, Army Nurse corps, stationed at Governor's Island, N.Y.

Russell Martin, pastor of First Christian, will officiate at rites.

Pallbearers will be Eugene Marks, J.E. Webb, Harvey Trudgeon, Merrill Chaney, Dennis Ralph and Jay Weaver.

Burial will be in GAR cemetery under direction of the Miami Funeral home.

Miami Daily News Record (Miami, Oklahoma) 7/13/1954

16767

ii.

Thomas William Ross was born on 21 June 1890 in McDonald Co., MO. Thomas died in Pineville, McDonald Co., MO on 24 May 1941 of hypertension and was buried at Pineville Cemetery in Pineville, McDonald Co., MO on 25 May 1941 .^28962,28963