| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation8169. Henry Gilbert Coffey was born on 8 December 1872 in Denton Co., TX. Henry died on 4 December 1951 at the age of 78 in Pontotoc Co., OK and was buried at Lightning Ridge Cemetery in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK.25610 Henry G. COFFEY, 78, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. B.B. Webster, in Lightning Ridge, Tuesday at 1:30 a.m.: funeral Wednesday at 2. Lightning Ridge church, Rev. Roberts; Lightning Ridge cemetery, Criswell Funeral Home. Sons will serve as pallbearers. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W.J. McKeel of Nortes, Tex. and Mrs. Webster: sons Arthur and Woodrow of Roff, D. H. of Amarillo, Tex. Cleo of Pampa, Tex., Ike of Mesa, Ariz., Ardnell of Ada and Elijah of Oklahoma City: 23 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Coffey came to Oklahoma 60 years ago, settling in Lightning Ridge community. He helped to build the first school and church there. Mrs. Coffey died in 1948. Henry and Etta were married on 3 December 1891 probably in Denison, Grayson Co., TX. They appeared in the census on 22 April 1910 in Midland Twp., Pontotoc Co., OK.25611 They25611 appeared in the census on 23 January 1920 in Pontotoc Co., OK.25612 Henry and Etta25612 appeared in the census on 6 May 1940 in Midland Twp., Pontotoc Co., OK.25613 Etta Matilda Fulfer, daughter of Joseph Levi Fulfer and Cladora Ann Robards, was born on 28 March 1875 in Texas. Etta died on 3 March 1948 at the age of 72 in Pontotoc Co., OK and was buried at Lightning Ridge Cemetery in Roff, Pontotoc Co., OK.25614,25615 Henry Gilbert Coffey and Etta Matilda Fulfer had the following children:
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