Seventh Generation

6696. Carrie Coffey was born on 28 October 1879 in Thorn Hill, Grainger Co., TN. Carrie resided with her parents in St. Marys Twp., Perry Co., MO on 8 June 1900. Carrie died at home in Silver Lake, Perry Co., MO on 18 January 1943 of a heart attack and was buried at Yount Community Cemetery in Yount, St. Marys Twp., Perry Co., MO on 21 January 1943 .^22210,22211 Carrie purchased .

This is a letter from Carrie Coffey Heaps, second child of James Coffey and Martha Dalton, sent to my mother Ruth Dalton Hill in 1950s, outlining her family: 

James Coffey was born March 21, 1852 in Grainger Co., Tenn.
Martha Dalton was born January 14, 1858 in Grainger Co. Tenn. and was Married Dec 1875.
James Coffey died April 14, 1917 at Silver Lake, buried at Yount, Mo. Martha Coffey died Oct 31, 1920 in St. Louis and was buried at Yount Mo. and their children
Leander Coffey was born March 27, 1877, Granger Co. Tenn. and married Carrie Smith
Carrie Elizabeth Coffey was born Oct 28, 1879. Married James M. Heaps July 1st 1900.
Mary Etta Coffey was born Nov 22, 1881. Married George Adams August 13 1896. and then Married Walter Smith January 7 1905. and Married George Graham 1925; buried Middle Brook, Mo.
William Jackson Coffey born Dec 21 1883 Married Martha Hahn
Newton Wester Coffey born January 9 1885 (dont know who he married) Married Lena Benham
Wiley Cloumbus Coffey born June 3 1891 Married Laura Morris first dont know what year and Married Bell East
Sarah Maria Coffey born Sept 24 1893 Married William Matley March 1913 then Married Thomas D. Nations Aug 16, 1927
all were born in Tenn
My children
Charlotte Pernisha Heaps born June 25, 1901 at Yount Perry Co. Married Henry J. Nations Aug 19, 1919, to them 2 children were born Henry Victor Nations July 9, 1921 in St. Louis. Opal Lorraine Nations born Oct 22, 1923. in St. Louis
Walter Kenneth Heaps born January 10 1903 at Yount.
Ellen Marie Heaps born at Yount June 27, 1904 Married Arthur French Dec 24 1923. To them was born
Kenneth Perry French July 4, 1925
Clovis Monly French born Sept 22 1926. Silver Lake
Wanda Fay French born June 28 1927
Curtiss Donald French for June 19, 1929
Ruby May July 9 1931
Leona Marie French Nov 12. 1934.
William Cletus Heaps born Dec 5, 1906. Married Margarette Hardy Sept 28 1931. one William Sherrel born Dec 31 1932.
Clifford Melvin Heaps and Irvin Eugene Heaps born March 9, 1910 Irvin Married Minnie Jeffrey February 26 1935 Married at Van Buren.
Glenna Laura Heaps Born March 27, 1913, at Yount
Lelia Leona Heaps born July 9 1918.
All my children born at Yount.

Carrie Coffey and James Manley Heaps were married.

James remarried after the death of Carrie.
James Manley Heaps was born on 5 September 1873 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO. James died in Yount, Perry Co., MO on 8 March 1951 of acute cardiac failure and was buried at Yount Community Cemetery in Yount, Perry Co., MO on 10 March 1951 .^22212,22213