Sixth Generation

2139. James Burgess Coffey was born on 4 July 1851 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He is recorded in several places as Joseph B.Coffey, John Burgess Coffey and James Burgess Coffey.
James died consumption and was buried at on 14 June 1920 at the age of 68 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^{8009,8010,8011}

James Burgess Coffey and Margaret Lagustia Gragg were married on 25 January 1876 in Johns River Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁸⁰¹² They^⁸⁰¹² lived with his parents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 18 June 1880. They appeared in the census on 6 June 1900 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁸⁰¹³ James and Margaret^⁸⁰¹³ appeared in the census on 26 April 1910 in Wilson Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁸⁰¹⁴ They^⁸⁰¹⁴ appeared in the census on 15 January 1920 in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC.⁸⁰¹⁵

Margaret and Burgess lived the early part of their marriage in Avery Co., on Wilson Creek. After their children were born, they moved to Roseboro on Lost Cove Creek. Most of the family, including Margaret's mother and father and three of their children are buried at the Granny Gragg Cemetery in Avery Co. Their graves were located and marked in 1977.

Also buried in this cemetery is Taylor Gragg, the last of Revolutionary Bill Gragg's children, himself a Confederate soldier. His grave is marked with the appropriate government stone. Margaret Lagustia Gragg, daughter of Edmond Gragg and Indiana Isabelle Gragg, was born on 17 May 1859 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Margaret died of lobar pneumonia on 22 April 1920 at the age of 60 at home in Edgemont, Wilsons Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC and was buried at Cary Flat Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.^8016,8017

James Burgess Coffey and Margaret Lagustia Gragg had the following children:

6152	i.	Rufus Coffey was born on 27 March 1877 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He lived with his parents and grandparents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 18 June 1880. He lived with his parents in Wilson Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 26 April 1910. Rufus died on 23 July 1911 at the age of 34 in North Carolina and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.⁸⁰¹⁸ Never married.
6153	ii.	Missouri Coffey was born on 9 April 1878 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Missouri died in Virginia in 1918. Missouri is said to have married a John Coffey, perhaps John George Coffey, of unknown ancestry.
6154	iii.	Doshia Samantha Coffey was born on 20 January 1880 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. She lived with her parents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 18 June 1880. She lived with her parents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 6 June 1900. Doshia lived with her brother-in-law James Milton Philyaw in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 18 April 1910. She lived with the Roby D. Greene family in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 6 January 1920. Doshia died of uremia on 17 March 1955 at the age of 75 at Dula Hospital at the Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 18 March 1955.^{8019,8020,8021} Obituary, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Fri., Mar. 18, 1955, Page 10 Miss Doshia Coffey Lenoir, March 17--Funeral services for Miss Doshia S. Coffey, 75, of Route 1, Lenoir, who died this morning at a local hospital, following an extended illness, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Mountain View Baptist Church by the Revs. Claude Suddreth and R. Clell Cook. Burial will be in the church cemetery. She was born in Caldwell County. She was a member of Globe Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister, a brother, and several nieces and nephews. Doshia was never married.
+6155	iv.	Sarah Jane Coffey.
+6156	v.	Joseph Daniel Coffey.
6157	vi.	Leernan Coffey was born on 27 March 1887 in North Carolina. Leernan died in October 1909 at the age of 22 in North Carolina and was buried at Gragg Cemetery in Gragg, Avery Co., NC.⁸⁰²² Never married.
+6158	vii.	Lettie Mae Coffey.
+6159	viii.	Dora Coffey.
6160	ix.	Lawrence Coffey was born on 11 April 1899 in Avery Co., NC.⁸⁰²³ He lived with his parents in Wilson Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 26 April 1910. He lived with his parents in Wilson Creek Twp., Avery Co., NC on 15 January 1920. Lawrence lived with the Grover C. Coffey family in Avery Co., NC on 8 January 1930. Lawrence died in North Carolina on 25 August 1960 and was buried at Gragg Family Cemetery in Roseborough, Avery Co., NC in August 1960 .⁸⁰²⁴ Never married.