| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1698. Minerva Jane Coffey was born on 20 December 1844 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Minerva died of heart failure on 10 October 1934 at the age of 89 at Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 11 October 1934.6347,6348,6349 Minerva Jane Coffey and Rev. John H. Nelson6350 were married in 1865 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.6351 They6351 appeared in the census on 29 July 1870 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.6352 They6352 appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.6353 Minerva and John6353 appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.6354 Laurence Coffey also named 12 children in his book, but one was named Willie, who he said died young, and Lizzie. Rev. John H. Nelson, son of John M. Nelson and Elizabeth Penley, was born on 19 May 1841 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. He lived with his parents in Yadkin Dist., Caldwell Co., NC on 18 September 1850. John died in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 22 May 1915.6355 John is sometimes referred to as "Reverend," but on each found census record, he gave his occupation as farmer. Minerva Jane Coffey and Rev. John H. Nelson had the following children:
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