Fifth Generation

568. Jesse H. Buchanan Coffey was born on 13 October 1817 in Burke Co., NC. Jesse died in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO on 16 October 1885 of acute hepatitis and was buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO on 17 October 1885 .²³⁵⁹

Jesse H. Buchanan Coffey and Dorcas Lucinda Burpo were married on 14 February 1840 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN.²³⁶⁰ They^²³⁶⁰ appeared in the census on 25 September 1850 in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., IN.²³⁶¹ They^²³⁶¹ appeared in the census on 19 July 1860 in Gentry Co., MO.²³⁶² Jesse and Dorcas^²³⁶² appeared in the census on 23 August 1870 in Gentry Co., MO.²³⁶³ They^²³⁶³ appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Gentry Co., MO.²³⁶⁴

Born 18 Nov 1818, died 7 Aug 1904. Married Dorcas, born 10 May 1825, on 16 Sep 1897 in Owen Co. IN. Lott records show death of Jesse 16 Oct 1885 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co. MO. Dorcas also died there, 16 Sep 1897. She was born in Burke Co. Her father was John Burpo, born 1790 in NC and died about 1860 in Morgan Co. IN. Her mother was Leanna Guy, born 1790 in NC and died 1867 near Gosport, but in Morgan Co. Jesse was son of Benj. and Exa [sic] Stepp Coffey. Benjamin was born about 1790/1800 in NC, died about 1840/1849 in Monroe Co. IN. Exa was born 1790/1800 in NC and died April, 1856 (perhaps 1880) in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co. MO. Matilda Janey, their daughter, was born 12 Jan 1842 in Morgan Co. IN and married Benj. Franklin Routh (b1840, d1921) on 16 May 1864 in Gentry Co & d 26 Jun 1910 in Perry, OK.

Source: Deloris M. Ward, PO Box 75, Stanberry, MO 64489 (deceased) Dorcas Lucinda Burpo was born on 10 May 1825 in Burke Co., NC. Dorcas died on 16 September 1897 at the age of 72 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO and was buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO in September 1897 .²³⁶⁵

Jesse H. Buchanan Coffey and Dorcas Lucinda Burpo had the following children:

2198	i.	Mary Elizabeth Coffey was born on 1 December 1840 in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., IN. Mary died by drowning sometime after 1850.²³⁶⁶
+2199	ii.	Matilda Jane Coffey.
+2200	iii.	William Wiley Coffey.
2201	iv.	Andy Milton Coffey was born on 3 October 1843 in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., IN. This child was a twin to William Wiley and may have died at birth. No other information has been found.
2202	v.	Louise Amanda Coffey was born on 3 November 1845 in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., IN.²³⁶⁷ This child is not found in other genealogies, and does not appear with the family at the time of the 1850 census.
2203	vi.	Jessee H. Buchanan Coffey Jr. was born on 2 May 1847 in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., IN.²³⁶⁸ Jesse was only 1 years old in 1850 census. Jessee died circa 1864.
+2204	vii.	James Lawson Coffey.
2205	viii.	Martha Anne Coffey was born on 18 February 1851 in Morgan Co., IN.
2206	ix.	Jasper Parks Coffey was born on 12 April 1853 in Jefferson Twp., Morgan Co., IN. Jasper died on 22 May 1940.
+2207	x.	Sarah Caroline Coffey.
+2208	xi.	John Benton Coffey.
+2209	xii.	Lucinda Catherine Coffey.
2210	xiii.	Malinda Emmaline "Lindy" Coffey was born on 2 April 1861 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO. Malinda died on 22 July 1887 at the age of 26 in Gentry Co., MO and was buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.²³⁶⁹
2211	xiv.	Colonel R. Coffey was born on 26 January 1863 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.
2212	xv.	Rufus K. Coffey was born on 15 March 1864 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.
+2213	xvi.	Lincoln Sherman Coffey.
+2214	xvii.	Elijah Melvin Coffey.