Seventh Generation

5263. James Alexander Coffey was born on 4 July 1872 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC. From 1911–1928 he was a judge of the fifth and later fourth judicial district in North Dakota. James died in Jamestown, Stutsman Co., ND on 27 November 1957.¹⁷³²⁷

Judge Coffey was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, on July 4, 1872. He attended school at Lenoir, until moving to Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from high school. He received his B. A. degree from the University of Idaho, and L. L. B. degree from the University of Minnesota. He came to Courtenay, North Dakota in 1902, where he practiced law until 1910. In 1911 he was appointed Judge of the Fifth Judicial District by Governor John Burke, he served in that capacity until 1919, when the judicial districts were revised he became Judge of the Fourth Judicial District from 1919 until 1928. He returned to private practice, and was briefly associated with Alvin C. Strutz, and later headed the firm of Coffey, Mackenzie and Jungroth in Jamestown, North Dakota. Judge Coffey died on November 27, 1957.

James Alexander Coffey and Josephine Andrews were married circa 1902. They appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 in Courtney Twp., Stutsman Co., NC.¹⁷³²⁸ They¹⁷³²⁸ appeared in the census on 9 January 1920 in Jamestown, Stutsman Co., ND.¹⁷³²⁹ James and Josephine¹⁷³²⁹ appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Jamestown, Stutsman Co., ND.¹⁷³³⁰ Josephine Andrews was born in May 1875 in Minnesota. She appeared in the census on 11 June 1900 in Fairbault, Rice Co., MN.¹⁷³³¹

James Alexander Coffey and Josephine Andrews had the following children: