Seventh Generation

2782. William Stanley (Stanton?) Coffey⁹⁹⁷⁸ was born on 9 July 1842 in Russell Co., KY. He lived with his parents in Russell Co., KY on 4 August 1850. In 1897/8 he was a sheriff in Collin Co., TX. William appeared in the census on 5 June 1900 in Collin Co., TX.⁹⁹⁷⁹ He lived with Silas Walker in Collin Co., TX on 19 April 1910.⁹⁹⁸⁰ He lived with Silas Walker in Collin Co., TX on 7 January 1920. William died of chronic heart disease on 23 June 1922 at the age of 79 in McKinney, Collin Co., TX and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX on 24 June 1922.^{9981,9982,9983}

Death Notice, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX, Fri., Jun. 23, 1922, Vol. XLII, Issue 143, Page 20

Former Sheriff of Collin County Dies

McKinney, June 23. - W. S. Coffey, 80, former Collin County Sheriff and Confederate veteran, died this morning. His brother, Z. T. Coffey, was buried here yesterday.

William Stanley Coffey was born in Kentucky on July 9, 1842. He came to Texas with his father and family in 1855 and settled east of Allen. There he married Eliza Lucas, sister of Colonel Gabe Lucas. He served in the Confederate Army for four years and was wounded three times. In 1896 he was elected sheriff of Collin County, which office he held until 1899. In June, 1922, he and two of his brothers, Z. T. of the Wetsel community, and Mint W. of Lone Grove, Oklahoma, died within a period of seventy-two hours. Three of his children preceded him in death. Those surviving were: Dr. J. C., R. H., Sales, Mrs. W. D. Goode, Mrs. W. S. Ledbetter, Mrs. S. E. Walker, and Homer L. The last two were living in McKinney in 1957.

William Stanley (Stanton?) Coffey and Sarah Elisabeth Lucas were married on 27 February 1866 in Collin Co., TX.⁹⁹⁸⁴ They^⁹⁹⁸⁴ appeared in the census on 5 October 1870 in McKinney, Collin Co., TX.⁹⁹⁸⁵ They^⁹⁹⁸⁵ appeared in the census on 19 June 1880 in Collin Co., TX.⁹⁹⁸⁶ Sarah Elisabeth Lucas, daughter of Peter F. Lucas and Mary E. , was born on 27 August 1847 in Texas. Sarah died in Collin Co., TX on 7 May 1892 and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX in May 1892 .⁹⁹⁸⁷

William Stanley (Stanton?) Coffey and Sarah Elisabeth Lucas had the following children:

+7367	i.	Dr. John Cicero Coffey.
+7368	ii.	Robert Henry "Bob" Coffey.
+7369	iii.	Mary Frances "Molly" Coffey.
+7370	iv.	Denie Elzada Coffey.
7371	v.	Missouri B. Coffey was born on 14 August 1873. Missouri died young and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX .⁹⁹⁸⁸
+7372	vi.	Laura Ellen Coffey.
+7373	vii.	Salathiel "Sales" Coffey.
+7374	viii.	Alwilda Davis Coffey.
7375	ix.	Charles Milton Coffey was born on 18 August 1880 in Texas. He registered for the WWI draft on 6 July 1918 in Paducah, Cottle Co., TX.⁹⁹⁸⁹ Charles died of pneumonia on 6 October 1918 at the age of 38 in McKinney, Collin Co., TX and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX on 7 October 1918.^9990,9991
+7376	x.	Homer Lucas Coffey.