Seventh Generation

2785. Zachariah Taylor "Zachary" Coffey was born on 20 October 1848 in Russell Co., KY. He lived with his parents in Russell Co., KY on 4 August 1850. He lived with his parents in McKinney, Collin Co., TX on 3 October 1870. Zachary lived with his son-in-law George M. Martin in Collin Co., TX on 2 January 1920.

The family has not been found in the 1900 or 1910 census. Zachariah died of paralysis on 21 June 1922 at the age of 73 in McKinney, Collin Co., TX and was buried at Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX on 22 June 1922.^{10012,10013,10014}

Obituary, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, Sun., Jun. 25, 1922, Part One, Page 8

Three Brothers Die Within Seventy-Six Hours of Each Other

McKinney, Texas, June 24.-With the death at Lone Grove, Ok., at 8:30 o'clock this morning of M. W. Mint Coffey, 77 years old, the third of four aged brothers died within seventy-six hours of each other.

The first death occurred at 4 a.m. Wednesday of this week when Z. T. Taylor Coffey, 73 years old, died at Forest Grove.

Friday morning W. S. Coffey, 79 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Walker, here. All died of natural causes.

There were four brothers living. The surviving brother is S. P. Coffey of this city. Three sisters also survive - Mrs. George and Mrs. J. C. Kerby of this city and Mrs. Joe Ligget of Bellevue.

The funeral of M. W. Coffey will be held at Ardmore tomorrow. Services for W. S. Coffey were held here this afternoon. The body of E. [sic] T. Coffey was buried Thursday.

The three brothers came to this county in 1854 and were members of a large family, all prominent in political and social life of the county.

Z. T. Coffey was on the local draft board in Collin Co., TX in 1918.

Zachariah Taylor "Zachary" Coffey and Mary Elizabeth Snider were married on 22 May 1873 in Collin Co., TX.¹⁰⁰¹⁵ They^{¹⁰⁰¹⁵} appeared in the census on 30 June 1880 in Collin Co., TX.¹⁰⁰¹⁶ Mary Elizabeth Snider, daughter of James Madison Snider and Sarah Jane Fitzhugh, was born on 12 March 1855. She lived with her parents in McKinney, Collin Co., TX on 27 June 1860. Mary died on 9 April 1898 at the age of 43 in Terrell, Kaufman Co., TX and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX.^10017,10018

Death Notice, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, Mon., Apr. 11, 1898, Page 3

Coffey - McKinney, Tex., April 9.-Mrs. Taylor Coffey died this morning at the Terrell insane asylum. She was the wife of a prominent farmer living near McKinney, and leaves besides a husband, a large family of grown children.

Zachariah Taylor "Zachary" Coffey and Mary Elizabeth Snider had the following children:

7398	i.	James Allen Coffey was born on 12 January 1874 in Collin Co., TX. James died in Collin Co., TX on 14 January 1874 and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX in January 1874 .¹⁰⁰¹⁹
7399	ii.	This child was born and died on 12 March 1875 in Collin Co., TX and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX in March 1875 .¹⁰⁰²⁰ Infant Coffey^{¹⁰⁰²⁰} was born (date unknown).¹⁰⁰²⁰
7400	iii.	Atha Ann Coffey was born on 28 July 1876 in Collin Co., TX. Atha died on 1 February 1899 at the age of 22 in Collin Co., TX and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX.^10021,10022
+7401	iv.	Lucy Jane "Janie" Coffey.
+7402	v.	Zilthia Ellen Coffey.
+7403	vi.	Nellie Missouri Coffey.
7404	vii.	Salathiel Snider Coffey was born on 15 April 1885 in Collin Co., TX. Salathiel died on 31 March 1899 at the age of 13 in Collin Co., TX and was buried at Fitzhugh Cemetery in Forest Grove, Collin Co., TX.^10023,10024
+7405	viii.	Josephine Alice "Josie" Coffey.
+7406	ix.	Edith Edora Coffey.
+7407	x.	Myrtle Harriet Coffey.
+7408	xi.	Jesse Wolford Coffey.
7409	xii.	America Leta Coffey was born on 9 December 1897 in Collin Co., TX.