Seventh Generation

6269. Holt Coffey²⁰⁷⁹² was born on 2 August 1891 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.⁷²²⁵ He lived with his parents in Wilson Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 23 June 1900. He lived with his parents in May Twp., Platte Co., MO on 11 May 1910. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Platte Co., MO.²⁰⁷⁹³ Holt was re-elected Sheriff of Platte Co., MO on 7 November 1940.²⁰⁷⁹⁴

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Thu., Nov. 7, 1940, Page 9

Repeats as Platte Sheriff

Hold Coffey's Second Term is Record for County

(By the Star's Own Service.)

Weston, Mo., Nov. 7. Complete returns from Platte County's twenty-six precincts established a new record in this county. For the first time since the law governing succession of sheriffs was passed, a candidate for that office won a second term in this county--and headed the entire Democratic ticket. Holt Coffey, who held the office from 1932-1936, polled 44,871 votes, thirty-four more than James A. McComas, who is succeeding himself as assessor for the fifth time. Holt died of an acute myocardial infarction and was buried at on 9 January 1964 at the age of 72 at Smithville Community Hospital in Smithville, Clay Co., MO and was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Weston, Platte Co., MO.^{20795,20796,20797,20798}

Holt Coffey (2 August 1891–January 1964) was the sheriff of Platte County, Missouri from 1933 until 1937 and again from 1941 until 1945. Coffey, who along with newly elected Platte City Prosecutor David Clevenger, was responsible for cleaning up much of the small time crime around Platte County.

During Coffey's first term as sheriff, Bonnie and Clyde and friends checked into the Red Crown Tourist Court south of Platte City. Coffey and his sixteen-year-old son Clarence were both injured during the resulting shootout. While Clarence suffered a wound in his arm that at one time was considered life-threatening, the elder Coffey sought no treatment for his minor wounds.

An expert marksman, Coffey was a one time minor-league baseball player. The Coffey family maintained a close relationship with Blanche Barrow, with Blanche claiming the Coffeys were more kind than her own family.

Coffey owned the Red Crown Tavern from 1945 to 1950. He became a county commissioner in 1956. He died at age 72 in 1964.

Holt Coffey and Maude Dodson were married on 24 December 1912. They appeared in the census on 22 January 1920 in Platte Co., MO.²⁰⁷⁹⁹ Maude Dodson was born in 1902 in Missouri. Maude died in 1962 at the age of 60 in Kansas and was buried at Edwardsville Cemetery in Edwardsville, Wyandotte Co., KS.²⁰⁸⁰⁰

Holt Coffey and Maude Dodson had the following children: