Seventh Generation

6339. John Taylor Coffey was born in May 1847 in Morgan Co., IN.²⁰⁹³¹ He served on the Union side in the 27th Regt., Indiana Infantry - Union .²⁰⁹³² He appeared in the June 1890 Veterans Census at Bear Creek in Knappa, Clatsop Co., OR .²⁰⁹³³ John appeared in the census on 22 January 1920 in Clatsop Co., OR.²⁰⁹³⁴ John died on 6 June 1926 at the age of 79 in Svensen, Clatsop Co., OR and was buried at Svensen Pioneer Cemetery in Svensen, Clatsop Co., OR.^{20935,20936,20937}

Death claimed John Taylor Coffey here yesterday. He was 79 years old and a native of Indiana. For the past 43 years he has been a resident of Svensen. Mr. Coffey is survived by seven children, four sons, F. W. of North Bend, S. N. of Kalama, A. B. of Svensen and T.T. of Grants Pass, and three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Knutsen, Mrs. Frankie Larsen and Mrs. Ida Larsen, all of Svensen, also five brothers, L.M. Coffey of Svensen, B.F. of Hammond, J.N. of Vallejo, Cal., V.H. of Warrenton and Lane of Iowa. Funeral services will be under the direction of John Gilbaugh and will be held at Svensen Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. Ferguson officiating. Interment will be at the Svensen Cemetery. The G.A.R. of which Mr. Coffey was a member, will take part in the funeral services.

John Taylor Coffey and Sarah Adeline "Sofie" Gates were married on 12 June 1880 in Wahkiakum Co., WA.²⁴²² They²⁴²² appeared in the census on 5 June 1900 in Clatsop Co., OR.²⁰⁹³⁸ They²⁰⁹³⁸ appeared in the census on 25 April 1910 in Clatsop Co., OR.²⁰⁹³⁹ Sarah Adeline "Sofie" Gates, daughter of Thomas Waterman Gates and Cynthia York, was born on 31 July 1860 in Milwaukie, Multnomah Co., OR.²⁴²² She appeared in the census on 19 January 1920 in Clatsop Co., OR.²⁰⁹⁴⁰ Sarah died on 28 November 1929 at the age of 69 in Svensen, Clatsop Co., OR and was buried at Svensen Pioneer Cemetery in Svensen, Clatsop Co., OR.^{2422,20941,20942,20943}

John Taylor Coffey and Sarah Adeline "Sofie" Gates had the following children: