| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation936. John Coffey was born on 22 April 1810 in Wayne Co., KY. John died in Lookingglass, Douglas Co., OR on 8 April 1879 and was buried at Lookingglass Community Cemetery in Roseburg, Douglas Co., OR in April 1879 .3839 John Coffey and Nancy Snyder were married on 13 September 1832 in Gallatin Co., IL.3840 They3840 appeared in the census on 20 June 1860 in Pacific Co., WA.3841 John and Nancy settled in Gallatin County, and received a 40-acre land grand in 1835. They sold this land on Sept. 20, 1841 and went to Missouri. They were back in Illinois by 1848, and were on the Hamilton County, IL census for 1850. By December 1852 the family was back in Missouri, probably preparing for their westward trek. A family record cited by Marvin Coffey in his family genealogy says only that "they moved from southern Illinois to Missouri joining a wagon train and crossing the plains in 1853." The Coffey family arrived in Oregon on August 12, 1853. Nancy Snyder was born on 1 December 1815 in Virginia. She lived with her son John Achilles in Douglas Co., OR on 4 June 1880. Nancy died in Lexington, Morrow Co., OR on 28 February 1893. John Coffey and Nancy Snyder had the following children:
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