Sixth Generation

2254. Moses Turpin Coffey⁸⁴⁴⁵ was born on 24 May 1831 in Morgan Co., IN.⁸⁴⁴⁶ Moses enlisted in Co. H, 148th Regt, Indiana Volunteers, GAR on 10 February 1865 and was mustered out on 5 September 1865.⁸⁴⁴⁷ He was placed on the pension rolls in Indiana on 22 June 1888⁸⁴⁴⁸ Moses died on 10 April 1912 at the age of 80 in Mahalasville, Morgan Co., IN and was buried at Mahalasville Cemetery in Mahalasville, Morgan Co., IN.^8449,8450

"Moses Turpin Coffey was satisfied to spend most of his life within a mile or two of his birthplace. One exception was when at the age of 33 he enlisted in the l48th Indiana Regiment. Their principle assignment was the occupation of recently captured Nashville, Tennessee while the brunt of the war moved to other campaigns. The l48th was organized in February, l865 and mustered out in September, l865."

"Moses T. Coffey was the fifth [sic] of ten [sic] children born to Lewis and Delilah (Turpin) Coffey on May 24, 1831, in [Mahalasville,] Morgan County, Indiana. His parents had moved to Indiana in 1828 from Kentucky and were of English and Irish descent. Lewis Coffey bought and cleared the land for his farm , worked as a flat boater and then died when Moses was 13. After his father's death, Moses worked to support his family. With hard work he was eventually able to obtain 50 acres of good land. In 1852, he married Lucinda Renner, daughter of Philip and Mary (Bidleman) Renner. Thirteen children were born to them, only eight were named. They were; George W., Mary J., John D., Philip L., Barbara A., Eliza C., Martha P., and William T. Coffey. Moses Coffey was elected Justice of the Peace in 1874 and served for four years."

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"Moses T. Coffey, stock-raiser and farmer, is a native of this county, was born May 24, 1831, and is the fifth of the ten children of Lewis and Delilah (Turpin) Coffey, natives of Kentucky, and respectively of English and Irish descent. Lewis Coffey emigrated to this county in 1828; entered land, which he afterward cleared and sold, then engaged in flat-boating to New Orleans and died in the spring of 1844 [sic]. Moses was reared on the paternal farm, and received the rudiments of an education from subscription schools. After the death of his father, the care of the family descended upon him, and to which he gave the wages earned by monthly labor; yet now, as a result of his economy and application, he owns a good farm of fifty acres, containing stock, and being generally well improved. March 11, 1852, he married Miss Lucinda Renner, a native of Ohio, born March 24, 1834, a union which has been prolific in thirteen children, only eight of whom received names--George W., Mary J., John D., Philip L., Barbara A., Eliza C., Martha P. and William T. Mr. Coffey is a radical and active Democrat, by which party he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1874, for a term of four years. He is a liberal gentleman and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church."

Moses Turpin Coffey and Lucinda Renner were married on 11 March 1852 in Morgan Co., IN. They appeared in the census on 21 June 1860 in Morgan Co., IN.⁸⁴⁵¹ They⁸⁴⁵¹ appeared in the census on 11 August 1870 in Morgantown, Jackson Twp., Morgan Co., IN.⁸⁴⁵² Moses and Lucinda⁸⁴⁵² appeared in the census on 10 June 1880 in Morgan Co., IN.⁸⁴⁵³ They⁸⁴⁵³ appeared in the census on 20 June 1900 in Jackson, Morgan Co., IN.⁸⁴⁵⁴

In 1900 Lucinda reported that she was the mother of 8 children, and that 8 were still living. They⁸⁴⁵⁴ appeared in the census on 28 April 1910 in Jackson Twp., Morgan Co., IN.⁸⁴⁵⁵ Lucinda Renner, daughter of Phillip Renner and Mary , was born circa 1834 in Ohio. She lived with her parents in Washington Twp., Morgan Co., IN on 25 August 1850. Lucinda died in 1910 at the age of 76 in Mahalasville, Morgan Co., IN and was buried at Mahalasville Cemetery in Mahalasville, Morgan Co., IN.^8456,8457

Moses Turpin Coffey and Lucinda Renner had the following children: