| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1161. Osborn Nightingale Coffey4501 was born on 4 February 1807 in Casey Co., KY. He owned property in TS51, R2W, S27 in 1835 in Louisville, Lincoln Co., MO.4502 He appeared in the census on 12 June 1880 in Lincoln Co., MO.4503 Osborn N. COFFEY, an old and respected citizen and an early settler of Lincoln County, Mo., was born in Casey County, Ky., February 4, 1807, and is the son of Jessee and Elizabeth (RIFFLE) COFFEY, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Their ancestors were from Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was an extensive dealer in hogs, which he used to drive to Richmond, Va., a distance of about five hundred miles. He was a colonel in the War of 1812, was for two terms a member in the State Legislature, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky. Both were members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and lived to a good old age. They reared a large family of children, of whom Osborn N., is the second. While growing up, he had very poor opportunities for schooling, though he aided himself very much in that direction after attaining his growth. At the age of eighteen he began for himself, and soon after engaged as clerk in a store, where he remained two years. In 1829 he married Miss Jane L. BELL, a native of Lincoln County, Ky., and in their family were seven children who lived to be grown. One of the sons served in the Confederate Army and was twice severely wounded. In 1831 Mr. COFFEY moved to Missouri, and three years later to Lincoln County, where he opened a store in Louisville. At the same time he dealt in hogs and tobacco, but failing in this he purchased the place where he now lives, which consists of 363 acres of land. Both he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and for many years he was a magistrate. He has done quite well, financially, though he has had many reverses and losses. Osborne was a Justice of the Peace in Lincoln Co. ----- Osborne and Jane were apparently residents of TN for a brief time. A Notice to Appear at the Chancery Court at Nashville appeared in the Nashville Daily Patroit on Apr. 16, 1856, page 4. The court ordered the couple to appear to defend charges against them brought by Peter G. Camden. Charges were not defined. Osborn Nightingale Coffey and Jane L. Bell were married on 4 September 1829 in Lincoln Co., KY. They appeared in the census on 26 September 1850 in Lincoln Co., MO.4504 They4504 appeared in the census on 20 August 1860 in Lincoln Co., MO.4505 Osborn and Jane4505 appeared in the census on 25 August 1870 in Lincoln Co., MO.4506 Jane L. Bell was born circa 1809 in Lincoln Co., KY. Osborn Nightingale Coffey and Jane L. Bell had the following children:
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