| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation2611. Selina Perminter Coffey was born on 3 October 1850 in Texas. Selina died in Morris Co., TX on 6 September 1904 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Naples, Morris Co., TX in September 1904 .9532,9533 Selina Perminter Coffey and James Polk Hayes were married on 3 August 1870 in Texas. They appeared in the census on 23 June 1880 in Morris Co., TX.9534 They9534 appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in Morris Co., TX.9535 James Polk Hayes was born on 13 May 1845 in Tennessee. He appeared in the census on 19 April 1910 in Omaha, Morris Co., TX.9536 He lived with his nephew Ben Beasley in Omaha, Morris Co., TX on 18 January 1920. James died in Morris Co., TX on 27 July 1922 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Naples, Morris Co., TX in July 1922 .9537 Obituary, Omaha Breeze, Omaha, Morris Co., TX, Aug. 3, 1922 James Polk Hayes was born in Tennessee, a son of William Hayes, and came to Texas in an early day settling at Old Snow Hill and spent his life in this section of the country; moving to Omaha, where he accumulated considerable property interests. He was married to Miss Salione Coffey, daughter of Langston Coffey, another pioneer family of North East Texas, August 3, 1870 from which union two sons were born, the oldest dying at 3 years of age, and the second, William Z. Hayes, a prominent banker of Dallas, and who was with his father in his last hours on earth, survives: the wife and mother having preceded them both several years since. Mr. Hayes had been a very strong man in his early life, served faithfully in the Confederate Army for a term of years, and went through many experiences which many of us will never know. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Old Spring Hill and was for the past many years considered and known as one of the leading members. His body was followed to Spring Hill by many friends and relatives on the 28th and interred by the side of his wife after impressive funeral services. Selina Perminter Coffey and James Polk Hayes had the following children:
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