| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation3009. John Melvin Coffey was born on 11 December 1848 in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL. He lived with the William Lilley family in Omaha, Morris Co., TX on 4 April 1930. John died of fractured hip and arm on 19 April 1934 at the age of 85 in Omaha, Morris Co., TX and was buried at Concord Cemetery in Omaha, Morris Co., TX on 20 April 1934.10633,10634,10635 He may have had 2 brothers who died in the Civil War with the rank of Colonel. John Melvin Coffey and Mary Ellen Ragland were married on 19 January 1871 in Omaha, Morris Co., TX. They appeared in the census on 12 June 1880 in Morris Co., TX.10636 They10636 appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in Morris Co., TX.10637 John and Mary10637 appeared in the census on 4 May 1910 in Morris Co., TX.10638 They10638 appeared in the census on 9 January 1920 in Morris Co., TX.10639 Mary Ellen Ragland, daughter of Burrel Ragland and Matilda Gentry, was born on 6 January 1853 in Daingerfield, Morris Co., TX. Mary died of diabetes mellitus on 25 August 1924 at the age of 71 in Omaha, Morris Co., TX and was buried at Concord Cemetery in Omaha, Morris Co., TX.10640,10641,10642 John Melvin Coffey and Mary Ellen Ragland had the following children:
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