Eighth Generation

7505. Thomas Charles Coffey was born on 28 August 1881 in Stonington, Christian Co., IL. He lived with his uncle Benjamin Coe Coffey in Wayne Co., IA on 27 June 1900. Thomas died at St. Vincent's Hospital in Taylorville, Christian Co., IL on 13 January 1957 of heart failure and was buried at Old Stonington Cemetery in Stonington, Christian Co., IL on 15 January 1957 .^{24287,24288,24289}

Death Notice, The Daily Illinois State Journal, Springfield, IL, Mon., Jan. 14, 1957, Page 14

Thomas C. Coffey

Taylorville, Jan. 13--Thomas C. Coffey, 75, retired Stonington miner, died at 3:40 a.m. Sunday at St. Vincent's hospital following an illness of three years. Remains were taken to the Connolly funeral home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Stonington Baptist church. Burial will be in Old Stonington cemetery.

Thomas Charles Coffey and Maude Abel were married on 23 January 1901 in Humeston, Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁹⁰ They^{²⁴²⁹⁰} appeared in the census on 11 May 1910 in Richman Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁹¹ They^²⁴²⁹¹ appeared in the census on 3 January 1920 in Stonington, Christian Co., IL.²⁴²⁹² Thomas and Maude^²⁴²⁹² appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Stonington, Christian Co., IL.²⁴²⁹³ Maude Abel, daughter of James Thornton Abel and Martha Ellis, was born in September 1883 in Wayne Co., IA. Maude died in Illinois in 1963 and is buried at Old Stonington Cemetery in Stonington, Christian Co., IL in 1963 . Her date of death is not known.²⁴²⁹⁴

Thomas Charles Coffey and Maude Abel had the following children:

+14730	i.	Earl C. Coffey.
+14731	ii.	Gladys Eleanor Coffey.
14732	iii.	Margaret Coffey was born circa 1905 in Wayne Co., IA.
14733	iv.	Helen Coffey was born circa 1911 in Iowa.
+14707	v.	Doris Ernestine Coffey.
+14734	vi.	James Kenneth Coffey.
14735	vii.	Erma Mardell Coffey was born in 1919 in Illinois. Erma died in Decatur, Macon Co., IL on 17 October 1994 and was buried at Old Stonington Cemetery in Stonington, Christian Co., IL in October 1994 .^24295,24296 Death notice, Herald & Review, Decatur, IL, Wed., Oct. 19, 1994 DECATUR -Erma M. Coffey, 74, Decatur, formerly of Stonington, retired from Borg-Warner, died Monday (Oct. 17, 1994). Survivors: brothers, Kenneth, Stonington; Jack, Elmhurst. Preceded by: parents, one brother and four sisters. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Old Stonington Cemetery. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Connolly-McClure Funeral Home, Taylorville.
14736	viii.	Living was born circa 1923 in Illinois.