Seventh Generation

5748. James Milton Coffey was born on 14 April 1860 in Bamboo, Watauga Co., NC. James died of acute nephritis on 23 February 1924 at the age of 63 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Middle Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 24 February 1924.^{5758,5759,5760}

James Milton Coffey and Mary Louise Coffey were married on 19 October 1879 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.^5753,5754 They^5753,5754 lived with her parents in Watauga Co., NC on 9 June 1880. They appeared in the census on 13 June 1900 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.⁵⁷⁵⁵ James and Mary⁵⁷⁵⁵ appeared in the census on 4 May 1910 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.⁵⁷⁵⁶ They⁵⁷⁵⁶ appeared in the census on 12 January 1920 in Blue Ridge Twp., Watauga Co., NC.⁵⁷⁵⁷ Mary Louise Coffey, daughter of James Asbury Coffey and Chainey Gragg, was born on 12 November 1859 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.

The 1870 census gives her age as 8 yrs., indicating that she was born closer to 1862. Mary died of an intestinal obstruction on 3 March 1924 at the age of 64 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Middle Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 5 March 1924.^{5750,5751,5752}

The 1880 census gives her name as Mary E. She may be the Mary Coffey, age 10, in the 1870 Caldwell Co. household with Enoch and Rebecca Gragg.

James Milton Coffey and Mary Louise Coffey had the following children: