Fifth Generation

405. Joshua T. Coffey was born in 1821 in Burke Co., NC. Joshua died in North Carolina in 1891 and was buried at Joshua Coffey Family Cemetery in Fairplains, Wilkes Co., NC in 1891 .¹⁴¹⁹

Joshua T. Coffey and Rebecca Shepherd were married on 1 November 1842 in Wilkes Co., NC.^{1420,1421,1422} Bond was posted on 1 November 1842 in Wilkes Co., NC^1423,1424 They^{^1423,1424} appeared in the census on 20 July 1850 in Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁴²⁵ Rebecca Shepherd, daughter of Larkin Shepherd and Allie Irwin, was born on 7 March 1824 in Wilkes Co., NC. Rebecca died in Wilkes Co., NC on 11 March 1879 and was buried at Joshua Coffey Family Cemetery in Fairplains, Wilkes Co., NC in March 1879 .¹⁴²⁶

Was Rebecca's maiden name Shepherd or Wyatt?

Joshua T. Coffey and Rebecca Shepherd had the following children:

+1545	i.	Matilda Coffey.
+1546	ii.	Adeline Coffey.
+1547	iii.	John Drury Coffey.
1548	iv.	Alice Coffey was born circa 1852 in North Carolina.
+1549	v.	Mary Coffey.
+1550	vi.	Martha Coffey.
+1551	vii.	J. Rufus Coffey.
+1552	viii.	Perry Coffey.
+1553	ix.	Doctor Franklin Coffey.

Joshua T. Coffey and Rebecca Eveline Wyatt were married on 5 May 1880 in Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁴²⁷ They^¹⁴²⁷ appeared in the census on 8 June 1880 in Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁴²⁸ Rebecca Eveline Wyatt, daughter of Aaron Wyatt and Nancy Vannoy, was born in March 1848 in North Carolina. She appeared in the census on 20 June 1900 in Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁴²⁹ She was placed on the pension rolls in Wilkes Co., NC in 1910¹⁴³⁰

"The name of Rebecca E. Coffey, widow of Joshua T. Coffey, late of Captain Miller's company, North Carolina Volunteers, Cherokee Indian disturbances and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month."

Rebecca appeared in the census on 10 January 1920 at Union Twp. in Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁴³¹ Rebecca died at home in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC on 22 July 1923 of heart disease and was buried at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., NC on 23 July 1923 .^{1432,1433,1434,1435}

Death Notice, The Greensboro Daily News, Greensboro, NC, Sun., Jul. 29, 1923, Page 7

Mrs. Rebecca E. Coffey, age 76 years, died Monday morning. She was the mother of Mrs. John Coffey, and C. A. Wyatt, of this place. Funeral and burial services were held at Harmony church near Millers Creek.

Joshua T. Coffey and Rebecca Eveline Wyatt had the following children:

+1554	i.	John Payton Coffey.
+1555	ii.	Thomas Joshua Coffey.