Fifth Generation

464. Martha C. Coffey was born in June 1831 in Indiana. She appeared in the census on 21 August 1870 in White Hall, Clay Twp., Owen Co., IN.¹⁷⁶⁸ She appeared in the census on 8 June 1880 in Clay Twp., Owen Co., IN.¹⁷⁶⁹ Martha died on 11 November 1903 at the age of 72 in Owen Co., IN and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN on 15 November 1903.¹⁷⁷⁰

MARTHA C. COFFEY ALLEN'S DEATH

A sainted mother in Israel is dead. A sweet Christian woman has passed to her Heavenly home.

Mrs. Martha C. (Coffey) Allen, wife of our venerable townsman, Jonathan Allen, died Wednesday night, November 11, 1903, at her beautiful home on East Franklin Street, aged 72 years, of cancer of the stomach.

Deceased was born in Georgia and was the daughter of Lewis Coffey and Elmira (Powell) Coffey, both natives of the state of Georgia. Her first husband was Rev. Chord, a Baptist minister of note in his day by whom were born four children, Spencer Chord, who lives near Ellettsville with his wife and who was at the death of their mother; a daughter, Mrs. Lon Faulkner, of Bloomington; another married daughter of Terre Haute; and a son, John Chord, who is dead. Deceased leaves a sister, Mrs. Amos Howe, of Monroe County.

After deceased's marriage to Mr. Allen they lived in Monroe county on a farm when a few years ago they moved to Spencer. She made friends here by her kindly, charitable disposition and strong intellectual powers, and was a great factor in religious and philanthropic work. She was a woman whom to know was to love for her kindness and sweetness with her associates and womanly bearing to all.

The funeral was held Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Baptist Church where her pastor, Rev. Charles M. Phillips, preached an exceedingly able sermon which was listened to by a congregation that crowded the church and a big number was unable to get admission.

The pallbearers were Major. T. H. (illegible), Dr. John S. Figg, George Robinson, Squire Wesley Coffey, A. P. (illegible) and John Stonesman, all elderly members of the Baptist Church. The funeral was at Larkin Coffey's cemetery in Monroe County, some eight miles distant. [Janet Amtower]

Martha C. Coffey and Rev. John W. Chord were married circa 1850 in Indiana. They appeared in the census on 18 June 1860 in Ellettsville, Clay Twp., Owen Co., IN.¹⁷⁷¹ Rev. John W. Chord was born circa 12 October 1825 in Indiana. John died in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN on 26 October 1869. Coffey Cemetery in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN in October 1869 .¹⁷⁷²

Martha C. Coffey and Rev. John W. Chord had the following children:

Martha C. Coffey and Jonathan Lee Allen were married on 9 November 1893 in Brazil, Clay Co., IN.¹⁷⁷³ They¹⁷⁷³ appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in Washington Twp, Owen Co., IN.¹⁷⁷⁴ Jonathan Lee Allen, son of John Allen and Eliza Coffey, was born on 17 December 1822 in Indiana. Jonathan died on 29 March 1916 at the age of 93 in Indiana and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN.^1775,1776