Sixth Generation

1654. Smith Coffey was born circa 1846 in North Carolina. He lived with his parents in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 10 July 1860. Smith enlisted in the Capt. Nelson A. Miller's Home Guard in 1864 at Caldwell Co., NC. Smith died in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC on 4 December 1903.

Smith Coffey and Martha R. Smith were married on 12 January 1868 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.^6167,6168 They^{^6167,6168} appeared in the census on 2 September 1870 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁶¹⁶⁹ Martha R. Smith, daughter of A. J. Smith and Caroline , was born on 13 April 1852 in North Carolina. Martha died in North Carolina on 4 July 1871 and was buried at Coffey Family Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in July 1871 .⁶¹⁷⁰

Smith Coffey and Martha R. Smith had the following children:

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Charley S. Coffey⁶¹⁷¹ was born on 4 July 1871 in North Carolina. Charley died in Caldwell Co., NC on 4 August 1891 by accident in the furniture factory where he worked and was buried at Coffey Family Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in August 1891 .^6172,6173

Terrible Accident

Arm Torn Off and Both Legs Broken

Lenoir Topic of the 5th

Yesterday about one o'clock the startling news came up town that a young man had been killed at the furniture factory. The fact was that Charles Coffey, son of Smith Coffey, Esq., of King's Creek, a young workman at the factory had been caught up by a pulley and the band working on it drawn rapidly up over the pulley between it and the beam about a foot and a half above it, whirled once rapidly around the pulley and again between it and the end and hurled from the top of the pulley against the wall opposite to it to in and about six feet away. Almost by a miracle he was not killed but he was terribly mangled and his chances of life are slim. His right arm was torn off about three inches below the shoulder; his left leg was broken just above the ankle; his right leg broken just below the knee, several ribs on the right side were crushed and one of his lungs lacerated; and he was badly bruised in other portions of his body and his nervous system was greatly shocked.

Laurence Coffey wrote that Charlie was killed in a furniture factory. No indication of by accident or otherwise.

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ii.

Katherine "Katie" Coffey.

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Mary (Amanda?) Coffey.

Smith Coffey and Margaret Rebecca "Becky" Greene⁶¹⁷¹ were married on 14 August 1872 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.^{6174,6175,6176} They^{^{6174,6175,6176}} appeared in the census on 18 June 1880 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.⁶¹⁷⁷ They^⁶¹⁷⁷ appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in Burke Co., NC.⁶¹⁷⁸ Margaret Rebecca "Becky" Greene, daughter of David Greene and Catherine E. Smith, was born on 3 July 1857 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. On 28 December 1903 Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC Margaret was named Guardian of .⁶¹⁷⁹ She appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁶¹⁸⁰ She appeared in the census on 20 January 1920 in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁶¹⁸¹ Becky appeared in the census on 15 April 1930 in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.⁶¹⁸² Margaret Rebecca applied for the CW pension of her late husband Smith Coffey in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC on 27 April 1937.⁶¹⁸³ Margaret died on 11 December 1938 at the age of 81 in Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Kings Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 12 December 1938.^6184,6185
Clara's death certificate names her mother as Margarette Rebecca Green of Watauga Co.

Smith Coffey and Margaret Rebecca "Becky" Greene had the following children:

5097	i.	Isaac E. Coffey was born on 23 October 1875 in Caldwell Co., NC. Isaac died in Caldwell Co., NC on 30 October 1875 and was buried at Coffey Family Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC in October 1875 .⁶¹⁸⁶
+5098	ii.	Mary Coffey.
+5099	iii.	Martha Ellen "Mattie" Coffey.
+5100	iv.	Henry B. Coffey.
+5101	v.	Margaret A. "Maggie" Coffey.
+5102	vi.	Thomas Jefferson Coffey Sr..
+5103	vii.	George Greene "Greene" Coffey.
+5104	viii.	Clara R. Coffey.
+5094	ix.	Katherine "Katie" Coffey.