Fifth Generation

444. Shelton Coffey¹⁶⁷⁶ was born on 1 February 1826 in Wilkes Co., NC.¹⁶⁷⁷ Shelton registered for the draft on 3 August 1863 in Owen Co., IN. He was 37 years old farmer who gave his birth place as North Carolina.¹⁶⁷⁸ He appeared in the census on 5 June 1900 in Arkansas Co., AR.¹⁶⁷⁹ Shelton died on 24 March 1907 at the age of 81 in Arkansas and was buried at DeWitt Cemetery in DeWitt, Arkansas Co., AR.^1680,1681

Shelton Coffey and Dicy Sanders¹⁶⁸² were married on 23 October 1845 in Monroe Co., IN.¹⁶⁸³ They¹⁶⁸³ appeared in the census on 6 November 1850 in Owen Co., IN.¹⁶⁸⁴ They¹⁶⁸⁴ appeared in the census on 22 August 1870 in Owen Co., IN.¹⁶⁸⁵ Dicy Sanders was born on 25 December 1824 in Indiana. Dicy died on 6 April 1900 at the age of 75 in Arkansas and was buried at De Witt, Arkansas Co., AR.¹⁶⁸⁶

Shelton Coffey and Dicy Sanders had the following children:

1733	i.	Melvin W. Coffey was born on 20 May 1849 in Indiana. Melvin died on 23 March 1865 at the age of 15 in Indiana and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN.1687,1688
+1734	ii.	Carrey Elsworth Coffey.
+1735	iii.	Rosa Etta Coffey.