Seventh Generation

5209. John Hill Coffey was born on 8 November 1877 in North Carolina. He lived with his brother Gamewell in Nantahala Twp., Swain Co., NC on 9 June 1900. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Bryson City, Swain Co., NC.¹⁷¹³² John died of myocardial insufficiency on 15 March 1965 at the age of 87 at C. J. Harris Hospital in Sylva, Jackson Co., NC and was buried at Bryson City Cemetery in Bryson City, Swain Co., NC on 17 March 1965.¹⁷¹³³

John Hill Coffey and Dessie A. Cunningham were married on 23 May 1917 in Nantahala Twp., Swain Co., NC.¹⁷¹³⁴ They¹⁷¹³⁴ appeared in the census on 7 January 1920 in Swain Co., NC.¹⁷¹³⁵ They¹⁷¹³⁵ appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 in Swain Co., NC.¹⁷¹³⁶ Dessie A. Cunningham, daughter of Rufus T. Cunningham and Mary Jane DeHart, was born on 25 May 1889 in Swain Co., NC.⁷¹⁷¹ She lived with her parents in Nantahala Twp., Swain Co., NC on 7 June 1900. She lived with her parents in Nantahala Twp., Swain Co., NC on 30 April 1910. Dessie died on 9 January 1979 at the age of 89 in Bryson City, Swain Co., NC and was buried at Bryson City Cemetery in Bryson City, Swain Co., NC in January 1979 .^{17137,17138,17139}