Fifth Generation

340. John Coffee was born on 18 October 1798 in Grainger Co., TN.¹¹⁶¹

John Coffee and Rebecca Ragsdale (Toler?) were married on 27 February 1821 in Grainger Co., TN.^{1162,1163,1164,1165} Rebecca Ragsdale (Toler?) was born circa 1811 in Wayne Co., KY.

John Coffee and Rebecca Ragsdale (Toler?) had the following children:

+1269	i.	Meredith Coffee.
+1270	ii.	Caleb J. Coffey.
+1271	iii.	Franklin Pierce Coffey.

John Coffee and Jane Hopper¹¹⁶⁶ were married circa 1840 in Tennessee. They appeared in the census on 2 April 1850 in Hamilton Co., TN.¹¹⁶⁷ They^¹¹⁶⁷ appeared in the census on 11 June 1860 in Pineville, McDonald Co., MO.¹¹⁶⁸ John and Jane^¹¹⁶⁸ appeared in the census on 14 June 1870 in White Rock, McDonald Co., MO.¹¹⁶⁹

John and Jane Coffee lost two sons.....John H. Coffey and Henry Coffey to the Confederate cause during the Civil War. John H. enlisted at Pineville, Mo., on Sept 2, 1861. He was captured in McDonald County, Mo., action on 2 May 1862, and taken to a military prison at Alton, Illinois, to be exchanged with Confederates at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was not heard from again. Henry Coffee, 18 years old, enlisted at Pineville, Mo., as a Private in Co. K, 4 Regiment of Missouri Infantry on 2 Sept 1862. He was captured near Carthage, Mo., in Jasper County, on the 20th of May 1863. He was sent to St. Louis, Mo., and then to City Point, Virginia, for prisoner exchange. He was admitted to the Army of the Cumberland after exchange, and was killed in a skirmish near Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. He died in the Army hospital from an abdominal wound. Jane Hopper, daughter of John David Hopper and Mary Davenport, was born in 1812 in Tennessee.¹¹⁷⁰

John Coffee and Jane Hopper had the following children:

1272	i.	John H. Coffee was born in 1841 in Tennessee. He died in the Civil War.¹¹⁷¹ "John H. enlisted at Pineville, Mo., on Sept. 2, 1861. He was captured in McDonald County, Mo., action of 2 May 1862, and taken to a military prison at Alton, Illinois, to be exchanged with Confederates at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was not heard from again."
1273	ii.	James Coffee was born circa 1843 in Tennessee.
1274	iii.	Henry Coffee was born circa 1845 in Tennessee. He died in the Civil War.¹¹⁷¹ "Henry Coffee, 18 years old, enlisted at Pineville, Mo., as a Private in Co. K, 4 Regiment of Missouri Infantry on 2 Sept 1862. He was captured near Carthage, Mo., in Jasper County, on the 20th of May 1863. He was send to St. Louis, Mo., and then to City Point, Virginia, for prisoner exchange. He was admitted to the Army of the Cumberland after exchange, and was wounded in a skirmish near Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. He later died from this abdominal wound in the Army Hospital."
+1275	iv.	Mary Jane Coffee.
+1276	v.	Rice Coffee.
+1277	vi.	Sarah Coffee.
1278	vii.	Mira Coffee was born in 1856 in Missouri. Mira died in McDonald Co., MO circa 1871 young