Fifth Generation

402. James Wilson Coffey was born on 15 December 1805 in North Carolina. James died on 30 November 1863 at the age of 57 in Monroe Co., IN and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN.¹³⁹⁵

This child was named William Coffey in his father's will. It is James W. on his headstone but memorialized at FAG as James Wilson Coffey.

James Wilson Coffey and Malena Coffey were married on 16 April 1833 in Monroe Co., IN.¹³⁹⁶ They¹³⁹⁶ appeared in the census on 4 November 1850 in Owen Co., IN.¹³⁹⁷

Immediate neighbors of James and Malena in the 1850 Monroe Co. census are Abraham Coffey and wife Sarah; children Hannah E., Mary S., Thomas A, and William Clark.

Other neighbors is the William Basket, age 55, born North Carolina; the Rebecca Falkner family, age 60, born North Carolina; Silas K. Coffey family, age 25, born NC, Mary Coffey, age 62, born NC, and Mary, age 16, born IN. The James L. Dowell family is also nearby. James was age 32, and was born in NC.

All of those surnames appear as husbands or wives for many of the Coffee men and women who left North Carolina for Indiana. They¹³⁹⁷ appeared in the census on 18 June 1860 in Owen Co., IN.¹³⁹⁸ Malena Coffey, daughter of Reuben A. Coffey and Martha Dowell, was born on 19 February 1816 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. She lived with her son Asberry in Owen Co., IN on 17 August 1870. She lived with her son Asberry in Owen Co., IN on 1 June 1880. Malena died on 12 March 1892 at the age of 76 in Owen Co., IN and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Ellettsville, Monroe Co., IN.¹³⁹⁹

James Wilson Coffey and Malena Coffey had the following children: