Sixth Generation

2183. James Leander "Lee" Coffey was born on 9 June 1835 in Indiana. He lived with his parents in Owen Co., IN on 28 August 1850. James died on 6 November 1890 at the age of 55 in Gentry Co., MO and was buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.^8149,8150

James Leander "Lee" Coffey and Elizabeth Caroline Litton were married on 30 September 1855 in Owen Co., IN.⁸¹⁵¹ They^⁸¹⁵¹ appeared in the census on 20 July 1860 in Gentry Co., MO.⁸¹⁵² They^⁸¹⁵² appeared in the census on 23 August 1870 in Wilson Twp., Gentry Co., MO.⁸¹⁵³ Elizabeth Caroline Litton, daughter of Joel Litton and Sarah Bridges, was born on 14 February 1838 in Morgan Co., IN. Elizabeth died on 25 August 1876 at the age of 38 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO and was buried at Jennings Cemetery in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.^8154,8155

James Leander "Lee" Coffey and Elizabeth Caroline Litton had the following children:

+6206	i.	Martha Ann Coffey.
+6207	ii.	Laura F. Coffey.
6208	iii.	Joel Coffey was born in 1863 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO. He lived with his parents in Wilson Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 23 August 1870. He lived with his father and step-mother in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO on 23 June 1880. Joel died of paralytic ileus on 3 January 1929 at the age of 66 at State Hospital No. 2 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO and was buried at Stanberry, Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 4 January 1929.⁸¹⁵⁶ This may be the Joel Coffey found in the 1900 census who was imprisoned at the Missouri State Hospital for the insane at Washington, Buchanan Co., MO. This Joel was a single white male, age 37, born in MO, parents born MO.
6209	iv.	Eliza Coffey was born circa 1866 in Missouri. She lived with her parents in Wilson Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 23 April 1870. She lived with her father and step-mother in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO on 23 June 1880.
+6210	v.	Sarah K. Coffey.
+6211	vi.	Silas Hinkley Coffey.

James Leander "Lee" Coffey and Sarah J. Matthews appeared in the census on 23 June 1880 in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., MO.⁸¹⁵⁷ They^⁸¹⁵⁷ were married on 2 April 1885 in Albany, Gentry Co., MO.⁸¹⁵⁸ Sarah J. Matthews was born on 15 May 1835 in Kentucky. Sarah died in Stanberry, Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 17 November 1917 of lobar pneumonia and was buried at High Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry, Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO on 19 November 1917 .^8159,8160