Sixth Generation

1023. Col. Aaron Coffee⁴¹³³ was born in September 1832 in Mississippi. Col. Coffee died in McKinney, Collin Co., TX on 28 February 1912 and was buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Collin Co., TX.^{4134,4135,4136,4137,4138}

Death Notice, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, Wed., Feb. 28, 1912, Page 10, Col. 1-2

Col. Aaron Coffee Dies At M'Kinney

Known as writer under name "Old Cotton Planter."

Was About 80 years of Age - Came to Texas in 1869 - His Funeral Today.

McKinney, Tex., Feb. 28. - Col. Aaron Coffee died here his evening about 7 o'clock, and his funeral will be held here tomorrow afternoon.

Col. Coffee was known for many years as "Old Cotton Planter," under which pen name he wrote much for newspapers and periodicals on the subject of cotton raising, of which he was an extensive planter.

Col. Coffee was about 80 years old at the time of his death, having been born in 1832. He came to Texas first in 1869(?), living in Brazoria County several years, afterward moving to McKinney. He served several terms in the State Senate of Mississippi prior to moving to Texas.

Col. Coffee is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John Church of Dallas.

COFFEE, AARON (1833-?). Aaron Coffee, Brazoria County planter, was born in Mississippi in 1833. He personally had twenty-five slaves, and the plantation he managed, Halcyon, had 132. In 1860 he owned real property valued at $100,000 and personal property valued at $167,350.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Abigail Curlee Holbrook, "A Glimpse of Life on Antebellum Slave Plantations in Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 76 (April 1973). Ralph A. Wooster, "Wealthy Texans, 1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 71 (October 1967).

Col. Aaron Coffee and Mary Summerville Smith were married on 28 March 1860 in Galveston Co., TX. They appeared in the census on 25 June 1870 in Brazoria Co., TX.⁴¹³⁹ They⁴¹³⁹ appeared in the census on 9 June 1880 in Collin Co., TX.⁴¹⁴⁰ Aaron and Mary⁴¹⁴⁰ lived with their son-in-law John Church in Collin Co., TX on 9 June 1900. They lived with their son-in-law John Church in Collin Co., TX on 28 April 1910. Mary Summerville Smith was born in 1835 in Virginia. Mary died in 1911 at the age of 76 in Collin Co., TX and was buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney, Collin Co., TX.^{4141,4142,4143}

Col. Aaron Coffee and Mary Summerville Smith had the following children: