Eighth Generation

9179. Hugh Nelson Coffey was born on 10 November 1876 in Amherst Co., VA.²⁸⁰⁸⁸ He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918²⁸⁰⁸⁹ Hugh died on 20 December 1957 at the age of 81 in Amherst Co., VA and was buried at Bridge Hill Cemetery in Alto [Coffeytown], Amherst Co., VA.^{28090,28091,28092}

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Dec. 21, 1967, Page 6

"Hugh N. Coffey

"Buena Vista, Dec. 20 - Hugh Nelson Coffey, 81, a retired farmer, died Friday at his home at Alto, Amherst county. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ora Crawford Coffey; two sons, Harvey Coffey of Amherst and Hersey Coffey of Alto; two daughters, Mrs. S. H. Crawford of Amherst and Miss Bessie Rae Coffey of Richmond; five sisters, Mrs. Nora Ogden of Amherst, Mrs. I. A. Fitzgerald of Staunton, Mrs. Sophia Taylor of Lynchburg, Mrs. Luther Taylor of Vesuvius and Mrs. Bertha Grant of Roanoke.

"A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia Methodist Church, Amherst county, with burial there."

Hugh Nelson Coffey and Ora Wills Crawford were married on 2 April 1902 in Amherst Co., VA.²⁸⁰⁹³ They²⁸⁰⁹³ appeared in the census on 17 May 1910 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.²⁸⁰⁹⁴ They²⁸⁰⁹⁴ appeared in the census on 28 January 1920 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.²⁸⁰⁹⁵ Hugh and Ora²⁸⁰⁹⁵ appeared in the census on 26 April 1930 in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.²⁸⁰⁹⁶ They²⁸⁰⁹⁶ appeared in the census on 16 May 1940 at Coffeytown Road in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA.²⁸⁰⁹⁷ Ora Wills Crawford, daughter of Thomas Reed Crawford and Mary Frances Ogden, was born on 28 July 1881 in Amherst Co., VA. She lived with her parents. in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 16 June 1900.

She was age 17 and her birth date was given as Sep., 1882 in the 1900 census. She lived with her parents in Pedlar Dist., Amherst Co., VA on 16 June 1900. Ora died on 20 December 1976 at the age of 95 in Amherst Co., VA and was buried at Bridge Hill Cemetery in Alto [Coffeytown], Amherst Co., VA.^28098,28099

Hugh Nelson Coffey and Ora Wills Crawford had the following children:

16479	i.	Robert H. Coffey was born on 25 May 1903 in Amherst Co., VA. Robert died on 5 April 1907 at the age of 3 in Amherst Co., VA and was buried at Bridge Hill Cemetery in Alto [Coffeytown], Amherst Co., VA.
+16480	ii.	Harvey Pryor Coffey.
+16481	iii.	Effie Gladys Coffey.
16482	iv.	Hersey Carter Coffey was born on 10 December 1918 in Amherst Co., VA. He lived with his parents in Amherst Co., VA on 28 January 1920. He lived with his parents in Amherst Co., VA on 29 April 1930. Hersey died on 15 October 1994 at the age of 75 in Vesuvius, Rockbridge Co., VA and was buried at Bridge Hill Cemetery in Alto [Coffeytown], Amherst Co., VA.28100,28101 Obituary, The Rockbridge Weekly, Oct. 19, 1994 Hersey C. Coffey, World War II Veteran, Dead At Age 75 Hersey Carter Coffey, 75, died October 15, 1994 in a Lynchburg Hospital. He was born in Amherst County December 10, 1918, the son of the late Hugh N. and Ora Crawford Coffey. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are one sister, Bessie Fennell, Richmond; a sister-in-law, Nellie R. Coffey, Amherst; three nieces and one nephew. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at the Macedonia United Methodist Church. Burial followed in the Church Cemetery. The Lomax Funeral Home handled the arrangements. The News-Gazette, Lexington, VA Oct 19, 1994 Hersey Carter Coffey, 75, of Vesuvius died Saturday, Oct. 15, in a Lynchburg hospital. He was born Dec. 10, 1918, in Amherst County as was a World War II veteran. He is survived by one sister, Bessie Fennell of Richmond. The funeral was held Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Macedonia United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Arrangements were by Lomax Funeral Home.
16483	v.	Bessie R. Coffey was born circa 1925 in Amherst Co., VA. She lived with her parents in Amherst Co., VA on 26 April 1930.