| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Seventh Generation4516. John Washington Coffey was born on 10 June 1870 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.14562 He lived at 2318 Stadium Road in Charlottesville, VA in February 1920. John died at home at 2318 Stadium Road in Charlottesville, VA on 18 February 1950 of abdominal cancer and was buried at Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery in Afton, Nelson Co., VA.14563,14564,14565 Obituary, Waynesboro News Virginian, 23 Feb., 1950 John W. Coffey, former employee of the C & O Railway, died in Charlottesville Saturday night at the residence of his son, John J. Coffey. He was 78. During his time with the railroad he supervised a number of major projects, and after his retirement became a farmer. He owned one of the largest apple orchards in Nelson County. His wife, the former Miss Ella J. Bragg, died in 1934. Beside John J. Coffey, he is survived by four other sons, Jasper and D. M. Coffey, both of Charlottesville; Rhodes H., Richmond; and Sam P., Front Royal; three daughters, Miss June Coffey, Richmond; Mrs. H. N. Coffey, Middletown; and Mrs E. A. Quillen, Waynesboro. Also, two sisters, Mrs. Richard Dodd, Staunton; and Mrs. Clifton Truslow, Wintergreen; and one brother, Massie Coffey, Stuarts Draft. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Rodes Methodist Church, Avon, conducted by the Rev. Wilton E. Allen. Interment was in the churchyard. John Washington Coffey and Ella Jackson Bragg were married on 8 June 1887 in Nelson Co., VA.14566 They14566 appeared in the census on 19 June 1900 in Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA.14567,14568 They14567,14568 appeared in the census on 12 May 1910 in Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA.14569,14570 John and Ella14569,14570 appeared in the census on 7 February 1920 on the Nellysford - Afton Road in Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA.14571 They14571 appeared in the census on 23 April 1930 in Afton, Rockfish Dist., Nelson Co., VA.14572 Ella Jackson Bragg, daughter of Bartholomew Kidd Bragg and Anne Virginia Hughes, was born in May 1869 in Nelson Co., VA. Ella died of lung cancer and was buried at on 21 December 1934 at the age of 65 in Waynesboro, South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery in Afton, Nelson Co., VA.14573,14574,14575 Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Sat., Dec. 22, 1934, Page 13 Mrs. Ella J. Coffey Waynesboro, Dec. 21--Mrs. Ella J. Coffey, 64, died at her home here today after an illness of three months. She formerly lived in Nelson County where funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Rhodes Methodist Church. She is survived by five sons, Jasper and Donnie, Charlottesville; Rhodes, Richmond; Simon and Jack, Waynesboro; three daughters, Mrs. E. A. Quillen, Miss June Coffey and Mrs. H. N. Coffey, Waynesboro; one sister, Mrs. D. I. Mansfield, Charlottesville; three brothers, W. B., S. M. and T. H. Bragg, all of Fayetteville, W. Va. John Washington Coffey and Ella Jackson Bragg had the following children:
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