Seventh Generation


4409. Teressa Catherine Fitzgerald was born on 6 August 1859 in Nelson Co., VA. Teressa died on 16 February 1906 at the age of 46 in Lyndhurst, Augusta Co., VA and was buried at Neriah Baptist Church Cemetery in South River Dist., Rockbridge Co., VA.

Teressa Catherine Fitzgerald and Martin Marcellus Coffey were married on 26 December 1878 in Nelson Co., VA.14284 They14284 lived with his widowed mother in Nelson Co., VA on 30 June 1880. They appeared in the census on 12 June 1900 in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA.14285 Martin Marcellus Coffey, son of Hezekiah Coffey and Mary Jane Fitzgerald, was born on 27 December 1854 in Nelson Co., VA. Martin died in Stuarts Draft, Augusta Co., VA on 24 September 1932 and was buried at Pines Chapel Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Greenville, Augusta Co., VA on 26 September 1932 .14286

Obituary, The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Sat., Oct. 1, 1932, Page 18

Marcelllus Coffey

Waynesboro, Va., Sept. 30 - Marcellus Coffey, 78, died at his home at Stuart's Draft Saturday night following a long illness. Funeral services were conducted Monday from Pines Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Guy Stump, assisted by the Rev. T. H. Campbell. Mr. Stump [sic] [Coffey] is survived by his wife and six children - Jessie, Ella, Margaret, Lee, Hal and Charles, and by three children by a former marriage. They are John Coffey, Mrs. Jack Phillips of Waynesboro and Mrs. Thomas Sweet of Roanoke.

This child's name is spelled Martellus in the 1860 census. In other census records his middle initial is S. In the 1930 census he was enumerated as Martin S.

Teressa Catherine Fitzgerald and Martin Marcellus Coffey had the following children:

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Hezekiah C. Coffey.

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Doretta Lee Coffey was born on 13 April 1881 in Massies Mill Dist., Nelson Co, VA.14287

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Unnamed Coffey was born in 1882 in Nelson Co., VA. This Unnamed child died in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 1 June 1884. His burial place is unknown to me.14288

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Ardena Frances Coffey.

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Blan Coffey was born in May 1886 in Virginia. He lived with his parents in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA on 12 June 1900.

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Belle S. Coffey was born on 29 July 1889 in Rockcastle Co., KY.14289

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Nellie Cornelia Coffey was born on 4 October 1893 in Virginia.14290 She lived with her parents in South River Dist., Augusta Co., VA on 12 June 1900.

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John Hardy Coffey.

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Jesse James Coffey.
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