Seventh Generation

3444. James A. Chiless Coffey was born in October 1859 in Illinois. James died of chronic myocarditis on 3 March 1929 at the age of 69 at 1815 Mercier (home) in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO and was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS.^{11535,11536,11537}

Obituary, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Mon., Mar. 4, 1929, Page 17

Coffey--James A. C., retired Primitive Baptist minister, age 73, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. P. A. Noonan, 1815 Mercier, 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Also survived by wife, Mrs. Henrietta Coffey of the home; two sons, Joseph E. Coffey, 1212 W. 23d; H. G. Coffey, Rosedale, route 6; 3 other daughters, Mrs. G. W. Monteith, St. Joseph, MO; Mrs. J. E. Holland, Success,, Ark; Mrs. R. E. Holland, Thaver, MO, and 1 brother, John E. Coffey, Broughton, Ill; 2 sisters, Mrs. Frank Laswell, Broughton, Ill; Mrs. Thomas McKay, Turnerville, Ill. Funeral notice later. Mrs. C. L. Forster in charge.

James A. Chiless Coffey and Nancy Ellen Braden were married circa 1880 in Illinois. Nancy Ellen Braden, daughter of F. J. Braden and Susan A. , was born in 1858 in Illinois. Nancy resided with her parents in Hamilton Co., IL on 14 June 1880.

James A. Chiless Coffey and Nancy Ellen Braden had the following children:

+8301	i.	Joseph Eli Coffey.
+8302	ii.	Homer Guy Coffey.
+8303	iii.	Nancy Susan Angeline Coffey.
8304	iv.	Saloma Coffey was born in May 1887 in Illinois.
8305	v.	Margaret Isabel Coffey was born circa 1891 in Hamilton Co., IL.
8306	vi.	Mary Ann Coffey was born in 1899 in Hamilton Co., IL.

James A. Chiless Coffey and Henrietta Thomason were married on 14 January 1894 in Ozark Co., MO.¹¹⁵³⁸ They^¹¹⁵³⁸ appeared in the census on 12 June 1900 in Benton Twp., Fulton Co., AR.¹¹⁵³⁹ They^¹¹⁵³⁹ appeared in the census on 20 April 1910 in Hamilton Co., IL.¹¹⁵⁴⁰ James and Henrietta^{¹¹⁵⁴⁰} appeared in the census on 7 January 1920 in Ripley Co., MO.¹¹⁵⁴¹ Henrietta Thomason, daughter of Jack Thomason and E. Blackshire, was born on 11 May 1865 in Tennessee. Henrietta died of diabetes mellitus on 14 March 1929 at the age of 63 at 1815 Mercier (home) in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO and was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS.^11542,11543

Obituary, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Fri., Mar 15, 1929, Page 29

Coffey-Mrs. Henrietta Coffey, 64 years old, 1815 Marcier st., widow of Rev. James A. Coffey, died Thursday night at the General hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Holland, Success, Ark, and Mrs. R. E. Holland, Thayer, Mo; two step daughters, Mrs. P. A. Noonan of the home and Mrs. J. W. Montieth [sic], St. Joseph, Mo; and two stepsons, J. E. Coffey of the home and H. G. Coffey, R. F. D. No. 6, Kansas City, Kas. Mr. Coffey died March 3. Funeral at Mrs. C. L. Forster's funeral home 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery.

James A. Chiless Coffey and Henrietta Thomason had the following children:

8307	i.	Ora B. Coffey was born in August 1897 in Illinois.
8308	ii.	Rosa D. Coffey was born in February 1900 in Arkansas.
+8309	iii.	Lora A. Coffey.