Sixth Generation

1130. Joseph Coffey was born on 20 March 1836 in Kentucky. He appeared in the census on 13 June 1860 in Wayne Co., KY.⁴⁴²² He appeared in the census on 29 July 1870 in Wayne Co., KY.⁴⁴²³ Joseph died of interstitial nephritis on 8 April 1917 at the age of 81 in Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY and was buried in Buffalo Springs Cemetery in Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY.^4424,4425

There is a Joe Coffey of the correct age in the 1880 Lincoln Co. census record. He was enumerated as 44 and single. In the household was James Bell, age 19 and servants Jane Coffey, a mulatto female, age 50, James Sallee, a male mulatto age 26, and Harriet Buster, a black female, age 17.

The 1890 Kentucky Veterans Schedule listed in Hustonville, Lincoln Co. Joseph Coffey, who had been a private in Co. A, 1st KY Cav from Dec. 11, 1861 to 29 Dec. 1864; total service 3 yrs, 18 days. He lived at Midgeville in Lincoln Co. and reported that he suffered from "piles."

In 1900 there is a Joe Coffey in Hustonville, Lincoln Co. with wife named Catherine who he married c1880. Joe reported his birth information, including age, as "unk."

Joseph Coffey and Mary E. Warden were married on 27 September 1859 in Wayne Co., KY.⁴⁴²⁶ Mary E. Warden was born circa 1841 in Monticello, Wayne Co., KY.⁴⁴²⁷ Mary died in Kentucky circa 1861.

Joseph Coffey and Mary E. Warden had the following children:

Joseph Coffey and Maggie Ballard were married circa 1883 in Kentucky.⁴⁴²⁸

Coffey - Saunders - At Crab Orchard, yesterday, by Eld. J. G. Livingston, Mr. Joseph Coffey and the handsome widow, Mrs. Maggie B. Saunders, were united in marriage. The ceremony was in the Christian church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and the couple was attended by the following persons: Miss Minnie Edmiston and Mr. Joe Sampel (?), Miss Kittie Higgins and Rev. J. R. Sanow, Miss Maggie Egbert and Mr. T. B. Carson, Miss Mary Jones and Mr. John Ballard. After a nice dinner at Mrs. Dillion's, Mr. and Mrs. Coffey, with Mr. Carson and Miss Edmiston, left for a trip to Cincinnati where they will remain several days. Mr. Coffey has been a good long time choosing a bride, but he got a pretty one at last and could afford to wait. Our best wishes attend them.
They⁴⁴²⁸ appeared in the census on 7 June 1900 in Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY.⁴⁴²⁹ They⁴⁴²⁹ appeared in the census on 19 April 1910 in Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY.⁴⁴³⁰ Maggie Ballard was born on 10 March 1851 in Rockcastle Co., KY. Maggie died in Lincoln Co., KY on 21 May 1916 and was buried at Buffalo Springs Cemetery in Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY in May 1916 .⁴⁴³¹

Joseph Coffey and Maggie Ballard had the following children: