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Harriet "Hattie" Coffey was born on 15 May 1868 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.1509 She appeared in the census on 18 April 1930 in Garfield Co., OK.15973 Hattie died on 16 November 1954 at the age of 86 in Enid, Garfield Co., OK and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, Grady Co., OK.387,15974
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Caldwell Native Dies in Okla.
News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Hattie Coffey Stewart of Enid, Okla., on November 16.
Mrs. Stewart was born near Patterson in Caldwell county on May 15, 1868. She was the oldest daughter of Elijah and Mary Ann Nelson Coffey.
She is survived by one daughter, Helen, of the home; two brothers, John W. Coffey of Raleigh, and Dr. George N. Coffey of Wooster, Ohio; and one sister, Miss Mary E. Coffey of Lenoir and Enid, a teacher in the Lenoir High school for many years.
Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by her husband, J. A. Stewart in 1929, a son John in 1920, and brother, Lee Coffey in 1952.
Funeral services were held in Enid, and interment followed in Evergreen cemetery, Minco, Okla.
Obituary, unidentified Minco, OK newspaper, 18 November 1954
MRS. HATTIE STEWART
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie Stewart were conducted at 4 p.m. today in the Henninger-Allen funeral home chapel with Dr. Ray E. Snodgrass and the Rev. George Pratt officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Minco cemetery beside her husband, J.A. Stewart, who died in 1929. The Rev. Hugh Sinclair will have charge of the graveside services.
Pallbearers were C.E. Loomis, J.J. Osborn, Charles Dillon, A.L. Fisher, D. Bruce Selby and Homer Henson.
Mrs. Stewart, 86, died late Tuesday at her home at 1516 West Broadway, after an illness of several months. A native of Patterson, N.C., she came to Oklahoma in December of 1896, first living at Minco, moving to Enid in 1921, where she had lived since.
She was a member of the Central Christian church and the WCTU.
Survivors include one daughter, Miss Helen Stewart, of the home; one sister, Miss Mary Coffey, Lenoir, N.C.; two brothers, John W. Coffey, Raleigh, N.C., and Dr. George N. Coffey, Wooster, Ohio. One son died in 1920.
Harriet "Hattie" Coffey and James Alexander Stewart were married on 22 December 1896 in Harpers Chapel, Patterson, Caldwell Co., NC.1509,15975 They1509,15975 appeared in the census on 2 June 1900 in Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, OK.15976 They15976 appeared in the census on 16 April 1910 in Grady Co., OK.15977 Hattie and James15977 appeared in the census on 9 January 1920 in Grady Co., OK.15978 
James Alexander Stewart1509 was born on 24 April 1858 in Canada. James died on 3 March 1929 at the age of 70 in Enid, Garfield Co., OK and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, Grady Co., OK on 5 March 1929.1509
Unidentified Enid, OK newspaper, 4 March 1929.
JAMES A. STEWART CLAIMED BY DEATH
A heart attack yesterday morning proved fatal for James A. Stewart, 70, an elder and prominent worker in the Central Christian church, who died last night at 9 o'clock at his home, 1516 West Broadway.
Surviving him are his widow and a daughter, Mary Helen of the home. Miss Stewart for several years has been instructor of English at Enid high school.
Eight years ago the Stewarts came here from Minco where they had resided many years. Mrs. Stewart's sister, Miss Mary Coffey of near Raleigh, N. Car., recently came here to reside and it so happened that their brother, Lee Coffey and family of Minco had come for a week-end and were with Mr. Stewart when he died.
Funeral services will be from the Central Christian church in the morning at 10 o'clock, the pastor, Rev. R.C. Snodgrass officiating. The body will be taken to Minco where a service will be held in the Presbyterian church and burial made in the Evergreen cemetery by the side of his son who died nine years ago.
The body was prepared for burial by the Henninger-Royer Funeral home.
Quoting Daniel S. Coffey's notes of a conversation with Helen Stewart: " His grandmother Helen Stewart (b. about 1837) in Dundee, Scot. came to Canada on delayed ship which would have sunk in unknown storm had it not been delayed. Husband Daniel came to Connelly Spgs. to preach. His father, James Alexander Stewart ("J. Alek") taught in Happy Valley. [He] remembered Hattie Coffey, aged 10, after he moved to Ohio w/ mother and proposed marriage and move[d] to Oklahoma to help woman, Meta Chestnut, run El Meta Bond College in Minco. (Actually an academy for Indian children.) J. Alek met Meta while teaching in Garner before she came out to open academy. Once J. Alek, Hattie, and his mother arrived he wasn't needed in school[,] so [he] opened Hardware Store w/ dishonest partner who declared bankruptcy. Uncle Lee and Aunt Isis came from N.C. to help and [together they] ran 'Stewart & Coffey Hardware' until 1940s. Also did undertaking in Minco."
Also quoting Daniel S. Coffey's notes: "J. Alex was in school at National Normal University for B.S. before Meta [Bond] wrote him to come to OK. [He] graduated in 1894."
Harriet "Hattie" Coffey and James Alexander Stewart had the following children:
10773 | i. | Mary Helen Stewart was born on 23 September 1897 in Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, OK. Mary Helen died unmarried on 24 September 2003 at the age of 106 in Edmond, Oklahoma Co., OK and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, Grady Co., OK on 28 September 2003.1509 Unidentified, (Enid?), Oklahoma newspaper, September 2003 Mary Helen Stewart Graveside services for Mary Helen Stewart, 106, were held on Sunday, September 28 at 2:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, with Rev. Sam Scott of the Minco First Baptist Church officiating under the direction of the Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco. Stewart was born on September 23, 1897 in Indian Territory now known as Minco to James Alex and Hattie (Coffey) Stewart and died on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at the Oklahoma Christian Home in Edmond, the day after her birthday. She became a member of the First Christian Church in Minco at age 12, and after moving to Enid, became a member of the Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where she was a member for sixty years. In 1960 she started a church library. She served as a deaconess two terms and was honored as Board member Emeritus She was a member in several local, state and national teacher's organizations: the American Association of University Women; Business and Professional Women; the Altrurian Study-Social Group; the Westside Garden Club and the Women's Fellowship Guild of Enid. She volunteered at Bass Hospital. In 1983 she moved to the Oklahoma Christian Home Cottage Campus and transferred her membership to the Edmond Christian Church. She moved into the nursing section in December of 1996. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Hattie Stewart and by her brother, John Stewart. She is survived by two first cousins, Elizabeth Wormley of Chickasha and William Coffey of Schenectady, New York. |
10774 | ii. | John Forbes Stewart was born on 5 February 1900 in Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, OK. He registered for the WWI draft on 10 September 1918 in Grady Co., OK.15979 He died of an accidental drowning on 11 July 1920 at the age of 20 in Oklahoma and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, Grady Co., OK.1509 |