Fifth Generation

489. William Columbus Coffey¹⁹⁴⁹ was born on 3 April 1839 in Patterson Twp., Caldwell Co., NC. He lived with the Ezekiel Smith family in Butler, Johnson Co., TN on 3 July 1860. William enlisted in Co. I, 26th NC Infantry on 20 March 1862 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC and served with that unit during the Civil War..^1950,1951 He appeared in the census on 1 June 1900 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁵² William Columbus applied for his CW pension in Foscoe, Watauga Co., NC on 5 July 1909.¹⁹⁵³ William died of influenza on 10 March 1920 at the age of 80 at home in Boone, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone City Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 12 March 1920.^{1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959}

"Mr. T., F. Coffey, of Manning, S. C., who arrived last week in time for the burial of his father, Mr. W. C. Coffey, left for his home Tuesday.

"Mr. T. Stuard [sic] Coffey, of Statesville, attended the funeral of his uncle, Mr. W. C. Coffey, in Boone last Friday.

"Mrs. W. C. Coffey's four children, Mrs. Elizabeth Seay, of Lynchburg, Va., Mr. Worth Penn, of Emporia, Va., Mr. Shelton Penn, of Bluefield, West Va., and Miss Allye Henry Penn, of Logan College, Ky., arrived the day after the death of her husband, returning to the respective homes the first of the week."

Upon the death of William Columbus Coffey, the following notice was found:

"Notice of Dissolutions.

"The firm of T. J. Coffey & Bro., of Boone, N. C., has by mutual consent been dissolved, W. C. Coffey the brother mentioned in the first of T. J. Coffey & Bro., retiring therefrom, and Mollie E. Coffey widow of T. J. Coffey, and T. S. Coffey, Mary Elizabeth Councill and Margaret V. Rambo, heirs of said T. J. Coffey succeeding to the business. All debts owing to said firm are to be paid to the said widow and heirs of T. J. Coffey, and the said heirs of T. J. Coffey are to settle all just debts due from said form. This Aug. 6, 1904.

W. C. Coffey, M. E. Coffey, T. S. Coffey, W. B. Councill, Elizabeth Councill, I. S. Rambo, Margaret V. Rambo."

A similar notice followed this one in which it was announced the retirement of Margaret V. Rambo from the firm.

William Columbus Coffey and Caroline L. "Carrie" Curtis were married on 10 May 1866 in Wilkes Co., NC.^{1960,1961,1962} They^{1960,1961,1962} appeared in the census on 10 August 1870 in Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁶³ They¹⁹⁶³ appeared in the census on 7 June 1880 in Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁶⁴ Caroline L. "Carrie" Curtis, daughter of Hezekiah Curtis and Celia Coffey, was born on 26 November 1843 in Wilkes Co., NC. Carrie died on 24 June 1893 at the age of 49 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone City Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.^1965,1966

William Columbus Coffey and Caroline L. "Carrie" Curtis had the following children:

William Columbus Coffey and Ada Elizabeth Worth were married on 25 July 1908 in Ashe Co., NC.¹⁹⁶⁷ They¹⁹⁶⁷ appeared in the census on 18 April 1910 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁶⁸ They¹⁹⁶⁸ appeared in the census on 2 June 1920 in Boone, Watauga Co., NC.¹⁹⁶⁹ Ada Elizabeth Worth, daughter of David Worth and Elizabeth Thomas, was born on 4 June 1866 in Ashe Co., NC. She appeared in the census on 4 June 1900 in Ashe Co., NC.¹⁹⁷⁰ She appeared in the census on 6 May 1930 at 122 Hibriten Ave. in Lower Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.¹⁹⁷¹ Ada appeared in the census on 26 April 1940 in Marion, Smyth Co., VA.¹⁹⁷² Ada died at Vine Arden Rest Home in Morganton, Burke Co., NC on 13 August 1965 of a cardiovascular accident and was buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Elkin, Surry Co., NC on 15 August 1965 .^{1973,1974,1975}