Fifth Generation

345. Mira Coffey was born about 1809 in Grainger Co., TN.

Mira Coffey and Hardiman Sparkman were married on 6 August 1827 in Grainger Co., TN.¹¹⁸⁸ They^¹¹⁸⁸ appeared in the census on 23 November 1850 in Coffee Co., TN.¹¹⁸⁹

Mira married Hardiman Aug. 6, 1827; Dau of Meredith Coffey and Esther (Hester) Unk. First batch lists marriage and dates agree. Second batch lists a Mira birth to George Coffee and Margaret Rucker in 1810 in Grainger Co. Bondsman was John Sparkman. Sandra Schmidt descends from Mira and Hardiman from Edward and Ann Powell Coffey; John and Jane Graves Coffey; John and Dorcas Carter Coffey; Meredith and Ester Coffey; Hardiman and Mira Coffey Sparkman.

Source: Bennie Coffey Loftin, Rt. 1, Box 270, Kiowa, OK 74553-9727; CC Newsletter, Jun 1997; Sandra L. Schmidt, 34477 Wheeler Road, Kirkland, IL 60146 Hardiman Sparkman was born about 1803 in Bertie Co., NC.

Mira Coffey and Hardiman Sparkman had the following children:

1305	i.	James Sparkman was born in 1831 in Grainger Co., TN.
1306	ii.	Meredith S. Sparkman was born in 1833 in Grainger Co., TN.
1307	iii.	William Reed Sparkman was born on 20 July 1835 in Grainger Co., TN. William died in White Co., TN on 16 August 1897.
1308	iv.	Amanda Sparkman was born in 1837 in Grainger Co., TN.
1309	v.	Templeton "Temple" Sparkman was born on 11 July 1839 in Tennessee. He lived with his parents in Coffee Co., TN on 23 November 1850. Temple served with Co. D, 8th TN Calvery during the Civil War.. Temple died of senility on 11 March 1926 at the age of 86 in Campaign, Warren Co., TN and was buried at Preston Heights Cemetery in Quebeck, White Co., TN on 12 March 1926.^1190,1191