Fifth Generation


409. James Asbury Coffey was born in December 1831 in North Carolina. James enlisted in Co., F., 26th North Carolina Troops on 20 March 1862 at Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.1447 James died in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC circa 1866.

When James died his widow, Chaney Gragg Coffee [sic] sued the "Real Estate of James A. Coffee Decd." for rights to property, or part of property in Caldwell Co. and which was located on the "waters of Johns River adjoining the land of Daniel Moore & others." Named in the suit were Leroy Coffey, Mary Coffee, Martha Coffee & Henry Coffee infants and heirs at law of the said Jas L Coffee Probate began in April 1866 in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC when Chaney petitioned the Court for dower rights. She was granted those rights in Sept., 1866.1448

James Asbury Coffey and Chainey Gragg were married on 19 October 1858 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC.1449,1450 They1449,1450 appeared in the census on 19 July 1860 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.1451 Chainey Gragg, daughter of Enoch Gragg and Rebecca Estes, was born on 6 February 1834 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. She lived with her son Leonard Gragg in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 4 June 1900. She lived with her daughter-in-law, Marilda Gragg in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 20 April 1910. Chainey lived with her daughter-in-law Marilda Gragg Dyson in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 6 January 1920. Chainey died of influenza on 14 February 1923 at the age of 89 in Globe Twp., Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Boone Fork Community Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.1452

James Asbury Coffey and Chainey Gragg had the following children:

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William S. Coffey was born on 9 January 1859 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. William died in Caldwell Co., NC in 1870 His burial details are unknown to me.1453

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Mary Louise Coffey.

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Henry Kelly "Caleb" Coffey.

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Martha R. Coffey.

James Asbury Coffey and Sallie Wingler appeared in the census on 15 June 1900 in Mulberry Twp., Wilkes Co., NC.1454 Sallie Wingler was born in October 1845 in North Carolina.

James Asbury Coffey and Sallie Wingler had the following children:

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Laura Elizabeth Coffey.

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Arthur Patrick Coffey.
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