Re: Charles Erving Cofer Nashville TN 1875
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Charles Erving Cofer Nashville TN 1875
LINDA FUNDERBURGH 4/22/08
Joseph Cofer born 1857 Meigs Co, TN. Parents was Joseph Cofer 1808-1846 and Mary Ann Shiflett 1827-1899. This is what I have on them. E-mail me for more information.
Ray,
Descendants of Joseph Cofer
Generation No. 1
1.JOSEPH5 COFER(GEORGE 4, JOEL 3, THOMAS 2, UNKNOWN1) was born
12 Feb 1808 in NC, and died 21 Oct 1896 in Meigs Co., TN..He married MARY
ANN SHIFLETT 28 Jul 1842 in Meigs Co TN, daughter of AUSTIN SHIFLETT and
ELIZABETH FRANCISCO.She was born 1827 in Hawkins Co., TN., and died 18 Jul
1899 in Meigs Co., TN..
Notes for JOSEPH COFER:
1850 Census
Joseph Cofer 30
Mary Ann24George W. 7b. TennBetsy Janeb. Tenn L ew is3b.
Tenn.Caswell2b. Tenn Juli an1b. T enn.
Meigs County, Tennessee. The 1870 census does not show addit ional children.
Joseph Cofer57 b. Virginia (In 1850 he said he was 3 0) Ma ry42
Elizabeth 21Julia17William16Mart ha14 J oel B. 12
Francis9Mary A.3
b. Virginia (In 1850 she said she was 24 and b. Tenn.)
b. Tenn.(ages do not agree with 1850 censusfor Elizabeth or Julia)
.Living next door to Joseph Cofer in 1870 in Meigs County are two Cofer families:
#106 George Cofer27(date of birth unknown) Martha E. 20(da te of b irth
unknown)
A George W.Cofer married Martha J. Seiber 19 December 1867 in Roane Co un ty.
Marriage Book 3, page 157. This may or may not be the same persons.
#107
Caswell Cofer 20 (date of birth unknown)
Martha 17 (note: "married within the year - Oct.,,)
Notes for MARY ANN SHIFLETT:
Estate of Mary Ann Cofer deceased
Will of Mary Ann Cofer. In the name of God, Amen! I Mary Ann Cofer ( wi fe of Joseph
Cofer deceased) of the State of Tennessee and County of Me ig s, feeling the decline of
years, yet being of sound mind do publish a nd de clare this my last Will and Testament,
revoking all others heretofo re ma de by me. 1st Feeling that I am in the presence of God
and at his go od ple asure I (bad copy few words missing) He gave me and my body to
my f rien ds to be buried as they may design.
2nd I have one hundred dollars in gold.
3rd I will that a sufficient amount out of the aforesaid one hundred dol la rs be used to buy
and place at my grave and my beloved husband's gra ve res pectable tombstones or
monuments about the size of the tomb ston es at Jo hn Cofer's grave.
4th I will two dollars out of the above named one hundred dollars f or t he purpose of
helping to buy wire to fence in the graveyard whe re I wi sh to be buried.
5th I will the remainder of the aforesaid one hundred dollars after bu yi ng the aforesaid
monuments and taking out the aforesaid two doll ar s, to my daughter Mary A. Ellison.
6th I bequeath to my son William L. Cofer one feather bed, one straw tick
and one bedstead.
7th The remainder of my beds and bed clothes and household and kitchen t hi ngs I want
them divided equally among all my children.
8th I appoint my sons Joseph Cofer and G. W. Cofer my executo rs to be be a ppointed
and qualified without Bond to this my last Will a nd Testamen t. In witness of this my entire
Will and Testament I have here unto s et my hand and seal this the 23rd day of Nov.
1896.
Mary Ann Cofer (her mark)
Acknowledged in the presence of
T. N. Turner Probate of above Will entered on Court
W. L. Cofer 295 July Term 1898.
Children of JOSEPH COFER and MARY SHIFLETT are:
2. i. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 COFER, b. 18 Aug 1843, Meigs
Co TN; d. 26 Nov 1910, Meigs Co TN.
ii. ELIZABETH JANE COFER, b. 1845, Meigs Co, TN.; m.
JACOB WELLS.
3. iii. LEWIS AUSTIN COFFER, b. 03 Feb 1847, Meigs Co, TN.; d.
04 Nov 1919, Chattanooga TN.
4. iv. CASWELL COFFER, b. 29 Jul 1849, Meigs Co, TN.; d. 26 Jun
1923, Hamilton Co., Tennesee, USA.
5. v. JULIAN ANN COFER, b. 1851, Meigs Co, TN..
6. vi. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE COFER, b. 16 Sep 1853, Meigs Co.,
TN.; d. 26 Sep 1932, Meigs Co., TN..
7. vii. MARTHA ELLA COFER, b. 20 Sep 1855, Limestone, TN; d.
23 Dec 1936.
8. viii. JOEL (JOSEPH) B COFER, b. 1857, Meigs Co., TN.; d. Feb
1898.
9. ix. ISABELLA COFER, b. 11 Jul 1861; d. 05 Apr 1943,
Chattanooga TN.
x. FRANCIS COFER, b. 1863.
10. xi. MARY A COFER, b. Abt. 1865; d. Apr 1904, Graysville TN.
Generation No. 2
2.GEORGE WASHINGTON6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3,
THOMAS2, UNKNOWN1) was born 18 Aug 1843 in Meigs Co TN, and died 26 Nov
1910 in Meigs Co TN.He married (1) CELIA JANE MARLER 18 Aug 1867.She
died 01 Oct 1869 in James Co Snow Hill TN.He married (2) MARTHA EVALINE
COWAN 12 May 1874 in By R C Powell J P, daughter of JOSEPH COWAN and
SUSAN.She was born Oct 1849 in TN, and died 08 Jul 1915 in Meigs Co TN.
Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON COFER:
George W Cofer was5 ft 7 in tall, blue eyes ,Farmer, lived in M ei gs Co TN all his life
but from 1868-1869 James Co TN.
AW. L. Cofer notary1911 Georgetown TN .also J. W. Cofer age 21 A ne ph ew 28
Jun 1901.
More About GEORGE WASHINGTON COFER:
Military service: Bet. Aug 1864 - 13 Jul 1865, Cival War Co G 5Regt TN Inft Vol
Child of GEORGE COFER and CELIA MARLER is:
i. MARTHA ELLEN7 COFER, b. 10 Aug 1868.
Children of GEORGE COFER and MARTHA COWAN are:
ii. MARY GANAWAY7 COFER, b. 28 Apr 1875.
iii. ANDREW JACKSON COFER, b. 12 Jul 1876, Meigs Co TN;
d. 11 Mar 1963, Meigs Co TN; m. MATTIE WOODEN, 27 Aug 1904; b. 11 Jul 1879,
TN; d. 06 Oct 1971, Tn.
Notes for ANDREW JACKSON COFER:
FromHubert Cofer in Georgetown TN
More About ANDREW JACKSON COFER:
Census: 1910, Dist. 5, JamesCo., TN.
iv. JAMES LEWIS COFFER, b. 23 Oct 1879, TN..
More About JAMES LEWIS COFFER:
Census: 1900, Dist. 5, JamesCo., TN.
v. IDA P COFER, b. 13 Mar 1881.
vi. LOUIAS BELL COFER, b. 28 Jan 1883.
vii. MAGGIE PARTHINA COFER, b. 28 Oct 1885.
viii. JOESEPH ROBERT COFER, b. 28 Nov 1886.
3.LEWIS AUSTIN6 COFFER (JOSEPH5 COFER, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 03 Feb 1847 in Meigs Co, TN., and died 04 Nov 1919 in
Chattanooga TN.He married KATHARINE ELIZABETH TEDDER 29 Dec 1873 in
Roane Co TN, daughter of WILLIAM TEDDER and LOUISA COFER.She was born
09 May 1854 in TN., and died 26 Nov 1954 in Chattanooga TN.
More About LEWIS AUSTIN COFFER:
Census: 1880, Dist. 5, JamesCo., TN.
More About KATHARINE ELIZABETH TEDDER:
Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery Chattanooga TN
Children of LEWIS COFFER and KATHARINE TEDDER are:
i. NANCY "NANNIE"7 COFER, b. 15 Jan 1878, TN.; d. 21 May
1943, Hamilton Co., TN; m. JAMES W PRATCHARD, Abt. 1895; b. 25 Dec 1869,
TN.; d. 06 Jan 1916, Hamilton Co., TN.
More About NANCY "NANNIE" COFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN.
Census: Bet. 1900 - 1910, Dist. 5, JamesCo., TN.
More About JAMES W PRATCHARD:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN.
Census: Bet. 1910 - 1920, Dist. 5, JamesCo., TN.
ii. LULA A COFER, b. Sep 1880, TN..
More About LULA A COFER:
Census: 1900, James CO., TN, at home age 19
iii. IABELLA COFER, b. Abt. 1882, TN.; d. Bef. 1900.
iv. UNNAMED COFER, b. Abt. 1885, TN.; d. Bef. 1900.
v. BERTHA A COFER, b. Jun 1887, TN..
vi. ETHEL M COFER, b. Apr 1889, TN..
vii. CLARENCE LEWIS COFFER, b. 22 Jun 1893, James Co.,
TN..
More About CLARENCE LEWIS COFFER:
Military: 1917, WWI Draft cards , Hamilton Co., Tennessee, birth date place single, work
for sothern express.
4.CASWELL6 COFFER (JOSEPH5 COFER, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1)1,2,3,4,5,6,7 was born 29 Jul 1849 in Meigs Co, TN., and died 26 Jun
1923 in Hamilton Co., Tennesee, USA7.He married (1) MARTHA E. GREEN8,9 25
Oct 18699.She was born 26 Oct 1852 in Tennessee9, and died 10 Jan 1902 in
Tennessee or Arkansas9.He married (2) TENNESSEE J SHIPLEY Abt. 1906 in TN..
She was born Abt. 18639.
Notes for CASWELL COFFER:
He was a James County Registrar.
Some have his middle name as Leonard, but the 1910 Census report and his h eadstone
on his grave have his middle initial as C.
1880 Federal Census, Marble, Madison Co., Arkansas
Cass Copher, self, m, m, w, 35, TN, farmer, TN, TN
Martha, wife, m, f, 28, TN, keeping house, TN, TN
Mollie, dau, s, f, 9, TN, TN, TN
Monroe, son, s, m, 7, TN, TN, TN
Joe, son, s, m, 5, TN, TN, TN
Bell, dau, s, f, 3, AR, TN, TN
George, son, s, m, 6M, AR, TN, TN
Cass, son, s, m, 6M, AR, TN, TN
1900 Census James Co TN. Dist 5
Caswell CofferM 52
1910 Federal Census, James Co., TN
Caswell C., self,
Tennie J., wife,
Caswell L., son,
Florence S., dau,
1920 Federal Census, TN
Caswell, self,
Tennie, wife,
More About CASWELL COFFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee9
More About MARTHA E. GREEN:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN.
Notes for TENNESSEE J SHIPLEY:
No children
Children of CASWELL COFFER and MARTHA GREEN are:
i. MOLLIE COFER7 MARY9, b. Abt. 1871, Tennessee9; m.
UNKNOWN DAVIS.
Notes for MOLLIE COFER MARY:
~some have listed as Mary, could have been her real name, but not sur
e.My family all called her Mollie and census reports list her as Mollie.
ii. THOMAS MONROE (ROE) COFER9, b. 30 Sep 1872,
Tennessee9; d. 02 Jan 19009.
More About THOMAS MONROE (ROE) COFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cem., Hamilton Co., TN9
iii. WILLIAM J. (JOE) COFER9, b. Abt. 1875, Tennessee9; d. 05
Jun 19049; m. MARY E.9; b. 12 Jul 18799; d. 24 Dec 19039.
More About WILLIAM J. (JOE) COFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cem., Hamilton Co., TN9
More About MARY E.:
Burial: Old McDonald Cem., Hamilton Co., TN9
iv. MARTHA ISABELLE "BELL" COFER10,11,12,13, b. 06 Jan
1876, Arkansas13; d. 18 Jul 1966, Ooltewah, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA13; m.
JAMES ALFRED "BOSE" LEAMON13, 01 Aug 1894, Tennessee13; b. 05 Mar 1875,
Tennessee, USA14,15; d. 08 Sep 1950, Hamilton Co., Tennesee, USA15.
Notes for MARTHA ISABELLE "BELL" COFER:
~Information from Topsie & Jim Mathis, Ann Boyd, and Joe L Leamon....gra
nddaughter, and great-grandchildren.
"Mamie used to love to tell them stories about how she and her family ca
me to Tennessee by covered wagon.She loved to work puzzles and would gl
ue them to newspapers and hang them on her walls.She told them that h
er Dad was a German man and her Mom was an English lady and that her famil
y's name was really Zollikoffer but they had changed it many years befo
re after coming to America.She told them of her brother Cricket (Georg
e) and how he had died at age 11.A traveling salesman came and gave h
im some "elixer" but it was poison and killed him immediately.
She said her Dad's family had originally came from Texas or Oklahoma before settling in Tennessee.
She was born and lived in Arkansas for a time as child
and then they moved back to Tennessee. Everyone called her Bell which she said was short for Elizabelle instead of Isabelle (must have been the way she pronounced it).
Her grandchildren and great grandchildren all called her Mamie."
~My cousin Sparky has four quilts that Mamie's mother Martha made.
More About MARTHA ISABELLE "BELL" COFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Tennessee15
More About JAMES ALFRED "BOSE" LEAMON:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Tennessee15
v. CASWELL LOGAN COFER16,17, b. 25 Apr 1879,
Arkansas17; d. 14 Jun 1961, 1602 Wheeler Ave E Chattanooga TN; m. ADIE EXIE
MASENGILL18,19, 01 Aug 1915, James Co TN; b. 24 Mar 1896, Hamilton Co.,
Tennesee, USA19; d. 198319.
Notes for CASWELL LOGAN COFER:
address at time of death, 1602 Wheeler Ave. E, Chattanooga, TN.
More About CASWELL LOGAN COFER:
Burial: Hixon Memorial Garden ( near the dam)
More About ADIE EXIE MASENGILL:
Burial: Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton, TN20,21
Marriage Notes for CASWELL COFER and ADIE MASENGILL:
Were married by C. G. McKay, MG
vi. GEORGE "CRICKET" COFER21, b. 25 Apr 1879,
Arkansas21; d. Abt. 1890, Arkansas21.
Notes for GEORGE "CRICKET" COFER:
George died at age 11.A traveling salesman stopped by their house and gave "Cricket"
an elixer.It turned out to be poison and killed him. inform ation given to me by Topsie and
Jim Mathis (my great aunt and uncle).al so by Ann Boyd (their daughter, my cousin)This
was told to them by his s ister Bell Cofer.
More About GEORGE "CRICKET" COFER:
Cause of Death: poisoned21
vii. FLORENCE S. COFER21, b. 07 Nov 1883, Tennessee21; d.
24 Jul 1951, Ooltewah, Hamilton Co., Tennessee21; m. ? WALKER21.
More About FLORENCE S. COFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN21
Cause of Death: Cancer21
viii. ANNIE PEARL COFER21, b. 10 Sep 1887, Tennessee22,23;
d. 04 Jan 195923; m. JOEL H MORGAN24,25; b. 02 Jan 1875, Tennessee,
USA26,27; d. 05 Jun 190428,29.
More About ANNIE PEARL COFER:
Burial: Old McDonald Cem., Hamilton Co., TN29
5.JULIAN ANN6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1851 in Meigs Co, TN..She married MONROE E SMITH
04 Aug 1875.
Notes for JULIAN ANN COFER:
Moved to NM and died there
Children of JULIAN COFER and MONROE SMITH are:
i. NANCY7 SMITH.
ii. MARY JANE SMITH.
6.WILLIAM LAFAYETTE6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 16 Sep 1853 in Meigs Co., TN., and died 26 Sep 1932 in
Meigs Co., TN..He married (1) SAMANTHA TENNESSEE MAHONEY 21 Dec
1874 in TN..She was born 07 Jan 1860 in TN., and died 18 Jul 1899 in Meigs Co.,
TN..He married (2) IDA ELLEN BUGER 09 Dec 1900.She was born 05 Aug 1879 in
Meigs Co., TN., and died 11 Oct 1947 in Meigs Co., TN..
Children of WILLIAM COFER and SAMANTHA MAHONEY are:
i. LAURA M7 COFER, m. JOHN BROWN.
ii. MATTIE F COFER, b. 1877; m. JOHN MARLER.
iii. THOMAS W COFER, b. 21 Mar 1879; d. 26 Aug 1968, Meigs
Co TN; m. JENNIE HINKLE; b. 29 Oct 1872; d. 07 Aug 1944, Meigs Co TN.
More About THOMAS W COFER:
Burial: 1968, Hinkle Family Cem Meigs Co TN
More About JENNIE HINKLE:
Burial: 1944, Hinkle Family Cem Meigs Co TN
iv. MINNIE COFER, b. 25 Jun 1882; m. WINSTON LEE.
v. WALTER COFER, b. 16 Aug 1885; d. 17 Dec 1968; m. EULA
LEE COFER.
vi. ANNIE CORDELIA COFER, b. 28 Feb 1889; d. 12 Nov
1957; m. THOMAS WALTER JENKINS, 19 Jun 1910; b. 09 Dec 1884; d. 14 Oct
1958.
vii. CLAUD JOSEPH COFER, b. 06 Sep 1891; d. 27 Jul 1975; m.
DELIA WOODEN.
viii. FLETCHER COFER, b. Abt. 1895; m. MARY SHAMBLIN.
ix. SIMEON H COFER, b. 10 Jan 1897, Meigs Co., TN.; d. 24
Apr 1991, Meigs Co., TN.; m. AVIE CARTWRIGHT.
Children of WILLIAM COFER and IDA BUGER are:
x. PAUL7 COFER, b. 05 Aug 1904, Meigs Co., TN.; d. Jul 1987,
Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN.; m. TINCIE; b. Abt. 1905, Meigs Co., TN..
xi. WAYNE COFER, b. Abt. 1906, Meigs Co., TN.; d. 04 May
1913, Meigs Co., TN..
xii. LENA COFER, b. Abt. 1910.
xiii. GLADYS COFER, b. 12 Apr 1912; m. LUKE.
xiv. JOHNNY COFER, b. 04 May 1913, Meigs Co., TN.; d. 04
May 1913, Meigs Co., TN..
xv. BETTY COFER, b. Abt. 1915; m. CHARLES STANDEFER.
xvi. BERTIE COFER, b. Abt. 1917.
xvii. MARY COFER, b. Abt. 1920.
7.MARTHA ELLA6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 20 Sep 1855 in Limestone, TN, and died 23 Dec 1936.She
married THOMAS MARION CALDWELL 02 Aug 1875 in Bradley Co., TN..He was
born 28 Feb 1853, and died 16 Nov 1939.
Children of MARTHA COFER and THOMAS CALDWELL are:
i. WILLAM JAMES7 CALDWELL.
ii. CASWELL LAFAYETTE CALDWELL.
iii. THOMAS LEE CALDWELL.
iv. MARY CORDELIA CALDWELL.
v. MAUDE ISABELLE CALDWELL.
vi. SALLIE ELLEN CALDWELL.
vii. NORA MAE CALDWELL.
viii. NOVIE JEANNE CALDWELL.
ix. ICIE ETHELYN CALDWELL.
x. JOSEPH MARION CALDWELL.
xi. CHARLES DARIUS CALDWELL.
xii. MONROE EMERT CALDWELL.
8.JOEL (JOSEPH) B6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1857 in Meigs Co., TN., and died Feb 1898.He married (1)
NETTIE COLYER.He married (2) FRANCES HASENTINE MAHONEY 19 Jul
1878 in Bradley Co., TN..She was born 1858 in TN., and died 1896.
Notes for NETTIE COLYER:
No children
Children of JOEL COFER and FRANCES MAHONEY are:
i. CHARLIE7 COFER, b. 11 Jul 1879, Meigs Co., TN.; d. Oct
1967, Georgetown, Meigs Co., TN..
ii. WILLIAM FRANK COFER, b. 1883, Meigs, TN.
iii. LOLA COFER, b. 1885.
iv. VIRGIE E COFER, b. 1889.
v. EFFIE E COFER, b. 1891.
9.ISABELLA6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 11 Jul 1861, and died 05 Apr 1943 in Chattanooga TN.She
married ANDREW NELSON CARSON.He was born 19 Oct 1861, and died 13 Sep
1924 in Chattanooga TN.
More About ANDREW NELSON CARSON:
Burial: Old McDonald Cemetery, Hamilton Co., TN.
Children of ISABELLA COFER and ANDREW CARSON are:
i. ARTHER CLEVELAND7 CARSON.
ii. MAE CARSON.
iii. CIYDE AUSTIN CARSON.
10.MARY A6 COFER (JOSEPH5, GEORGE4, JOEL3, THOMAS2, UNKNOWN1)
was born Abt. 1865, and died Apr 1904 in Graysville TN.She married (1) ALFRED
ELLISON.She married (2) CHARLES ELLISON.
Notes for ALFRED ELLISON:
Brother to Charles
Child of MARY COFER and CHARLES ELLISON is:
i. TELLA7 ELLISON.