"Jacob Free Coffman, who, from an early period in the country's history, gave to Independence County (to whick he came in 1851, locating on the White River) the best energies of his life as one of the most worthy and respected citizens, and to the community and all among whom he lived, the example of a life well and usefully spent, and the influenced of a character without stain. In this county he bought a farm of 200 acres, on which he lived till his death in 1858. His birth occurred February 10, 1805, and he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Young on March 17, 1826, in Lauderdale County, Tennessee."
"Jacob Free Coffman, who, from an early period in the country's history, gave to Independence County (to whick he came in 1851, locating on the White River) the best energies of his life as one of the most worthy and respected citizens, and to the community and all among whom he lived, the example of a life well and usefully spent, and the influenced of a character without stain. In this county he bought a farm of 200 acres, on which he lived till his death in 1858. His birth occurred February 10, 1805, and he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Young on March 17, 1826, in Lauderdale County, Tennessee."
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