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Welborn Coffey

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Welborn Coffey

Birth
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Death
25 Nov 1897 (aged 90)
Mulberry, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Wellborn [sic] Coffey, Esq.
The following is a short sketch of the ancestry and connections of this venerable citizen of Mulberry, as furnished by himself: He was born May, 14, 1807, and is a grandson of Jesse Boone, one of the first settlers of Mulberry, who came while the Indians were here. He is also a nephew of the celebrated Daniel Boone, the old Kentucky hero. On his father's side he is a grandson of Thomas Coffey, who, coming from Virginia settled on the Yadkin.
He was married in 1832 to Miss Virginia Cottrell, daughter of William Cottrell of Buffalo Cove. He raised a family of five sons and three daughters, five of whom survive.
[Lenoir Topic (Lenoir, NC), 6 October 1881, 3.]
Wellborn [sic] Coffey, Esq.
The following is a short sketch of the ancestry and connections of this venerable citizen of Mulberry, as furnished by himself: He was born May, 14, 1807, and is a grandson of Jesse Boone, one of the first settlers of Mulberry, who came while the Indians were here. He is also a nephew of the celebrated Daniel Boone, the old Kentucky hero. On his father's side he is a grandson of Thomas Coffey, who, coming from Virginia settled on the Yadkin.
He was married in 1832 to Miss Virginia Cottrell, daughter of William Cottrell of Buffalo Cove. He raised a family of five sons and three daughters, five of whom survive.
[Lenoir Topic (Lenoir, NC), 6 October 1881, 3.]


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