Pleasant's father, Pleasant Wiley Coffee, Sr., married Sarah Jane Bradley on 10 Oct 1864. Some records indicate that Pleasant, Sr. was previously married to Martha Jones, so it is very difficult to determine which woman was the biological mother of Pleasant, Jr. What is known is that he was raised by Pleasant, Sr. and Sarah Jane Coffee.
Pleasant, Jr.'s father was a very successful pioneer in the St. Louis area and made his mark by selling cord wood for steamboats. He owned 1,000 acres of land in St. Louis County and was known as the "Wood King."
Pleasant, Jr. married Mary Elizabeth Gaitley on 18 Aug 1883 in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. They were the parents of 4 children. He was a streetcar motorman and, later, a police officer with the St. Louis Police Department.
At the time of his death due to heart disease, Pleasant was 79 years, 6 months and 9 days old. He was buried on 06 Nov 1943 and was survived by his wife.
Children: 3 sons, 1 unknown infant.
Father of:
Pleasant Lee Coffee, Sr.
Infant Coffee
William Byrd Coffee
Ralph Elsworth Coffee
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Obituary of Pleasant Wiley Coffee, Sr., who was Pleasant, Jr.'s father:
PIONEER MISSOURIAN DEAD.
P. W. Coffee Lived in St. Louis
County for Forty Years.
Pleasant W. Coffee, who was known throughout Missouri as the Wood King, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his home, near Bonner, Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County. After dinner he was seated on the porch in front of his house, and, without any warning, fell over in a faint. Five minutes later he expired.
Physicians, who were summoned, say that heat prostration was the immediate cause of death. Mr. Coffee will be buried from Mount Zion Church, on the Olive treet [sic] road, to-day. He leave [sic] a widow and eight children.
Mr. Coffee was born in the Kentucky mountains, but moved with his family to Missouri when a young man. He settled in St. Louis County, of which he had been a resident for more than forty years at the time of his death. In the early days Mr. Coffee dealt extensively in cord wood when that commodity was in great demand by Mississippi River steamboats. He succeeded at one time in practically cornering the cord-wood market on the Missouri side of the river, between the Missouri River and Arkansas line.
At one time Mr. Coffee owned a tract of 1,000 acres in St. Louis County. He had been prominent in county politics for the last quarter of a century. He leaves a snug fortune, consisting of a splendid farm in St. Louis County, property in Illinois and life insurance.
(The St. Louis Republic; 02 Jul 1901; p. 7)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Pleasant, Jr.'s father was a very successful pioneer in the St. Louis area and made his mark by selling cord wood for steamboats. He owned 1,000 acres of land in St. Louis County and was known as the "Wood King."
Pleasant, Jr. married Mary Elizabeth Gaitley on 18 Aug 1883 in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. They were the parents of 4 children. He was a streetcar motorman and, later, a police officer with the St. Louis Police Department.
At the time of his death due to heart disease, Pleasant was 79 years, 6 months and 9 days old. He was buried on 06 Nov 1943 and was survived by his wife.
Children: 3 sons, 1 unknown infant.
Father of:
Pleasant Lee Coffee, Sr.
Infant Coffee
William Byrd Coffee
Ralph Elsworth Coffee
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Obituary of Pleasant Wiley Coffee, Sr., who was Pleasant, Jr.'s father:
PIONEER MISSOURIAN DEAD.
P. W. Coffee Lived in St. Louis
County for Forty Years.
Pleasant W. Coffee, who was known throughout Missouri as the Wood King, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his home, near Bonner, Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County. After dinner he was seated on the porch in front of his house, and, without any warning, fell over in a faint. Five minutes later he expired.
Physicians, who were summoned, say that heat prostration was the immediate cause of death. Mr. Coffee will be buried from Mount Zion Church, on the Olive treet [sic] road, to-day. He leave [sic] a widow and eight children.
Mr. Coffee was born in the Kentucky mountains, but moved with his family to Missouri when a young man. He settled in St. Louis County, of which he had been a resident for more than forty years at the time of his death. In the early days Mr. Coffee dealt extensively in cord wood when that commodity was in great demand by Mississippi River steamboats. He succeeded at one time in practically cornering the cord-wood market on the Missouri side of the river, between the Missouri River and Arkansas line.
At one time Mr. Coffee owned a tract of 1,000 acres in St. Louis County. He had been prominent in county politics for the last quarter of a century. He leaves a snug fortune, consisting of a splendid farm in St. Louis County, property in Illinois and life insurance.
(The St. Louis Republic; 02 Jul 1901; p. 7)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Pleasant's father, Pleasant Wiley Coffee, Sr., married Sarah Jane Bradley on 10 Oct 1864. Some records indicate that Pleasant, Sr. was previously married to Martha Jones, so it is very difficult to determine which woman was the biological mother of Pleasant, Jr. What is known is that he was raised by Pleasant, Sr. and Sarah Jane Coffee.
Pleasant, Jr.'s father was a very successful pioneer in the St. Louis area and made his mark by selling cord wood for steamboats. He owned 1,000 acres of land in St. Louis County and was known as the "Wood King."
Pleasant, Jr. married Mary Elizabeth Gaitley on 18 Aug 1883 in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. They were the parents of 4 children. He was a streetcar motorman and, later, a police officer with the St. Louis Police Department.
At the time of his death due to heart disease, Pleasant was 79 years, 6 months and 9 days old. He was buried on 06 Nov 1943 and was survived by his wife.
Children: 3 sons, 1 unknown infant.
Father of:
Pleasant Lee Coffee, Sr.
Infant Coffee
William Byrd Coffee
Ralph Elsworth Coffee
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Obituary of Pleasant Wiley Coffee, Sr., who was Pleasant, Jr.'s father:
PIONEER MISSOURIAN DEAD.
P. W. Coffee Lived in St. Louis
County for Forty Years.
Pleasant W. Coffee, who was known throughout Missouri as the Wood King, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his home, near Bonner, Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County. After dinner he was seated on the porch in front of his house, and, without any warning, fell over in a faint. Five minutes later he expired.
Physicians, who were summoned, say that heat prostration was the immediate cause of death. Mr. Coffee will be buried from Mount Zion Church, on the Olive treet [sic] road, to-day. He leave [sic] a widow and eight children.
Mr. Coffee was born in the Kentucky mountains, but moved with his family to Missouri when a young man. He settled in St. Louis County, of which he had been a resident for more than forty years at the time of his death. In the early days Mr. Coffee dealt extensively in cord wood when that commodity was in great demand by Mississippi River steamboats. He succeeded at one time in practically cornering the cord-wood market on the Missouri side of the river, between the Missouri River and Arkansas line.
At one time Mr. Coffee owned a tract of 1,000 acres in St. Louis County. He had been prominent in county politics for the last quarter of a century. He leaves a snug fortune, consisting of a splendid farm in St. Louis County, property in Illinois and life insurance.
(The St. Louis Republic; 02 Jul 1901; p. 7)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Pleasant, Jr.'s father was a very successful pioneer in the St. Louis area and made his mark by selling cord wood for steamboats. He owned 1,000 acres of land in St. Louis County and was known as the "Wood King."
Pleasant, Jr. married Mary Elizabeth Gaitley on 18 Aug 1883 in St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri. They were the parents of 4 children. He was a streetcar motorman and, later, a police officer with the St. Louis Police Department.
At the time of his death due to heart disease, Pleasant was 79 years, 6 months and 9 days old. He was buried on 06 Nov 1943 and was survived by his wife.
Children: 3 sons, 1 unknown infant.
Father of:
Pleasant Lee Coffee, Sr.
Infant Coffee
William Byrd Coffee
Ralph Elsworth Coffee
----------
Obituary of Pleasant Wiley Coffee, Sr., who was Pleasant, Jr.'s father:
PIONEER MISSOURIAN DEAD.
P. W. Coffee Lived in St. Louis
County for Forty Years.
Pleasant W. Coffee, who was known throughout Missouri as the Wood King, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his home, near Bonner, Bonhomme Township, St. Louis County. After dinner he was seated on the porch in front of his house, and, without any warning, fell over in a faint. Five minutes later he expired.
Physicians, who were summoned, say that heat prostration was the immediate cause of death. Mr. Coffee will be buried from Mount Zion Church, on the Olive treet [sic] road, to-day. He leave [sic] a widow and eight children.
Mr. Coffee was born in the Kentucky mountains, but moved with his family to Missouri when a young man. He settled in St. Louis County, of which he had been a resident for more than forty years at the time of his death. In the early days Mr. Coffee dealt extensively in cord wood when that commodity was in great demand by Mississippi River steamboats. He succeeded at one time in practically cornering the cord-wood market on the Missouri side of the river, between the Missouri River and Arkansas line.
At one time Mr. Coffee owned a tract of 1,000 acres in St. Louis County. He had been prominent in county politics for the last quarter of a century. He leaves a snug fortune, consisting of a splendid farm in St. Louis County, property in Illinois and life insurance.
(The St. Louis Republic; 02 Jul 1901; p. 7)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
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Missouri death certificate gives mother's maiden name as Mary George.
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