Captain Thomas Jefferson Coffey

1828 - 1901  (72 years)

• Name	Thomas Jefferson Coffey
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	3 Dec 1828	Caldwell County, , , North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jun 1901
  Burial	Boone Cemetery, , Watauga County, North Carolina
  Notes	Thomas Jefferson Coffey was the son of McCaleb and Elizabeth (Collette) Coffey. He was born in Caldwell County, N.C. near the town of Patterson. He taught school in Valle Crucis before the Civil War. When the war started, he enlisted in Company E of the 58th North Carolina Infantry. He ended his service as a Captain. After the war he was instrumental in building the highway between Blowing Rock and Boone, N.C. He got a charter through the state legislature and along with his brother William Columbus Coffey he got the contract to build the road. The construction began in August of 1893 and was completed in October of 1894. Thomas Coffey and his wife Mary (Mollie) Greer were the parents of three children. Elizabeth who married Judge W. B. Councill, Margaret who married Stacy Rambo and Stewart who married Miss Sanborn and later Mrs. Roby.
  Person ID	I72671	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Greer,   b. 8 Mar 1846, North Carolina, , , d. 6 May 1926, North Carolina, , , (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1892	North Carolina, , ,
  Children	1. Margaret Coffey,   b. 1 Mar 1875, Johnson County, , , Tennessee d. 9 May 1969, Johnson County, , , Tennessee (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F19940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart