BIO: COFFEY, Moses T., s/o Lewis & Delilah (Turpin) Coffey, Green & Russell Co., KY Submitted by: Diana Flynn COFFEY TURPIN RENNER "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. "CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLEJACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN, MORGAN CO., IN.PAGE 248 MOSES T. COFFEY, stock-raiser and farmer, is a native of this county, wasborn May 24, 1831, and is the fifth of the ten children of Lewis and Delilah(Turpin) Coffey, natives of Kentucky, and respectively of English and Irishdescent. Lewis Coffey emigrated to this county in 1828; entered land,which he afterward cleared and sold, then engaged in flat-boating to NewOrleans and died in the spring of 1844. Moses was reared on the paternalfarm, and received the rudiments of an education from subscription schools.After the death of his father, the care of the family descended upon him,and to which he gave the wages earned by monthly labor; yet now, as aresult of his economy and application, he owns a good farm of fifty acres,containing stock, and being generally well improved. March 11, 1852, hemarried Miss Lucinda Renner, a native of Ohio, born March 24, 1834, a unionwhich has been prolific in thirteen children, only eight of whom receivednames--George W., Mary J., John D., Philip L., Barbara A., Eliza C., MarthaP. and William T. Mr. Coffey is a radical and active Democrat, by whichparty he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1874, for a term of four years.He is a liberal gentleman and his wife is a member of the MethodistEpiscopal Church. ************************************ I believe Moses Coffey's father, Lewis, is the son of Martin Coffey ofGreen/Russel Cos., KY. Martin had a son Lewis born about 1790, making thisLewis a likely candidate. -- Jeffrey W. Simmons simmons@galesburg.net, 14 Aug. 1999 ************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representativeand then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.