Henry Alfred Coffman Sr

Brief Life History of Henry Alfred

When Henry Alfred Coffman Sr was born on 29 March 1868, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, his father, Jonathan Frederick Coffman, was 27 and his mother, Amanda Jane Lewis, was 25. He married Emma Laura Johnson on 18 December 1889, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Middle River District, Augusta, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Greene, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died on 10 March 1929, in Belmont, Goshen Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Goshen Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States.

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Henry Alfred Coffman Sr
1868–1929
Emma Laura Johnson
1870–1903
Marriage: 18 December 1889
Amanda Beatrice Coffman
1892–1981
Beatrice A Coffman
1892–
Flora Hattie Coffman
1893–1986
Cecil Waters Coffman
1895–1981
Roy Mitchell Coffman
1897–1988
Rebecca Mary Coffman
1899–1981

Sources (41)

  • Henry R Coffman, "United States Census, 1910"
  • H A, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Henry A Coffman, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kaufmann or of its variants Kaufman , Koffmann (see Koffman ), Kofmann, and Kofman .

Americanized form of Dutch Kofman or of its cognate Koffeman, the second form characteristic of the former island of Urk.

History: As a name of Swiss German origin, originally spelled Kaufmann (see 1 above), the surname Coffman is also found among the American Mennonites; the change of their already Americanized name Kauffman to Coffman occured in Page County, VA, in the 18th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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