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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Rev. Reuben Coffey</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="lightyellow"><H3><IMG SRC="coff.gif"> Coffey Family</H3><P> <h4> Continued from <a href="coffey2.html">Coffey Family Page</a> <P> <HR> Reuben A. Coffey was an ordained minister by 1815 and pastor of the Globe Mountain Church and many of the surrounding churches of Wilkes and Burke Counties. The Catawba River Baptist Association was organized in 1827 and Reuben Coffey was the first moderator.<P> Reuben and his family moved to Indiana, first to Monroe County and later to Owen County, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Reuben built a schoolhouse next to his home in Indiana for his children and grandchildren's education. He was a farmer, mechanic, gunsmith, maker of furniture and was noted for making the castings for the first turning plow on wooden stocks in the state of Indiana. For this, he received a patent signed by Andrew Jackson. Possibly he is best remembered for being the founder of Franklin College, a Baptist institution in the state of Indiana.<P> <HR> Fourth Generation<P> Rev. Reuben A. Coffey</a> (1785-1854) m. Martha (Polly) Dowell, d/o George Dowell<BR> Alfred Martin Coffey m. Jane Coffey<BR> Albert Coffey (abt. 1810) m. Sarah Goodnight<BR> Cornelius Coffey (abt. 1812) m. Margaret Smith<BR> Emily Coffey (abt. 1814) m. William I. Curtis<BR> Malena Coffey (abt. 1816) m. Wilson Coffey<BR> Luther Coffey (abt. 1818) m. Myra Crisp<BR> Rufus Coffey (abt. 1820) m. Charlotte Allen<BR> Miriam Coffey (abt. 1822) m. 1) John Sanders; 2) J. H. Buchanan<BR> Shelton Coffey (1826-1907) m. Dicey Sanders (1824-1907)<BR> Judson Coffey (abt. 1830) m. Carolina Rone<P> <HR> <a href="coffey2.html"> Return to Coffey Family Page </a><P> <a href="family.html"> Return to list of Family Pages</a><P> <a href="index.html"> Return to Jarvis Family Homepage </a><P> <HR> </BODY> </HTML>