William R. COFFMAN ^{2 3}

  Burial Notes:

Per cemetery transcription, his name was written William Coffman. He was also identified as a member of Co A 12th Tenn Cav. This is believed to be William R. Coffman, because his wife, Rachel M. (Majors) (Coffman) Mallicoat, is also buried in the same cemetery.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1880, Grainger County, Tennessee. ³

Dwelling 14, Family 14, 12th Civil District

Coffman, William, white, male, age 40, husband, married, disabled by liver disease, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Rachel M., white, female, age 32, wife, married, keeping house, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Eli K., white, male, age 19(?), son, single, farm laborer, cannot write, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Josephine, white, female, age 13, daughter, single, cannot write, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Jane, white, female, age 11, daughter, cannot write, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Daniel R., white, male, age 8, son, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, Sarah M., white, female, age 4, daughter, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

Coffman, John L., white, male, age 3, son, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Tennessee

[Eli, Josephine and Jane were born before William and Rachel married. It appears Eli was William's child and Josephine and Jane were Rachel's children from a prior marriage or relationship. As to Josephine and Jane, see the 1870 household of Thomas Majors.]

William married Rachel M. MAJORS, daughter of Thomas MAJORS and Phebe LEFFEW, on 20 Nov 1870 in Grainger County, Tennessee.² (Rachel M. MAJORS was born on 10 May 1846 in Grainger County, Tennessee,² died on 26 May 1921 in Grainger County, Tennessee ² and was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee ⁵.)