C. O. Coffy -- Pioneer Rest Cemetery, Menard TX - Homemade Tombstones on Waymarking.com

The homemade tombstone for C. O. Coffy at Menard's Pioneer Rest Cemetery.

The tombstone reads as follows:

"C. O. COFFY
Born Oct 27, 1796
Died January 23, 1889"

According to Find-A-Grave, there are 7 more Coffys here, all of whom died in a measles epidemic: (visit link)

"Menard History and community members state that there are 9 or 10 Coffey/Coffy family members inside the Coffey "rock fence". Though there are no markers beyond broken pieces of stones and C. O. Coffey's, it's said that "Seven members of the family, including the parents, died in a measles epidemic."

A family researcher informed me that C.O. Coffey's daughter, Eliza (Coffey) Wilkerson, lost 4 children to the measle epidemic. Their names were Thomas, Albert, Lizzie and Bill. She believes there is a possibility that these children were buried in Pioneer with their grandfather. Maybe another Coffey researcher will be able to verify this?"

Date of Birth: 27 Oct 1796 Date of Death: 23 Jan 1889 Material: Stone Web Site: Not listed

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