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Augustus Frederick COFFMAN

Augustus Frederick COFFMAN

Male 1871 - 1936  (65 years)

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  • Name Augustus Frederick COFFMAN 
    Born 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as October 1871, but in death record as August 1871.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900, 1910  [2, 5] 
    farmer 
    Census 1920  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    county roads worker 
    Residence 1921  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Grant District, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation coal miner  [7] 
    Residence Columbia Mines, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 24 Nov 1936  Columbia Mines, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8] 
    Cause: fractured skull (automobile accident) 
    Buried Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • The exact location of Augustus F. Coffman's burial is uncertain. His death record states the burial location only as Wallace, but without specifying a cemetery. Findagrave reports it as the Wallace IOOF Cemetery, but without a supporting photograph. There are at least two other cemteries in Wallace where Coffmans are known to be buried, namely the Wallace Lions Cemetery and the Coffman Family Cemetery.
    Person ID I117697  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2018 

    Father Augustus Walsey COFFMAN,   b. Apr 1835,   d. 10 Feb 1911, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Susan ROGERS,   b. 20 Apr 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1922, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F42891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Flora Estella "Stella" SWIGER,   b. 25 Jun 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1919, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)  [9] 
    Married 17 Feb 1898  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:
      Augustus F. Coffman, 28, b. Oct 1871, farmer, married 2 yrs; wife Flora S, 19, b. May 1881, married 2 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); niece Jula Swiger, 11, b. Apr 1889.
      NOTE: Flora's birth date is shown in her birth record to be Jun 25 1880. The whereabouts of daughter Grace, who was implied in this census and enumerated with the family in 1910, is not known.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on May 5 1910:
      Augustus F. Coffman, 38, farmer, married 12 yrs; wife Flora E, 29, married 12 yrs, mother of 5 children (3 still living); dau Gracie E, 11; son Otha G, 7; son Arlie E, 1y 3m.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Sardis District), enumerated on Feb 10 1920 in the Village of Wallace:
      Augustus Coffman, 48, widowed, laborer for county roads; son Otha, 17; son Arlie, 11; son Ora, 7.

      In 1921, following the 1919 death of his first wife, Flora Estella "Stella" Swiger, Augustus married another Stella, Estella Frances "Stella" Boggess, widow of William W. Collins. It appears, though, that they became separated or possibly divorced. Augustus's 1936 death record identified him as the widower of Stella Swiger, his first wife. His second wife's 1941 death record identified her as Stella Frances Collins, widow of both William Collins and Augustus Coffman. In the 1930 Census, Augustus's marital status was married, but his wife was not present, as she was enumerated elsewhere in Marion County, name listed as Stella Collins, marital status widowed. In 1940 she was enumerated in Clarksburg as head of household Stella Boggess, 62, widow, 4 yrs high school, resided 1935 in Weston (Lewis County).

      1930 Census, Marion Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 9 1930:
      Augustus F. Coffman, 57, married, age 26 at time of first marriage, coal miner; son Ora E, 16, single; dau-in-law Stella Dovie, 22, married, age 17 at first marriage; nephew Junior Dovie, 4y 1m; nephew Harold Dovie, 2y 8m.
    Children 
     1. Grace Elizabeth COFFMAN,   b. CA 1899, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Otha Guy COFFMAN,   b. 20 Dec 1902, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1965, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. Arlie E. COFFMAN,   b. 24 Dec 1908, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1977  (Age 68 years)
    +4. Ora Esker "Orie" COFFMAN,   b. 17 Jan 1913, Wallace, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1972, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Documents
    117697_AugustusFCoffman_FloraEstellaSwiger_MarriageRecord_17Feb1898.jpg    		117697_AugustusFCoffman_FloraEstellaSwiger_MarriageRecord_17Feb1898.jpg
    Family ID F50242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Estella Frances "Stella" BOGGESS,   b. 29 Jan 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1941, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 10 Feb 1921  Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Documents
    117697_AugustusFCoffman_StellaBoggessCollins_MarriageRecord_10Feb1921.jpg    		117697_AugustusFCoffman_StellaBoggessCollins_MarriageRecord_10Feb1921.jpg
    Family ID F51534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    117697_COFFMAN_AugustusF_1871-1936_DeathCertificate.jpg    		117697_COFFMAN_AugustusF_1871-1936_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=726387&Type=Death.

    2. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    3. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    4. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=29325&Type=Marriage.

    5. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S2111] 1930 Census, Marion County, WV.

    8. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793142&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Augustus F. Coffman, 26, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Flora E. Swiger, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Feb 17 1898 "at or near the Church -- in the road," officiated by Isaac Ice, Minister of Christ. Informants for marriage license: A. F. Coffman & F. M. Swiger.