- JK11111234
- Rev. Martin
Stauffer
Kauffman/Coffman, Jr. (Coffman
on deeds) b1743
Hawksbill,Page,VA (Ancestry.com)
- d1805 - m
1Mary
Bar Lionberger
(The Mill
Creek Church History)
(daughter of Hans Ulrich
[Leuenberger] Lineberger
& Barbary Frederick
Beyer) - m 2Mary
Taylor (The
Mill Creek Church
History) (daughter of
John Taylor [alias
Snyder) -
d4/27/1820 - The Mill
Creek Church History (Hamburg,Page,VA)
by Richard
A. Pence at http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagspc/millcreek.htm
Part IV - The Rev. Martin
Kaufman (Coffman)
Excerpts from a book by
Charles F. Kaufman - May
6,1760, Lord Fairfax
granted 240 acres of land
to Martin Coffman. This
land was in Frederick
County, Va., adjoining
land Martin Coffman
already had. It was on
easterly side of South
River of Shenandoah,
adjoining lands of Jacob
Burner, Christian
Herzberger, and Christian
Maggert. See Va. Patent
Book 0, p. 140. Fairfax
required an annual
payment of one shilling
per 50 acres. This
240-acre tract adjoined
the 300-acre tract gotten
by his father in 1736 of
Ludowick Stone and
totaled 540 acres. Nov.
21, 1770, for the sum of 5
shillings he
and his wife Mary deeded
270 acres or half to his
brother David Kaufman. -
Martin Kaufman was
commonly known as White
house Martin Kauffman to
distinguish him from
Hawkbill Martin Kauffman.
He was a preacher
associated with Rev. John
Kountz. When the
Primitive Baptist Church
was organized at
"Whitehouse" in
1770, Martin Kaufman and
many who were of
Mennonite ancestry, and
still maintained it was
wrong to take up arms
joined religious forces.
However, when the
Revolution came on, the
church became divided.
One faction followed Rev.
John Kountz holding
services at Kountz's
home. The other meeting
at the Whitehouse under
Martin Kaufman as their
pastor. An echo of this
religious difference as
well as a bit of local
history of the section
may be gleaned from the
will of Philadelphia
Woodman dated Dec. 31,
1787, Massanuttam,
Shenandoah County, VA. To
Martin Coffman. Sr., 5
pounds; my
walnut chest to Martin
Coffman, son of Martin;
my cow to David Coffman,
son of Martin; my sheep
to Peter Coffman; my big
Bible to Anna Bungerman;
my other books to Martin
Coffman; a fine apron and
handkerchief to Martin
Coffman's daughters, Mary
and Magdalene; 50 lbs. of
hemp to Mary Pence
[probably the wife of
Henry]; 100 lbs. of hemp
to Mary Bellows [quite
likely the mother of
Elizabeth, who married
Adam Pence, the son of
Adam]; to Mary Coffman 20
yds. of linen and 10 yds.
of lindsey; to Amelia
Boon one white silk
handkerchief; to Bartlet
Bennette if he comes back
from Caintuck [Kentucky] 5
pounds. The
rest of her property to
be sold and the proceeds
divided: 1/2 of the money
to Martin Coffman's
church to relieve the
poor. 1/2 to John
Kountz's church to
relieve the poor. Her
executors were David and
Martin Coffman. The
witnesses were John
Coffman and Ann
Bongerman. Martin
Kaufman's will was
witnessed by Abraham
Strickler and David
Beaver. His executor was
John Roads. His will says
that sons Martin and
Peter had already gotten
their legacies. That son
John was to hold the home
place until Joseph,
Benjamin, and Isaac were
21. Son David was to get
the Hawkbill tract of 192
acres coming from the
Lionbergers. Joseph was
to get home place but pay
his sisters Maria
[married Jacob Pence, son
of Henry (Sr.)],
Magdalena [married Joseph
Pence, son of Henry],
Anna and Christina. A
number of Mennonites
joined the Baptist
Church, one being Martin
Kauffman, Jr. soon after
the Baptist revival in
Page County.
Later, Martin started his
own congregation in the
White House. He was
beaten on a couple of
occassions for his faith.
- JK111112341
- Barbara
Lionberger Kauffman -
mAbraham
Kneissly Beaver
(son of
Conrad [Bieber] Beaver
& Mary Kneissly) b1758
- d1824 (Ancestry.com)
- JKl
11112342- Moderator Martin
Coffman,
III b1799 Of
MadRiver,Fairfield,OH (mother
was Mary Taylor) (Mill
Creek Ch. Hist) -
m Phoebe
?? -
Excert From a Book by
Hervey Scott - Alfred
Mesnard has kindly
furnished me the original
and continuous books of
record of the Pleasant
Run Regular Baptist
Church, of which he is
the present Secretary. It
will be seen by the
following extract from
the first page, that the
church was first
constituted in the year
1806: April the 19th,
1806, then met according
to appointment and opened
our meeting with prayer
and praise. Second -
proceeded to business,
with. choosing our
Moderator, Martin
Coffman. We ended our
meeting with praise and
thanksgiving. Martin
Coffman, Moderator.
Samuel Coiner, Clerk. (The
Mill Creek Church History
by Richard A. Pence)
(FamilySearch)
- JK1
11112343 - Peter
Coffman b
(Mill Creek
Ch. Hist) -
m5/27/1794 ,Shenandoah,VA
lAnn
Strickler (daughter
of Joseph & Barbara
Strickler) b12/20/1776
Egypt
Plantation,Shenandoah,VA
- dl/22/l 846 ,Page,VA
and burial at the home on
plantation??- m 2Sally
[Weaver] Weber
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112344
- David
Lionberger Kauffman
- mElizabeth
[Busswit] Buswell (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123441
- Eliza
Coffman mHarrison
Ruffner (Ancestry.com)
- JKl111123442
- Maria
Kauffman
mGeorge
Kite (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123443
- Martin
Kauffman
bl/21/1817 - d1879 - mMary
Jane Strickler Burner (daughter
of John Rhoades Burner
& Elizabeth Brubacher
Strickler) (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111234431
-Susan
Elizabeth Burner Kauffman
- mAmbrose
Coffman Rothgeb
(son of Isaac
Spitler Rothgeb &
Barbara Maggart
Kauffman)(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123444
- Emanuel
Kauffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123445
- John
Kauffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123446
- George
Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123447
-Nancy
Busswit Kauffman
mJohn
Brubacher Strickler
b6/24/1790 - Child of
Nancy & John was
Elizabeth Kauffman
Strickler. (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112345
- John
Kauffman
(Mill Creek
Ch. Hist) b1765
- dl 845 - mAnna Miller
Brubacher (daughter
ofAbraham Ernst Brubacher
& Barbara [Muller]
Miller) (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123451
- Mary
Brubacher Kauffman
- mNathan
Long (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123452
- John
Brubacher Kauffman -
mMartha
Hughes (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111234521
- Andrew
Hughes Kauffman -
mMary
Elizabeth
[Seler] Saylor
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123453
- Reuben
Brubacher Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111123454
- Jonas
Brubacher Kauffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112346
- Joseph
Kauffman
babt 1787 (Mill
Creek Ch Hist) -
ml0/17/1815 Of
Shenandoah Co.,VA
Elizabeth Bucher Windle
(daughter of
John Augustine Windle
& Anna Margaret
Bucher) b1790
- Elizabeth was also
married to John Jacob
Sprenckel, Jr. on
1/1/1784. (Family
Search)
- JK1111123461
- Sirena
Coffman b1816
(Family
Search)
- JK1111123462
- Andrew
J.Coffman
b1818 - mMary
? (Family
Search)
- JK1111123463
- Sarah
Coffman
(Family
Search)
- JK1111123464
- Mary
Coffman (Family
Search)
- JK1111123465
- Martha
Coffman b1827
(Family
Search)
- JK111112347
- Maria
Kauffman b1778
MadRiver,Shenandoah,VA (mother
was Mary Taylor) -
dl/26/1816
UrbanaTwp,Champaign,OH -
m6/15/1802 Jacob
Pence
(son of
Henry Pence Sr.(The Mill
Creek Church History by
Richard A. Pence) son of
Johann Heinrich Bullinger
Pence & Mary
Magdelene [Flowers]
Blimly; (Ancestry.com) -
b9/15/1767 ,Shenandoah,VA
- d6/12/1828 UrbanaTwp,
Champaign,OH - Burial: C.
Steinberger,Champaign, OH
- Children of Maria &
Jacob were ? Pence,
Lucinda Pence, Anna
Pence, Elizabeth Pence,
Katherine Pence, Jacob
Pence, & Julia A.
Pence. (FamilySearch)
- JK111112348
-
Magdalena Kauffman
bl/13/1777 - dl/6/1872
UrbanaTwp.,Champagne,OH (Ancestry.com)
- inJoseph
Pence - (son
of Henry Pence, Sr., (The
Mill Creek Church History
by Richard A. Pence)
/Johann Heinrich
Bullinger Pence &
Mary Magdelene [Flowers]
Blimly; (Ancestry. com)
- JK111112349
- Anna Kauffman
(Mill
Creek Ch Hist) b12/3/1787
,Rockingham,VA -
d8/22/1851 ,Perry,OH -
m5/3/1814
Of,,Shenandoah,VA Samuel
P. Hite
(son of
Andrew Hite & Anna
Taylor) b9/19/1787
,Rockingham,VA -
d12/1/1857 ,Perry,OH -
Burial: Union Baptist
Cem., Perry,OH - Children
of Anna & Samuel were
Anna Hite, Benjamin Hite,
Martin Hite, Samuel Hite,
Mary Hite, Isaac Hite,
& Andrew A. Hite. (Family
Search)
- JK11111234a
- Christina
Lionberger Coffman -
(The Mill
Creek Church History by
Richard A. Pence) mJohn
Rinehart
(son of Jacob
Rinehart) -
Children of Christina
& John were John
Coffman Rinehart, Jacob
Coffman Rinehart, &
Samuel Coffman Rinehart. (Ancestry.com)
- JK111111234b
- Benjamin
Lionberger
Coffman (Mill
Creek Ch. Hist) (mother
was Mary Taylor) b4/10/1779
VA - d4/15/1862 ,Page,VA
- ml/27/1822
,Shenandoah,VA
Anna Gochnauer
Groff/Grove (daughter
of Christian Musselman,
Jr. & Ma,y Griebel
Gochnauer)
b3/3/1 803 ,Shenandoah,VA
- d9/23/l879 ,,IL
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111234b1
- Isaac
Coffman b,Page,VA
(Family
Search)
- JK11111234b2
- Elizabeth
Coffman b1835
- Luray,Page,VA -
d,Champaign,OH -
m2/10/1859 James
Robert Modsett bWestville,,OH
- Children of Elizabeth
& James were Anna B.
Modsett, Clara Modsett,
& Mary Ella Modsett. (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b3
- David J.
Coffman b2/19/1839
Luray,Page,VA -
d9/29/1918 - m6/20/1 867 Ellen
Bell bLebanon,Warren,OH
(Family
Search)
- JK11111234b4
- Joseph
William Coffman
b3/31/1829 - ,Page,VA -
dl/13/1878 ,Logan,IL -
Buried: Lucas
Chapel,CorwinTwp.,Logan,IL
- m3/15/1862 Mary
Ann Hargadine
(daughter of
William Hargadine &
Eliza Jane Wigginton) bl0/20/1842
,Lincoln,Logan,IL -
d7/24/1922
Holdrege,Phelps,NE
Buried: Prarie House
Cem.,Holdrege,Phelps,NE -
(Family
Search)
- JK11111234b41
- Wert
Coffman bLincoln,Logan,IL
(Family
Search)
- JK11111234b42
- John
Coffman bIL
- mLettie
McGrath (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b43
- Benjamin
Franklin Coffman
bLogan,IL - mEmma
Lipp (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b44
- Martha
Alice Coffman
b2/28/1863
Lincoln,Logan,IL -
d4/14/l 933
Holdrege,Phelps,NE - mlsaac
Leffler (son
of Samuel Leffier &
Katherine Funt) b8/12/1849
Canton,,OH - d7/12/1915
Holdrege,Phelps,NE -
Burial:
Holdrege,Phelps,NE -
Children of Martha &
Isaac were Nellie May
Leffler, Selar Franklin
Leffler, Harry Willard
Leffler, Dorothy Ann (Dora)
Leffler,
Charles James Leffler,
Merwyn Noble Leffler,
Mary Maurine Leffler,
Minnie Belle Leffler,
Minnie Kay Leffler, &
Delbert Coffman Leffler. (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b45
- William
Wirt Coffman
b1866 ,Logan,1L -
d2/24/1885 Logan,IL (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b46
- Anne
Coffman b2/4/1868
,Logan,IL - d2/15/1868
,Logan,IL (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b47
- John
Calvin Coffman
b7/5/1869 ,Logan,IL -
d7/5/1916 ,Logan,IL (Family
Search)
- JKl
1111234b48 - Female
Coffman
b2/7/1878
,Logan,IL - d2120/1878
,Logan,IL (Family
Search)
- JKl1111234b5
- Mary
Ann Coffman b413/1833
,Page,VA-
m1852 Samuel
Miller
b1836 Luray,Page,VA -
Children of Mary &
Samuel were Anna Eliza
Miller, David F. Miller,
Girl Miller, William
Miller, Henry Stage
Miller, & Martha
Euphenia Miller. (Family
Search)
- JKl
1111234b6 - Elisha
Albert Coffman b6/5/1831
,Page,VA -
d5/25/l908,Champaign,OH -
ml 2/29/1859 Martha
Louderback
b,Page,VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b7
-
Benjamin Franklin Coffman
b12/24/1836
Luray,Page,VA -
d8/10/1922 - mEuphemia
Strickler b6/l/1842
Elkton,,VA - dl/4/1913 - (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b71
- John
Martin Coffman (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b72
-
William Coffman
b,,VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b73
- David
Edward Coffman
b,,Of VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b74
- Mary
Elizabeth Coffman bOf
VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b75
- Elisha
Burnham Coffman
b Of VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b76
- Cora
Virginia Coffman
b,Of VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234b77
- Martha
Ellen Coffman
b2/26/1866 Of VA -
d9/l1/1891 Rockingham, VA
- Burial: Elk Run Cem, Of
VA (Family
Search)
- JK11111234c
- Isaac
Kauffman
bI 799 Of MadRiver,,OH (mother
was Mary Taylor) (Mill
Creek Ch. Hist) -
mPhoebe
? (Family
Search)
- JK11111235
- Magdalena
Kauffman bl
744 VA - mPage,VA
John Strickler Child
of Magdalena & John
was Daniel Strickler.(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111236
- Barbara
Kauffman b1748
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111237
- Michael
Kauffman
b1750 (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111238
- Nancy
Kauffman
b1761 - mJacob
Strickler b1734
Egypt,Shenandoah,VA.
Children of Nancy &
Jacob were John
Strickler, Samuel
Strickler, Joseph
Strickler, David
Strickler, Ann Catherine
Strickler, &
Elizabeth Strickler.
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111124
- Rev.
Michael
Joseph Kneisley Kauffman b6/21/1714
- d12/21/1788 - m 1Barbara
Kneisley Haldeman
(daughter of
Christian Gerber
Halteman/Haldeman &
Christiana Hempstead
Kneissley) bi1718
PA - d2/24/1764 VA - m 2Magdalena
Stauffer
(daughter of
Daniel Stauffer [signed
Letter to Holland also;
see Michael Kauffman
b1714] & Magdalena
Brubaker) b1720
Muckenhauserhof,Germany -
d3/7/1787 (A
ncestry.com) -
About 65 miles
away from the city of
Philadelphia and was
parcelled out and
patented for 40 pounds a
hundred acres to Michael
Kauffman at 118 acres..
- (Historic
Background & Annals
of the Swiss & German
Pioneer Settlers of SE
PA. .Conestoga Manor (Now
Manor Twp) Parcelled Out.
p256) - Was
a minister in VA (Ancestry.com)
(Historic Background
& Annals of the Swiss
& German Pioneer
Settlers of SE PA..,
Lancaster Co. Mennonites
Assist VA Brethren, p325)
Today, the
7th of September, 1758.
Herewith we authorize our
brother and co-fellow in
the faith, Johannes
Schneyder, who until now
has been a good friend to
the poor, and who
contemplates a journey to
the friends and brethren
in Holland on account of
the dark times in which
we find ourselves at this
time, owing to the
tyrannical or barbarous
Indians who have already
killed so many people,
and have taken many
prisoners and carried
them away; others were
driven from their homes
and lands, so that many
people are now in great
poverty and distress.
We were thirty-nine
Mennonite families living
together in VA. One
family was murdered and
the remaining of us and
many other families were
obliged to flee for our
lives, leaving our all
and go emptyhanded. Last
May the Indians have
murdered over fifty
persons and more than two
hundred families were
driven away and made
homeless.
We come, therefore, with
a prayer to you, brethren
and co-fellows in the
faith for help, by way of
charitable aid, if your
love will persuade you to
show mercy to us, so that
we may with God's help,
and the aid of good
friends, be guided
through this Valley of
Grief; the dear Lord will
reward you for it, here
in this life and finally
in eternity for what you
will do for us.
Further, I do not deem it
necessary to write much,
as our friend and brother
will give you a better
report than I could in my
simple and imperfect
writing, for, he too, had
been in danger of his
life with his wife and
four children, and was
compelled to flee and
leave his all behind. He
had been so situated that
he could make a
comfortable living. He
had a nice little farm,
and besides he had begun
the distilling of_____
and turpentine oil. He
was always a good friend
to the distressed in
times of need.
Further we request you to
remember us in your
prayers, as we are
likeminded toward you,
that we may have the
comfort of good old
Tobias, with which he
comforted his son, when
he said, "Even
though we are poor, but
if we fear God, we shall
receive much good.
P.S. This our friend
desired a traveling
companion from the
congregation to accompany
him on his journey, as he
deems it best not to go
alone. Upon our advice
and with our Best Wishes,
our minister and elder,
Martin Funck, has
consented to go. Until
now he was found true and
honest in all things by
all. He is, however,
still a single man, and
by occupation a miller.
He, too, was compelled to
flee and leave all he had
behind. This man was
found by the grace and
help of God, and will be
a true traveling
companion to our brother,
Johannes Schneyder, on
his journey to Holland.
Further, in my
simple-heartedness, I do
not know what more to
write, only to greetings
from us all to all the
brethren and congregation
in Holland. Signed by us
and many others, Michael
Kauffman., Jacob Bonier,
Samuel Bohni, Daniel
Stauffer. Written by
Benedict Hirsche, one
mile from Lancaster town,
Mennist Minister
- (Historic
Background & Annals
of the Swiss & German
Pioneer Settlers of SE
PA.., Holland's
Friendliness to VA
Mennonite Sufferers,
p326,758 -
Holland's Answer to the
Appeal of the Virginia
Mennonists, Which the
Lancaster Co. Brethren
Sponsored.
"Amersterdam,Holland,
December 27, 1758.
Michael Kauffman, Jacob
Bomer, Samuel Bohn,
Daniel Stauffer)
Dear Friends: We have
received your letter
dated Sept. 7th, but
without denomination of
the place out of which it
is written, by the hands
of your deputies,
Johannes Schnyder and
Martin Funck, who have
given us an ample account
of the calamities you had
suffered, which moved our
hearts with due
compassion, and since we
do not doubt but their
narration of your
troubles were true and
faithful, we have opened
our hands to your
assistance with fifty
pounds English Sterling
which according to the
value of your money
amounted to the sum of
seventy-eight pounds,
eleven shillings and five
pence, Philadelphia
money, which you may
receive upon the enclosed
Creditive from Messrs.
Benjamin & Sam
Shoemaker in
Philadelphia. We hope
that this sum will be
sufficient to help and
assist you until it
pleases the God of Peace
to restore the desired
peace in America, as well
as in Europe, and that
you get restitution at
the hands and properities
you are driven out and
enjoy there the same
prosperities as before
for ye sustentation of
your families and the
assistance of the poor,
which the Almighty will
grant you out of his all
sufficient Grace! In the
meanwhile we recommend
you highly to keep fast
the confession of your
Holy Faith in our Saviour
Jesus Christ, and be
always thankful for the
Goodness of God bestowed
upon you by our
compassionate hands and
hearts for as we were
unkown to you, it was
only the good God, who
makes this impression on
our bowels and gave us
the power to assist you.
We hope the bearers of
these, the above
mentioned Deputies, will
return soon and in good
health to you, and find
you and the other friends
in a good condition. We
have provided them all
the necessities here and
for their return till
London.
We leave you to the
Almighty Providence of
God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ, and we are with
tenderes affection, Dear
Friends, Your well±wish,
in Friends, The committee
of ye Baptist
Congregation in Holland.
P.S. When occassion
offers we desire your
answer that we may be
sure that you have duly
received the above
mentioned money, and
please to direct your
letter to Mr. Hendrick
Kops, Amsterdam.
- JK11111241
- Anna
Kauffman b9/1/1743
Augusta,Hampshire,WV - mPeter
Brenneman (son
of Melchoir Brenneman
& Anne Good) b1739
ConestogaTwp.Lancaster.PA
- d1783
DerryTwp.,Dauphin.PA (Ancestry
com)
- JK1111242
- David
Kauffman
bl2/5/1747
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111243
- Samuel
Haldeman Kauffman
bl0/30/I752 - d8/1828 - m
lElizabeth
Reist (daughter
of John Reist &
Elizabeth Longenecker) b1/21/1755
- m 2Anna
Hoffman
- m 3Barbara
Brumbach
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112431
- Barbara
Kauffman
b9/7/1774 - mJohn
Neff b2/20/1776
- d9/6/1828 - Children of
Barbara & John were
Mary Neff, Samuel Neff,
Elizabeth Neff, Michael
Kauffman Neff, Anna
Kauffman Neff, Jacob
Kauffman Neff, Daniel
Kauffman Neff, Joseph
Kauffman Neff, David
Coffman Neff, Henry
Kauffman Neff, John
Kauffman Neff, &
Catharine Neff (A
ncestry.com)
- JK111112432
- Elizabeth
Reist Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112433
- Marian
Kauffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112434
- David
Kauffman
b5/2/1779 - d9/9/1854 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112435
- John
Kauffman
b9/30/1783 - d2/21/l 841 (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111244
-
Elizabeth Kauffman
b2/22/1755 -mAndrew
Kauffman Correll (son
of John A. Correll &
Magdalena Kauffman) -
d1828 - Children of
Elizabeth & Andrew
were Andrew C. Correll,
John C. Correll, Mary C.
Correll, Elizabeth C.
Correll, Samuel C.
Correll, Barbara C.
Correll, Anna C. Correll,
Frances C. Correll, Moses
C. Correll, Michael C.
Correll. (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111245
- Magdalena
Kauffman
b3/27/1759
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111246
- Barbara
Haldeman Kauffman b2/17/1761
,Lancaster,PA -
dl1/20/1786 - m1779 Rev.
John Schenk/Shank (son
qf Michael Schenk/Shank
& Magdelena ?)
b1747
ConestogaTwp,Lancaster,PA
- d1813 - John was
married to Mary Hershey
first. - Child of Barbara
& John was Magdelena
Kauffman Schenk/Shank.
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111247
- Michael
Haldeman Kauffman
b2/18/1764 -
dl0/30/1812-m4/27/1795 Mary
Kauffman Correll (daughter
of John A. Correll &
Magdalena Kauffman) b1770
- d1865 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112471
-Naney
C. Kauffman
bl797 - d1820 - mChristianAdams
b7/l/1791 -d7/11/1836 -
Children of Nancy &
Christian were Catherine
Adams, Amanda Melvina
Adams, & Anna Marie
Adams, (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112472
- Michael
Kauffman b1800
- d1820 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112473
- John
C. Kauffman
b1803 -d1890 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112474
- Samuel
Kauffman
b1806 - d1839 (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125
- David
Kneisley Kauffman, I b1716
(Gen Pool
Births) Landisville,Lancaster,
PA -of St. Mark's
Parish,Orange,,VA - had
moved to SC after Indian
troubles -
(Family Search) - m9/1806
lAnna
Lionberger (daughter
of Hans
Ulrich [Leuenbergerj
Lionberger & Barbara
Barbary Bar) b1751
- dl2/2/1806 - m 2Mary
?? (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111251
- Martin
Kauffman bLandisville,Lancaster,PA
- d1809 Of St. Marks
Parish,,Orange,VA - mMary
Funkhouser (daughter
of Johannes Funkhouser,
II & Barbara?) dl
825 (Ancestry.com)
- JK11112511
- Jacob
Funkhouser Kauffman
- mBarbara
Maggart
dl8l4 VA (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125111
- Jacob
Maggart Kauffman
mJudith
Hirt (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125112
-
Barbara Maggart Kauffman
mlsaac
Spiller Rothgeb
- Child of Barbara &
Isaac was Ambrose Coffman
Rothgeb. (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112512
- Samuel
Funkhouscr Kauffman
b (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111252
-
Christian Kauffman
bLandisville,Lancaster,PA
-d1828OH -Of St. Marks
Parish,,Orange,VA - mMary
??? (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112521
- David
Kauffman
mCatherine
Henry Spitler
(daughter of
Jacob Spitler of OH &
Nancy Ann Henry)
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125211
- Jacob
Spitler Kauffman
(Ancestrycom)
- JK1111125212
- Barbara
Spitler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125213
- Anna
Spitler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125214
- Joseph
Spitler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125215
- Noah
Spitler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111125216
- Samuel
Spitler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112522
-
Christian Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112523
- Barbara
Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111253
- David
Kauffman
b1754 VA - d4/18/1830 Of
Dayton,Rockingham,VA -mElizabeth
Stickley Strickler (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112531
-
Susanna Strickler
Kauffman
mSamuel
Kauffman (son
of George Kauffman)
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112532
- Anna
Strickler Coffman
mBenjamin
Burner Ruffner
(son of
Benjamin Steinman Ruffner
& Ann Burner)
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112533
- Mary
Strickler Kauffman
mWilliam
Stephenson
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112534
-
Dorothy Strickler
Kauffman
mJoseph
Mahoy (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112535
- Esther
Strickler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112536
- Elizabeth
Strickler Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112537
- Joseph
Strickler Kauffman
mAbigail
Lincoln (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112538
- Catherine
Strickler Coffman
mAbraham
Campbell Funkhouser, Jr.
(son of
Abraham Funkhouser &
Mary Magdelena Campbell) b9/14/1778
- d1855 - Children of
Catherine & Abraham
were Willim Coffman
Funkhouser, Joseph
Coffman Funkhouser, Lydia
Coffman Funkhouser,
Amelia Coffman
Funkhouser, Daniel
Coffman Funkhouser, &
David Coffman Funkhouser.
(Ancestry.
com)
- JK11111254
- Samuel
Kauffman Of,Craven,SC
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111126
- Christian
Kneissle Kauffman
b1718
Lindisvi!Ie,Lancaster,PA
- dabtl745 Lancaster.PA -
m 1Magdalena
Brubacher
-
m 2Magdalena
Lein/Line
(Ancestry
com) About 65
miles away
from the city of
Philadelphia and was
parcelled out and
patented for 40 pounds a
hundred acres to
Christian Kauffman at 163
acres. (Historic
Background & Annals
of the Swiss & German
Pioneer Settlers of SE
PA. - Conestoga
Manor (Now Manor Twp,)
Parcelled Out. p256)
- JK11111261
- Rudolph
Kauffman
(mother was
Magdalena Line) blO/3/1737
Lancaster,Lancaster,PA -
d8/7/ 1821
Strasburylwp,Iipper
Saucon.Lehigh,PA -
Burial: Saucon Mennonite
Cem.,Coopersburg,Lehigh,PA
- mElizabeth
Geissinger
(daughter of Phi!lip
Geissinger b6/22/l701
Palatinate,Germany &
Anna Maria (Mary) Unk
b9/17/1711 PfaIz,Germany)
b10/23/1746 Upper
Saucon.Bucks (now
Lehigh),PA - d5/6/1813 PA
- Burial: Saucon
Mennonite
Cem.,Coopersburg,PA (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112611
-Christian
Kauffman
b1771 - mCatherine Hottle
b1775 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112612
- Anna
Geissinger Kauffman
b3/16/1776 - d6/9/1843
Fairfield,Columbiana,OH
Burial: Nold Mennonite
Cem.,Fairfield,Columbiana,
OH - mJohn
Sell Yoder (son
ofAbraharn Bachman Yoder
& Maria Schell Sell)
b6/11/1777 PA -
d7/11/1866 - Bought land
near
Letonia,Salem.Columbiana,OH
in 1817 and farmed. In
1850, his farm was worth
$5100
- JK111112613
- Barbara
Kauffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK111112614
- Elizabeth
Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111112615
- Philip
Kauffman
(Ancestry
com)
- JK111112616
- Susanna
Kauffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111127
- Christina
Kneissley Kauffman b1720
Lindisvilie,Lancaster,PA
-rn1l/25/1739 John
Casper Smith
b1/20/1718 (Ancestry.com)
JK111113
- Christian
Kauffman
b3/11/1677
Erlenbach,Bern,Switzerland (Ancestry.com)
JK111114
- John Andreas (Andrew)
Kauffman
b11/13/1668 Freisenheim,Oberamt
of Neust, Palatinate, Switzerland
- d1743 ManorTwp,Lancaster,PA -
ml 717 Millersville.Lancaster,PA
Elizabeth Kneissle
b1698 (Ancestry.com) -
The Yellow Creek Mennonites by
J.C. Wenger,p196 says: Andrew
Kauffman of Switzerland came to
PA in 1717, arriving as
Philadephia. Andrew had a son,
Isaac (1741-1827), who was
ordained as a Mennonite preacher,
and this Isaac went to the
Shenandoah Valley of VA with his
young family. (Isaac was the
twelfth son of his
parents) Isaac in
turn had a family of which the
third child was Christian
(1780-1852), and when Christian
was but eight years of age, his
folks decided to move across the
Allegheny Mountains in the
western part of VA. They settled
in Greenbrier Co. (now in WV, but
that state was nor formed until
1863). Land was cheaper in
Greenbrier Co than in the
Shenandoah Valley. Christian and
his wife had six sons and four
daughters. The seventh of these
ten children was a man who was
destined to play a major role in
the life of the Mennonite Church,
Samuel Coffman (1822 -1894)
Samuel's mother was Anna Wenger,
also descended from a numerous
family in Rockingham Co., VA. (Kauffman
became Coffman through the error
of a "notary public.")
JK1111141
- Andrew
Kauffman b1718
Millersville,Lancaster,PA (Family
Search) -d1763
,Berk,PA - m1742 Lancaster, PA (FamilySearch)
Magdalena
Martin (daughter
of Christian Martin) bMillersville,Lancaster,PA
- d,Washington,MD (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111411
- David
Harmon Coffman, Sr.
bLancaster,PA -
d7/12/1833 ,Limestone,AL
- mElizabeth Lovell bTN -
d1860 ,Limestone,AL (FamilySearch)
- JK111114111-
Lovell Coffman
b,Giles,TN -d1842
,Giles,TN (FamilySearch)
- JK111114112
- Robert
Coffman b
,Jeff,TN - d7/I0/1893 (FamilySearch)
- JK111114113
- William
Coffman
b ,Jefferson,TN (FamilySearch)
- JK111114114
-
Elizabeth Coffman
b1779 ,.VA - d1833
,Limestone,AL (Family
Search)
- JK111114115
- Sarah (Sallie)
Coffman
b1785 ,Greene,TN -d1895 (FamilySearch)
- JK111114116
- Rebeckah
Coffman
b1797 ,Jefferson,TN -
d1861 ,Limestone,AL (FamilySearch)
- JK111114117
- Markham
Marshall Coffman
b1798 ,Jefferson,TN
-d,,AL (FamilySearch)
- JK111114118
- David
Harmon Coffman, Jr. b1/3/1791
,Greene,IN d8/I0/1869
,Lauderdale,AL - Burial:
Anderson Cem.,Anderson,AL
(FamilySearch)
- JK111114119
- Jacob
Coffman b2/22/1777
,,VA - d ,Cherokee,AL
(FamilySearch)
- JK11111411a
- Mary
Ann Coffman b3/2/1789
,Greene,TN - d7/1/1868
,Limestone,AL
(FamilySearch)
- JK11111411b
- Nancy
Coffman b4/22/1787,Greene.TN
-d10/5/1863 ,Limestone,AL
(FamilySearch)
- JK11111411c
- Andrew
Coffman
b12/22/1784 ,Greene,TN -
d9/1/1864.Hamblen,TN
(FamilySearch)
- JK11111412
-
Magdalene (Annie)
Kauffman
b1753 - d8/1822
Washington,MD -
mMillersville,Lancaster,PA
John Schenk
- Children of Magdalene
& John were John
Schenk, Abraham Schenk,
Andrew Schenk, Christian
Schenk, Anne Schenk,
Henry Schenk, Jacob
Schenk, Magdalena Schenk,
& Daniel Schenk.
(Ancestry corn)
- JK11111413
- Andrew
Kauffman
b10/16/1760 Granger,TN
-d6/3/1845 -m 1???-m5/5/1790
2Elizabeth
Kincaid Ramsey b9/9/1770
- dl/12/1833 - Elizabeth
had first been married to
Robert Ramsey. (Ancestry
corn)
- JK111114131
- Rev. David
Coffman
b1/9/1787 - d7/22/1838
,Polk,MO - m8/20/1813
,Grainger,TN
Susanna (Mary) Bunch b1796
,Louisa,VA -moved to
Aldrich of Polk County,
MO in summer of 1833 to
start a Baptist Church.
The town of Aldrich is
under water now. David
& Susan homesteaded
on high ground about 3
miles away and are buried
there. They had 8
children and 2 stayed in
Grainger Co., of TN.
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141311
- Andrew
David Coffman
b1824 ,Grainger,TN
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141312
- John
H. B. Coffman
b1824 ,Grainger,TN
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141313
-?
Coffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141314
- ?
Coffman (Ancestry.corn)
- JK1111141315
- ?
Coffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141316
- ?
Coffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141317
- ?
Coffman (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111141318
- ?
Coffman
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111114132
- Nancy
Coffman
b5/6/1791 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114133
- Thomas
Coffman b4/21/1793
- d,Knox,TN - m12/16/18I5
Jennie
Kirkpatrick
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111114134
- Elizabeth
Coffman
b10/29/1795 - d10/14/1852
- mGeorge
Millican b6/24/1794
- d8/ 19/1864
Morristown,TN (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114135
- Andrew
Coffman
b9/16/1799 - mAnna
Kirkpatrick
bl803 - In 1884 he moved
to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
(Ancestry.com)
- JK111114136
- Barton
Coffman
b5/30/1805 - d4/11/1879-mMary
White -
Between 1836-38, moved to
IN (Ancestry.com)
JK1111142
- Elizabeth
Kauffman
bI/10/1720
MiIIersviIIe,Lancaster,PA - d1779
Loganville,York. PA- mChristian
Meyer (son
of .Iohannes Meyer & Maria
Leonhardt) b2/10/1708
Switzerland - b1778/9
SpringfieldTwp.,York,PA. Children
of Elizabeth & Christian were
Elizabeth Meyer, Maria Kauffman
Meyer, John Kauffman Meyer,
Christian Meyer, Andrew Kauffman
Meyer, Michael Meyer, Martin
Meyer, Henry Meyer, & Abraham
Meyer. (Ancestry.com)
JK1111143
- Mary Kauffman
b1727 ManorTwp.,Lancaster,PA -
m1742 lUlrich
Strickler dabt
1750 Hellam Twp.,York,PA - ml750
PA 2Christian
Schenk (son
of John Schenk b1696 Germany) bLancasterTwp.,Lancaster,PA
-
dStoneyCreek.SomersetTwp;,Somerset,PA
- Children of Mary & UIrich
were John Strickler, Henry
Strickler, & Jacob Strickler.
- Children of Mary &
Christian were Andrew Schenk,
John Schenk, Christian Schenk,
Michael Schenk, & Catherine
Schenk. (Ancestry.com)
JK1111144
- Christian
Kauffman b1723
Conestoga,Manor,Lancaster,PA -
d1806 - mBarbara
Gochenauer/Gochenour (Ancestry.com)
JK11111441
- Anna Kauffman
b10/6/1758 - d3/20/1834 - mAbraham
Stoner (son
of John Stoner & Elizabeth
Herr) b1756
Lancaster Co.,PA - dl/5/1829 -
Moved to Woodbury
Twp.,Bedofrd,PA
in 1787. Many descendants
Brethren in Christ. Children of
Anna & Abram were Abraham
Stoner, Christian Stoner, John
Stoner, Barbra Stoner, Jacob
Stoner. & Christianna Stoner.
(Ancestry.com)
JK11111442
- Christian
Kauffman bMillersville,Lancaster,PA
- d1826 -m4/4/1773 Ann
Herr (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114421
-
Christian Kauffman -
mEve
Ellenberger (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114422
- Henry
E. Kauffman b6/12/1783
- d6/12/1843 - mMary
Herr b11/27/1790
- d2/17/1875 (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111144221
- Abraham
Herr Kauffman
b11/4/1808
Letort,Lancaster,PA -
dl0/3 1/1854 (FamilySearch)
- JK1111144222
- Elizabeth
Herr Kauffman
b11/5/1812
Letort,Lancaster,PA -
d9/3/1867(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111144223
-
Catherine Herr Kauffman bl0/11/1814
Letort,Lancaster, PA -
d2/2/ 1855 (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111144224
- Henry
Herr Kauffman
b6/16/1827
Letort,Lancaster,PA -
d3/18/1861 (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111144225
- Magdalena
Herr Kauffman
b8/18/1830
Letort,Lancaster, PA -
d2/15/1904 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114423
- Joseph
Herr Kauffman
-d6/1824 -mFanny
Herr
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111144231
-Joseph
Herr Kauffman
b9/25/1824
Lancaster,Lancaster,PA -
d9/2/1874
Lancaster,Lancaster,PA -
m1846 ,Lancaster,PA Anna
Heidlauf b1/5/1823
- d8/3/l 905 (Ancestry.com)
Obit: Kauffman-On
the 30th of August,1905
near Spring Valley, Manor
Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
of a complication of
diseases incident to old
age, Anna Heidlauf, widow
of the late Joseph
Kauffman, aged 83 years.
She was confined to her
bed about four months.
She is survived by six
children. B urial at the
Masonville Mennonite
Church on Sept. 2nd. (Herald
of Turth, Vol.XLII,
N.36,9/7/1905,pp287-288)
- JK1111144231
- Mary
Ann Kauffman
-b9/8/1842 - mBenjamin
K. Souder (Deborah
Bryant)
JK11111443
- Elizabeth
Kauffman b
Millersville,Lancaster,PA- mHenry
Lichty (Ancestry.com)
JK11111444
- Andrew
Kauffman b1750
MillersviIIe,Lancaster,PA (FamilySearch)
-d1836
GermanTwp.,Fayette,PA (FamilySearch)
- ml 788
,Lancaster,PA Mary
Herr (daughter
of
John
Herr & Mary Myers) b1761
MillersviIIe,Lancaster,PA -
dGermanTwp,Fayette.PA
(FamilySearch)
JK11111445
- John Kauffman
b4/18/1768
MiIIersviIIe,Lancaster,PA -
d4/15/1827 (FamilySearch)
- mElizabeth
Stoner (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114451
- Henry
Stoner Kauffman
b,Lancaster,PA (FamilySearch)
- JK111114452
- Joseph
Stoner Kauffman b.,Lancaster,PA
FamilySearch)
JK11111446
- Michael
Kauffman
b12/23/1765 - dl0/6/1825 -
m3/20/1804 Anna
Funk (Ancestry.com)
JK1111145
- Michael
Kauffman b1726
- d1791 -mCatherine
Gertrude Immel (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111451
- Mary
F. Kauffman b2/16/1810
Millersville,Lancaster,PA
- d6/3/1893
CoveIl,McLean,IL -
m6/l/1830 Jacob Sholty (son
of William Shaky &
Sophie Christ) b9/l
0/1805
Harrisburg,Lancaster,PA -
dl0/8/1880
Bloomington,McLean,lL -
Children of Mary &
Jacob were Samuel
Benjamin Franklin Sholty,
Susan Sholty, Christopher
Sholty, Henry C. Sholty,
Benjamin David Sholty,
Sufia Sholty, Levi
William Sholty, John
Sholty, & Anne Marie
Sholty. (FamilySearch)
JK1111146
- Jacob Kauffman
b1729 of ManorTwp,Lancaster,PA -
d1812 ManorTwp,Lancaster,PA - mMagdalena
Heistand (daughter
of John Hiestand) (Ancestry.com)
- JKI1111461
- John
Heistand Kauffman
b1753 -d1802 - mAnna
Herr Hershey (FamilySearch)
- JK111114611
- Magdalena
Hershey Kauffman
b9/17/1779 - d5/29/1856
Stone Ridge,York,PA -
Burial: Witmer Mennonite
Cem.,Stony
Brook,SpringettsburyTwp,York,PA
- mDavid
Engle Witmer
(son of Peter
Witmer & Catherine
Brackbill Engle) b6/9/1772
ManorTwp,Lancaster, PA -
d5/27/1843
StoneRidge,York,PA -
Burial: Witmer Men.
Cem.,StonyBrook,SpringettsburyTwp
York PA - Children of
Magdalena & David
were John Kauffman
Witmer, & Susan
Kauffman Witmer. (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114612
- Rudolph
Hershey Kauffman
- mElizabeth
Summy (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111146121
- John
Summy Kauffman
bl2/11/18l0 - d12/28/l891
mColumbia,PA - 1Lydia
McGill b6/11/1820
- d4/l 7/1908 - m 2Catherine
Myers (Ancestry.
com)
- JK11111461211-
Anna
McGill Kauffman
- JK11111461212
- Fanny
Kauffman
- JK11111461213
-
Barbara Kauffman
- JK11111461214
- Henry
Kauffman
- JK11111461215
- Emma
Kauffman
- JK11111461216
-
Elizabeth McGill Kauffman
b8/20/1837
- JK11111461217
- Mary
McGill Kauffman bl838
- JK11111461218
- Sarah
McGill Kauffman
bl839
- JK11111461219
- Abraham
Kaurfman b11/8/1842
- JK1111146121a
- John
Summy Kauffman
b9/20/l844
- JK1111146121b-Hetty
Kauffman
b6/15/1859
- JK1111146121c
- David
Buchanan Kauffman b11/21/1859
- JK1111146121d
- Freeman
Kauffman bl864
- JK11111462
- Barbara
Hiestand Kauffman
- d1829 (FamilySearch)
- JK11111463
- Henry
Kauffman
- d1798 of
ManorTwp.,Lancaster,PA (FamilySearch)
- JK11111464
- Elizabeth
Hiestand Kauffman
- d1824 of
ManorTwp.,Lancaster.PA
(FamilySearch)
- JK11111465
- Adam
Hiestand Kauffman
- d1827 of
ManorTwp.,Lancaster,PA (FamilySearch)
- JK11111466
- Andrew
Hiestand Kauffman
b10/1/1763 - d1828 of
ManorTwp., Lancaster,PA (FamilySearch,)
- mNancy
Stauffer (daughter
of Christopher Stauffer
& Elizabeth Mann)
b10/4/1775 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114661
- John
Stauffer Kauffman b12/22/1801
- d4/7/1889 - mBarbara
Witmer (daughter
of Peter
Witmer & Barbara
Funk) b7/17/1806
- d8/18/1877
(Ancestry.com)
- JK1111146611
- Fanny
Witmer Kauffman
b12/7/1840 - d2/13/l920 mPhiIip
Felker b12/10/I
830 - d2/12/1899 - Child
of Fanny & Philip was
Abraham K.Felker. (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111467
- Magdalena
Heistand Kauffman
b1767 - d1/27/1825 - mChristian
Hershey (son
of Christian Hershey
& EstherEgil) b1731
- d1/4/1824
HeidelburgTwp,York,PA -
Children of Magdalena
& Christian were
Ardilla Hershey,
Christian Hershey,
Elizabeth Hershey,
Catherine Hershey, Mary
Hershey, Nancy Hershey,
Barbara Hershey, Daniel
Hershey, Susanna Hershey,
& Rudolf Hershey.
Christian had previous
been marred to Barbara
Herr. (Ancestry.com)
- JK11111468
- Jacob
Kauffman
b1769 -
d3/4/1854 of
ManorTwp.,Lancaster,PA (FamilySearch)
-
mI0/17/1803 Catherine
Slusser
(Ancestry.com)
- JK11111469
- Joseph
Kauffman b-dl8l6
of ManorTwp.,Lancaster,PA
(FamilySearch)
- mCatherinc
Huber (daughter
of Rev. Martin Huber
& Catherine Shirk) b1771
- d10/1833 (A
ncestry.com)
- JK111114691
- Catherine
Huber Kauffman
b6/15/1799 - dl 1/3/1836
- mDaniel
Witmer (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114692
- Joseph
Huber Kauffman
b6/10/1802 - d2/24/1867
-mSusanna
Sprenkel (Ancestry.com)
- JK1111146a
- David
Hiestand Kauffman
b3/3/1777 - d3/29/1858 of
ManorTwp.,Lancaster,PA -
mAnna
Huber (FamilySearch)
- JK1111146b
-
Christian Coffman b1757-
dl 822 (Ancestry.com)
JK1111147
- Anna Kauffman
mJacob Christ -
m 2Alexander
Stocksleger (Ancestry.com)
JK1111148
- John Kauffman b1732
- d1810 -mCatherine
Neff (Ancestry.com)
JK1111149
- Anna Barbara
Kauffman b1730
,York,PA - d1804 - mMichael
Schenk (son
of John Schenk) b1721
- d1804 MiIIersviIIe,Lancaster,PA
- Children of Anna & Michael
were John Schenk, Barbara Schenk,
Elizabeth Schenk, Henry Schenk,
Christian Schenk, Michael Schenk,
Andrew Schenk, Jacob Schenk, Anna
Kauffman Schenk, & Mary
Schenk (Ancestry.com)
JK111114a
- Veronica
Kauffman dl 818
- m.Jacob
Witiner (Ancestry
corn)
JK111114b
- Magdelcna
Kauffman m.John
Correll (Ancetry.com)
JK111114c
- Isaac Kauffman
b2/7/1741 (Ancestry.com)
- d1827 - m lUnknown
- m 2Esther
??? b4/13/1742
'The Yellowcreek Mennonites by J.
C. Wenger p196. The Yellow Creek
Mennobites by J. C. Wengcr, p196
says Andrew had a son, Isaac
(1741-1827), who was ordained as
a Mennonite preaeher, and this
Isaac went to the Shenandoah
Valley of VA with his young
family. (Isaac was
the twelveth son of his porents.)
Isaac in turn had a
family, of which the third child
was Christian (1780-I 852),
and when Christian
was but eight years of age, his
folks decided to move across the
Allegheny mountains to the
western part of VA. They settled
in Greenbrier Co (now in WV, but
that state was nor fbrmed until
1863. Land was cheaper in
Greembrier Co than in the
Shenandoah Valley.
- JK111114c1
- Elizabeth
Coffman
(Mother was
first wife of Isaac) b2/24/1775
Greenbrier,VA -
d4/23/1846 - ml0/11/1803
Peter Burkholder
b8/27/1773 ,Lancaster,PA
- Children of Elizabeth
& Peter were Margaret
Burkholder, Esther
Burkholder, David
Burkholder, & Martin
Burkholder. (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114c2
- Frances
Coffman (mother
was Esther) b7/23/1772
- dI0/16/1859 - m.John
Thomas Whanger
b6/12/1773 - d9/7/1839 (Ancestry.com)
- JK111114c3
- Christian
Kauffman (mother
was Esther) b8/2/1780,Greenbriar,VA
- d7/22/1852
Greenbriar,VA (Ancestry.com)
- m12/180? Anna
(Annie)
Wenger
b6/12/1788 - dl 1/13/1861
(The Yellowcreek
Mennonites by J. C.
Wenger,p197)
'The Yellow Creek
Mennonites by J.C.
Wcnger, p197 says:
Christian and his wife
had six sons
and four daughters.
The seventh of these ten
children was
a man who was
destined to
play a major role in the
life of the Mennonite
Church, Samuel
Coffman(1822-1894).
Samuel's mother was Anna
Wenger, also descended
from a numerous famdy in
Rockingham Co.,,VA
(Kauffman
became Coffman through
the error of a
"notary,
public")
- JK111114c31
- David
Kauffman, Jr.? b12/15/1825
Greenbrier,VA -
d2/15/1899 - mIsabel
Hedrick d7/1885
- David
Coffman, Jr., was
born in Greenbrier Co.,
then Va., near what is
now Ronceverte, W. Va.,
Dec. 15, 1825, and died
in the same place, Feb.
15, 1899. The deceased
was held in high esteem
as a husband, father,
neighbor, friend and
Christian. He was greatly
beloved by all who knew
him. He was a son of
Christian and Anna
Coffman and a brother of
the late Bishop Sam'l
Coffman of Rockingham
Co., Va. He belonged to a
family of ten children,
three of whom survive
him, - Mrs. David Hedrick
of Bunger's, W.Va.,
Mrs. Susan
Claypool, and Mrs. Jehu
Hedrick of Ft. Spring, W.
Va. Mrs. David Hedrick is
in her eightieth year,
Mrs. Susan Claypool in
her seventy-first year
and Mrs. Jehu Hedrick in
her sixty-seventh year.
These
three surviving sisters
are lingering on the
shores of time waiting
for the messenger to take
them home also. The
deceased identified
himself with the Methodist
Episcopal Church
about forty-six years
ago. To this church his
loyalty never wavered; he
delighted in her
communion privileges and
blessings and ever stood
firmly at his post of
duty and bore willingly
the burdens of his church
for nearly half a
century, serving her in
different capacities
faithfully till called
away to the church
triumphant. He married
Isabel Hedrick about
forty-five years ago. To
this union were born seven
sons and four daughters,
all of whom survive him,
but one who died in
infancy. His wife
died in the faith of the
gospel, July, 1885.
He had
been a sufferer for
years, and yet the
disease that took him
away was sudden and
unexpected, blood poison
originating from a corn
on one of his feet
hurrying him from earth
in a few days. Death's
messenger found him ready
to go, he was calm, yet
happy and cheerful to the
last moment; his faith in
God unshaken by the last
of foes. He gave to those
he left behind him
unmistakable evidence of
his readiness and
willingness to die, and
passed away peacefully
and triumphantly. He was
a man of sterling worth
and a Christian
gentleman. Pre. J. E.
Allender, his pastor,
assisted by Pre. D. C.
Hedrick, P. E,,
officiated at the
funeral. Impressive and
appropriate remarks were
made from the 12th
chapter of Romans at the
house. The burial took
place in the Coffman
cemetery, Feb. 17th,
in the presence of a
large congregation of
people notwithstanding
the very unfavorable
condition of the roads. (The
Herald of Truth,
V.XXXVI,N6,
3/15/1899,pp93,94)
- JK111114c32
- SusanCoffman
m?
Claypool
JK111114c37
- Bishop
Samuel F. Coffman
b6/2/1822 ,Greenbrier(West),WV
(Obit) -
d8/28/1894 Enterprise,Rockingham,VA
(Obit)
Burial:
Bank Meeting House,
Rockingham,VA (Obit)
-
ml1/11/1847 Frances
Weaver
b4/27/1825 ,Smiths Creek
Section,Rockingham,WV
(The Yellow Creek
Mennonites by J.C.
Wenger,p197; obit)
(daughter of Samuel
Weaver) -
d11/30/1912 near
Rushville,VA at the home
of son, Joseph (Obit)
The Yellow
Creek Mennonites by J.C.
Wenger, p197 says:
Samuel's mother was Anna
Wenger, also descended
from a numerous family in
Rockingham Co., VA.
In 1846,
Samuel & his sister
went to the Shenandoah
Valley. Friends of Samuel
& friends of Frances
decided they should meet,
but that didn't come
about until the spring of
1847. Later that year
they married. Frances was
converted when she was
15, and Samuel at the age
of 26 because of little
gospel training in his
home. In 1852, Samuel was
made a minister and 4
years later an Overseer.
Two of his sons became
ministers, Joseph W.
& John S., &
Daniel H. became a
deacon. His daughter Mary
became the wife ofL. J.
Heatwole [1852-1932]. -
Bishop Samuel Coffman of
VA preached at Blossers
on 10/13/1867. A good
number were present. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,pI00) The
Conference in 1882 met at
the Holdeman Congregation
near Wakarusa, IN and on
10/13 the Conference
sermon was preached by
Overseer Samuel Coffrnan
of VA. Coffman
was the father of
Evangelist John S.
Coffman (1848-1899).
Samuel Coffman threw
considerable weight
behind a plan to form a
General Conference. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,p171-2) - Herald
of Truth , V. XXXI, No19,
10/1/1894,pp 302, 303
says: Bishop Samuel
Coffman of
Rockingham, Co., Va., was
born in Greenbrier Co.,
(now West) Virginia, June
2d, 1822, and died August
28th, 1894, aged 72
years, 2 months and 26
days. He came to
Rockingham Co., Va., in
the spring of 1847. On
the 11th of November of
the same year he was
married to Frances
Weaver, daughter of Bro.
Samuel Weaver, who as a
young man had emigrated
from Lancaster Co., Pa.,
and settled near
Harrisonburg, Va. On the
1st of September, 1848,
Samuel Coffman was
received into membership
in the Mennonite
congregation near
Harrisonburg. In July,
1853, he was ordained to
the ministry. In the
spring of 1861 he was
chosen bishop of the
Middle District of
Virginia. From this
time till his death he
had the responsibility of
caring for the
congregations in this
district. The burden
of his duties was at
times a very heavy one,
which is well known to
the writer. Frequently
did he hear him tell what
his predecessor, Martin
Burkholder, had said to
him on one occasion. Bro.
C. had been telling of
the serious
responsibilities that the
work of the ministry
placed upon him, when his
senior brother said,
"My brother, you do
not know anything yet of
the weight of
responsibilities. Should
it be your lot ever to
bear the burden I have on
me, then you might have
some reason to
complain." It was
only a few years until
the responsibilities of
Bro. Burkholder fell on
him. He said, "It
was only then that I
fully felt the force of
the truth uttered by Bro.
Burkholder." As time
passed and the church
grew in numbers the
heavier became the burden
of responsibility, and
the more severe his
trials. Often was he seen
before his congregation
trembling and shedding
tears, and was heard to
tell of sorrow of heart
and sleepless nights
occasioned by the heavy
duties devolving upon
him. The writer heard him
say that had it not been
for a faithful body of
ministers and deacons,
his devoted companion who
stood by him, and still
more, the mighty hand of
God that sustained him,
he could not possibly
have borne the burden.
During his last illness,
when he saw that the
probability was that he
would soon be called away
from his congregation and
his earthly labors, the
welfare of the church and
the interest he felt for
her lay heavily upon his
mind. His conversation in
his rational moments was
mostly concerning matters
pertaining to the church.
When his ministering
brethren visited him this
was usually the theme of
his conversation. He
admonished them to
faithfulness in their
ministry and especially
to stand by the brother
who bears the
responsibility of caring
for his congregation as
bishop. Some of the
ministers said that they
received admonitions of
such power and meaning by
the bedside of their aged
dying brother as they had
never received before. In
conversations concerning
the plan of salvation he
emphasized what he had so
often taught in the
course of his ministry: To
Christ all must come;
there is salvation alone
by faith in Him.
Concerning his own hope
he said, My only hope is
in Christ; all that I
have to justify me before
God is what Christ has
done for me. On the 2d of
June he had a severe
attack of neuralgia,
which was followed by
typhoid fever. For nearly
three months he lingered,
much of the time
unconscious, finally
passing away apparently
without a pain, without a
struggle. He was laid to
rest in the cemetery at
the Bank meeting house,
in the presence of one of
the largest congregations
that ever met at that
place. The services were
conducted by C. B.
Brenneman of Allen
county, O., assisted by
Christian Good and Jos.
F. Heatwole. Text 2 Tim.
4:6-9. The church has
sustained a great loss by
the death of our brother,
yet we mourn not as those
who have no hope. We feel
assured he is now
enjoying his blessed rest
in the Church triumphant.
We are assured that if
the congregation
faithfully looks to God
for divine assistance He
will enable our younger
Bishop brother to fill
nobly-to the glory of God
and the prosperity of the
church-the place so long
occupied by our beloved
departed Brother. E.S.- Coffman.
- On the morning of
Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
28, 1912, Frances
Coffman, the widow of
the late Bishop Samuel
Coffman of Rockingham
Co., Va., was stricken
with paralysis. and died
after lingering for three
days in unconsciousness
on the 30th at the
advanced age of 87 y. 7
m. 3 d.; sickness and
death having taken place
at the home of her son,
Jos. W. Coffman, near
Rushville, Va. The
closing years of her life
were marked by an oft
expressed longing to be
called out of this world,
but in it all was willing
to await patiently the
Lord's own time. She was
born in the Smith's Creek
section of Rockingham
Co., Va., April 27, 1825,
and when yet but a child,
her father, Samuel
Weaver, located on a farm
near Weaver's Church,
3 miles west of
Harrisonburg, same
county. Here she grew up
to womanhood and was
married to Samuel Coffman
Nov. 11, 1847, who later
became an active minister
and bishop in the
Mennonite Church in
Virginia. Through all
these years of homemaking
and the rearing of a
large family, which fell
centrally upon the trying
and often harrassing
period of the Civil War,
she stood faithfully to
her post as director and
provider for the comfort
of the family during the
frequent and often
prolonged absence of her
husband in the Lord's
work. The first-born to
this home was John S.
Coffman, who in time
became widely known
throughout the Mennonite
Church in America as the
moving spirit that
brought about the first
evangelistic efforts in
this denomination. Of
her offspring the number
is, 6 sons and 6
daughters; 72
grandchildren and 44
great-grandchildren. Of
these 3 sons and 4
daughters survive. Of her own
people, 2 sisters; Mary
(Polly) Brunk, of Elida,
O., and Sarah Sharpes of
Harrisonburg, Va., are
left of a family of 11.
She had been a member of
the Mennonite Church from
early life and though
enfeebled in late years
as not being able to
attend public worship
regularly, she always
made it a rule to be
present at each communion
meeting as it occurred
annually with her home
congregation. A largely
attended funeral service
was held at the Bank
Mennonite Church on
Dec. 2, with S. E.
Allgyer and Chr. Good
officiating. Text, Psa.
17:15.(Gospel Herald
V5,N37,12/12/1912,p590,591)
JK111114c371
- Evangelist
& Teacher, the Rev.
John S.
Coffman b10/16/1848
,Greenbrier,Rockingham,WV
(Obit) -
d1899 - Burial: Southside
Cem. - m11/11/1869 Elizabeth
(Bettie) J. Heatwole (daughter
of John G. Heatwole &
Elizabeth Rhodes) b7/31/1845
,Rockingham,VA -
d9/5/1919 (obit)
- John was
kind of a Mother's Boy in
that he would ask many
questions of her and
fellowship with her. . He
loved to invent things as
water wheels, and didn't
like rough sports. He was
converted at 15 years of
age after earnestly
praying for pardon and
cleansing. He united with
the Church on 7/4/1864
"with water, in
water", by
immersion, in the Muddy
Creek which flows close
to the Bank Meetinghouse.
Bettie grew up on a
neighboring farm to John.
John liked her, but he
was only 16 and she was 3
years older, so he
decided to write her a
letter. Later he got her
as a partner when the
young people met for an
apple
"schnitzing"
party which is paring and
cutting apples into
sections for drying. They
married on the aniversary
of John's parents and
settled down on a little
farm near Mole Hill near
Harrisonburg in the
Shenandoah Valley. John
became a school teacher
and then at age 26, while
taking a short summer
term at Bridgewater
Normal School he received
Ordination from the
Mennonite Church on
7/18/1875. M. S. Steiner
said of John: A young
man, of special abilities
and a mind to work, was
called to preach the
gospel to a people that
were slow to recognize
ability, and fearful of
calling one who believed
in an education to the
responsibility of the
ministry." Usually
sermons were done in a
sort of monotone, but not
so with John. He read
clearly and distinctly,
and preached the same
way. Appreciation was
seen on faces all over.
Of course, it met
opposition by some. John
and Bette had seven
children. In 1879 (p103),
the family
moved to Elkhart, IN to
the Mennonite Publishing
Co. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,pl97- 199)
While in VA,
John regularly made
rounds of eighteen
preaching points which
were Bank, Weavers, Pike,
Timber Ridge, Mount
Pleasant, Franklin,
Stonewall School,
Sangersville, Brock's
Gap, Hildegrand's,
Singers Glen, Mt.
Clinton, Brenneman's, St.
Johns, Wilbourn School,
Mt. Carmet School,
Trissels, & the
Fairview School. He also
taught school, farmed a
small stony farm, taught
singing schools, and
fruit-tree grafting trips
westward. When he moved
to Elkhart, IN, he became
the Assist. Editor of the
Herald of Truth at $500 a
year. ("His
Name Was John" by
grandaughter, Barbara
Coffman, daughter of S.F.
Coffman) Many
people were lead to
Christ because of John's
preaching. B. B. Warfield
said this of John:
"The weak churches
needed someone who could
and would protect their
interests, scattered
members needed
encouragement, and the
stronger congregations
were in need of some
plain, earnest teaching.
Here was a large field
white to harvest. For all
this work Coffman, by
nature and by a special
infilling of the Spirit
of God, was most
admirably qualified. Well
built, nearly six feet
tall, weighing one
hundred seventy pounds,
graceful, neat, smooth
shaven, with a clear
winning gray eye, kind
face, fluent speech,
refined manner, and a
great amount of 'personal
magnetism' he was fitted
physically on the one
hand, while his devoted
pious character, good
common sense, the
experience of a conscious
conversion, and of an
outpouring of His Spirit
upon him for service,
fined him on the other
hand spiritually for the
work whereunto he had
been called." People
came to hear the gospel
fresh from the lips of
one whose heart was all
aglow with the message of
salvation - a plain,
zealous, God-fearing man,
who spoke distinctly and
touchingly of those
things that reconcile
sinners with a just
God." John loved
nature and the beauty of
it and thought it a voice
of God. - John stood
behind higher education
and promoted it. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites by
J.C. Wenger,p202,208)
ln earlier
years, John had lasted
and prayed and wept that
God would open the door
for evangelistic
meetings, to gather in
not only the sons and
daughters of the families
of the Church, but also
the lost of our
communities. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites,
plO3) John
S. Colmian, 1848 - 1899,
First great evangelist of
his church, president of
the Elkhart Institute
Association, a man of
much prayer, a man who
could weep for the lost.
The greatest figure of
all in the institute to
the Mennonite church was
John. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C.
Wenger,p170,174,175) A
good part of the success
of the Elkhart Prairie
St. Congregation was due
to the coming of the
godly preacher, John S.
Coffman from the
Shenandoah Valley of VA
to Elkhart in 1879. He
fasted, prayed, wrote,
and preached with great
effectiveness, he was an
outstanding man of God,
and a great peace-maker
as well as evangelist and
Bible teacher. He was
father of Overseer and
Pastor S.F. Coffman (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger, p191) -
The
Herald of Truth, V.
XXXVI, No. 15, 8/1/1899 -
pp 237,238 obit of -
Pre. John S. Coffman
was born on the 16th of
October, 1848 in
Rockingham Co., Va. He
was a son of the late
Bish. Samuel Coffman.
His boyhood days were
spent on his father's
farm. He received his
education in the common
schools and later in a
Normal School at
Bridgewater, Va. He owes
his educational
aspirations largely to
Bro. David A. Heatwole,
father of Bish. L. J.
Heatwole of Dale
Enterprise, Va. He taught
successfully for about
six years. His school
life, no doubt, prepared
him for the gospel work
to which he was called
afterward. He gave his
heart to God in his youth
and was baptized on the
4th of July, 1861. As
the Civil War was then
raging and the Southern
Confederacy gradually
forced every able bodied
man over sixteen years of
age into the Confederate
ranks, Bro. Coffman and a
number of other brethren,
who in common with all
other Mennonites, Quakers
and Dunkards was opposed
to slavery and the
bearing of arms, became a
refugee and moved
northward with Gen.
Sherman's army on its
return from a raid up the
Shenandoah Valley, and
remained in Southern
Pennsylvania and Maryland
for two years, when he
returned to the then
desolate valley that
suffered all the
devastations of the two
conflicting armies. He
was married on the 11th
of November, 1869, to
Sister Elizabeth J.
Heatwole. This union was
blessed with five sons
and two daughters, all of
whom, with their mother,
survive their father. He
moved with his family to
Elkhart, Indiana, on the
17th of June 1879, and
entered upon the duties
of Assistant Editor of
the HERALD OF TRUTH,
which position he held
until he assumed the
editorial work on the
Lesson Helps, which
position he ably filled
until the time of his
demise, his last
editorial work having
been done on the lessons
for the Third Quarter,
1899. Aside from this
work he was actively
engaged in evangelistic
work and traveled
extensively in connection
with this work, he
having been ordained to
the ministry in Virginia
on the 18th of July,
1875. Notwithstanding his
arduous labors he usually
enjoyed excellent health,
and had never been wholly
unable to work until some
months before his death.
Several years ago,
however, his health began
to fail, although by a
careful course of diet
and life he was able to
continue his labors
almost without
interruption until a few
months ago when the
disease, the nature of
which was not then fully
known, so reduced him
that he was able to do
but little. He could not
take enough solid food to
sustain strength, and in
the hope of obtaining
relief he finally went to
the noted Sanitarium at
Battle Creek, Mich. But
even the treatment there,
while it relieved him,
did not strengthen him,
and he returned home
after a two weeks' stay,
accompanied by a trained
nurse who ministered
faithfully to all his
wants. The last week of
his life our brother
suffered very much, the
cause of which, as was
learned at the post
mortem, being cancerous
or tuberculous growths on
the stomach and
intestines. He continued
to grow weaker until
Saturday, July 22, at
about 5:30 P.M., after a
final struggle with an
attack of pain the
physical forces relaxed
and the tired body sank
slowly and calmly into
the dreamless sleep of
death. He had reached the
age of 50 years, 9 months
and 6 days. His remains
were laid to rest on the
afternoon of the 25th in
the South Side
Cemetery. By request
of our departed brother,
Bish. Daniel J. Johns of
the Amish Mennonite
Church near Goshen
preached the funeral
sermon, the text used
(Gal. 2:20) being one of
Bro. Coffman's favorite
passages. The funeral services
were attended by over one
thousand people,
friends from
Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Canada, Michigan,
Illinois, among them
over forty ministers,
being present. The
deceased had attended a
number of the meetings of
the Elkhart City
Ministerial Association
and the ministers of the
same attended in a body,
As the meeting house was
too small to hold so
large an assemblage, part
of the congregation went
across the street to the
Elkhart Institute Hall,
where the brethren M. S.
Steiner and John Blosser
spoke words of love and
consolation. The church,
the community, the
ministry but most of all
the happy family circle
has lost a dearly loved
one, a zealous worker, a
tenderhearted,
compassionate friend who
will live in cherished
memory in many hearts.
God comfort the bereaved
widow in her deep
affliction and give her
and her children grace to
walk in the ways of the
Lord, to fight manfully
the good fight and keep
the faith, until the end.
Beside the widow and her
five sons and two
daughters all grown, and
Sister Anna Sowers who
has been as one of the
family for a number of
years, the deceased leave
his aged mother, six
sisters, three brothers
and two grandchildren to
mourn their loss.
(P icture of John
S.
Coffman, the Evangelist
and Preacher) - Elizabeth
Heatwole Coffman,
daughter of John G. and
Elizabeth (Rhodes)
Heatwole, was born in
Rockingham Co., Va., July
31, 1845. At the early
age of four weeks she
lost her mother by death,
but a tender-hearted
colored woman cared for
her through her infancy,
lavishing upon her all
the tender mother-love
peculiar to that race.
Sister Coffman always
retained pleasant
memories of this colored
nurse's care. In her
maidenhood years she
was an eyewitness to the
ravages of the civil war
in the devastation of the
beautiful Shenandoah
Valley by the contending
armies. On the
eleventh of November 1869
she was united in
marriage with Bro. John
S. Coffman, oldest son of
Bishop Samuel and Frances
(Weaver) Coffman of
Rockingham Co., Va. The
early years of their
married life were spent
upon a farm near
Rushville, Va., although
her husband continued for
years to follow his then
chosen calling of public
school teacher, in
addition to taking care
of the farm. On the 18th
of July, 1875, her
husband was ordained to
the ministry; both she
and her husband having
been members of the
Mennonite church from
their youth. On the
17th of June 1879, Bro.
Coffman having been asked
to assist in the
editorial work on the
Herald of Truth, they
with their family, then
consisting of six
children, started for
their western home in
Elkhart, Ind. In later
years, after they had
moved on a farm just
south of town on the
Prairie Street Road, and
her husband, by the
urgent needs of the
church, had been drawn
into the evangelistic
field of labor and was
away from home a large
part of his time, the
care of the family, now
of seven children, fell
largely upon Sister
Coffman,s shoulders, a
duty she performed as
only a prudent, devoted,
and faithful Christian
wife and mother can. On
the 22nd of July, 1899,
her beloved husband was
called from her side by
death. The happy family
tie of almost 30 years
was broken, and the loss
was heavy to bear, but
she bore the weight of
her widowhood's sorrows
with the quiet courage,
and fortitude and the
unflinching Christian
faith which characterized
all her life. She spent the
latter years of her life
at the family
residence, in Elkhart,
No., 132 Garfield Ave.,
with her daughter
Barbara. Her health began
to fail in January of the
present year, and
notwithstanding all that
willing hands and loving
hearts could do, her life
gradually ebbed until she
quietly fell asleep in
Jesus shortly after 2 A.
M. on Friday the 5th of
September, at the age of
74 y. 1 m. and 5 d. She
leaves to mourn her loss
all her seven children,
William P. of Burbank,
California, Bishop Samuel
F. of Vineland, Ont.,
Jacob M. of Elkhart,
Dr. Ansel
V. of Evanston, Ill.;
Fannie E. (Mrs. J. C.
Landis) of Elkhart;
Daniel J.,
and Barbara (Mrs. J. B.
Bontrager). Besides these
she leaves eleven
grandchildren, and many
other relatives and
friends. In Sister
Coffman's home she was a
model wife and mother; in
the church she was a
devoted, faithful member;
in the community in which
she lived she was
universally loved and
respected. We mourn over
the loss of a loving
mother; we shall sadly
miss her in our church
and neighborhood; but we
are comforted with the
assurance that she has
gone into the place
prepared for all who love
the Lord, and that we
shall meet her there, if
we too will walk in the
Master's footsteps as
Mother Coffman did.
Funeral services were
conducted at the
Mennonite Church on
Sunday afternoon by John
F. Funk and J. S.
Hartzler from Rev. 14:13.
The funeral services were
largely attended. (Gospel
Herald V
XII,N26,9/25/1919,
p487,488)
- JK111114c3711
- William P.
Coffman
b1/!3/1871 VA
(The
Yellow Creek Mennonites by
J.C. Wenger,p199)
Of Burbank,CA - m6/9/1895
Lydia
Hug b3/19/1868
Allegheny City,PA -
d2/14/1904
Elkhart,Elkhart,IN -
Lydia Hug
Coffman was born in
Allegheny City, Pa.,
March 19, 1868; died Feb.
14, 1904, at Elkhart,
Ind., aged 35 Y., 10 M.,
25 D. Her parents removed
from Pittsburg, Pa., to
Elkhart, Ind., when she
was quite young. At the
age of about thirteen
years she commenced to
work in the Mennonite
Publishing House as
compositor, and
continued in this work
until she was married to
her surviving husband,
William P. Coffman, June
9, 1895, a period of
about fifteen years. She
united with the Mennonite
church in 1892. For about
eight years she had been
more or less afflicted,
and about six months
before he death the
sickness took a more
serious turn and her last
days were days of severe
suffering from
convulsions. She was
fully resigned to her
heavenly Father's will,
and expressed herself
ready and willing to
exchange this world of
sorrow and suffering for
the brighter and better
home beyond. The tie that
seemed hardest to sever
was the love for her
children. Funeral
services were conducted
on the 16th at the home
by S. Yoder and at the
Mennonite church by Geo.
Lambert in German and
D.H. Bender in English.
She leaves a deeply
bereaved husband and three
little daughters, two
of them twins,
father, mother, two
sisters and four
brothers, to mourn her
early death. She was a
granddaughter of the late
Bishop Ulrich Hege of
Reihen, near Sinsheim,
Baden, Germany. May God
comfort the sorrowing
family and especially the
aged father and mother,
and may all of them be
finally reunited in the
better home above. (HERALD
OF TRUTH V. XLI, N9,
2/15/1904 p71)
- JK111114c3712
- Bishop
& Overseer
S. F. (Samuel Frederick) Coffman
b6/11/1872
VA - d6/28/1954 at home,
Vineland,Ont. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J. C. Wenger,pI99,
191; Obit) -
Burial: Moyer Church
Cem.,ONT (Obit) - m11/20/1901
Ella Mann (daughter
of Christopher &
Magdalena Mann) b1/1/1873
,Elkhart,IN (obit) -
d2/9/1925 Vineland,ONT (Obit)
- Gospel Herald - V.
XLVII , Num. 32 -
8/10/1954 - pp 766, 767 -
Coffman,
Samuel Frederick,
son
of the late J. S. Coffman,
died suddenly at his home
in Vineland, Ont., on
June 28, 1954. He was 83
years old. Having
withstood the rigors of
two operations during the
early part of the year,
he was enjoying good
health, engaging in
his Bible studies and
preaching the Sunday
previous to his death.
Born in Virginia in 1872,
he spent his boyhood days
in Elkhart, Ind. He
was ordained to the
ministry in Chicago in
April, 1895. The year
following he came to
Vineland, taking charge
of the Moyer Mennonite
Church. In 1903, he
was ordained to the
office of bishop, and
served the Mennonite
congregations in the
Niagara district. From
here he also assisted in
other congregations at
Selkirk, South Cayuga,
Markham, Toronto, Ont.,
Clarence Center, N. Y.,
and others. His wife, the
former Ella Mann, died in
Feb.,1925. He is survived
by five children (John
E., London, England,
David W., Beamsville,
Lena, Barbara, and Ellen
at home), 7
grandchildren, one
brother (William P.,
Burbank, Calif.), 2
sisters (Mrs. J. C.
Landis, Elkhart, Ind.,
and Mrs. Dillman
Gingerich, Freeport,
Ill.). He will long be
remembered for his many
interests and activities
in the church. His wise
counsel in congregation
and conference made for
spiritual progress. In
1907 he organized the
Ontario Mennonite Bible
School, and served as
principal until his
retirement in 1952. His
funeral was largely
attended from almost
every district of the
Ontario conference and
several of the States.
Short testimonies were
given by chosen brethren
representing the Ontario
Mennonite Conference, the
Bible School Board and
faculty, Historic Peace
churches, Board of
Education, Publishing
House and other early
co-laborers. The funeral
at the Moyer Church was
in charge of A. Lewis
Fretz, assisted by Willis
Hallman, and Wayne North.
Burial was made in the
adjoining cemetery.- Coffman -
Ella Mann, daughter
of Christopher and
Magdalena Mann, was born
in Elkhart Co., Ind.,
Jan. 1, 1873; died in
Vineland, Ont., Feb. 9,
1935; aged 62 y. 1 m. 9
d. She resided with her
parents in Elkhart Co.,
Ind., and also for a time
in Harvey Co., Kans.,
returning later to
Elkhart Co., Ind. She was
converted and united with
the Mennonite Church,
Elkhart, Ind., at the age
of 19 years, and has been
a devoted and active
member during these past
years. She spent some
time in the Mission work
in Chicago, while
engaged in other
employment in the city.
On Nov. 20, 1901, she was
united in marriage to S.
F. Coffman, going with
him to Vineland, Ont., in
the same year. To them
were born the following
children: John E.,
Magdalena E., David W.,
Barbara F., and S. Ellen,
who with her husband,
survive her. On several
occasions serious illness
brought her near the door
of her eternal abode, but
God saw fit to restore
her and grant her wish to
be spared until her
children reached mature
years. In her passing
over to be with the Lord
she has met the
experience for which she
was always ready. Her
faith in the Lord was not
of oft-repeated
profession. To her
"To live was
Christ," and to her
" To die is
gain." Besides her
immediate family she
leaves 3 sisters: Alice
K. Miller, Adeline
Stouffer, and Melinda
King, and 2 brothers:
Rufus K., and George A.
The funeral was held Feb.
12. from her late
residence to the Moyer
Church, Vineland, Ont.
Burial took place in the
adjoining cemetery. A
very large concourse of
people gathered to mourn
with the sadly bereaved
family. The ministers who
took part in the service
were L. J. Burkholder,
Harold Chambers, C. F.
Derstine, J. B. Martin
and Oscar Burkholder. The
subject of the funeral
message was
"Christian
Womanhood," and the
texts chosen were Prov.
31:10-12, 28-30; Acts 16:
14, 15. (Samuel F.
Coffman, 1872-1954 writer
of the hymn, "We
Bless the Name of Christ,
the Lord." Found on
p503 of "The
Covenant Hymnal,"
copyright 1973 Covenant
Press of Chicago.

- JK111114c37I21
- John
E. Coffman
bl902-of London, England.
(The Yellow
Creek Mennonites by J.C.
Wenger,p191; obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I22
- David
William Coffman
b12/14/1905 of Beamsville
(obit of
father) - d2/27/1993
- mMargery G.
Chambers (obit
of John) - Coffman.-
David William, 87,
Vineland, Ont. Born: Dec.
14, 1905, to S. F. and
Ella Mann Coffman. Died:
Feb. 27, 1993.
Survivors-wife: Margery
G. Chambers Coffman;
children: William, Lewis,
Kate, John, Elizabeth;
sister: Magdalena
"Lena"; 9
grandchildren, 5
great-grandchildren.
Funeral: March 2, First
Mennonite Church, by
Kevin Block. Burial:
Vineland Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald - V 86, N 13 -
3/30/1993, p 18,19)
- JK111114c37I221
- William
Coffman
b (obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I222
- Lewis
Coffman
b (obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I223
- Kate
Coffman
b (obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I224
- John
Coffman
b (obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I225
- Eizabeth
Coffman
b (obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I23
- Magdalena
E. (Lena) Coffman
b (obit of
father)
- JK111114c37I24
- Barbara
Frances Coffman
b4/3/1907 - d11/16/1992 (obit
of father) -
Coffman.- Barbara
Frances, 85,
Vineland, Ont. Born:
April 3, 1907, to S. F.
and Ella Mann Coffman.
Died: Nov. 16, 1992, of a
stroke. Survivors-brother
and sister: David,
Magdalena (Lena).
Funeral: Nov. 19, First
Mennonite Church, by
Kevin Block and John
H. Coffman (nephew). Burial:
Vineland Cemetery, (Gospel
Herald - V 86, N 11 -
3/16/1993, p15)
- JK111114c37I25
- S.
Ellen Coffman
b9/24/1910 Vineland,ONT -
d7/17/1980 Toronto Gen.
Hosp. -
Burial: First Mennonite
Church Cem. (obit)
- Coffman,
S. Ellen, daughter of
Samuel Frederick and Ella
(Mann) Coffman, was born
in Vineland, Ont., Sept.
24, 1910; died at Toronto
General Hospital, July
17, 1980; aged 69 y.
Surviving are 2 brothers
(John E. and David W.),
and 2 sisters (Magdalena
E. and Barbara F.). She
was a member of First
Mennonite Church,
where funeral services
were held July 19, in
charge of John P. Neufeld
and Stanley D. Shantz;
interment in church
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald - Volume 73,
Number 35 - August 26,
1980, page 686)
- JK111114c3713
- Jacob
M. Coffman
b8/18/1873
Dale Enterprise,VA -
d4/13/1932 at home,
Elkhart,Elkhart,IN -
m7/1/1900 Vesta
Cole DeCamp
-
Coffman,
Jacob M., son
of John S. and Elizabeth
(Heatwole) Coffman, was
born at Dale Enterprise,
Va., Aug. 18, 1873. The
family removed to
Elkhart, Ind., in June
1879, where the deceased
has since resided. On
July 1, 1900, he was
united in marriage to
Vesta Cole DeCamp, who
survives him. In his
earlier life he was
employed in the press
room of the Mennonite
Publishing Company
and later at the Elkhart
Review. For thirty
years he was employed as
a postal clerk in the
Elkhart Post Office,
and in 1926 had charge of
a sub-station in the same
city until his retirement
owing to ill health. For
the past two years he was
more enfeebled on account
of increasing extension
of nervous malady. He
passed away April 13,
1932, at his late home on
South Prairie Street. He
had given evidence of his
trust in Christ as his
Savior, leaving to his
loved ones the hope which
comforts the heart in the
days of their
bereavement. Funeral
services were conducted
at the home on April 16
by ? Sickerfoose of the
United Brethren Church. Interment
was made in Prairie
Street Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald
V.XXV,N5,5/5/1932,p111)
- JK111114c3713
- Dr. Ansel
V. Coffman b4/30/1875
VA (The Ye//ow
Creek
Mennonites by J.C.
Wenger.p 199) Of
Evanston,IL, later of Los
Angeles,CA (obit
of mother)
- JK111114c3714
- Fannie E.
Coffman bI/29/1877
VA (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,p 199) mJ.
C. Landis -
Of Elkhart,IN (obit
of mother)
- JK111114c3715
- Daniel
Joseph Coffman b4/22/1879
,Rockingham,VA (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,p 199) - d4/7/1940
Logansport,IN -
Coffman,
Daniel Joseph, youngest
son of John S. and
Elizabeth (Heatwole)
Coffman, was born
in Rockingham Co., Va.,
April 22, 1879; died at
Logansport, Ind., April
7, 1940; aged 60 y. 11 m.
16 d. In June of the year
1879 the family
removed to Elkhart, Ind.,
the place of their
residence for a number of
years. Three brothers
(Wm. P., of Burbank,
Calif.; Samuel F., of
Vineland, Ont.; and Ansel
V., of Los Angeles,
Calif.), and 2 sisters
(Fannie E., wife of J. C.
Landis; Anna B., wife of
J. B. Bontrager, both of
Elkhart) survive. His
hope rested in Christ his
Saviour. Funeral services
were conducted at Elkhart
on April 9, by J. S.
Hartzler. Interment in
the Prairie Street
Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V
XXXIII,N3,4/18/1940,p52,53)
- JK111114c3716
- Anna Barbara
Coffman b3/12/188l
Elkhart, Elkhart,IN (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,p199) -
m11/28/1917 Jacob
Benjamin Bontrager b5/28/1869
near Howe,IN -
d12/21/1945 (obit)
Of Elkhart.-
Bontrager, Jacob Benjamin
was born near Howe, Ind.,
May 28, 1869, and passed
away on Dec. 21, 1945.
Brother Bontrager died of
a heart ailment of short
duration following many
years of suffering from a
spinal injury resulting
from a fall. He was
married to Barbara
Coffman of Elkhart, Ind.,
on Nov. 28, 1917, who
survives him. He is also
survived by a sister and
a brother (Mrs. T. T.
Eash, Middlebury, Ind.
and Menno Bontrager,
Kalona, Ia.). Brother
Bontrager was a member of
the Prairie Street
Mennonite Church of
Elkhart, Ind., where
the funeral service was
held. The service was
conducted by J. E.
Gingrich assisted by S.
C. Yoder. The text for
the sermon was, "I
am come that they might
have life and that they
might have it more
abundantly" (John
10:10).(Gospel Herald
- V XXXVIII, N 45 -
2/8/1946, pp863,864)
- JK111114c372
- Anna
Margaret Coffman b10/12/1854
,Rockingham,VA -
d10/22/1931 near
Elvira,OH -- m10/7/1875 John
S. Swartz(son
of John & Rebecca
Swartz) b5/13/1854
Rockingham,VA -
d10/26/1929 Lima,OH - Of
Elida,OH &
Phoenixville,PA - Swartz.
- Anna Margaret, beloved
wife of late John S.
Swartz, died at her late
home near Elvira, Ohio,
Oct. 22, 1931; aged 77 y.
10 d. She was born in
Rockingham Co., Va., Oct.
12, 1854, the fourth
child of Bishop Samuel
and Frances Coffman. On
Oct. 7, 1875, she married
to John S. Swartz, who
died four days less than
two years before her
demise. This union was
blessed with a family of seven
sons and five daughters,
two daughters dying in
their early years. Of her
immediate descendants
there are forty-five
grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Two
brothers (Preacher Joseph
W. Coffman of Virginia
and Deacon Daniel H.
Coffman of Indiana), and
a sister (Sarah Heatwole
of Virginia), also
survive her. She united
with the Mennonite Church
in Virginia at the age of
fifteen years, and has
ever remained a faithful
and active member of this
body, devoted to her
principles, and enjoying
the fellowship of the
brotherhood. She was
greatly attached to her
family and in her late
years gave her constant attention
and care to an invalid
son. The family will
keenly feel the loss of a
devoted and loving
mother; the Church has
lost a faithful and
exemplary sister; friends
and neighbors, and all
who knew her shall miss a
warm and sympathetic
friend. Owing to
infirmities she retained
her bed for a number of
weeks, her death
resulting from a stroke
of paralysis. A few
evenings before her
passing she sang the
lines of "Believer's
Departure" from
Harmonia Sacra. - What's
this that steals, that
steals upon my frame It
is death, It is death.
That soon will quench,
will quench this vital
flame?It is death? It is
death? If this be death,
I soon shall be From
every sin and sorrow
free; I shall the King of
glory see; All is well,
All is well. Her own
arrangements for the
funeral services were
carried out. The service
at the home was conducted
by Bro. Melvin Heatwole
of Virginia, who read the
90th Psalm. Services at
the Church were conducted
by J. B. Smith and the
sermon from the text Psa.
39:7, by S. F. Coffman
and Ernest Coffman. Interment
in the cemetery adjoining
the Salem Church. (Gospel
Herald
11/12/1931,V.XXIV,N33,p718,719) - Swartz, John
S., son of the late
John and Rebecca Swartz,
was born in Rockingham
Co., Va., May 13, 1854;
died at the hospital in
Lima, Ohio, Oct. 26,
1929; aged 75 y. 5 m. 13
d. Of
a family of four brothers
and five sisters, he was
the only survivor. He was
married to Anna Margaret,
daughter of the late
Bishop Samuel and Frances
Coffman, Oct. 7, 1875. Of
their family of seven
sons and five daughters,
seven sons and three
daughters with the mother
remain to mourn their
loss. Forty-three
grandchildren living and
five deceased, and three
great-grandchildren are
included in their
descendants. Bro. Swartz
united with the Mennonite
Church in 1883, remaining
faithful and enjoying his
Christian life especially
in his later years. With
his family he removed
from Virginia to Allen
County, Ohio, in 1903.
Until recently he enjoyed
good health. Owing to
uremic poisoning he was
obligated to enter the
hospital for observation
and treatment, after
which he returned home
and was anointed for his
recovery, and experienced
a blessing from the Lord.
A necessary operation was
undertaken at the
hospital on Oct. 26, and
he passed away in the
evening of the same day.
Funeral services were
conducted by Gabriel
Brunk and at the Salem
Church by J. M. Shank, S.
F. Coffman, and George
Ross. The sympathy of the
neighborhood and of the
brotherhood way duly
expressed and ardent
prayers offered that the
sustaining grace of God
may be continued to the
bereaved wife and family.
(Gospel Herald
V.XXII, N33, 11/14/1929,
p687)
- JK111114c373
- Rev.
Joseph W.
Coffman
(twin to
Mary A.) b2/19/1857
near Springcreek,VA (Obit)
-d4/25/1933
near Dayton,VA (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
byJ. C. Wenger.p197;
Obit) of
near Rushville
-
m3/6/1879 Sarah
Heatwole (daughter
of Joseph Heatwole &
Lydia Rhodes) b12/19/1859
near Dayton,VA -
d11/15/1958 near
Dayton,VA - Coffman -
Joseph W., son of the
late Samuel and Frances
(Weaver) Coffman, was
born near Springcreek,
Va., Feb. 19, 1857; died
at his home near Dayton,
Va., April 25, 1933, of
heart failure, caused by
acute indigestion;
aged 76 y. 2 m. 6 d. His
health had not been good
for a number of years.
About five years ago he
was stricken with
paralysis, but recovered
to the extent that he was
again able to go about,
faithfully filling his
appointments when health
and strength permitted.
In his passing we have
again been reminded of
the great importance of
being prepared to meet
God at any moment. On
Sunday morning, April
23, he preached his last
sermon at the Bank Church
(using for a text, II
Tim. 2:19). On Sunday
night of the same day he
had an attack of acute
indigestion. He was
fairly good on Monday,
but had another attack
during the night, passing
away early on Tuesday
morning. "Be ye
therefore also
ready." He
united with the Mennonite
Church July 20, 1879,
and was ordained to the
ministry Aug. 11, 1907. He
was persevering, of a
kind disposition, an
example of simplicity, a
good counselor, and a
faithful minister. He
frequently made long
tiresome trips across the
mountains to carry the
"good tidings"
to various places of
worship in West Virginia.
A number of years
ago, he, with his
companion spent three
months in the mission
home at Job, W. Va.,
in the Master's service.
Different times since
then they were in the
field at the same place
for a shorter period of
time. He helped to build
the church at the above
named place. They were
also at Roaring, W. Va.,
several times just for a
few weeks or a month at a
time. On March 6, 1879,
he was united in marriage
to Sarah Heatwole. To
this union were born 2
sons and 2 daughters.
Their first child, an
infant son, preceded the
father in death.
Surviving is his
companion, and the
following children: Homer
W., Mollie (married to
Melvin J. Heatwole) and
Nellie. He is also
survived by 18
grandchildren, 6
great-grandchildren, 1
brother, and 1 sister.
Funeral services were
held from the Bank
Church, April 27,
conducted by Bro. S.H.
Rhodes, assisted by the
Brethren Lewis Shank, and
J.S. Martin. Text, II
Tim. 4:6-8. Peacefully
sleeping in the cemetery
near by. (Gospel
Herald V XXVI,
N7,5/18/1933,p158,159)
- Coffman, Sarah, (daughter
of Joseph and Lydia
(Rhodes) Heatwole) ;
born Dec. 19, 1859,
near Dayton, Va.; died of
the infirmities of old
age Nov. 15, 1958, at her
home a few miles from the
place of her birth; aged
98 y. 10 m. 26 d. She was
a member of the Bank
Mennonite Church for
almost 80 years. She was ordained
a deaconess early in
the nineties and served
in that capacity for many
years. She married Joseph
W. Coffman, who later
became a minister. He
preceded her death more
than 25 years ago.
Surviving are 2 children
(Homer W. and Nellie
Coffman, both of Dayton),
18 grandchildren, 57
great-grandchildren, and
9 great-great
grandchildren. A
daughter, Mollie-Mrs.
Melvin Heatwole, preceded
her in death. Funeral
services were held Nov.
17 in charge of Lloyd
Horst, Daniel Lehman, and
E. Paul Good; Interment
in Bank Church Cemetery.
(Gospel Herald - V
LI, N 50 -
12/16/1958-pp1202, 1203)
- JK111114c3731
- Infant
Son Coffman
- b -
- JK111114c3732
- Mollie
Grace
Coffman
b10/3/1883 - d7/14/1956 -
m1/22/1903 Rev.
Melvin
J. Heatwole (son
of Joseph F. Heatwole
& Fannie Rhodes) b12/10/1878
near Dayton,VA -
d7/9/1963 Dayton,VA -
Mollie preceded her
mother in death. (Obit
of Sarah Coffman)
- Heatwole.
- John Coffman,
infant son of Bro. and
Sister Melvin J. and
Mollie F. Heatwole, was
born June 27, 1909;
departed this life June
24, 1911; aged 1 y. 11 m.
27 d. He died of cholera
infantum after lingering
in great suffering for
one week. - (Gospel
Herald - V IV, N 17 -
7/27/1911, p271) Heatwole,
Mollie Grace, daughter
of the late Joseph W. and
Sarah (Heatwole) Coffman,
was born Oct. 3,
1883; passed away July
14, 1956; aged 72 y. 9m.
11 d. On Jan. 22, 1903,
she was united in
marriage to Melvin J.
Heatwole, at present
pastor of the Bank Church.
To this union were born 12
children. Surviving
are her husband, 10
children (Lora, Joseph,
Martha, Esther-Mrs.
Herman Knicely, Ina,
Simeon, Melvin Jr.,
James, Hiram, Nancy), 34
grandchildren, 6
great-grandchildren, one
brother, one sister, and
her mother, widow of the
late Preacher Joseph W.
Coffman, who now has
reached her ninety-sixth
year. She accepted
Christ in her early life
and served faithfully in
many ways until her
death. As deaconess
in the church many lives
were touched for good by
her positive influence. She
will be remembered also
for her work in the local
churches, in the mission
field of West Virginia,
as teacher in the Sunday
school, and as helper in
sewing circle activities.
Funeral services were
held at the Bank
Church on July 16 in
charge of Daniel W.
Lehman, assisted by
Hiram Weaver. Burial
was made in the adjoining
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V XLIX, N40
10/2/1956,p959, 960) - Heatwole,
Melvin J., son of
Joseph F. and Fannie
(Rhodes) Heatwole, was
born near Dayton, Va.,
Dec. 10, 1878; died at
the home of his son
Simeon, Dayton, Va., July
9, 1963; aged 84 y. 6 m.
29 d. On Jan. 22, 1903,
he was married to Mollie
G. Coffman, who preceded
him in death on July 14,
1956. Surviving are 10
children (Lora, Ina,
Martha, Nancy, Mrs.
Herman Knicely, Joseph
D., Simeon, M. J., James,
and Hiram Z.). On Aug.
28, 1910, he was ordained
to the ministry and
served at the Bank
Church, where funeral
services were held July
11, in charge of Lloyd
Horst, D. W. Lehman,
Oliver M. Keener, and J.
E. Kurtz; interment in
Bank Cemetery.(Gospel
Herald V LVI, N33
8/20/1963, p735)
- JK111114c3733
- Homer
W. Coffman
Of Dayton,VA (Obit
of Sarah Coffman) b6/3/1881
Dayton,VA - d7/14/1979
Dayton,VA - m3/27/1907 Ella
Frances Swope (daughter
of John Robert Swope
& Elizabeth Shank) b8/20/1882
near Dayton,VA -
d12/22/1961 Harrisburg,VA
(Obit) - Coffman,
Homer, son of Joseph
W. and Sarah (Heatwole)
Coffman, was born
in Dayton, Va., June 3,
1881; died in the same
community, July 14, 1979;
aged 98 y. He was married
to Ella Swope, who
preceded him in death.
Surviving are 3 daughters
(Sarah-Mrs. Raymond
Campbell, Naomi-Mrs.
Carrol Swartz, and Phoebe
Coffman), 5 sons (Robert
J., H. Amos, Samuel S.,
Paul E., and David A.
Coffman), 21
grandchildren, 24
great-grandchildren, one
great great grandchild,
and one sister (Nellie
Coffman). He was a member
of Dayton Mennonite
Church, where funeral
services were held on
July 17, in charge of
John R. Mumaw and Herman
R. Reitz; interment in
the Bank Cemetery.
(Gospel Herald - V 72, N
39 - 9/25/1979-p774)
- Coffman, Ella
Frances, daughter of
John Robert and Elizabeth
(Shank) Swope, was born
near Dayton, Va., Aug.
20, 1882; died Dec. 22,
1961, of a heart
condition at the Virginia
Mennonite Home,
Harrisonburg, Va., where
she had been a patient
for only 2 days; aged 79
y. 4 m. 2 d. On March 27,
1907, she was married to
Homer W. Coffman who
survives. Also surviving
are 8 children (Robert
J., Harrisonburg;
Sarah--Mrs. Raymond
Campbell, Dayton, Va.; H.
Amos and Samuel S.,
Harrisonburg; Paul E.,
Raphine, Va.; Naomi--Mrs.
Carroll Swartz and David
A., Harrisonburg; and
Phoebe F., Burton, Ohio),
21 grandchildren, 2
great-grandchildren, and
2 brothers (Perry,
Dayton, Va.; and Homer,
Virginia Mennonite Home).
Four brothers and 2
grandchildren preceded
her in death. She was a
member of the
Mennonite Church.
Funeral services were
held from the Bank
Church, Dayton, Va., Dec.
24, in charge of Lloyd
Horst, Simeon Heatwole,
and James Shank. (Gospel
Herald - V LV, N5 -
1/30/1962 - pp111,112)
- JK111114c37331
- Sarah
Elizabeth
Coffman
b9/24/1909 ,Rockingham,VA
- - d7/27/2002
Rockingham,VA - m6/8/1932
Raymond
Ercil Campbell, Sr. (Obit
of Homer W.)(son of
Herman T. B. Campbell
& Mary F. Perret) - b8/12/1908
Waynesboro,VA
- d7/25/1982
Dayton,VA - Sarah
Elizabeth Coffman
Campbell, 92, of
Dayton, Va., died July
27, 2002, at Rockingham
Memorial Hospital. She
was born Sept. 24, 1909,
to Homer W. and Ella
Frances Swope Coffman in
Rockingham County. She
was employed as a telephone
operator at Bridgewater
College. As a
homemaker, she is
remembered for her
abilities in comfort
making, sewing, family
genealogy knowledge and
enjoyment of family
reunions. She served on
the genealogy committee
for the History of the
Swope Family and
Descendants of Rockingham
County, Va., and the
supplement to the
history. She contributed
several items for the
Backroads periodical in
Augusta County. Several
of her hints and recipes
were included in the
printing of church
cookbooks and also in the
widely known book,
"More for
Less." She was a
member of Weavers
Mennonite Church and
Sunday school class. Her
lineage began with Samuel
Coffman, bishop of
Virginia Mennonite
Church, and Frances
Weaver Coffman; Pastor
Joseph Weaver Coffman and
Sarah Heatwole Coffman;
and her parents, Homer
William Coffman and Ella
Frances Swope Coffman. She
contributed to and
participated in the 1988
celebration of the John
S. Coffman Endowed Chair
at Eastern Mennonite
University's Center for
Evangelism and Church
Planting. John S. Coffman
was her uncle. On
June 8, 1932, she married
Raymond Ercil Campbell
Sr. of Waynesboro, who
preceded her in death on
July 25, 1982. Survivors
include three sons, R.
Ersel and his wife,
Frances, Heber C., and
Lewis S. and his wife,
Phyllis, all of
Harrisonburg; three
daughters, Barbara C.
Showalter and her
husband, William Jr., of
Harrisonburg, Sarah C.
Byler and her husband,
James, of Montrose,
Colo., and Dorcas C.
Blair and her husband,
Robert, of Stephens City;
two sisters, Phoebe
Coffman of Dayton and
Naomi Swartz of
Harrisonburg; two
brothers, Paul Coffman of
Harrisonburg and Samuel
Coffman of Elkton; six
grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by
three brothers, Robert,
Amos and David Coffman. A
memorial service was held
at Weavers Mennonite
Church. (Mennonite
Weekly Review 12/30/2002,
8oth Year, N52,p8) - Campbell,
Raymond Ercil, son of
Herman T. B. and Mary F.
(Parret) Campell, was
born at Waynesboro, Va.,
Aug. 12, 1908; died at
his home in Dayton, Va.,
July 25, 1982; aged 73 y.
On June 8, 1932, he was
married to Sarah
Elizabeth Coffman, who
survives. Also surviving
are 3 sons (Raymond
Ersel, Jr., Heber C., and
Lewis S.), 3 daughters
(Barbara-Mrs. William E.
Showalter, Jr., Sarah
Frances-Mrs. James L.
Byler, and Dorcas-Mrs.
Robert C. Blair), 6
grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, 2
brothers (Herman S. and
Harold P. Campbell), and
one sister (Edna-Mrs.
Marvin Kiser). He was
preceded in death by one
sister (Thelma-Mrs. Oren
Kiser) and one brother
(Lester B.). He was a
member of Weavers
Mennonite Church,
where ; funeral services
were held on July 28, in
charge of James Stauffer
and Robert Callis; interment
in Weavers Church
Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald - V75, N41,
10/12/1982, p702)
- JK111114c37332
- Naomi
Coffman
mCarrol
Swartz (Obit
of Homer W.) Of
Harrisburg,VA
- JK111114c37333
- Phoebe
F. Coffman
(Obit of
Homer W.) Of
Burton,OH
- JK111114c37334
- Robert
Joseph Coffman,
Sr. (Obit
of Homer W.) b1/19/1908
Dayton,VA - d3/4/1993
Harrisonburg,VA - mAmelia
Mary
Swartz (daughter
of Ben & Dora Swartz)
d4/17/2000
- Resided at
Harrisonburg,VA -
Coffman,
Robert Joseph, 85,
Harrisonburg, Va. Born:
Jan. 19, 1908, Dayton,
Va., to Homer and Ella
Swope Coffman. Died:
March 4, 1993,
Harrisonburg, Va.
Survivors-wife: A. Mary
Swartz Coffman; daughter:
Gladys Hedrick; brothers
and sisters: Samuel,
Paul, David, Sarah
Campbell, Naomi Swartz,
Phoebe; 4 grandchildren.
Predeceased by: Robert J.
Coffman, Jr. (son), and
an infant son. Funeral:
March 7, Weavers
Mennonite Church, by
Joseph Shenk, Edith
Shenk, Chip Leatherman,
and George Fletcher.
Burial: Bank Mennonite
Church Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald - V86, N14 -
4/6/1993, p18,19) - Coffman,
Amelia Mary Swartz,
90, Harrisonburg, Va.,
died April 17. Spouse:
Robert Coffman Sr.
(deceased). Parents: Ben
and Dora Swartz
(deceased). Survivors:
children Gladys Hedrick;
four grandchildren; one
great-grandchild.
Funeral: April 21 at Weavers
Mennonite Church,
Harrisonburg. (The
Mennonite, 5/23/2000,
pp12-13, V3, N20)
- JK111114c373341
- Robert
J. Coffman,
Jr. (Obit
of father)
- JK111114c373342
- Infant Son Coffman
(Obit of
father)
- JK111114c373343
- Gladys
Coffman
m?
Hedrick (Obit
of mother)
- JK111114c37335
- H. Amos
Coffman
b12/22/1911 Dayton,VA -
d1/27/1991 - m9/6/1932 1Naomi
Blosser
(daughter of
Jonas H. Blosser &
Myrtle Showalter) b10/23/1910
,Rockingham,VA -
d4/11/1988
Harrisonburg,VA - m2Martha
K. Kauffman
- Coffman, H.
Amos 79, Coatesville,
Pa. Born: Dec. 22, 1911,
Dayton, Va. Died: Jan.
27, 1991. Survivors-wife:
Martha K. Kauffman;
children: Ella M.
Coffinan, Irvin J.,
Milton A., Norman B.,
Julia F. Schlabach, Alma
R. Coffman, Joseph W.; 11
grandchildren; one
great-grandchild;
brothers and sisters:
Robert J., Samuel S.,
Paul E., David A., Sarah
E. Campbell, Naomi
Swartz, Phoebe F.
Coffman. Predeceased by
Naomi Blosser (first
wife). Funeral: Jan. 29,
Maple Grove, Akron, Pa.,
and Jan. 31, Park View,
Harrisonburg, Va., by
Owen Burkholder, Luke S.
Martin, Glendon Blosser. Burial:
Bank Mennonite Cemetery.
(Gospel Herald - V84,
N8,2/19/1991,p15)
- Coffman.- Naomi
Ada Blosser, daughter
of Jonas H. and Myrtle
(Showalter) Blosser was
born in Rockingham Co.,
Va., Oct. 23, 1910; died
at Harrisonburg, Va.,
Apr. 11, 1988; aged 77 y.
On Sept. 6, 1932, she was
married to H. Amos
Coffman, who survives.
Also surviving are 3
daughters (Ella Coffman,
Julia Schlabach, and Alma
Coffman), 4 sons (Irvin,
Milton, Norman, and
Joseph Coffman), 11
grandchildren, and one
sister (Ruth Blosser).
She was a member of
Park View Mennonite
Church, where funeral
services were held on
Apr. 14, in charge of
Owen Burkholder, Herman
Rietz, and Ira E. Miller;
interment in Bank
Mennonite Church
Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V81, N18,5/3/1988,
pp316,318)
- JK111114c37336
- Samuel
S. Coffman
(Obit of
Homer W.) Of
Harrisburg
- JK111114c37337
- Paul
E. Coffman
(Obit of
Homer W.) Of
Raphine,VA
- JK111114c37338
- David
A. Coffman
(Obit of
Homer W.) d2/23/1999
- mVivian
Burkholder
- Coffman,
David, 78,
Harrisonburg, Va., died
Feb. 23. Spouse: Vivian
Burkholder Coffman.
Parents: Homer and Ella
Swope Coffman (deceased).
Other survivors: children
Glenna Hertzler; four
grandchildren. Funeral:
Feb. 26 at Harrisonburg,
Va. (The Mennonite
V2,N14,4/13/1999,pp16,17)
- JK111114c3734
- Nellie
Frances
Coffman
b12/23/1896 - d10/26/1986
- Of Dayton,VA (Obit
of Sarah Coffman)- Coffman,
Nellie Frances,
daughter of Joseph W. and
Sarah (Heatwole) Coffman,
was born on Dec. 23,
1896; died on Oct. 26,
1986; aged 89 y. She was
a sister of Homer W.
Coffman and Mollie
Heatwole, deceased. She
was a member of Bank
Mennonite Church, Dayton,
Va., where funeral
services were held on
Oct. 29, in charge of
James Goering, James T.
Shank, and Lloyd Horst; interment
in the Bank Church
Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald
V80,N1,1/6/1987,p4)
- JK111114c3'74
- Mary A.
Coffman (twin
sister of Joseph W.) -
b2/19/1857 Spring
Creek,Rockingham,VA -
d2/18/1926 - m11/11/1875 Bishop
Lewis James Heatwole (son
of David A. Heatwole
& Catherine Driver) b12/4/1852near
Dale Enterprise,VA -
d12/26/1932 - Succeeded
his father-in-law, Samuel
Kauffman as Mennonite
Overseer south of
Harrisonburg,VA. He was
also a historian and an
astronomer
and almanac calculator. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J. C. Wenger,p191) Of
Dale Enterprise, VA -
Heatwole
- Quietly, peacefully,
and without a struggle,
at an early hour on the
morning of Feb. 18, 1926,
Mary A. Coffman
Heatwole of Dale
Enterprise, Va., breathed
her last from paralysis
of twenty-nine hours'
duration from the
beginning of which she
never rallied to speak
again. Her place of birth
was Spring Creek,
Rockingham Co., Va., Feb.
19, 1857. Her death
occurring on Feb. 18, she
lacked but one day of
being 69 years of age.
Within the period of a
year after she and a twin
brother were born, the
family moved from Spring
Creek and located on a
farm near Dale
Enterprise. She was the
third daughter in the
family of the late Bishop
Samuel and Frances
Coffman and is survived
by three brothers and
three sisters: Jacob B.
and Joseph W. Coffman,
Dayton, Va.,; D. H.
Coffman, Goshen, Ind.;
Anna M. Swartz,
Phoenixville, Pa.; Sadie
C. Heatwole, Dayton, Va.;
and Rebecca S. Hartman,
Harrisonburg, Va. On Nov.
11, 1875, she was united
in marriage to L. J.
Heatwole and for a period
of a little more than
fifty years she has
walked by his side as
companion and mother, in
which she never failed in
words of comfort and good
cheer to all about her,
while occupying the
sphere of a minister's
wife. Of her immediate
family she is survived by
husband, one son and five
daughters (Katie
Grove, Nellie V. Suter,
Bessie P. Wenger, Justus
B., Annie L., and
Elizabeth M. Grove. She
united with the Mennonite
Church in her fourteenth
year, and in her removal
from us, God's will be
done. Approximately three
years of her life were
spent with husband and
family at Garden City,
Mo., where warm-hearted
friendship was
established among those
whose kindness she has
long cherished and held
in grateful remembrance;
while with comrades,
friends and kindred in
the land of her birth,
she never shrank from
sharing with each a full
measure of the joys and
sorrows of this life. On
Feb. 20 she was carried
from the home by six
ministers, who also acted
as pall-bearers at Weavers
Church, where an
impressive service was
conducted by Bishops
Lewis Shank of
Broadway, Va., and S. H.
Rhodes of the home
congregation. Text, Jno.
14:1: "Let not your
hearts be troubled."
By her husband. (Gospel
Herald, V.XVIII,N50,
3/11/1926, p1038,10039) -
HEATWOLE.
LEWIS JAMES, son of
David A. and Catherine
(Driver) Heatwole, was
born near Dale
Enterprise, Va., Dec. 4,
1852; died Dec. 26, 1932;
aged 80 y. 22 d. With the
exception of about three
years, when he lived in
Cass Co., Mo., and the
many times he was called
to the other fields to
labor in the vineyard of
the Lord, he spent his
entire life in the
community in which he was
born. In early life he
gave his heart to the
Lord, united with the
Mennonite Church, and
remained a faithful
member till the Lord
called him home. Nov. 11, 1875,
he was united in marriage
with Mary A. Coffman. She
was a daughter of
Bishop Samuel Coffman,
a twin sister of Joseph
W., and also a sister of J.
S. Coffman, pioneer
Mennonite evangelist.
Bro. and Sister Heatwole
lived together nearly
fifty years, when the
wife and mother was
called home. To them were
born six children
(Katie, married to C. M.
Grove; Nellie, married to
E. C. Suter; Bessie,
married to O. E. Wenger;
Elizabeth, married to
Earl Grove; Justus and
Anna, at home), who
survive. That this
faithful couple ordered
well the affairs of home
is evident from the fact
that all their children
and grandchildren have
accepted Christ as their
personal Savior and
united with the Mennonite
Church. He also leaves
three brothers and one
sister (Aldine J.,
Timothy O., Cornelius J.,
and Mrs. J. W. Deputy),
ten grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren, and
many relatives and
friends. May 2, 1887, he
was ordained to the
ministry at Weavers
Church near Harrisonburg,
Va., and two years later
he with his family moved
to near Garden City, Mo.
It was at this latter
place that he was
ordained a bishop, in May
1892. But because of ill
health they moved back to
Virginia in 1895. From
the beginning he was
active in the ministry,
and as a bishop he was
noted both for his
loyalty to his church and
kindness in his dealings
with others. Though not
without faults or without
critics, he was the
possessor of qualities
that drew the masses of
the people to him; and
the fact of his
consecrated loyalty and
interest in the welfare
of others made him a man
who was generally beloved
by his people and gave
him a large place in the
work of the Church. He
received his education in
the common schools and in
Valley Normal at
Bridgewater, Va. For many
years he was a school
teacher, but in later
years his many other
activities compelled him
to drop this line of
work. He was
whole-hearted in his
support of Church
schools, and the Eastern
Mennonite School owes its
beginning largely to his
untiring efforts. He
was a prolific writer,
contributing numerous
articles for religious
and secular papers, and
his contributions on
scientific subjects were
always read with
interest. He is author
of a number of books,
among them "Moral
Training in the Public
Schools," "Key
to the Almanac and the
Sidereal Heavens,"
"Mennonite Handbook
of Information." He
is also the compiler and writer
of a series of Moral
Standard Readers,
which are still in
manuscript form. As a pioneer
weather observer, in
which he had a record of
about 64 years, and also
as an almanac
calculator, he had a
field all his own,
supplying calendars for
as many as 60 almanacs in
the United States and
Canada. He was both a
pioneer and an authority
on such matters, and a
number of years ago
published a perpetual
calendar that attracted
wide attention. While he
was well and favorably
known in his own
community, he was
scarcely less known
throughout the entire
brotherhood. For years he
was a member of the
Mennonite Publication
Board and of the Publishing
Committee. While he
was physically able he
was a regular attendant
at the meetings of the
Mennonite General
Conference, serving at
times in an official
capacity, and his voice
was always listened to
with interest and
respect. Through his
preaching, his books, and
his numerous
contributions to the
Gospel Herald and other
Church periodicals he was
well known far and wide.
His name was a household
word in thousands of
homes. And the same
qualities that won him a
place in the affections
of his own church people
also made friends outside
of Church circles. Now
that he has been called
home, his influence is
still with us and
cherished by those who
remain. He had never been
robust in body, yet was
sufficiently strong to
attend to his duties, in
pulpit and elsewhere. But
in his declining years
his health became
impaired, so that during
the past six years he has
been unable to carry on
his work as he had in
former years. But it was
only within the past few
months that he was
considered very ill,
suffering several slight
paralytic strokes. He
retained his
consciousness until near
the close of his life,
left a bright testimony,
and his going on was but
a leading of the way for
others to follow as the
Lord calls them home.
Funeral services were
conducted Dec. 28 at
Weavers Church by his
associate bishop, Bro. S.
H. Rhodes, assisted by H.
B. Keener and Daniel
Kauffman. Text, I
Thes. 4:18. Buried in
adjoining cemetery. (Gospel
Herald
V.XXV,N40,1/5/1933,p846,847)
- JK111114c375
- Deacon
Daniel H. Coffman
b4/4/1859 Dale
Enterprise,VA -
d8/29/1941 near
Goshen,Elkhart, IN -
m2/11/1883 Sarah
R. Guyer
(daughter of
Jacob & Mary Guyer) -
b2/21/1860 ,Rockingham,VA
- d12/4/1943 - Became a
Deacon at Clinton Brick
in IN. Deacon at the
Prairie Street
Congregation. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J. C. Wenger.p197,198,
193) The
first regular session of
the Mennonite Central
Conference was held at
the Holderman
Meetinghouse near
Wakarusa, IN with Daniel
Kauffman, age 33, the
promising young leader
(then a widower), serving
as moderator. (The
Yellow Creek Mennonites
by J.C. Wenger,p179,80) - Coffman,Daniel
H., son of the late
Bishop Samuel and Frances
Coffman, was born at Dale
Enterprise, Va., on April
4, 1859; died at his home
near Goshen, Indiana,
Aug. 29, 1941; aged 82 y.
4 m. 25 d. On Feb. 11,
1883, he was united in
marriage with Sarah R.
Guyer. To this union were
born 11 children of
whom 2, namely Anna and
Grover, have preceded him
in death. There remain to
mourn his departure his
wife and the following
children: Mattie
Eldridge, Lizzie, Clara,
and Ruth Coffman, Eva
Eaton, Dorothy Shoup,
Mary Prough, Victor, and
John Coffman; 1
sister, Mrs. Sadie
Heatwole of Dayton, Va.,
a number of
grandchildren, with other
relatives and friends. In
the spring of 1888 he
with his wife and several
children moved form
Virginia to Elkhart,
Indiana and was employed
by the Mennonite
Publishing Co., for a
year and later began
working at the carpenter
trade which he followed
for a number of years.
At the age of twenty
years he accepted Christ
as his personal Saviour,
chose to have his
Christian fellowship with
the Mennonite Church, and
was received by water
baptism upon the
confession of his faith
on July 21, 1879 in which
he continued unto the
end. On March 9, 1893 he
was called to the office
of deacon and accordingly
was ordained by Bishop J.
F. Funk to serve in
the Elkhart congregation.
Some time later he
purchased a farm in the Clinton
Brick district and by
his moving into the
district was accepted as
a member and deacon with
said congregation where
he served until health
would not permit. Upon
his request in his
advancing years he was
provided with an
assistant and Bro. Harold
Lehman was ordained to
the same office and
continues these duties.
His late affliction was a
stroke of paralysis from
which he suffered but a
few days. Funeral
services were conducted
at the Clinton Brick
Mennonite Church, in
charge of Bro. O. S.
Hostetler, assisted by
Bros. Samuel S. Miller,
Amos Nusbaum, and D. D.
Troyer. 'Tis hard to
break the tender cord,
When love has bound the
heart,'Tis hard, so hard,
to speak the words,
"We must forever
part.", Dearest
loved one, we must lay
thee, In the peaceful
grave's embrace, But thy
memory will be cherished,
Till we see thy heavenly
face. (GOSPEL HERALD - V.
XXXIV, N25,9/18/1941,
pp534,535) - Coffman,
Sarah Rebekah Guyer,
last survivor of Jacob
and Mary Guyer family,
was born in Rockingham
Co., Va., Feb. 21, 1860;
departed this life Dec.
4, 1943; aged 83 y. 9 m.
13 d. On Feb. 11, 1883,
she was united in
marriage to Daniel H.
Coffman. Together with
their 3 children, they
moved to Indiana and
became residents of
Elkhart and vicinity.
Almost 40 years ago, they
moved to the farm east of
Goshen, Ind., where they
had resided until the
past year which was spent
in the home of her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Victor
Coffman in Ligonier. Nine
children survive (Victor
and John Coffman, Mattie
Eldridge, Eva Eaton,
Dorothy Shoup, Mary
Prough, and Lizzie,
Clara, and Ruth Coffman),
23 grandchildren, and 8
greatgrandchildren. Two
children (Grover and
Anna) and her husband
preceded her in death.
She united with the Mennonite
Church over 50 years
ago, remaining true to
that faith to the end.
Her entire life was spent
in a quiet unassuming
religious way. She was
ever mindful of the
family, the home, and her
friends. She accepted the
labors and cares of life
in a motherly, faithful
way. She had been
seriously ill for about
only 48 hours when she
quietly fell asleep and
went to be with the Lord.
Funeral services were
conducted Dec. 7, 1943,
at the home by Bro.
Samuel Miller and at the Clinton
Brick Church by Bro.
Amos Nussbaum and Bro.
Oscar Hostetler. Burial
in the adjoining
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V
XXXVI,N39,12/23/1943,p814,815,816)
- JK111114c3751
- Anna
Coffman b
- JK111114c3752
- Grover
Floyd Coffman b1/25/1885
Dale Enterprise,VA -
d11/11/1923
Millersburg,IN - mMabel
Pletcher - Coffman,
Grover Floyd, son of
Daniel and Sarah Coffman,
was born at Dale
Enterprise, Va., Jan. 25,
1885; died at his home in
Millersburg, Ind., Nov.
11, 1923; aged 38 y. 9 m.
16 d. When he was 3 years
old, his parents with
their three children
moved to Elkhart, Ind.,
and when Grover was 20
years old he moved with
his parents to Clinton
township, and later moved
to Millersburg to take
charge of a lumber yard.
On June 19, 1915, he was
united in marriage to
Mabel Pletcher. Surviving
him are his wife, one son
(Roy Willis), his father
and mother, 2 brothers,
and 7 sisters, besides
many other relatives and
friends. In May of this
year his health began to
fail and gradually grew
worse until death
relieved him of his
suffering. Only a very
short time before his
departure he accepted
Christ as his personal
Savior and was received
into the Church by water
baptism, having expressed
full confidence in the
forgiveness of sin and
acceptance into the
family of God. Funeral
services were held at the
Clinton Brick Church
by J. H. Fyke and J. S.
Hartzler. He was laid to
rest at the Forest
Grove Cemetery to
await the resurrection of
the just. (Gospel
Herald
V.XVI,N35,11/29/1923,p717)
- JK111114c37521
- Roy
Willis Coffman (obit
of father)
- JK111114c3753
- Mattie
Coffman b- m?
Eldridge
- JK111114c3754
- Lizzie
D. Coffman b11/16/1886
Dale Enterprise,VA -
d8/24/1967
Elkhart,Elkhart,IN - Coffman,
Lizzie D., daughter
of Daniel H. and Sarah
(Guyer) Coffman, was born
at Dale Enterprise, Va.,
Nov. 16, 1886; died at
the Elkhart General
Hospital. Elkhart, Ind.,
Aug. 24, 1967; aged 80 y.
9 m. 8 d. Surviving are 5
sisters (Mrs. Mattie
Eldridge, Mrs. Paul
Eaton, Mrs. Earl Shoup,
Clara Coffman, and Ruth
Coffman) and one brother
(John). She was a member
of the Prairie Street
Church, where funeral
services were held Aug.
28, with Russell Krabill
officiating. (Gospel
Herald V.LX, N37
9/19/1967 pp858,859)
- JK111114c3755
- Clara
Coffman b2/12/1897
Elkhart,IN - d5/7/1989
Goshen,Elkhart,IN - Coffman,
Clara, daughter of D.
H. and Sarah Coffman, was
born in Elkhart, Ind.,
Feb. 12, 1897; died at
Goshen, Ind., May 7,
1989; aged 92 y.
Surviving is onesister
(Ruth Coffman). She was
preceded in death by 6
sisters and 3 brothers.
She was a member of Prairie
Street Mennonite Church.
Funeral services were
held at Yoder-Culp
Funeral Home on May 10,
in charge of, Dorsa J.
Mishler; interment in
Clinton Brick Cemetery.
(Gospel Herald -
V.82,N24,6/13/1989,p446)
- JK111114c3756
- Ruth
Coffman b4/28/1901
Elkhart,IN - d6/8/1989
Goshen, Elkhart,IN -
Single - Coffman, Ruth,
daughter of Daniel H. and
Sarah Coffman, was born
in Elkhart, Ind., Apr.
28, 1901; died at Goshen,
Ind., June 8, 1989; aged
88. She was preceded in
death by 7 sisters and 3
brothers. She was a
member of Prairie
Street Mennonite Church.
Funeral services were
held at Yoder-Culp
Funeral Home on June 10,
in charge of Dorsa J.
Mishler and Russell
Krabill; interment in
Clinton Brick Cemetery.
(Gospel
Herald,V82-N27,7/4/1989,p494)
- JK111114c3757
- Eva
Coffman b - mPaul
Eaton Resided at
South Bend
- JK111114c3758
- Dorothy
Coffman b - mEarl
Shoup - Resided
in Middlebury,IN
- JK111114c3759
- Mary
Coffman b11/4/1898
near Elkhart,Elkhart,IN -
d3/8/1960 near
Goshen,Elkhart,IN -
m3/27/1920 Perry
E. Prough - Prough, Mary,
daughter of Daniel H. and
Sarah Coffman, was born
near Elkhart, Ind., Nov.
4, 1898; died at her home
near Goshen, Ind., March
8, 1960, after an illness
of 16 years; aged 61 y. 4
m. 4 d. On March 27,
1920, she was married to
Perry E. Prough, who
survives. Also surviving
are 3 daughters and 2
sons (Kathleen --Mrs.
Willis Stahl and
Grace--Mrs. Richard Wyse,
of Archbold, Ohio; Mary
Marie, at home; Earl,
Goshen; and Harry,
Middlebury), 2
brothers and 6 sisters
(Mrs. Mattie Eldridge,
Goshen; Lizzie and Clara,
Elkhart; Eva--Mrs. Pal
Eaton, South Bend; Ruth,
Norristown, Pa.;
Dorothy-- Mrs. Earl
Shoup, Middlebury, Ind.;
Victor, Ligonier, Ind.;
and John, North Webster,
Ind.). Besides her
parents, one sister, one
brother, and one
grandchild preceded her
in death. She was a
member of the Clinton
Brick Church, where
funeral services were
held March 11, in charge
of John Yoder and Amsa
Kauffman; burial in Forest
Grove Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald, 7/19/1960,
VLIII,N28,p639, 640)
- JK111114c375a
- Charles Victor
Coffman b6/21/1888
Elkhart,IN - d7/14/1965,
Fort Wayne,,IN -
m9/13/1919 Vinetta
May Garber (daughter
of Samuel Garber &
Alwilda Shoup) - b5/3/1894
Millersburg,IN -
d10/1/1979 Kendalville,IN
- Coffman,
Charles Victor, son
of Daniel H. and Sarah
(Guyer) Coffman, was born
in Elkhart, Ind., June
21, 1888; died at the St.
Joseph Hospital, Ft.
Wayne, Ind., July 14,
1965; aged 77 y. 23 d. On
Sept. 13, 1919, he was
married to Vinetta May
Garber, who survives.
Also surviving are 3 sons
(John E., Donald, and
Samuel), one daughter
(Evelyn - Mrs. Kenneth
Blosser), 12
grandchildren, one
brother (John W.), and 6
sisters (Ruth, Lizzie,
Clara, Mrs. Mattie
Eldridge, Mrs. Paul
Eaton, and Mrs. Earl
Shoup). He was a member
of the Shore Church.
Funeral services were
held at the Forks Church,
July 17, in charge of O.
H. Hooley, Homer J.
Miller, and Cornelius
Vlott; interment in
Shore Cemetery. Gospel
Herald
V.LVIII,N32,8/17/1965,p729,730)
- Coffman, Vinetta,
daughter of Samuel
and Alwilda (Shoup)
Garber, was born at
Millersburg, Ind., May 3,
1894; died at Lutheran
Homes, Kendalville, Ind.,
Oct. 1, 1979; aged 85 y.
On Sept. 13, 1919, she
was married to Charles V.
Coffman, who died July
14, 1965. She is survived
by 1 daughter
(Evelyn-Mrs. Kenneth
Blosser), 3 sons (John
E., Donald, Samuel), 12
grandchildren, 11
great-grandchildren. She
was a member of Shore
Mennonite Church,
where funeral services
were held Oct. 3, in
charge of Harvey Chupp
and O. H. Hooley;
interment in church
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald
V72,N44,10/30/1979,p862)
- JK111114c375a1
- John E.
Coffman b
- JK111114c375a2
- Donald
Coffman mMargaret
Mishler
- JK111114c375a2
- Donald
Eugene Coffman b3/27/1956
- dINDY,IN 1956 - Coffman,
Donald Eugene, son
of Donald and Margaret
Coffman, was born March
27, 1956, at the Riley
Children's Hospital,
Indianapolis, following
heart surgery, where he
had been a patient three
weeks. Donald Eugene was
born with a congenital
heart ailment. Surviving
are his parents, 2
sisters (Barbara Ann and
Carolyn Jane), his
paternal grandparents
(Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Coffman, Ligonier), and
maternal grandparents
(Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Mishler, Shipshewana).
Funeral services were
held May 5 at the
Shore Mennonite Church
in charge of Lee Miller
and Percy Miller. Burial
was made in the church
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V.XLIX,N24
6/12/1956, pp573,574,575)
- JK111114c375a3
- Samuel
Coffman b
- JK111114c375a4
- Evelyn
Coffman mKenneth
Blosser (obit
of Charles)
- JK111114c375b
- John
Coffman b
- JK111114c376
- Sarah (Sadie)
Christina
Coffman
b3/29/1863
near Dale Enterprise
,Greenbrier,WV -
d4/24/1950 Dayton,VA
m11/25/1883 John
Thomas
Heatwole d11/1920
- 12 children. (Obit
of Sarah) - Children
of Sarah & John were
Stella Heatwole, Mattie
Heatwole, Ruth Heatwole,
Hazel Heatwole, John L.
Heatwole, Emergy B.
Heatwole, Paul V.
Heatwole, Joseph W.
Heatwole, and 4 others. -
Heatwole, Sarah
Christina, daughter
of the late Samuel F.
and Frances (Weaver)
Coffman, was born March
29, 1863, near Dale
Enterprise, Va., died
April 24, 1950, at the
home of her daughter
(Mrs. Stella Rhodes) ,
Dayton, Va.; aged 87 y.
24 d. In early womanhood
she united with the Mennonite
Church and lived a
faithful consecrated life
through the years.
She was a woman of
genuine Christian
character and possessed a
cheerful disposition
which endeared her to
many. On Nov. 25, 1883,
she was united in
marriage to the late John
Thomas Heatwole, who
preceded her in death in
November, 1920. Of the
twelve children born to
this union, eight
survive. When she was
thirty-two, one side of
her body was paralyzed
and she was bedfast for
some months. Having
learned to walk again,
she was able to assist
with household duties and
mastered difficult
situations despite her
handicap. Her speech was
impaired to the extent
that she spoke only in
words or phrases, making
it difficult to give her
children the counsel she
wanted so much to give
them. Form 1923, she
resided with her daughter
(Stella). In September,
1939, she became totally
blind and her hearing
became very poor. During
the last years she was
confined to a chair. Much
of this time she prayed.
Through her misfortune
and trials she was
patient, pleasant, and
cheerful. Four brothers
and 5 sisters (John S.,
Dayton, Va.; Jacob,
Dayton; Daniel, Elkhart,
Ind.; Fannie-Mrs. Abe
Shank, Denbigh, Va.;
Mary-Mrs. Lewis J.
Heatwole, Dale
Enterprise, Va.;
Lizzie-Mrs. Wallace
Minnick, Dale Enterprise;
Rebecca-Mrs. Perry
Hartman, Harrisonburg,
Va.; and Ann-Mrs. John
Swartz, Elida, Ohio),
preceded her in death. Surviving are 4
daughters (Mrs. Stella
Rhodes, Dayton, Va.; Mrs.
Mattie Snyder, Front
Royal, Va.; Mrs. Ruth
Hill, Youngstown, Ohio;
and Mrs. Hazel Wine,
Lebanon, Pa.), 4 sons
(John L., Arlington, Va.;
Paul V., Weyers Cave,
Va.; Joseph W.,
Washington D. C., and
Emery B., Harrisonburg,
Va.), 51 grandchildren,
and 50
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were
held at the Bank
Mennonite Church,
near Dayton, April 29,
conducted by Harold
Eshleman, assisted by
Samuel H. Rhodes. Burial
was made in the near-by
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald - V. XLIII,
N36,9/5/1950, pp893,894)
- JK111114c377
- Fannie/Fanny
Virginia
Coffman
b10/31/1865 (Computed)
,Greenbrier,
WV - d10/3/1904 near
Mohea,VA - mDeacon
Abraham
(Abe)
P. Shenk (son
of Henry Shenk &
Susanna Brenneman) b2/15/1862
near Elida,OH -
d4/29/1949 Denbigh,VA -
Shenk
On Oct. 3, 1904, near
Mohea, Va., of
consumption, Sister
Fanny Virginia Shenk,
wife of Bro. A. P.
Shenk and daughter of
Bish. Samuel Coffman,
deceased; aged 38 Y., 11
M., 3 D.. She leaves a
husband and six
children to mourn her
departure, yet they have
the comforting assurances
that she is at rest with
loved ones gone before,
where those who are left
behind may by the grace
of God meet her again.
Sister Shenk's health had
been failing for a number
of years and she was
confined to her bed for
about a year before she
died. She was fully
resigned to the will of
God and has a desire to
depart and be with
Christ. She was laid to
rest on October 4th in
the Warwick River
cemetery. Services by
Andrew Shenk of Oronogo,
Mo., and Jacob Hahn. . S.
P. YODER (Herald of
Truth V XLI, N45,
11/3/1904, p359,360) -
Shenk, Abraham P.,
son of Henry and Susanna
(Brenneman) Shenk, was
born near Elida, Ohio,
Feb. 15, 1862; passed
away at his home,
Denbigh, Va., April 29,
1949; aged 87 y. 2 m. 14
d. He was the last of his
family. Bishops John
M. Shenk, Elida, Ohio;
Andrew Shenk, Oronogo,
Mo.; and Preacher Daniel
Shenk, Denbigh, Va., were
his brothers. He
was one of the pioneer
settlers of the Warwick
River community, having
moved there with his
family in 1898. In
1906 he was ordained
to the office of deacon and
in this capacity
faithfully served the
growing church until
July, 1946, when he
suffered a stroke of
paralysis, which rendered
him bedfast. He had also
served as church
chorister for many
years and took delight in
singing. During his long
illness he remained
mentally keen and greatly
appreciated visits and
tokens of esteem from
friends and neighbors. His
first wife (Fannie
Coffman) passed away in
1904. His second wife
(Samantha Showalter)
passed away in 1944.
Surviving are 10 children
(Coffman, Biglerville
Pa.; Jacob and Ezra,
Harrisonburg, Va.;
Mabel-Mrs. Jason Brunk,
and George, Baltimore,
Md.; Henry, Mary,
Phebe-Mrs. Clyde Kraus,
Martha-Mrs. Ralph Palmer,
and Lydia, all of
Denbigh), 29
grandchildren, and 13
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services in
charge of Truman H. Brunk
and George R. Brunk, were
held May 2 at the Warwick
River Church. Interment
was made in the church
cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V XLII, N26,
6/28/1949, p630,631)
- JK111114c378
- Rebecca
S. Coffman
b3/24/1868
DaleEnterprise,Greenbrier,WV
- d12/23/1926 -
m10/19/1888 Perry
D. Hartman (Obit
of sister Sarah}
(son of Samuel Hartman
& Frances Burkholder)
b9/30/1866
near Harrisonburg,VA -
d10/20/1948
ParkView,Harrisonburg,VA
- Rebecca S.
Hartman, daughter
of the late Bishop Samuel
Coffman, was born
near Dale Enterprise,
Va., Mar. 24, 1868, died
Dec. 23, 1926. On Oct.
19, 1888, she was married
to Perry D. Hartman. To
this union were born 11
children, 2 of whom
preceded her in death.
Those surviving her are:
Lewis Hartman, Mrs. Peter
Showalter, and Mrs. Ward
Rhodes, of near
Harrisonburg, Va.;
William and Jacob Hartman
and Mrs. Ira Shank of
Elida, Ohio, Mrs. David
Ramer of Duchess, Alta.,
and Paulina and Dorothy
Hartman at home. She also
leaves the following
brothers and sisters:
Jacob and Joseph Coffman
and Mrs. Thomas Heartwole
of near Harrisonburg,
Va.; Mrs. J. S. Swartz,
of Elida, Ohio, and
Daniel Coffman of Goshen,
Ind. The brothers and
sisters who preceded her
in death were: Pre. J. S.
Coffman, Mrs.
J. W. Minnich,
Mrs. L. J. Heatwole, and
Mrs. A. P. Shenk. Sister
Hartman united with the Mennonite
Church at an early
age and remained faithful
during her life. For many
years she faithfully
filled the office of
deaconess. By her
passing, the home has
lost a loving wife and
mother, the church a
faithful member, and the
community a kind and
generous neighbor.
Funeral services were
conducted at Weaver's
Church in the
presence of a large
audience. Those
conducting the services
were Bros. Samuel Rhodes
and J. S. Martin. (Gospel
Herald V XIX, N43,
1/20/1927, p910,911,912) -
.Hartman.-Perry
David, son of the
late Samuel and Frances
(Burkholder) Hartman, was
born near Harrisonburg,
Va., Sept. 30, 1866;
passed away at his late
home in Park View,
Harrisonburg, Oct. 20,
1948; aged 82 y. 20 d. He
became ill on Aug. 5 and
one week later was
admitted into the
Rockingham Memorial
Hospital, where he was a
patient for nearly four
weeks. On Oct. 19, 1888,
he was married to Rebecca
S. Coffman, who preceded
him in death on Dec. 23,
1926. To this union were
born 11 children
(Fannie E., who died in
infancy; Leanna C.-Mrs.
Peter S. Showalter, who
died Aug. 16, 1941;
William F. and Wilda
F.-Mrs. Ira A. Shenk;
Mary M.-Mrs. Ward A.
Rhodes; Daniel W., who
died Nov. 30, 1903; Lewis
S.; Jacob C.; Irene
S.-Mrs. David Ramer and
Pauline R.-Mrs. Roy
Kauffman; and Dorothy
R.-Mrs. Rudy Diller).
On Thanksgiving Day,
1928, he was married to
Annie (Berry) Stine-spring,
who died Nov. 18, 1941.
On Dec. 24, 1942, he
was married to Lessie
(Landes) Meyers, who
survives. Also surviving,
besides his wife and his
8 children, are 35
grandchildren, 21
great-grandchildren, and
a number of nieces and
nephews. One brother, one
half brother, and one
half sister preceded him
in death. At the age of
forty he became a member
of the Mennonite
Church and remained a
member until death.
Funeral services were
conducted at the Weaver
Church, near
Harrisonburg, by S. H.
Rhodes, Daniel W.
Lehman, and B. S.
Landes. Text: Ps. 17:15. Burial
was made in the Weaver
Cemetery. (Gospel
Herald V XLI, N50,
12/14/1948, pp1198)
- JK111114c379
- Deacon Jacob
B. Coffman
b8/I8/1873 ,Greenbrier,WV
(The Yellow
Creek Mennonites by
J.C.
Wenger,p199)
d2/23/1930
of Elkhart,IN -
m10/11/1875 Sallie
Showalter
- Jacob B.
Coffman,
affectionately known
throughout a large family
connection as "Uncle
Jake," and next
younger brother to the
late Pre. John S. Coffman
and second son of
Bishop Samuel and Frances
Coffman of near
Rushville, Va.; died
Feb. 23, 1930, of
neuralgia of the heart at
the age of 79 y. 6 m. 2
d. Some years after his
marriage to Sallie
Showalter on Oct. 11,
1875, he became an active
member of the Church of
the Brethren, serving
on the official staff
as deacon and member of
its General Mission Board,
and frequently joined
with members of his
family connections and
the young people of his
church in singing the
songs and hymns of
childhood friends and
home. Up to the closing
years of his life he was
one of the active
promoters of the Old
People's Song Service
held jointly by people of
his own church and the
Mennonites in their
churches at various
points in the Shenandoah
Valley, and in the call
for him to join the choir
above, his absence from
our annual song services
in future years will be
sadly missed. He leaves
two surviving brothers
and two sisters (Pre.
Jos. W. Coffman, Dea. D.
H. Coffman, Annie M.
Swartz, and Sarah C.
Heatwole), his widow, two
sons (Pre. E. F. Coffman
and Frank Coffman), a
large circle of nephews
and nieces, and many
other relatives and
lifetime friends who are
left behind. The funeral
service held at the Bank
Mennonite Church was
largely attended.
Services were in charge
of Pre. J. S. Martin of
the Mennonite Church and
J. W. Hess of the Church
of the Brethren. Psa. 17:
15. (Gospel Herald V
XXIII, N5,
5/1/1930,p110,111)
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- Rev. E.
F. Coffman
b (obit of
father, Jacob)
- JK111114c3792
- Frank
Coffman
b (obit of
father, Jacob)
- JK111114c38
- Anna (Annie)
Coffman b1/19/1820
,Greenbrier,VA -
d10/28/1910 Greenbrier,WV
-
m1840 1George
Wilson d1849
-mDec 2David
Hedrick d12/1907
(obit of
Annie) - Hedrick,
Annie Hedrick was
born in Greenbrier Co.,
(then) Va., Jan. 19,
1820. She was a daughter
of Christian and Annie
(Wenger) Coffman. In 1840
she was married to George
Wilson who died in 1849,
she was married to David
Hedrick in Dec. After
remaining a widow
twenty-one years, his
death which occurred in
Dec., 1907. She lived
with him forty years,
until she died in
Greenbrier Co., W. Va.,
Oct. 28, 1910; aged 90 y.
8 m. 19 d. In the days of
her youth she became a
Christian and united with
the Mennonite Church,
of which she remained a
member till her death.
She was a consistent,
useful Christian woman,
proving her loyalty to
Christ by a devout
Christian life and by
helpful deeds to those
around her. To her
husband with whom she
lived so many years, she
proved to be a true and
helpful wife, and a kind
and useful step-mother
to his large family of
children. She took great
interest in listening to
preaching and in helping
to promote the interests
of Christianity. She was
the last surviving member
of the Mennonite Church
in Greenbrier Co. Her
father,s children
numbered 5 brothers and 5
sisters, all of whom
preceded her to the
spirit world except her
youngest sister,
Fannie Hedrick, who
still lives near Fort
Spring, W. Va. Her
brother, Samuel Coffman
of Rockingham Co., Va.,
was for years a bishop in
the Church. After
appropriate funeral
services, her remains
were laid to rest in the Coffman
graveyard near
Ronceverte, W. Va. (Gospel
Herald
V.III,N37,12/15/1910,p594,595,596)
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- Fannie
Coffman m Jehu
Hedrick (obit
of sister Annie)