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Submitted: 10/2/08 • Approved: 6/1/23 • Last Updated: 6/3/23 • R70588-G70488-S3
Elihu
Company C 7th Alabama Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
March 22, 1842 - April 11, 1913
*Obituary (News Article)
1911 Arkansas Confederate Census
COFFMAN, Elihu, of Summers, Arkansas, was born March 22, 1842 at Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, the son of Jesse Jackson Coffman, who was the son of David and Rhoda Shelton Coffman of Alabama. Maiden name of subject’s mother was Mary Ann Browning, daughter of Nicholas and Margarette Browning, who lived in Limestone County, Alabama. He was a Democrat; served in Company C, 7th Alabama Cavalry with Forest and Wheeler, fulltime service, was at Franklin, Murfreesboro and Chickamauga. He married Rebekah Ann Crenshaw, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Crenshaw of Giles County, Tennessee in October of 1865. Their children are; G.E. Coffman of Summers, Arkansas; Raymond Coffman, Mrs. Myrtle Ann Adams of Bauxite, Arkansas and V.B. Coffman of Summers, Arkansas.
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Washington County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Rebecca
January 8, 1844 - January 22, 1921
Contributed on 10/2/08
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