Date of birth: 27 Oct 1858 Bartholomew County, Indiana
Date of death: 1 Jul 1923 Nineveh, Johnson, County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Evening Star, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, July 2 ,1923
JOHN COFFMAN DIES AT
HIS HOME IN NINEVEH
Funeral Services to be Held
Tuesday Afternoon at 2 o'Clock
John Coffman widely known
in the Nineveh community died
at his home in Nineveh Sunday
morning at 1:30 o'clock. Death
was due to hardening of the
arteries which became serious
three weeks ago.
Mr. Coffman was born in
Bartholomew County October 27,
1858. He was married to Sarah
Goetz on January 13, 1878, and
they had lived in Nineveh almost
all of their married life. They
were the parents of twelve children,
ten of whom with the widow survive.
They are Mrs. Lewis Chandler of
Indianapolis, Mrs. M. Barker of
Greenwood, Mrs. Walter Parsley
of Needham, Mrs. Linnie Mead,
Mrs. Claude Short, Mrs. Orville
McQuinn, Mrs. Walter Cobb of Frank-
lin; George Coffman of Franklin,
Chas. Coffman, Nineveh, and Isaac
Coffman of Indianapolis. A
brother, James Coffman, lives
near Edinburg.
Mr. Coffman was a life-long
member of the Nineveh Methodist
Church and held membership in the
Knights of Pythias Lodge.
Funeral services will be held
at the Nineveh Christian Church Tues-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted
by the Rev. Stanley Hendricks of
Brookville, who will be assisted by
the Rev. G. F. Powers. Burial will
be in the church cemetery.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey
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