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- Jessie May Sanborn, youngest child and second daughter of Josiah and Adelaide (Eaton) Sanborn, was born 15 November 1875 near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She had a stroke and passed away 10 December 1969 at her daughter's home near Springfield, Missouri -- 94 years, 25 days of age. Her body was returned to Marion, Iowa and was buried next to her husband at Prairie Chapel Cemetary. Jessie Coffey married William Tatum Coffey of Marion, Iowa, son of John and Cyrena (Dawson) Coffey, and brother to Euphemia (Coffey) Sanborn - Ernest Sanborn's wife. They were married 29 August 1905 at Center Point, IA. William Coffey was born 16 February 1866 at the Coffey Homestead at Catawba, Ohio. He died 20 October 1939 on his farm near Marion, Iowa. He was buried at Prairie Chapel Cemetary. As a baby, Jessie Sanborn was rocked to sleep many a time by an elderly woman squaw who had her tepee near the farm on the Cedar River. This woman had had numerous children of her own, all who had died. Liking babies, after the birth of Jessie Sanborn, she would clean herself, then call on the Sanborn household saying, 'Me clean, me take baby?' After the Sanborn family moved to Center Point, when visiting near their former residency, this woman always visited with them and would have some little trinket to give to Jessie. When Jessie Sanborn was two years of age, her parents moved to the prairie farm near Center Point, Iowa. One of her many activities there was herding her parent's cattle over the raw prairies when there were few fences to be seen. Jessie Sanborn completed high school, plus two years of teacher's college and taught for a while in the country schools of the area. William Coffey came to Iowa with his parents in the Summer of 1866. Except for a brief period at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, William Coffey remained in Iowa for the duration of his life. He also attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids. After his father's death in 1905, he operated the Coffey Homestead near Marion, Oak-Spring Farm. William and Jessie, after their marriage, moved to and remained on this farm until William's death in 1939. They were active in the farm bureau, 4-H, and Epworth League. She was a charter member in W.S.C.S. in the Methodist Church at Marion, Iowa. About a year after the death of William, Jessie Coffey journeyed to Washington, settling in the Yakima Valley where several family members has previously moved. Within two years, she returned to Iowa to be with her daughter, Mary Wagner, while Mary's husband, Vernon, was in the service in World War II. After the war, Jessie Coffey returned to the Yakima Valley where for several years she managed the home of J.C. Childs near Donald, Washington. In the Spring of 1957, she gave up her duties at the Child's home, when Mr Childs sold the orchard. She moved to Mt. Vernon, Missouri, to live with her daughter. In 1967, they moved from Mt. Vernon to a farm on the outskirts of Springfield, Missouri. Helen Lindhorst visited with her and the Wagners the Summer of 1969. CHILDREN: all born in Marion, Iowa i. John Wilson Coffey, b. 9 August 1906 ii. James Dawson Coffey, b. 3 july 1909; d. 6 Mar 1915 of a kidney disorder. iii. Mary Adelaide Coffey, b. 21 June 1912
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