Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James Smith Coffindaffer    
       Also known as: Smith Coffindaffer 1,2
                Born: Jul-11-1868           3
                Died: Jul-31-1899           3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Luvada Benson   1,2  
                Born: Sep-20-1868           3
                Died: Jun-26-1900           3
              Buried:                      in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: William H. Benson   (1839 - 1893) 
              Mother: Olive I. Paugh   (1841 - 1925) 
           M Child 1: Dempse L. Coffindaffer      
                Born: Aug- 6-1890           5,6,7 (see note 1)
                Died: 1969                  6
              Buried:                      in Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV  5
             Resided: 1913                 in Harrison Co, WV  7
                Wife: Lillian O. McClain  b. Dec- 8-1893  d. Sep-  -1978  
       Also known as: Lillian McClain 7
             Married: Jul-10-1913          in Doddridge Co, WV  8
           F Child 2: Hazel Dale Coffindaffer      
                Born: ca 1898              in Benson, Harrison Co, WV  9,10
                Died: Mar-13-1936          in Fairmont District, Marion Co, WV  10
             Husband: Howard J. Barnes  b. May- 8-1897  d. Nov-23-1969  
             Married: Dec-14-1919          in Harrison Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of daughter. 
(2) Death record of daughter. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone:  J. S. Coffindaffer. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Dempse Coffindaffer, 23, b. Lewis Co, res. Harrison Co; 
and Lillian McClain, 19, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Jul 10 1913 "at the home of the Bride," officiated by 
minister Wm. A. McClain.  Informants for marriage license:  Dempse Coffindaffer & C. L. McClain Jr, Gdn. MR p. 183 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794871&Type=Marriage. 
(9) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Findagrave reports birthplace as Benson, Harrison County, but marriage record
states Lewis County.  Actual birthplace was probably on the border separating
the two counties.







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