Thank you so much for your kind efforts to help! Yep, That's the same "John Coffman" and that's about all I got out of them to. No hints as to where or when exactly he was born. John and Christena had a number of children and I guess I was hoping that maybe someone else on the list had ties through one of them. 1. Elizabeth Rice Coffman b. Nov 20, 1820 Jessamine, KY (no known spouse) 2. Isaac Coffman b. Aug 16, 1821 Jessamine, KY (spouse Mary T Logan) 3. Andrew Coffman b. Aug 4, 1825 KY (spouse Mary Bonham) 4. Charles Coffman b. Oct 13, 1827 (no known spouse) 5. Matilda Coffman b. Dec 8, 1829 KY (spouse Joshua Ferguson and/or R. C. Miller) 6. Levi Coffman b. Mar 2, 1832 KY (no known spouse) 7. Joshua Calab Coffman b. Apr 20, 1834 KY (spouse Margaret Wilson) 8. Harriet Ann Coffman b. Nov 30, 1836 VA (spouse Prettyman Barr) 9. John Fredrick Coffman b. Jan 30, 1840 IL (Delia Gallatley) 10.Marguerite Coffman b. Aug 24, 1841 IL (spouse Jack Gordon) 11.Almeda Coffman b. Sep 29, 1844 IL (spouse James Wind) Thanks again for trying! > The Tuttle funeral home records say that John was buried Sept. 26, 1874, no > information clearly apparent on his wife. Does that match your information? > > paul in bflo