![]() He was well acquainted with Daniel Boone." 479 From sketch of his son, Alfred Coffman: "The father Jacob, a native of Germany, came to this country when four years old and settled in Kentucky, where they subsisted by digging the ginseng and selling it, and hunting deer and dressing their skins. !BIOGRAPHY: History of Sacramento County, 1890, by Winfield J. My notes on Jacob Coffman are 1) a compilation of research by other genealogists, 2) transcriptions of original records and 3) some of my musings and analysis on both of the above. Tom Tucker of Port Townsend, Washington took this photo while visiting Blandinsville in 1985, he and his wife cleaned the headstones for Jacob and Arey. The vital information for Jacob Coffman and his wife and children is presented below: The Coffman family saga continues this week with the pioneer of Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri, Jacob Coffman 1780-1852. Jacob Coffman, Died Mar 26, 1852, Aged 71 yrs. Hillsborough Cemetery, McDonough Co., IL corner of 100 E and 2150 N Section 19 Blandinsville Twp. I really felt at the time that my ancestors wanted us to find them. I am not sure what it was that led me down that road. Something told me to turn down the road by Hillsborough Cemetery. The kids were starting to weary of the endless rows of corn. We had hoped to find Jacob and Eary Coffman and William and Elizabeth Coffman there too but were very disappointed to find that they were not in the same cemetery as the family of Alfred Coffman so we just kept driving around. We knew that some of Alfred Coffman's family had been buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery before he moved to California. We knew the Ketchams were buried in La Harpe Cemetery but we did not know where the Coffmans were buried. Our little family of four was just wandering the countryside near La Harpe in a rented Nissan Altima. I had no idea that so many of the Coffmans were buried in this cemetery. This is a picture of me in July of 1993 when we stumbled upon the Hillsborough Cemetery in McDonough County, Illinois. Hillsborough Cemetery, McDonough County, Illinois Nick Cimino at his 4th Great Grandparents Gravesite 1993
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