GILBREATH-MORROW
CEMETERY-PREACHER HOLT ROAD-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
COFFEE, Isaac H.,(Isaac
Hamilton), 19 Jun 1828 - 28 Feb 1868. Mason. (married to Emily (Emma) Frances West of
Blue Branch - northern
Giles County) One child-William Fine Coffee, born about the time of Isaac's death.
(Soldier of the Civil War possibly a Major in the Confederacy. His son William F
Coffee mentioned him in the 1950s as Major Hamilton Coffee. The records
I've seen shows the rank of Sergeant). Family legend says he was killed in a prize
fight shortly after the Civil War Another story was that he fell off a horse and
died. My opinion is he died as one of the many confederate solders murdered in
the aftermath of the civil war. Inscription reads: "This is a memorial
of Isaac H. Coffee. he Was born June 19th 1828 & departed this life February
28th 1868". History
of his old Pennsylvania Rifle Isaac left for the family to pass down thru the
generations.
From the family history records of Wayne Austin who developed this cemtery site.