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Andrew Boyd Coffey was born 2 Jun 1818 in North Carolina. He became a planter and wholesaler in Lafayette County, Mississippi. He and his wife, Harriet Barry, raised 11 children, including my great grandmother, Maude Bee Coffey. According to family lore, she got the maiddle name "Bee" because of Andrew's close friendship with General Bee, who gave General Stonewall Jackson the nickname of "Stonewall" at the First Battle of Bull Run, 21 July 1861.
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