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Charles B. (C. B.) Caffey

Son of Hooper Van Caffey · 1865–1948

Charles B. (C. B.) Caffey

Probable

Son of Hooper Van Caffey · 1865–1948

Born
7 October 1865
Died
15 February 1948
Parents
Hooper Van Caffey & Amy Richardson
Sources
9

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — his 1948 Texas death certificate, no. 9724, names his parents as Hooper Van Caffey and Amy Richardson S478, and the 1880 census gives Hooper's older children an Alabama-born mother S479. It is the only record that names Amy, and the informant was the Confederate Home, not family

Evidence: His 1948 Texas death certificate, which names Hooper Van Caffey and Amy Richardson. Weak or missing: The only record naming Amy, and the informant was the Confederate Home, not family. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1865
Born 7 October 1865, Mobile, Alabama; died 15 February 1948 at the Texas Confederate Home for Men, Austin; buried at Elgin
Census1940
🆕 In 1940 he was 74 and owned his house at Elgin, Bastrop County, the same one as in 1935. With him were his wife Frances H., 67, born in Texas, who gave the answers, and Cordelia Harris, 77, a widow born in Alabama S715. added 26 September 2026.
Census1900
🆕 The census has him at Elgin and nearby in Bastrop County, Texas, for thirty years. In June 1900 he was C. B. Caffey, 34, born October 1865 in Alabama, renting a farm, married ten years to H. F., born August 1872 in Texas, with Roy, Olly, Ethel, Myrtis and Earl Confirmed S1055. In 1910 he was “Charley B. Coffey”, 43, owning a mortgaged farm at Elgin, with Fannie and eight living children, Clayborn E., Ollie, Ethel, Myrtis, Earl, Corinne and Marie S1056. In 1920 he was renting, 54, with Fannie H., William O., Earl B., Corine, Mari H., Ralph and Ruth E. S1057. In 1930 he was 64, a house painter who owned his home, first married at 23, with Frances H., first married at 16, and Ralph, Marie and Ruth S1058. So he married Fannie (Frances H.) about 1890. The 1920 census alone gives his birthplace as Texas. added 29 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of Hooper Van Caffey and his first wife, Amy Richardson of Alabama; half-brother of Thomas Walton Caffey Sr.
Children1907
🆕 A Bastrop County birth report, read from the image, records a daughter, not yet named, born 5 December 1907 one mile east of Elgin to C. B. Caffey and Mattie Caffey of Elgin S1097; the state birth index lists the same birth, file 3377, under “Coffey” S1098. The place and the father fit him, and the 1910 census has a daughter Marie, 2 S1056; but his wife is H. F. or Fannie in every census, never Mattie, so either the report misnames her or this is another C. B. Caffey Probable confirm or correct →

In the record Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents and their siblings

Charles B. (C. B.) Caffey · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

9 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S478Texas, U.S., Death Certificates — C. B. Caffey, Austin, 1948 (no. 9724). Ancestry record 83851818. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable C. B. Caffey, born 7 October 1865, Mobile, Alabama, died 15 February 1948 at the Texas Confederate Home for Men, Austin; father Hooper Van Caffey; mother Amy Richardson, born Alabama; buried Elgin. The informant was the institution, so Amy Richardson as Hooper's first wife is held as probable. The 1880 census (S479) agrees: his older children have an Alabama-born mother.
  2. S4791880 U.S. Federal Census — Hooper V. Caffey household, Wards Store (Snake Prairie), Bastrop County, Texas (ED 10, p. 17). Ancestry record 6521306. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Hooper V., 48; Mandy, 30, born Georgia; John W., 20; Cordelia D. P., 17; Charls B., 14; Annie B., 9; Thomas W.; Jessie [?]; James C., 2; and the widowed daughter Fanny E. Willson, 21. One page, two hints (record 7179290 for Amanda). The children to Charls B. have an Alabama-born mother, those from Annie B. on a Georgia-born one.
  3. S7151940 U.S. census, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, ED 11-12, sheet 12B. Ancestry record 160293058. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Charles B. Caffey, 74, born Alabama, owns his house, the same house as in 1935; wife Frances H., 67, born Texas, the informant; Cordelia Harris, 77, widow, born Alabama.
  4. S10551900 United States Federal Census — Precinct No. 1, Bastrop County, Texas, S.D. 10, E.D. 2, sheet 12A, dwelling 197. Ancestry record 70149591. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed 12 June 1900: C. B. Caffey, head, born October 1865, 34, married 10 years, born Alabama, parents born Alabama, farmer, renting; H. F., wife, born August 1872, 27, mother of 5 children, all living, born Texas; Roy, son, June 1890; Olly, son, February 1892; Ethel, daughter, November 1895(?); Myrtis, daughter, January 1897; Earl, son, January 1899; the children born Texas.
  5. S10561910 United States Federal Census — Justice Precinct 4, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, S.D. 10, E.D. 9, sheet 12B, dwelling 55. Ancestry record 27644038. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed 2 May 1910: Charley B. Coffey, head, 43, first marriage of 20 years, born Alabama, parents born Alabama, general farmer, owns, mortgaged; Fannie, wife, 38(?), mother of 8 children, all living, born Texas; Clayborn E., son, 19; Ollie, son, 18; Ethel, 15; Myrtis, 13; Earl, 11; Corinne, 6; Marie, 2; the children born Texas. Surname spelled Coffey; his age, 43, is two years short of the October 1865 birth given in 1900.
  6. S10571920 United States Federal Census — Justice Precinct 4, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, S.D. 10, E.D. 27, sheet 10B, dwelling 227. Ancestry record 92889639. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed 22 January 1920: Charls B. Coffey, head, renting, 54, general farmer, parents born Alabama; Fannie H., wife, 46, born Texas; William O., son, 28, single, machinist; Earl B., son, 21; Corine, 16; Mari H., 12; Ralph, son, 9; Ruth E., 6; the children born Texas. This census alone gives his own birthplace as Texas; 1900, 1910 and 1930 say Alabama.
  7. S10581930 United States Federal Census — Elgin, Precinct 4, Bastrop County, Texas, E.D. 11-11, sheet 12A, dwelling 271. Ancestry record 65806477. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 26 September 2026. Confirmed 10 April 1930: Charles B. Caffey, head, owns his home, worth $1,000, 64, first married at 23, born Alabama, parents born Alabama, house painter, not a veteran; Frances H., wife, 55, first married at 16, born Texas, parents born Alabama; J. Ralph, son, 19, house painter; Marie, daughter, 22, stenographer at a wholesale grocery; Ruth, daughter, 16.
  8. S1097Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903–1932 — Bastrop County report of birth no. 3377 (local no. 147). Ancestry record 108072497. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed A girl, not yet named, born 5 December 1907 one mile east of Elgin; father C. B. Caffey, mother Mattie Caffey, residence Elgin; reported 21 December 1907 by T. B. Taylor, M.D., of Elgin. The mother’s name does not match: C. B. Caffey’s wife is H. F. or Fannie in the 1900–1940 censuses (S1055, S1056, S715).
  9. S1098Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903–1997 — state typescript index, 1903–09 births, Cof–Cof, page 506. Ancestry record 150133574. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed “Coffey | C. B., Inf. of | Bastrop | 12-5-07 | 3377”: the same birth and file number as the county report (S1097), under the index typist’s spelling Coffey.

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