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Mattie Jane Moody Coffman

Wife of Jesse Lee Coffman · 1906–1987

Mattie Jane Moody Coffman

Confirmed

Wife of Jesse Lee Coffman · 1906–1987

Married
Jesse Lee Coffman
Sources
5

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED as the wife of Jesse Lee Coffman; her own dates and places are Probable. The 1932 Texas birth certificate of their daughter, read from the image, names the father as Jesse Lee Coffman, 40, and the mother as Mattie Jane Moody, 25 S1368. The census pages of 1930 and 1940, read from the images, list Mattie J. as his wife S1361S1369, and his 1942 draft card names Mrs. Mattie Jane Coffman as the person who would always know his address S1370. The birth certificate image was read on 4 October 2026 and again on 11 October 2026, with the same names for the father and the mother.

Life in the order the records give it

Census1930
In 1930 a teacher named Zona A. Moody, 27, boarded with the couple in Callahan County S1361. No record read here says how she was related to Mattie Jane.
Burial
She is buried at Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, by the Find a Grave index S1719.
Census2026
History of this card. 11 Oct 2026
card written when she was added to the family tree, from her daughter’s birth certificate image (S1368) and the census images (S1361, S1369).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1940
Wife of Jesse Lee Coffman. A family history printed in 1940 calls her his second wife. No marriage record has been found. Their children do not have cards and are not named here.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Mattie Jane Moody Coffman died on 20 September 1987 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, and was born at Guion, Taylor County, Texas, on 16 February 1906, by the Social Security, Texas Death Index and Find a Grave indexes S1719. What is weak or missing: all three are indexes, and no certificate image has been read. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.
Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Her parents were John Henry Moody and Mary Elizabeth Self, by the Social Security index and the Find a Grave index S1719. What is weak or missing: both are indexes, and no record read from an image names her parents. They do not have cards. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

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Mattie Jane Moody Coffman · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

5 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. S13611930 census — Jessie L. Coffman household, Justice Precinct 5, Callahan County, Texas, ED 30-8, sheet 5B, lines 90–93, 12 April 1930. Ancestry, “1930 United States Federal Census”, record 65184000. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Coffman, Jessie L., head, 39, married, renting at $15 a month, born Texas, father born Virginia, mother born Texas, teacher, public school; Mattie J., wife, 24, first married at 18, born Texas, father born Alabama; their young son; and Zona A. Moody, boarder, 27, single, born Texas, father born Alabama, also a public-school teacher. ⚠ Jessie’s age at first marriage reads 26 or 36. The son, born about 1926, is not named here under the site’s privacy rule. That Zona Moody was Mattie’s sister is only a guess from the shared surname clue and the Alabama-born fathers.
  2. S1368Texas certificate of birth, register no. 114596 — a daughter of Jesse Lee Coffman, Clyde, Callahan County, filed 1 January 1932. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903–1932”, record 108732749. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed A daughter, born at Clyde, Route 2, Callahan County, her name and birth date left blank; father Jesse Lee Coffman, of Clyde, 40, born Texas, a teacher; mother Mattie Jane Moody, 25, born Texas, housewife; the mother’s second child, both living; filed with the state 4 January 1932. ⚠ The daughter is not named here under the site’s privacy rule, and the form gives no birth date. Jesse’s birthplace is given only as Texas; Clyde in the index is the child’s birthplace.
  3. S13691940 census — Jessie L. Coffman household, Justice Precinct 5, Taylor County, Texas, ED 221-31, sheet 5A, lines 20–23, 10–11 April 1940. Ancestry, “1940 United States Federal Census”, record 157954822. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Coffman, Jessie L., head, renting at $5 a month, 49, four years of college, born Texas, in the same place in 1935, a public-school teacher who worked 52 weeks for $1,170; Mattie J., wife, 34, four years of high school, born Texas, the informant; their son, 14; and their daughter, 8. ⚠ The son and daughter, born about 1926 and 1932, are not named here under the site’s privacy rule.
  4. S1370World War II draft registration card, 1942 — Jesse Lee Coffman, Potosi, Taylor County, Texas, serial U 654. Ancestry, “U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942”, record 12188178. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed Jesse Lee Coffman (printed Jessie, signed Jesse), of Potosi, Taylor County, mail Abilene R.F.D. 2; 51; born 28 January 1891 at Potosi, Texas; contact Mrs. Mattie Jane Coffman; employer the Eula School Board, R.F.D. 1, Clyde, Callahan County. ⚠ Only the front of the card was read; the physical description on the back was not.
  5. S1719Indexes — Mattie Jane Moody Coffman, born Guion, Taylor County, Texas, 16 February 1906; died Abilene, 20 September 1987. FamilySearch, Social Security Numident index (6K7P-7815) and Texas Death Index (VZF8-LZY); Ancestry, Find a Grave index, record 70991493. Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable Numident: Mattie Jane Moody, born 16 Feb 1906 at Guion, Taylor County, died 20 Sep 1987; father John H. Moody, mother Mary E. Self. Texas Death Index: Mattie Coffman, died 20 Sep 1987, Taylor County. Find a Grave: Mattie Jane Coffman, born Moody, buried at Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene; husband Jesse Lee Coffman; parents John Henry Moody and Mary Elizabeth Moody. ⚠ Index only: no certificate image has been read. That she was the wife of Jesse Lee Coffman is read from images (S1368, S1361, S1369, S1370). Serves the card of Mattie Jane Moody Coffman; her children are not named here.

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