Father: Henry Hale Coffeen b: 8 FEB 1800 in Lewis Co, NY
Mother: Nancy Lanpheer b: 31 DEC 1806 in Lewis Co, NY
children:
1. Henry Coffeen who resided in Bertran, Minnesota
2. George Coffeen who died 1918
3. Edith Coffeen who m. Mr. BERTZ and resided in Fon du lac, Wisconsin at a rural address
and two children who died young.
Enlisted as a Private on 22 October 1861 at Brothertown, Wisconsin.
Enlisted in Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 22 October 1861.
Wounded on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN
Died of wounds Company A, 18th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 16 April 1862 in Mound City, IL

Richard was born in Welby, Lincolnshire in 1832 (?), the son of Thomas and Elizabeth and one of 15 children. He emigrated to the US in 1861 and settled in Wisconsin. He served as a Private in the Civil War with the 19th Wisconsin Infantry regiment of the Union Army. Richard and Eliza married in 1868. They had two children - Charles 1869 and Alice 1876.