William H. "Will" Coffman, birth date 11/26/1831, death date 12/9/1903, burial in Mesquite Cemetery, Lee County. Includes timeline and reprint of obituary.
Find a Grave .
Mortuary, 12/11/1903, p. 3, dateline "Lexington, Tex., Dec. 7th," states Coffman "passed quietly away at his home six miles west of town at an early hour this morning."
Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch, W.H. Coffman. Born 11/26/1831 in Hopkins County, Kentucky; represented Lee, Washington, and Burleson counties in the 18th Legislature. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 453-454.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .