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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1973
Page
13
Alvin A. Coffey, born 1822 in Kentucky, travels with a Missouri master to California in 1849. The party endures cholera, harsh terrain, and a brutal winter in the Sacramento Valley while Coffey aims to win his and his family’s freedom with $1,000.
Alvin A. Coffey worked his master’s claim by day and cobbled others’ shoes by night to fund his freedom. Sold twice, he eventually earned enough in Shasta Mines from 1854 to 1857 to free himself and his family, settled near Red Bluff, California, where five sons also prospered, and died October 2, 1902, buried at Oak Still Cemetery in Red Bluff.
United Press International reports a rising public stance against costly funerals, citing an advertising push by the National Funeral Directors Association. The group argues for open casket viewing to confront death and a quick, inexpensive disposition, while noting the costs and emotional benefits of traditional burial.
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