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and supported them until self-supporting.

He

died Sept.

7,

1818.

Henry A., educator, labor advocongressman, scientist, was born Feb.

Coffeen, cate,

14, 1841, in Gallia county, Ohio. He was educated in Eureka college

of Illinois; and at the Butler university of

Indiana. In 1889 he was a member of the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the new state of Wyoming; and in 1885 organized at Big Horn and presided over the first agricultural fair ever held in the state. In 1893-95 he was a representative from Wj'oming to the fifty-third congress as a democrat and while in congress he made the first speech in favor of the reclamation of the arid lands of the federal government which afterward became a law. He gave to Sheridan a library of some three thousand volumes, which led to the erection of the Carnegie library building in that city. He led the way for the elimination of sectarian bias and political control in the reorganization of the state university of Wyoming; and has made literary and scientific research, especially along the lines of psychic science.

Coffey,

George Nelson, geologist, author,

in New Lebanon, Ohio. In 1837-39 he was a representative from Ohio to the twentyfifth congress to fill a vacancy. He afterward continued the practice of law in Cincin-

law

nati, Ohio. Coffin, Abraham

senator, ilaine.

Burbank, lawyer, state was born March 31, 1831, in Gilead, He attended Andover and Phillips academy, and in 1856 graduated from Dartmouth college. In 1858 he was admitted to the bar; and has a law office in

He

he became a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives; and in 1877-78 was a member of the state senate. In 1886-87 he was a member of the governor's council; and for four years was cliaiiman of the Massachusetts state board of gas, fuel and electric commissioners.

Cofcn, Charles E., manufacturer, state sencongressman, was born July 18, 1841, in Boston, Mass. He purchased a tract of land in Muirkirk, Md., on which he found iron ore. In 1864 he took charge of the iron

ator,

works, which were

S.

Pennsylvania and Iowa.

Coffey James Vincent, lawyer, jurist, statesman. In 1899 he was a candidate for United States senator from California. He is now judge of the superior court of San Francisco. Coffin, Charles Carleton, journalist, author,

was born July 26, He became famous

1823, in Boscawen, N.H. as the war correspondent

of the Boston Journal during the civil war, over the signature of Carleton. He was the Days Sind Nights on the Battleauthor of field, a narrative of personal experience; Following the Flag; Winning his Way; Building the Nation; Old Times in the Colonies; The Boys of '76; The Story of Liberty; The Drumbeat of the Nation; Marching to Vic-

My

all

built by the Ellicotts in 1847. In 1884 he was elected to the house of delegates of Maryland ; and then in

soil

sas, Illinois,

Boston, Mass. held various

public offices in Winchester, Mass. In 1875

was born Jan. 17, 1875, in Patterson, N.C. He was educated at the Patterson academy and at the university of North Carolina; and has received the degrees of Ph.B. and M. Since J.905 he has been in charge of the survey in the United States department of agriculture. In 1905 he delivered a, series of lectures on soil at the university of North Carolina. He has made soil maps; and is the author of Written reports upon numerous areas in North Carolina, Ohio, Kan-

has

1890-94 was a

member

of the Maryland state senate. In 1893-97 he

was a

representative

to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican; and served on several im-

portant committees. Coffin, Charles Emmet, banker, broker, was born July 13, 1849, in Salem, Ind. In 1871 he was admitted to the practice of law but continued in the real estate business. He is

president of the Indianapolis savings and in-

vestment company of Indianopolis, Ind. Coffin, Charles G., lawyer, congressman. In 1838-39 he was a representative from Ohio to the twenty-fifth congress. Coffin, Sir Isaac,

May

army

He

died in Ohio.

officer,

was born

16, 1759, in

fourteen years service;

and

He

in

Boston, Mass. At the age of he entered the British naval 1802 was appointed admiral. the Coffin academy at NanMass. He died Auk 4 1839

tory;

established tucket Island,

Way Round

in

Brookline, Mass.

Coffin, Isaac Foster, educator, author, was born 1787, in Maine. was an educator

Redeeming the Republic; Our New the World; and Daughters of the Revolution. He died March 1, 1896, in Charles D., lawyer, congressman, was born in Ohio. He began the practice of Coffin,

England.

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'

He

of Roxbury, Mass.; and the author of Journal of a Residence in Chili during the revolu-