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Coe, George Simmons

banker, was born March 27, 1817, in Newport, R. I.

In 1860 he became president of the American Exchange bank, which office he held until 1894. It was Mr. Coe who conceived the idea of combining the local banks in the clearing house, and of making use of clearing house certificates. Clearing house certificates have since been resorted to in the years 1873, 1884, 1890 and 1893, on each occasion with good results.

Coffee, John

congressman, was born June 2, 1772, in Prince Edward county, Va. He was a member of congress from Georgia from 1833 to 1837. He did good service in the war of 1812 as a general, and in the subsequent campaigns among the Indians. He died Sept. 25, 1836, in Telfair county, Ga.

Coffee, William Bryan

lawyer, jurist, was born April 27, 1863, in Lawrenceville, Va. He received his education in Loganville, and at the university of Nashville. He is a prominent lawyer of El Dorado, Ark.; and special judge of the circuit court. He has attained a wide reputation as one of the rising and foremost lawyers of the west at El Dorado, Ark.

He has contributed valuable articles to current and judicial literature.

Coffeen, Henry A

educator, labor advocate, congressman, was born in 1841, in Gallia county, Ohio. In 1889 he was a member of the constitutional convention that framed the present constitution of the new state of Wyoming; and in 1885 he organized at Big Horn and presided over the first agricultural fair ever held in the state. He was elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.

Coffin, Charles G

lawyer, congressman. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1838 to 1839.

Coffin, Isaac Foster

educator, author, was born in 1787, in Maine. He was an educator of Roxbury, Mass.; and the author of Journal of a Residence in Chili during the revolutionary scenes of 1817-19. He died in 1861.

Coffin, Joshua

antiquarian, author, was born Oct. 12, 1792, in Newbury, Mass.

He was a Massachusetts antiquary prominent among the abolitionists, and one of the poet Whittier's early instructors. He published a History of Ancient Newbury; and The Toppans of Toppan's Lane, a genealogy. He died July 24, 1864, in Newbury, Mass.

Coffin, Levi

philanthropist, was born Oct. 28, 1798, in New Garden, N. C. He was active in the underground railroad, a secret organization, whose purpose was the transportation of slaves from member to member until a place was reached where the negro was free. In 1863 he was associated in the establishment of the freedmen's bureau, and during the following year was sent to Europe as agent for the Western Freedmen's Aid commission. He died Sept. 16, 1877, in Avondale, Ohio.

Coffin, Peleg

state senator, congressman, was born in September, 1756. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1793 to 1795; served a number of years in the state senate; and was state treasurer from 1797 to 1802.

He died March 6, 1805.

Coffin, Robert Allen

educator, author, was born Aug. 23, 1801, in Williamsburg, Mass. He was an instructor in western Massachusetts; and the author of Compendium of Natural Philosophy; Town Organization; and History of Conway, Massachusetts. He died Sept. 4, 1878, in Conway, Mass.

Coffin, Robert Stevenson

author, was born July 14, 1797, in Brunswick, Maine. He was a poet of Boston who published The Oriental Harp; and Poems of the Boston Bard. He died May 7, 1827, in Rowley, Mass.