Coffin, Charles G – Cogswell, Jonathan
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, James Henry
astronomer, author, was born Sept. 6, 1806, in Williamsburg, Mass. He was a meteorologist who was professor of astronomy at Lafayette college. He was the author of Solar and Lunar Eclipses Illustrated and Explained; Winds of the Northern Hemisphere; Psychometrical Table; Orbit and Phenomena of a Meteoric Fire Ball; Elements of Conic Sections and Analytical Geometry; and Winds of the Globe. He died Feb. 6, 1873, in Easton, Pa.
Coffin, John Huntington Crane
mathematician, author, was born Sept. 14, 1815, in Wiscasset, Maine. He was a mathematician of distinction; and the author of Observations with the Mural Circle at the United States Naval Observatory; The Compass; and Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. He died in 1890.
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 Barry
journalist, author, was born July 21, 1826, in Hudson, N. Y. He was a New York journalist whose books were popular at one time but are now nearly forgotten. Their humor is somewhat forced, and the style has no very marked merits. He is the author of Matrimonial Infelicities; Who Is the Heir? Out of Town, a Rural Episode; Cakes and Ale at Woodbine; Castles in the Air; Left in the Lurch; and The Home of Cooper. He died June 10, 1886, in Fordham, N. Y.
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.
Coffin, Roland Folger
journalist, author, was born March 8, 1826, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a marine reporter in New York city; and the author of An Old Sailor's Yarns; The America's Cup; and History of American Yachting. He died July 17, 1888, on Shelter Island, N. Y.
Coffin, Selden Jennings
educator, author, was born Aug. 3, 1838, in Ogdensburg, N. Y. He succeeded his father as professor of astronomy at Lafayette college in 1873, and completed the latter's Winds of the Globe. He has also published Record of the Men at Lafayette.
Coffin, Timothy Gardner
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 1, 1788, in Nantucket, Mass. He was graduated at Brown in 1813; was admitted to the Bristol bar in 1816, and obtained the foremost rank in the profession. He was judge advocate of Massachusetts militia under Gen. Lincoln. He died Sept. 19, 1854, in New Bedford, Mass.
Coffin, Tristram
colonist, was born in 1605, in England. He was the founder and the first chief magistrate of Nantucket colony. He died in 1681, in Nantucket, Mass.
WILLIAM COFFIN, ANDERSON, painter, was born Jan. 31, 1855, in Allegheny City, Pa. In 1886 he was awarded the Hallgarten prize of $200 for his picture in the National academy. His most notable works are The Close of Day; Portrait of a Gentleman; Reflections; Five O'Clock in the Morning; Moonlight in Harvest; and The Hayfield.
Coffinsberry, James M
jurist, was born May 16, 1818, in Mansfield, Ohio.
He was prosecuting attorney of Lucas county for several years, but later removed to Cleveland; and in 1861 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas. He was principal secretary of the great union convention of Ohio, and was for several years the standing candidate of his party for representative in congress. He died Nov. 29, 1891, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Coffroth, Alexander H
lawyer, legislator, was born May 18, 1828, in Somerset, Pa. He attended the public and the old Somerset academy; then engaged in teaching; and in 1851 was admitted to the bar. In 1862 he was elected to congress and was the youngest member in the house. He received the re-election and declined a third nomination. However, in 1878 he was again sent to congress; and since 1881 has devoted his entire attention to his profession of law in Somerset, Pa. During his career in congress he was known as a true friend for the soldier. He was the warm personal friend of Stanton and Lincoln, and was one of the pallbearers of the murdered president. During the past ten years he has been chairman of the Bar association of Somerset county, Pa.; and as a lawyer Mr. Coffroth is acknowledged one of the strongest men in southern Pennsylvania.
Coffroth, John R
lawyer, was born Aug. 11, 1828, in Greencastle, Pa.
He has been several times a member of the Indiana legislature; and in 1866 he was a candidate for the office of attorneygeneral. In 1878 he was the unanimous choice of his party for congress, but declined on account of his private business.
Coggeshall, George
author, poet, was born in 1784, in Connecticut. He was a sea captain, of some prominence as a writer; and the author of Voyages to Various Parts of the World; History of American Privateers and Letters of Marque During Our War with England, 1812-14; Historical Sketch of Commerce and Navigation from the Christian Era to 1860; and Religious and Miscellaneous Poetry. He died about 1850.
Coggeshall, Henry J
lawyer, state senator, was born April 28, 1845, in Waterville, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1866; in 1872 was elected state legislator; and in 1883 state senator.
Coggeshall, William Turner
journalist, author, was born in 1824, in Pennsylvania. He was a journalist of Cincinnati, whose principal writings include Signs of the Times, a work on spirit rappings; Home Hits and Hints; and Stories of Frontier Adventure. He died Aug. 2, 1867, in Ecuador, where he was serving as United States minister.
Coghlan, John M
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 8, 1835, in Louisville, Ky. He was a member of the California legislature in 1865; and was elected to the forty-second congress as a representative of his adopted state, serving on the committees on private land claims and naval affairs.
Cogswell, Charles Northend
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1797, in South Berwick, Maine. In 1814 he graduated from Bowdoin college; and subsequently opened a law office in his native city. He became one of the foremost lawyers of New England; and was an acknowledged leader in the democratic party. During the latter part of his life he served two terms in the Maine state In senate, and one term in congress. these bodies he had the weight which always belongs to a man of solid learning and judgment and of useful business habits. His name was brought forward for governor at the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 11, 1843.
Cogswell, Frederick Hill
lawyer, author, was born March 11, 1859, in New Preston, Conn. He attended the Connecticut Literary institution of Suffield; took a special course of studies in the Yale university; and graduated from the university of Michigan. Since 1884 he has been official reporter of the superior court at New Haven, Conn. He has written numerous short stories for leading magazines. In 1884 he published Cogswell's Compendium of Phonography; and is the author of The Regicides, an historical novel; and a second novel entitled Newgate. He has also lectured extensively on historical and literary subjects.
Cogswell, Jonathan
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 3, 1782, in Rowley, Mass. He was a noted congregational clergyman of New England and New Jersey; and the author of The Necessity of Capital Punishment; Discourses; Hebrew Theocracy; Calvary and Sinai; Godliness a Great Mystery; and The Appropriate Work of the Holy Spirit. He died Aug. 1, 1864, in New Brunswick, N. J.