Coffin Biographies and Obituaries

Coffin family - showing lineage from England through immigrant Tristram Coffin, down through Edward, to his son Isaac, to his son Julius Augustus, to his son Lewis Augustus.

Snyder family - showing Charles Snyder, born in Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York on 20 May 1840, and his wife Lura Coffin, daughter of Jacob Coffin, son of Abraham Coffin.

Sisson family - showing Rufus Lasher Sisson, born Coxsackie New York on 30 Apr 1860, and his wife Mary Edith Coffin, daughter of Julius Augustus Coffin.

Partridge family - showing Jane Ann Partridge, wife of Julius Augustus Coffin.

Other Biographies

Morse Coffin often wrote articles in local newspapers describing part of his pioneer life. The articles included here, written in the Longmont Ledger between July 12 and August 16, 1907, give a good account of his life from the time he first went to Colorado until he finally settled down on his ranch.

Warren D. Coffen and Clark Sherman Coffin (sons of John I. Coffin and Clarissa Nelson), from "The History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa", published 1884

Henderson W. Coffin, from "The Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois", by Katherine E. Rowland, C. G.

Sylvester, Fletcher, and William H. Coffin, sons of Henderson W. Coffin and Harriet Kenear

Abraham Coffin, from Beer's "History of Greene County", New York.

Morse Coffin, from Portrait and Biographical Record, Denver & Vicinity.

Mark Ainsworth Coffin, from the "History of Idaho", by James H. Hawley, 1920

Frank Coffin Patten, from "Past & Present of DeKalb County" by Lewis M. Gross, 1907

Obituaries

Obituary extractions from Herkimer County

Henry W. Coffin, died 31 Aug 1929, Utica, Oneida, New York

Ira W. Coffin, died 24 Aug 1953, Deerfield, Oneida, New York

Allen Coffin, died 7 Sep 1902, Deerfield, Oneida, New York

Nelson Burr & Abigail Waterman (Coffin) Rowley, Farmington, Dakota, Minnesota

Milton P. Coffin, died 10 Jan 1914, Camden, Oneida, New York