Edward J. Coffin was the son of Edward C. and Catherine D. Coffin. He was the 1st husband of Sarah L. (Bucklin) Coffin Nellis Small. Edward served during the Civil War.
The Journal and Courier
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Tuesday, September 20, 1881.
E. J. Coffin,
Attorney and Counsellor-At-Law,
Office adjacent, to Judge Hardin's chambers,
Little Falls, New York
Obituary
Utica Daily Press
Utica, New York
Thursday, March 26, 1896
Little Falls, March 25
COFFIN.-- Many people in Little Falls will be surprised and pained to learn of the death of E. J. Coffin, which occurred at 9:15 this evening at his home in Small's Bush. Mr. Coffin came to Little Falls about 15 years ago, from Cold Brook, in the northern part of the county, and became a law student in the office of Mills and Palmer, and subsequently established himself as a lawyer in the Feeler block, where he continued to practice his profession until burned out two or three years ago. He then leased an office in the Journal and Currier block, which he retained at the time of his death. Mr. Coffin was a man of good attainments, not only in law, but in various branches of learning. He was companionable, though a student by nature, and was making his way rapidly to the head of the legal profession, when a fondness for drink overmastered him and the career that opened so auspiciously became shrouded and darkened, until apoplexy, superinduced by alcoholism, ended his days in what should have been the prime of a useful and brilliant manhood. He was about 45 years of age. Mr. Coffin was corporation attorney for the Village of Little Falls some seven years ago, when the now noted Boyer water suit was instituted against the village. Mr. Coffin defended the interests of the corporation in court during these years, lately in conjunction with J. D. Beckwith, one of his successors in office, and in this, as in other cases, gave proof of abilities of high order. His forte, however, was the patent laws and business connected with patents, to which his inventive genius and knowledge of the mechanical sciences inclined him. He produced a few patents of his own, among them one that promised to come into general use. It was an ingenious devise for ringing an alarm when pressure from steam boilers passed a certain limit. Mr. Coffin lived with his wife at Small's Bush, a settlement a few miles west of the city, and came daily to town - though lately at irregular internals - to transact business. Despite his weakness Edwin J. Coffin was without an enemy, so far as known, except as he was such in his own person.
Death Notice
Utica Weekly Herald
Tuesday, March 31, 1896
Little Falls, March 25 - Edward J. Coffin died early this morning at Smalls Bush, three miles from this city. Death came very suddenly. Mr. Coffin was a prominent attorney, and a veteran of the Civil War. He was about 50 years old.
The Journal and Courier
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Tuesday, September 20, 1881.
E. J. Coffin,
Attorney and Counsellor-At-Law,
Office adjacent, to Judge Hardin's chambers,
Little Falls, New York
Obituary
Utica Daily Press
Utica, New York
Thursday, March 26, 1896
Little Falls, March 25
COFFIN.-- Many people in Little Falls will be surprised and pained to learn of the death of E. J. Coffin, which occurred at 9:15 this evening at his home in Small's Bush. Mr. Coffin came to Little Falls about 15 years ago, from Cold Brook, in the northern part of the county, and became a law student in the office of Mills and Palmer, and subsequently established himself as a lawyer in the Feeler block, where he continued to practice his profession until burned out two or three years ago. He then leased an office in the Journal and Currier block, which he retained at the time of his death. Mr. Coffin was a man of good attainments, not only in law, but in various branches of learning. He was companionable, though a student by nature, and was making his way rapidly to the head of the legal profession, when a fondness for drink overmastered him and the career that opened so auspiciously became shrouded and darkened, until apoplexy, superinduced by alcoholism, ended his days in what should have been the prime of a useful and brilliant manhood. He was about 45 years of age. Mr. Coffin was corporation attorney for the Village of Little Falls some seven years ago, when the now noted Boyer water suit was instituted against the village. Mr. Coffin defended the interests of the corporation in court during these years, lately in conjunction with J. D. Beckwith, one of his successors in office, and in this, as in other cases, gave proof of abilities of high order. His forte, however, was the patent laws and business connected with patents, to which his inventive genius and knowledge of the mechanical sciences inclined him. He produced a few patents of his own, among them one that promised to come into general use. It was an ingenious devise for ringing an alarm when pressure from steam boilers passed a certain limit. Mr. Coffin lived with his wife at Small's Bush, a settlement a few miles west of the city, and came daily to town - though lately at irregular internals - to transact business. Despite his weakness Edwin J. Coffin was without an enemy, so far as known, except as he was such in his own person.
Death Notice
Utica Weekly Herald
Tuesday, March 31, 1896
Little Falls, March 25 - Edward J. Coffin died early this morning at Smalls Bush, three miles from this city. Death came very suddenly. Mr. Coffin was a prominent attorney, and a veteran of the Civil War. He was about 50 years old.
Edward J. Coffin was the son of Edward C. and Catherine D. Coffin. He was the 1st husband of Sarah L. (Bucklin) Coffin Nellis Small. Edward served during the Civil War.
The Journal and Courier
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Tuesday, September 20, 1881.
E. J. Coffin,
Attorney and Counsellor-At-Law,
Office adjacent, to Judge Hardin's chambers,
Little Falls, New York
Obituary
Utica Daily Press
Utica, New York
Thursday, March 26, 1896
Little Falls, March 25
COFFIN.-- Many people in Little Falls will be surprised and pained to learn of the death of E. J. Coffin, which occurred at 9:15 this evening at his home in Small's Bush. Mr. Coffin came to Little Falls about 15 years ago, from Cold Brook, in the northern part of the county, and became a law student in the office of Mills and Palmer, and subsequently established himself as a lawyer in the Feeler block, where he continued to practice his profession until burned out two or three years ago. He then leased an office in the Journal and Currier block, which he retained at the time of his death. Mr. Coffin was a man of good attainments, not only in law, but in various branches of learning. He was companionable, though a student by nature, and was making his way rapidly to the head of the legal profession, when a fondness for drink overmastered him and the career that opened so auspiciously became shrouded and darkened, until apoplexy, superinduced by alcoholism, ended his days in what should have been the prime of a useful and brilliant manhood. He was about 45 years of age. Mr. Coffin was corporation attorney for the Village of Little Falls some seven years ago, when the now noted Boyer water suit was instituted against the village. Mr. Coffin defended the interests of the corporation in court during these years, lately in conjunction with J. D. Beckwith, one of his successors in office, and in this, as in other cases, gave proof of abilities of high order. His forte, however, was the patent laws and business connected with patents, to which his inventive genius and knowledge of the mechanical sciences inclined him. He produced a few patents of his own, among them one that promised to come into general use. It was an ingenious devise for ringing an alarm when pressure from steam boilers passed a certain limit. Mr. Coffin lived with his wife at Small's Bush, a settlement a few miles west of the city, and came daily to town - though lately at irregular internals - to transact business. Despite his weakness Edwin J. Coffin was without an enemy, so far as known, except as he was such in his own person.
Death Notice
Utica Weekly Herald
Tuesday, March 31, 1896
Little Falls, March 25 - Edward J. Coffin died early this morning at Smalls Bush, three miles from this city. Death came very suddenly. Mr. Coffin was a prominent attorney, and a veteran of the Civil War. He was about 50 years old.
The Journal and Courier
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Tuesday, September 20, 1881.
E. J. Coffin,
Attorney and Counsellor-At-Law,
Office adjacent, to Judge Hardin's chambers,
Little Falls, New York
Obituary
Utica Daily Press
Utica, New York
Thursday, March 26, 1896
Little Falls, March 25
COFFIN.-- Many people in Little Falls will be surprised and pained to learn of the death of E. J. Coffin, which occurred at 9:15 this evening at his home in Small's Bush. Mr. Coffin came to Little Falls about 15 years ago, from Cold Brook, in the northern part of the county, and became a law student in the office of Mills and Palmer, and subsequently established himself as a lawyer in the Feeler block, where he continued to practice his profession until burned out two or three years ago. He then leased an office in the Journal and Currier block, which he retained at the time of his death. Mr. Coffin was a man of good attainments, not only in law, but in various branches of learning. He was companionable, though a student by nature, and was making his way rapidly to the head of the legal profession, when a fondness for drink overmastered him and the career that opened so auspiciously became shrouded and darkened, until apoplexy, superinduced by alcoholism, ended his days in what should have been the prime of a useful and brilliant manhood. He was about 45 years of age. Mr. Coffin was corporation attorney for the Village of Little Falls some seven years ago, when the now noted Boyer water suit was instituted against the village. Mr. Coffin defended the interests of the corporation in court during these years, lately in conjunction with J. D. Beckwith, one of his successors in office, and in this, as in other cases, gave proof of abilities of high order. His forte, however, was the patent laws and business connected with patents, to which his inventive genius and knowledge of the mechanical sciences inclined him. He produced a few patents of his own, among them one that promised to come into general use. It was an ingenious devise for ringing an alarm when pressure from steam boilers passed a certain limit. Mr. Coffin lived with his wife at Small's Bush, a settlement a few miles west of the city, and came daily to town - though lately at irregular internals - to transact business. Despite his weakness Edwin J. Coffin was without an enemy, so far as known, except as he was such in his own person.
Death Notice
Utica Weekly Herald
Tuesday, March 31, 1896
Little Falls, March 25 - Edward J. Coffin died early this morning at Smalls Bush, three miles from this city. Death came very suddenly. Mr. Coffin was a prominent attorney, and a veteran of the Civil War. He was about 50 years old.
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