From discourse delivered at the funeral of John C. Coffing, by Adam Reid, 21 Sep 1847
John C. Coffing was born in Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., Oct. 6, 1776. In the third year of his age he removed with his mother to Salisbury, where he remained till the spring of 1789, when he went to Derby, and lived till the autumn of 1795, with Messrs. Judson & Nathan Stiles, at the place now known as Humphreysville, as clerk in a dry goods store owned by them there. He then left Derby, and took a trip to Nova Scotia during the winter, and was at sea, and narrowly escaped shipwreck during the memorable storm of the 16th of March, 1796, which is frequently spoken of by aged people to this day. Early in April he returned to Salisbury, being then in the 20th year of his age, and continued to reside here until his death. After managing the farm of his mother for a few years, he turned his attention to the manufacture of iron, and entered into company in the year 1808 or 9, with the late John M. Holley, Esq., with whom he carried on the business for nearly thirty years with so much enterprise and success, as not only realised a large estate for them, but rendered their establishment one of the most celebrated in the land. Mr. Coffing continued in the iron business till his death, which took place on Sabbath, the 19th of September, about 9 o'clock in the morning.
General Notes: From "The Descendents of Andrew Warner":
Holley and Coffing, was founded by John Churchill Coffing and John Milton Holley. This firm made the well known Salisbury and Richmond brands of iron, which, for over one hundred years, have been quoted in the markets as irons combining tensile strength and elasticity in the highest degree. The furnaces of Coffing and Holley made iron for the young American Navy, including the Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), and the Chesapeake; also for the War of 1812, the Greek War of 1821, the Mexican and Civil Wars. This iron was used for making the guns of the Monitor which defeated the Merrimac in the Civil War. Alexander Holley, a cousin and associate of George Coffing, aided Sir Henry Bessemer in perfecting the Bessemer Process. Mr. Holley owned the Bessemer patents for the United States and built the early Bessemer plants, at Troy, Bethlehem, Youngstown, and other places.
John C. Coffing was born in Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., Oct. 6, 1776. In the third year of his age he removed with his mother to Salisbury, where he remained till the spring of 1789, when he went to Derby, and lived till the autumn of 1795, with Messrs. Judson & Nathan Stiles, at the place now known as Humphreysville, as clerk in a dry goods store owned by them there. He then left Derby, and took a trip to Nova Scotia during the winter, and was at sea, and narrowly escaped shipwreck during the memorable storm of the 16th of March, 1796, which is frequently spoken of by aged people to this day. Early in April he returned to Salisbury, being then in the 20th year of his age, and continued to reside here until his death. After managing the farm of his mother for a few years, he turned his attention to the manufacture of iron, and entered into company in the year 1808 or 9, with the late John M. Holley, Esq., with whom he carried on the business for nearly thirty years with so much enterprise and success, as not only realised a large estate for them, but rendered their establishment one of the most celebrated in the land. Mr. Coffing continued in the iron business till his death, which took place on Sabbath, the 19th of September, about 9 o'clock in the morning.
General Notes: From "The Descendents of Andrew Warner":
Holley and Coffing, was founded by John Churchill Coffing and John Milton Holley. This firm made the well known Salisbury and Richmond brands of iron, which, for over one hundred years, have been quoted in the markets as irons combining tensile strength and elasticity in the highest degree. The furnaces of Coffing and Holley made iron for the young American Navy, including the Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), and the Chesapeake; also for the War of 1812, the Greek War of 1821, the Mexican and Civil Wars. This iron was used for making the guns of the Monitor which defeated the Merrimac in the Civil War. Alexander Holley, a cousin and associate of George Coffing, aided Sir Henry Bessemer in perfecting the Bessemer Process. Mr. Holley owned the Bessemer patents for the United States and built the early Bessemer plants, at Troy, Bethlehem, Youngstown, and other places.
From discourse delivered at the funeral of John C. Coffing, by Adam Reid, 21 Sep 1847
John C. Coffing was born in Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., Oct. 6, 1776. In the third year of his age he removed with his mother to Salisbury, where he remained till the spring of 1789, when he went to Derby, and lived till the autumn of 1795, with Messrs. Judson & Nathan Stiles, at the place now known as Humphreysville, as clerk in a dry goods store owned by them there. He then left Derby, and took a trip to Nova Scotia during the winter, and was at sea, and narrowly escaped shipwreck during the memorable storm of the 16th of March, 1796, which is frequently spoken of by aged people to this day. Early in April he returned to Salisbury, being then in the 20th year of his age, and continued to reside here until his death. After managing the farm of his mother for a few years, he turned his attention to the manufacture of iron, and entered into company in the year 1808 or 9, with the late John M. Holley, Esq., with whom he carried on the business for nearly thirty years with so much enterprise and success, as not only realised a large estate for them, but rendered their establishment one of the most celebrated in the land. Mr. Coffing continued in the iron business till his death, which took place on Sabbath, the 19th of September, about 9 o'clock in the morning.
General Notes: From "The Descendents of Andrew Warner":
Holley and Coffing, was founded by John Churchill Coffing and John Milton Holley. This firm made the well known Salisbury and Richmond brands of iron, which, for over one hundred years, have been quoted in the markets as irons combining tensile strength and elasticity in the highest degree. The furnaces of Coffing and Holley made iron for the young American Navy, including the Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), and the Chesapeake; also for the War of 1812, the Greek War of 1821, the Mexican and Civil Wars. This iron was used for making the guns of the Monitor which defeated the Merrimac in the Civil War. Alexander Holley, a cousin and associate of George Coffing, aided Sir Henry Bessemer in perfecting the Bessemer Process. Mr. Holley owned the Bessemer patents for the United States and built the early Bessemer plants, at Troy, Bethlehem, Youngstown, and other places.
John C. Coffing was born in Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., Oct. 6, 1776. In the third year of his age he removed with his mother to Salisbury, where he remained till the spring of 1789, when he went to Derby, and lived till the autumn of 1795, with Messrs. Judson & Nathan Stiles, at the place now known as Humphreysville, as clerk in a dry goods store owned by them there. He then left Derby, and took a trip to Nova Scotia during the winter, and was at sea, and narrowly escaped shipwreck during the memorable storm of the 16th of March, 1796, which is frequently spoken of by aged people to this day. Early in April he returned to Salisbury, being then in the 20th year of his age, and continued to reside here until his death. After managing the farm of his mother for a few years, he turned his attention to the manufacture of iron, and entered into company in the year 1808 or 9, with the late John M. Holley, Esq., with whom he carried on the business for nearly thirty years with so much enterprise and success, as not only realised a large estate for them, but rendered their establishment one of the most celebrated in the land. Mr. Coffing continued in the iron business till his death, which took place on Sabbath, the 19th of September, about 9 o'clock in the morning.
General Notes: From "The Descendents of Andrew Warner":
Holley and Coffing, was founded by John Churchill Coffing and John Milton Holley. This firm made the well known Salisbury and Richmond brands of iron, which, for over one hundred years, have been quoted in the markets as irons combining tensile strength and elasticity in the highest degree. The furnaces of Coffing and Holley made iron for the young American Navy, including the Constitution ("Old Ironsides"), and the Chesapeake; also for the War of 1812, the Greek War of 1821, the Mexican and Civil Wars. This iron was used for making the guns of the Monitor which defeated the Merrimac in the Civil War. Alexander Holley, a cousin and associate of George Coffing, aided Sir Henry Bessemer in perfecting the Bessemer Process. Mr. Holley owned the Bessemer patents for the United States and built the early Bessemer plants, at Troy, Bethlehem, Youngstown, and other places.
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