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Emporia Weekly Gazette, Thursday, November 28, 1918
J. L. Coffman Dead.
J. L. Coffman died at his home in Wakefild, Kan., Nov. 17. He was born in Hagarstown, Md., May 21, 1837, and removed to Polo, Ill., with his parents in 1845, coming to Emporia in 1869, where he continued to live till he removed to Wakefild, in 1909.
He settled on what is now known as the Harvey ranch and improved it. This was part of what was then known as an Indian float. The City of Emporia was a part of the same float. Some persons came from New York and attacked the title. He employed Governor Willis Shannon and Ed Watrebury to defend his title. After several years of litigation he won the suit, which wining settled the suit, and the same men filed against the City of Emporia. Ed Waterbury walked and rode horseback over 800 miles, tracing the Indians, and found the old chief at Wyandotte who held the will, just a few days before the chief's death. It was the paper that settled the suit.
Mr. Coffman married Hattie Carll in Illinois, and to them seven children were born, all of whom, with Mrs. Coffman, were present at the funeral. The children are Mrs. C.F. Foloy, of Topeka; Mrs. C. Chamberlain, Springhill, Kan.; Mrs. H.W. Avery and Lyman J. of Wakefield; Hayes B. and Mrs. I.G. Dillon, of Olathe, Colo., and T.C. of Wichita.
His birthplace was on a farm which afterward became a part of the battlefield of Antietam. He spent a quiet useful life as a farmer; became a Christian in 1891 and united with the Methodist Church. He was devoted to his family, understood the sacrifices of the pioneer, and passed to his reward after four score years on earth with love for all.
Contributor: Anonymous (48449771)
Emporia Weekly Gazette, Thursday, November 28, 1918
J. L. Coffman Dead.
J. L. Coffman died at his home in Wakefild, Kan., Nov. 17. He was born in Hagarstown, Md., May 21, 1837, and removed to Polo, Ill., with his parents in 1845, coming to Emporia in 1869, where he continued to live till he removed to Wakefild, in 1909.
He settled on what is now known as the Harvey ranch and improved it. This was part of what was then known as an Indian float. The City of Emporia was a part of the same float. Some persons came from New York and attacked the title. He employed Governor Willis Shannon and Ed Watrebury to defend his title. After several years of litigation he won the suit, which wining settled the suit, and the same men filed against the City of Emporia. Ed Waterbury walked and rode horseback over 800 miles, tracing the Indians, and found the old chief at Wyandotte who held the will, just a few days before the chief's death. It was the paper that settled the suit.
Mr. Coffman married Hattie Carll in Illinois, and to them seven children were born, all of whom, with Mrs. Coffman, were present at the funeral. The children are Mrs. C.F. Foloy, of Topeka; Mrs. C. Chamberlain, Springhill, Kan.; Mrs. H.W. Avery and Lyman J. of Wakefield; Hayes B. and Mrs. I.G. Dillon, of Olathe, Colo., and T.C. of Wichita.
His birthplace was on a farm which afterward became a part of the battlefield of Antietam. He spent a quiet useful life as a farmer; became a Christian in 1891 and united with the Methodist Church. He was devoted to his family, understood the sacrifices of the pioneer, and passed to his reward after four score years on earth with love for all.
Contributor: Anonymous (48449771)
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Emporia Weekly Gazette, Thursday, November 28, 1918
J. L. Coffman Dead.
J. L. Coffman died at his home in Wakefild, Kan., Nov. 17. He was born in Hagarstown, Md., May 21, 1837, and removed to Polo, Ill., with his parents in 1845, coming to Emporia in 1869, where he continued to live till he removed to Wakefild, in 1909.
He settled on what is now known as the Harvey ranch and improved it. This was part of what was then known as an Indian float. The City of Emporia was a part of the same float. Some persons came from New York and attacked the title. He employed Governor Willis Shannon and Ed Watrebury to defend his title. After several years of litigation he won the suit, which wining settled the suit, and the same men filed against the City of Emporia. Ed Waterbury walked and rode horseback over 800 miles, tracing the Indians, and found the old chief at Wyandotte who held the will, just a few days before the chief's death. It was the paper that settled the suit.
Mr. Coffman married Hattie Carll in Illinois, and to them seven children were born, all of whom, with Mrs. Coffman, were present at the funeral. The children are Mrs. C.F. Foloy, of Topeka; Mrs. C. Chamberlain, Springhill, Kan.; Mrs. H.W. Avery and Lyman J. of Wakefield; Hayes B. and Mrs. I.G. Dillon, of Olathe, Colo., and T.C. of Wichita.
His birthplace was on a farm which afterward became a part of the battlefield of Antietam. He spent a quiet useful life as a farmer; became a Christian in 1891 and united with the Methodist Church. He was devoted to his family, understood the sacrifices of the pioneer, and passed to his reward after four score years on earth with love for all.
Contributor: Anonymous (48449771)
Emporia Weekly Gazette, Thursday, November 28, 1918
J. L. Coffman Dead.
J. L. Coffman died at his home in Wakefild, Kan., Nov. 17. He was born in Hagarstown, Md., May 21, 1837, and removed to Polo, Ill., with his parents in 1845, coming to Emporia in 1869, where he continued to live till he removed to Wakefild, in 1909.
He settled on what is now known as the Harvey ranch and improved it. This was part of what was then known as an Indian float. The City of Emporia was a part of the same float. Some persons came from New York and attacked the title. He employed Governor Willis Shannon and Ed Watrebury to defend his title. After several years of litigation he won the suit, which wining settled the suit, and the same men filed against the City of Emporia. Ed Waterbury walked and rode horseback over 800 miles, tracing the Indians, and found the old chief at Wyandotte who held the will, just a few days before the chief's death. It was the paper that settled the suit.
Mr. Coffman married Hattie Carll in Illinois, and to them seven children were born, all of whom, with Mrs. Coffman, were present at the funeral. The children are Mrs. C.F. Foloy, of Topeka; Mrs. C. Chamberlain, Springhill, Kan.; Mrs. H.W. Avery and Lyman J. of Wakefield; Hayes B. and Mrs. I.G. Dillon, of Olathe, Colo., and T.C. of Wichita.
His birthplace was on a farm which afterward became a part of the battlefield of Antietam. He spent a quiet useful life as a farmer; became a Christian in 1891 and united with the Methodist Church. He was devoted to his family, understood the sacrifices of the pioneer, and passed to his reward after four score years on earth with love for all.
Contributor: Anonymous (48449771)
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