Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862
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Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862
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Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862
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Elijah Coffin was born in 1793 in Guilford County, N.C., and moved to Indiana in 1824. He began as a teacher, then became a businessman and finally a banker. He held positions of responsibility within the Society of Friends, including Clerk of the Indiana Yearly Meeting and Elder, and published works on Scripture and religion. He died in 1862.
Elijah Coffin was a Quaker author and businessman in Indiana. He was a clerk of both North Carolina and Indiana Yearly Meetings. He m. Naomi Hiatt.
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