Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862

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.

From the description of Explanatory notes, showing the mode of organizing and conducting a school, upon the genuine Lancasterian plan : written while acquiring a knowledge of the plan under Alfred Hadley, teacher at Hopewell, in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1822 April 2-24 / by Elijah Coffin. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702201062

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.

From the description of Scrapbook. [18--?]-1862. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 42057909