Glen Lee Coffee Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913 Glenn Lee Coffee, now serving in an able way as city Marshal and fire chief of Clifton was born in Texas in 1879, a son of Mansel and Georgia F. (Reynolds) Coffee, deceased. The father is a native of Alabama and for many years engaged in stock raising. The mother was born in Mississippi. In their family were eight children: Woods and Logan of Miami Texas; Cleveland, a resident of Fort Worth; Henry, whose home is in Miami, Arizona; James who resides in Canadian Texas; Mansel of Mobeetie, Texas; Mary who married Claude F. Lock of Miami Texas and Glenn Lee of this review. Glenn Coffee was reared upon the ranch owned by his father and uncle in Texas and acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of that state. He afterward went to Fort Worth and there attended the Texas University for one year, after which he laid aside his books and joined his uncle in North Dakota, working upon the latter's ranch in various capacities for two and one half years. At the end of that time he came to Arizona, settling in Globe where for a short time he held a position in the post office, after which he became a cow puncher working on a ranch near Globe for six months. Being ambitious, he formed a partnership with J.M. Porter of Globe and together they conducted a large and successful cattle raising enterprise for four years. After this he was appointed by the government as superintendent of grazing on Indian reservations. After one year of able service in this capacity he came to Clifton and here became connected wit the New England Copper Company acting as their railroad superentendent until 1910 when he was appointed city marshal and fire chief. He has been very faithful and prompt in the discharge of his duties and has inaugurated many changes in the conduct of his office. Mr. Coffee is known in business circles of Clifton as a stockholder and secretary of the White Mountain Lumber Company, which he helped to organize. He has lived long in the Southwest and has been identified with many development projects such as his work on the Roosevelt dam. In 1905 Mr. Coffee married Miss Catherine Young, a native of Texas and a daughter of Hume and Carrie (Copinda) Young. Mr. and Mrs. Coffee have two children: Georgia Lee, born June 16, 1906 and Glen F. Jr. born June 10, 1908. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.