Bio of COFFIN, Edgar S. (b.1857), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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EDGAR S. COFFIN - Vol III, pg 664, 665
One of the representative business men of Minneapolis who has undeniably
ex­ercised a powerful influence upon the great business development of this city
is Edgar S. Coffin, president of the Coffin Box and Lumber Company. He was born
in Dixmont, Maine, on the 21st of December, 1857, a son of Harvey M. and Sarah
J. (Ferguson) Coffin, likewise natives of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Coffin came
to Minneapolis in May, 1866, and the father engaged in manufacturing until his
death in 1875. His widow survived him until 1912. To their union one son and one
daughter were born, Edgar S. being the older of the two.
In the acquirement of his education Edgar S. Coffin attended the public schools
of his native state and was graduated from a high school in Minneapolis. After
putting his textbooks aside he engaged in manufacturing boxes here and was
active in that connection from 1885 to 1887. He achieved such substantial
success that he organized the Coffin Box and Lumber Company, which in 1891 was
incor­porated and he became its president. He is also secretary and treasurer of
the Brunswick Investment Company, which operates the Andrews Hotel.
In Minneapolis, on the 12th of August, 1914, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
Coffin and Miss Arabella Donelson, a daughter of J. M. Donelson, a pioneer
jeweler of Minneapolis. Mrs. Coffin is a woman of much culture and refinement
and she takes a prominent part in club and social affairs in this city.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Coffin has given his political endorsement to
the republican party and the principles for which it stands. His religious faith
is that of the Congregational church and he is an active member of the
Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association. During the period of his residence in
Minneapolis. Mr. Coffin has won many warm friends and his name stands as a
synonym today for keen business ability, stalwart political ideals, broad-minded
citizenship and active public spirit. His hobby is farming and he owns a well
improved farm at Christmas Lake, to which he devotes a great deal of his spare
time.