OBIT:  COFFEY, George A.; 1864; Indiana Cnty., PA

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The Alleghanian
Ebensburg, Pa.
Thursday, 3 Mar 1864
Volume 5, Number 23


Hon. Geo. A. Coffey 

Hon. Geo. A. Coffee, U. S. District Attorney for the eastern district of this State 
died suddenly in Philadelphia on Saturday week last of paralysis. He was a native 
of Indiana county, a cousin of Maj. White, late Senator and now a prisoner in 
Richmond, and a brother of Hon. Titian J. Coffey, Assistant Attorney General. He 
was a graduate of Dickinson College and at an early age entered the Methodist 
ministry, where he rose to great distinction – having filled the leading stations of 
that church at Washington and Baltimore.  About 1853 he was admitted to the 
bar and has since devoted himself to the practice of the law. He was an earnest 
and active politician and a brilliant man.