New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-17

seen, ,roin s ahon, the middle of the seventeenth
.,.rrx and settled the Island oil >a.. 49,
~ which he was one-tenth o"hei' i ...,;,.
conn became its chief magistrate anu III.
since that time has record 10 oe - -
a,s nnblc spirit enterprise ana upTls"'','
g .hars If II have been characterlzeu w
,o,t,v and mental activity until a 'a'e year u
r. ons az the notable descendants oi ,
roH, was Colonel Isaac Coffin, VINO was " n.
officer and before the breaking ou' u -,,oo
hs.ueen the Colonies and fhsId'u '0 -
- .,e british flag He became an ai''.'
IS kp;chtei by his sovereign, ana Oh dN''0
a,., b.ca,ne a member of Parliament s
Ex-surroeaie Coffin was the son OF 49, ,tsr ~
q thrifty farmer. and, although "o' =, r, ~
.ra Society Of Friends, believed III '"e''
rorship He represented his county III Wv ,1,ns,o
,s.,,-, and wa, also for many years mae's''"''
W. married Magdaline Bentley granu0"u7".n
=. ~.,.,,al lanes Vanderbergh. The chldre' VIZ
90, il, number OF whom five survive
grew 10 be men and women '"e" ,i,,
Co~r was the fourth son ana the se'e'
Vie Was delicate boy, ana i've" "' ,.,or
,,,-,.sn wears old on the farm. In inc VIM.
rourVee" s . constant attendant upon me
49, .cbool in the neighborhood. Al the age u
,o,r,een years he sent TO me dcdu1's
sharon Conn., and from there ne went ~ i ..,.s
monk Academy. He was partial 10 "'' ,h
although he an apt schoar i" '"s or.,,-
He entered Union Oo"ese '
stter his graduation he began the s,uuS @ elder
e., he once Of Judge Rufus 5 Peckhd,, ,,e rrn
VI ,n s sorne tine had charge of The business
erallv ief, to the managing clerk re w,t,e Village
20 ne H,msi putnam county Later h. move ne be-
Dutchess County, ana a, ohnson' Cofin & Emoi
Of somPGs .dgr Of a h%5 JAMES
S9 onrsrsrd Iusce Of he Supreme Court. N,
Sofin retired from this firm ana mex! Naison Of
pIsrtneEsnp In 1851 he moved PeeksiS and
associated himself with ne lion " INA, ~ Welson e.
firm
Conn.
ELECTED SURROGATE FOUR TIMES
=, ,s7o Mr. COFFIN was elected Surrogate OF inc
coun,v of Westminster. In 1876 the Democrd'' o",S
convention renomnated him. ana df'er one VI '' ~
-.rss, campaigns ever known in TINS county ho va"
.lec,ed nv a majority of over 500 re eaiiie' ms
own town by o46 running away ahean o' HIS '' NJ
ll,s onnon.nt was Eugene y. Travis. tnen Ppu,l-
nsn Hspubean and chairman IN Of s " MatfheS
y Fills II Workers though that h" woull IKE TO ",
srosai ana he S DSpar nS for Him. In 1855 he
,.,n nominated nv the Democratic convention,
Matthias B ot Sew % RocS@e we're both candidate
I'M, surrogate Coffin was renoinna,en on Nv "a for
ne ny third lime he was eeced. His opponent was
Mnott NJ Sliman and the majority Tor ou''os''T
The Judge sa, upon the 6spf he M r2G
Ate a continuous service OF twenty-fo4r EyarS ~
wss p orlsf' Incumbent by majority Of sslG
,.a,u,bctanding his defeat. his tWenyfour years o
,ar,-ics on he stand a monument not cIlH
r., his wonderful endurance. Dui 10 ms MAJ
,osn.a ana biiities At the OF seVenynlhe va
10 "a, upor the bench and gave decisions WIN w
clearne.s OF thought and mental strehetn lna .a,
ectarizoJ Inn twenty years before Since Ittii -
,ron, tho office of Surrogate he has devoted nlhsc
81 nri,ate nrartice He still maintains his once III
sat three times each week as Surrogate, aiid ~
"a bs ONCE and back home twice DAY DR. prishis d.
many man Of half his age could do
Asfer Judge Coffin reached the age OF seVent!
,.ssrs ,here was some question as 70 whether ne
Sras a,,sjbe 70 hold the Office A test case was
widespread attention II interested ana anectsu
o.her surrosates II was ard-ought esaj pa !.
INA finally reached the Court OF Appears; where j
Vas decided that the law Of exemption 40 no. dp
nv 10 the ONCE Of Surrogate. Judge CONN 1here
snro CONTINUED In tho discharge OF MS du,les' dnu
some years after that decision was again e'ecte u
Office ,,,,,,oh .,,.r
He lives in a pretty home on Spith-st whcn over
looks the Hudson River, north ana south, ana ~
Goals an ever changing panorama TOT nVe lhlleN
This home he built for himself when the VICINITY "as
q wilderness over thirty years ago
Jndge Cofin's first wife died IN lS9e Two yeaL'
,oy.r Ne was married 10 Harriet Barlow. the daugh
ter ~ Samuel Bancroft Barlow. One daughter
Miss Madge lives at home with her parents anu J.
prominent IN social hfe here. She Is also largeIy
interested in church and charitable work. "A son
Samuel BARLOW Coh1n, IL a lawyer. living at HUDSON
and has a wife and family. He was AZ one 'Inie "
no,icn Justice in Hudson and is now Deputy Inter
pai Revenue Collector for the district. Ex-SurTo-
rate Comm has long been identified WIN 81 fe'tr
Protestant Episcopal Church Of Peekskil and mas
heen for many Its senior warden ne Is mucf
tnterested in educa tonal work and FOR TWENTY-FIVE
,,.srs mas b~en the president Of the Board OF Trus
tees Of the Peekskir Military Academy