"Many years ago I found two old photo albums full of old photos dating from the 1860s to the early 1900s. 
... The following are from the COFFIN family which apparently lived in Denison, TX and Richmond, IN"

Arthur Henry Coffin and Anna Mary Richie married March 9, 1876 in a Quaker Church in New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio. Their children were:
1. Anna Laura Coffin b. March 4, 1877 Denison, Texas; married a Mr. Marr of North Carolina
2. Elizabeth White Coffin b. January 13, 1880; marred John W. Lewis of Greensboro, North Carolina
3. Margaret Barger Coffin b. December 21, 1881 Denison, Texas; married George H. Capen of California
4. Mabel Francis Coffin b. December 5, 1883 Denison, Texas; d. December 18, 1883
5. S. B. Coffin b. North Carolina, adopted

Arthur Henry Coffin	M. Wolfe, Photographer 286 Main Street Richmond, Ind.
Anna Mary Coffin	M. Wolfe, Photographer 286 Main Street Richmond, Ind.
Anna Laura Coffin 6-1/2 months; 18 lbs To Aunt Sarah	George Perkins Parlor Gallery North Rusk Avenue Denison, Texas
Anna Laura Coffin	L. Hubschman Photographic Studio North Rusk Avenue Denison, Texas

Dallas Morning News
September 5, 1886
North Texas Horticultural Society meeting news - Awards
"Best display of flowers in a bouquet, Mrs. A. H. Coffin"  

Dallas Morning News
August 10, 1916
pg 11
Coffin - Denison, Texas, Aug. 9 - Mrs. Anna Mary Coffin, aged 64 years, died yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock at the family residence. No. 516 West Gandy street, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Coffin was the wife of A. H. Coffin, City Tax Collector, and had been a resident of Denison the last thirty years. The funeral arrangements have not been made, pending the arrival of relatives from out of the city. Besides a husband, the deceased is survived by the following daughters; Mrs. Laura C. Marr of Pinehurst, N.C.; Mrs. John W. Lewis of Greensboro, N.C.; Mrs. George H. Capen of Los Angeles, Cal., and an adopted son, S. B. Coffin of High Point, N.C.; two sisters, Miss Sarah M. Ritchie and Miss Grace Ritchie of Denison; two brothers, John S. Richie of Scotts Mills, Ore., and S. C. Richie of New Paris, Ohio.

Anna Mary Coffin's death certificate records that she lived at 516 W. Gandy, Denison; parents Samuel S. Richie b. Eastern Ohio and Anna S. Shoemaker b. Montgomery Co. Penn.; died of cancer affecting middle left ear and surrounding tissue and exhaustion.

Arthur Henry Coffin's death certificate records that he died at Long- Sneed Hospital, Denison. 521 W. Woodlawn of myocardial failure; wife is listed as Mrs. Nannie Coffin; was a Civil Engineer and later, City Tax Assessor and collector. 
The person making out the certificate put his and his wife's information in the parents place. 

Original Photograph Size
2 1/2" x 4 1/4"




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