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'''Charles William Floyd Coffin''' (May 1, 1888 – August 2, 1968) was the ] and ] of ] of ].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=C.W. Floyd Coffin, Englewood Mayor And Rail-Supply Executive, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/08/03/archives/floyd-coffin-englewood-mayor-and-r-ailsupply-executivedies.html |quote=Charles William Floyd Coffin, former Mayor of Englewood and board chairman of the Franklin Balmar Corporation of Baltimore, died today at Englewood Hospital. ... |newspaper=] |date=August 3, 1968 |access-date=2011-10-19 }}</ref> '''Charles William Floyd Coffin''' (May 1, 1888 – August 2, 1968) was the ] and ] of ] of ].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=C.W. Floyd Coffin, Englewood Mayor And Rail-Supply Executive, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/08/03/archives/floyd-coffin-englewood-mayor-and-r-ailsupply-executivedies.html|newspaper=] |date=August 3, 1968 |access-date=2011-10-19 }}</ref>


He was born in ] to Joel S. Coffin, Sr. and Harriet Whittington (?-1939).<ref name=ency/><ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Joel S. Coffin. Widow of Industrialist Dies at Her Home in Englewood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/11/25/archives/mrs-joel-s-coffin-widow-of-industrialist-dies-at-her-home-in.html |quote=Surviving are two sons, C.W. Floyd Coffin, vice president of the Franklin Railway Company and Councilman of this city, and Joel S. Jr., president of Joel S. ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 25, 1939 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref> He had a brother, Joel S. Coffin, Jr. (1891-1941).<ref>{{cite news |title=Joel S. Coffin, Jr. Dies. Manufacturer of Rail Supplies and Equipment Was 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/08/09/archives/joel-s-coffin-jr-____-manufacturer-of-rail-supplies-and-equipment.html |quote=His brother, CW Floyd Coffin of Englewood, is vice president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company, Councilman-at-Large in Englewood and Republican ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 9, 1941 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref> He was born in ] to Joel S. Coffin, Sr. and Harriet Whittington (?-1939).<ref name=ency/><ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Joel S. Coffin. Widow of Industrialist Dies at Her Home in Englewood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/11/25/archives/mrs-joel-s-coffin-widow-of-industrialist-dies-at-her-home-in.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 25, 1939 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref> He had a brother, Joel S. Coffin, Jr. (1891-1941).<ref>{{cite news |title=Joel S. Coffin, Jr. Dies. Manufacturer of Rail Supplies and Equipment Was 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/08/09/archives/joel-s-coffin-jr-____-manufacturer-of-rail-supplies-and-equipment.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 9, 1941 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref>


Coffin's family moved to ] and he graduated from the high school in 1907. He graduated from ] in 1912.<ref name=ency>{{cite encyclopedia |author=William Starr Myers |author-link=William Starr Myers |encyclopedia=Prominent Families of New Jersey |title=Charles William Floyd Coffin |date= August 2010|quote=C.W. Floyd Coffin has been for many years a resident of Englewood, and, after serving as councilman of his ward and president of the council, ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9Y7Z6hB1N8C&q=Floyd+Coffin+englewood&pg=PA623 |isbn=978-0-8063-5036-3 }}</ref> Coffin's family moved to ] and he graduated from the high school in 1907. He graduated from ] in 1912.<ref name=ency>{{cite encyclopedia |author=William Starr Myers |author-link=William Starr Myers |encyclopedia=Prominent Families of New Jersey |title=Charles William Floyd Coffin |date= August 2010 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9Y7Z6hB1N8C&q=Floyd+Coffin+englewood&pg=PA623 |isbn=978-0-8063-5036-3 }}</ref>


He married Eva Colorado Proudfoot (1888-1944) on January 3, 1914, in ] and they had as their children, William Allison Coffin (1915-?), Charles Floyd Coffin (1918-2005), and Eva Sawtelle Coffin (1923-1967).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/y/Danny-P-Bryant/GENE2-0027.html |title=Descendants of Patrick Proudfoot |access-date=2011-10-27 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327033231/http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/y/Danny-P-Bryant/GENE2-0027.html |archive-date=2013-03-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. C.W.F. Coffin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/05/02/archives/iilis-c-w-f-coffin.html |quote= Eva Proudfoot Coffin, wife of mayor C.W. Floyd Coffin, who is vice president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 2, 1944 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marriage |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1869270912.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+03%2C+1914&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Marriage+Announcement+1+--+No+Title&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201125244/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1869270912.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+03,+1914&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Marriage+Announcement+1+--+No+Title&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |quote=... tonight at the Belvedere Hotel is Charles William Floyd Coffin, of Englewood, NJ ... |newspaper=] |date=January 3, 1914 |access-date=2011-10-20 }}</ref> He married Eva Colorado Proudfoot (1888-1944) on January 3, 1914, in ] and they had as their children, William Allison Coffin (1915-?), Charles Floyd Coffin (1918-2005), and Eva Sawtelle Coffin (1923-1967).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/y/Danny-P-Bryant/GENE2-0027.html |title=Descendants of Patrick Proudfoot |access-date=2011-10-27 |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327033231/http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/y/Danny-P-Bryant/GENE2-0027.html |archive-date=2013-03-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. C.W.F. Coffin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/05/02/archives/iilis-c-w-f-coffin.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 2, 1944 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marriage |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1869270912.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+03%2C+1914&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Marriage+Announcement+1+--+No+Title&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201125244/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1869270912.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+03,+1914&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Marriage+Announcement+1+--+No+Title&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013|newspaper=] |date=January 3, 1914 |access-date=2011-10-20 }}</ref>


Coffin was elected ] in November 1941 and assumed office on January 1, 1942.<ref name=ency/><ref name="inducted">{{cite news |title=Englewood Mayor Inducted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/01/03/archives/englewood-mayor-inducted.html |quote= C.W. Floyd Coffin, vice president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company of New York, was inducted as Mayor of Englewood tonight, succeeding Clarence A. ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 3, 1942 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Many Areas Elect Mayors in Jersey ...Coffin Gets 3-to-1 Margin in Englewood Vote |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B11F6385F1A7A93C7A9178AD95F458485F9 |quote= Voters in municipalities of eight ... At Englewood, C.W. Floyd Coffin, Republican Councilman running for Mayor for ... |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 1941 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref> Coffin was elected ] in November 1941 and assumed office on January 1, 1942.<ref name=ency/><ref name="inducted">{{cite news |title=Englewood Mayor Inducted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/01/03/archives/englewood-mayor-inducted.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 3, 1942 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Many Areas Elect Mayors in Jersey ...Coffin Gets 3-to-1 Margin in Englewood Vote |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B11F6385F1A7A93C7A9178AD95F458485F9 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 1941 |access-date=2011-10-25 }}</ref>


He died in ] in ].<ref name=obit/> He died in ] in ].<ref name=obit/>

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American politician

Charles William Floyd Coffin (May 1, 1888 – August 2, 1968) was the Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey and chairman of the board of Franklin Balmar of Baltimore, Maryland.

He was born in Pentwater, Michigan to Joel S. Coffin, Sr. and Harriet Whittington (?-1939). He had a brother, Joel S. Coffin, Jr. (1891-1941).

Coffin's family moved to Franklin, Pennsylvania and he graduated from the high school in 1907. He graduated from Cornell University in 1912.

He married Eva Colorado Proudfoot (1888-1944) on January 3, 1914, in Baltimore, Maryland and they had as their children, William Allison Coffin (1915-?), Charles Floyd Coffin (1918-2005), and Eva Sawtelle Coffin (1923-1967).

Coffin was elected Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey in November 1941 and assumed office on January 1, 1942.

He died in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey.

References

  1. ^ "C.W. Floyd Coffin, Englewood Mayor And Rail-Supply Executive, Dies". The New York Times. August 3, 1968. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ^ William Starr Myers (August 2010). "Charles William Floyd Coffin". Prominent Families of New Jersey. ISBN 978-0-8063-5036-3.
  3. "Mrs. Joel S. Coffin. Widow of Industrialist Dies at Her Home in Englewood". The New York Times. November 25, 1939. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. "Joel S. Coffin, Jr. Dies. Manufacturer of Rail Supplies and Equipment Was 50". The New York Times. August 9, 1941. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  5. "Descendants of Patrick Proudfoot". Family Tree Maker. Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  6. "Mrs. C.W.F. Coffin". The New York Times. May 2, 1944. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  7. "Marriage". The Baltimore Sun. January 3, 1914. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  8. "Englewood Mayor Inducted". The New York Times. January 3, 1942. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  9. "Many Areas Elect Mayors in Jersey ...Coffin Gets 3-to-1 Margin in Englewood Vote". The New York Times. November 5, 1941. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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