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Charles William Floyd Coffin

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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.[1]

He was born in Pentwater, Michigan to Joel S. Coffin, Sr. and Harriet Whittington (?-1939).[2][3] He had a brother, Joel S. Coffin, Jr. (1891-1941).[4]

Coffin's family moved to Franklin, Pennsylvania and he graduated from the high school in 1907. He graduated from Cornell University in 1912.[2]

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).[5][6][7]

Coffin was elected Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey in November 1941 and assumed office on January 1, 1942.[2][8][9]

He died in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "C.W. Floyd Coffin, Englewood Mayor And Rail-Supply Executive, Dies". The New York Times. August 3, 1968. Retrieved 2011-10-19. Charles William Floyd Coffin, former Mayor of Englewood and board chairman of the Franklin Balmar Corporation of Baltimore, died today at Englewood Hospital. ...
  2. ^ a b c William Starr Myers (August 2010). "Charles William Floyd Coffin". Prominent Families of New Jersey. ISBN 978-0-8063-5036-3. 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, ...
  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. 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. ...
  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. His brother, CW Floyd Coffin of Englewood, is vice president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company, Councilman-at-Large in Englewood and Republican ...
  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. Eva Proudfoot Coffin, wife of mayor C.W. Floyd Coffin, who is vice president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company
  7. ^ "Marriage". The Baltimore Sun. January 3, 1914. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2011-10-20. ...[marriage] tonight at the Belvedere Hotel is Charles William Floyd Coffin, of Englewood, NJ ...
  8. ^ "Englewood Mayor Inducted". The New York Times. January 3, 1942. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 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. ...
  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. Voters in municipalities of eight ... At Englewood, C.W. Floyd Coffin, Republican Councilman running for Mayor for ...