July 25, 1895 Westphalia News:
A.V. Coffin for so many years a resident of LeRoy died in the asylum at Osawatomie, July 15.
He was born in Guilford Co NC in 1819 to Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin. He entered as a tanners apprentice from 1838 to 1841 and lived in that state until 1853 when he moved to Picken Co Alabama, remaining there a short time he moved to Hendricks Co Indiana, and resided until 1868 when he was appointed by President Grant, Directing physician for the Southern Indian superintendency and came to Kansas and filled that position for two years. Then located at LeRoy and resumed his medical practice which he continued up to a few years ago.
In 1866 he served a term as Kansas State Representative. He received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,in 1842 & 43. He was an uncompromising enemy of human slavery, physical or mental, and at a great personal hazard during 1851
aided thirty-two slaves, including one young woman, to reach Canada.
He married in Randolph Co N.C. to Mary E. Johnson a native of that county in June 1847, with whom he had two daughters, Luella Albertson of Hendricks Co Ind., and Olma C Smith of Anderson Co Kansas.Mary Johnson Coffin died in Hendricks County, Indiana in 1860.
He married again in November 1863 to Miss M.E, Randall a native of Illinois. Two children were born of this marriage, M. Estella and Alfred V Coffin Jr.
received Nov 12, 2011
Hello,
I am the great-great granddaughter of Dr. Alfred Vestal (not Velano) Coffin. He is buried in Logue Cemetery in Coffey County beside his father-in-law Mr. Randall. I visited the grave in 1986. Thank you for posting the info regarding him on Find A Grave. He lead a very interesting life including assisting with the Underground Railroad which his parents Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin helped establish in
Guilford County, North Carolina.
I live in San Jose, California.
Joan Bowes
A.V. Coffin for so many years a resident of LeRoy died in the asylum at Osawatomie, July 15.
He was born in Guilford Co NC in 1819 to Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin. He entered as a tanners apprentice from 1838 to 1841 and lived in that state until 1853 when he moved to Picken Co Alabama, remaining there a short time he moved to Hendricks Co Indiana, and resided until 1868 when he was appointed by President Grant, Directing physician for the Southern Indian superintendency and came to Kansas and filled that position for two years. Then located at LeRoy and resumed his medical practice which he continued up to a few years ago.
In 1866 he served a term as Kansas State Representative. He received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,in 1842 & 43. He was an uncompromising enemy of human slavery, physical or mental, and at a great personal hazard during 1851
aided thirty-two slaves, including one young woman, to reach Canada.
He married in Randolph Co N.C. to Mary E. Johnson a native of that county in June 1847, with whom he had two daughters, Luella Albertson of Hendricks Co Ind., and Olma C Smith of Anderson Co Kansas.Mary Johnson Coffin died in Hendricks County, Indiana in 1860.
He married again in November 1863 to Miss M.E, Randall a native of Illinois. Two children were born of this marriage, M. Estella and Alfred V Coffin Jr.
received Nov 12, 2011
Hello,
I am the great-great granddaughter of Dr. Alfred Vestal (not Velano) Coffin. He is buried in Logue Cemetery in Coffey County beside his father-in-law Mr. Randall. I visited the grave in 1986. Thank you for posting the info regarding him on Find A Grave. He lead a very interesting life including assisting with the Underground Railroad which his parents Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin helped establish in
Guilford County, North Carolina.
I live in San Jose, California.
Joan Bowes
July 25, 1895 Westphalia News:
A.V. Coffin for so many years a resident of LeRoy died in the asylum at Osawatomie, July 15.
He was born in Guilford Co NC in 1819 to Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin. He entered as a tanners apprentice from 1838 to 1841 and lived in that state until 1853 when he moved to Picken Co Alabama, remaining there a short time he moved to Hendricks Co Indiana, and resided until 1868 when he was appointed by President Grant, Directing physician for the Southern Indian superintendency and came to Kansas and filled that position for two years. Then located at LeRoy and resumed his medical practice which he continued up to a few years ago.
In 1866 he served a term as Kansas State Representative. He received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,in 1842 & 43. He was an uncompromising enemy of human slavery, physical or mental, and at a great personal hazard during 1851
aided thirty-two slaves, including one young woman, to reach Canada.
He married in Randolph Co N.C. to Mary E. Johnson a native of that county in June 1847, with whom he had two daughters, Luella Albertson of Hendricks Co Ind., and Olma C Smith of Anderson Co Kansas.Mary Johnson Coffin died in Hendricks County, Indiana in 1860.
He married again in November 1863 to Miss M.E, Randall a native of Illinois. Two children were born of this marriage, M. Estella and Alfred V Coffin Jr.
received Nov 12, 2011
Hello,
I am the great-great granddaughter of Dr. Alfred Vestal (not Velano) Coffin. He is buried in Logue Cemetery in Coffey County beside his father-in-law Mr. Randall. I visited the grave in 1986. Thank you for posting the info regarding him on Find A Grave. He lead a very interesting life including assisting with the Underground Railroad which his parents Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin helped establish in
Guilford County, North Carolina.
I live in San Jose, California.
Joan Bowes
A.V. Coffin for so many years a resident of LeRoy died in the asylum at Osawatomie, July 15.
He was born in Guilford Co NC in 1819 to Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin. He entered as a tanners apprentice from 1838 to 1841 and lived in that state until 1853 when he moved to Picken Co Alabama, remaining there a short time he moved to Hendricks Co Indiana, and resided until 1868 when he was appointed by President Grant, Directing physician for the Southern Indian superintendency and came to Kansas and filled that position for two years. Then located at LeRoy and resumed his medical practice which he continued up to a few years ago.
In 1866 he served a term as Kansas State Representative. He received his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,in 1842 & 43. He was an uncompromising enemy of human slavery, physical or mental, and at a great personal hazard during 1851
aided thirty-two slaves, including one young woman, to reach Canada.
He married in Randolph Co N.C. to Mary E. Johnson a native of that county in June 1847, with whom he had two daughters, Luella Albertson of Hendricks Co Ind., and Olma C Smith of Anderson Co Kansas.Mary Johnson Coffin died in Hendricks County, Indiana in 1860.
He married again in November 1863 to Miss M.E, Randall a native of Illinois. Two children were born of this marriage, M. Estella and Alfred V Coffin Jr.
received Nov 12, 2011
Hello,
I am the great-great granddaughter of Dr. Alfred Vestal (not Velano) Coffin. He is buried in Logue Cemetery in Coffey County beside his father-in-law Mr. Randall. I visited the grave in 1986. Thank you for posting the info regarding him on Find A Grave. He lead a very interesting life including assisting with the Underground Railroad which his parents Vestal and Alethea Fluke Coffin helped establish in
Guilford County, North Carolina.
I live in San Jose, California.
Joan Bowes
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