Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Coffman, David R. February 5, 1834 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 493
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    David R Coffman, a leading farmer, was born in German 
township, Fayette county, Penna, February 5, 1834, and is a 
son of Andrew Coffman and Mary Dunaway Coffman, the former a 
native of Lancaster county who settled near McClellandtown, 
the latter was born at Clarksburg, West Virginia.  

    David R Coffman received a plain education in the common 
schools of his native township.  Leaving school he engaged 
in farming and has continued at it most successfully up to 
the present time.

    On October 9, 1856, he was united in marriage to Mary 
Poundstone, daughter of George Poundstone.  Their union has 
been blessed with seven children, born and named as follows: 
Amy Ellen Coffman, October 1, 1857, wife of Winfield Johns; 
Larry Jasper Coffman, June 8, 1860, married Miss Lizzie 
Grove, daughter of Reuben Grove of Luzerne township; George 
Ellsworth Coffman, February 10, 1863, died December 5, 1864; 
Isidore L Coffman, November 13, 1864, a machinist in 
Uniontown, Penna; Ulysses W Coffman, November 8, 1869; Effie 
Verdie Coffman, April 30, 1874; Clara Oris Coffman, March 4, 
1876; and Lena Dell Coffman, October 16, 1877.  

    David R Coffman owns one of the most valuable farms in 
German township, containing 180 acres of land, and is 
underlaid with heavy veins of coal and limestone.  He also 
owns a farm of 150 acres in Wharton township.  He is a 
prominent member of the K of P at Uniontown, and an 
influential member of St Jacob's Lutheran church.  He is a 
democrat, a thorough going businessman, and is one of the 
county's most successful farmers.

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