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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