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Coffman, Daniel M.
Lawyer and editor; born in Gallipolis, Ohio; May 24, 1845; Scitcg-Irish descent; son of Josiah and Sabra (Goodrich) Coffman; father was a farmer and stock raiser, and Ohio river steamboat pilot; received common school education; enlisted in the Federal army April 29, 1861, in Co. G, 18th Ohio Infantry, and was mustered out August, 1861, then served in the 86th Ohio, until August, 1862, when he was transferred to the 7th Ohio Cavalry, where he served until July 3, 1865; he was captured at Rogersville, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1863, and was in prison at Libby, Belle Island, Andersonville, Charleston and Florence fourteen months; served as Lieut.-Col. 3d Tenn. regiment in Spanish-American war, April 1898, to Feb., 1899; located in Roane Co., Tenn., in 1876; established the Rockwood (Tenn.) Times in 1880, and was editor and publisher of same until August, 1908; in 1884 he was appointed special agent in the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., where he served four years (office abolished); in 1892 elected Judge of the Co. Court of Roane Co., serving until 1894, when he was appointed Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Roane Co., served as same until 1898; married Romanis E. Blaryer, June 24, 1866; member Masons and Knights of Pythias; Republican; member of Christian church; Mayor of the city of Rockwood, Tenn. Source: Who's Who in Tennessee (Memphis, TN, Paul & Douglass Company, 1911), 496.