Jane, the oldest (now. deceased), married Caleb Morgan, of Poughkeepsie, and Alexander H., the second child, is living in that city. Hezekiah R., Charles and Sarah, wife of Henry M. Swift, live in Dutchess County. Eliza married George B. Caldwell, of Poughkeepsie. George W. is mayor of Santa Barbara, Cal. William H., deceased, left a family now living in New York, and Robert G. is on the old homestead, about half a mile south of the village of Mechanic, Washington township, Dutchess County.

Owen T. Coffin was the seventh child and the fourth son, and remained on the farm with his parents, assisting them during the summer and attending the excellent Quaker school in the winter months. When fourteen years old he was sent to the academy at Sharon, Conn., and thence to Kinderhook Academy, where he was distinguished for his assiduous attention to study and for his great fondness for mathematics, in which he attained proficiency. Entering Union I College in 1833, he graduated in 1837 with great credit in the same class with Hon. John K. Porter, judge of the Court of Appeals, between whom and himself there has been a constant friendship. After leaving college he began the study of law in the office of Judge Rufus W. Peckham, and for a time had

charge of the portion of his business usually attended to by a managing clerk. Upon his admission to the bar, in 1840, he established practice in Carmel, Putnam County, where he remained two years, gaining a large business and winning respect and confidence. In 1845 he became a member of the well-known lawfirm of Johnston, Coffin & Eniott, of Poughkeejjsie. He retired from the firm to form a copartnership with General Leonard Maison, a distinguished lawyer and proniinentin State affairs. He continued thepracticeof his profession in Poughkeepsie, holding several i)laces of trust, among them the office of district attorney, until 1851, when he received an invitation from Hon.