Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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James McClure Coffinberry (1818-1891) —
also known as James M. Coffinberry —
of Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio; Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 16,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lucas
County Prosecuting Attorney; newspaper
editor and publisher; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1861; chair of
Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1861.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
29, 1891 (age 73 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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George Washington Morgan (1820-1893) —
also known as George W. Morgan —
of Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., September
20, 1820.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1855-58; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1858-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864,
1876;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1867-68, 1869-73.
Died in Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County (now part of Hampton),
Va., July 26,
1893 (age 72 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mound
View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
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Henry Darling Coffinberry (1841-1912) —
also known as Henry D. Coffinberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio, October
14, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbuilder;
Gold Democratic candidate for Ohio board
of public works, 1897.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
17, 1912 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Beach Coffinberry (1847-1927) —
also known as John B. Coffinberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, April 5,
1847.
Mayor
of Lorain, Ohio, 1896-98; mayor
of Lakewood, Ohio, 1912-13.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
26, 1927 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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