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From 1864 he was successively tutor, adjunct professor, and Hollenback professor of mathe- matics and astronomy until 1886, when by rea- son of a severe throat ailment, incapacitating him from using his voice in the class-room, he felt called upon to resign, since which time he served the college efficiently in the office of registrar.
Being quite familiar with the life work of his father, he drew the charts and completed his posthumous work on "The Winds of the Globe." It was well for the scientific world that he had be- come so familiar with meteorological investiga- tions that he could take up the voluminous ma- terial where it was left, and prepare the report as he did, and to such entire satisfaction. He was asked by Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Institution, to read before the National Academy of Sciences an epitome of the conclusions reached. On its publication, in 1876, he received the de- gree of Ph. D. from Hanover College.
Until his throat difficulties, he was a frequent participant in Teachers' Institutes and other edu- cational assemblies, and was often called on to supply neighboring pulpits. In 1881, at a memor- ial gathering of 460 descendants of Tristram Cof-
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fin, at the homestead, on the island of Nantucket, Professor Coffin pronounced an historical ad- dress which was published at the time in New York and Boston papers.
He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Moravian, Trinity and Pennsylvania His- torical Societies, and also of the Philosophical Society of Great Britian ; president of his theologi- cal class, secretary of his college class, and secre- tary of the Alumni Association of Lafayette.
In three campaigns of the war he was actively engaged in the service of the U. S. Christian Com- mission, laboring in the field in the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers, in 1864 being specially appointed to establish "diet kitchens" in the com- mand of General B. F. Butler. In 1876 he was one of the commissioners appointed by the state to organize the educational exhibit of Pennsyl- vania for the Centennial Exposition at Philadel- phia, in which his specific duty was. to arrange the exhibit from the colleges of Pennsylvania, for which he received complimentary mention.
At the request of the family of the late Pro- fessor Olmsted, of Yale, he has revised two editions of Olmsted's "College Astronomy." He has issued two editions of a graduate catalogue of nearly four hundred large pages, published at his own expense, of which the latter edition (1891) is entitled "The Men of Lafayette, 1826- 1892 ; Lafayette College, Its History, Its Men, Their Record". Professor Owen contributed the "History", and the remainder was compiled by Professor Coffin. The New York Observer says of it :
"Professor Coffin in this volume has per- formed a noble service for a noble institution. Professor Owen's historical sketches, which form the opening part of the volume, are com- prehensive, compact, interesting, including ma- terial that will increase in interest as the college and country increase in years. Then follow the various catalogues of the men who have been connected with the college as teachers, trustees and students,-not a mere list of names, but with notes of their calling, residence, honors, works and other personal features."
The editor of The Mid-Continent, St. Louis, adds :
"No other head and hand could have pro- duced this work in such perfection and accuracy of detail. It is a magnificent literary contribution to the interests of Lafayette College; a perma- nent standard work of reference."
Professor Coffin has served the College in a unique way as secretary of the Alumni Associa- tion, an office that he has filled acceptably since the year 1859. It is said of him that he knows the faces of all the graduates of the institution, excepting three whom he has never seen. He resigned the position of registrar in the summer of 1904, but continues to give the institution such service as he is able.
In 1875 he married Miss Mary Albertson Angle, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She died April 9, 1889. By this marriage he had two sons, James Henry, who died in infancy ; and Edward Welles, now a student in Lafayette College. In December, 1891, he married Miss Emma Frances Angle, a younger sister of his first wife.
PROFESSOR JAMES W. MOORE, A. M., M. D., of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsyl- vania, is the seventh in line of descent from the Rev. John Moore, a native of England, who was born between the years 1620 and 1625. Subse- quently he was a resident of Southampton, Hempstead and Newtown, Long Island. May 30, 1644, he was a representative in the matter of the union of Southampton with the colony of Hartford; in October, 1644, was appointed to collect subscriptions for students at Harvard Col- lege, of which he was probably a graduate, and also served as deputy for Southampton to negoti- ate a union with the New England colonies; in the same year he attended a meeting of the Gen- eral Court of Massachusetts and acted on a com- mittee ; between the years 1646 and 1649 he was permitted to preach in New England; March 9, 1649, was in the list of perfect freemen ; from 1649 to 1651 was the second minister of Hemp- stead; September 25, 1651, he wrote a letter to the magistrates in Holland from Hemp- stead, in which he foreshadowed the fatal
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consequences of taking sides with the sup- porters of Charles II, and of arming the Indians ; in 1652 was the first minister of Middleburg, afterward Newtown, Long Island; April 12, 1656, transacted the Indian purchase, his pur- chase money being £2; and on January 22, 1657, was presented with the title to the town house by the inhabitants of Newtown in a public meeting. The Rev. John Moore married Margaret Howell, who was baptized in England in 1622, daughter of Edward Howell, one of the original "Under- takers" who settled in Southampton, Long Isl- and. Edward Howell was born in Marsh Gib- bon, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1600. He came to America in 1639, was made freeman of Boston that year, removed to Lynn, where he had a grant of 500 acres, was a magistrate from 1640 to 1653, a member of the colonial legislature at Hartford, Connecticut, from 1647 to 1653, and was the leader in the settlement of Southampton, the first English settlement in the state of New York. The Rev. John Moore died September 17, 1657.
Captain Samuel Moore, son of the Rev. John and Margaret (Howell) Moore, was born prob- ably at Southampton, Long Island, about 1645. He was granted a tract of land at Newtown in 1662 ; became à freeholder on December 4, 1666; a constable in 1675; an overseer between 1677 and 1679 ; also between 1681 and 1683 ; appointed to choose delegates to Assembly in New York; commissioner of town court from 1684 to 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688 to 1690; on the committee to extend town limits in 1684; supervisor during the years 1684, 1687 and 1691; on Dongan's Charter in 1686, received the rank of lieutenant ; was appointed delegate to the convention at New York "to act as they should see cause for the good and benefit of the country" ; prominent in Leisler's Insurrection, and was commissioned captain of Newtown militia on February 19, 1690. He mar- ried Mary Reed, born in 1651, died in Newtown on May 4, 1738. His death occurred in the same town on July 25, 1717.
Justice Nathaniel Moore, son of Captain Sam- uel and Mary (Reed) Moore, was born in New- town, Long Island, March 14, 1687. He removed
from Long Island to New Jersey in 1708, and during that year he and Thomas Reed, John Cornwall and John Mott purchased 1,300 acres of land where Pennington, New Jersey, now stands. He was a trustee of the Pennington church from 1725 to 1726, trustee of parsonage and Latin school funds in 1731, was commis- sioned a justice during the year 1725, and was appointed to the rank of lieutenant in the New Jersey militia, 1715. December 1, 1713, he mar- ried Joanna Prudden, born December 16, 1692, daughter of the Rev. John Prudden, born in Milford, Connecticut, November 9, 1645, died December II, 1725, who was a graduate of Harvard, principal of Roxbury grammar school, pastor of Jamaica, Long Island, in 1670, deputy to colonial assembly of New York in 1689, and third pastor of First church of Newark, New Jersey, in 1692. The Rev. John Prudden was a son of the Rev. Peter Prudden, born 1601, died 1656, who was one of the founders of the colony of New Haven, settled at Milford, Connecticut, in 1639, and was ap- pointed judge in 1641 ; about 1638 he married Joanna Boyse, probably in this country. Nathaniel Moore died at Hopewell, New Jersey, September 6, 1759 ; he was survived by his wife, who died in 1768.
Captain John Moore, son of Nathaniel and Joanna (Prudden) Moore, was born March 8, 1715, at. Hopewell, New Jersey. He served in Colonel Samuel Hunt's regiment in the French and Indian war. He married Keziah Phillips, daughter of Theophilus Phillips of Maidenhead, New Jersey, and Elizabeth Betts, of Newtown, Long Island, great-great-granddaughter of the Rev. George Phillips, born in 1593, died in 1644, first pastor of Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1630, and great-granddaughter of Captain Rich- ard Betts, born in 1613, died in 1713, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1648, and Newtown, Long Island. Captain Moore died at Hopewell, September 3, 1768.
Samuel Moore, son of Captain John and Keziah (Phillips) Moore, was born in Hopewell, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, in 1754. He served as a minute-man in the Revolutionary
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war, and subsequently was a member of Captain John Mott's company, First Regiment, Hunter- don county, New Jersey. He removed to Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1782, and his death occurred in that city on March 9, 1799. September 27, 1781, he married Sarah Green, born February 22, 1759, died January 15, 1829, a daughter of Richard Green, who married Phebe Moore (4), a daugh- ter of Nathaniel (3), granddaughter of Captain Samuel (2), and great-granddaughter of the Rev. John (I).
Samuel Moore, son of Samuel and Sarah (Green) Moore, was born in Easton, Pennsyl- vania, September 28, 1794, and died there on June 18, 1883. He was educated in the schools of Philadelphia, and later served as second ser- geant in the First Company, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Riflemen in the War of 1812-14. Was one of the editors and proprietors of the "Spirit of Pennsylvania"; in 1824 accom- panied the Easton Guards, of which he had been ensign, to Philadelphia to take part in the recep- tion to General Lafayette ; was editor of the Belvi- dere (New Jersey) Apollo, in 1831 ; clerk of the court of oyer and terminer from 1836 to 1839; clerk of the court of general quarter sessions of the peace under Governor Ritner, member of the firm of Mott, Schober & Co., of Philadelphia and Easton, importers of china, etc., from 1839 to 1851, and retired from office in 1857 ; was a mem- ber of the Easton town council in 1853; justice from 1859 to 1874; chief burgess during the years 1860, 1861, 1862 and 1863, and active in all enter- prises and benevolent work in his town. He mar- ried, November 27, 1832, Elizabeth Barnes Wamsley, born September 20, 1811, died March 12, 1895, a native of Mansfield, Warren county, New Jersey ; the ceremony was performed by the Rev. James Castner.
James Wamsley, father of Elizabeth Barnes (Wamsley) Moore, was born in County Ferma- nagh, Ireland, September 29, 1780, died either in 1863 or 1865 ; he married Sarah Mott Potts, born May 23, 1792, in Kingwood, New Jersey, died May 26, 1883, daughter of Joseph Potts, who married Sarah Mott in June, 1781, granddaugh- ter of John Potts and Mercy King, great-grand-
daughter of Thomas Potts, Jr., born in 1713, died in 1731, and Susanna -, of Bristol township, Philadelphia county, great-great-grand- daughter of "Thomas Potts, Sr., the Quaker Preacher," whom William Penn called "honest Thomas Potts."
Sarah Mott was the daughter of Solomon Mott of New York and Kingwood, New Jersey, and Elizabeth Emley, granddaughter of Gershon Mott, born in Hempstead, Long Island, removed to New Hempstead, New York, died in 1759, and his wife Ruth -, the great-granddaughter of Charles Mott, born in Hempstead in 1676, died in 1740, the great-great-granddaughter of Adam Mott, of Essex, England, born in 1619, died in 1686, and his wife Elizabeth Redman, whom he married in 1667.
Mercy King, born June 4, 1738, in King- wood, New Jersey, was the daughter of William King, born April 1, 1714, in Kingwood, New Jersey, and his wife Abigail Doughty, whom he married in 1737, the granddaughter of Joseph King, senior, elder and overseer, born in Flush- ing, Long Island, in 1684, died in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, December 10, 1761, and his wife Marcia Nicholson, and the great-grand- daughter of Harmanus King, who left England to escape religious persecution and went to Hol- land, from thence emigrated to America in 1676, died in Burlington county, New Jersey, in 1727, and his wife Mary.
Elizabeth Emley was the daughter of John Emley, Sr., born in 1691, died in 1761, member of the colonial assembly, and his wife Sarah Law- rence, the granddaughter of William Emley, Sr., born in Nottingham, England, in 1648, and Mary He was one of the three commis- sioners to act in behalf of the West Jersey So- ciety, arrived in New York in 1677 in the "Kent," returned to England and came to America again in 1678 in the "Shield." He purchased land of the Indians, was a member of the general assem- bly, member of Governor's Council, and died in 1704. The Emleys were Friends.
Abigail Doughty, born in 1716, was the daughter of Jacob Doughty of Flushing, Long Island, who removed to New Jersey, was a mem-
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ber of the general assembly, judge of the court of common pleas of Burlington county, assistant judge of common pleas of Hunterdon county, "minister among Friends," and his wife Amy Whitehead, the granddaughter of Elias Doughty, born in 1635, died in 1690, a justice of Queens county, Long Island, and Sarah the
Rev. Francis great-granddaughter of the Doughty, born in Bristol, England, vicar of Sod- bury, settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1639, from which place he was driven by persecution and sought refuge in Rhode Island; in 1641 he removed to Long Island, and was the predecessor of the Rev. John Moore at Hempstead. He preached to the English in the church within Fort Amsterdam. In 1648 or 1649 he departed for the Virginias. His wife was Bridget Stone, a sister of Governor Stone of Maryland. His father styles himself, in his will, dated May, 1634, "Francis Doughtie, of Hempstead, in the Parish of Oldsburg and County of Gloucester, Gent."
Amy Whitehead, born in 1676, died in 1742, was the daughter of Major Daniel Whitehead of Newtown, Long Island, born in 1646, died in 1704, justice of Queens county, member of as- sembly and county treasurer, and Abigail Steven- son, granddaughter of Daniel Whythead, died 1668, aged sixty-five, magistrate of Hempstead, patentee of Newtown, first purchaser of Horse- neck from the Indians, overseer of Newtown, and his wife Jeannie Skidmore.
Lucy Stout, died in 1732, was a daughter of Stout, and granddaughter of Richard Stout, died in 1705, who was on Long Island as early as 1643, two years later was a patentee of Gravesend, in 1664 a patentee in New Jersey, and a member of the general assembly of New Jersey.
Penelope Van Prince, nee Lent, came from Holland. The vessel bringing her and her hus- band was wrecked in 1640 near Sandy Hook. Her husband was killed by the Indians, and she was wounded and left for dead on the beach. A friendly Indian secreted her in a hollow tree where she remained three days. He then carried her to New York, where she met Richard Stout, whom she married either in the year 1643 or 1645, after which they removed to New Jersey and founded
Middletown. She lived to be over one hundred years old.
James W. Moore, son of Samuel and Eliza- beth B. (Wamsley) Moore, was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1844. In 1860 he was the valedictorian at the graduating exercises of the Easton high school, in 1864 was the Latin saluta- torian of Lafayette College, from which he re- ceived the degree of Master of Arts in 1867, and in 1869 the degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon him by the University of Penn- sylvania. Since January 8, 1866, he has been a member of the faculty of Lafayette College, in which institution he served as tutor from 1866 to 1868, adjunct professor from 1868 to 1872, pro- fessor of mechanics and experimental philosophy since 1872. The departments of physics and electrical engineering were organized under his direction, and the equipment of the laboratories was accomplished by him. He is the dean of Pardee School of Science, a member of the Amer- ican Philosophical Society, Fellow of the Ameri- can Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine, member of the Pennsylvania State Medical So- ciety, ex-president of the Northampton County Medical Society, conferee of the International Congress of Electricians, Philadelphia, in 1884, Chicago in 1893, member of the Sons of the Revolution, Historian General of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1607-1657, member of Phi Beta Kappa Society, Delta Kappa Ep- silon Society and a number of others. For four years he was a member of the legis- lative committee of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, which succeeded in having passed the Medical Examiner's Bill.
Dr. Moore has contributed papers on phy- sical, sanitary and medical subjects in the scien- tific and lay publications, and is the author of the following named works: "The elements of Natural Philosophy for the Use of Engineering Students," 1891; "The Elements of Natural Philosophy for the Use of Junior Students in College," 1891; "Methods of Investigation and Record Book of Experiments in Physics," 1892; "Instruments and Methods of Physical Measure-
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ments," 1892; "Simple Harmonic Motion," 1894; "Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Heat," 1894; "Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Eelctricity," 1895; "Electro-dynamic Phe- nomena," 1888; "Notes on a Course of Lec- tures on Light," 1889; "An Attempt to Analyze the Statistics of Diphtheria in Easton from 1888 to 1894 inclusive," 1894, published in the Lehigh Valley Medical Magasine; "Some Thoughts on the Necessary Preliminary Training for the Medical Profes- sion," 1893; Number 17, Bulletin of the Amer- ican Academy of Medicine; "Some Sanitary Questions," Transactions of the Northampton County Medical Society ; "Address on Hygiene," 1896, Transactions of Pennsylvania State Medical Society ; "American Ancestral Chart of a Branch of the Family of the Rev. John Moore of New- town, Long Island, which settled in Pennsylva- nia," 1897 ; "Records of the Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends, Hunterdon County, New Jersey," 1900; "Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island and Some of the Descendants," 1903.
Dr. Moore married, July 30, 1874, Rachel Philips Flannery, daughter of the Rev. James Flannery, of Philadelphia. Dr. Moore was a member of the Reformed (Dutch) church in America. When the congregation passed over to the Presbyterian denomination he remained with it. His affiliations are with the Republican party.
REV. ROBERT B. YOUNGMAN, A. M., PH. D., of Easton, Pennsylvania, clergyman and educator, was born in Danville, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1836, son of George Nagle and Keziah (Chambers) Youngman.
The Youngman family is of German origin, and the American progenitor was Elias Youngman born in Germany, August 17, 1738, and died April 12, 1817. He was the proprietor of Young- man's Town, now Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. His son, Colonel Thomas Youngman, was the father of four children : 1. Hannah, who married George Lehman; 2. Catherine, who married a Mr. Withington ; 3. Amelia : 4. George Nagle Youngman.
George Nagle Youngman was born May 10, 1804, and died January 13, 1881. He was edu- cated in the common schools, and on arriving at manhood engaged for a short time in a mercan- tile business in Danville, Pennsylvania, after which he went to Mifflinburg. He was a man of excellent character, and exerted a strong influ- ence in the neighborhood. For many years he' occupied the position of justice of the peace. He' was married, December 31, 1835, to Keziah, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Bond ( Bar- ber) Chambers, whose father was born in Cum- berland county, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1773, a son of Robert Chambers, a native of Ireland, who came to America shortly before the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. He recruited a com- pany of infantry for the continental service, was elected to its captaincy, and marched to Boston. His son Robert also entered the patriot army shortly before the close of the war.
George Nagle and Keziah (Chambers) Youngman were the parents of five children: I. Robert Barber, to be further written of below ; 2. John, who during the Civil war performed honorable service as major of the Fifty-first Reg- iment Pennsylvania Volunteers; he was after- wards a banker, and was married, December 16, 1869, to Hannah Jane Grier, of Danville, Penn- sylvania ; he died July 2, 1901 ; 3. Ben- jamin, born March 9, 1840, who is a teacher in Clearfield, Pennsylvania; he was married, in August, 1874, to Mary Delle Bunt- ing ; 4. Sarah Amelia, born June 23, 1842, who became the wife of Benjamin F. Harvey, and who died March 14, 1900; 5. Thomas W., born July 28, 1849, who became a physician and died June 6, 1903. The mother of these children died Janu- ary 13, 1903.
Robert Barber, eldest son of George Nagle and Keziah (Chambers) Youngman, received his preparatory instruction in the schools of Mifflin- burg, and completed his education at Lafayette College, from which he was graduated in 1860 as valedictorian. He served as a tutor in the college until 1863, when he was made adjunct professor of Latin and Greek. After five years' labor in this capacity, he was (in 1868) appointed
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Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. During this time he was also clerk of the faculty. He received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Princeton University in 1887. He is a member of the American Philological Association, and of the Pennsylvania German Society, and a charter member of the Gamma Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa of Pennsylvania. He studied theology under the private tutorship of the late Rev. John Gray, D. D., of Easton; was made a licentiate April 20, 1864, by the Second Presby- tery of Philadelphia, and was ordained January 6, 1874, at Allentown, by the Presbytery of Le- high.
Mr. Youngman was married, April 18, 1866, to Miss Catherine S. Opdycke, a daughter of John and Martha (Patterson) Opdycke. She died December 9, 1891. There are three chil- dren : Alice Gray, born April 12, 1869, now the wife of Professor F. A. March, Jr., of Lafayette College; Ethel, born December 9, 1875 ; and Kate Barber, born January 20, 1879.
CLEMENT STEWART was born Novem- ber 25, 1842, in Easton, Pennsylvania, where he is now serving as assistant postmaster. He traces his ancestry back through John, Thomas and Robert to Charles Stewart.
His father, John Stewart, was born in Stew- artsville, New Jersey, September 27, 1796, and pursued the greater part of his education in the public schools there. He spent, however, a few years in a private school in Easton, Pennsylvania, and after entering upon his business career he or- ganized a business for the manufacture of wire. This enterprise was continued under the firm style of Stewart & Company until his death, being under his immediate supervision and con- trol. His religious faith was that of the Pres- byterian church, and his political belief was that of the Republican party, and to each he was most loyal. He married Elizabeth Green, who was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1800, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Traill) Green, both of Easton, and a granddaughter of Robert Traill, a distinguished officer in the con- tinental army. His wife was Elizabeth Grotz,
and her name is mentioned in "Patriotic Women of Pennsylvania in the Revolution."
Clement Stewart acquired his early education in the private schools conducted by Dr. Lehman and the Rev. Dr. McPhail, and also studied with Professor Edsall Ferrier and Professor R. B. Youngman, of Lafayette College. He next matriculated as a member of the sophomore class of Princeton College in 1862, and was graduated in 1864.
Following the completion of his collegiate course, Clement Stewart entered the employ of the firm of Stewart & Company, wire manufac- turers, of which his father was the head, and in a few years, after mastering the business in its various departments, was made assistant super- intendent, which position he held until 1892, when he resigned. He was appointed assistant postmaster of Easton in 1899, and is now occupy- ing that position. Mr. Stewart is a Republican in his political affiliation. He has been a member of the school board and of the town council of Easton. At the time of the Civil war, in 1863, he enlisted as a private, in Company D, Thirty- eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, and served for three months. He was formerly a member of McKeen Post, G. A. R., in which he served as adjutant for six years and as officer of the day for two years. He was also on the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic of the United States for one year, with the rank of colonel, and he now belongs to Lafay- ette Post, No. 217, G. A. R. He belongs to the Sons of the Revolution, the Cliosophic Society of Princeton College, the Zeta Psi fraternity, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Dallas Lodge, F. and A. M., of Easton, and the Mc- Kinley Club.
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