M, #6045, b. 20 August 1789, d. 11 May 1858
| Biography* | | Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry had a biography: Andrew Confinberry (1788-1856) Ohio
Andrew Coffinberry, a native of Virginia, born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) moved to Chillicothe, Ohio with his parents in 1806 and moved on to Lancaster the following year. Confinberry served two years in the navy, read law in Mansfield. From 1815 to 1836 he studied and practiced law at Mansfield, Ohio. He moved to Perrysburg in 1836, and died at Findlay, May 12, 1856. Coffinberry acquired the title, Count Coffinberry, because of his manner of dress, refined ways, and kindness toward young lawyers of the local bar.
[Source: William Coyle (ed.), Ohio Authors and Their Books: Biographical Data and Selective Bibliographies for Ohio Authors, Native and Resident, 1796-1950 124-125 (Cleveland: World Publishing Co., for the Ohioana Library Association, 1962)]
http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/coffinberry.html. |
| CAUTION* | | Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry and Abraham Coffinberry have the following CAUTIONARY INFORMATION: what is their relationship - they are in same CA county in 1850. |
| Birth* | 20 August 1789 | Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry was born on 20 August 1789 at Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., West Virginia, "where his grandparents had settled in 1750, having emigrated from Wurtemburg and Stasburg, Germany."1 |
| MovedTo* | 1799 | He moved to Ohio Co., Virginia, in 1799.1 |
| MovedTo | 1806 | He moved to Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio, in 1806.1 |
| Military* | 1807 | He was in the military in 1807 "At this place he left his father and shipped for two years in the navel service, and served his time under Bainbridge and Hull, then rejoined his father, who had removed to Mansfield Ohio in the fall of 1808 or spring of 1809."1 |
| MovedTo | 1807 | He moved to Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio, in 1807.1 |
| Residence* | between 1812 and 1836 | In between 1812 and 1836 Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry resided at Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio. "He remained with his father during the war of 1812-13, living sometimes in a log cabin, and at others, when the settlement was menaced by hostile Indians, in one of the two blockhouses erected upon the public square of the village. At the close of the war, he read law with John M. May Esq. at Mansfield, where he continued to reside until he removed to Berrysburg in 1836." More info about his attending sessions of various courts in nearly all the counties in Northwestern Ohio are in the book, and citing Knapp's History of the Maumee Valley pg 307.1 |
| Marriage* | 26 October 1813 | He married Mary "Polly" McClure on 26 October 1813 at Richland Co., Ohio. |
| Marriage* | | Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry married Frances Culver. |
| Event-Misc* | 1842 | In 1842 Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry had the following misc event: wrote a poem The Forest Rangers" - see Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. Columbus OH: 1902. Vol. 10 Iss. 3 available at Allen County Public Library GC 977.1 Oh2999zz v.10. |
| Census1850* | 1850 | He appeared on the 1850 census as the head of household, pg 281 #114-119, Sidney, Shelby Co., Ohio, along with Frances Culver, Maria Coffinberry, Lodemia Coffinberry and Frances (2) Coffinberry . His info on the census included Coffinbury, Andrew 58 b.VA attorney $1000. |
| Census1850 | 1850 | Andrew "Count Puffendorf" Coffinberry appeared on the 1850 census as the head of household, pg 256 #1-2, Weaverville and Vicinity, El Dorado Co., California. His info on the census included Coffinberry, Andrew 61 b.VA assistant census agent $1500 - confirming that this is a second entry for Andrew's census entry is this from the Coffinberry book: "Count Coffinberry in his old days, was in public service in california, and had charge, with one of his sons, of taking the census of that newly acquired territory, either prior to or on its admission as a state. From that service and the Pacific Coast he returned."1 |
| Death* | 11 May 1858 | He died on 11 May 1858 at Findlay, Hancock Co., Ohio, at age 68 12 May 1856 per Scott, 11 May 1858 per FindaGrave.1,2 |