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Coffin, James Park

James Park Coffin (1838-1930) from Knoxville, TN, entered the University in 1855, joined the Dialectic Society, and graduated in 1859. As a student he had boarded with William Barbee, then with Barbee's daughter Margaret Hargrave. Eventually Coffin moved to Batesville, AR, where he became a clerk of the circuit court and a banker.