History of Hoboken, (Hudson County) New Jersey United States of America

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David Demarest Lloyd, dramatist was born in New York city, Sept. 1, 1851. He was graduated at the College of the City of New York in 1870, and became successively a reporter, private secretary to Chief Justice Chase, and newspaper correspondent at Albany and Washington. He wrote the plays: For Congress (1882); The Woman-Hater (1885); The Dominie's Daughter (1886); and The Senator (1889). He died in Hoboken, N.J., Sept. 4, 1889.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Olin Burr Coit, clergyman and author, was born in Hoboken, N. J., March 24, 1855; son of the Rev. Dr. C. S. and R. Melinda (Harrison) Coit. He was graduated at Wesleyan university, A.B. 1877, A.M. 1880, and at Drew theological seminary, B.D. in 1881. He was professor of Latin in Shaw university, Holly Springs, Miss., 1877-78;. travelled with President Hurst in Europe and studied in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879. He preached at Dover, Del., 1880; in the Newark conference, 1881-93; and in the Northern New York conference, 1893-99. In 1899 he was pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, Potsdam, N.Y. He was married in 1882 to Emma, daughter of James Stitzer of Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected a trustee of Wesleyan university in 1898. Syracuse university conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1895. He is the author of The Modern Corroborative Proofs of Bible History (1884); The Jew in History (1887); Saracenic Influences in Art and Literature (1888); Egyptian Burial of the Dead and Mummification (1888).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor