History of Washington Hollow, (Dutchess County) New York United States of America

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Isaac Butts, journalist, was born in Washington, Dutchess county, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1816. He removed with his parents in early life to Rochester, where he obtained an ordinary education. He purchased and edited the Rochester Advertiser, 1845-64, and consolidated the Union with the Advertiser in 1856 wherein he supported Democratic principles, and the principle in regard to slavery in acquired territory which became known as "Popular Sovereignty." He was a member of the House printing telegraph company and of the New York and Mississippi Valley printing telegraph company, and an organizer and director of the Western Union telegraph company, into which the two companies were merged. He published Brief Reasons for Repudiation, Applicable to the War Debts of all Countries (1869). His Protection and Free Trade: an Inquiry whether Protective Duties cau Benefit the Interests of a Country in the Aggregate, was published posthumously (1875), and contains a brief memoir by the editor. He died in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1874.

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

Owen Tristram Coffin, lawyer, was born in Washington, Dutchess county, N.Y., July 17, 1815; son of Robert and Magdalena (Bentley) Coffin; grandson of Abishai and Sarah (Long) Coffin, and of Tabor and Elizabeth (Vanderburgh) Bentley; and a descendant in the sixth generation of Tristram Coffin who emigrated from Devonshire, England, about the middle of the seventeenth century, and settled on Nantucket Island, of which he became owner of one tenth and was chief magistrate. Owen's preparatory education was acquired at a Friends' boarding school, at Sharon, Conn., academy, and at Kinderhook academy. He was graduated at Union college in 1837 and was admitted to the bar in 1840, practising at Carmel, N.Y., 1840-45; at Poughkeepsie, 1845-51; and at Peekskill from 1851. In 1857 he was made trustee of the Peekskill military academy and in 1859 was chosen president of the board of trustees. He was elected surrogate of Westchester county, N.Y., in 1870, and served from Jan. l, 1871, to Jan. 1, 1895. He was married, June 15, 1842, to Belinda Emott Maison, who died in 1856. His second wife was Harriet Cooley, daughter of Samuel Bancroft Barlow, M.D., of New York city. Their son Samuel Barlow Coffin, was graduated from Union college in 1885, was admitted to the bar in 1888, and practised in Hudson, N.Y. Union college conferred upon Surrogate Coffin the degree of LL. D. in 1889. Many of his opinions were published in Redfield's and Demarest's surrogate court reports.

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