Prosser, Col. William Farrand. "A History of the Puget Sound Country, Its Resources, Its Commerce and its People." Vol. 2. New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1903. pp. 108-109. NOAH B. COFFMAN The Coffman, Dobson and Company Bank at Chehalis, Washington, of which Mr. Coffman is the president and manager, is one of the leading financial institutions of Lewis county and was first organized on August 11, 1884. It was then a private bank under the name of Coffman and Allen, Charles H. Allen being the other partner; at the latter's death Mr. Coffman conducted the concern alone for a time, and in 1889 it was organized as the First National Bank, Mr. Coffman, John Dobson, Francis Donahoe, W. M. Uquhart and D. C. Millett being the principal holders of the fifty thousand dollars' stock. In 1896 the national bank charter was dropped, and since then it has been conducted as a private bank under the same stockholders, who are men of unquestioned financial reliability. The bank does a general banking business and is the oldest and largest bank in southwestern Washington, this success being due in a large measure to Mr. Coffman's liberal methosd and able financiering; the institution has been of much service to the business of Lewis county and is a credit to is worthy and respected stockholders. Noah B. Coffman is of good Germany ancestry, who took up their abode in Lancaster county, Pennsylvnia, at a very early day in the history of the country. His father, Noah B. Coffman, was a native of Virginia and married Miss Margaret WImp, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In 1858 they removed to Champaign county, Illinois, and there was spent the major portion of their lives; late in life he retired from active business and came to Washington to spend his declining years with his children, where he passed away, honored and revered, at the age of eighty-three, in 1899. He was one of the organizaers of the Republican party, and was numbered among the liberty-loving citizens who have done so much to make the prosperity of the country. His good wife still survives him and resides in Chehalis. Their four living sons are all in business in this city. Their eldest son, William Henry Harrison, offered his services in the defense of the Union and lost his life in the Missouri campaign; he was a member of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry. The birth of Noah B. Coffman occurred at Crawfordsville, Indiana, on the 2d day of April, 1857. He graduated from the University of Illinois in the class of 1878, and on reaching man's estate came west to cast in his lot with the growing state of Washington, where he has since made excellent use of the opportunities offered him. In 1883, in the month of October, he married Miss Adaline Tighe, who was born in Cuba but was reared and educated in Boston. They have become the parents of two daughters and a son: Florence Adaline, Ethelin M. and Daniel Tighe; the daughters are graduates of the high school and are now in college. The family are members of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Coffman is the clerk of the vestry; for some years he has been treasurer of the Episcopal jurisdiciton of western Washington and was thrice elected a delegate to the church conventions of the United States. He also holds membership in the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Coffman takes an active part in the affairs of the Republican party and served as a delegate to the national convention which nominated Mr. McKinley for the presidency, also being a member of the committee appointed to notify Mr. McKinley of his election. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2009 by Jenny Tenlen. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.