Erastus Coffinger
1816-Jan. 10, 1879
Niles Democrat, Saturday, January 18, 1879, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
It becomes our painful duty again to chronicle the death of another of our most highly esteemed and honorable pioneer citizens, that Erastus Coffinger, which occurred on Friday evening last. Mr. Coffinger was widely known and has always sustained an irreproachable character for honesty and integrity in all his dealings with his fellow men; kind, peaceful and obliging to all with whom he cam in contact. His death will not only be keenly felt in the family circle, but throughout the entire community. His funeral was largely attended on Sunday last by his many friends and neighbors.