. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . the state and holds the confidence of the barand the general public alike. His official duties make the first demand upon his timeand attention but he takes a great deal of interest in farming and in all movements thattend toward making it more scientific and efiicient. He holds title to a large amount ofland and personally supervises the operation of two excellent farms. Judge Coffey is a native of North Carolina and was born on the 4tli of July, parents were Patterson V. and Martitia (Estes) Coffey, the former of whom
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . the state and holds the confidence of the barand the general public alike. His official duties make the first demand upon his timeand attention but he takes a great deal of interest in farming and in all movements thattend toward making it more scientific and efiicient. He holds title to a large amount ofland and personally supervises the operation of two excellent farms. Judge Coffey is a native of North Carolina and was born on the 4tli of July, parents were Patterson V. and Martitia (Estes) Coffey, the former of whom died inEugene, Oregon, in 1911 and the latter in 1910. The father was a successful farmer andwas highly esteemed in his community. In 1SS8 he removed with his family to the Pacificcoast. To him and his wife were born six children, two sons and four daughters, thebrother of our subject being Dr. R. C. Coffey, of Portland. Oregon, who served at one timeas vice president of the American Medical Association, and is one of the leading surgeonsof the United JUDGE J. A. OOFFEY HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 193 Judge Coffey was educated in the public scliools, at Williamette University, of Salem,Oregon, where he took his preparatory work, and at the University of Idaho, graduatingfrom the classical department thereof in 1897. Subsequently he went to St. Paul, Minne-sota, where he took a course in stenography and typewriting, and still later took up thestudy of law in the night school of the University of Minnesota, continuing his worktherein for three years. During the daytime he worked in law offices and in the loandepartment of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, thusgaining practical experience that was of great value to him wheri he began the independentpractice of his profession. Following his gradiiation in law in 1900 he remained with theinsurance company for two years, after which he engaged in inspecting lands with theview of determining their fitn
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