Qrilbt When were you first merrled? 



Coggins: About 1910. My wife was a house builder* She built 

 a great laany houses in Berkeley. Also she was a 

 p8 inter. She enjoyed landscapes but she also 

 painted portraits. Her portraits of David Starr 

 Jordan, Edwin Markham, Joaquin Miller, George 

 Wharton James, Herbert Bashford and August Vollwer 

 are now in the Bancroft Library. Her portrait of 

 Edward Hyatt, the former State Superintendent of 

 Schools, was in the state building in Sacraxnento. 

 She passed away in 1930. 



011bs And did you get married again right away? 



Coggins: No, I was married quite a few years later. My 



second wife was a friend of ours who had worked with 

 ne in the Whitaker and Ray donpany. Z always 

 •:x:plain that I really worked for her but she 

 denies it« 



Oilbt What was her maiden name? 



Coggins: Elsie Shirpser. She was a social worker for over 

 twenty-five years for the Jewish Committee for 

 Personal Service. This social agency was statewide 

 and had as its objective the rehabilitation of the 



