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of Millersville, Pa. He has two sisters: Grace Lydia (Coffman) Roxby . 
and Edith James (Coffman) Baker, both graduates of the Philadelphia 
Girls Normal School, and two brothers: Wilmer Evans Coffman, B.A. 
Wesleyan University ’95 and B.D. Drew Theological Seminary, and 
Herbert Coffman, B.S. University of Pennsylvania. 
He was prepared at the Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa., and 
was employed by the Alpha Portland Cement Company, Easton, Pa., from 
the fall of 1900 to September, 1905, when he entered the College of Arts 
and Sciences, Cornell University. He remained at college until 1907 and 
was a member of Acacia Fraternity. 
He is unmarried. 

Coffman entered the United States Forest Service in July, 1909, 
as forest assistant in Inyo National Forest, California. In April, 
1910, he was transferred to Shasta National Forest and in June, 
IQI1, was appointed deputy forest supervisor of Trinity National 
Forest, California, his present position. 
He is a member of the Congregational church and in politics is 
a Progressive Republican. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Yale 
Chapter, and of the Society of American Foresters. He is also 
a member of Easton Lodge, 152, Free and Accepted Masons, 
and Easton Royal Arch Chapter, 173, Easton, Pa., of Hugh de 
Payens Commandery, 19, Knights Templar, Easton, Pa., and of 
Pyramid Temple, A. A. O. N. Mystic Shrine, Bridgeport, Conn. 
Arthur W. DuBois 
Hallstead, Pa. 
Arthur Wood DuBois was born February 12, 1886, in Washington, 
D. C., the son of James Taylor DuBois, Envoy Extraordinary and 
Minister Plenipotentiary to Columbia and director of several banks, and 
Emma (Pastor) DuBois. On his mother’s side he is of French and 
German ancestry. He has a brother, Henry Pastor DuBois, M.E. 
Cornell ’07. 
He was prepared at the Friends’ Select School, Washington, D. C., 
at the Binghamton High School, Binghamton, N. Y., and at Schmidt’s 
Institute, St. Gall, Switzerland, and in 1907 received the degree of B.A. 
from Cornell University, where he served as a cadet. From this time 
until he entered the Yale Forest School he was engaged in farming, 
ranching and traveling. 
He was married September 21, 1912, in Hallstead, Pa. to Miss Rena 
B. Merrell, daughter of Albert F. Merrell and Charlotte Stockholm 
Merrell. 


