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Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr.

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Title

Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr.

Subject

Coffman, Ernest Franklin Sr. (1890-1948)

Description

Portrait photograph of Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr. with a mustache and wearing a suit with a vest and starched collar

Ernest Coffman, Sr., was the husband of Lou Hammer and father of Geneva (Coffman) Conger, Hazel (Coffman) Fadely, Virginia Coffman, Ernestine (Coffman) Mitchell, Madge (Coffman) Clark, Christine (Coffman) Barrick, Ernest Coffman, Jr., and Thomas Coffman.

Ernest worked as a U.S. postal clerk, riding the mail train as well as serving in a highway post office. He also grew fruit and raised chickens.

The name, "Ernest Franklin Coffman", is written on the glass plate.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Identified in March 2004 by his daughter, Hazel (Coffman) Fadely, and recorded on the form by Bonnie Painter.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection image numbers 000056 and 001792.

Identifier

000056

Original Format

Glass negatives

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Ernest Franklin Coffman Sr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22285.

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