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FIRST ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN.
![Picture](images/lybi276.jpg) ![Spacer](../../images/spacer.gif) R.
C. E. COFFIN, first assistant physician of the Nebraska
Hospital for the Insane, Lincoln, was born in Otsego,
Michigan, just before the close of the civil war. His father
came from Massachusetts and invaded the Michigan wilderness
in an early day, and brought up his sons on the farm, giving
them the best education available at that time. In 1881
young Coffin came to Nebraska with his father, and was
alternately engaged in farming, stock raising, and teaching
school, to obtain the funds necessary to complete his
education. He applied himself diligently to the study of
medicine, entered the Omaha Medical College, from which he
graduated. He then located at North Loup and practiced his
profession with success, being honored from time to time
with public positions, both elective and appointive. In
October, 1895, he was called by Governor Holcomb from his
private practice to accept the position he now holds, and in
which he has made a most excellent record. Dr. Coffin was
raised amid staunch republican environments, and his present
position in the populist party is the result of
conscientious economic study, which led him to participate
as an organizer and officer of the county alliance of Valley
county. He is a gentleman of untiring energy, strict
integrity, and acknowledged ability.
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