J. P. COFFIELD, grain and grocery dealer; P.O. Fletcher; is located on the C.C. & I. C. R., where he has been favorably known for the past six years; in connection with the above business, he has the care and management of the freight, ticket, and express office, being also a telegraph operator; he was born in Clark Co., Ohio, in 1845, where he grew to manhood on a farm: in his boyhood days, he acquired a common education, which was afterward cultivated and improved in schools of higher grade; his attention during life has been directed to the profession of teaching, which he followed ten years in Clark, Greene and Miami Cos.; since 1874, he has been permanently located in this county. He was married to Corilla McAllister Feb., 18, 1879; she was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, June 14, 1856.