Background
Coblentz, Emory Lorenzo was born on November 5, 1869 in near Middletown, Maryland, United States. Son of Edward Livingston and Lucinda F. (Bechtol) Coblentz.
Coblentz, Emory Lorenzo was born on November 5, 1869 in near Middletown, Maryland, United States. Son of Edward Livingston and Lucinda F. (Bechtol) Coblentz.
Graduated from the high school, Middletown, Maryland. Studied law in the office of Charles West. Ross, of Frederick, Maryland. Doctor of Laws, Franklin and Marshall College, 1926.
Practiced at Frederick, since 1897. Organized and was president Potomac Edison Company, Frederick, Maryland., until 1923, then member board and Executive Committee. Vice-president and director Economy Silo and Manufacturing Company.
Director Potomac Light & Power Company (Martinsburg, West Virginia), South Penn Power Company (Waynesboro, Pennsylvania), Northern Virginia Power Company (Winchester).
Member Maryland. State Senate (Chairman of Commission on education and commission on revaluation and assessments), term 1930-1934. Member State Board of Education, Maryland., 1924-1936. Member Board State Aid and Charities, Maryland., 1912-1916.
Member Maryland. legislature, 1920, and majority floor leader of House.
Member Board Home Missions, Evangelical and Reformed Church, since 1917.
Married Amy A. Douh, September 26, 1893 (died February 4, 1904). Married second, Mary V. Kefauver, May 15, 1906. Children: Mistress Ruth Swank, Mistress Naomi Winston, Esther Douh (Mistress Frank C. Englesing), Miriam A. (Mistress John C. Saur).