Background
Coffin, Oscar Jackson was born on February 4, 1887 in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alexander Horney and Ida Elizabeth (Moring) Coffin.
Coffin, Oscar Jackson was born on February 4, 1887 in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alexander Horney and Ida Elizabeth (Moring) Coffin.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1909.
1 son, Edwin Wilson. Teacher public schools, 1909-1910. Reporter Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal, 1911. News editor Charlotte Observer, 1912-1916.
City editor Raleigh Times, 1916-1918, editor, 1918-1926.
Columnist Greensboro Daily News, since 1926. Professor journalism U. North Carolina, 1926-1956, dean school of journalism, 1950-1955.
Married Gertrude Wilson, September 5, 1912.