[Dr. Victor H. Coffman was born September 10, 1839, near Zanesville, Ohio. At the age of ten years be moved to Piatt county, Illinois, and thence to Indianola, Iowa, in 1854. For four years he attended the University at Mount Pleasant, and in 1858 be decided to enter the medical profession. He accordingly began the study of medicine with Dr. C. W. Davis, at Indianola, and afterwards attended the Chicago Medical College. The civil war being in progress, he entered the service of the Union army as Assistant Surgeon of the

Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry, August 22nd, 1862, and in 1863 he was promoted to be Surgeon of the regiment. He was Division Surgeon with the late Major General Steel, and also with Major General C. C. Andrews, with whom he was always on the most intimate terms. He was highly appreciated by these superior officers. Dr. Coffman was the chief of the operating staff at Vicksburg, Mobile, and on the celebrated Red River expedition. During the siege of Mobile in 1864, be distinguished himself and was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel of volunteers, for meritorious services. He served also on the Texas coast with General Ransom and Captain Dickey, by whom he was highly complimented. In Ingersoll's history of the Iowa troops, Dr. Coffman receives marked mention. The historian, reflecting the sentiment of the officers and soldiers, in relating the valuable and gallant services of the Doctor says that "he is one of the

best of surgeons and of men."He was a great favorite with the army during his connection with it. For a brief period following the close of the war he was on duty with the Seventeenth Infantry, U. S. A., as Contract Surgeon, at Houston, Texas. Although having gained valuable surgical experience in the field, he did not feel content with his medical knowledge, and he accordingly went to Philadelphia and there finished his education in Jefferson Medical College, from which be graduated in 1866. Dr. Coffman located in Omaha, April 14, 1867, and soon became one of the leading physicians of Nebraska -- a rank which he has ever since held. His practice amounting to $25,000 during the year 1887, is by no means limited. He is frequently called to distant points to perform difficult surgical operations. He performed the first operation for ovariotomy in Nebraska, since which he has had several successful operations. Dr.

Coffman has the esteem and confidence of the community, and there is no physician in Omaha who stands higher in the profession. He was one of the organizers of the Omaha Medical College, an institution which has been growing steadily since its opening in 1881. He was elected in 1881 as professor of theory and practice, and has ever since been connected with the college. He is a member of the American Medical Association and also of the Nebraska State Society. In the practice of his profession be has been proverbially kind to the poor. His books show an indebtedness of non-collectible bills of over one hundred thousand dollars during his twenty years' practice in the city of Omaha. Dr. Coffman has an extensive personal knowledge of the various States of the Union, especially as to sanitary conditions, and he unhesitatingly claims that Nebraska is the healthiest region of this country, and that Omaha is the healthiest city on the continent, and that no epidemics prevail here, and that all diseases are here amenable to treatment. Dr. Coffman was married September 10, 1879, in the city of Chicago, to Miss Rose Devote. They have three children -- Weir D., Augusta Marie, and Rose Lyle -- and reside in one of the most elegant homes in Omaha, located on St. Mary's avenue and Twenty-seventh street.]

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about a quarter of a mile west of the High School grounds, in the presence of about eight thousand people. During the year 1856 everybody had plenty of money and times were generally good. Everybody seemed prosperous, and real estate speculation was then, as now, very active. The city

grew rapidly during that year, and reached a population of about 1,800. A city charter was granted by the Legislature in February, 1857, and the first election was held on the first Monday in March, 1857, the result being as follows: Jesse Lowe, Mayor; L. R. Tuttle, Recorder; J. A. Miller, City Marshal; Charles Grant, City Solicitor; Lyman