Daniel Coghlan
Daniel Coghlan | |
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| Member of the New Jersey State Assembly from the Morris County 1st district | |
| In office 1868–1868 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ireland |
Daniel Coghlan (January 1, 1812 – March 22, 1877) was an Irish-American industrialist and politician. He was a member of New Jersey General Assembly from 1868 - ? for the Morris County 1st District, then encompassing Chatham, Hanover, Morris and Passaic townships.[1]
In 1855, Coghlan purchased the Jefferson mill, near Monroe, and operated it until it burned down in 1861.[2]
He purchased the Eden papermill in Whippany, New Jersey in 1861.[3]
He was a founding trustee of Seton Hall University[4] as a signatory to the college's 1861 charter.[5]
He founded Our Lady of Mercy in Whippany, New Jersey for the Catholic employees of his paper mills.[6][7]
He was a director of the First National Bank of Morristown.
He died suddenly of a heart attack on March 22, 1877, while in New York City on a business trip.[8]
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