Hazleton Standard Speaker, Wednesday, January 21, 1970:
'Daniel M. Coxe Dies Suddenly At Philadelphia'
Daniel Michaux Coxe, 65, retired manager of the former Tench Coxe Estates and a former Drifton resident who was a descendant of one of the most prominent pioneer families in the anthracite region, died suddenly Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia.
He was born in Philadelphia, March 8, 1904, a son of the late Edmund James Drifton Coxe and Elizabeth Kean Michaux Turner Coxe. He was a descendant of Col. Daniel Coxe, Burlington, N.J., owner and first proprietary governor of West Jersey, and Tench Coxe, Philadelphia, first undersecretary of the Treasury of the United States and first collector of customs of the Port of Philadelphia.
Mr. Coxe attended Harvard and Haverford Colleges and received a graduate degree from the Yale School of the Theatre in 1927. After an early career in theatre production in New York, he moved to Drifton in 1934 and became active in the management of 35,000 acres of Anthracite coal lands comprising principally the estate of his ancestor, Tench Coxe. The lands were located in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties. Mr. Coxe supervised their management on behalf of their owners all of whom were lineal descendants of Tench Coxe. In the 1950s Mr. Coxe was organizer and president of Angas Corp., a consortium of seven large land companies owning more than 200,000 acres who joined together to explore for natural gas in the anthracite region. After the coal in the family properties was exhausted in the early 1960s, Mr. Coxe supervised the liquidation of the land, culminating in the sale of the last 16,000 acres in 1967.
While living in Drifton he served for many years as a trustee of the Mining and Mechanical Institute, Freeland, which was founded by his uncle, Eckley Brinton Coxe. He was also a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and had recently been elected a director of the Anthracite Historic Site and Museum, Inc., Hazleton.
Mr. Coxe moved back to Philadelphia in 1964 and became active in civic affairs. He was a member of the Committee of 70, member of the board of managers of the Reed Street Neighborhood House, director of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association and alumni secretary of the class of 1921 of the Haverford School. He was a communicant of Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy Weld; two sons, Brinton, Mount Vernon, N.Y.; Weld, Philadelphia, and six grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. in Christ Church, Philadelphia. Interment will be in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
'Daniel M. Coxe Dies Suddenly At Philadelphia'
Daniel Michaux Coxe, 65, retired manager of the former Tench Coxe Estates and a former Drifton resident who was a descendant of one of the most prominent pioneer families in the anthracite region, died suddenly Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia.
He was born in Philadelphia, March 8, 1904, a son of the late Edmund James Drifton Coxe and Elizabeth Kean Michaux Turner Coxe. He was a descendant of Col. Daniel Coxe, Burlington, N.J., owner and first proprietary governor of West Jersey, and Tench Coxe, Philadelphia, first undersecretary of the Treasury of the United States and first collector of customs of the Port of Philadelphia.
Mr. Coxe attended Harvard and Haverford Colleges and received a graduate degree from the Yale School of the Theatre in 1927. After an early career in theatre production in New York, he moved to Drifton in 1934 and became active in the management of 35,000 acres of Anthracite coal lands comprising principally the estate of his ancestor, Tench Coxe. The lands were located in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties. Mr. Coxe supervised their management on behalf of their owners all of whom were lineal descendants of Tench Coxe. In the 1950s Mr. Coxe was organizer and president of Angas Corp., a consortium of seven large land companies owning more than 200,000 acres who joined together to explore for natural gas in the anthracite region. After the coal in the family properties was exhausted in the early 1960s, Mr. Coxe supervised the liquidation of the land, culminating in the sale of the last 16,000 acres in 1967.
While living in Drifton he served for many years as a trustee of the Mining and Mechanical Institute, Freeland, which was founded by his uncle, Eckley Brinton Coxe. He was also a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and had recently been elected a director of the Anthracite Historic Site and Museum, Inc., Hazleton.
Mr. Coxe moved back to Philadelphia in 1964 and became active in civic affairs. He was a member of the Committee of 70, member of the board of managers of the Reed Street Neighborhood House, director of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association and alumni secretary of the class of 1921 of the Haverford School. He was a communicant of Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy Weld; two sons, Brinton, Mount Vernon, N.Y.; Weld, Philadelphia, and six grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. in Christ Church, Philadelphia. Interment will be in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
Hazleton Standard Speaker, Wednesday, January 21, 1970:
'Daniel M. Coxe Dies Suddenly At Philadelphia'
Daniel Michaux Coxe, 65, retired manager of the former Tench Coxe Estates and a former Drifton resident who was a descendant of one of the most prominent pioneer families in the anthracite region, died suddenly Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia.
He was born in Philadelphia, March 8, 1904, a son of the late Edmund James Drifton Coxe and Elizabeth Kean Michaux Turner Coxe. He was a descendant of Col. Daniel Coxe, Burlington, N.J., owner and first proprietary governor of West Jersey, and Tench Coxe, Philadelphia, first undersecretary of the Treasury of the United States and first collector of customs of the Port of Philadelphia.
Mr. Coxe attended Harvard and Haverford Colleges and received a graduate degree from the Yale School of the Theatre in 1927. After an early career in theatre production in New York, he moved to Drifton in 1934 and became active in the management of 35,000 acres of Anthracite coal lands comprising principally the estate of his ancestor, Tench Coxe. The lands were located in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties. Mr. Coxe supervised their management on behalf of their owners all of whom were lineal descendants of Tench Coxe. In the 1950s Mr. Coxe was organizer and president of Angas Corp., a consortium of seven large land companies owning more than 200,000 acres who joined together to explore for natural gas in the anthracite region. After the coal in the family properties was exhausted in the early 1960s, Mr. Coxe supervised the liquidation of the land, culminating in the sale of the last 16,000 acres in 1967.
While living in Drifton he served for many years as a trustee of the Mining and Mechanical Institute, Freeland, which was founded by his uncle, Eckley Brinton Coxe. He was also a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and had recently been elected a director of the Anthracite Historic Site and Museum, Inc., Hazleton.
Mr. Coxe moved back to Philadelphia in 1964 and became active in civic affairs. He was a member of the Committee of 70, member of the board of managers of the Reed Street Neighborhood House, director of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association and alumni secretary of the class of 1921 of the Haverford School. He was a communicant of Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy Weld; two sons, Brinton, Mount Vernon, N.Y.; Weld, Philadelphia, and six grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. in Christ Church, Philadelphia. Interment will be in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
'Daniel M. Coxe Dies Suddenly At Philadelphia'
Daniel Michaux Coxe, 65, retired manager of the former Tench Coxe Estates and a former Drifton resident who was a descendant of one of the most prominent pioneer families in the anthracite region, died suddenly Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia.
He was born in Philadelphia, March 8, 1904, a son of the late Edmund James Drifton Coxe and Elizabeth Kean Michaux Turner Coxe. He was a descendant of Col. Daniel Coxe, Burlington, N.J., owner and first proprietary governor of West Jersey, and Tench Coxe, Philadelphia, first undersecretary of the Treasury of the United States and first collector of customs of the Port of Philadelphia.
Mr. Coxe attended Harvard and Haverford Colleges and received a graduate degree from the Yale School of the Theatre in 1927. After an early career in theatre production in New York, he moved to Drifton in 1934 and became active in the management of 35,000 acres of Anthracite coal lands comprising principally the estate of his ancestor, Tench Coxe. The lands were located in Luzerne, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties. Mr. Coxe supervised their management on behalf of their owners all of whom were lineal descendants of Tench Coxe. In the 1950s Mr. Coxe was organizer and president of Angas Corp., a consortium of seven large land companies owning more than 200,000 acres who joined together to explore for natural gas in the anthracite region. After the coal in the family properties was exhausted in the early 1960s, Mr. Coxe supervised the liquidation of the land, culminating in the sale of the last 16,000 acres in 1967.
While living in Drifton he served for many years as a trustee of the Mining and Mechanical Institute, Freeland, which was founded by his uncle, Eckley Brinton Coxe. He was also a member of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and had recently been elected a director of the Anthracite Historic Site and Museum, Inc., Hazleton.
Mr. Coxe moved back to Philadelphia in 1964 and became active in civic affairs. He was a member of the Committee of 70, member of the board of managers of the Reed Street Neighborhood House, director of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association and alumni secretary of the class of 1921 of the Haverford School. He was a communicant of Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothy Weld; two sons, Brinton, Mount Vernon, N.Y.; Weld, Philadelphia, and six grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. in Christ Church, Philadelphia. Interment will be in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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