Charles Egbert Coddington was born on 7. Jan. 1854 at Rahway, Union County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Smith Cutter Coddington and
Mary Lawrence Inman. Charles Egbert Coddington was baptized on 1. Oct. 1854 at Rahway, Union County, New Jersey. He married
Lily Adolphina Gordon Brown, daughter of
Robert Canning Brown and
Kathleen Emily Fitzpatrick. Charles Egbert Coddington died on 23. Aug. 1907 at Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York, at age 53.
"Charles E. Coddington, a lawyer, died at his home, in Bay Shore, L. I. on Friday. Mr. Coddington had been failing in health since his return from a tour of Europe early in July. He retired from the active practice of law about five years ago, and since then had lived quietly at his home in Bay Shore.
Mr. Coddington leaves a widow, a daughter, Miss Kathleen I. Coddington, and a son, Dave H. Coddington. For many years, Mr. Coddington had been a prominent member of the Manhattan Club and also of the Larchmont yacht Club."
"Charles E. Coddington, a well-known New York lawyer and a prominent resident of Bay Shore, L. I. died at his home there last month after a lingering illness, in his fifty-third year. His health had been failing the past year, and he had returned with his daughter in July from a trip to Europe which brought no favorable results. Mr. Coddington's life was passed in the city. He was one of the boys of old Public School No. 35, when Dr. Thomas Hunter was its principal. The Rev. Dr. Fagnani, Justices Francis M. Scott, and Victor J. Dowling were among his classmates. Afterward, at the Evening High School which Dr. Hunter organized, he was associated in his studies with ex-Senator Jacob A. Cantor; ex-President Jeroloman, of the board of Alderman; Dr. Francis M. Banta of the Fire Department; H. S. Fuller and other graduates of the school. A literary association was organized by them, of which Mr. Coddington was for several years president.
His law studies were finished n the University of the City of New York, and he remained in active practice until a few years ago. In the development of the Westchester section of the Bronx he participated largely, and he was president and organizer of the Bronx Gas and Electric Company. His name was mentioned frequently and he was urged for appointment to the Board of Education and for Congress. He might have secured such preferment had he cared to make any personal effort for office. But he was diffident in putting himself forward for public place and never served in public life, though possessing exceptional qualifications in his combined legal and business experience, and acute penetrating understanding, united with a broad and comprehensive grasp of affairs and of men. His family, of English extraction, was descended on the paternal side from the Rhode Island Coddingtons, of which State a grandfather was the first Governor in colonial times, and his mother's father was Henry Inman, the leading artist of the middle of the last century. In his early life he prepared a "Digest on Trade-Marks," which is still in standard use. His tastes and temperament were inherited, and balanced in marked qualities , from both these families, while a personal force and generous impulse of character endeared him to those who knew him best. He was a member of the Manhattan and of the Larchmont Yacht clubs.
For the past five years his home had been at Bay Shore, where he had personally directed the development of one of the most beautiful homes on the South shore. Mr. Coddington leaves a widow and a daughter, Miss Kathleen Inman Coddington, and a son, Dave Hennen Coddington. He is buried in the family vault at Woodlawn." He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City, New York County, New York.