Althea Gould Coffin was born in Norway, Maine, August 26, 1858. Her parents were Daniel (1818–1899) and Sarah S. (Collins) Coffin (1814–1877).[2] Althea had two older siblings: Mary (1850–1894) and Clarence (1852–1873).[3]
Quimby taught elocution and elementary studies[1] in Auburn and Turner, Maine, for ten years, and at the Bridgton Academy for two years.[2]
She was a teacher and superintendent in Sunday schools, and was active in church work. For many years, she was the president of the Church Ladies' Aid.[2] For 20 years, she served as a lay preacher (local preacher without charge)[4] in the Methodist Episcopal Church.[1]
Quimby was connected with various temperance reforms, especially the WCTU. She served as president of the Androscoggin County, Maine, WCTU; vice-president of the State of Maine WCTU; and, for 25 years, she served as the president of the State of Maine WCTU (1914–39). In 1927, she became a National WCTU vice president.[1] Quimby was a delegate several times to national conventions of the WCTU. She also attended several World WCTU conventions,[1] including the one in Tremont Temple, Boston, in 1904.[2]
In 1922, she served as one of two Androscoggin County delegates at the Republican State Convention.[5]
Personal life
On May 18, 1884, in Auburn, she married Hon. J. Frank Quimby (died 1940). They had three sons: Israel Leroy, Clarence Paul, and Frank Brooks Quimby.[1][2][6]
^Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). Maine: A History. American historical society. p. 192. Retrieved 10 October 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.