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Dr Erastus Clark Coy

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Dr Erastus Clark Coy

Birth
Colrain, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Dec 1897 (aged 66)
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.3944279, Longitude: -72.9439916
Memorial ID
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son of Aaron & Achsah (Caldwell) Coy

md. 1) Colrain, 4 Jun. 1857 Laura P. Merrifield
md. 2) Worth., 24 Sep. 1866 Emma Isora Burr

He was thought to be the first physician to actively practice medicine in Turners Falls. He attended The University of Vermont and was the first doctor to practice medicine in Peru. Coy went on to open a practice in Worthington, before coming to Montague City in 1870. He fell ill and died from heart failure on December 28, 1897. During his illness and at the time of his death, he was attended to by Dr. Enoch G. Best of Turners Falls.
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Source: Montague, Labor and Leisure By Kyle J. Scott
son of Aaron & Achsah (Caldwell) Coy

md. 1) Colrain, 4 Jun. 1857 Laura P. Merrifield
md. 2) Worth., 24 Sep. 1866 Emma Isora Burr

He was thought to be the first physician to actively practice medicine in Turners Falls. He attended The University of Vermont and was the first doctor to practice medicine in Peru. Coy went on to open a practice in Worthington, before coming to Montague City in 1870. He fell ill and died from heart failure on December 28, 1897. During his illness and at the time of his death, he was attended to by Dr. Enoch G. Best of Turners Falls.
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Source: Montague, Labor and Leisure By Kyle J. Scott


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