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Arthur Elwood Coe

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Arthur Elwood Coe

Birth
Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA
Death
31 Mar 1940 (aged 73)
Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Arthur E. Coe, a prominent citizen of Barron, where for a number of years he has been engaged in the practice of law, was born at Sterling, Ill., Nov. 2, 1866, son of Jonathan F. and Sarah L. (Murray) Coe. He was graduated as a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1896, and in the following year was admitted to the bar after examination by the
state board, having previously studied law in the office of his brother, Clarence C. Coe. Since then he has successfully practiced his profession in
Barron, where for several years he was a member of the school board. He was married July 7, 1897, to Emma Buckmaster, who was born in Fayette, Lafayette County, Wis., July 5, 1867, the daughter of Benjamin F. and Alsaida (Cook) Buckmaster. Of this union five children have been born: Orpha, September 6, 1898; Ora E., Jan. 26, 1901; Wayne W., March 27, 1904; Caryl F., Dec. 23, 1905; and Florence I., March 26, 1907. Orpha was graduated from the Barron High School in June, 1916, and from the University of Wisconsin in June, 1920, receiving the B. A. degree. She is now employed by the Railroad Commission at Madison. Ora E. is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Wayne W. and Florence I. are attending the Barron schools. Mr. Coe and his family are affiliated religiously with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Barron, of which he has been a member for a number of years, having also been active in Sunday School work.
[Abstracted from the History of Barron County, Wisconsin, page 85, published in 1922 by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.]
Arthur E. Coe, a prominent citizen of Barron, where for a number of years he has been engaged in the practice of law, was born at Sterling, Ill., Nov. 2, 1866, son of Jonathan F. and Sarah L. (Murray) Coe. He was graduated as a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1896, and in the following year was admitted to the bar after examination by the
state board, having previously studied law in the office of his brother, Clarence C. Coe. Since then he has successfully practiced his profession in
Barron, where for several years he was a member of the school board. He was married July 7, 1897, to Emma Buckmaster, who was born in Fayette, Lafayette County, Wis., July 5, 1867, the daughter of Benjamin F. and Alsaida (Cook) Buckmaster. Of this union five children have been born: Orpha, September 6, 1898; Ora E., Jan. 26, 1901; Wayne W., March 27, 1904; Caryl F., Dec. 23, 1905; and Florence I., March 26, 1907. Orpha was graduated from the Barron High School in June, 1916, and from the University of Wisconsin in June, 1920, receiving the B. A. degree. She is now employed by the Railroad Commission at Madison. Ora E. is a student at the University of Wisconsin. Wayne W. and Florence I. are attending the Barron schools. Mr. Coe and his family are affiliated religiously with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Barron, of which he has been a member for a number of years, having also been active in Sunday School work.
[Abstracted from the History of Barron County, Wisconsin, page 85, published in 1922 by H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.]


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