Clarence C. Coe, of Barron, a prominent member of the legal profession, well known throughout the county, was born on a farm in Whiteside County, Illinois, near the City of Sterling, Jan. 4, 1864, son of Jonathan F. and Sarah L.
(Murray) Coe. His parental ancestry in America has been traced back to the year 1631, when the first Coe arrived in New England among the early Puritan settlers. Mr. Coe's mother was of Irish ancestry, and was born in this country in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Coe were among the early settlers in Whiteside County, Illinois. Both are now deceased. The subject of this sketch spent his first twenty years on his parents' farm in that county, and was graduated from the high school at Sterling, Ill., in 1884. In June of the same year he came to Barron, Wis., and entered the law office of his cousin, Jerome F. Coe, under whose mentorship he began the study of law. With him he remained until the fall of 1887, at which time he became a student in the law
department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Graduated from the University in June, 1888, in the same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession in Barron, where he has since remained.
In the fall of 1888, Mr. Coe was elected district attorney and continued in that office for the regular term of two years. In 1892 he became municipal judge, a position which he held for eight years. In 1918 he was elected on the Republican ticket as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, in which he served one term. In 1920 he was a candidate for renomination, but was defeated by John L. Dahl, the Non-partisan candidate, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Barron. On Sept. 1, 1888, Clarence C. Coe
was united in marriage with Claudia M. Smith, who was born on a farm at Shell Lake, Iowa, May 14, 1866, daughter of Jonathan and Mary G. (Cunningham) Smith, and who had come with her parents to Barron, Wis., when 12 years old. Mr. and
Mrs. Coe are the parents of two children: Lawrence S., born July 22, 1890, and Ruth L., born Sept. 18, 1895. Lawrence S. was graduated from the Barron High School in 1907 from the University of Wisconsin, with the B. A. degree, in 1911, and from the law department of that University, with the LL. B.
degree, in 1913. Since being admitted to the bar he has been engaged in law practice at Rice Lake, Wis. He married Ethel Harmon and he and his wife are the parents of two children, Robert H. and Elizabeth Jane. Ruth Coe was graduated from the Barron High School in 1913, and from the University of
Minnesota, with the B. A. degree, in 1918. She later graduated as any army nurse from the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Coe and their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a
number of years he has been a trustee of the church of that denomination in Barron. Fraternally, he belongs to Lodge No. 220, F. and A. M., and to Camp No. 1268, M. W. A., both of Barron, of the latter of which he is a charter member.
--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 85-86
(Murray) Coe. His parental ancestry in America has been traced back to the year 1631, when the first Coe arrived in New England among the early Puritan settlers. Mr. Coe's mother was of Irish ancestry, and was born in this country in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Coe were among the early settlers in Whiteside County, Illinois. Both are now deceased. The subject of this sketch spent his first twenty years on his parents' farm in that county, and was graduated from the high school at Sterling, Ill., in 1884. In June of the same year he came to Barron, Wis., and entered the law office of his cousin, Jerome F. Coe, under whose mentorship he began the study of law. With him he remained until the fall of 1887, at which time he became a student in the law
department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Graduated from the University in June, 1888, in the same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession in Barron, where he has since remained.
In the fall of 1888, Mr. Coe was elected district attorney and continued in that office for the regular term of two years. In 1892 he became municipal judge, a position which he held for eight years. In 1918 he was elected on the Republican ticket as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, in which he served one term. In 1920 he was a candidate for renomination, but was defeated by John L. Dahl, the Non-partisan candidate, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Barron. On Sept. 1, 1888, Clarence C. Coe
was united in marriage with Claudia M. Smith, who was born on a farm at Shell Lake, Iowa, May 14, 1866, daughter of Jonathan and Mary G. (Cunningham) Smith, and who had come with her parents to Barron, Wis., when 12 years old. Mr. and
Mrs. Coe are the parents of two children: Lawrence S., born July 22, 1890, and Ruth L., born Sept. 18, 1895. Lawrence S. was graduated from the Barron High School in 1907 from the University of Wisconsin, with the B. A. degree, in 1911, and from the law department of that University, with the LL. B.
degree, in 1913. Since being admitted to the bar he has been engaged in law practice at Rice Lake, Wis. He married Ethel Harmon and he and his wife are the parents of two children, Robert H. and Elizabeth Jane. Ruth Coe was graduated from the Barron High School in 1913, and from the University of
Minnesota, with the B. A. degree, in 1918. She later graduated as any army nurse from the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Coe and their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a
number of years he has been a trustee of the church of that denomination in Barron. Fraternally, he belongs to Lodge No. 220, F. and A. M., and to Camp No. 1268, M. W. A., both of Barron, of the latter of which he is a charter member.
--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 85-86
Clarence C. Coe, of Barron, a prominent member of the legal profession, well known throughout the county, was born on a farm in Whiteside County, Illinois, near the City of Sterling, Jan. 4, 1864, son of Jonathan F. and Sarah L.
(Murray) Coe. His parental ancestry in America has been traced back to the year 1631, when the first Coe arrived in New England among the early Puritan settlers. Mr. Coe's mother was of Irish ancestry, and was born in this country in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Coe were among the early settlers in Whiteside County, Illinois. Both are now deceased. The subject of this sketch spent his first twenty years on his parents' farm in that county, and was graduated from the high school at Sterling, Ill., in 1884. In June of the same year he came to Barron, Wis., and entered the law office of his cousin, Jerome F. Coe, under whose mentorship he began the study of law. With him he remained until the fall of 1887, at which time he became a student in the law
department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Graduated from the University in June, 1888, in the same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession in Barron, where he has since remained.
In the fall of 1888, Mr. Coe was elected district attorney and continued in that office for the regular term of two years. In 1892 he became municipal judge, a position which he held for eight years. In 1918 he was elected on the Republican ticket as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, in which he served one term. In 1920 he was a candidate for renomination, but was defeated by John L. Dahl, the Non-partisan candidate, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Barron. On Sept. 1, 1888, Clarence C. Coe
was united in marriage with Claudia M. Smith, who was born on a farm at Shell Lake, Iowa, May 14, 1866, daughter of Jonathan and Mary G. (Cunningham) Smith, and who had come with her parents to Barron, Wis., when 12 years old. Mr. and
Mrs. Coe are the parents of two children: Lawrence S., born July 22, 1890, and Ruth L., born Sept. 18, 1895. Lawrence S. was graduated from the Barron High School in 1907 from the University of Wisconsin, with the B. A. degree, in 1911, and from the law department of that University, with the LL. B.
degree, in 1913. Since being admitted to the bar he has been engaged in law practice at Rice Lake, Wis. He married Ethel Harmon and he and his wife are the parents of two children, Robert H. and Elizabeth Jane. Ruth Coe was graduated from the Barron High School in 1913, and from the University of
Minnesota, with the B. A. degree, in 1918. She later graduated as any army nurse from the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Coe and their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a
number of years he has been a trustee of the church of that denomination in Barron. Fraternally, he belongs to Lodge No. 220, F. and A. M., and to Camp No. 1268, M. W. A., both of Barron, of the latter of which he is a charter member.
--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 85-86
(Murray) Coe. His parental ancestry in America has been traced back to the year 1631, when the first Coe arrived in New England among the early Puritan settlers. Mr. Coe's mother was of Irish ancestry, and was born in this country in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan F. Coe were among the early settlers in Whiteside County, Illinois. Both are now deceased. The subject of this sketch spent his first twenty years on his parents' farm in that county, and was graduated from the high school at Sterling, Ill., in 1884. In June of the same year he came to Barron, Wis., and entered the law office of his cousin, Jerome F. Coe, under whose mentorship he began the study of law. With him he remained until the fall of 1887, at which time he became a student in the law
department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Graduated from the University in June, 1888, in the same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession in Barron, where he has since remained.
In the fall of 1888, Mr. Coe was elected district attorney and continued in that office for the regular term of two years. In 1892 he became municipal judge, a position which he held for eight years. In 1918 he was elected on the Republican ticket as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, in which he served one term. In 1920 he was a candidate for renomination, but was defeated by John L. Dahl, the Non-partisan candidate, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Barron. On Sept. 1, 1888, Clarence C. Coe
was united in marriage with Claudia M. Smith, who was born on a farm at Shell Lake, Iowa, May 14, 1866, daughter of Jonathan and Mary G. (Cunningham) Smith, and who had come with her parents to Barron, Wis., when 12 years old. Mr. and
Mrs. Coe are the parents of two children: Lawrence S., born July 22, 1890, and Ruth L., born Sept. 18, 1895. Lawrence S. was graduated from the Barron High School in 1907 from the University of Wisconsin, with the B. A. degree, in 1911, and from the law department of that University, with the LL. B.
degree, in 1913. Since being admitted to the bar he has been engaged in law practice at Rice Lake, Wis. He married Ethel Harmon and he and his wife are the parents of two children, Robert H. and Elizabeth Jane. Ruth Coe was graduated from the Barron High School in 1913, and from the University of
Minnesota, with the B. A. degree, in 1918. She later graduated as any army nurse from the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Coe and their children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for a
number of years he has been a trustee of the church of that denomination in Barron. Fraternally, he belongs to Lodge No. 220, F. and A. M., and to Camp No. 1268, M. W. A., both of Barron, of the latter of which he is a charter member.
--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 85-86
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