Edwin D. Coe
Source: Wisconsin Blue Book (1882), page 564; transcribed by Mary Saggio
EDWIN D. COE, chief clerk of the assembly, of Whitewater, Walworth county, was born in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson county, Wis., June 11, 1840; is editor and publisher of the Whitewater Register; entered Wayland University at Beaver Dam in 1856, spent three years there and part of one year at the State University at Madison, but enlisted before graduating; was admitted to the bar of Rock county in 1865; joined Co. A., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., under the first call for three months volunteers; re-enlisted in 1861 in August, in the 1st Wis. Cavalry and served two years, when he was discharged on account of injuries received in the service; he was member of assembly in 1878 and in 1879; he is a republican.
EDWIN DELOS COE was born June 11, 1840, at Ixonia, Jefferson County, WI USA, a son of Orris Kirtland Coe and Paulina Stevens Bushnell.
Mr. Coe was educated at Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, WI, in 1856 and three years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
At the first call for troops during the Civil War, he enlisted and served for three months in Company A, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Union Army. He re-enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Promoted to corporal, he mustered out Jan. 3, 1863, due to injuries received in service.
Admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1865, he studied law at Watertown and practiced at Janesville.
He gained newspaper experience at Watertown and Beloit, WI. In 1871 he bought The Whitewater Register, of which he was editor and publisher for many years.
He was elected to the Wisconsin General Assembly in 1878 over Daniel K. Sanford, and to that of 1879 over George H. Smith. He was Chief Clerk of the Assembly of 1882. He was defeated in 1890 in a run for Secretary of State.
The congressional district convention of 1886 was held at Elkhorn, WI. The leading candidates were Lucien B. Caswell, with Jefferson and Rock Counties at his back, and Henry A. Cooper, obstinately supported by Racine and Kenosha. No one could win without Walworth County. Her delegates offered successively Newton M. Littlejohn, Thompson D. Weeks, and Edwin D. Coe. The choice at last fell upon Caswell.
Edwin Coe was postmaster at Whitewater, 1891-1895; chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in 1896; and was United States Pension Agent at Milwaukee under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt - eight or more years.
Mr. Coe died May 5, 1909, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
He married September 26, 1865, in Rock County, WI, Emma Ellsworth Spaulding of Janesville. Born Aug. 26, 1844, in Harmony, WI, she was a daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lydia Stoughton Ellsworth. She died June 4, 1927, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
They had five children, of whom Joseph Spaulding Coe died in 1896, in his twenty-third year.
Source: Wisconsin Blue Book (1882), page 564; transcribed by Mary Saggio
EDWIN D. COE, chief clerk of the assembly, of Whitewater, Walworth county, was born in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson county, Wis., June 11, 1840; is editor and publisher of the Whitewater Register; entered Wayland University at Beaver Dam in 1856, spent three years there and part of one year at the State University at Madison, but enlisted before graduating; was admitted to the bar of Rock county in 1865; joined Co. A., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., under the first call for three months volunteers; re-enlisted in 1861 in August, in the 1st Wis. Cavalry and served two years, when he was discharged on account of injuries received in the service; he was member of assembly in 1878 and in 1879; he is a republican.
EDWIN DELOS COE was born June 11, 1840, at Ixonia, Jefferson County, WI USA, a son of Orris Kirtland Coe and Paulina Stevens Bushnell.
Mr. Coe was educated at Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, WI, in 1856 and three years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
At the first call for troops during the Civil War, he enlisted and served for three months in Company A, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Union Army. He re-enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Promoted to corporal, he mustered out Jan. 3, 1863, due to injuries received in service.
Admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1865, he studied law at Watertown and practiced at Janesville.
He gained newspaper experience at Watertown and Beloit, WI. In 1871 he bought The Whitewater Register, of which he was editor and publisher for many years.
He was elected to the Wisconsin General Assembly in 1878 over Daniel K. Sanford, and to that of 1879 over George H. Smith. He was Chief Clerk of the Assembly of 1882. He was defeated in 1890 in a run for Secretary of State.
The congressional district convention of 1886 was held at Elkhorn, WI. The leading candidates were Lucien B. Caswell, with Jefferson and Rock Counties at his back, and Henry A. Cooper, obstinately supported by Racine and Kenosha. No one could win without Walworth County. Her delegates offered successively Newton M. Littlejohn, Thompson D. Weeks, and Edwin D. Coe. The choice at last fell upon Caswell.
Edwin Coe was postmaster at Whitewater, 1891-1895; chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in 1896; and was United States Pension Agent at Milwaukee under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt - eight or more years.
Mr. Coe died May 5, 1909, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
He married September 26, 1865, in Rock County, WI, Emma Ellsworth Spaulding of Janesville. Born Aug. 26, 1844, in Harmony, WI, she was a daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lydia Stoughton Ellsworth. She died June 4, 1927, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
They had five children, of whom Joseph Spaulding Coe died in 1896, in his twenty-third year.
Edwin D. Coe
Source: Wisconsin Blue Book (1882), page 564; transcribed by Mary Saggio
EDWIN D. COE, chief clerk of the assembly, of Whitewater, Walworth county, was born in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson county, Wis., June 11, 1840; is editor and publisher of the Whitewater Register; entered Wayland University at Beaver Dam in 1856, spent three years there and part of one year at the State University at Madison, but enlisted before graduating; was admitted to the bar of Rock county in 1865; joined Co. A., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., under the first call for three months volunteers; re-enlisted in 1861 in August, in the 1st Wis. Cavalry and served two years, when he was discharged on account of injuries received in the service; he was member of assembly in 1878 and in 1879; he is a republican.
EDWIN DELOS COE was born June 11, 1840, at Ixonia, Jefferson County, WI USA, a son of Orris Kirtland Coe and Paulina Stevens Bushnell.
Mr. Coe was educated at Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, WI, in 1856 and three years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
At the first call for troops during the Civil War, he enlisted and served for three months in Company A, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Union Army. He re-enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Promoted to corporal, he mustered out Jan. 3, 1863, due to injuries received in service.
Admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1865, he studied law at Watertown and practiced at Janesville.
He gained newspaper experience at Watertown and Beloit, WI. In 1871 he bought The Whitewater Register, of which he was editor and publisher for many years.
He was elected to the Wisconsin General Assembly in 1878 over Daniel K. Sanford, and to that of 1879 over George H. Smith. He was Chief Clerk of the Assembly of 1882. He was defeated in 1890 in a run for Secretary of State.
The congressional district convention of 1886 was held at Elkhorn, WI. The leading candidates were Lucien B. Caswell, with Jefferson and Rock Counties at his back, and Henry A. Cooper, obstinately supported by Racine and Kenosha. No one could win without Walworth County. Her delegates offered successively Newton M. Littlejohn, Thompson D. Weeks, and Edwin D. Coe. The choice at last fell upon Caswell.
Edwin Coe was postmaster at Whitewater, 1891-1895; chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in 1896; and was United States Pension Agent at Milwaukee under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt - eight or more years.
Mr. Coe died May 5, 1909, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
He married September 26, 1865, in Rock County, WI, Emma Ellsworth Spaulding of Janesville. Born Aug. 26, 1844, in Harmony, WI, she was a daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lydia Stoughton Ellsworth. She died June 4, 1927, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
They had five children, of whom Joseph Spaulding Coe died in 1896, in his twenty-third year.
Source: Wisconsin Blue Book (1882), page 564; transcribed by Mary Saggio
EDWIN D. COE, chief clerk of the assembly, of Whitewater, Walworth county, was born in the town of Ixonia, Jefferson county, Wis., June 11, 1840; is editor and publisher of the Whitewater Register; entered Wayland University at Beaver Dam in 1856, spent three years there and part of one year at the State University at Madison, but enlisted before graduating; was admitted to the bar of Rock county in 1865; joined Co. A., 2d Wis. Vol. Inf., under the first call for three months volunteers; re-enlisted in 1861 in August, in the 1st Wis. Cavalry and served two years, when he was discharged on account of injuries received in the service; he was member of assembly in 1878 and in 1879; he is a republican.
EDWIN DELOS COE was born June 11, 1840, at Ixonia, Jefferson County, WI USA, a son of Orris Kirtland Coe and Paulina Stevens Bushnell.
Mr. Coe was educated at Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, WI, in 1856 and three years at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
At the first call for troops during the Civil War, he enlisted and served for three months in Company A, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Union Army. He re-enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Promoted to corporal, he mustered out Jan. 3, 1863, due to injuries received in service.
Admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1865, he studied law at Watertown and practiced at Janesville.
He gained newspaper experience at Watertown and Beloit, WI. In 1871 he bought The Whitewater Register, of which he was editor and publisher for many years.
He was elected to the Wisconsin General Assembly in 1878 over Daniel K. Sanford, and to that of 1879 over George H. Smith. He was Chief Clerk of the Assembly of 1882. He was defeated in 1890 in a run for Secretary of State.
The congressional district convention of 1886 was held at Elkhorn, WI. The leading candidates were Lucien B. Caswell, with Jefferson and Rock Counties at his back, and Henry A. Cooper, obstinately supported by Racine and Kenosha. No one could win without Walworth County. Her delegates offered successively Newton M. Littlejohn, Thompson D. Weeks, and Edwin D. Coe. The choice at last fell upon Caswell.
Edwin Coe was postmaster at Whitewater, 1891-1895; chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in 1896; and was United States Pension Agent at Milwaukee under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt - eight or more years.
Mr. Coe died May 5, 1909, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
He married September 26, 1865, in Rock County, WI, Emma Ellsworth Spaulding of Janesville. Born Aug. 26, 1844, in Harmony, WI, she was a daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lydia Stoughton Ellsworth. She died June 4, 1927, in Whitewater. Burial was at Hillside Cemetery.
They had five children, of whom Joseph Spaulding Coe died in 1896, in his twenty-third year.
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