Dorhl Hubert Coy, the sixth child of Jacob Christopher (Jul. 15, 1858-Jan 19, 1940)and Sarah Jane Rose) Coy (Feb. 6, 1859-Oct. 28, 1925), was born on his mother's 33rd birthday, Feb. 6, 1892 in Pike County, OH,
He held several occupations during his lifetime but his basic trade was that of machinist.
He owned a grocery store in Liberty Township which, along with the family's dwelling and possessions, was lost in a fire in 1921.
He then moved his family to Richmond Dale, OH where he built an electric generating plant and brought the first electricity to several homes. He and his father, Jacob) also farmed several acres of what was known as the "old Durant farm." It was owned by storekeeper, Alice Durant, who was a Coy by birth.
After seven years in Richmond Dale, the family moved to Jackson in March 1929 where Dorhl bought a house and property and built a gasoline station.
In July of that year, he sold his home and business and built what was the forerunner of today's motor homes on the chassis of a new Chevrolet truck. This "highway home" was used to transport his family to Lothair, MT, to engage in the wheat growing business with his sister, Myrtle, and her husband, Sherman Hill. However, Dorhl and his family found the northwest climate too harsh and returned to Ohio in the fall settling briefly at Springfield where he and his wife, Grace, operated a rooming house near the International Harvester Plant.
Dorhl and his family returned shortly to Jackson where he resumed farming in Liberty Township to combat the drastic effects of "the Great Depression.)
When the new Post Office was built in Jackson in 1932, he became its first stationary engineer and served there about eight years. (He later served the same Post Office again as a contractor for hauling the mail between Jackson and McArthur with his second wife, Alma [Burton] Coy), a job from which he did not retire until he was 80 or so.)
He also busied himself with the building of four or five houses and the remodeling of four or five others.
Dorhl gained some fame for several inventions, the least one being related to energy or manufacturing electricity through the harnessing of water power. He was honored by the United States Navy in 1932 for his contribution in the invention of a new escape hatch for submarines. Naval engineers believed that some of the 38 men who perished with the S-4 submarine sank off the east coast of Florida in 1932 could have been saved if a different type of escape hatch had been in use. The Jackson SUN-JOURNAL, in a front page article on Dec. 16, 1932, reported of Dorhl's invention saying: "The Naval Commission recommended radical changes in the escape hatches of submarines, including some of the essential features proposed by Mr. Dorhl Coy of Jackson." Many of those same basic features proposed by Dorhl are in use today.
Dorhl married Grace Mae Cooley in Jackson, OH, on Nov. 20, 1916. They had nine children. Grace died on Feb. 1, 1950. He later married Alma E. Burton and they lived in Jackson. They had no children. Alma died in September 1976. Both Grace and Alma are buried at Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
Dorhl died at the age of 88 on Dec. 5, 1980. He is buried alongside of Grace in Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
(Information is from material gleaned from Gerald H. Coy's Coy family history book: TRUNK, BRANCH & TWIG, published 1979.)
He held several occupations during his lifetime but his basic trade was that of machinist.
He owned a grocery store in Liberty Township which, along with the family's dwelling and possessions, was lost in a fire in 1921.
He then moved his family to Richmond Dale, OH where he built an electric generating plant and brought the first electricity to several homes. He and his father, Jacob) also farmed several acres of what was known as the "old Durant farm." It was owned by storekeeper, Alice Durant, who was a Coy by birth.
After seven years in Richmond Dale, the family moved to Jackson in March 1929 where Dorhl bought a house and property and built a gasoline station.
In July of that year, he sold his home and business and built what was the forerunner of today's motor homes on the chassis of a new Chevrolet truck. This "highway home" was used to transport his family to Lothair, MT, to engage in the wheat growing business with his sister, Myrtle, and her husband, Sherman Hill. However, Dorhl and his family found the northwest climate too harsh and returned to Ohio in the fall settling briefly at Springfield where he and his wife, Grace, operated a rooming house near the International Harvester Plant.
Dorhl and his family returned shortly to Jackson where he resumed farming in Liberty Township to combat the drastic effects of "the Great Depression.)
When the new Post Office was built in Jackson in 1932, he became its first stationary engineer and served there about eight years. (He later served the same Post Office again as a contractor for hauling the mail between Jackson and McArthur with his second wife, Alma [Burton] Coy), a job from which he did not retire until he was 80 or so.)
He also busied himself with the building of four or five houses and the remodeling of four or five others.
Dorhl gained some fame for several inventions, the least one being related to energy or manufacturing electricity through the harnessing of water power. He was honored by the United States Navy in 1932 for his contribution in the invention of a new escape hatch for submarines. Naval engineers believed that some of the 38 men who perished with the S-4 submarine sank off the east coast of Florida in 1932 could have been saved if a different type of escape hatch had been in use. The Jackson SUN-JOURNAL, in a front page article on Dec. 16, 1932, reported of Dorhl's invention saying: "The Naval Commission recommended radical changes in the escape hatches of submarines, including some of the essential features proposed by Mr. Dorhl Coy of Jackson." Many of those same basic features proposed by Dorhl are in use today.
Dorhl married Grace Mae Cooley in Jackson, OH, on Nov. 20, 1916. They had nine children. Grace died on Feb. 1, 1950. He later married Alma E. Burton and they lived in Jackson. They had no children. Alma died in September 1976. Both Grace and Alma are buried at Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
Dorhl died at the age of 88 on Dec. 5, 1980. He is buried alongside of Grace in Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
(Information is from material gleaned from Gerald H. Coy's Coy family history book: TRUNK, BRANCH & TWIG, published 1979.)
Dorhl Hubert Coy, the sixth child of Jacob Christopher (Jul. 15, 1858-Jan 19, 1940)and Sarah Jane Rose) Coy (Feb. 6, 1859-Oct. 28, 1925), was born on his mother's 33rd birthday, Feb. 6, 1892 in Pike County, OH,
He held several occupations during his lifetime but his basic trade was that of machinist.
He owned a grocery store in Liberty Township which, along with the family's dwelling and possessions, was lost in a fire in 1921.
He then moved his family to Richmond Dale, OH where he built an electric generating plant and brought the first electricity to several homes. He and his father, Jacob) also farmed several acres of what was known as the "old Durant farm." It was owned by storekeeper, Alice Durant, who was a Coy by birth.
After seven years in Richmond Dale, the family moved to Jackson in March 1929 where Dorhl bought a house and property and built a gasoline station.
In July of that year, he sold his home and business and built what was the forerunner of today's motor homes on the chassis of a new Chevrolet truck. This "highway home" was used to transport his family to Lothair, MT, to engage in the wheat growing business with his sister, Myrtle, and her husband, Sherman Hill. However, Dorhl and his family found the northwest climate too harsh and returned to Ohio in the fall settling briefly at Springfield where he and his wife, Grace, operated a rooming house near the International Harvester Plant.
Dorhl and his family returned shortly to Jackson where he resumed farming in Liberty Township to combat the drastic effects of "the Great Depression.)
When the new Post Office was built in Jackson in 1932, he became its first stationary engineer and served there about eight years. (He later served the same Post Office again as a contractor for hauling the mail between Jackson and McArthur with his second wife, Alma [Burton] Coy), a job from which he did not retire until he was 80 or so.)
He also busied himself with the building of four or five houses and the remodeling of four or five others.
Dorhl gained some fame for several inventions, the least one being related to energy or manufacturing electricity through the harnessing of water power. He was honored by the United States Navy in 1932 for his contribution in the invention of a new escape hatch for submarines. Naval engineers believed that some of the 38 men who perished with the S-4 submarine sank off the east coast of Florida in 1932 could have been saved if a different type of escape hatch had been in use. The Jackson SUN-JOURNAL, in a front page article on Dec. 16, 1932, reported of Dorhl's invention saying: "The Naval Commission recommended radical changes in the escape hatches of submarines, including some of the essential features proposed by Mr. Dorhl Coy of Jackson." Many of those same basic features proposed by Dorhl are in use today.
Dorhl married Grace Mae Cooley in Jackson, OH, on Nov. 20, 1916. They had nine children. Grace died on Feb. 1, 1950. He later married Alma E. Burton and they lived in Jackson. They had no children. Alma died in September 1976. Both Grace and Alma are buried at Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
Dorhl died at the age of 88 on Dec. 5, 1980. He is buried alongside of Grace in Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
(Information is from material gleaned from Gerald H. Coy's Coy family history book: TRUNK, BRANCH & TWIG, published 1979.)
He held several occupations during his lifetime but his basic trade was that of machinist.
He owned a grocery store in Liberty Township which, along with the family's dwelling and possessions, was lost in a fire in 1921.
He then moved his family to Richmond Dale, OH where he built an electric generating plant and brought the first electricity to several homes. He and his father, Jacob) also farmed several acres of what was known as the "old Durant farm." It was owned by storekeeper, Alice Durant, who was a Coy by birth.
After seven years in Richmond Dale, the family moved to Jackson in March 1929 where Dorhl bought a house and property and built a gasoline station.
In July of that year, he sold his home and business and built what was the forerunner of today's motor homes on the chassis of a new Chevrolet truck. This "highway home" was used to transport his family to Lothair, MT, to engage in the wheat growing business with his sister, Myrtle, and her husband, Sherman Hill. However, Dorhl and his family found the northwest climate too harsh and returned to Ohio in the fall settling briefly at Springfield where he and his wife, Grace, operated a rooming house near the International Harvester Plant.
Dorhl and his family returned shortly to Jackson where he resumed farming in Liberty Township to combat the drastic effects of "the Great Depression.)
When the new Post Office was built in Jackson in 1932, he became its first stationary engineer and served there about eight years. (He later served the same Post Office again as a contractor for hauling the mail between Jackson and McArthur with his second wife, Alma [Burton] Coy), a job from which he did not retire until he was 80 or so.)
He also busied himself with the building of four or five houses and the remodeling of four or five others.
Dorhl gained some fame for several inventions, the least one being related to energy or manufacturing electricity through the harnessing of water power. He was honored by the United States Navy in 1932 for his contribution in the invention of a new escape hatch for submarines. Naval engineers believed that some of the 38 men who perished with the S-4 submarine sank off the east coast of Florida in 1932 could have been saved if a different type of escape hatch had been in use. The Jackson SUN-JOURNAL, in a front page article on Dec. 16, 1932, reported of Dorhl's invention saying: "The Naval Commission recommended radical changes in the escape hatches of submarines, including some of the essential features proposed by Mr. Dorhl Coy of Jackson." Many of those same basic features proposed by Dorhl are in use today.
Dorhl married Grace Mae Cooley in Jackson, OH, on Nov. 20, 1916. They had nine children. Grace died on Feb. 1, 1950. He later married Alma E. Burton and they lived in Jackson. They had no children. Alma died in September 1976. Both Grace and Alma are buried at Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
Dorhl died at the age of 88 on Dec. 5, 1980. He is buried alongside of Grace in Little Mound Cemetery in Richmond Dale, OH.
(Information is from material gleaned from Gerald H. Coy's Coy family history book: TRUNK, BRANCH & TWIG, published 1979.)
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