The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., January 28, 1893, page 3
"Died"
At the Hood River, Saturday morning, January 21st, Mary Taylor Coe, aged 91 years, 10 months and 10 days. The funeral took place from the Congregational church Sunday, the body being laid at rest beside that of her son, Eugene F., who died last week.
Mary Taylor White was born on Pearl street, near Broadway, New York city, March 11, 1801. On October 5, 1827, she was married to Nathaniel Coe, at Auburn, New York, by whom she had six children -- Lawrence W., Cornelia E., Charles C., Eugene F., Susan A. and Henry C., the oldest and youngest of whom alone a survive her. In January, 1854, she joined her husband, who had preceded her to Oregon 2 years, in Portland, and in the fall of the same year moved with him to Hood River, where she remained until her death. At an early age she joined the Baptist church, of which she remained a member through life. The following lines were her composition, and these she continued to repeat, even after all else had faded from memory:
My God, my life, my light,
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if Thou remove,
Thou are my All in All.
All her life Mrs. Coe took great pleasure in writing poetry and has left many poems of merit. Her grandchildren were a source of great happiness to her and many of her poems are addressed to, or refer to them. She lived to be nearly 92 years old, dying in Hood River January 21, 1893.
She is credited with changing the name of the area from Dog River to Hood River.
"Died"
At the Hood River, Saturday morning, January 21st, Mary Taylor Coe, aged 91 years, 10 months and 10 days. The funeral took place from the Congregational church Sunday, the body being laid at rest beside that of her son, Eugene F., who died last week.
Mary Taylor White was born on Pearl street, near Broadway, New York city, March 11, 1801. On October 5, 1827, she was married to Nathaniel Coe, at Auburn, New York, by whom she had six children -- Lawrence W., Cornelia E., Charles C., Eugene F., Susan A. and Henry C., the oldest and youngest of whom alone a survive her. In January, 1854, she joined her husband, who had preceded her to Oregon 2 years, in Portland, and in the fall of the same year moved with him to Hood River, where she remained until her death. At an early age she joined the Baptist church, of which she remained a member through life. The following lines were her composition, and these she continued to repeat, even after all else had faded from memory:
My God, my life, my light,
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if Thou remove,
Thou are my All in All.
All her life Mrs. Coe took great pleasure in writing poetry and has left many poems of merit. Her grandchildren were a source of great happiness to her and many of her poems are addressed to, or refer to them. She lived to be nearly 92 years old, dying in Hood River January 21, 1893.
She is credited with changing the name of the area from Dog River to Hood River.
The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., January 28, 1893, page 3
"Died"
At the Hood River, Saturday morning, January 21st, Mary Taylor Coe, aged 91 years, 10 months and 10 days. The funeral took place from the Congregational church Sunday, the body being laid at rest beside that of her son, Eugene F., who died last week.
Mary Taylor White was born on Pearl street, near Broadway, New York city, March 11, 1801. On October 5, 1827, she was married to Nathaniel Coe, at Auburn, New York, by whom she had six children -- Lawrence W., Cornelia E., Charles C., Eugene F., Susan A. and Henry C., the oldest and youngest of whom alone a survive her. In January, 1854, she joined her husband, who had preceded her to Oregon 2 years, in Portland, and in the fall of the same year moved with him to Hood River, where she remained until her death. At an early age she joined the Baptist church, of which she remained a member through life. The following lines were her composition, and these she continued to repeat, even after all else had faded from memory:
My God, my life, my light,
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if Thou remove,
Thou are my All in All.
All her life Mrs. Coe took great pleasure in writing poetry and has left many poems of merit. Her grandchildren were a source of great happiness to her and many of her poems are addressed to, or refer to them. She lived to be nearly 92 years old, dying in Hood River January 21, 1893.
She is credited with changing the name of the area from Dog River to Hood River.
"Died"
At the Hood River, Saturday morning, January 21st, Mary Taylor Coe, aged 91 years, 10 months and 10 days. The funeral took place from the Congregational church Sunday, the body being laid at rest beside that of her son, Eugene F., who died last week.
Mary Taylor White was born on Pearl street, near Broadway, New York city, March 11, 1801. On October 5, 1827, she was married to Nathaniel Coe, at Auburn, New York, by whom she had six children -- Lawrence W., Cornelia E., Charles C., Eugene F., Susan A. and Henry C., the oldest and youngest of whom alone a survive her. In January, 1854, she joined her husband, who had preceded her to Oregon 2 years, in Portland, and in the fall of the same year moved with him to Hood River, where she remained until her death. At an early age she joined the Baptist church, of which she remained a member through life. The following lines were her composition, and these she continued to repeat, even after all else had faded from memory:
My God, my life, my light,
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if Thou remove,
Thou are my All in All.
All her life Mrs. Coe took great pleasure in writing poetry and has left many poems of merit. Her grandchildren were a source of great happiness to her and many of her poems are addressed to, or refer to them. She lived to be nearly 92 years old, dying in Hood River January 21, 1893.
She is credited with changing the name of the area from Dog River to Hood River.
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Family mentioned in Portraits from the Hood River County Historial Museum
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