Coakley, W. W.

COAKLEY

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 1/13/2013 at 08:35:39

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

COAKLEY, W.W.—Grinnell Twp—pg 892. Was born in Lebanon, New York, September 9, 1841; was there raised until he attained the age of nineteen years. His father was J.T. Coakley, of that place. W.W. resided in New York until September, 1862, when he enlisted in company G, One-hundred and Fourteenth New York, participating in many of the notable events of the Rebellion, among which was the Port Hudson engagement, where he was for forty-two days under fire, was in the Shenandoah Valley and others, was slightly wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek. Was honorably discharged June 19, 1865. After a residence in Elmira, New York and other points, he drifted westward in the spring of 1880, locating at Grinnell.