Coad, Nicholas G. O., 1851-1928

COAD, OATES, ANSLEY

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:36

From the Sioux County Index (Hull), March 23, 1928:

Dr. N. G. O. Coad, formerly of Hull, a prominent business and professional man and politician of Northwest Iowa, for forty years, died at his home at San Diego, California, March 1st, 1928.

Dr. Coad came to Sioux County in 1878, shortly after his graduation from the University of Michigan, and in the same year started the Coad Drug Store and the practice of medicine. In 1890 he established his independent oil business, the products of which were known far and wide in the early days. He was also one of the leading politicians of this section of the state and held prominent positions such as National and State Democratic Committeeman, Mayor of the Town of Hull and numerous minor offices. He left Hull a few years ago to spend his declining years on the Pacific Coast.

N. G. O. Coad was born at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in 1850 being a little over seventy-eight years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and one son, W. A. Coad, of LeMars, Iowa, the present owner of the Coad’s Drug Store here.

Many are the interesting stories that could be told of the experiences of this pioneer: His struggles to get his start here; The hardships endured during the many blizzards of early history; His independent fight against the Oil Monopolies; His political career, Etc., Etc.

[The article includes a fuzzy photo]

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From De Volksvriend, March 15, 1928, Hull news:

Dr. N. G. O. Coad, een van de vroegste nederzetters in Sioux Co., die jarenland als een der “wheel horses” van zijn partij werd beschouwd, is te San Diego, Calif., op 78-jarigen leeftijd overleden. Doc Coad is 40 jar werkzaam geweest as docter en apotheker. Zijn zoon Wm. woont thans te LeMars. Het stoffelijk overschot verd verbrand.

TRANSLATION

Dr. N. G. O. Coad, one of the earliest settlers in Sioux Co., who was regarded as one of the “wheel horses” of his party, died in San Diego, Calif., at 78 years of age. Doc Coad worked 40 years as a doctor and a pharmacist. His son Wm. currently lives at LeMars. The mortal remains were cremated.

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FindaGrave.com gives his full name, Dr. Nicholas Gay Oates Coad; birth date 19 Nov 1851, Mineral Point, Wisconsin; death date 29 Feb 1928 at San Diego; buried in Memorial Cemetery, LeMars, Iowa. It includes two portrait photos of him. It also includes a biographical sketch from an unidentified source, posted separately in the Bio section of the Sioux County GenWeb site.

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The Directory of Deceased American Physicians on Ancestry.com has him as Nicholas Gay O. Coad, born 1852 at Mineral Point, Wisconsin; died 29 Feb 1928 at San Diego, CA; education, Lawrence Univ., Univ. of Michigan, 1875; medical school, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, 1887; licensed in Iowa and California, practiced in Hull and San Diego; cause of death “carcinoma, pelvis, hypostatic pneumonia.”