Coe, S. P.

COE, CAMPBELL, GIDDINGS

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Date: 9/9/2020 at 14:30:42

S.P. Coe, farmer and stock-raiser, on section 32, Oregon Township, was born in the city Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan.9, 1834, and is the son of William and Ann Coe, who were natives of England, but came to America in 1832, and settled in Brooklyn, N.Y. They remained there a few years, and then removed to Ohio, where they remained seventeen years, and then came to Washington County, Iowa. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Ohio, and in 1852 came to this county, where he has since continued to reside.

In 1862 Mr. Coe enlisted in co. I, 25th Iowa Vol. Inf., and served till the close of the war. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta campaign, and with Sherman in his famous march to the sea. After passing through nearly three years’ hard service, and engaging in all the battles participated in by his regiment, in the last battle of the war, at Bentonville, N.C., he received a gunshot wound in the left thigh. He was honorably discharged at Troy, N.Y., in the summer of 1865, returned to his home in Washington County, and at once resumed the peaceful vocation of a farmer, in which he had previously been engaged, and which he had previously been engaged, and which he has since made his life work.

In 1873 our subject was united in marriage, in Crawfordsville, Iowa with Miss Nancy Campbell, the daughter of James and Sarah (Giddings) Campbell, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch, and the latter of German descent. They now reside in their neat home on section 32, Oregon Township. This farm Mr. Coe has brought under a high state of cultivation, the improvements being of the better class. Commencing life without a dollar, inheriting no property that which he now has has been acquired through his own individual efforts, assisted by those of his wife. Politically, he is a Republican, and as a citizen enjoys the respect and esteem of all.

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa (1887). Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of S.P. Coe, pages 301-302.