For
Muscatine County Iowa
1879
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1879 | |
Here is what the abbreviations in the bios stand for: far: farm; Co.: company or county; dir: dealer; IVA: Iowa Volunteer Artillery; IVC: Iowa Volunteer Cavalry; IVI: Iowa Volunteer Infantry; P.O.: Post Office; S. or Sec.: section; and st.: street.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 599
J. E, COE, of the firm of Demorest & Coe, booksellers and stationers, Muscatine, was born in Knox Co, Ill. Nov. 24, 1840; he lived there until 16 years of age; came to Muscatine in 1856; upon the breaking-out of the war, in 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 11th Regiment I. V. I.; he was in the battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth, and in all the battles of the regiment; he was taken prisoner at the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; was a prisoner five months in Andersonville, Florence and Charleston, and was then exchanged; after the war, he returned home and associated with Mr. Demorest, his brother in law, in the book and stationery business. He married Miss Ella Mason, a native of Pennsylvania, Sept. 5, 1865; they have two children--Jessie and Lida.
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