For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 464
EDWARD J. COADY....No people have given more freely of their sons and daughters to assist in building up the American republic than the generous hearted natives of Ireland and no nationality has more creditably acquitted itself on American soil then the Irish. Descendants of settlers from the Emerald isle are found in every part of the Union and nobly have they assisted in advancing the permanent welfare of a country that received their fathers and mothers with open arms and here offered opportunities for home and plenty not elsewhere found in the world.Edward J. Coady, a prosperous farmer of Seventy-six township, is of Irish ancestry. He was born on the farm where he now lives, June 10, 1861, and is a son of John and Ann ( Cosgrove ) Coady, both of whom were natives of Ireland. The parents came to America in 1855 and located in Muscatine county, Iowa, where John Coady established himself upon a farm and gained a position as one of the substantial citizens of Seventy-six township. He was a man of indefatigable industry and of many genial characteristics that gained for him friends wherever he was known. He departed this life September 18, 1878. The mother of our subject passed away January 13, 1902. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living.
Edward J. Coady was educated in the district schools of Seventy-six township and as he grew up became thoroughly familiar with all kinds of farm work. At the age of twenty-two years, desiring to see more of the great world, he went west and for fifteen years made his home in Idaho, where he became a railroad engineer. However, the mountains did not possess the attractions for him that were held out by the old homestead and in 1899 he returned to Muscatine county and purchased of the other heirs the farm which his father acquired many years before. Here he has erected substantial buildings and made other improvements, greatly adding to the appearance and value of the place. He is a general farmer and meets with handsome returns as the result of his well directed labor.
Politically Mr. Coady is in sympathy with the democratic party and heartily supports its candidates and principles. He has never sought public office, as his interest is mainly taken up with his private affaris. He holds membership in the Knights of Columbus and has many warm friends in that beneficient organization. A man of wide observation and experience, he is recognized as one of the valued citizens of Muscatine county.
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