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Born 1821
From History of Portage County, Ohio (1885)
J. P. COE, farmer and tile manufacturer, P. O. Randolph, is a native of Randolph Township, Portage Co., Ohio, born April 5, 1821, son of Almon B. and Climena (Spellman) Coe, natives of Massachusetts. Almon B. Coe came to this county in 1811, his wife in 1816, and here remained until his death in 1853. After his death his widow moved to Wisconsin, where she resides with her daughter. Our subject was married October 22, 1845, to Jane A. Spees, born in Onondaga, N. Y., March 7, 1824, daughter of Lanson and Harriet Spees, natives of Greene County, N. Y., and who came to Randolph Township, this county, in 1837, remaining until their death. Mr. Spees died July 19, 1868, his widow, February 13, 1873. Mrs. Coe, our subject's wife, died February 3, 1883. She was a member of the Congregational Church.
To Mr. and Mrs. Coe were born three children: Emma C, wife of Dr. H. C. Brainerd, Almon B. and Charles P. Mr. Coe, who has been engaged in farming all his life, owns seventy acres of improved land. He has tilled the offices of Trustee and Justice of the Peace of his township. He and his son Charles P. are engaged in the manufacture of tile. Mr. Coe has been a member of the Congregational Church for many years.
As printed in History of Portage County, Ohio (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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