Tipton County IN Archives Biographies.....Coe, James 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 11, 2007, 2:16 am Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883) JAMES COE, farmer, was born in Frederick County, Va., January 8, 1842, and spent his youth in his native State. He enlisted in 1861 in the confederate army in Company D, Thirty-third Regiment of Virginia. He was in Stonewall Jackson's command, and engaged in battle at Port Republic, seven days' fight near Richmond, Slaughter Mountain and Bul Run. In 1863, he came to Ohio, and two years later located in Tipton County, Ind. In 1867, he purchased fifty acres of land in Tipton County, of which he has forty-two acres under cultivation. Mr. Coe was married, August 11, 1866, in this county, to Miss Sarah J. McMurtry. They have four children living-Melda V., Richard L., Eva Sophia and Mary Lucy. Mr. Coe is a well-to-do farmer and a popular citizen in his community. Additional Comments: Cicero Township Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/bios/coe880nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb