Bio of COAN, John R. (b.1888), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JOHN R. COAN - Vol II, pg 635
The legal profession of Minneapolis finds an able representative in John R.
Coan, whose identification with the bar of this city covers a period of eleven
years, and in the trial of cases committed to his care he has won many favorable
verdicts. He is one of Minneapolis' native sons and was born May 25, 1888, his
parents being John P. and Emma (Smith) Coan, the former a native of Illinois and
the latter of Wisconsin. In 1884 the father came to Minneapolis, entering the
employ of the Washburn-Crosby Milling Company, with which he remained until
1904, and he has since been connected with the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company as 'special agent.
His son, John R. Coan, attended the public schools of Minneapolis and afterward
entered the law department of the University of Minnesota, from which he was
gradu­ated in 1911, being admitted to the bar in the same year. He began his
professional career in this city and has built up a good clientele, for he is an
able advocate and wise counselor and has ever conformed his practice to the
highest ethics of the pro­fession. He is well versed in all branches of the law
and is correct in the application of his knowledge to the points in litigation.
In 1918 Mr. Coan enlisted for service in the World war and was assigned to the
Fifth Anti-Air Craft Machine Gun Battalion, with which he went overseas. He was
made sergeant and was mustered out at Camp Grant, Illinois, in February, 1919.
He is identified with the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
his fraternal connections are with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is secretary of the
Charter Com­mission and during 1917 and 1918 was a member of the Civil Service
Commission. He is vice president of the Hennepin County Bar Association and he
is also connected with the Commonwealth Club and the Automobile Club. Early
recognizing the fact that industry and perseverance are indispensable elements
in the attainment of success, along those lines he has labored for advancement,
and wisely using the talents with which nature has endowed him, he has won a
prominent position at the Minneapolis bar.