ATHENS COUNTY OHIO - JOHN PORTERFIELD COE, bio, 1883
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From History of Hocking Valley Ohio, pub. 1883
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JOHN PORTERFIELD COE, Treasurer of Athens County, was born in Ohio County, 
W.Va., Oct. 5, 1842.  His father, Silas Coe, was a native of Pennsylvania, 
and his mother, Emily (Porterfield) Coe, of Ohio.  In his seventh year he 
came with his parents to Athens County, They settling on a farm near Athens, 
where he lived with them until his nineteenth year.  He was given only a
common-school education.  On leaving home, in 1861, he enlisted in the Union
army as a private in Company C, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry, and served during the war.  In 1863 he was promoted to Corporal, 
to Sergeant in 1864, and to First or Orderly Sergeant in May, 1865, but had 
acted as Orderly Sergeant from May, 1864.  During his time of service he was 
only twice on the sick list, once by camp fever and again by an injured 
ankle, caused by a spent ball.  He participated in all the battles in which 
his regiment took part, the most important being South Mountain, Antietam, 
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and the battles in the Shenandoah Valley, during 
Sherman's campaign.  He was mustered out of the service in August, 1865, when 
he returned home to Athens County.  In March, 1866, he went to Vinton County, 
where he engaged in farming and dealing in stock.  In the fall of 1867 he 
returned to Athens County, and again engaged in farming and dealing in stock, 
making sheep a specialty.  In the fall of 1879 he was the Republican nominee 
for Treasurer of Athens County, and was elected by a handsome majority, and 
was elected his own successor without opposition in the fall of 1881.  In 
1870 he was elected Clerk of Lee Township, which he held for nine consecutive 
years, until his election as County Treasurer in 1879.  Oct. 25, 1866, he 
married Lucy, daughter of Edward Blake, late County Commissioner of Athens 
County, by whom he has five children - Flora Alice, William Wallace, Perry 
Glenn, Frank Edward, and Mary Elsa.  He is a member of Athenian Lodge, No. 
104, K. Of P., of which he is Treasurer.  Himself and wife are members of the 
First Alexander Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Alexander Township.

pp. 321 - 322
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