Albert J. Coacher Biography


	This biography appears on pages 597-598 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				ALBERT J. COACHER. 

	Albert J. Coacher is a member of the firm of Coacher & Son, 
liverymen of Yankton. He was born in Warren county, Illinois, September 
4, 1872. His father, Isaac Coacher, also a native of that state, 
arrived in Yankton in 1881. He embarked in the livery business with his 
son Albert J., continuing active along that line until his retirement 
in 1910. He still resides in Yankton and he and his wife, who bore the 
maiden name of Paulina Sharp and who is a native of Ohio, celebrated 
their golden wedding in May, 1913-a pleasurable and memorable occasion 
to all who were present. In their family were six children, five of 
whom are yet living, John having passed away. The others are: Will, a 
resident of Aberdeen; Laura, the wife of William McDonough, a resident 
of Yerington, Nevada; Charles, of Sioux City, who is an engineer for 
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad; and Augustus B., a resident 
of Mitchell, South Dakota, where he is engaged in the livery business. 

	The other member of the family is Albert J., who is the youngest 
and who came with his parents to South Dakota when nine years of age. 
He attended the public schools of Yankton to the age of fifteen years, 
the family residing upon a farm near the city during that period. He 
continued upon the old homestead farm until twenty years of age, when 
he became identified with business activity in Yankton as a drayman. In 
this effort he succeeded and as his business grew he added a livery 
barn and today has the largest business of the kind in the city, having 
a large number of horses and modern vehicles. He is liberally 
patronized, owing to his reliable and enterprising methods and 
thoroughly honorable dealing. He owns a good property on Cedar street 
and his success is the merited outcome of his labor. 

	In 1893 occurred the marriage of A]bert J. Coacher and Miss Lenna 
McIntyre, a native of Yankton, and to them have been born four 
children: Leo J., who is associated with his father in business; Mary 
R.; Sanford R.; and Edith K. Mr. Coacher has always been active in 
municipal affairs and stands for all those measures which are a matter 
of civic virtue and civic pride. He served as alderman from the second 
ward from 1904 until 1908, making a creditable record in that position, 
and in the spring of 1914 he was elected a member of the city 
commission, the commission plan of government having been adopted. 

	He is now commissioner of streets and public property, his term 
of office to continue for five years. His political endorsement is 
given to the democratic party. He belongs to the Fraternal Order of 
Eagles No. 1486, being worthy president of that body, and he is a 
member of the Yankton fire department. He stands as a splendid type of 
the self-made man, one of energy and industry, who as the architect of 
his own fortunes has builded wisely and well. Moreover, he has the 
ability to make and hold friends and is most widely and favorably known 
in Yankton.