Biographies:  Clinton D. COE, Barron, Barron Co., WI 

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Clinton D. Coe, Barron pioneer and banker, who, with his brother, J. F. Coe,
were the first to incorporate the C. D. and J. F. Coe Bank in 1885, remained 
its most efficient cashier until his death, February 8, 1894, nine years
later. In 1887, the bank was reorganized as Bank of Barron, as such it has
remained until the present time, its stockholders and officers, with one 
exception, all being Barron men of honesty and strong integrity. C. D. Coe 
was a friend to everyone, and greatly beloved by all who knew him. He was a 
man of strong character, possessing a rich fund of humor, generous to a fault, 
to anger unknown, but he was intolerant of an oppressor of the weak. He was a 
Presbyterian but later this church was merged into the Methodist, which he 
attended, giving his loyal support in both time and money. He was very public 
spirited and helped in all enterprises to promote the welfare of Barron. He 
was elected the city's second mayor in 1889. He obtained a business education 
in Chicago, and the early years of his life were spent in northern Illinois 
in the vicinity of Palmyra - the Coe family coming from Rush, New York, in 
1831, and settled in Whiteside County where they spent their lives in 
agricultural pursuits. Coming from old English stock, they date their 
ancestry back to 1342. The Coe forefathers, who came to this country, were 
all patriots and during the Revolutionary War, they pledged their allegiance 
to the cause of liberty. In Dec. 24, 1872, Clinton Coe married Alice Hagerman 
of Woosung, Ill. Mrs. Coe was a woman of charming personality, and a wonderful 
mother to her three children, who still survive. She did a great deal of good 
in the community and her home was a mecca to rich and poor alike, especially 
to the ministers who were real missionaries in those pioneer days. She died 
at the early age of forty. Mr. and Mrs. Coe reared two daughters and a son.  
Aurora M. is the wife of C. J. Borum, president of the Bank of Barron. Mabel 
E. is the wife of D. F. Jones, pharmacist and chemist in Watertown, S. D.
Clinton H. Coe is a business man in Great Falls, Mont., having served his
country as a sergeant in the World War.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 974.