Biographies:  Jerome Franklin COE, Barron, Barron Co., WI 

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Jerome Franklin Coe, one of the founders of Barron County, and for many years 
a dominant influence in its affairs, was born in Dixon, Illinois, May 17, 
1852, and died at Barron, Wis., in August, 1895. He studied law in Chicago,
and after his admission to the bar, came to Barron in 1879 and continued in
the active practice of his profession until incapacitated by ill health 
shortly before his death. In 1885 he and his brother, Clinton D. Coe, 
established the Bank of C. D. and J. F. Coe, which was the first bank in 
Barron, the second in the county. In 1887 this was incorporated as the Bank 
of Barron. In 1887, with F. B. Kinsley, he drafted the charter incorporating 
the City of Barron. He was elected the first municipal judge of Barron County 
when the court was created, and held that office twelve years. He started the 
first set of abstract books in Barron County, the set being still operated by 
the Barron County Abstract Company. He was a charter member and an early 
master of Barron Lodge, No. 220, F. and A . M. He was also one of the early 
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This brief mention merely touches 
the high points in his life. His story is woven in the warp and woof of 
Barron County history. Judge Coe was one of the pioneers of the county, a 
lawyer of unusual ability, a man of unusual character and worth, interested 
and active in the development of town and county and in all public affairs. 
His influence will long be a potent force for good. The home which he built 
shortly before his death, a model of comfort and good taste, is now operated 
by Drs. H. M. Coleman and C. C. Post as a hospital. Judge Coe was married in 
1880 to Ada M. Leach, daughter of Henry and Julia (Post) Leach. He is 
survived by one son, Jerome H. Coe, vice-president of the First National Bank 
of Madison, Wisconsin.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 85