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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

WILLIAM B. COY.

   The gentleman whose biography is set forth in the following lines is a
western man by birth and education and his life has been very closely identified
with the states of Colorado and Wyoming. His father, John G. Coy, was a native
of New York and the mother whose maiden name was Emily Adams was born in
England. These parents came west in 1860 settling in Larimer county, Colo.,
where Mr. Coy purchased land and engaged in agricultural pursuit's about one
mile from Fort Collins, and his son William B. was born at the latter place on
August 21, 1867, and remained with his parents until about twenty years old,
meanwhile attending the schools of Fort Collins, acquiring a fair knowledge of
the fundamental branches of study. He was reared to farm labor and early learned
to place a true estimate on honest toil, the lessons thus learned proving of
great practical value when he left home to seek his own fortune. In July, 1887,
Mr. Coy came to Laramie county, Wyo., and located on his present ranch, to which
his father had laid claim three years previously, and from that date to the
present time he has been actively engaged in farming and stockraising, realizing
liberal results from both vocations. In 1888 he took up laud adjoining his place
and now owns 720 acres, all admirably situated for grazing purposes, being well
watered and overgrown with a dense growth of the nutritious grasses on which
stock feeds readily and fattens so quickly. When Mr. Cov first came to Wyoming
he was in partnership with his father, but the relation terminated in 1SQ3,
since which time he has carried on business alone, meeting with gratifying
success. He pays especial attention to cattle and horses, and from a small
beginning has steadily but surely widened the area of his operations, until he
is now classed with the enterprising ranchmen of his section, his place being
well stocked with a fine grade of animals, while the future outlook is most
encouraging. Mr. Coy is a true son of the West, imbued with the broad mind and
progressive character of the wide-awake men of this great region, and possesses
those sterling qualities of head and heart which insure not only financial
success, but the confidence and esteem of the public. He is popular in his
community and ready at all times to contribute his influence to any movement for
the good of his fellowmen, and those who know him best speak in complimentary
terms of his honorable business course and manly character. On February 10,
1891, Mr. Coy and Miss Belle Paddock were united in marriage near the town of
Minatare, Neb. Mrs. Coy is a native of Vermont, the daughter of Harmon N. and
Harriet (Baldwin) Paddock, and both parents were born and reared in Vermont. The
family moved to Nebraska in 1886 and after three years there came to Wyoming,
settling on the Platte River where Mr. Paddock followed farming until his death
on January 22, 1901. Mrs. Paddock now makes her .home with Mrs. Coy. Two bright
children have greatly added to the interest and happiness of this home circle;
their names being Floyd N. and Alice E.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

ILLUSTRATED

A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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