Benjamin Fulton Coe (1816 - abt. 1897)

Born 4 Sep 1816 in Tarentum, Allegheny, PA

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Died about 1897 at about age 80 in Arkansas

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1816 "near" Tarentum, Allegheny County, PA. (Some records show East Deer, PA.) He passed away in Arkansas about 1897 while living with his son Edward, but was brought back to Louisa County, Iowa to be buried. In his life, Benjamin had been a hatter in Pittsburgh, PA, a singer and a singing teacher, an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, a farmer in Elm Grove Township in Louisa County, Iowa - where he also served as a Postmaster for a while, and Treasurer for Louisa County.

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1↑ Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett (Boston: Bartlett, 1911), Pages 146, 212-213; digital images, Archive.org. Pages 212-213 shows direct reference to Benjamin Fulton Coe as the child of Daniel and Mary (Boyd) Coe.(https://archive.org/stream/robertcoepuritan00bart#page/212/mode/2up : accessed 15 January 2019)

• 1850 United States Census. Year: 1850; Census Place: East Deer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_747; Page: 22B; Image: 50. Repository: Ancestry.com.

• U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971. Spring Run, Louisa County, Iowa, July 13, 1855. Repository: Ancestry.com.

• 1860 United States Federal Census. Census Place: Wapello, Louisa, Iowa; Roll: M653_331; Page: 951; Family History Library Film: 803331. Repository: Ancestry.com.

• U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshall. Repository: Ancestry.com.

• THE HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IOWA 1837-1900 by Rev/Dr Joseph Welton Hubbard, 1907. Elder Benjamin F. Coe appears in the Gallery Section (page 35 towards the back of the book), where there is also a photo of the church where he served: The Columbus Junction, Iowa, Presbyterian Church. https://archive.org/details/presbyterianchur00pres/page/n6.