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Coan Genealogy

1697-1982

Coan Genealogy

1697- 1982

Peter And George

Of East Hampton, Long Island,

And Guilford, Connecticut

With

Their Descendants

In the Coan Line As Well As Other Allied Lines

Compiled
by

RUTH COAN FULTON

"People will not look forward
to posterity who never look
backwards to their ancestors, "j
Edmund Burke, Reflections!
on the Revolution in France!

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Ruth Coan Fulton
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Fulton, Ruth Coan, 1915-

Coan genealogy, 1697-1982.

Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Coyne family. I. Title.
CS71.C879 1983 929'.2'9073 83-17769

Produced by Peter E. Randall, Publisher

Box 4726, Portsmouth, NH 03801

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with love and appreciation
to
my father and mother,
FRED WELBY COAN and PEARL IANNA ( KNOWLES ) COAN
1862 - 1941 1888 - 1977

CONTENTS

PREFACE IX

PART ONE
TRADITION AND FACT

CHAPTER

1 PETER AND GEORGE COAN, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH ... 1

PART TWO
PETER COAN'S DESCENDANTS

2 COANS ON THE MOVE 21

Jacob Coan and Descendants: Martha Coan

3 CONNECTICUT COANS 155

John Coan and Descendants; Elisha Coan;
Mary Coan

4 CAPE COD COANS 215

Abraham Coan and Descendants

5 MAINE COANS AND THEIR EASTERN DESCENDANTS 237

Elisha Davis Coan and Descendants

6 MAINE COANS GO WEST 311

William Albert Coan; Abraham Simpson Coan;

Alonzo Coan and Descendants

PART THREE
GEORGE COAN AND DESCENDANTS

■7 THE GEORGE , MULFORD , GAYLORD COAN LINE 327

8 LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR

DESCENDANTS 387

CONCLUSION: PRONUNCIATION OF COAN 419

INDEX OF COAN NAMES 423

COAN SURNAMES OTHER THAN C-Q-A-N 435

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES 436

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 472

PREFACE

Wouldn't Peter and George Coan be astounded if they
could read this book! To have so many known descendants
(many more who are unknown) --people from all walks of life,
who have lived in most of these United States and in many
foreign countries — would be to them, I'm sure, absolutely
unbelievable.

A few of us many descendants have found fame; but most
of us have been just honest, decent, hard-working individ-
uals— trying to make a good life for ourselves and our fami-
lies, doing our jobs, serving our country, worshipping our
God, helping our neighbors, and contributing to our communi-
ties as best we could. It is in large part because of the
interest and genealogical contributions of these fine
descendants that I have been able to compile this Coan book.
I wish I could name all of you who helped, but the list
would be too lengthy. I must, however, mention those living
descendants and non-descendants who have given this project
an extraordinary amount of time and assistance.

First and foremost in this list is Virginia Catherine
(Coan) Wiles, who has so graciously shared her years of
research; has contributed all the data and the many illus-
trations in the Charles Wattles5 Coan section of Chapter 2;
and has in every way supported and encouraged me in this
undertaking. Second, my thanks go to Theodore Hunter Smith7 ,
who has spent many years researching the Coans, especially
the Jacob Coan line, and who generously contributed his
findings, as well as his careful editing and proofreading,
to Chapter 2. Third, to Margaret Stallman Ruth, wife of
Roger A. Ruth , I am deeply indebted for her assistance,
suggestions, and carefully researched data on Sylvanus3 Coan
in Chapter 8. To her husband, Roger, I owe nearly all the
photographs in that chapter. And finally, to my typist and
good friend, Nancy A. Merrill, I will be forever grateful
for her painstaking work, for the many hours she spent
beyond what was expected, and for her patience with the num-
erous additions and revisions she had to make right up to
the final hour when the book went to the publisher.

To the following I am also greatly indebted:

Edward M. and Barbara Coan

Darlene Hogue Coan, wife of Norman Allison Coan

Frances S. Coan

George M. Coan

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Leonie M. Coan Dunlap

Olivia Carpenter Coan, wife of the late Folwell Welles7
Coan

7
Peter Gaylord Coan

Philip B.7 and Nancy Coan

Ralph William7 Coan, Sr., and Darline Coan

Virginia W. Cooper,

rian
Ellenore Doudiet,

Maine
Wayne E.

Yates-Lyndonville, New York, Histo-

Director, Wilson Museum, Castine,

E. Morrison, & Co., Publi-

Richard J. Trolley Library,

Sr.

Morrison,
sher, Ovid, New York

Mabel Murata, Librarian,
Taylor, Michigan

Librarians and Staff, past and present, Maine Histori-
cal Society Library, Portland, Maine

Edith B. Nettleton, Historical Room Librarian, Guilford
Free Library, Guilford, Connecticut

C. C. Potter7

Barbara E. Rawson, Town Clerk, Guilford, Connecticut

Gillian Rose, Photographer, Guilford, Connecticut

Roger M. Seger, Director, Clinton Public Library, Clin-
ton, Iowa

Hannah L. Bond Zimmerman

My thanks go also to many city and town libraries,
state libraries, historical association libraries, town
offices — especially to those who work there — for their won-
derful cooperation and the facts they discovered. I am also
very grateful to a number of newspapers, as well as to the
following universities, seminaries, colleges, and schools
whose staffs have searched the archives, special collec-
tions, and alumni files to send me Coan data that exists
nowhere else:

Amherst College
Antioch College
Bangor Theological

Seminary
Bates College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Case Western Reserve

University
College of Wooster
Columbia University
Cornell University
Emma Willard School
Hartford Seminary
Hebron Academy
Kents Hill School
Lake Forest Academy
Louisiana State

University
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
New Mexico State

University

Phillips Academy, Andover,

Massachusetts
Polytechnic Preparatory

Country Day School
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton University
Rice University
Rutgers University
Texas State University
Union College, Schenectady
Union Theological Seminary
University of Colorado,

Boulder
University of Lowell
University of New Mexico
University of Southern Maine
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wells College

West Texas State University
Willamette University
Williams College
Yale Forest School
Yale University

Finally, to my three children, Pam, David, and Bob— -
thank you for your sympathetic support and continued encour-
agement. To my husband Bob--to you I will be eternally
grateful for driving me many, many miles on this Coan hunt;
for helping me find and check innumerable graveyards; for
traveling by plane and bus to distant places so I could do
the necessary research; and for being ever patient and
understanding during the hundreds of hours I've spent in the
last four years reading, writing, and typing.

I wish I felt that in this book all facts were accu-
rate, all Coan lines complete; but I know better. Many
errors, unfortunately, will be found. Some records were hand
written and hard to read. Others were incorrect and dif-
fered in names, spellings, places, and dates. Also, people
who sent information did not always write clearly. There
were many Coans I was unable to trace at all for lack of
data. What I have managed to assemble is a good start--one
upon which I hope others may someday build.

When, however, you readers do find errors, omissions,
and misinformation, I hope you will write me the correct
facts. If I receive enough additional information, in a
year or two I will issue a supplement with an errata section
and any new data.

To those of you non-descendants who read this book, I
trust meeting the Coan family in print will be an interest-
ing experience. To you who are descendants, I hope after
reading the story of your family, you will feel as I do--
proud to be related to the Coans, proud to be a Coan!

PART ONE
TRADITION AND FACT

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CHAPTER 1
PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH

According to tradition, who were Peter and George Coan,
and where did they come from? Fred Welby6 Coan and Jeffery
Prescott Coan, both descendants of Peter through Shubael
Coan of Maine, were told that the Coans came from Holland
and were Dutch. The Genealogical and Family History of the
State of Connecticut (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing
Company, 1911), Vol. 1, p. 90, edited by William Richard
Cutter and others, in the article on the Coan family stated:

The Coan family is of German descent, and has long been
established in New England. In 1715 three brothers
came from Worms, Germany. Their parents, who accompa-
nied them on the emigrant ship, died on the voyage, and
the boys consequently landed in America in a destitute
condition. The two older brothers were apprenticed to
Deacon Mulford, of East Hampton, Long Island, where
they remained until their marriage, after which they
removed to Guilford, Connecticut, where they passed the
remainder of their lives. The other brother, Abraham,
left no record of his life or family.

Alvan Talcott, writing of Peter in his four-volume compendia
on Guilford, Connecticut, families, said more or less the
same thing.

The article on Ralph Alonzo Coan, descendant of Peter
and grandson of Abraham4 Coan of Maine, in the National Cy-
clopaedia of American Biography (New York: James T. White &
Company, 1955), Vol. XL, p. 149, explained that Peter came
"from Hesse (later part of Germany) in 1715 and settled in
Massachusetts." D. Hamilton Hurd in his History of Fair-
field County, Connecticut (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co.,
1881), between pp. 804 and 805, in a resume on Albert Stone4
Coan, a great grandson of George, wrote:

It is related that a great many years ago a wealthy
German by the name of Coan left Germany in company with
two of his sons who were small boys. On their way to
this country Mr. Coan was murdered, his body thrown
overboard, and all his money stolen. One of the boys
went South, and nothing has been heard of him or any of
his descendants; the other boy lived with a man on Long
Island by the name of Mulford. In due time he married
and had a family of children, one of whom he named Mul-
ford Coan, which has since continued to be a family
name.

2 COAN GENEALOGY

(There was no mention at all of Peter, and so far as I know,
besides George's son, there was only one other Mulford— Milo
Mulford4, son of Sylvanus .)

Howard Radcliffe Coan, discussing the origin of the

Coans, wrote:

When my brother Frank was general secretary of the Eng-
lish-Speaking Union of the United States, he went to
England and in Norfolk discovered quite a few Coan
names there in church and cemetery. We know that the
migrants went to Europe (Germany) to get passage to the
United States and that the three brothers, having lost
their father during the voyage, seem to have begun as
Americans in Guilford, Connecticut, where I have seen
some of their graves.

Virginia Catherine8 Coan Wiles, a descendant of Peter
through his son Jacob, said in her manuscript, History of
the Coan Family of America, that it was "our family legend
that the Coans came from Isle of Man, but were Welsh in
descent. " 5

Finally, Wesley Burgess Coan in his Genealogical Notes

stated:

The progenitors of those who bear this Coan name in the
United States were a family consisting of a father,
mother, and three sons, natives of Worms, Germany, who
in 1715 left Germany in an emigrant ship bound for New
York. The names of the parents have not been ascer-
tained .

In the light of all this somewhat conflicting tradition,
what are the facts? What do the records say?

What facts? What records? In trying to find documented
proof of Peter's birth, his parents' names, Peter's and
George's arrival in America, I first of all had to realize
that the name of these people then might not have been
spelled C-O-A-N. In the 1930s the Media Research Bureau in
Washington, D.C., published a series of genealogical and
historical sketches on family names; one of them was The
Name and Family of Coan from which I quote:

The names of Coan, Coen, and Cone are said by some au-
thorities to have been Cohen or Coh (a )n in origin,
while other authorities claim they were derived from
the ancient Irish name of Caomhan, meaning "a noble
person," which was also to be found at an early date in
Scotland in the form of Coane . These names were to be
found on the ancient British and early American records
in all of the various forms above mentioned and were
probably interchangeable in many cases, with the German
names of Cohan, Cohen, Cohn, Kohn, Kohen, Kohan, Koen,
Koens, Cohem, Coham, Coen, Coens, Koan, Koans, etc.

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH

My first thought was to check New York State records to
see if I might find some facts on apprentices of 1715. In
E. B. O'Callaghan' s Documentary History of the State of New
York (Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850), Vol. Ill,
p~. 566, there was a record of the names of Palatine children
apprenticed by Governor Hunter 1710-1714. The date was one
year too early, but I decided to look at it anyway; and
there I found two boys who must be Peter and George. (See
copy of this record which follows.) The two boys were
listed thus:

1710 Sept. 22 Hans Jerick Coons Age 6 Orphan Bound to

Saml . Mulford of East Hampton
1710 Sept. 22 Hans ffellacoons Age 15 Orphan Bound to

Caleb Heathcote of Scarsdale

There were quite a few discrepancies between this in-
formation and tradition, but tradition was often not exact.
The date was 1710, not the 1715 of tradition. The second
boy's name was more likely Philip, not Peter. In 1710 Peter
would have been 12 or 13 years old, not 15, if the 1697
birth date was accurate. The second boy was bound to Heath-
cote, not Mulford. And Samuel Mulford was not tradition's
Deacon Mulford. Deacon Mulford was Captain Samuel's brother
John.

Another source that included information on New York
apprentices of that period was Professor I. Daniel Rupp's
book, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of
German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants From 1727
To 1776 (Philadelphia: I. G. Kohler, 1880), with German
Translation. In the appendix, page 445, there was a list of
male children apprenticed by Governor Hunter 1710-1714 (See
list that follows). Here George was 8 years old, not 6; and
the 15-year-old boy was definitely Philip, not Peter. Their
last name was Kuhns .

Were these boys really Peter and George Coan? If so,
how could the discrepancies be explained? Some couldn't.
The date of their arrival was definitely 1710, not 1715.
Tradition was wrong. How could Philip be Peter? Mr. C.
Frederick Kaufholz in his lecture, "Keys to a Search for Your
German Ancestors," delivered before members of the New Eng-
land Historic Genealogical Society in Boston in October of
1980 said that one difficulty genealogists encountered in
researching German names was that one man might be called by
two names. One name he would use formally and legally in
records and documents; the other he would be known by.
Thus, Peter could be Peter to family and friends, but le-
gally be Philip.

As to the Mulford who took George as an apprentice,
tradition could be wrong; and it was Captain Mulford, not
Deacon Mulford, who took George. Or tradition could still
be right. Samuel Mulford was a sea captain, a whaler, and
for many years a member of the Provincial Assembly of New

COAN GENEALOGY

York. He was away from home a great deal, so he could have
turned his young apprentice over to his brother Deacon John
and wife to care for. Caleb Heathcote, to whom Philip Peter
was bound, was a very wealthy and important gentleman. He
was a judge, a colonel in the militia, mayor of Westchester,
and for many years Receiver General of Customs of North Am-
erica. Since his apprentice and George were brothers, he
might have made arrangements with Mulford to keep the boys
together. Philip Peter might then have worked for the Dea-
con. Or, Philip Peter could have served his apprenticeship
to Heachcote and then gone to East Hampton to be near
George. At any rate, we know he was there in the 1720s be-
cause his marriage was recorded in 1726 in the East Hampton
church records kept by the minister, Nathaniel Huntting. In
these records, which also contained the baptisms of four of
his supposed twelve children, his name was Peter Coen. In
the same church records George's name was recorded as Coen
for his marriage, and Coens for the baptism of his daughter
Jane .

It would have been helpful if I could have examined the
original records of indentures of Palatine children, for
these records probably would have contained more detailed
information. But as Winifred Holman, an eminent genealogist
employed in the 1950s by Mrs. Folwell W. Coan to trace the
Coan ancestry, stated in her Coan Lineage, p. 4, these rec-
ords were "lost in the Capitol fire in Albany, New York, in
1911." From this same manuscript came the following bit of
interesting data on Peter and the Coan name:

It seems possible that the Peter Covan who was a wit-
ness to the will of John Wheeler of East Hampton, 5
Sept. 1726, proved 3 Aug. 1728, may have been our Peter
Coan. The other witnesses were Theophilus Willman and
John Davis. (Unrecorded Wills before 1796, N.Y. His-
torical Society Collections, 11:83.)

After noting all the various spellings of Peter and
George's surname, one might wonder when the C-Q-A-N finally
appeared. The first record of the C-Q-A-N spelling appeared
in 1735 in a deed dated November 10 for property purchased
in Guilford, Connecticut, Northern Parish, by George (see
deed). December 4 of the same year he purchased a second
piece of property in the same town; and this he sold to Pe-
ter November 11, 1737 (see deed). From this time on the name
was Coan. Was the register of deeds responsible for this
spelling, or did George spell his name that way? No one
will ever know. There have been many spellings of the name
since that time, not by the owners of the surname, but by
others. The one that was probably the most unfortunate be-
cause of the importance of the document in which it occurred
was the 1790 Federal Census of the State of Massachusetts,
town of Truro, where the name was spelled K-Q-H-A-M. All
Truro gravestones, however, spelled it C-Q-A-N. There were

No. VI.

NAMES AND AGES OF MALE CHILDREN APPREN-
TICED BY GOVERNOR HUNTER, 1710 to 1714.

9iomcn unt> 2Utcr t>er won 1710 bit 1714 »on ©puwneur
£utwr fa tie &hre artfcanen ^noben.

Johun Philip Lepper, 12, Hans Gerhart Loser,? 10?

Georg Fiiederich Weiser, 13, John Peter Zenye.r^'6^

Daniel Artopee Weiser, 12, Thomas Reich, 12,

Philip Daniel Weiser, 13, Jacob Berleinan, 10,

Johau Paul Denbig, 7, Johann Paul Schmidt, 12,

Haua Georg Kuhus, 8, Georg Schneider, 15,

Hans Philip Kuhus, 15, Joh. Con. Mathcis Horner, 15,

Adam Greiner, 13, Jacob Eysterberg, 3,

Hans Georg Bar, Hans Henrich Schiltz. 8,
Joh. Ludig Trorit (Traucrt), 9, W. Webber, 8,

Henrich Porter (Bortner), 14, Jonah Schmidt, 10,

Hans Bastian Galiau, 12, Johannes Schiltz, 10,

Joh. Bernhart Ruropaw Christian Engel, 12,

(Rorbach), 10, Arnold Sehweedt, 13,

Johanu Cunrad Otteene,? 9, Jacobus Brauer, 14,

Frederick Otteene,? 7, Peter Lohn,? 9,

llano Georg Schweitzer, 12, Nicholas Dietrich, 14,

Julian Conrad Petre, 12, Peter De Mott, 13,

Peter Pl'eilier, 0, Johann Wilhelm Schmidt, 14,

Georg Kaatner, 13, Jacob Berleinan, 11

Gerhardt Lamberton, 12, Simon Helm, 12.

The whole number apprenticed, males and females, was 75.

Die flange Wnjatyl, .K'uabcu unt> SMabdjcn, betrug 75.

Names and Ages of Male Children Apprenticed by Governor Hunter.
Courtesy I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of
German, Swiss, French, and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania
from 1726-1776.

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PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH

two Coans who did spell the name differently. Mabel , grand-
daughter of Peter through his son John, spelled the name
C-O-W-A-N, and her grandson had a middle name with that
spelling — Lester Cowan Hall. Ezra T. , a descendant of
George, spelled his name C-Q-A-N-N to secure a correct pro-
nunciation. He had two children who carried on the same
spelling .

Another interesting sidelight on the Coan name came
from Ambrose Cone who was born in East Haddam, Connecticut,
April 6, 1781, the son of James Cone.

Upon arriving at the age of 21 years, Ambrose conceived
the idea that the name would "look better" if spelled
"Coan." He therefore changed his name to Coan, and his
descendants have followed this spelling. (William Whit-
ney Cone, Some Account of the Cone Family in America
[Topeka, Kans.: Crane & Company, 1903], p. 175).

Ever since, thanks to Ambrose, there has been an occasional
mix-up between the descendants of Daniel Cone from Scotland
and the descendants of Peter and George Coan from Germany.

Now that we have traced George and Peter, the Palatine
orphans, to the point where they have begun their adult
lives in Connecticut, let's turn our attention to their par-
ents who died en route to America with the Palatines. But
first, who were these Palatines? They were people living in
the Palatinate, two regions of Germany; one, the Rhenish or
Lower Palatinate, which extended on both sides of the Rhine
River and west from the Rhine to France and the Saarland;
the other, the Upper Palatinate, a province of Bavaria. It
is the first in which we are interested since this is the
region of Worms where Peter was born in 1697.

The Reverend Sanford H. Cobb in his book, The Palatine
(Wilkes Barre, Pa.: printed for Wyoming Historical and Ge-
nealogical Society, 1897), p. 6, describes the Lower Palati-
nate :

as fair a land as all Europe can show. The burghers of
its cities were wealthy merchants. Its fertile fields
and vine-clad hills brought competence and comfort to
its people, and sent abundance of corn and wine to
other countries of Europe. Religion and knowledge were
so well diffused that there was no other people of
their day to whom in these respects the Palatines stood
second.

About 1618 the Thirty Years War began, and the people
of the Lower Palatinate were victims of:

unspeakable horrors from fire and sword, as well as
from pillage and plunder. After only twenty years of
peace, war broke out again in 1668 and the French,

COAN GENEALOGY

under Louis XIV, invaded the Palatinate seeking to ut-
terly destroy the hated Protestants and to make their
land a desert. (William Solyman Coons, Koon and Coons
Families of Eastern New York [Rutland, Vt . : The Tuttle
Publishing Company, Inc., 1937], p. xxi).

Louis' army consisted of:

50,000 men with orders to its commander to ravage the
province with fire and sword.... The invasion took
place in winter. The French went through the length
and breadth of the country destroying cities, burning
villages, stripping the people of their possessions,
compelling them to pull down their walls, to stand by
and see their wealth perish in the flames, killing such
as endeavored to save anything from the ruins, and then
driving them into the fields to there perish with hun-
ger or cold.

In the following Spring the peasants were forced
to plow under their crops. The whole land was filled
with mourning. Many thousands were killed. Many were
starved or frozen to death. In one day the Elector,
standing on the walls of Manhein, counted twenty-three
villages in flames. The ferocity of the war and the
sufferings of the people can not adequately be des-
cribed. (Cobb, The Palatine, p. 7).

In 1689, eight years before Peter's birth, the city of
Worms was burned. In 1704 Joshua Kocherthal , a Lutheran
minister, visited England in behalf of the Palatines to seek
their removal to other countries. In 1705 England, Holland,
Sweden, and Prussia intervened and demanded the French cease
this terrible persecution. But the outbreak of the War of
the Spanish Succession came at about this time, and in 1707
Louis sent an army to the Palatinate to repeat as far as
possible the carnage of twenty years before. The Palatines
could bear no more, and thus began their exodus. In 1708
Kocherthal took fifty-three of his followers to London, and
Queen Anne gave permission for this small group to go to New
York. They reached their destination in January, 1709, and
settled near Newburg on the Hudson.

The severe winter of 1708-09 in the Palatinate des-
troyed the remaining orchards and vineyards; and the people
poured into England by the thousands.

The fact that most of them had come down the Rhine into
Holland and sailed from Rotterdam to England caused the
tradition among many of their descendants in America
that their ancestors came from Holland and were Dutch
(Coons, Koon and Coons Families, p. xxi).

Thus, we see why Fred Welby6 Coan and Jeffery Prescott9 Coan
believed their ancestors came from Holland. Some Coan an-

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH 7

cester heard it said that Peter and George sailed from Hol-
land to England, and then to America. He assumed that Peter
and George were, therefore, Dutch. Thus, the tradition that
the Coans were Dutch began.

It is claimed that about 30,000 of these unfortunate
people went to England, and, though the English did the
best they could for them, their sufferings in some of
their camps were horrible, and thousands of them died
there. Eventually most of them were sent to New York,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, the Carolinas, or other Ameri-
can Provinces, and to Ireland. (Coons, Koon and Coons
Families, p. xxii).

In 1709 Queen Anne arranged that about 3,000 of them
should be sent to New York with Kocherthal , who had returned
to take more of his people to the new world. Although names
of the ships in which they sailed are not recorded, indica-
tions are that "the Globe, Berkley, Castle, Bedford, Lyon
and Herbert were among the number" (The Palatines of New
York State [The Palatine Society, Inc., 1953], p. 24).

Kocherthal and his 3,000 Palatines left London in Janu-
ary, 1710.... They encountered fierce storms which scat-
tered their ships and they were tossed about on angry
seas for five or six months. With a deadly disease
raging among them, the horrors of the long voyage can
scarcely be imagined. The only doctor on one vessel
reported that he had to care for over 330 patients at
one time. They finally reached New York, the ships ar-
riving between June 12 and July 24, 1710. Four hundred
and seventy of their number had died on this voyage and
250 more died in quaranteen on Governor's Island. In
September, 1710, about 357 being left in New York City
and 55 orphans and other destitute children being bound
out, the rest began a movement up the Hudson River to
the five camps arranged by Governor Hunter. (Coons,
Koon and Coons Families, p. xxii).

That then was the story of Peter, George, and their
parents. They were among the "D.P.s" of the 1700s. These
"displaced people" soon prospered in America since they were
a hard working and highly respectable group. Most of them
had some education as well. Peter and George "made it," but
their parents did not. The reason that nothing was ever
known of their parents was probably that the boys, particu-
larly Peter, like many of the Jews of World War II who lived
through the concentration camps, didn't talk about their ex-
periences—couldn't talk about them — because what happened
was too painful to remember. George was young, maybe only
six years old, so he would not have remembered too much.
But Peter was older and would never forget the whole experi-
ence; but apparently he never talked of it to his children.

COAN GENEALOGY

And so, even the names of his parents were never known.

What about the legend in the family of Virginia Coan
Wiles — that the Coans came from Wales? Mrs. Wiles said that
it was her belief the Coans left Wales for England and then
probably fled from England because of religious persecution
and settled in Germany. To go along with Mrs. Wiles, Mrs.
Norman Allison Coan of Vancouver, Washington, (1982) wrote:
"Our branch of the family has always claimed Welsh ances-
try." Her husband was a descendant of Jacob2 through Jacob's
son Augustus. Ralph Gorman7 Coan, Sr., who lived in Lake
Oswego, Oregon, (1982) and was a descendant of Abraham2,
said:

Dad told us he understood that when the English...
finally conquered Ireland that our ancestor of that
time had to flee the country and went to the low coun-
tries finally serving the local princeling in the area
of Frankfort and Worms in what is now Germany. His
son, who was named Peter, became a sailor and was a
privateer sailing out of Louisburg in French Canada
when his ship was wrecked upon the Maine coast, near
the present site of Rockland, in 1645. It took him
about four years to get back into contact with white
men again, but he continued his seafaring life.

I always assumed that his recontact with civiliza-
tion was in New England, but if there is any substance
to the story, it could just as well have been back in
French Canada; and he could have returned to Germany
eventually to sire a grandson who was our Peter.

Originally, if any part of these traditions was cor-
rect, the Coans started in the British Isles. But of this
beginning there has been no proof. The only documented evi-
dence was that Peter and George arrived with the Palatine
immigration of 1710. Where their forebears came from was
anybody's guess. Were they English, German, Welsh, or
Irish? Someday some Coan may find a documented answer.

Walter Knittle in his Early Eighteenth Century Pala-
tine Emigration (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company,
1965), p. 251, listed the Palatines who sailed from Rotter-
dam to England in the spring and summer of 1709. The family
that impressed me as possibly being that of Peter and George
was recorded on the "Second Sailing, May 23, 1709":

"Koen Koenraet & vroux

Hans Veldekoen, Hans Deterkoen,

Hans Jurgekeon, & 1 ch." (Note two spellings of
"koen." )

The problem with this family was that there was one boy
too many— Hans Deterkoen (probably Dietrick). He, however,

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH

might have died between May, 1709, and January, 1710, when
the family sailed for America. Hans Jurgekeon was George;
the "1 ch." was Abraham and Hans Veldekoen would have been
Peter. I was also impressed with the similarity between
Hans Veldekoen and Hans ffellacoons of the New York State
list of apprentices 1710-1714. Anyone recording Hans Velde-
koen from sound might have written Hans ffellacoons.

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record ( New
York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1909),
Vol 40, p. 96, listed the Palatines arriving on the "Second
Sailing" to England May 27, 1709. On this list was:

"Kuehn, Conrad, age 40, wife, sons 14, 11, 8, 2, Ref., a
'husbandman and vinedresser.'"

The fourth boy was still mentioned. On this list the oldest
son's age compared to the age of Philip given by Rupp on the
male Palatine apprentice list in the appendix of his book,
and George was the same age as George on Rupp ' s list. Ref .
stood for Reformed Church.

In the lists of Palatines in New York in 1710 (Knittle,
p. 282-291) a Conrad Kuhn was found, but not the Conrad
Kuehn or Koenraet Kuhn with three or four children. Maybe
this Conrad Kuehn family never sailed, and so couldn't be
that of Peter and George; but if they did sail, the reason
for their not being on the New York list would be, of
course, that neither parent ever arrived; they died en
route. Usually names were repeated in families; and thus
there should have been a Conrad or two among the early
Coans. There weren't. There were no Philips either. Conrad
could have been the father's legal name just as Philip evi-
dentally was Peter's.

William Solyman Coons in his book on the Koon and Coons
families, page 29, from which I have already quoted several
times, gave two possibilities for the father of Philip and
George. The first was Johannes Coens or Cuntz , widower, who
married Maria Catharina Vogelezang (Hupman) and had a son
Ludwig by her. Coons wrote:

Johannes was probably the same as Johannes Kuatz
(or Kuntz?), a. 40 yrs. and without family whose name
appeared on the list of Palatines remaining at N.Y.
during the winter of 1710-11. Whether he was a bro. of
Matthias Kuntz from Bischmisheim. . . and the father of
the 2 boys, Hans Philip Coons, a. 15, and Hans Jerick
Coons, a. 8, cannot be clearly determined, though such
seems likely to have been the case. These boys were
bound out Sept. 22, 1710, and if this John was their
father and the widower who m. late in Jan., 1711, he
would be alone early in the winter as reported in this
list of Palatines at N.Y.

At all events this John who was m. in Jan., 1711,
was evidentally a German and a little later we find him

10 COAN GENEALOGY

living among German Palatines of 1710 at East or West
Camp, where the birth of a son occurred. He d. at some
time during 1713 to 1721 or 1722, and his widow and son
located in the Mohawk Valley.

Somehow I do not believe Johannes Coens was the father
of Peter and George. His name would have been recorded as
their father, and they would not have been listed as orphans
on the lists of Palatine apprentices 1710-1714. The second
suggestion Coons made on page 230 was that:

John Cunitz, a. 33, who was listed among the Palatines
at St. Catherine's, England, in May or June, 1709, with
wife and 2 boys then a. 15 and 5, could have been the
father of this H. Philip and H. Jerick. This John Cun-
itz was a Roman Catholic and his older son appears to
have been a yr. or 2 older than this H. Philip. Still
he could have become a Protestant, as a few of the
Catholic Palatines did, and could have died on the way,
though we think this very doubtful. We do not know
what became of this Hans Philip.

Well, we know what became of Hans Philip, and I'm sure
John Cunitz was not his father. The name Cunitz was not too
much like Coen, Coons, Koen, Kuhns--a strong reason to ques-
tion this theory. And, more important, Coons did not
mention that besides two sons, Cunitz also had a year-old
daughter. ("List of Germans From the Palatinate Who Came to
England in 1709," New York Genealogical and Biographical
Record [New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society, 1909], Vol. 40, p. 93). I feel Cunitz definitely
was not the father of Peter and George.

In an effort to find Peter's parents, I wrote Stadter-
waltung, Worms, Postfach 440, 6520 Worms, West Germany.
They checked for Coen, Cahn, Coons , Koen, Kuhns , etc. of the
late 1600s in Catholic and Protestant church records with no
luck. I also wrote Heimatstelle Pfalz, Benzinoring 6, 6750
Kaiserlautern, West Germany, to search the emigrants of the
early 1700s for Peter and his family and received no reply.
No response may mean no information. The following records
in the Genealogical Department Library, Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, were
searched by Horst Scharffs, an accredited genealogist and
specialist in German language records, whom I employed:

Worms, St. Johannis Church: birth 1683-1709; marriages

1695-1697
Worms, St. Lambert Church: birth 1685-1707; marriages

1686-1689 (marriage register 1690-1701 missing)
Worms, St. Paul's Church: 1700-1708 (registers start

with 1700)
Worms, St. Peter's Church: 1695-1712
Worms-Abenheim: 1684-1707

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He found no reference to Peter or George, nor to people who
might have been their parents. Mr. Scharffs said that these
were all Catholic records and written in Latin. The Mormon
Library had no copies of records of the Evangelical (Luther-
an) churches. Both Protestant and Catholic records were sup-
posedly checked when I wrote Stadterwaltung in Worms. How-
ever, if the library at Salt Lake City ever does have copies
of the Lutheran records, it might be worthwhile to have them
checked.

I quote again from Mrs. Norman Allison Coan:

We even went to the Kul ture-institute in Worms, Ger-
many, but no luck. The curator told us there were 27
places around the area where a birth could be register-
ed and called "born in Worms."

8
Richard Hogue Coan, son of Mrs. Norman Allison Coan,
in a letter to the compiler said:

While in Germany, Marilyn and I visited Worms to
do some searching. We visited the "Stadt Archive" and
Jewish and Protestant (not Catholic) cemeteries. In
the archives were records back to the 1400s which rec-
orded visits by travelling merchants and others as they
entered the gates of Worms. No Coan or anything simi-
lar in the late 1 600-early-1700 time frame. The rec-
ords at the Jewish cemetery were extensive also, going
well beyond the time frame of interest. Again, no Coan
or anything really close.

We were told by the Archivist that, in the vicin-
ity of Worms, there were several other similar reposi-
tories of early records. I did not pursue the matter
further — a fact I now regret deeply.

It certainly would be a satisfying coup to unravel
the mystery. I'd love to return to Germany one day and
be able to spend a month or so doing nothing else but
investigating.

Many people have tried to find the names of Peter and
George's parents without success. I am including all this
information to help some future Coan solve the puzzle.
Someday some Coan may do it. I hope so. In the meantime, I
believe that Peter and George's father could have been Con-
rad Kuehn, but I will continue to search for documented
proof .

PETER COAN

1
PETER COAN was born in Worms, Germany, in 1697, according
to tradition. He came to America in 1710 with his parents
and two brothers, George and Abraham. The parents did not

12 COAN GENEALOGY

survive the trip; so when the boys arrived in New York as
part of the Palatine emigration of 1710, they were alone and
destitute. Under Governor Hunter's plan for taking care of
the orphans and other destitute minors, Peter was bound out
to Caleb Heathcote of Scarsdale, New York, a wealthy and im-
portant gentleman of the state. George was bound to Samuel
Mulford of East Hampton, Long Island. No one knew what hap-
pened to Abraham. Peter moved to East Hampton probably af-
ter his apprenticeship was completed, although tradition
said that he and George were both cared for by Deacon Mul-
ford, who was Samuel's brother. At any rate, in the 1720s
Peter was in East Hampton where on December 8, 1726, he mar-
ried Hannah Davis. Hannah was baptized in East Hampton Oc-
tober 29, 1727; Peter, February 4, 1728. Their first four
children were born in East Hampton.

No records have been found that indicate who Hannah's
parents were. Some suggest she was a descendant of Fulk
(Faulk) Davis of Long Island. Those who think she might
have been descended from Fulk possibly have in mind his
great granddaughter, Hannah Davis. This Hannah was born
probably in the early 1700s, as was Hannah Davis Coan. How-
ever, she could not have been Jeter's wife Hannah, since in
the Long Island will of David Davis (Benjamin , Joseph ,
Fulk1) David instructed his son William to "maintain my fa-
ther Benjamin and my sister Hannah." Hannah Davis Coan was
living then (1760) with her husband Peter in North Guilford
and would have had no need of being "maintained." David's
sister Hannah was no doubt living on Long Island with their
father Banjamin. But Fulk had four other sons besides Jos-
eph— Samuel, Jonathan (who died before 1675), John, and Ben-
jamin. I have been unable to find any records on them, so
Hannah Davis Coan might have been a descendant of one of
them. The best discussion of Fulk Davis I found in Ances-
tors of James Wilson Yates and His Wife Nancy Davis Terry by
Josephine C. Frost (New York: Frederick Hitchcock, 1926),
p. 25 .

Two other possibilities for Hannah's parents were John
and Hannah (Latting) Davis, who were married before 1687; or
John Davis, who married Mary Banbury, widow of Edward Ban-
bury, at Oyster Bay, Long Island, September 28, 1687. Ac-
cording to Hannah (Davis) Coan * s gravestone, she was born in
1709 — twenty-two years after either of these Davis marri-
ages. So one of the pairs could have been her parents; but
so far, no records have been found to verify she was a
daughter of either pair.

I think that the John Davis whom Winifred Holman men-
tioned as being a witness, along with Peter Covan, to the
will of James Wheeler of East Hampton in 1726 might have
been Hannah's grandfather. According to Edward Doubleday
Harris' "Ancient Burial Grounds of Long Island" in the New
England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 54, p.
429, there was a gravestone for a John Davis who died in
East Hampton, aged 90, in 1766. Were he and the witness one

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH 13

and the same? Who these John Davises were I have been un-
able to discover. No wife was buried near the man in the
cemetery. She might have died before he came to East Hamp-
ton; or, of course, he might never have been married. In
that case, he couldn't have been Hannah's grandf ather--maybe
an uncle or great uncle. But I feel that somehow he might
have been connected to her and that he and John Davis, wit-
ness, might have been one and the same. This is a clue that
perhaps some later genealogist may be able to use in tracing
Hannah .

In 1737 Peter purchased from his brother George some
property with a small dwelling in the North Parish of Guil-
ford, Connecticut. George had been living in Guilford,
North Parish, since 1735 when he bought a home there. Peter
became a prosperous farmer and bought several more pieces of
property as is indicated by deeds on file in Guilford. He
and Hannah were communicants of the Congregational Church in
North Guilford. The inventory of Peter's estate follows.
It contains only his personal effects since Peter gave his
son John the land and house in Guilford, North Parish, Octo-
ber 7, 1771.

Hannah died in North Guilford March 30, 1776, in her
68th year; Peter died there October 31, 1779, aged 82. They
were both buried in the cemetery in North Guilford.

Children (2) COAN

i. Jacob, b. Jan. 24, 1728

ii. John, bpt . Jan. 4, 1730

iii. Abraham, bpt. Aug. 6, 1732

iv. Hannah, bpt. Apr. 20, 1735, East Hampton

v. Martha, b. Nov. 28, 1737

vi . Mabel

vii. Elisha, b. Nov. 29, 1739

viii. Lucretia

ix. Rebecca

x. Submit

xi. William, b. Feb. 24, 1747; d. June, 18, 1748

xii. Mary, b. July 13, 1750

Note : It has been suggested that Mabel, Lucretia, Submit,
and Rebecca were not Peter's children, but were confused
with John's children. I emphatically endorse this theory.
I have listed them as belonging to Peter since several repu-
table sources assign them to him; but I feel he definitely
did not have twelve, but rather eight children. There were
no records of any kind on any of these girls, and I find it
strange that Peter would carefully record his other children
but not the four of them.

Some authorities say Peter's children were recorded,
all twelve of them, in Peter's Bible. He definitely had a
Bible; it was listed in the inventory of his estate, but it
no longer exists. Catharine Coan Smith (Mrs. Frank L.

14 COAN GENEALOGY

Smith) was thought at one time to possess both the Bible and
Peter's will. Mrs. Smith died in 1982. Her daughter wrote
the compiler that neither the Bible nor the will were in
Mrs. Smith's possession; and, so far as she knew, never had
been. Peter's will was never probated. The Office of Pro-
bate in Guilford, Connecticut, had only the inventory of his
estate. So unless the Bible and/or the will are found, they
cannot be used as a record.

There were two records which were thought might pertain
to Peter's daughter Mabel. The first was from Hales Grave-
stones, Guilford, Connecticut: Mabel Coan, b. ca . 1738; d.
5/2/1787. That Mabel was Mabel Chittenden Coan, John Coan ' s
wife, who was born November 5, 1737, and died May 2, 1787.
The other Mabel--Mehitable Coan who married John Gilbert Ap-
ril 26, 1768 (Frederick W. Bailey, Early Connecticut Marri-
ages As Found in Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 [New
Haven: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896], Vol. 6, p. 122)
was Mahitable Cone, daughter of George and Mahitable (Em-
mons) Cone as found on page 15 of Some Account of the Cone
Family in America, compiled by William Whitney Cone, source
already mentioned in this chapter. So neither record per-
tains to Peter's daughter Mabel.

Therefore, I am convinced that these four girls — Mabel;
Submit, Lucretia, and Rebecca--were not daughters of Peter
and Hannah.

Reference: (Other than those already mentioned in text of
Chapter 1 )

"Records of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in
East Hampton, Long Island, from 1696-1746," New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York): New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1893-1902),
Vol. 24, p. 189; Vol. 25, p. 37; Vol. 29, pp. 166, 168,

170; Vol. 30, p. 42; Vol. 33, p. 155

ADDENDA TO THE SEARCH

In September, 1982, through an ad in the magazine, The
Genealogical Helper, I got in touch with Henry Z. JonesT
Jr., an authority on the Palatines of 1709-1710, especially
those who settled in Ireland and New York. He was a 1963
graduate of Stanford University and by profession an actor-
singer who co-starred in many TV productions, as well as
acted in many commercials. In his article, "Emigrants from
Laubenheim, Germany, to New York in 1709/10," Genealogical
Society Quarterly, June 1982, Vol. 70, No. 2, p. 97 he
stated:

For the past twenty-one years I have been gathering
documented data from original sources only on those

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH 15

"Palatines" who left their homes in Germany in the
great exodus of 1709. My first publication on the sub-
ject (The Palatine Families of Ireland, published 1965)
concerned those emigrants who settled near Limerick,
Ireland, in 1710. Since 1965 I have been collecting
17th- and 18th-century materials on those 1709ers who
settled in colonial New York, and posting this histori-
cal and genealogical information on family group sheets
(now approaching 17,000 sheets). I now am in the pro-
cess of writing a multi-volume, fully documented study
of all the 800+ Palatine families who arrived in New
York in 1710.

I asked Mr. Jones two questions:

1 . Do you know the names of the parents of the two Coan
(Kuhn) boys who were apprenticed in 1710?

2. Have you ever found a listing of those Palatines who
left England in January, 1710, for New York?

In Mr. Jones' first letter, he answered my second ques-

tion

I have had a researcher in London and Rotterdam on
retainer for years, going through the various archives
page by page, year by year, looking for those missing
passenger lists. We have found some (Unpublished)
dated 1710, but these are those who went back to Ger-
many from England. However, these lists you seek may
never have existed as you hoped: the Palatines were
rarely listed by name, but rather by "numbers", as they
were thought of as "cargo." This dehumanizing trend is
terrible by our 20th-century standards, but common for
the 18th century!

Regarding his knowledge of the parents of the two Coan
boy immigrants, Mr. Jones wrote:

I am at present typing my mss. from my 17,000
sheets. If you wish the short article (one page or a
bit less) on this family, giving the names of the fa-
ther of the boys you mentioned, his appearance on Hol-
land sailing lists, etc., from my mss. my fee for a
xerox of same would be $12.50.

I'd love to send this on gratis, but with my Ger-
man expenses alone at $90,000 on this hobby, I need
some support from fellow-descendants of the 1709ers.
...Your family has not yet been documented in Germany.

Needless to say, my check was in the next mail. I re-
ceived promptly the following:

CONRAD KUHN now his son VALENTIN (Hunter Lists #413)
Koenraet Koen, his wife (sons) Hans Veldekoen,

16 COAN GENEALOGY

Hans Deterkoen, Hans Jurgekoen, and one (other) child
were in Holland in the 2nd party of 1709 (Rotterdam
Lists). Conrad Kuhn aged 40, his wife, sons aged 14,
11, 8, and 2, Ref., husbandman and vinedresser, were in
the 2nd arrivals in England in 1709 (London Lists).

Conrad Kuhn made his first appearance on the Hun-
ter Lists 4 Aug 1710 with 2 over 10 yrs. and 1 under
10. Although the heading in the Ledger section notes
his son Valentin, the Journal entries mention only Con-
rad Kuhn: he had 2 over 10 on 25 March 1711, 1 over 10
yrs. on 25 March 1712, and 2 over 10 on 24 June 1712.
The ch. of Conrad Kuhn were:

1) Johann Veltin (Rotterdam Lists & Hunter Ledger),
the Hans Ffellacoons aged 15, orphan apprenticed
to one Caleb Heathcote of Scarsdale on 22 Sept
1710 (Apprenticeship Lists).

2) Johann Peter2 (HJ), probably the Hans Deterkoen at
Rotterdam in 1709 ( H J ) .

3) Johann Georg2 (Rotterdam Lists). Hans Jerick Coons
aged 6, an orphan was bound to Saml . Mulford at
East Hampton also on 22 Sept 1710 (Apprenticeship
Lists ) .

An article "The Coon (Coan) Family of Guilford,
Conn.", a letter from Virginia Coan Wiles, published in
Connecticut Ancestry (The Stamford Genealogical Socie-
ty), Vol. 17, No. 4, May 1975, notes that both Georg
and Peter Coan md . well, and raised large families and
d. in Connecticut: Peter md . Hannah Davis in East
Hampton, and George md . Jane Leek of East Hampton, L.I.

As you can see from my sketch of the family, the
father of the Peter2 and Georg2 Coans was Conrad Kuhn,
the emigrant 1709er. The Rotterdam Lists are emphatic
on this point, as you can see, in that they list the
names of three of his four children. You may have seen
this in Knittle, but missed the entry, as the secretar-
ies at Rotterdam were English and Dutch, and often
wrote down a German name phonetically (i.e. Johann Val-
entin Kuhn became "Hans Veldekoen" in Holland, and then
"Hans Ffellacoons" on the Apprenticeship Lists in N.Y.
("V" and "F" interchange in the German sounds of that
time). Then your Peter Coan was enrolled as "Hans De-
terkoen" in Rotterdam; in my experience, the German
Christian names "Dieter ( ich ) " and "Peter" often inter-
changed in the old records, due to their obvious sound-
alike quality.

I have studied all the arriving Kuhn-Cuntz fami-
lies in great depth for the past 13 years, and have
eliminated all other potential emigrants who might have
been parents of your two orphans, Georg and Peter. The
case is extremely strong that Conrad1 Kuhn was indeed
the father of the boys (note how his death is implied
in the Hunter Lists, where the listing for the family
is transferred to the eldest boy listed at Rotterdam)

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH 17

(and these Rotterdam Lists were in order of age), name-
ly his son Johann Veltin . The only slight problem is
that the age of Johann George on the apprenticeship
lists does not agree with the age of a child at London
(although Johann Veltin's does): very often, in my ex-
perience, ages on Palatine mss . were "right on the mon-
ey"; othertimes, off as much as 30 (!!!) years. It's
so frustrating sometimes.

I was delighted that Mr. Jones and I agreed on the fa-
ther of Peter and George. However, I questioned the exist-
ence of an older brother Valentin since I felt Veldekoen,
Ff el lacoons was Philip Peter and that if there were an older
brother, he would have been mentioned in our family tradi-
tion. To me what appeared in the Hunter Lists (lists com-
piled for Governor Hunter of New York on the Palatine group
in his state) did not refer to our Coan family, but rather
to another Conrad Kuhn and his son Valentin. William S.
Coons in his Koon-Coons Families of Eastern New York, p.
388, said that Valentin, son of Conrad Kuhns, married Anna
Catharine Wies shortly before or after coming to America and
had a daughter Johanna Elisabetha Margretta Kuhn, born No-
vember 1, 1711. Coons also said (p. 289) he thought there
were two Conrad Kuhns: one, the son of Samuel, Jr.; and the
other, his brother who had a son Valentin. I think there
were three Conrad Kuhns--those two and one more who was
never listed in America because he and his wife died at sea,
and this third Conrad was the father of Peter and George.
All this data I wrote to Mr. Jones, not because I did not
value his experienced opinion, but because I did have access
to family tradition — Peter born in Worms, Germany in 1697;
parents died en route to America; and three boys left: Pe-
ter, George, and Abraham, the latter lost after arrival—in-
formation which he probably did not have. I mentioned too
that on Rupp ' s listing of apprentices as well as in Coons'
references to the Coons boys in his book, the two were
Philip and George. I also explained my theory that Philip
was Philip Peter. Mr. Jones wrote an excellent reply to my
suggestions and questions, but remained firm in his opinion.
His letter in its entirety follows:

11 October 1982

Ruth Coan Fulton

II Loraine Street
Portland, Maine 04103

Dear Mrs. Fulton:

Thank you for your letter of 27 September.

I really appreciate the material and thoughts ex-
pressed in your letter. If only all descendants were

COAN GENEALOGY

as concerned as you are at getting at the truth in a
muddled family structure! Your points are interesting,
and I want to reply to them:

1 ) I have never seen the German Christian name Jo-
hann Valentin transposed to a variant of Johann
Peter; I have only seen Johann Dieter(ich)
transposed to a variant of Peter in my experi-
ence with the 800 families. Thus, if this did
happen in your family, it would certainly be a
first.

2 ) As to family traditions: I'm trying hard to
think in all the 800 families of where a family
tradition was 100% true — and I really can't.
They usually have the germ of truth in them,
but usually are so "fouled up" over the years
that they invert generations, change names,
transpose lines, etc., making them difficult to
accept as Gospel. Therefore, I utilize them in
my project as "guides" but not "absolute
truths. "

3) The Hunter Lists were full of errors when com-
pared to actual baptisms, etc. they supposedly
reflected in their numbers. Remember that the
secretaries were paid out of the money doled
out to the 1709ers, so they appear to have
pocketed as much as they could before the Pala-
tines ever saw the funds! In addition, in my
experience in nearly every instance when a sur-
name was represented by several Palatine fami-
lies (i.e. the many Schmidt, Muller, Schneider,
Kuhn-Cuntz families), the Hunter secretaries
mixed up the families. This is easily seen by
studying the originals in the Journal section,
when members of Valentin Kuhns ' family, for ex-
ample, are moved around in juxtaposition to
names from the Samuel Kuhn family, the Philip
Launhardt family (his wife was a Kuhn), etc.—
all of which show the secretaries were confused
with just whom they were recording. This hap-
pens again and again on the Schmidt and Muller
families! The "Ledger" section was taken from
the "Journal", and — out of nowhere — with no
basis in the writings in the Journal, the Led-
ger adds that entry reading "Valentin Kuhn--the
son of Conrad Kuhn" to a family which the jux-
taposition of names (i.e. Bellinger, Bender,
etc. --all of whom originated in the home of
Samuel Kuhn at Langenselbold, Germany) show
firmly that this particular Valentin Kuhn was a
son of Samuel ! ! Remember that the Hunter sec-
retaries did not know the 1709ers as a whole
group, especially in 1710 when they first ar-
rived, and the errors in the Hunter Lists re-

PETER AND GEORGE, IMMIGRANTS: THE SEARCH 19

fleet this. This is hard for someone (like you
and I ) who are steeped in using documentation
to accept, but it was true: that sometimes a
source contemporary with the event was dead
wrong. I think of Pastor Kocherthal's church-
books themselves in this regard: in several
instances, he gives a specific ancestral vil-
lage or town for a certain emigrant, and in
several cases, he was wrong as to locale and
spelling of the town, even though he was writ-
ing about the emigrant who probably was stand-
ing right in front of him. This has been proved
many times in my German searches. But Kocher-
thal also didn't "know" his entire flock that
well, and also had to deal with some pretty
terrible German dialects when writing down en-
tries in a churchbook.

4) BEWARE OF RUPP ! ! He is a whiz at Pennsylvania
which was his area of expertise, but was dead
wrong quite a few times in his coverage of N.Y.
data and families. For one thing, he attribut-
ed N.Y. origin for certain Pa. families who
never have been documented in N.Y., and also
mis-copied N.Y. lists in the case of other fam-
ilies besides your Kuhn group. I use him with
respect but caution.

5) The Hunter Lists sometimes do not reflect ap-
prentices one way or another! Also sometimes,
the head of a family on the Hunter Lists con-
tinued to be named the head, even though he may
have died shortly after his arrival. (This is
true in quite a few cases).

I do agree with you that no one should ever be
"locked in" to one train of thought. And just because I
eat, breathe, and dream Palatines doesn't mean that I
am always right: God help me if I ever get in that po-
sition in my own mind! So I am open to your suggestions
and thoughts. I just wanted you to know how "the big
picture", studying all the other 846 families for these
13 years, and also being familiar with just how reli-
able the various Palatine mss . are in their original
states (they all seem to have quirks, really!!) have
made me arrive at my conclusions on your Coan family.

I am alerting my researcher Carla Mittelstaedt-
Kubaseck overseas of the high priority of finding your
Conrad Kuhn and his sons (hopefully in a village near
Worms), and will advise you the moment something turns
up. Let's hope the registers are still extant!

Cordially,

/s/ Hank Jones
P.S. William S. Coon's book unfortunately didn't have
access to German material on Samuel1 Kuhn.

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All data presently available has been presented. I be-
lieve there might have been a fourth brother, Hans Valentin
or Hans Philip. In favor of there being this fourth brother
are two points:

a. Hans Veldekoen was listed on the London lists in
1709 as 14 years old, too old for our Peter who was
born in 1697. If Peter were Hans Deterkoen, his
age in 1709 could have been 11, just as was record-
ed on the London lists.

b. There was no mention of Hans Deterkoen on any ap-
prentice list. Apparently, his name was omitted;
so he could have been apprenticed not to Heathcote
but to Mulford as our tradition said.

One strong point against Mr. Jones' reasoning in my
mind is that no fourth brother was mentioned in our family
tradition. The youngest brother, Abraham, was mentioned
even though no one knew what happened to him. If there was
a fourth brother Valentin, he probably died during his ap-
prenticeship since there was no further record of him. But
if Abraham were mentioned, why wasn't Valentin? Finally, I
question that the Conrad Kuhn of the Hunter Lists was the
father of Peter and George.

I am delighted that Mr. Jones is trying to find infor-
mation on Conrad Kuhns in a village near Worms. I feel if
the information is there to be found, his researcher will
find it. In the meantime, however, it is important that we
all keep on searching!

Note: Mr. Jones' address is: P. 0. Box 8341

Universal City, CA 91608

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PART TWO
PETER COAN'S DESCENDANTS

Names of the several Persons who sent their Children to Azariah Egleston",
School, kept by Amasa G!e/en— viz., from the 2.V1 day of April to the 17". day ol
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David Bosworth 127

Nathan Rosseter 214

Thomas Rockwell 74

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Moses Way 137

John Willard 65

Simon Dow 43

Jacob Rash 74

Daniel Meeker 9

Stephen Cruttenden 162

Oliver Root 159

Joseph Denham ?2

Jon* Hinsdale 64

John Stoughton 60

Gustavus Stoughton 113

Dayton Fuller 27

Charles Mattoon 57

Joseph Barker 46

Eldad Lewis 22

Jacob Coan 52

Oliver Wheten 7

Abner Bangs 26

Caleb Hyde 35

Gam1 B. Whiting 7

Seth Hibbard 1

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Egleston, Esq., imployed i pd me for Teaching said School & found a house for
sd School & was at the whole expen-e of it & I further certify, that the above
n° of Days as set ag^ each person is the n° of Days they sent to sd. School

Lenox July iS* 1792 Amasa Glezev

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School bill for the School taught by Mr.
Amasa Glezen from the 2 3 r} Day of April to
the i7'.h Day of July 1792 both Days included
Sd. School having been a private one set up &
supported by A. Egleston, Esq.

This one of a number of such accounts.

Jacob Coan listed among parents on Major Egleston's school bill, 1792.
Courtesy New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 23.

CHAPTER 2

COANS ON THE MOVE

2 2

JACOB COAN AND DESCENDANTS; MARTHA COAN

Principal Sources used in this chapter:

Winifred Lovering Holman, Coan Lineage and Coan Adden-
da , typed, bound manuscripts in the New England Historic
Genealogical Society Library, Boston, Massachusetts; the
former was compiled for Mrs. Folwell Welles Coan in 1957-
1960, the latter was compiled for Miss Martha Jeanne Coan
and Mr. Theodore H. Smith in 1961.

Virginia Catherine Coan Wiles, History of the Coan Fam-
ily of America, 1963 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical
Department Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints, Microfilm No. 525,726); History of the Coan Family
of America, Vol. II, 1979 (Collection of Roger A. and Marga-
ret S. Ruth, 390 Rock Beach Road, Rochester, NY 14617).
Also both volumes are in the D.A.R. Library, Washington,
D.C., and the Western Reserve Historical Society Library,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Theodore H. Smith, Winter Park Towers, 1111 South Lake-
mont Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32792

Other References: Given in the text and after biographies
where they have been used.

2 1

JACOB COAN (Peter ) was born January 24, 1728, in East

Hampton, Long Island, New York, the son of Peter1 and Hannah
(Davis) Coan. He was baptized February 4, 1728, in the first
church in East Hampton by the second minister of that
church, Nathaniel Huntting. Peter was baptized the same day
as his son. There is no official record of the date of Ja-
cob's birth except for a copy of a page from Jacob's Bible
where he recorded the births of his children, his wife's
date of birth, and his own. This copy was found among some
old papers by Claudius Collins Coan, Jacob's grandson.
Claudius sent it to his daughter Phoebe who was interested
in genealogy and wrote an account of the Coan family. On
the copy was written: "I send you grandfather's family rec-
ord as it was recorded in his own hand in the Holy Bible."
About 1737 Peter Coan moved his family to North Guil-
ford, Connecticut, where he purchased a farm. It was here
that Jacob grew up. In August, 1757, he participated in the

2 1

2 2 COAN GENEALOGY

expedition at Fort William Henry in the Old French War. He
is listed on "a muster Role of Men Detacht out of ye 7th
ridgment and put under ye Command of Nathil Johnson Capt of
ye 2nd Company in the present Expedition at fort Wm Henry"
(Bernard Christian Steiner, A History of the Plantation of
Menunkatuck and of the Original Town of Guilford, Connecti-
cut [Baltimore: by the author, 1897], p. 423).

Jacob responded to the "Alarm for Relief of fort Willm
Henery and Parts adjacent" and served 15 days. There were
80 men in Captain Johnson's Company, 61 of whom "rode horses
from Guilford." In all probability he was one of the 61.
(Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol. IX,
p. 212).

On May 5, 1754, Jacob married Luranda Collins, born
December 25, 1733, daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth (Hall)
Collins. Luranda was a lineal descendant of Governor Wil-
lian Leete of the Connecticut Colony; her great grandfather,
John Leete, the son of Governor Leete, was the first free
white child born in Guilford, Connecticut. Luranda, through
Governor Leete, was a direct descendant of Charlemagne and
King John of England.

Jacob, like many people of that time, wanted to get
away from the "crowded" coastal areas. He moved northwest
to Massachusetts to the Lenox-Stockbridge area. He and Lur-
anda were members of the Congregational Church in Lenox.
His cattle brand was a swallow tail on left ear and half
penny on both sides of right ear. Although Jacob enjoyed
living in an undeveloped area, he was still concerned about
the education of his family. In 1792 he enrolled one of his
children, probably Augustus, in a private school in Lenox
and was prompt in his payments, as indicated by an account
sheet kept by the teacher (see copy of listing of parents
with children in Azariah Egleston's school as found in Thom-
as Egleston's article, "Major Azariah Egleston of the Revo-
lutionary Army," New York Genealogical and Biographical
Record [New York: published by the Society, July, 189 2] ,
Vol. 23, p. 120). Jacob's slow trek west continued into
eastern New York. Here he died February 7, 1813, aged 85
(86, according to his gravestone). Luranda died October 14,
1814. They were both buried in Vail Mills Cemetery, near
Mayfield, New York. This small cemetery was located in the
center of Vail Mills. In 1982 when the graveyard was vis-
ited by the compiler, it was back from the main street about
125 feet, behind a mobile home. It was visible from the
road, however; and Jacob's stone was at the southwest cor-
ner. His stone was intact, but leaning backwards; and the
inscription was still clear. Luranda ' s stone, next to Ja-
cob's, was broken in half with the top half stuck into the
ground. Her inscription was still quite legible; and her
date of death was October 14, not 15, as given in some rec-
ords. The year read 1811, but the spacing between the two
1 's in 1811 indicated the final 1 was probably a A (see pic-
ture of gravestones).

Graves of Jacob and Luranda Coan, Vail Mills, New York. Courtesy
Robert W. Fulton.

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COANS ON THE MOVE 2 3

Children (3) COAN

i. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1755

ii. William, b. Oct. 14, 1757

iii. Elisha, b. July 4, 1760

iv. Luranda, b. Dec. 7, 1762

v. Jacob, b. Apr. 24, 1765; d. Jan. 27, 1767

vi . Jacob, b. Oct. 18, 1767; died young

vii. Phoebe, b. Apr. 16, 1770

viii. Roxana, b. Nov. 28, 1772

ix. Augustus, b. Oct. 1, 1775

x. Hannah (Fanny), b. Feb. 18, 1781; m. Jese Allen

References: "Queries," Genealogical Department, Connecticut
Quarterly, Vol. 2, 1895, p. 399.

Alvan Talcott, Guilford, Connecticut Families
(copy of original manuscript in Town Clerk's Office,
Guilford, Connecticut).

3 2 1

ELIZABETH COAN (Jacob , Peter ) was born February 20, 1755,

the first child of Jacob and Luranda (Collins) Coan. She
married Nathan Hinckley. She married second Richard Ely,
who was born in 1752, son of Richard and Mary (Pearson) Ely
of Hector, New York, as his third wife. (Family tradition
has her marrying Major Ezra Smith of Burlington, Vermont.
[Wesley Burgess Coan's Genealogical Notes]. The compiler
has been unable to find any records to support this mar-
riage.) Richard died in 1840; Elizabeth, in 1845.

Children (4) HINCKLEY

i. Ann, b. 1797

Reference: Moses S. Beach and William Ely collectors; ed-
ited by George B. Vanderpeel , The Ely Ancestry (New
York: Cabinet Press, 1902), pp. 121, 228.

4
ANN HINCKLEY , daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Coan)

Hinckley, was born in 1797. In 1823 she married Hector Ely,

who was born in 1796, the son of Richard and Eustatia Bush-

nell (Lag) Ely. Hector died in 1865 and Ann in 1874.

Children (5) ELY

i. Franklin Pratt, b. 1823; m. Frances Louisa Ste-
vens: one son, Myron, b. 1858, m. Ida May Rey-
nolds; d. 1860

noias; a. i»t>u
ii. Andrew Jackson, b. 1825; d. 1829

2 4 COAN GENEALOGY

iii. Helen Ann, b. 1829; m. Nathaniel Madison Mat-
thews: one daughter, Adelaide, b. 1865

iv. Hector, b. 1834, m. Phebe Jane Clawson: child-
ren— Willisford, b. 1861; Clarence, b. 1868;
Anna Helen, b. 1875

Reference: Beach and Ely, The Ely Ancestry, pp. 228, 356.

WILLIAM 3 COAN (Jacob2, Peter1) was born in North Guilford,
Connecticut, October 14, 1757, son of Jacob and Luranda
(Collins) Coan. William had a long service in the Continen-
tal Army in the American Revolution. He enlisted from both
Stockbridge and Lenox, Massachusetts, and served continually
1777-1783. He served in Captain Ezra Whittelsey's Company,
Captain Stoddard's Company, and Captain Jeremiah Miller's
Company — all in Colonel Vose's Regiment. He was based at a
camp near Valley Forge, reported sick at Fishkill, then
served at Providence and Cumberland.

In 1780 he was a private in Captain Charles Dibble's
Company, Rossiter's 3rd Berkshire County Regiment. In 1781
he was with the same company and was described as "age, 23;
stature, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; occu-
pation, laborer; residence, Lenox." Between 1781 and 1782 he
served at West Point, Phillipsburg , Dobbs Ferry, Peekskill,
and New Hutts; in August of 1781 he was promoted to corpo-
ral. (For complete service record see Massachusetts Sol-
diers in the War of the Revolution, [Boston: Wright and
Potter Printing Co., 1897], Vol. 3, pp. 658, 659.)

William married Roxana Chadwick, sister of Asa and Cor-
nelius Chadwick, and in 1785 they lived in the village of
Northampton, Montgomery County (now Fulton County), New York
where their eldest son, Jacob, was born. By 1798 (and pro-
bably by 1790), they lived in the town of Mayfield, which is
immediately south of Northampton. On July 19, 1798, William
and Roxana sold to John Anderson thirty acres of land in lot
242 in the eastern division of Kingsborough, town of May-
field; on February 4, 1805, they acknowledged the deed be-
fore a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery
County, and the deed was recorded on October 29, 1808. In
the meantime, on February 28, 1798, William Coan (spelled
"Coon" in the deed record book) and his brother-in-law, Asa
Chadwick, both of Montgomery County, New York, had bought
600 acres of land in the township of Locke, Onandaga County,
New York (Cayuga County after 1799). On April 30, 1805, Asa
Chadwick of Locke sold 106 acres of land to William Coan of
Locke. Thus we see that William and Roxana had moved to
Cayuga County by April, 1805. Their fifth son, Collins was
born there in 1806. It is believed that Roxana died soon
afterwards, perhaps in childbirth, but no proof has been
found.

William Coan does not appear in Locke in the census of
1810, although his brother-in-law, Asa Chadwick, was there.

COANS ON THE MOVE 2 5

It is believed that he had taken four of his sons, Jacob,
William, Asa and Collins (Charles probably remained in
Johnstown with his uncle and aunt, Caleb and Phebe3 Coan
Johnson when his parents moved to Cayuga County) to Upper
Canada, where Jacob Coan ' s second child, Roxana, was born
on August 29, 1810. They probably all moved back to the
United States as the War of 1812 loomed up, because Jacob's
third child, William P. Coan, was born in Cambria. Niagara
County, New York, on November 24, 1812, and William enlist-
ed for service in the New York State militia at Bloomfield,
(near Victor, where his Uncle Elisha Coan and family liv-
ed), Ontario County, New York, on September 15, 1813. Asa4
Coan's daughter, Sabra A. (Coan) Cox, in a Bounty Land War-
rant claim, stated that her father had served in the same
company with William . but his name was not found on a com-
pany roll. William may have lived in Cambria with his son
Jacob — it is only about fifteen miles from where he spent
the last ten years of his life--but it was stated in Coan
Record by George R. Coan of New Haven, Connecticut, that
William went to Victor, New York; if that is so, this is the
most likely time.

By 1817 William had moved to Grand Island in the Niaga-
ra River between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. In September,
1821, he applied for a pension for his military service in
the American Revolution, stating that he had "resided for
the last four years on the unsold lands belonging to the
State of New York lying on Grand Island in the town of Nia-
gara and the County aforesaid." His family consisted of his
wife, aged fifty-eight and his wife's granddaughter, aged
eight years. He stated that he had property worth twenty-
seven dollars but that he owed a debt of fifty dollars; that
he was a farmer but was not able to perform much labor be-
cause of an injury he had received the previous spring while
logging. William gave a detailed list of his service, be-
ginning January 1, 1776, at Lenox, Massachusetts, and ending
in the autumn of 1783 at West Point, New York. He stated
that he had taken part in the battles of Princeton, Saratoga
and Monmouth. Although William stated that he was sixty-
eight years of age, he was actually only sixty-four, since
he was born in 1757. He was given credit for three years'
service and received a pension of eight dollars per month.

Grand Island was acquired by the State of New York in
the peace settlement of the War of 1812. It belonged to the
Seneca Indians and was purchased from them by New York in
1815. In 1824 it was made a part of the town of Buffalo and
was annexed to Erie County, which had been set off from Nia-
gara County in 1822. In 1824 the state arranged to have it
surveyed by S. D. Kellogg and James Tanner in the months of
October and November. At that time there were many "squat-
ters" on the island; the survey notes mention about twenty
"improvements" which were inhabited, including one in Lots
61 and 62 on the western shore which belonged to Mr. and
Mrs. Coan. Lot 61 also had an improvement by W. Johnson,
who may have been related to Mrs. Coan.

26 COAN GENEALOGY

On August 7, 1827, William made his will (a copy of
which is included herewith.) He probably died soon after-
wards and his will was probated in the town of Lewiston,
Niagara County, New York, on November 28, 1827. Most of his
property (which consisted principally of livestock, crops
and household goods) was left to his wife Salome, and some
to Susan Johnson (probably his wife's granddaughter) and to
his sons Jacob and Collins Coan. Since all he left to his
sons was livestock and crops, it would not have been practi-
cal to have left such to Asa , who lived in Adams County,
Ohio, or to William , who lived in Knox County, Indiana.
His son Charles had died June 7, 1822, in Johnstown, New
York. 3

William Coan has never been found in a census under
his correct name. He is thought to have been the William
Coone listed in the 1790 census in the town of Caughnawago,
Montgomery County, New York, with one male sixteen and up-
ward, two males under sixteen, and three females. He cer-
tainly had two sons under sixteen but he is not known to
have had any daughters. Perhaps two of his sisters or two
of Roxana's kin were living with him. The Montgomery County
census of 1800 had many pages on which names are now miss-
ing, and William's name may be one of them. He was not
found in Cayuga County in 1800. He was not found in the New
York census of 1810, and he is believed to have been in Can-
ada at that time. He did not appear in the census of 1820
because apparently Grand Island was not covered in it.

Children (4) COAN

i. Jacob, b. July 15, 1785

ii. Charles, b. 1789/1790

iii. William, b. April 25, 1791

iv. Asa, b. July 24, 1795

v. Collins, b. 1806

NOTE: As late as 1789 Montgomery County, New York, com-
prised the western sixty percent of the state. In
1790 it consisted of eleven "towns," of which four
later became counties of the same names. The town of
Caughnawaga included one third of the present Mont-
gomery County and all of Fulton and Hamilton coun-
ties; it included the present towns of Johnstown,
Mayfield, Broadalbin, and Northampton, which are of
interest to us. Thus in 1790, William may still have
lived in Northampton or may already have moved to
Mayfield. The deed showing his purchase of the land
in Lot 242 is not on record, so it is no help.

Reference: Theodore H. Smith wrote the entire arti-
cle on William for this genealogy.

COANS ON THE MOVE 2 7

WILLIAM COAN'S WILL

In the name of God amen

I William Coan of the undivided lands com-
monly called Grand Island in the State of New York
farmer, being verry sick and weak in body but
of sound mind and memory and .understanding
(blessed be God for the same) but considering the
uncertainty of this transitory life - do make
and publish this my last Will and Testament in
manner and form following . to wit Principally and
first of all I commend my immortal Soul into the
hands of God who gave it and my body to the Earth
to be buried in a decent and christian like man-

-ner at the discretion of my Executors herein after
named, and as to such Worldly Estate wherewith it
hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give
and dispose of the same in the following manner
to wit First it is my will and I do order that
all my just debts and funeral expenses be duly
paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be
after my decease

Item I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Salome
four cows of which she is to have her choice out of
my flock. She is also to have one pair of working cattle
to wit the old ones, together with my farming uten-

-sils, namely, one plow, one harrow three sythes and
their hingings. I also give unto my said wife the
whole of my wheat and likewise my corn and po-

-tatoes that are now in and upon the ground, and
she is likewise to have one hog. Item I give and be-

-queath unto my said wife the use and occupation
of the farm of which I am now in possession untill
the proprietors shall make arrangement in opposi-
tion to that privilege. Item. I give and bequeath unto
my said wife my beds and beding together with the
whole of my household furnature and kitchen uten-

-sils. I give and bequeath unto Susan Johnson one
cow which she may choose next after my said wife
has made her several choices. Item. I give and bequ-

-eath unto my son Colins one cow and one pair of
young oxen. Item I give and bequeath unto my son
Jacob two calves. Item I devise that my fodder
be so divided between my said wife and my son Colins
that the stock that I have left my said wife may
be decently wintered upon that part which is in the
barn and Colins to have the remainder. It is also
to be understood that in case of the death of my
said son Colins in an unmarried state and without
issue that I do order and direct that the legacy
or share of my son colins is to be added to the leg-

-acy of my son Jacob. And lastly I nominate
constitute and appoint my said wife Anthony Ribald

28 COAN GENEALOGY

and Richard Elsworth all of Grand Issland to
be the Executors of this my last will and testament
here by revoking all other wills legacies and bequests
by me heretofore made and declaring this and no

other to be my last Will and testament —

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this seventh day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
twenty seven. Signed sealed published pronou
-need and declared by the said testator as his last
Will and testament, in the presence of us who in
his presence and at his request have subscribed as
witnesses

his
Wie William X Coan L.S.
d mark

R- Elsworth
Nehemiah Mand
Nathan Porter

Niagara County Be it remembered. That

on the twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, personally ap-
-peared before me Willard Smith Esquire Surrogate of the
County of Niagara Nathan Porter who being duly sworn
did depose and say. That he the deponent saw William
Coan late of the county of Niagara, deceased Sign & Seal
the written instrument, then shown unto him of which the
foregoing is a true copy, purporting to be the last will
and Testament of the said William Coan deceased, bearing
date the seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty seven — That at the time
thereof the sid William Coan was of a sound disposing
mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of
him the deponent, and that he the deponent and Richard
Elsworth and Nehemiah Mand subscribed their names
as witnesses to the Said will in the presence of each other
and in the presence of the Testator

Willard Smith Surrogate

JACOB COAN (William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born July 15,
1785, at Northampton, Montgomery County (since 1838, Fulton
County), New York, about fifteen miles from Vail Mills. He
was the son of William and Roxana (Chadwick) Coan. On Au-
gust 15, 1807, at Locke, Cayuga County, New York, he married
Rhoda Wattles, who was born January 19, 1788, at Ballston,
Saratoga County, New York, daughter of William, Jr., and Eu-
nice (Parke) Wattles. Jacob drowned in Buffalo Creek, Buf-

COANS ON THE MOVE

falo, New York, November 19, 1834, aged 49. Rhoda died Oc-
tober 9, 1850, at Waukesha, Wisconsin. The many places Ja-
cob and Rhoda lived can be noted from the places in which
their twelve children were born.

Children (5)

COAN

l .
ii .

iii .

iv.

v.
vi .

vii .

viii
ix.
x.
xi .

xii .

Charles Wattles, b. Aug. 13, 1808

Roxanna, b. Aug. 29, 1810; d. Mar. 3, 1879, Ris-
ing
William P., b. Nov. 24, 1812, Cambria, Niagara

County, N.Y.; d. Jan. 19, 1813
Wesley, b. May 22, 1812 [prob. 1814], Locke,

N . Y . ; d . Apr . 21, 1815
Cyrus, b. Sept. 4, 1816
Fanny, b. Mar. 1819, Salina, Onondaga County,

N.Y. ; d. Sept. 23, 1821
James, b. Dec. 14, 1821, Salina, N.Y. ; d. Sept.

13, 1822
Jane, b. Aug. 12, 1823

Caroline, b. June 26, 1821 [prob. 1825-27]
Y.L.C., b. July 23, 1829, Syracuse, N.Y.
Franklin, b. May 26, 1834 [prob. 1831], Buffalo,

N.Y.
William I., b. July 9, 1833, Buffalo, N.Y.; d.

Aug. 7, 1906, Buffalo, N.Y.

Records From The Family Bible )of
Jacob and Rhoda (Wattles) Coan

Page 1 of 2

Jacob Coan

Rhoda Wattles

Charles W. Coan
Roxanna Coan

William P. Coan

Wesley Coan
Cyrus Coan

Born July 15,
ery County.

Died Nov. 19,

Creek, body
Born Jan. 19,

County.
Died Oct. 9, 1
Married Aug.

County, N.Y.
Born Aug. 13,
Born Aug. 29,
Died March 3 ,
Born Nov. 24,

County.
Died Jan. 19,
Born May 22, 1
Died Apr. 21,
Born Sept. 4,
Died Dec. 18,

Co. , Wise.

1785, Northampton, Montgom-

1834, Drowned in Buffalo
found June 16, 1835.

1788, Ballston, Saratoga

850, at Waukesha, Wise.

15, 1807, at Locks, Cayuga

1808, at Locke.

1810, at Upper Canada.

1879, at Rising.

1812, at Cambria, Niagara

1813.

812 [prob. 1814] at Locke.

1815.

1816, at Locke.

1896, at Bristol, Kenosha

30 COAN GENEALOGY

Fanny Coan Born March, 1819, at Salina, Onondago Co.

Died Sept. 23, 1821.

James Coan Born Dec. 14, 1821, at Salina.

Died Sept. 13, 1822.

Jane Coan Born Aug. 12, 1823, at Salina.

Caroline Coan Born June 26, 1821, [prob. 1825-27].

Y. L. C. Coan Born July 23, 1829 at Syracuse.

Franklin Coan Born May 26, 1834 [prob. 1831] in Buf-
falo, N.Y.

William I. Coan Born July 9, 1833, in Buffalo, N.Y.

Died [Aug. 7], 1906, in Buffalo, N.Y.

Records From The Family Bible of
Jacob and Rhoda (Wattles) Coan

Page 2 of 2

Marriages

Roxanna Coan and

Albert Orson Baker

Jane Coan and

married Sept. 18, 1831

John Burhans
Caroline Coan and
J. R. Denio
William I. Coan and
Mary Webster

married July 20, 1848

married July 20, 18 [48]

married

[Notes: Northampton is in what is now Fulton Co., N.Y.: in
1788, Saratoga Co. was part of Albany Co., N.Y.;
Charles (Wattles) Coan m. Cecelia Vaughn, March 9,
1848; Mary Webster was b. 1829; d. 1905.]

The above records were transcribed many years ago by

Miss Ethel Mason Coan, granddaughter of William I. Coan,

from the Family Bible of Jacob and Rhoda Coan, which has

since been destroyed. Information in brackets added by

T. H. Smith, 800 Edinburgh St., San Mateo, California. In

1983 T. H. Smith's address was 1111 South Lakemont Avenue,
Winter Park, FL 32792.

Note: Mr. Smith believes Y.L.C. , son of Jacob4, was probab-
ly misread. It should have been C.L.C. — Claudius
Lysias Collins. He would have been named for Luranda
Collins Coan's brother for whom Elisha , William ,

Charles Wattles Coan

Cecelia Vaughn Coan

Harriet Isobel Bullock, wife of
Henry Vaughn Coan

(left to right) Edward Milton Coan, Fanny Sweetser Coan,
Marie Lovena Schwind Coan, William Ford Coan

Edward and Marie Coan with Marjorie Isobel in the carriage

COANS ON THE MOVE 31

4 4

William , and Asa all named sons. No member of the Collins

family had the initials Y. L. C.

CHARLES WATTLES5 COAN AND DESCENDANTS

The following material on Charles Wattles5 Coan and his
descendants has been taken from the manuscript, History of
the Coan Family of America by Virginia Catherine8 Coan Wiles
with her permission. It is the history of her line of de-
scent. The information has been reorganized and rearranged
by the compiler to correspond with the format of this book,
but the facts were researched, recorded, and detailed by
Mrs. Wiles. She also contributed all the illustrations for
this section except for two whose donors have been noted.

CHARLES WATTLES COAN (Jacob4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was
born at Locke, Cayuga County, New York, August 13, 1808, the
son of Jacob and Rhoda (Wattles) Coan. In his teens he went
to sea on a whaler out of Nantucket. According to an Erie
County, New York, deed, dated April 11, 1836, he married
first Mary Ann . About 1846 he returned to the Buf-
falo area of New York State, and March 9, 1848, he married
second Cecelia Vaughn of Buffalo. (There was no record of
what happened to Mary Ann.) Cecelia was born in Thompson-
town, New York, August 27, 1815, the daughter of George and
Betsey (McKee) Vaughn of Thompsontown and East Hartford,
Connecticut. Charles was a saloon keeper in Buffalo. Cece-
lia was very religious, and brought their children up
strictly. The all-boy family was well educated for the times
and had the social graces. By the 1860s Charles had moved
his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he purchased another
saloon. He died in Cleveland in 1887; Cecelia died there
also.

Children (6) COAN

i. Charles S., b. Jan. 14, 1849
ii. Henry Vaughn, b. April 20, 1851
iii. Frederick, b. April 20, 1853
iv. Albert Alexander, b. Jan. 31, 1855
v. Amos, b. Oct. 28, 1856, Buffalo, N.Y.; d. Sept.
25, 1858, Buffalo

CHARLES S.6 COAN (Charles W.5 , Jacob4 , William3 , Jacob2 ,
Peter1) was born January 14, 1849, in Buffalo, New York, the
son of Charles Wattles and Cecelia (Vaughn) Coan. He mar-
ried and had two sons; worked as a printer and in a livery
stable; died in Cleveland, Ohio.

32 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (7) COAN

i . John
ii. Frank

HENRY VAUGHN6 COAN (Charles W. , Jacob , William3, Jacob2,
Peter1) was born in Buffalo, New York, April 20, 1851, the
son of Charles Wattles and Cecelia (Vaughn) Coan. Henry,
along with his brother Albert, was an accomplished soft-shoe
dancer. He also was very athletic and enjoyed baseball es-
pecially. In 1875 in Cleveland, Ohio, he married Harriet
Isobel Bullock. Her mother died when she was born in 1854,
and a wealthy aunt brought her up. This aunt did not like
Henry and would have nothing more to do with her niece when
she married him.

Henry operated a small bakery in Cleveland; and despite
her wealthy upbringing, Hattie did her share in the bakery
and was a good wife. She loved to entertain. When her
Grandfather Gould died, she inherited some money; but nei-
ther she nor Henry could hang on to money, and they went
through it.

Harriet was never well after her fourth son Frank was
born. On September 19, 1905, in Cleveland she died of con-
sumption and was buried in Lake View Cemetery. Frank was
then twelve years old.

After her death Henry took Frank and went to visit his
son William who was married and living in New York City.
Through William's wife Fanny, a pianist, Henry met Eudora
Parkhurst, a violinist, who was playing a summer engagement
in a New Jersey hotel with Fanny. Henry courted Eudora and
persuaded her to go with him to Isle of Pines south of Cuba
where he had invested in a citrus grove. They were married
in Havana on their arrival July 7, 1909, and lived on Isle
of Pines. Here they had three sons, the first two, twins.
Henry took up Christian Science; and when Sydney, one of the
twins, developed diphtheria, Henry would allow no medical
aid. Sydney died.

When World War I broke out, Henry took his family back
to the States. They settled in Royal Oak, Michigan, where
at age 67 Henry worked as a brick layer. He could outwork
all the younger men on the crew. At age 70 he was doing
handsprings on the shore of Lake Erie. He died at Royal Oak
April 17, 1950, aged 99. Eudora died at Royal Oak May 26,
1961.

Children (7) COAN

Children by Harriet

i. Harry, b. 1876, Cleveland, Ohio; d. 1878

ii. William Ford, b. Nov. 25, 1872

iii. Edward Milton, b. June 2, 1877

iv. Frank Perry, b. Nov. 18, 1893

COANS ON THE MOVE 3 3

Children by Eudora

v. Sydney V., b. Apr. 25, 1910, twin, Isle of Pines,

Cuba; d. Aug. 28, 1923, diphtheria
vi. Wallace S., b. Apr. 25, 1910, twin, Isle of

Pines, Cuba
vii. Melvin G., b. Jan. 18, 1914, Isle of Pines, Cuba;

d. July 20, 1931, Royal Oak, Michigan; broken

neck from a diving accident

WILLIAM FORD7 COAN (Henry V.6, Charles W.5, Jacob4, Wil-
liam , Jacob , Peter ) was born November 25, 1872, in Cleve-
land, Ohio, the son of Henry Vaughn and Harriet (Bullock)
Coan. He had a fine tenor voice; and with his brother Ed-
ward, who was a bass, plus a friend, he made up a trio which
sang at various functions. The trio won first prize in a
Welsh singing contest, quite an honor since the Welsh were
considered top singers in Cleveland. William and Edward
sang in the Baptist choir and belonged to several singing
societies .

William went to New York to pursue his singing career.
He married Fanny Sweetzer October 4, 1904, in Cobleskill,
New York. She was a talented pianist and organist.

After a long singing engagement in 1910, William came
home ill. His little daughter Fanny kissed him. He had
diphtheria which she contracted also. Both were in the hos-
pital, and Fanny, his wife, couldn't see them since she was
pregnant with her third child. Little Fanny died, and Wil-
liam lost his voice. He turned to auditing and worked in
New York Trust Company until he retired in 1941. He died
in New York City March 16, 1949; his wife died in 1961.

Children (8) COAN

i. Fanny Elizabeth, b. June 16, 1905, New York City;

d. Apr. 11, 1910
ii. Henry Everett, b. July 4, 1908
iii. Robert Ford, b. June 5, 1910

HENRY EVERETT8 COAN (William F.7, Henry V.6, Charles W.5,
Jacob4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born July 4, 1908, the
son of William Ford and Fanny (Sweetzer) Coan. November 22,
1936, he married Frances Chemworth who was born March 5,
1910. In 1963 he was Assistant Manager of Dry Docks Savings
Bank in Yonkers, New York, and his daughter Frances was
studying at Potsdam School of Music. She inherited her
grandfather William's singing voice.

Children (9) COAN

i. Frances E., b. 1942

ii. William E., b. Aug. 1945, Yonkers, N.Y.

34 COAN GENEALOGY

ROBERT FORD8 COAN (William F^7, Henry V. , Charles W. , Ja-
cob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born June 4, 1910, the
son of William Ford and Fanny (Sweetzer) Coan. He married
Barbara Geisz October 26, 1936. In 1963 he was associated
with Guarantee Insurance Company.

Children (9) COAN

i. Linda Ann, b. Apr., 1942

EDWARD MILTON COAN (Henry V. , Charles W. , Jacob , Wil-
liam , Jacob , Peter ) was born June 2, 1877, in Cleveland,
Ohio, the son of Henry Vaughn and Harriet (Bullock) Coan.
Edward never finished high school. He had to leave at the
end of his junior year to go to work in his father's bakery.
He was very much disappointed to have no more education. He
was a very talented pianist and accompanied the singing trio
he and his brother William had with a friend. At the age of
22 he was composing music. He also had real artistic abil-
ity. He did water colors and was excellent in portraits.
Along with William he sang in the Baptist church choir where
he met his wife.

April 21, 1904, he married Marie Lovena Schwind, who
was born in Cleveland September 27, 1876, daughter of
Charles Lincoln and Catherine ( Hopp ) von Schwind. (They'd
dropped the von by this time.) They had a large social
wedding in the Parmley Hotel ballroom in Painesville, Ohio.
It took three dressmakers three weeks to make the wedding
gown. It was later the bridal gown of Marie's second daugh-
ter Virginia Catherine. Marie wore the hourglass gown to a
ball shortly before the premature birth of their first child
Marjorie Isobel December 22, 1904, in East Cleveland, Ohio.
Edward was working then as an accountant at the New York
Central Railroad office in Cleveland.

August 11, 1906, before Marie had really recovered from
the birth of the first baby, Virginia Catherine was born.
Work was slow, and Edward's finances were at a low ebb, so
they had to move to another apartment. It was very incon-
venient—upstairs, no sink, no drain, and all water had to
be carried up and down. Here they stayed three years.

Henry, Edward's father, was doing so well at Isle of
Pines that Edward, Marie, and Marie's parents purchased land
there and had it planted with acres of pineapple, oranges,
and grapefruit. In 1909 when work was slow in Cleveland,
Edward and his family moved to Isle of Pines.

The boat from Havana to Isle of Pines had only a rope
rail, so the parents had to hold the two children. When
they landed, they were taken by mule team to the hotel, a
very poor accommodation. Ed's father met them and took them
to his house at Neuva Gerona . It was a large house, but had
flimsy construction. The groves were beautiful, but the
feel of the jungle was all around.

Virginia Catherine Coan and
Marjorie Isobel Coan

Edward Milton Coan and his son
Edward Rollin Coan, 1928.

Edward Milton Coan and Marie
L.S. Coan, 1904

■>• .

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' .": '.v.. '^-.- .^^ 'Af^-^zzTTs .FT7'.! «, i

Sketches by Virginia Catherine Coan Wiles, (top) Wedding
dress of Marie Von Schwind Coan in 1904 and her daughter
Virginia Coan Wiles in 1935. (bottom) "Arden," summer
home of Edward and Marie Coan in Mentor Headlands,
Ohio.

COANS ON THE MOVE 3 5

At Henry's they slept under net canopies after the beds
were searched for snakes. One morning Edward found a scor-
pion in his shoe. Marie decided she'd never live here; she
was homesick. However, after vowing to herself to return to
the States, she set about having a good time while she was
there. At a ball she and Edward attended they met Cleveland
people who discouraged them. These people said that the Is-
land schools were poor; that the land was not what it was
reputed to be; and that Edward and Marie should just have a
vacation and keep their things in storage in Mobile.

After three weeks they returned to New Orleans and vis-
ited an aunt of Marie's who urged them to stay. Marjorie
and Virginia contracted the measles and were cared for by a
colored nurse while Marie and Edward went sightseeing. Ed-
ward found a job at the post office, but a month later he
was offered his old job at the New York Central in Cleve-
land; so the family returned to East Cleveland. Edward and
Marie were soon in the social swing there. Marie joined the
Sewing Club; and they both joined the Mozart Choir, the
Fortnightly Music Club, and were charter members of the
Twenty-Forty Club. Marie sang contralto, and Edward had a
fine bass voice.

To help financially because the trip south had wiped
out their savings, Edward and Marie made chowchow (chili
sauce and piccalilli). It was bottled, labeled, and sold at
Chandler and Rudd Company. Also, Marie boarded teachers.
Edward enrolled at International Correspondence Schools and
studied every phase of auditing and related subjects. He
became an authority and lectured at meetings and conven-
tions .

In 1912 Helen Marie was born, and the New York Central
moved its offices to New York. Ed was asked to go, but he
didn't. He obtained independent jobs, but had to travel a
great deal . He and Marie decided to move to Mentor Head-
lands, Ohio, near Marie's parents where she owned a three-
acre lot. Here, overlooking the lake, Edward built an eight
room house. Next, Edward became a traveling auditor for
Cleveland Trust Company, and Marie began to take summer
boarders. They lived three years at the Headlands. Then
Edward was made assistant head of the auditing department of
Cleveland Trust Company and all its branches. In 1918 the
family returned to Cleveland, but still spent summers at
Mentor Headlands.

Edward died March 18, 1946, at Painesville, Ohio.
Marie died there August 18, 1954. They were both buried in
Mentor Cemetery, Mentor, Ohio

Children (8) COAN

i. Marjorie Isobel , b. Dec. 22, 1904

ii. Virginia Catherine, b. Aug. 11, 1906

iii. Helen Marie, b. Apr. 13, 1912

iv. Edward Rollin, b. May 7, 1921

36 COAN GENEALOGY

MARJORIE ISOBEL8 COAN (Edward M.7, Henry V.6, Charles W.5,
Jacob4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born December 22, 1904
in East Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Edward Milton and
Marie (Schwind) Coan. She inherited her father's musical
ability and her mother's voice. While the family lived at
Mentor Headlands, she and Virginia attended a one-room coun-
try school with fifteen pupils. She went on to graduate in
1925 from the College for Women (later called Flora Stone
Mather College), Western Reserve University. She received
her master's degree in psychiatric social work from the
school of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve Univer-
sity. Marjorie worked for the state welfare association in
Florida, was associated with the Cleveland Child Guidance
Clinic, and for a time was a social worker for Children's
Services in Cleveland.

November 28, 1934, she married her childhood sweetheart
Arthur Wetzel, born November 30, 1906, at Bellevue, Ohio,
the foster child of William and Eliza Wetzel of Mentor Head-
lands, Ohio. Marjorie and Arthur were married in Morgantown,
West Virginia, and settled in Vero Beach, Florida where they
bought several orange groves. After a year they returned to
Cleveland, and Arthur went to work for Lincoln Electric
where he stayed until 1945 when he bought a bulldozer and
went into business for himself. Although he never went be-
yond the eighth grade, since his foster parents did not be-
lieve in education, he educated himself and became a very
well-informed and financially successful business man.

After World War II Marjorie and Arthur bought the west
section of the Schwind farm at Mentor Headlands and built a
house there. When Arthur's foster mother died, they moved
into the Wetzel house to care for an aged aunt. They were
both very active in community affairs. Marjorie was for
many years Sunday School superintendent for the North Mentor
Church. They were sponsors and supervisors for the commun-
ity building for teens; and Arthur offered his services and
those of his machines to help build the church and community
center. He died suddenly of a heart attack August 18, 1960.

Marjorie operated nine rental cottages at Mentor Head-
lands. On May 24, 1964, the Mentor Headlands Community Asso-
ciation presented to her, and posthumously to Arthur, a pla-
que dedicating the new addition—the children's recreational
hall — to them for their work in organizing the center, for
their continual efforts over the years to keep it running,
and finally for their help with its building. She was gen-
eral manager and head of the Building Fund Committee, a mem-
ber of the Mentor School Board, the Mentor Marsh Committee,
and the National Mental Health Association. She died June
23, 1967, in Cleveland.

Children (9) WETZEL

i. Susan Jane, b. Feb. 10, 1939
ii. William Arthur, b. June 2, 1941

Marjorie Isobel Coan. Courtesy
Case Western Reserve University.

Virginia Catherine Coan. Courtesy
Case Western Reserve University.

Helen Marie Coan Mann

Marie Schwind Coan and
Edward Rollin Coan

Marjorie Coan Wetzel and Arthur Wetzel

Susan Wetzel Hay ward, Elaine Jost Wetzel,
James Thomas Wetzel, Robert Edward Wetzel

COANS ON THE MOVE 3 7

iii. James Thomas, a twin, b. June 2, 1944
iv. Robert Edward, a twin, b. June 2, 1944

SUSAN JANE WETZEL , the daughter of Arthur and Marjorie Iso-
bel (Coan) Wetzel, was born February 10, 1939, in Cleveland,
Ohio. Her aunt, Virginia (Coan) Wiles, said about her: "She
was small, lithe, and dark--resembled her mother in both
looks and character. She was very efficient, a good plan-
ner, and had the same drive and charm." She was graduated
from Ohio University and from Western Reserve University
School of Applied Social Science. She did case work in a
Cleveland children's agency. March 22, 1971, in Mentor,
Ohio, she married Clayton Lee Hayward.

Children (10) HAYWARD

i. Angela, b. Dec. 15, 1976

WILLIAM ARTHUR WETZEL , the son of Arthur and Marjorie Iso-
bel (Coan) Wetzel, was born June 2, 1941, in Cleveland, Ohio,
About him his aunt, Virginia (Coan) Wiles, said:

He was well-built, of medium height with dark coloring,
and had all the varied abilities of his father. He
played the organ, was an individualist with a keen wit
and alert mind... a wizard at machinery .. .and raced mot-
orcycles as a hobby. At racing Bill was a veteran win-
ner, having filled his room, the kitchen shelves, and
the TV room with his racing trophies .... In 1964 he won
the Jack Pine and Canadian National Motor Cycle troph-
ies .

He worked for a time at Morton Salt in charge of machinery
repair; in 1966 he started his own cycle shop in Mentor,
Ohio. March 9, 1968, he married Caroline Ashcraft in Paines-
ville, Ohio. In 1979 he was owner of Suzuki Sales.

JAMES THOMAS WETZEL , a twin son of Arthur and Marjorie Iso-
bel (Coan) Wetzel, was born June 2, 1944, in Cleveland,
Ohio. Of him his aunt, Virginia (Coan) Wiles, said:

Jim was tall, blond, and well-built, a determined indi-
vidual with a doggedness that kept him going through
thick and thin. He, too, was a cycle race enthusiast
and had his own collection of trophies .... In 1964 he
won the Ohio State Motorcycle Racing Trophy and his
name was placed in the Hall of Fame at Columbus. He re-
ceived his education at Ohio University and became a
teacher. September 3, 1966, he married Elaine Sandra
Jost in Kirtland, Ohio.

38 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (10) WETZEL

i. Eric Allyn, b. Mar. 5, 1977, Athens, Ohio
ii. Jody, b. , 1979

ROBERT EDWARD WETZEL , a twin son of Arthur and Marjone
Isobel (Coan) Wetzel, was born June 2, 1944, in Cleveland,
Ohio. His aunt, Virginia (Coan) Wiles said of him:

Bob, the other twin, was smaller, lithe, and dark like

his Coan ancestors. He was the thoughtful one, the

socially conscious, the fastidious one.... He liked

swimming, skiing, and bowling.

He received his education at Mount Union College, in Alli-
ance, Ohio. April 14, 1973, in Ashtabula, Ohio, he married
Sara Jane Jepson, daughter of Warren E. Jepson. Robert was
owner of Wetzel Carpet Sales in Ashtabula in 1982.

Children (10) WETZEL

i. Courtney Alison

8 7 6

VIRGINIA CATHERINE COAN (Edward M. , Henry V. , Charles
W.5, Jacob4, William3, Jacob2, Peter ) was born August 11,
1906, in East Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Edward Milton
and Marie (Schwind) Coan. She was a blue-eyed, blonde baby,
sensitive and dreamy in direct contrast to her dark-haired,
vivacious sister Marjorie. She inherited her father's ar-
tistic talent; and in high school, before she had any ad-
vanced training, at the Lake County Fair she won many prizes
for her paintings. She was graduated from Western Reserve
University; and one term while she was in college, she took
courses at the Cleveland School of Art. Later, while she
was teaching school, she studied at the same place under
Carl Guertner, a modern water color artist. She had gone
into teaching at her parents' insistence, but did not like
her job; so she changed to social work. She was employed by
a Cleveland family agency for awhile, and then went into
children's work.

On July 15, 1935, Virginia married Berlyn H. Wiles, who
was born November 13, 1909, in Irondale, Ohio, the son of
James R. and Nan (Stillwell) Wiles. They were married at
the home of her parents at Mentor Headlands. Dr. Frank H.
Ferris of the Fairmont Presbyterian Church, Shaker Heights,
officiated. Virginia was married in her mother Marie's
heirloom wedding gown of 1904. After their marriage she and
Berlyn worked for six months as house parents at the model
orphanage, Beechbrook. They worked with Bob and Mona Man-
ners (Manners Drive-in Restaurants) and with Dr. and Mrs.
Bliss Shaeffer of University Hospital. They then moved back

Susan Jane Wetzel Hayward

Clayton, Angela, and Ronnie
Hayward, stepson of Susan Wetzel
Hayward

Angela Hayward

William Arthur Wetzel and
Caroline Ashcraft Wetzel

James Thomas Wetzel

Elaine Jost Wetzel

Jody and Eric Allyn Wetzel

Courtney Wetzel, daugh-
ter of Robert Edward and
Sara Jane Jepson Wetzel

COANS ON THE MOVE 3 9

to Cleveland where Virginia was soon called to work again at
the Family Service Association. She worked there until her
son was born. Berlyn worked first as a drill press operator
and then as an assembly man at the North American Manufac-
turing Company.

In 1943 Berlyn and Virginia moved to the small town of
Minerva, Ohio, because of Berlyn' s health. They had lived
there once before when they were first married; and they
both preferred small town life. They were both active in
the Methodist Church and served for many years on the offi-
cial board. Virginia belonged to the Women's Society of the
church, acted as secretary, and for three years as presi-
dent. She also was a busy worker and officer in the Parent-
Teacher Association. It was there in Minerva that she and
Berlyn wrote the history of the Wiles family, Pennsylvania
Dutch pioneers who settled in Jefferson County, Ohio. Then
Virginia began the gigantic task of writing the Coan history
and profusely illustrating it with her interesting drawings.
She entitled her work The History of the Coan Family of Am-
erica and completed the manuscript in 1963. She updated it
later, so that it carried the facts of her immediate family
until 1966. It was put on microfilm and made available under
#525,726 at the Genealogical Department Library of the
Church of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City. The Presby-
terian Historical Society in Philadelphia controlled repro-
duction rights of the microfilm.

In 1979 Virginia completed Volume II of The History of
the Coan Family of America, updating her first manuscript
and adding new Coan data. She was a member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution; she was D.A.R. genealogist for
Carroll County, Ohio, from 1975 on and continued in that of-
fice in 1982.

Children (9) WILES

i. David Berlyn, b. May 4, 1939

9
DAVID BERLYN WILES , son of Berlyn H. and Virginia Catherine

(Coan) Wiles, was born May 4, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio.

When he was six years old he had rheumatic fever and spent a

long time in bed. However, he finally recovered completely.

After finishing high school in 1957, he joined the navy and

was a junior officer at boot camp at Great Lakes. Later he

was assigned to the Quartermaster Corps on the USS Forrest-

al , then the largest aircraft carrier in the world. He

cruised the Caribbean and the Mediterranean for three and a

half years and was discharaged after four years of service

September, 1961.

After serving in the navy, he worked in a factory for

awhile and then in construction. Deciding to continue his

education, he enrolled at Ohio University in Feburary, 1963.

After a year and a half in college, he could not decide on a

4 0 COAN GENEALOGY

major and went back into the navy for another two years. On
June 26, 1965, he married Anne Louise Melenbacher in the
Presbyterian Church in Rittman, Ohio. She was born in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, September 21, 1944, the daughter of
Karl and Virginia (Wallace) Melenbacher.

Children (10) WILES

i. Matthew James, b. Jan. 14, 1973, Springfield, Ohio;

d. Oct. 15, 1975, Springfield; buried Hammonds-

ville

ii. Daniel Elias, b. Mar. 29, 1975, Springfield, Ohio

8 7 6 5

HELEN MARIE COAN (Edward M. 1 Henry V. , Charles W. , Ja-
cob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born April 13, 1912, at
East Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Edward Milton and
Marie (Schwind) Coan. She had a special talent in music-
sang and played both the piano and organ. For two years she
attended Baldwin-Wallace College and then finished her edu-
cation at a business school. She, like her father, was very
good at figures, and became a teller, later a cost account-
ant at Cleveland Trust Company. In March, 1936, she married
Russell B. Mann, born June 22, 1915, a near neighbor and son
of the Cleveland lawyer, A. S. Mann. The wedding took place
in Middlefield, Ohio; and the young couple settled there on
the Mann farm which Russell had been given by his father.
Besides living in Middlefield, they also lived in Cleve-
land, New Orleans, and Painesville, Ohio. Helen and Russell
were separated and finally divorced. She became accounts
payable manager in a Painesville firm.

Children (9) MANN

i. James, b. Mar. 16, 1940

ii. Betty Lou, b. Dec. 27, 1942

iii. Dennis R., b. Oct. 19, 1944

iv. Joseph B., b. July 16, 1946

JAMES MANN9, the son of Russell B. and Helen Marie (Coan)
Mann, was born March i in Cleveland, Ohio. In June,
1963, he married Shirley Bowman of Painesville, Ohio. They
were divorced in 1965. He married second Ruth .

Children (10) MANN by Shirley

i. Timothy James, b. July 8, 1964, Painesville, Ohio

MANN by Ruth

ii. Michelle
iii . Samantha

(top left) Virginia
Catherine Coan Wiles,
(top right) Berlyn Wiles,
(center) David Berlyn
Wiles and Anne Louise
Melenbacher Wiles,
(bottom left) Matthew
James Wiles, (bottom
right) Daniel Elias Wiles.

Virginia Coan Wiles and her doll collection of her ancestors. Dolls:
Katherine Hopp Schwind; Editha Matilda, wife of Henry I of En-
gland; Katie Hopp, age 16; Marie Schwind Coan in wedding gown,
1904; Marie Schwind, age 12; Luranda Collins Coan, wife of Jacob;
King Henry Iof England; Anne Payne, wife of William Leete; Gover-
nor William Leete of the Connecticut Colony, 1650.

Virginia Coan Wiles, Marjorie Coan Wetzel, Helen Coan Mann

COANS ON THE MOVE 41

iv. Jimmy

v. Russell Berlyn, b. Apr. 14, 1970, Madison, Ohio

vi . Dianne

9
BETTY LOU MANN , the daughter of Russell B. and Helen Marie

(Coan) Mann, was born December 27, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Of her, her aunt, Virginia Catherine (Coan) Wiles, said:

Betty Lou was a blond, tall and thin, with fine fea-
tures and a graceful carriage. She was chosen the
Fairport Mardi Gras Queen during her last year at Har-
vey High School in Painesville, Ohio.... She married
February 12, 1963, William Joseph Zeleny at St. Mary's
Catholic Church in Painesville. He was born April 17,
1942. It was a lovely winter wedding, all in red and
white. The bride wore a floor-length gown of white
satin with a fingertip veil, and her attendants were
dressed in red velvet. Her cousin, Susan Jane Wetzel,
was the maid of honor. The couple settled at Madison...

Children (10) ZELENY

i. William Joseph, Jr., b. Oct. 5, 1964, Painesville,

Ohio
ii. Jeffrey Paul, b. Mar. 4, 1966, Painesville, Ohio
iii. Jennifer Marie, b. June 29, 1968, Painesville,

Ohio
iv. Michael Phillip, b. Sept. 17, 1971

9
DENNIS R. MANN , son of Russell B. and Helen Marie (Coan)

Mann, was born October 19, 1944, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

July 21, 1962, in Perry, Ohio, he married Phyllis Brown, who

was born August 7, 1944, in Haywood, West Virginia. She was

the daughter of Mrs. Ruby Brown of Perry, Ohio, and Haywood,

West Virginia.

Children (10) MANN

i. Donna Lynn, b. June 24, 1963

ii. Dennis Rollin, b. May 4, 1965, Painesville, Ohio

iii. Darla Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1967, Painesville, Ohio

iv.

g
JOSEPH B. MANN , son of Russell B. and Helen Marie (Coan)

Mann, was born July 16, 1946, in Painesville, Ohio. In 1965

he enlisted in the navy and served aboard the USS Henrico;

first, out of San Diego; then in Vietnam during the Vietnam

War. His ship landed troops and ran ammunition. In 1966 he

signed for a second tour of duty in Vietnam. On May 26,

1973, he married Mary Ann Brown, the daughter of William J.

Brown of Covington, Louisiana.

4 2 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (10) MANN

i. Mary Jo Ellen, b. Sept., 1973
ii. Joey
iii . Jason

8 7 6 5
EDWARD ROLLIN COAN (Edward M. , Henry V. , Charles W. ,
Jacob , William3, Jacob , Peter ) was born May 7, 1921, in
Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Case Institute of Techno-
logy for three and a half years, he was graduated as a die-
sel engineer. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta frater-
nity. In World War II he was a Lieutenant, J.G., in the
U. S. Naval Reserve and served on a mine sweeper. Here he
was known as "Dead-Eye Dick" for his prowess in shooting
sharks while the men were swimming.

On July 17, 1942, in the Fairmount Presbyterian Church
in Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio, he married Loretta Gray,
born October 25, 1922, the daughter of Eugene Hollister and
Thelma (Whittemore) Gray. After his discharge from the
navy, he was a diesel engineer and he became the owner of
Mid-Continent Construction Company of Cleveland and a com-
mercial construction firm. He was always interested in the
out-of-doors and bought an island in Georgian Bay, Canada,
which he named Coan Island.

Children (9) COAN

i. Barbara Jane, b. Oct. 22, 1945
ii. Patricia Jean, b. Feb. 3, 1948
iii. Marilyn, b. Aug. 23, 1952

9 8 7 6

BARBARA JANE COAN (Edward R. , Edward M. , Henry V. ,
Charles W. , Jacob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, October 22, 1945, the daughter of Edward
Rollin and Loretta (Gray) Coan. On August 17, 1968, in Pep-
per Pike, Ohio, she married Thomas Frederic McDonald, who
was born August 17, 1944.

Children (10) McDONALD

i. Gregory Edward, b. May 6, 1971, Manchester, Conn,
ii. Catherine Megan, b. Jan. 14, 1974, Manchester,

Conn .
iii. Gregory Thomas, b. Jan. 16, 1982, Hudson, Ohio

9 8 7 6
PATRICIA JEAN COAN (Edward R. , Edward M. , Henry V. ,

5 4 ~\ ")

Charles W. , Jacob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, February 3, 1948, the daughter of Edward
Rollin and Loretta (Gray) Coan. In 1973 in Chagrin Falls,
Ohio, she married Larry Minihan, who was born March 18,
1948.

(top left) James
Mann, (top
center) Ruth
Mann, (top right)
Michelle Mann,
(center left)
Samantha
Mann, (center
right) Jimmy
Mann, (bottom
left) Russell
Mann, (bottom
right) Dianne
Mann.

^"§ S-SP

COANS ON THE MOVE 43

Children (10) MINIHAN

i. Kristin Marie, b. Mar. 7, 1974, Hudson, Ohio
ii. Kelly Margaret, b. Jan. 24, 1977, Hudson, Ohio
iii. Kathleen Melissa, b. Nov. 15, 1979, Mentor, Ohio

FRANK PERRY COAN (Henry V. , Charles W.5, Jacob4, William3,
Jacob2, Peter1) was born November 18, 1893, in Cleveland,
Ohio, the son of Henry Vaughn and Harriet Isobel (Bullock)
Coan. In World War I Frank enlisted but never left this
country because of his skill in office work. He was very
much disappointed since he wanted to fight. After the war
he stayed in the army 20 years and then became an insurance
salesman. He was married three times and divorced three
times. He never had any children except by his third wife.

His wives were (1) Maude ; (2) Patricia ;

(3) Mary .

Children (8) COAN all born in Georgia

i. Frank Perry, Jr.
ii. Daughter
iii. Daughter

7 6 5 4 3

WALLACE S. COAN (Henry V. , Charles W. , Jacob , William ,

Jacob , Peter ) was born April 25, 1910, Isle of Pines,

Cuba, the son of Henry Vaughn and Eudora (Parkhurst) Coan.

September 23, 1933, in Pontiac, Michigan, he married Marie

Hazelham.

Children (8) COAN

i. Myron Melvin, b. May 28, 1935
ii. Connie Marie, b. Aug. 31, 1937

MYRON MELVIN COAN (Wallace S. , Henry V.6, Charles W.5, Ja-
cob , William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born May 28, 1935, in
Royal Oak, Michigan. October 23, 1955, in Royal Oak he mar-
ried Joan Hawk who was born February 4, 1935, in Royal Oak.

Children (9) COAN

i. Brenda Marie, b. Feb. 3, 1958, Detroit, Michigan
ii. Terrence John, b. June 10, 1964, Detroit, Michigan

Q -7 r: c

CONNIE MARIE COAN (Wallace S. , Henry V. , Charles W. , Ja-
cob , William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Pontiac, Michi-
gan, August 31, 1937, the daughter of Wallace S. and Marie
(Hazelham) Coan. June 8, 1957, she married Donald R. Krause.

4 4 COAN GENEALOGY

They were divorced in 1964. She married second Steven Ber-
nard Normand on May 27, 1966.

Children (9) NORMAND

i. Kristin Marie, a twin, b. May 26, 1967
ii. Kimberly Ann, a twin, b. Mary 26, 1967

FREDERICK COAN (Charles W. , Jacob , William , Jacob , Pe-
ter1 ) was born April 20, 1853, in Buffalo, New York, the son
of Charles Wattles and Cecelia (Vaughn) Coan. He was a
cabinet maker and glazier, and was manager of the Old Opera
House in Cleveland until his death. He married Anna Koerner
of Cleveland, Ohio. September 5, 1931, he died in Cleveland;
Anna died June 18, 1944. They were both buried in Lake View
Cemetery in Cleveland. They had no children.

6 5 4 3

ALBERT ALEXANDER COAN (Charles W. , Jacob , William , Ja-
cob , Peter ) was born January 31, 1855, in Buffalo, New
York, the son of Charles Wattles and Cecelia (Vaughn) Coan.
As a youth he was an accomplished soft-shoe dancer and was
well-educated for the times. As a young man he was head
usher at the Cleveland Opera House winters; summers he play-
ed baseball for a Cleveland club. He did fine furniture
finishing as a second job.

While he was at the Opera House, he had a habit of col-
lecting programs and autographs. His collection included
all the greats of the day and was given to the Cleveland
Public Library.

In February, 1880, he married Mary Anne Howard in
Cleveland. She was born February 10, 1858. Albert and Molly
were a very likeable couple and owned a parrot which was a
constant delight to the children in the family.

Albert died in Cleveland April 7, 1940; Molly died
there December 26, 1950.

Children

( 7 ) COAN

i .
ii .

Delbert

Luella Adelle, b. Nov. 1, 1882

7 6 5 4
DELBERT COAN (Albert A. , Charles W. , Jacob
Jacob , Peter ) was the son of Albert Alexander
Anne (Howard) Coan. He married Margaret

3
William ,
and Mary
They had

two adopted children.

Children (8) COAN

i. Jane (adopted) m. Burkheimer and died in

childbirth

*T* iV«

^^^jg:jt

\$tm -

(top left) Donna Lynn Mann,
daughter of Dennis R. and
Phyllis Brown Mann, and
Donna's daughter Yoga; (top
right) Darla Mann, daughter
of Dennis R. and Phyllis Brown
Mann; (bottom left) Joseph B.
Mann; (bottom right) Joey,
Mary Jo Ellen, and Jason Mann.

)

(top left) Edward Rollin Coan
(Ted), (top right) Loretta Gray
Coan and grandchildren
Katie and Kelly Minihan,
(center) Barbara Jane Coan
McDonald and Thomas
Frederick McDonald, (bot-
tom left) Gregory Edward
McDonald, (bottom right)
Catherine Megan McDonald.

COANS ON THE MOVE 4 5

ii. Robert (adopted) joined the Canadian Black Hussars
and died in World War II

7 6 5 4

LUELLA ADELLE COAN (Albert A. , Charles W. , Jacob , Wil-
liam , Jacob , Peter ) was born November 1, 1882, in Cleve-
land, Ohio, the daughter of Albert Alexander and Mary Anne
(Howard) Coan. She married William Huberty who was born Au-
gust 26, 1874. William died December 26, 1950, in Cleveland,
Ohio; and in 1951 Luella moved to Woodside, California

Children (8) HUBERTY

i. William, b. Aug. 1, 1907, Cleveland, Ohio; he was

a deaf-mute; d. 1916
ii. John Arthur, b. Aug. 14, 1918

JOHN ARTHUR HUBERTY , the son of William and Luella Adelle
(Coan) Huberty, was born August 14, 1918, in Cleveland,
Ohio. He married Helen of Woodside, California.

Children (9) HUBERTY

i. John William, b. 1952, Woodside, California
ii. Grant Kendall, b. 1953, Woodside, California

_ ___. ___. __. --_

CYRUS COAN (Jacob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born Sep-
tember 4, 1816, at Locke, Cayuga County, New York, the son

of Jacob and Rhoda (Wattles) Coan. He married Mary ,

born in 1838 in New York State. He died Decmeber 18, 1896,
at Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

Children (6) COAN

i. Mary J., b. 1858, Racine, Wisconsin
ii. Hannah, b. 1860, Racine, Wisconsin

5 4 3 2 1

JANE COAN (Jacob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born at
Salina, New York, August 12, 1823, the daughter of Jacob and
Rhoda (Wattles) Coan. She married April 4, 1840, John Henry
Burhans, who was born April 26, 1816, the son of Isaac and
Helen (Van Aernam) Burhans. John died November 13, 1855.

( 6 ) BURHANS

Charles Henry, b. Feb. 19, 1841; d. Apr. 20, 1841

Mary Jane, b. Jan. 13, 1844

John Henry, b. Apr. 29, 1846; d. Nov. 13, 1852

Caroline Rhoda, b. Dec. 20, 1849

Cyrus Wattles, b. Dec. 3, 1854

Chi

ldren

i .

n .

IV.

4 6 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Samuel J. Burhans, Jr., comp., Burhans Genealogy
(New York: printed for private distribution, 1894)
pp. 471, 496.

6
MARY JANE BURHANS , the daughter of John Henry and Jane
( Coan ) Burhans, was born January 13, 1844. On November 6,
1866, she married Albert H. Tracy, who was born April 17,
1839, the son of Kester and Hannah (Fanning) Tracy. They
resided at Buffalo, New York.

Children (7) TRACY

i. Albert H., b. Sept. 2, 1867

ii. M. Jennie, b. Jan. 31, 1869; d. Nov. 4, 1874

iii. Nina F., b. Feb. 2, 1872

iv. Carrie Edna, b. July 7, 1873

v. Effie May, b. Nov. 18, 1877

vi . Florence Ethel, b. Apr. 1, 1880

Reference: Burhans, Jr., Burhans Genealogy, pp. 496, 551.

CAROLINE RHODA BURHANS6, the daughter of John Henry and Jane
(Coan) Burhans, was born December 20, 1849. On February 25,
1869, she married John Bean, who was born March 3, 1837, the
son of Luke and Susan Jane (Kemp) Bean. Caroline and John
resided at Buffalo, New York.

Children (7) BEAN

i. Hattie L. , b. Jan. 27, 1870

Reference: Burhans, Jr., Burhans Genealogy, pp. 496, 551.

5 4 3 2 1

CAROLINE COAN (Jacob , William , Jacob , Peter ), also

known as Carrie, was born June 26, 1821, according to Ja-
cob's Bible record (1827-28, according to 1850 Federal Cen-
sus), the daughter of Jacob and Rhoda (Wattles) Coan. On
July 20, 1848, in Buffalo, she married John R. Denio, who
was born September 6, 1924, in New York State, the son of
Heman and Mary A. (Roberts) Denio. He was employed at the
United States Mint in San Francisco, California. He died
January 13, 1871. In 1889 Caroline was living on Glenwood
Avenue in Buffalo. They had no children.

Reference: Francis Brigham Denio and Herbert Williams Denio,
A Genealogy of Aaron Denio of Deerfield, Massachusetts
1704-1925 (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press,
1926), p. 101.

(top) Marilyn Coan, (center left) Kristin Marie
Minihan, Patricia Jean Coan Minihan with
Kelly Margaret Minihan, (center right) Larry
Minihan, (bottom) grandchildren of Edward R.
Coan, left to right, Greg McDonald, Kristin
Minihan with Katie Minihan, Cathy McDonald,
and Kelly Minihan.

Albert Alexander Coan, aged
80. Courtesy Cleveland Public
Library, Cleveland, Ohio.

s=5* k

Frederick Coan. Courtesy Cleve-
land Public Library, Cleveland,
Ohio.

Luella Adelle Coan

COANS ON THE MOVE 47

5
WILLIAM COAN AND DESCENDANTS

5 4 3 2 1

WILLIAM I. COAN (Jacob , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born

July 9, 1833, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Jacob and

Rhoda (Wattles) Coan. He married Mary Webster in Buffalo,

New York. Mary was born in 1829 and died in 1905. William

died August 7, 1906.

Children (6) COAN

i. Herbert G. , b. July 14, 1859

HERBERT G.6 COAN (William5, Jacob4, William3, Jacob2, Pet-
er1) was born July 14, 1859, the son of William I. and Mary
(Webster) Coan. He married Nellie Mason November 19, 1884,
in Buffalo, New York. She was born June 28, 1858, and died
in May, 1944. Herbert died October 24, 1924.

Children (7) COAN

i. Ethel Mason, b. Mar. 16, 1887
ii. Bessie Irene, b. Oct. 3, 1888

iii. Ruth M. , b. Dec. 2, 1889, Buffalo, N.Y.; d. after
Sept. 1962

7 6 5 4

ETHEL, MASON COAN (Herbert G. , William I. , Jacob , Wil-
liam , Jacob , Peter1) was born March 16, 1887, in Buffalo,
New York, the daughter of Herbert G. and Nellie (Mason)
Coan. She was interested in genealogy and copied the family
record from the Bible of Jacob4 and Rhoda (Wattles) Coan.
She also compiled other Coan family facts. She died Febru-
ary 14, 1968, in Erie County, New York.

7 6 5 4

BESSIE IRENE COAN (Herbert G. , William I. , Jacob , Wil-
liam3, Jacob2, Peter ) was born October 3, 1888, in Buffalo,
New York, the daughter of Herbert G. and Nellie (Mason)
Coan. She married Dr. Byron D. Bowen and died in July,
1944.

Children (8) BOWEN

i. Elizabeth B.; m. James C. Hansen
ii. Mason; m. Jean Gurney

4 3 2 1

CHARLES COAN (William , Jacob , Peter ) was born about

1789/90 in Montgomery County, New York, the son of William

and Roxana (Chadwick) Coan. He served in the War of 1812

and his pension number was 1183. He was a silversmith. He

4 8 COAN GENEALOGY

was the Charles Coan mentioned as assisting Phebe ( Coan )
Johnson in administering the will of her husband Caleb in
1818. Charles was Phebe ' s nephew; his father, William, was
Phebe ' s brother. According to the records of the Episcopal
Church in Johnstown, New York, Charles died June 7, 1822.
The Freeman's Journal of Cooperstown, New York, June 10,
1822, stated that he was aged 32 at the time of his death.
His wife, Sally Coan, was appointed administratrix of his
estate. Soon after Charles' death, his widow moved away
from Johnstown. It is not known whether or not they had
children. 3

It is believed that when William and Roxana Coan moved
from Mayfield, Montgomery County, New York, to Locke, Cayuga
County, New York, between 1798 and 1805, they left Charles
with his uncle and aunt, Caleb and Phebe (Coan) Johnson who
lived in Johnstown, New York. Caleb was undoubtedly a sil-
versmith and probably Charles learned the trade from him.
Caleb and Phebe ' s son, George Johnson, was also a silver-
smith. Caleb made the seal for the Village of Johnstown in
March, 1809. When Caleb died February 4, 1818, in his 45th
year, he left hardware, gold, silver, and military goods to
the value of $1675, and tools belonging to the shop of a
value of $235.66. Charles4 Coan as one of Phebe Johnson's
two next of kin (the other was her brother-in-law, Ashbell
Cornwell of Vail Mills) helped her take the inventory.

Caleb Johnson and Charles Coan were in the same mili-
tia regiment (34th Regt., Montgomery County, Lt . Col. Abra-
ham J. Vosburgh, commanding). Caleb was promoted to lieu-
tenant in 1811 and Charles was promoted to lieutenant in
1814.

By 1817 Charles Coan was in Cooperstown, New York,
when he is said to have been a silversmith in partnership
with John Frederick Ernst. He later moved back to Johnstown,
perhaps by September, 1818, when he signed the inventory of
Caleb Johnson's estate.

4 3 2 1

WILLIAM COAN (William , Jacob , Peter ) was born April 25,

1791, the son of William and Roxana (Chadwick) Coan. He
served in the War of 1812 under Captain Dunks and General
McClure in the New York Militia. He enlisted as a private
at Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, September 15, 1813,
for three months' service; and he was discharged December
15, 1813, at Fort Niagara. About 1814 he married Mary Chad-
wick, his first cousin, near Buffalo, New York. She was the
daughter of Cornelius Chadwick, his mother's brother, and
Mary (Sparks) Chadwick.

On April 16, 1855, William, aged 64, applied for bounty
land under the Act of 1855. His application was accepted.
He died November 27, 1862, and was buried in Upper Indiana
Cemetery, Knox County, Palmyra Township, three miles north
of Vincennes, Indiana. Mary died in 1869 and was buried in
the same cemetery.

COANS ON THE MOVE 4 9

Children (5) COAN

i. Eliza, b. Mar. 31, 1815, Erie Co., N.Y., or

Green Twp. , Adams Co., Ohio
ii. George, b. May 7, 1816, Adams Co., Ohio
iii. Lurinda, b. Oct. 17, 1818, Adams Co., Ohio
iv. William, b. Aug. 21, 1820, Adams Co., Ohio
v. John, b. Apr. 7, 1822, Potosi, Washington Co.,

Mo.
vi. Asa, b. Nov. 29, 1824, Potosi, Washington Co.,

Mo.
vii. Lemon, b. Sept. 20, 1826, Potosi, Washington

Co . , Mo .
viii. Collins, b. Sept. 24, 1828, Knox Co., Ind.
ix. Pleasant, b. Apr. 25, 1830, Knox Co., Ind.
x. Charles, b. Jan. 30, 1832, Knox Co., Ind.

5 4 3 2 1

ELIZA COAN (William , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born

March 31, 1815, the daughter of William and Mary (Chadwick)

Coan. She married Benjamin J. Murphy and died in 1881 in

Knox County, Indiana.

Children (6) MURPHY

i. Rachel
ii. William
iii. Henry

6
RACHEL MURPHY , daughter of Benjamin J. and Eliza (Coan)

Murphy, married William Hodge.

Children (7) HODGE

i . George

ii. Charles; m. Minnie Frey

iii. Edward

iv. Jennie; m. C. L. Andrews

v. Pearl; m. Davis

WILLIAM MURPHY , son of Benjamin J. and Eliza (Coan) Murphy,
married Eliza6 Coan, daughter of Collins (William , Wil-
liam3, Jacob2, Peter1) Coan. William and Eliza moved to
California in 1870. Lovicy Smith moved with them.

Children (7) MURPHY

i. Winfield Scott; d. Feb. 2, 1920
ii. Sybil; m. Oliver Bayne

50 COAN GENEALOGY

HENRY MURPHY6, son of Benjamin J. and Eliza (Coan) Murphy,
married Olive Brooks.

Children (7) MURPHY

i. Ada, b. 1874; m. Ed Fleming

ii. Glenn; died aged two

iii. Alice; died aged three

iv. Ray; m. Katherine Abel; children: Worthy8,

Alice , Ernest
v. Jessie; m. O'Neil

LURINDA5 COAN (William4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born
October 17, 1818, the daughter of William and Mary (Chad-
wick) Coan. She married William Henry Harrison Smith, son
of Sebastian Smith, on April 10, 1835; and died April 1,
1845, at Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Children (6) SMITH

i. Mary Anne; m. George Foreman
ii. Lovicy Orilla
iii. William Bastian

LOVICY ORILLA SMITH6, daughter of William Henry Harrison and
Lurinda (Coan) Smith, lived with her grandmother, Mary
(Chadwick) Coan after her mother's death. In the fall of
1870 she moved to California with William and Eliza (Coan)
Murphy. There she married Leonidas Hamlin Landis.

Children (7) LANDIS

i. Frances Ella, b. 1874; d. Orangevale, CA 1962
ii. Samuel Harrison, b. 1875; d. 1951
iii. Charles William, b. 1877

CHARLES WILLIAM LANDIS ?, son of Leonidas Hamlin and Lovicy
(Smith) Landis, born 1877, married Louise Coan, his second
cousin .

Children (8) LANDIS

i. Mary Louise

MARY LOUISE LANDIS8, daughter of Charles William and Louise
Coan Landis, married first, Ed Warren; second Gordon Gadda.

Children (9) GADDA

i. David Gordon
ii. Donald Lee
iii. Deane Bruce

COANS ON THE MOVE 51

WILLIAM BASTIAN SMITH6, son of William Henry Harrison and
Lurinda (Coan) Smith, married Theresa Denson.

Children (7) SMITH

i. Benjamin
ii. Elmer

JOHN5 COAN (William4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born
April 7, 1822, in Potosi, Missouri, the son of William and
Mary (Chadwick) Coan. In 1826 he came with his parents to
Knox County, Indiana. There October 6, 1851, he married
Margaret Badollet, who was born in Indiana. The 1860 Indi-
ana Census showed that John had real estate valued at $3,000
and personal property of $700; the 1870 Census showed his
real estate to be worth $7,000 and his personal property,
$1,750. He died October 28, 1903, in Knox County, Palmyra
Township, and was buried in the Upper Indiana Cemetery, Pal-
myra Township.

Children (6) COAN

i. James P., b. 1852

ii. John, b. 1854

iii. Mary, b. 1856

iv. Malinda, b. 1859

v. William J., b. Oct. 10, 1862

vi . Almon, b. 1863

vii. Caroline, b. 1864

viii. Margaret, b. 1867

ix. Eliza, b. 1869

JAMES PAUL COAN (John , William , William , Jacob , Peter )
was born in 1852 in Knox County, Palmyra Township, Indiana,
son of John and Margaret (Badollet) Coan. He married Rose
Alexander who was born September 4, 1855 and died April,
1926. He died July 17, 1915, in Sacramento, California.

Children (7) COAN (order not known)

Lyle, b. Aug. 23, 1877

Claude, d. 1890

Lou

John Elmer, d. Aug. 29, 1954, Napa, Calif.

Reference: All data on James Paul Coan and his descendants
was written by T. H. Smith.

LYLE .,COAN (James P. , John , William , William , Jacob ,
Peter ) was born August 23, 1877, probably in California,

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5 2 COAN GENEALOGY

the son of James Paul and Rose (Alexander) Coan. He married
Lillie Dove Chamberlin and had one son. Lyle Coan was liv-
ing in Orangevale, California in 1963.

Children (8) COAN

i. John Gass, b. June 13, 1908

JOHN GASS COAN (Lyle , James P. , John , William , Wil-
liam , Jacob2, Peter1) was born June 13, 1908, the son of
Lyle and Lillie Dove (Chamberlin) Coan.

Children (9) COAN

i. Patricia, b. Oct. 26, 1935

ii. Nancy, b. June 19, 1943

iii. Robert John, b. Oct. 29, 1949

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PATRICIA COAN (John G. , Lyle , James P. , John , William ,
William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born October 26, 1935. She
married Eugene Ferguson on August 23, 1953.

JOHN ELMER COAN (James P. , John5, William4, William3, Ja-
cob , Peter1) was born in California, son of James Paul and
Rose (Alexander) Coan. He died August 29, 1954, at Napa,
California. He married first Mae Clark; second, Constance
Harvey.

Children (8) COAN

i. Jeanette
ii. Harvey

6 5 4 3 2 1

MARY COAN (John , William , William , Jacob , Peter ) was

born August 8, 1856, in Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indi-
ana, daughter of John and Margaret (Badollet) Coan. She
married James M. Potter, who was born in 1854 and died in
1915.

Children (7) POTTER

i. Nellie, b. 1877; m. Frank Hogue

ii. Mabel, b. Feb. 6, 1880

iii. Henry B., b. 1882; d. 1882

iv. Ralph, b. 1884; d. 1885

v. Margaret, b. 1887

vi. Alice, b. 1893; d. 1910

vii. Helen, b. 1893

COANS ON THE MOVE 5 3

Reference: All data on Mary6 Coan and her descendants was
written by T. H. Smith

NELLIE POTTER , daughter of James M. and Mary (Coan) Potter,
was born 1877. She married Frank Hogue .

MABEL POTTER , daughter of James M. and Mary (Coan) Potter,
was born February 6, 1880. On May 20, 1903, she married
Hugo Reller, born 1877.

Children (8) RELLER

i. Dorothy Eloise, b. 1904

ii. Robert Potter, b. 1906

iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. 1908

iv. Alice Jean, b. 1918

7
MARGARET POTTER , daughter of James M. and Mary (Coan) Pot-
ter, was born in 1887. In 1912 she married T. C. Parker.

Children (8) PARKER

i. Marion

ii. Carl

iii. James

iv. Richard

v. Rosemary

HELEN POTTER , daughter of James M. and Mary (Coan) Potter,
was born in 1893. In 1915 she married John Osborn.

Chile

Iren (8) OSBORN

i .

John

ii .

Mary Alice

iii .

Howard

iv.

Lloyd

Donald

vi .

Helen

vii .

George

viii ,

Harold

ix.

Phyllis

6 5 4 .3 ,2 1 .

MALINDA COAN (John , William , William , Jacob , Peter )

was born in Knox County, Indiana, in 1858, the daughter of

John and Margaret (Badollet) Coan. She married J. A. Clark.

54 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (7) CLARK

i. Nina
ii. Clair

Reference: T. H. Smith

WILLIAM J.6 COAN (John5, William4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1)
was born October 10, 1862, in Knox County, Palmyra Township,
three miles north of Vincennes, Indiana, the son of John and
Margaret (Badollet) Coan. He married Clarinda Hollingsworth
February 24, 1885. He died September 12, 1948, Knox County,
Washington Township, two miles north of Bruceville, Indiana.
He was buried in Price Cemetery, the family burial ground of
Hollingsworth-Price.

Children (7) COAN

I. John Raymond, b. Dec. 18, 1885

JOHN RAYMOND7 COAN (William J.6, John5, William4, William3,
Jacob , Peter ) was born December 18, 1885, in Bruceville,
Knox County, Indiana, the son of William J. and Clarinda
(Hollingsworth) Coan. He married Martha A. Utt on December
5, 1912. He died September 9, 1949, and was buried in the
Bruceville Cemetery. Martha (Utt) Coan died July 22, 1974.

Children (8) COAN

i. Martha Jeanne, b. Sept. 22, 1918

MARTHA JEANNE COAN (John , William J.6, John5, William4,
William , Jacob2, Peter1) was born September 22, 1918,
daughter of John Raymond and Martha (Utt) Coan, and lived in
Bruceville, Knox County, Indiana. She was an avid worker on
the ancestry of William4 Coan (William3, Jacob2, Peter1).

CAROLINE6 COAN (John5, William4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1)
was born in Knox County, Indiana, in 1864, the daughter of
John and Margaret (Badollet) Coan. She married Henry Badol-
let.

Children (7) BADOLLET

i. Mary, m. Thomas Thorne; one son, Kenneth

ii. Leroy, m. Held

iii. Alfred, m. Ruth Gardner

iv. Robert

v. Margaret, d. 1910

COANS ON THE MOVE 5 5

vi. Aline
vii . Lenore
viii . Meredith

Reference: T. H. Smith

6 5 4 3 2 1

MARGARET COAN (John , William , William , Jacob , Peter )

was born in Knox County, Indiana, in 1866, the daughter of
John and Margaret (Badollet) Coan. She married Marine Pur-
cell .

Children (7) PURCELL

i . Lester

Reference: T. H. Smith

4
ASA COAN AND DESCENDANTS

4 3 2 1

ASA COAN (William , Jacob , Peter ) was born July 24, 1795,

in Montgomery (now Fulton) County, New York. He was the son

of William and Roxana (Chadwick) Coan. According to an

application for bounty lands filed by his daughter Sabra

February 22, 1875, Asa served in the New York Militia in the

War of 1812 in the same company as his brother William.

William's application in 1855 for bounty land was accepted,

but Sabra ' s application twenty years later for what was due

her dead father was rejected. On February 3, 1820, in Adams

County, Ohio, Asa married Mary Alice Jones, born August 9,

1800, in Gallatin County, Kentucky, daughter of John and

Sabra Jones. Asa died May 18, 1858, in Adams County, Ohio.

A copy of his will follows. The census of 1860 shows Mary

Coan, aged 60, born in Kentucky, seamstress, as head of the

household. Mary married second William Cox of Bath Township,

Greene County, Ohio, on January 27, 1871. She was living

there with her daughter and son-in-law, who was also her

stepson, during the census of 1880.

Children (5) COAN

(All born in Rome, Greene Township, Adams County, Ohio)

i. Noah, b. Feb. 15, 1821

ii. Jane, b. Apr. 30, 1822; d. Sept. 27, 1823, bur-
ied Point Cemetery, Green Township, Adams
County, Ohio

iii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 5, 1824

iv. John A., b. Apr. 23, 1826

v. William, b. Jan. 30, 1828

vi. Collins A., b. Mar. 25, 1830

56 COAN GENEALOGY

vii. Milton, b. Apr. 23, 1832; d. Aug. 4, 1833; bur-
ied Point Cemetery

viii. Asa W. , b. Nov. 15, 1833

ix. Mary A., b. Sept. 2, 1835

x. Sabra A., b. Feb. 25, 1838

xi. Charles, b. May 30, 1840--one son, William

xii. Nancy, b. Aug. 9, 1842; d. Jan. 22, 1843; bur-
ied Point Cemetery

Reference: Birthdates of all the children were taken from

the bounty land deposition of their mother, Mary

(Jones) Coan Cox dated April 19, 1875; death dates of

Jane, Milton, and Nancy were from their gravestones.

This will is that of Asa Coan, son of William3.

Asa Coan's Will

Be it remembered that at a Court of Probate, holden at
the Court House within and for the County of Adams and
State of Ohio, on the twenty ninth day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight :

In the matter of Asa Coan's Will:

This day, a paper writing purporting to be the last
will and testament of Asa Coan, dec'd late of Adams
County, Ohio was presented in Court, by Asa W. Coan,
the Executor therein named. And thereupon came Garlent
Pulliam and Jacob S. Rose, the subscribing witnesses to
the said last will and testament and testified to the
execution of the same, And it appearing to the Court
from the testimony of the said subscribing witnesses
that the said last will and testament was duly executed
by the said Asa Coan, and that at the time of the exe-
cution thereof, the said testator was of full age and
of sound mind and memory, and acted without restraint:
It is ordered that the said last will and testament of
the said Asa Coan, and the testimony of the subscribing
witnesses thereto be entered of record.

Will: Know all men, That I, Asa Coan, of the County of
Adams and State of Ohio, being of sound and disposing
mind and memory, do make this my last will and testa-
ment :

1st I give to my wife, Mary Coan, all my personal
property.

2d I give to my sons each, to wit: Noah Coan, John
Coan, William Coan, Collins Coan, Asa W. Coan, and
Charles Coan, the sum of one dollar.

COANS ON THE MOVE 57

3rd I give to my daughters, each, to wit: to Eliza-
beth Wikoff, Mary Jarvis, and Sabia Coan, the sum of
one dollar.

4th I give and bequeath to my wife, Mary Coan, the
proceeds of the sales of my real estate situate in Ad-
ams County and State of Ohio, and also in the County of
Shelby in the State of Illinois, after deducting there-
from my just debts and legacies.

5th I ordain and appoint my son, Asa W. Coan, as Exe-
cutor of this my last will and testament, hereby au-
thorizing him to grant, bargain, sell at private or
public sale, all the lands I possess as aforesaid, and
to have the power to make, execute and deliver good and
sufficient deeds for the same, in as full and ample a
manner as I might do if living.

6th I ordain and appoint my wife, Mary Coan, Guardian
of my minor son, Charles Coan, hereby requiring her to
support him, and send him to school a reasonable por-
tion of time until he arrives to the age of twenty-one
years .

7th If there shall be any money or property, real or

personal out of the above bequest to my wife, Mary

Coan, then at her death, it is my will that my daughter
Sabia Coan shall have it.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal, and publish and declare this to be my last will
and testament in the presence of the witnesses named
below, this fifteenth day of May, in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty eight.

Asa Coan Seal

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Asa
Coan as and for his last will and testament in presence
of us who at his request, and in his presence and in
the presence of each other have subscribed our names as
witnesses hereunto.

J. W. McNeil
Garlent Pulliam
Jacob S. Rose

The State of Ohio, Adams County, SS:

J. S. Rose and Garlent Pulliam, whose names appear as
subscribing witnesses to a paper writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament of Asa Coan, deed - late

5 8 COAN GENEALOGY

of Adams County - which said paper writing is now sub-
mitted to their inspection being duly sworn, depose and
say -- that the said paper writing was signed by the
said Asa Coan, in their presence as and for his last
will and testament -- that at the time of the said
signing, the said Asa Coan was of full age, of sound
mind and memory, and acted without restraint -- that
the said deponents subscribed the same as attesting
witnesses in the presence of the said Asa Coan, and at
his request; and in the presence of each other -- and

further say not,

Jacob S. Rose
Garlent Pulliam

Sworn to and subscribed before me, May 29th, 1858

John M. Smith

Probate Judge,

Adams Co., Ohio, Wills, 3:284

5 4 3 2 1

NOAH COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Ohio
February 15, 1821, the son of Asa and Mary (Jones) Coan. He
married Emily Tracy, born 1812 (1813) in New York. She was
often called Mille or Meille and was the daughter of Noah
Tracy of Adams County, Ohio.

Children (6) COAN all born in Ohio

i. Mary, b. ca . 1842

ii. Ruth, b. ca. 1844

iii. Henry C, b. ca . 1846

iv. Sabra A., b. ca . 1848

5 4 3 2 1

ELIZABETH COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born

November 5, 1824, in Ohio, the daughter of Asa and Mary

(Jones) Coan. September 14, 1842, she married Meek Wikoff,

son of John and Catherine (Blan) Wikoff, who was born March

22, 1818, and died May 25, 1858. Elizabeth lived in Bath

Township, Greene County, Ohio, next door to her mother Mary

(Jones) Coan Cox and her sister, Sabra (Coan) Cox in 1880.

Children (6) WIKOFF

i . Hosea

ii. Blan

iii. Jennie

iv. James

v. Orson, b. ca . 1854

COANS ON THE MOVE 5 9

5 4 3 2 1

JOHN A. COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in

Green Township, Adams County, Ohio, April 23, 1826. In 1880
he lived near Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky, but he is
said to have lived in LaSalle County, Illinois, in 1858.
Henry S. Jarvis, son of Mary A. (Coan) Jarvis Smith Curtis
is said to have lived with his family in Vanceburgh about
1874, after having lived for a time with Mary (Jones) Coan
Cox and her husband, William, in Bath Township, Greene Coun-
ty, Ohio. In 1880 John had a wife, Rebecca, aged 40, and a
son John A. Coan, Jr., aged 9, born in Kentucky.

5
WILLIAM COAN AND DESCENDANTS

5 4 3 2 1

WILLIAM COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in

Ohio January 30, 1828, the son of Asa and Mary (Jones) Coan.
He married Abigail Hall, born in Ohio about 1834. William
and Abigail lived in LaSalle County, Illinois, in 1858. By
1862 the family had moved to Vincennes, Indiana, where Wil-
liam died July 29, 1862, of typhoid fever. William's broth-
er Noah took the family back to Ohio to his home. The boys
were too much for Abigail to manage, and one or two were put
into homes. By 1865 Abigail and family had moved back to
Illinois. About 1867 she married second James Shipley, bro-
ther of Dave Shipley, who married Abigail's sister Jane
Hall. They later moved to Creston, Iowa, and later to Kan-
sas City, Missouri.

( 6 ) COAN

John, b. Mar. /Apr. 1850, Adams Co., Ohio

Benjamin Walker, b. Feb. 21, 1852

Emily Elizabeth, married Steffey; lived in Joli-

et, 111.; no children
Mary, died aged 12
Asa, b. June 2, 1858
William

6 5 4 3 2 1

JOHN COAN (William , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was

the son of William and Abigail (Hall) Coan. He was born

March or April, 1850 in Adams County, Ohio. He married Jane

Watson, who was born in England.

Children (7) COAN

i. Leona (adopted)

ii. William Roy, b. 1875; d. Nov. 19 70; No. Carolina;
buried in Creston, Iowa, where he grew up; may
have lived in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1965.

iii. Mary Ella, b. 1878; m. J. F. Francis of Western
Springs , 111 .

Chi

ldren

i .

ii .

iv.

VI .

6 0 COAN GENEALOGY

iv. Ivy Pearl, b. 1882, Iowa; m. Franklin;

lived in Red Oak, Iowa

Reference: Theodore H. Smith

6 5 4 3 2

BENJAMIN WALKER COAN (William , Asa , William , Jacob , Pe-
ter1 ) was born February 21, 1852, the son of William and
Abigail (Hall) Coan. He married April 24, 1883, Mary Jane
McNair, who was born February 8, 1863. Mary Jane died in
Creston, Iowa, October 10, 1910, Benjamin died there Decem-
ber 25, 1925.

Children (7) COAN

i. Lethea, b. Oct. 13, 1885

ii. Frank, b. June 1, 1888

iii. Ruth M., b. Feb. 24, 1893

iv. Goldie Irene, b. Feb. 9, 1895

v. Ralph William, b. Dec. 20, 1903

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr., 3208 70th Street,
Urbandale, IA 50322

1 6 5 4 3

LETHEA COAN (Benjamin W. , William , Asa , William , Ja-
cob2, Peter1 ) was born October 13, 1885, in Creston, Iowa,
the daughter of Benjamin Walker and Mary Jane (McNair) Coan.
She married March 6, 1906, Wilfred Kenyon who was born March
15, 1880, in Lenox, Iowa. Lethea died December 18, 1918, in
Orient, Iowa; Wilfred, November 23, 1964, in Greenfield,
Iowa .

Children (8) KENYON

i. Mildred, b. Mar. 21, 1908, Orient, Iowa; d. Dec.

27, 1918, Orient
ii. Lyle, b. Nov. 14, 1912

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

LYLE KENYON , the son of Wilfred and Lethea (Coan) Kenyon,

was born November 14, 1912, in Orient, Iowa. He married in

Greenfield, Iowa, March 3, 1940, Ruby Nash, who was born

January 26, 1919, in Fairbury, Nebraska.

Children (9) KENYON

I. Gary, b. Feb. 4, 1944

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr

Martha Jeanne Coan

Frank and Ollie Patterson Coan

■■■■HMMBBBft. a. .<? "wrv
Wanda Louise Coan Long with son Hackney Eugene and daughter Wandalee

(top left) Mary Louise
Campbell Anderson
and Richard Anderson,
(top right j Matthew
Richard Anderson,
(center) Lori Denise
Campbell Russell and
Randy Russell, (bottom
left) Susan Renee
Campbell, (bottom
right) John Scott
Campbell.

COANS ON THE MOVE 61

9
GARY KENYON , son of Lyle and Ruby (Nash) Kenyon, was born
in Creston, Iowa, February 4, 1944. He married April 6,
1963, in Creston, Iowa, Donna Wakefield, who was born March
4, 1945, in Dexter, Iowa.

Children (10) KENYON

i. Stephen Duane, b. Sept. 5, 1963

Reference: Ralph W. Coan, Sr .

7 6 5 4 3 2

FRANK COAN (Benjamin W. , William , Asa , William , Jacob ,
Peter1 ) was born June 1, 1888, at Creston, Iowa, the son of
Benjamin Walker and Mary Jane (McNair) Coan. On June 8,
1910, in Adair County, Iowa, he married Ollie D. Patterson,
born January 29, 1884, the daughter of Charles and Ruth
(Bradshaw) Patterson. Frank was a butcher and active in the
First Christian Church of Amarillo, Texas, where he was
elected Elder Emeritus. Ollie died July 14, 1946; Frank,
March 23, 1963.

Children (8) COAN

i. Wanda Louise, b. Sept. 9, 1911

ii. Frank Eugene, b. Oct. 25, 1913

iii. Dorothy, b. July 31, 1917

iv. Ruth Lorraine, b. June 16, 1919

Reference: Frank Eugene Coan, Box 3027, Amarillo, TX 79106

8 7 6 5 4

WANDA LOUISE COAN (Frank , Benjamin W. , William , Asa ,
William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Creston, Iowa, Septem-
ber 9, 1911, the daughter of Frank and Ollie (Patterson)
Coan. On September 16, 1932, in Amarillo, Texas, she mar-
ried Hackney Lee Long, who was born June 29, 1910 in Claude,
Texas, the son of B. J. and Cassandra (Burleson) Long. He
was graduated valedictorian of his class in Claude High
School and worked for Santa Fe Railway. He died December 1,
1942, when his daughter was only seven years old and his son
a year old.

Wanda brought up her two children by herself, cared for
her father for eighteen years, and helped her daughter raise
her four children. She was active at the First Baptist
Church in Amarillo, enjoyed ceramics as well as other
crafts, and did a great deal of child care work.

Children (9) LONG

i. Wandalee, b. May 20, 1935

ii. Hackney Eugene, b. May 7, 1941

6 2 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Mrs. Hackney L. Long, 2008 Jackson Street, Ama-
rillo, TX 79109

g
WANDALEE LONG , the daughter of Hackney Lee and Wanda Louise

(Coan) Long, was born May 20, 1935, in Amarillo, Texas. She

married Richard Murphy. Her second marriage was to John

Campbell on February 28, 1958. He was born June 29, 1931,

in New York City. John adopted Wandalee's two daughters by

her first marriage. In 1982 she worked as coordinator of

planned giving for Cal Farley's Boys' Ranch. She and John

were divorced.

Children (10) CAMPBELL

Children of her first marriage:

i. Mary Louise, b. Apr. 7, 1955; had a B.S. in nurs-
ing; married Richard Anderson; one son, Matthew
Richard, b. Jan. 13, 1981

ii. Lori Denise, b. Aug. 28, 1956; married Randy Rus-
sell June 2, 1979; had three years of advanced
education at Amarillo Junior College and West
Texas State University. She planned to finish
her college program when her husband graduated.

Children of her second marriage:

iii. Susan Renee, b. June 29, 1960; second year at
West Texas University in 1982; interpreted for
deaf at church.

iv. John Scott, b. Dec. 27, 1963; freshman at Texas
Technical University in 1982.

Reference: Mrs. Hackney L. Long

9
HACKNEY EUGENE LONG , the son of Hackney Lee and Wanda Lou-
ise (Coan) Long, was born April 7, 1941, in Amarillo, Texas.
He attended Amarillo Junior College and Texas University for
three years and in 1982 was employed as Senior Systems Ana-
lyst at Rockwell International, Seal Beach, California. On
January 31, 1964, in Downey, California, he married Shirley
Swanson, who was born August 27, 1935, in Black Duck, Minne-
sota. She worked in insurance.

Children (stepchildren) SWANSON, all born in Black Duck,
Minnesota

i. Kathy, b. Jan. 11, 1956
ii. Jeanine, b. Oct. 14, 1958
iii. Peggy, b. Oct. 4, 1959

Hackney Eugene Long and Shirley Swanson Long

Kathy Swanson Austin and Kevin
Austin

Brian (rear), Jason, and Adam
Austin

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Peggy, Lewis, and baby Jody Goodwin

COANS ON THE MOVE 6 3

Reference: Mrs. Hackney L. Long

FRANK EljGENE COAN (Frank , Benjamin W. , William5, Asa*,
William , Jacob2, Peter1) was born at Creston, Iowa, on Oc-
tober 25, 1913, the son of Frank and Ollie D. (Patterson)
Coan. He married on July 25, 1938, at Borger, Texas, Irene
Russell, born September 14, 1913, at Hot Springs, Arkansas,
the daughter of Harvey and Onnie Elizabeth Russell. Frank
served in the United States Coast Guard 1942-1945. He then
established his own business as accountant and auditor in
Amarillo, Texas. Irene became his secretary. She was active
in the church and community; was past-president of the
Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church;
past-president of the Heart Board; and past-president of the
Pilot Club, a business women's organization. Frank and
Irene had no children.

Reference: Frank Eugene Coan

DOROTHY COAN (Frank , Benjamin W. , William , Asa , Wil-
liam3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Greenfield, Iowa, July
31, 1917, the daughter of Frank and Ollie D. (Patterson)
Coan. She was graduated from Amarillo High School in Ama-
rillo, Texas. On July 8, 1945, in Amarillo she married Hor-
ace Earl Watkins, Jr., the son of Horace Earl and Wanda
(Jones) Watkins. After his graduation from high school, he
took correspondence courses in accounting. During World War
II he served five years with the United States Army in the
36th Infantry Division. After the war he worked in account-
ing and as a salesman.

Dorothy worked ten years for Commercial Credit Corpora-
tion and later owned a gift shop in Pampa, Texas. She
played the violin in the symphony orchestra in Amarillo; and
enjoyed dancing, crocheting, and hooking rugs.

Horace died in 1973 after having heart surgery.

Children (9) WATKINS

i. Judy, b. Oct. 31, 1947
ii. Sherry, b. June 20, 1951

Reference: Mrs. Horace E. Watkins, Jr., 2338 Glenview,
Tyler, TX 75701

JUDY WATKINS , the daughter of Horace Earl, Jr., and Dorothy
(Coan) Watkins, was born in Amarillo, Texas, October 31,
1947. She married Fred Tinsley, Jr., an Episcopal priest.
In 1982 they lived in Midland, Texas.

6 4 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (10) TINSLEY

i . Stephanie
ii. Amanda

Reference: Mrs. Horace E. Watkins, Jr.

SHERRY WATKINS , the daughter of Horace Earl, Jr., and Doro-
thy (Coan) Watkins, was born in Amarillo, Texas, June 20,
1951. She married Glenn Young. In 1982 they lived in Tyler,
Texas, where they owned the Best Fence Company.

Children (10) YOUNG

i. Jennifer
ii. Bonnie

Reference: Mrs. Horace E. Watkins, Jr.

RUTH LORRAINE COAN (Frank , Benjamin W.6, William5, Asa4,

3 2 1

William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Arispe, Iowa, June 16,
1919, the daughter of Frank and Ollie D. (Patterson) Coan.
In 1937 she was graduated from Amarillo High School and
taught dancing with Dixie Dice until 1941. After World War
II broke out, she worked at the Amarillo Air Force Base. It
was here that she met Max E. Warren, and they were married
May 9, 1943, in Portales, New Mexico.

Max was the son of Earl and Grace Warren. He was gradu-
ated from East High School, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1937 and
then attended a commercial college for two years. He went
to California in 1940 and worked at the Bank of America in
Long Beach. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the Air
Force and in 1942 was sent to Wichita Falls, Texas. He was
payroll clerk in his squadron. When Amarillo Air Force Base
opened in October, 1942, he was transferred there. In 1944
he was sent to New Guinea and the Philippines. When the war
ended in 1945, he returned to Amarillo and went to work for
Southwestern Investment Company. He then worked for Nash
Motors and in 1950 went into real estate for himself.

Ruth and Max moved to California in 1962, and Max went
into the building business with his brother and uncle. When
interest rates went up, he left this business and went to
work for the Veterans' Administration where he worked for 15
years and in 1982 was still employed. Max was always inter-
ested in sports and for 25 years coached boys' football,
basketball, and baseball. He also refereed for high school
teams in small towns surrounding Amarillo. While he was at
Amarillo, he taught a Sunday School class of young boys at
the Paramount Terrace Christian Church.

After Ruth moved to California, she started doing vol-
unteer work at Pacific Hospital in Long Beach. She became a

Frank Eugene Coan and Irene Russell
Coan

(left) Ruth Coan Warren, Dorothy Coan Watkins, Frank Eugene Coan, and
Wanda Coan Long, (right) Ruth Lorraine Coan Warren.

(top, left to right J Steph-
anie Tinsley, Amanda
Tins ley, Judy Watkins
Tinsley, Frank Tinsley,
Jr. (bottom left) Dorothy
Coan Watkins and Horace
Earl Watkins, Jr. (bottom
right) Sherry Watkins
Young with husband
Glenn holding Bonnie
and Jennifer.

COANS ON THE MOVE 6 5

paid employee at this hospital and worked there for four
years. In 1982 she was back volunteering again and finding
great satisfaction in this work. She and Max were living
then at Lakewood, California.

Children (9) WARREN

i. Max E., Jr., b. Mar. 2, 1944
ii. Mark E., b. Sept. 15, 1947

Reference: Mrs. Max Warren, Sr., 4408 Clubhouse Dr., Lake-
wood, CA 90712

9
MAX E. WARREN, JR. , was born in Amarillo, Texas, March 2,

1944, the son of Max E. and Ruth Lorraine (Coan) Warren. In
1962 he was graduated an honor student from Tascosa High
School in Amarillo. That year his family moved to California
where he received his advanced education and in 1966 a B.S.
degree. In the fall of 1966 he entered a California medical
college and was graduated with an M.D. degree in 1970. Au-
gust 19, 1967, in Lakewood, he married Barbara A. McCarty,
daughter of Dale and Delores McCarty.

In 1971 when he was doing his internship, he joined the
National Guard for six years. In 1972 he served two years
of residency and two years of fellowship in cardiology. In
1975 he and three other cardiologists opened an office, and
he served as chief of staff at a local hospital. He held
membership on many hospital committees and in a wine tasting
group. He and Barbara belonged to the Christian Church.

Barbara was graduated from Lakewood High School in
Lakewood, California, and attended City College in Long
Beach for two years where she majored in business. She
worked in a department store and then in the admitting off-
ice of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach.

In 1982 she belonged to a women's bowling league; and
she and Max, Jr., lived with their family in California.

Children (10) WARREN

i. Jeffrey Allyn, b. Oct. 14, 1969
ii. Kevin Ryan, b. Dec. 20, 1979

Reference: Mrs. Max Warren, Sr.

MARK E. WARREN was born in Amarillo, Texas, September 15,
1947, the son of Max E. and Ruth Lorraine (Coan) Warren.
When the family moved to Lakewood, California, in 1962, Mark
entered high school where he played drums in the band, later
became drum major, and was an honor student. He also be-
longed to the Ambassador Drum and Bugle Corps. In 1965 he
was graduated valedictorian of his class and went on to col-

66 COAN GENEALOGY

lege for three years of pre-medical study. July 26, 1969,
in Long Beach, he married Hulda L. Dunbar, daughter of Cleo
and Hulda Dunbar. After he received a D.D.S. degree in 1972
he and Hulda toured Europe for three months. When they re-
turned, Mark worked for a group of dentists until he opened
his own office in 1974. Besides practicing dentistry, he
also taught Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and was working on
something fairly new in dentistry — lining up the jaw. He
also worked in preventive dentistry. He enjoyed golf and
had a horse which all the family rode. They attended a
Lutheran church.

Hulda was graduated in 1966 from Jordan High School in
Long Beach. She attended California State University at
Long Beach and received a B.S. degree in nursing in 1970.
She worked at a medical center and as a county nurse. "Be-
tween children" she went back to school and earned her mas-
ter's degree.

In 1982 Mark and Hulda lived in California.

Children (10) WARREN

i. Jon Eric, b. May 14, 1974

ii. Erin Elizabeth, b. Aug. 14, 1977

iii. Hulda Laxdal Lorraine, b. Feb. 27, 1981

Reference: Mrs. Max Warren, Sr.

7 6 5 4 3

RUTH M. COAN (Benjamin W. , William , Asa , William , Ja-
cob2, Peter1) was born in Creston, Iowa, February 24, 1893,
the daughter of Benjamin Walker and Mary Jane (McNair) Coan.
On December 1, 1917, in Creston she married Roy F. Oehler,
who was born March 9, 1892. Roy died April 8, 1921, in
Creston. Ruth married second January 4, 1924, in Des Moines
Charles T. Kaveney, born August 2, 1888. He died March 20,
1952, in Des Moines; Ruth, March 10, 1981, in Marshall town.

Children (8) OEHLER

i. Joe Coan, b. Sept. 17, 1918, Creston, la.; d. Feb.

9, 1919, Creston
ii. Jay C, b. July 9, 1920

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

8
JAY C. OEHLER , the son of Roy F. and Ruth M. (Coan) Oehler,

was born July 9, 1920, in Pacific Junction, Iowa. On August

8, 1948, in Dysart, Iowa, he married Nadine L. , who

was born in Dysart March 31, 1925.

COANS ON THE MOVE 6 7

Children (9) OEHLER

i. Jane, b. Oct. 1, 1951, Iowa City, la

ii. Susan, b. Oct. 27, 1952, Iowa City

iii. Christine, b. July 14, 1957, Iowa City

iv. John Charles, b. Sept. 7, 1958, Iowa City

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

7 6 5 4 3

GOLDIE IRENE 1 COAN (Benjamin W. , William , Asa , William ,
Jacob , Peter ) was born in Creston, Iowa, February 9, 1895,
the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Jane (McNair) Coan. On
August 30, 1913, in Creston she married Maurice Albaugh, who
was born January 4, 1894. Maurice died March 31, 1945, in
Creston. Goldie died there August 16, 1975.

Children (8) ALBAUGH

i. Maurine, b. Dec. 31, 1913

ii. Lewis Eugene, b. Sept. 21, 1915

iii. Margaret, b. Oct. 22, 1919

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

8
MAURINE ALBAUGH , the daughter of Maurice and Goldie Irene
(Coan) Albaugh, was born in Afton, Iowa, December 31, 1913.
In June, 1937, she married John Sloan, who was born in Chi-
cago, Illinois, July 4, 1912. Maurine died in Creston in
April, 1957.

Children (9) SLOAN

i. John, Jr., b. July 13, 1942, Chicago; m. Marilyn

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

8
LEWIS EUGENE ALBAUGH , the son of Maurice and Goldie Irene
(Coan) Albaugh, was born in Creston, Iowa, September 21,
1915. On October 17, 1937, he married Vivian Weeker, who
was born in Stringtown, Iowa, February 21, 1916.

Children (9) ALBAUGH

i. Gary, b. Mar. 29, 1941, Creston, la.; m. Ames,

Iowa, Feb. 5, 1965, Edith Ann , born

Jan. 2, 1940
ii. Michael, b. June 16, 1946, Red Oak, La.; m. Nov.

12, 1965, Honolulu, Cherlyn Lynn , b.

Apr. 11, 1947

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

6 8 COAN GENEALOGY

8
MARGARET ALBAUGH , the daughter of Maurice and Goldie Irene

(Coan) Albaugh, was born October 22, 1919, in Creston, Iowa.
In September, 1939, she married Floyd Leon McMath, who was
born March 31, 1909, in Allerton, Iowa. Floyd died Decem-
ber, 1980.

Children (9) McMATH

i. Richard, b. Apr. 28, 1940, Creston, la.

ii. David, b. July 1, 1948; d. Aug. 12, 1967, Vietnam

iii. Dee Ann, b. May 4, 1952, Creston, la.

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

7 6 5 4 3

RALPH WILLIAM COAN (Benjamin W. , William , Asa , William ,

Jacob , Peter ) was born at Creston, Iowa, December 20,
1903, the son of Benjamin Walker and Mary Jane (McNair)
Coan. On June 20, 1925, in Des Moines, Iowa, he married
Ruth Darline Johnson, who was born September 6, 1905, in
Denver, Colorado.

Ralph worked all his life in the grocery business-
first in retailing; then for 39 years traveling for grocery
brokerage companies in Iowa. He retired February 1, 1981;
and in 1982 he and his wife lived in Urbandale, Iowa.

Children (8) COAN

i. Clairice Louise (Pat), b. Apr. 9, 1927

ii. Ralph William, Jr., b. Nov. 21, 1930

iii. Robert Eugene, b. Apr. 25, 1932, Hereford, Tex.;

d. May 31, 1933, Des Moines, la.
iv. Richard Alan, b. Dec. 17, 1941

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

8 7 6

CLARICE LOUISE (PAT) COAN (Ralph W. , Benjamin W. , Wil-
liam5, Asa4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Des
Moines, Iowa, April 9, 1927, the daughter of Ralph William
and Ruth Darline (Johnson) Coan. On January 15, 1946, in
Boone, Iowa, she married Veryl V. Olofson, who was born in
Stratford, Iowa, June 9, 1927. In Omaha, Nebraska, August

21, 1969, she married second Lyle Clark, born February 17,
1919, and died December 5, 1975. On December 15, 1979, at
Des Moines she married third Bill Pirkle, who was born July

22, 1932, at Grapevien, Texas.

Clarice worked five and a half years for the Iowa
Methodist Medical Center and two doctors. In 1982 she was
rounding out her twelfth year of work for the city of Des
Moines .

(top) Ralph William Coan,
Sr., and Darline Johnson
Coan; (center left) Darline
Johnson Coan, Ralph Wil-
liam Coan, Sr., Ralph Wil-
liam Coan, Jr., Barbara Jean
Dale Coan, Diana Dee Odom
Coan, Richard Alan Coan,
Sr.; (center right) Clarice
(Pat) Coan Pirkle and Bill
Pirkle; (bottom left) Michael
Duane Coan and Marjorie
Diana Coan; (bottom right)
The Richard Alan Coan, Sr.,
family Tammy Lee, Diana,
Daniel Matthew, Richard,
Richard Alan, Jr.

Luella Bernice Coan Storey on her 83rd birthday.
Courtesy Mrs. Berlyn H. Wiles.

)

\\ *- I

Luolin Elizabeth

William Lyndon

Inez Belle

Storey. Courtesy

Storey. Cour-

The Campanile,

tesy West Texas

C/ass 0/ 7935, ifcce

Class of 1935, Rice

State Universi-

University.

ty, Canyon.

COANS ON THE MOVE 6 9

Children (9) OLOFSON all born in Boone, Iowa

i. Linda Louise, b. May 5, 1947
ii. Larry Wayne, b. Mary 5, 1947
iii. Patrick Lee, b. Dec. 12, 1950

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

9
LINDA LOUISE OLOFSON , the daughter of Veryl V. and Clarice

Louise (Coan) Olofson, was born May 5, 1947, in Boone, Iowa.

On August 20, 1966, at Boone she married Ronald Silver, who

was born September 5, 1946.

Children (10) SILVER

i. Timothy Wayne, b. Jan. 19, 1970, Boone, la.
ii. Lorraine, b. June 24, 1974, Bettendorf, la.
iii. Steven, b. Apr. 3, 1978, Bettendorf, la.

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

9
LARRY WAYNE OLOFSON , the son of Veryl V. and Clarice Louise
(Coan) Olofson, was born May 5, 1947, in Boone, Iowa. On
June 19, 1972, in Madrid, Iowa, he married Cheryl Herrstrom,
who was born in Luther, Iowa.

Children (10) OLOFSON

i. Erica Beth, b. Aug. 15, 1975, Cedar Rapids, la.;

d. Sept. 12, 1975, Cedar Rapids
ii. Kirsten, b. Oct. 26, 1977, Bowling Green, Ky .
iii. Kara Ruth, b. Dec. 15, 1979, Bowling Green, Ky .
iv. Mark William, b. Jan. 20, 1982, Sac City, la.

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

9
PATRICK LEE OLOFSON , the son of Veryle V. and Clarice Lou-
ise (Coan) Olofson, was born December 12, 1950, in Boone,
Iowa. On June 5, 1976, in Waterloo, Iowa, he married Samra
Jensen.

Children (10) OLOFSON

i. Thomas Patrick, b. Nov. 16, 1977, Boone, la.

ii. Anne Marie, b. June 22, 1979, Ames, la.

iii. Brenna, a twin, b. Feb. 25, 1981; d. Mar. 24

1981
iv. Britta, a twin, b. Feb. 25, 1981, Ames, la.

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

COAN GENEALOGY

8 7 6 5

RALPH WILLIAM COAN, JR. (Ralph W. , Benjamin W. , William ,

Asa4, William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Des Moines,

Iowa, November 21, 1930, the son of Ralph William and Ruth

Darline (Johnson) Coan. On March 7, 1943, in Lehigh, Iowa,

he married Barbara Jean Dale, who was born August 28, 1934,

in Lehigh.

Ralph joined the National Guard January 6, 1948, and
served until July, 1977. He then transferred to the Army
Reserve and the 103rd COSCOM. He served as security, plans
and operations, and then as chief of staff. February 28,
1981 he was appointed Brigadier General in the Army Reserve.

In 1982 he was facilities manager of George A. Rolfe
Company in Boone, Iowa, where he had been employed since
January, 1967. The company manufactured agricultural equip-
ment. As facilities manager Ralph was responsible for all
production of three manufacturing plants, as well as all
purchasing and inventory control .

Children (9) COAN

i. Marjorie Diane, b. July 2, 1956, Boone, la.
ii. Michael Duane, b. June 13, 1959, Boone, la.

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

8 7 6 5 4

RICHARD ALAN COAN (Ralph W. , Benjamin W. , William , Asa ,

William3, Jacob2, Peter1 ) was born in Boone, Iowa, December
17, 1941, the son of Ralph William and Ruth Darline (John-
son) Coan. On December 13, 1964, in Manhatten, Kansas, he
married Diana Dee Odom, who was born December 20, 1942, in
Amarillo, Texas.

He was a member of the Iowa and Alaska National Guard
for 22 years before retiring to the inactive Army Reserve in
1981.

Children (9) COAN

i. Richard Alan, Jr., b. July 16, 1965, Kansas City,

Mo.

ii. Tammy Lee, b. July 5, 1968, Des Moines, la.

iii. Daniel Matthew, b. Dec. 5, 1973, Des Moines, la.

Reference: Mrs. Ralph W. Coan, Sr.

6 5 4 3 2 1

ASA COAN (William , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was

born June 2, 1858, in LaSalle County, Illinois, the son of
William and Abigail (Hall) Coan. He married Silena Phillips
September 15, 1881. She was born June 2, 1860, in LaSalle
County, Illinois. Asa died March 28, 1940, in Colorado
Springs, Colorado; Silena, April 20, 1936, in Fountain, Col-
orado.

COANS ON THE MOVE 71

Children (7) COAN

i. Luella Bernice, b. July 17, 1882

ii. Elmer Clare, b. Aug. 25, 1884

iii. Chester Asa, b. July 1, 1888

iv. Mary Inez, b. May 7, 1890

LUELLA BERNICE COAN (Asa6, William5, Asa4, William3, Ja-
cob2, Peter1) was born July 17, 1882, in Lostant, LaSalle
County, Illinois, the daughter of Asa and Silena (Phillips)
Coan. August 25, 1909, in Fountain, Colorado, she married
01 in Kurgeon Storey who was born in Cotton Gin, Freestone
County, Texas, January 25, 1883, and died in Vernon, Texas,
October 7, 1966. Luella died January 1, 1977, in Vernon and
was buried in East View Cemetery.

Children (8) STOREY

i. Luolin Elizabeth, b. Apr. 12, 1913

ii. William Lyndon, b. Aug. 5, 1914

iii. Inez Belle, b. Aug. 6, 1916

iv. Vera Pearl, b. Feb. 1, 1918

v. Sarah Silena, b. Mar. 7, 1925

LUOLIN ELIZABETH STOREY8, daughter of Olin Kurgeon and Lu-
ella Bernice (Coan) Storey, was born April 12, 1913, in Den-
ver Colorado. She was graduated from high school in Vernon,
Texas, valedictorian of her class. She attended Rice Insti-
tute (now Rice University) in Houston, Texas, and received a
B.A. degree with distinction in 1935. On January 12, 1936,
in Richmond, Texas, she married Edgar Altenburg, who was
born in New York City June 11, 1888. He had a Ph.D. degree
from Columbia University, taught at Rice Institute, and was
an eminent scientist.

Luolin returned to Rice in 1945, at which time she
began work on fruit fly genetics. In 1947 she was in-
vited to be guest investigator at Indiana University in
Dr. H. J. Muller's laboratory (he's a former Nobel
Prize winnter in fruit fly genetics). In 1948 she got
a three-year pre-doctoral fellowship from the Atomic
Energy Commission, to work in one of four radio-biology
laboratories set up in strategic areas in the nation
for the study of peaceful uses of isotopes.

She made medical history in New York City in 1950
when she announced at the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of Science the de-
velopment of a test to detect and possibly classify the
viruses that cause such diseases as colds, smallpox,
flu and polio. After getting her Ph.D. at Rice in 1951
she did graduate work on viruses at the University of
Oxford through a three-year fellowship.

72 COAN GENEALOGY

Back to Houston—and continued experiments. She
left Rice and was sponsored by Baylor University Col-
lege of Medicine until 1964, when she moved to St. Tho-
mas (University of St. Thomas, Houston.)

(Martin Dreyer, "Fruit Fly Lady," Texas Magazine, Sunday,
January 9, 1966, pp. 18-29.)

In 1959 Edgar and Luolin were divorced and that year
she married second Henry Browning. They were divorced June
1, 1961.

To quote again from Martin Dreyer ' s article on Luolin--
in 1966:

she and her long-time associate, Dr. Edgar Altenburg,
will package 2000 adult fruit flies aboard a bio satel-
lite. It will be one of 14 biological experiments to
be flown on the satellite. Three of them will be gene-
tics experiments, of which hers will be the principal
one and the largest.

The bio satellite--f irst of a series--is slated
for a 3 1/2 day orbit. The flies — the kind you see
gathered on rotten bananas--wil 1 be tested for the
genetic effects of weightlessness.

Said Dr. Browning: "We should be able to detect
genetic hazards to man in space through studying the
effects on fruit f 1 ies--because they're small and breed
rapidly and more is known about their genetic make-up
than any other organism."

The slim, blondish scientist knows her fruit
flies. She's been doing continuous experiments with
them since 1945. That's 20 long years with the tiny,
winged creature that's known in scientific circles as
'drosophil ia . '

Luolin Browning conducts her research program in
the spacious genetics lab at University of St. Thomas.
The research is supported by funds from the General
Medical Sciences of the U.S. Public Health Service and
from NASA's bio satellite program.

"NASA is also supporting our research on the gene-
tic effects of ultraviolet light." she said. (Her asso-
ciate and former husband, Dr. Altenburg, an interna-
tionally known scientist, discovered in 1931 that ul-
traviolet light produces mutations.)

The lab, in a two-story building, truly hums with
action. Lab assistants and technicians peer through
microscopes, poke at the flies, make up individual mat-
ings, record data, etc., etc. There are six full-time
workers and eight part-timers — one from Rice and the
rest from St. Thomas.

The lab has a larger fruit fly population than
Houston has people. At the latest count it was 2 mil-
lion, give or take a few. They live in half-pint milk
bottles, male and famale, and they lay eggs like mad.

COANS ON THE MOVE 7 3

About 4000 of the bottles crowd the shelves, each hold-
ing some 500 flies and tasty meals of cornmeal syrup,
yeast and sugar.

Also there are 15,000 vials of the flies in spe-
cial breeding boxes.

Dr. Browning moves around, touching a bottle here,
fingering a vial there, and there's an af f ectionate--as
well as scientif ic--gleam in her eye. This is her pro-
ject. She has lived with it through the years, seen it
grow, knows its importance to man.

"Our object is to increase the knowledge of the
basic genetic principles that would probably apply to
all forms of life," she explained.

"One of our objectives is to try to determine the
nature of the gene and the mutation process. A result
of this would be more knowledge of the cause of cancer.

There is definitely a relationship between cancer
and mutations. Whatever causes mutations in a wide
variety of organisms also causes cancers, and vice ver-
sa. If we find out what causes mutations, then others
will use the information to find ways to avoid the mu-
tations . "

Dr. Browning said the experiments include the
study of radiation hazards and hazards from noxious
chemicals in the environment.

Luolin Browning also teaches courses in genetics
and evolution at University of St. Thomas, is associate
professor of biology. (Martin Dreyer, "Fruit Fly
Lady," Texas Magazine, Sunday, January 9, 1966, pp. 17-

21. )

Children (9) ALTENBURG

i. Robert Alexander, b. Jan. 22, 1941, Houston, Tex-
as; educated at the University of Houston with a
major in physics; married: daughter, Carla Pat-
ricia, b. Jan. 31, 1971

ii. Lewis Conrad, b. May 12, 1942, Houston, Texas; a
graduate of Rice University; did graduate work
in bio-chemistry at University of Oklahoma; mar-
ried: daughter, Kristin Lee, b. Mar. 9, 1969

Reference: Miriam Kass, "Space Flies," Houston Post, March

22, 1964.

Theodore H. Smith

p
WILLIAM LYNDON STOREY , son of Olin Kurgeon and Luella Ber-
nice (Coan) Storey, was born August 5, 1914, in Tulia, Tex-
as. He was graduated from Rice Institute in 1935 and re-
ceived his law degree in 1938 from Texas State University in
Austin. In 1941 he enlisted in the Naval Reserve and went

74 COAN GENEALOGY

to Pearl Harbor in April, 1942. He served in communications
and did Judge Advocate work. September 27, 1943, he married
Evelyn H. Shraeder in Vernon, Texas. After the war, he con-
tinued in the navy and taught law at the naval base in Dal-
las. He became a captain.

INEZ BELLE STOREY , daughter of Olin Kurgeon and Luella Ber-
nice (Coan) Storey, was born August 6, 1916, at Colorado
Springs, Colorado. She was graduated from West Texas Col-
lege in Canyon in June, 1938, and worked for Standard Oil in
Houston, New Orleans, and San Franciso. June 19, 1944, she
married Wilburn Hale Seals, who was born July 22, 1916, in
Archer City, Texas. He was graduated from the University of
Texas. On his return from service in the Navy, he worked
for Standard Oil in Venezuela for four years and returned to
Dallas .

Children (9) SEALS

i. Alan Edward, b. June 11, 1947, Dallas. Tex.
ii. Marilyn Inez, b. May 6, 1951, Fort Worth, Tex.
iii. Beverly Lu , b. June 15, 1953; a lawyer

VERA PEARL STOREY , the daughter of Olin Kurgeon and Luella
Bernice (Coan) Storey, was born February 1, 1918. She was
graduated from West Texas College, Canyon, Texas, in 1939.
She married Charles E. Mandville, III on November 6, 1943.

Children (9) MANDVILLE

i. Charles E. IV, b. July 14, 1947; m. Judi Ann Rich-
ardson Sept. 17, 1970; one son, Charles E. V., b.
July 5, 1972

ii. Jill S.; m. Peter Higgins

SARAH SILENA STOREY , daughter of Olin Kurgeon and Luella
Bernice (Coan) Storey, was born March 7, 1925, in Vernon,
Texas. She went one year to Trinity University in Texas.
April 28, 1945, she married in Vernon, Texas, Everett Allen
Russell, who was born February 9, 1922, in Canton, Illinois.
He was graduated from Brown Business College in Peoria,
Illinois, and served in the Air Force in World War II from
April, 1942, to December, 1945. He died June 29, 1970. The
Russells lived for fifteen years in Indianapolis, Indiana,
then moved to Richardson, Texas.

Children (9) RUSSELL

i. Gregory Allen, b. Oct. 2, 1950, Indianapolis, Ind

COANS ON THE MOVE 75

ELMER CLARE COAN (Asa , William ^, Asa4, William3, Jacob2,
Peter1) was born August 25, 1884, in probably LaSalle Coun-
ty, Illinois, son of Asa and Silena (Phillips) Coan. He
died April 22, 1938, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

CHESTER ASA COAN (Asa , William5 , Asa4, William3, Jacob2 ,
Peter ) was born July 1, 1888, in Creston, Iowa, son of Asa
and Silena (Phillips) Coan. He married June E. Parrott July
28, 1928.

Children (8) COAN

i. Frances Silena, b. Mar. 11, 1930

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FRANCES ^ILENA COAN (Chester A. , Asa , William , Asa ,

William , Jacob , Peter ) was born March 11, 1930, daughter

of Chester Asa and June (Parrott) Coan. She married Carl

Zehr December 20, 1957.

Children (9) ZEHR

i. Laura K., b. Feb. 3, 1960
ii. Paul, b. May 11, 1964

MARY INEZ7 COAN (Asa6, William5, Asa4, William3, Jacob2, Pe-
ter1) was born May 7, 1890, in Creston, Iowa, daughter of
Asa and Silena (Phillips) Coan. She married Charles W. Rid-
doch December 28, 1911, in Fountain, Colorado. He was born
June 22, 1884, in Clarinda, Iowa.

Children (8) RIDDOCH

i. Merrill Coan, b. Jan. 9, 1913; d. Dec. 3, 1913
ii. Charles Keith, b. Dec. 1, 1914
iii. Leland Asa, b. May 30, 1917

CHARLES KEITH RIDDOCH8, son of Charles W. and Mary Inez
(Coan) Riddoch, was born December 1, 1914, at Colorado
Springs, Colorado. He married Elizabeth Ann Barrie in 1938.

Children (9) RIDDOCH

i. Barrie Lee, b. Mar. 19, 1946, Colorado Springs,

Col .
ii. Richard Keith, b. Dec. 14, 1947, Colorado Springs,

Col .
iii. Elizabeth Ann, b. Nov. 17, 1955, Colorado Springs,
Col.

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LELAND ASA RIDDOCH" , son of Charles W. and Mary Inez (Coan)
Riddoch, was born May 30, 1917, in Colorado Springs, Colo-
rado. He married Hilda Johnson in 1942 in Seattle, Washing-
ton .

Children (9) RIDDOCH both born in Seattle, Washington

i. Ivy Lee, b. Feb. 23, 1945

ii. Leland Mark, b. Oct. 28, 1947

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WILLIAM COAN (William , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was

the son of William and Abigail (Hall) Coan. Several years

after his father died, he was sent to live with his uncle

and aunt, Jim and Jane (Hall) Shipley, who were rather

stern. He ran away from home when he was fifteen and the

family lost track of him for thirty years. He settled in

Joplin, Missouri, married, and had two children.

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COLLINS A. COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born

March 25, 1830, the son of Asa and Mary (Jones) Coan. He

married Deborah Head, born in Pennsylvania, about 1834. He

was foreman of a sawmill in Adams County, Ohio, in 1860, and

lived in Lacon, Illinois, later. He was said to have been a

bridge builder in later life.

i. Edwin, b. ca. 1856

ii. Charles, b. ca. 1858

iii. Mary, b. ca. 1863; m. Dunham, lived in

Wenona , 111.
iv. Grace, b. ca . 1865; m. Potter, lived in

South Bend, Ind.
v. Myrtle, b. ca. 1871
vi. Pearl, b. ca . 1873; m. Peeples, lived in

South Bend, Ind.

Reference: Theodore H. Smith

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MYRTLE COAN (Collins A. , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter )

who was born about 1871, in Lacon, Illinois, was the daugh-
ter of Collins A. and Deborah (Head) Coan. She married

Downey. Myrtle died 1960-1962, aged 90. Mr. Downey died
August 8, 1965, aged nearly 94.

Children (7) DOWNEY

i. Peggy, m. Gene Graven; lived in Merced, Cal . , in
1965

Reference: Theodore H. Smith

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ASA W. COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was the son of

Asa and Mary (Jones) Coan. For his biography I will quote

an article that appeared in the Herald of Gospel Liberty,

Dayton, Ohio, in July, 1898.

November 13, 1833, Asa W. Coan was born near the
village of Rome, in Adams Co., 0. He was one of a fam-
ily of twelve children, seven of whom were sons and
five, daughters. His paternal grandfather, Colonel Wm.
Coan, was of German descent. His maternal grandfather,
Dr. John Jones, was of Welsh extraction. Both grand-
fathers were soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Both
his parents and grandparents were members of the Chris-
tian Church.

His educational advantages in boyhood were lim-
ited, but in 1853 he entered Clermont Academy, Adams
Co., of which Prof. James K. Parker was principal.
He gave Prof. Parker great credit as an educator and
felt his personal obligations to be peculiarly great to
the man; that he had generously helped him to become
what he was in life.

In 1855 he divided the year between teaching and
work in the Academy. In 1856 he opened a private
school for advanced scholars, which he continued for
two years, with a good degree of success. He continued
in his profession as teacher until 1862, but meantime
sharing his strength and time with a higher calling,
one that he intended should be his life work. As a
teacher he was making himself more fully ready for his
greater work.

Jan. 12, 1852, when in the nineteenth year of his
age, he united with the Christian Church of Stout's Run
in Adams Co. and at once began the work of the minis-
try. He had remarkable success in evangelistic work,
so much so, that his elders in the ministry discouraged
his ambition for further scholastic advantages. But
properly measuring the demands of the age on the minis-
try, he entered school as student and teacher, for a
fuller preparation for the work. Meantime, he regu-
larly served the people of his choice by pulpit labors.

In 1857 Bro. Coan married Miss Mary Morton. Three
sons and one daughter were born to them.

His intense oppostion to Slavery made him a marked
man in the councils of the Republican party, and at the
earnest solicitations of his political friends, he be-
came a candidate for the legislature and was elected
for the term of 1855-57 [actually, 1865-67]. He had
qualified himself for this new sphere by a course of
legal reading and study of parliamentary tactics.

Retiring in 1857 [1867] from the political arena,
he was chosen pastor of the Enon, 0. Christian Church.
He continued in that relationship for two years, when a
broader field opened to him in a call from the Provi-

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dence, R. I., Christian Church. There, for a time, in
connection with his pastoral work he engaged in the
publication of the Living Christian, a weekly religious
newspaper of real merit.

In 1873 Bro. Coan removed to Marion, Ind. taking
pastoral charge of the church in that city, in which
relationship he continued for two years. In 1875 he
took pastoral charge of the Jamestown, 0., Christian
Church, which he served for one year, when he removed
to Yellow Springs and became pastor of that church,
which he served for a period of five years.

In 1881, being elected to the editorship of the
Herald of Gospel Liberty, he removed to Dayton and en-
tered upon the last vigorous work of his life. For
nearly four years he gave himself with intense devotion
to the editorship. In June, 1884, he received a slight
paralytic stroke, but despite the warnings of wise and
devoted friends, refused to lay down the heavy burdens
of his position. On Friday, Feb. 6, 1885, a second
stroke came while he was at work in his office; under
that stroke he fell as one dead. For some time he was
completely disabled and felt compelled to relinquish
his editorial responsibilities. After a time he ral-
lied from the shock and removed to Enon , 0., his old
home, and resumed there the pastoral work, but on Sat-
urday evening, June 26, [1886] at 9 o'clock, when the
preparations for one more Sabbath's labor were all com-
plete, a third stroke fell upon our brother. He lin-
gered in a helpless and almost speechless state until
the early morning of Wednesday, the 30th of June, when
at 4:20 the spirit of Asa W. Coan departed from this
earthly life. Only the week before he had taken part
in the Commencement Exercises at Antioch College. In a
brief speech on the occasion he had said, "This is the
last Commencement I ever expect to attend.... I am only
holding on by the willows." Alas! How feeble was the
hold! How speedy was the going!

Bro. Coan had been honored greatly by his people.
His positions of trust and responsibility were many and
honorable. He had for years been a trustee of the Pub-
lishing House and of the Christian Biblical Institute.
For many years he had been president of the Central 0.
Conference; was a member of the Educational Board of
Antioch College; and for one term was president of the
Quadrennial Convention. He was a born leader of men.
His counsel was with wisdom and his devotion to the
work of his Church whole-hearted. His was a commanding
presence. Few men looked the leader more completely
than did he. Few men, perhaps, of nobler appearance
ever graced our council chambers. He looked like one
built for a hundred years of toil. He was a man of
generous heart, magnificent physique, fine mental abil-
ity, and large pulpit power!

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In 1881, Bro. Coan published a book of 434 pages,
entitled Gospel Sermons by Christian Ministers. The
volume contains twenty-six sermons, with portraits and
biographical sketches of each contributor. No volume
was ever issued from the press of the Christians, of
greater, if of equal value. It is a rich monument to
the name of Rev. A. W. Coan.

The funeral services of Brother Coan were at Enon,
his last home. Twenty-four ministers were present. Ad-
dresses were made by Elders Long, Black, and Summerbell
and Elders McWhinney, Weeks, Warbinton, and Coil con-
ducted other portions of the service. While the clergy
encircled the casket, a verse of Sweet Bye and Bye was
sung, and each man felt that a noble brother had en-
tered into rest; indeed, that a mighty prince had fal-
len in Israel! The interment took place at Yellow
Springs, 0. , where many of his best years had been giv-
en to the Church.

His memory will be cherished by a large circle of
friends, as one of the heroes of truth!

The following is from his obituary by 0. W. Powers in
The Antiochian:

Antioch College had no truer friend. He stood
firmly by its interests, in good fortune or ill, and,
with his associates in the Board, omitted no effort to
carry out the designs and realize the hopes of the
founders and friends of the college. And when, at the
last Commencement, the Trustees announced the brighten-
ing outlook, none were more hopefully glad than he.
His words at the Commencement dinner will ever seem to
those who heard them as at once a prophecy of the fu-
ture prosperity of Antioch, and a sadder prophecy of
his own approaching end. In one week from that day he
was no more.

From a beautiful memorial essay by Rev. G. D.
Black, we take the following:

"Asa W. Coan was an earnest and a thoroughly con-
scientious man. What he believed he believed with his
might and he was fearless in his advocacy of it. He
was not a cringer. His mind dwelt constantly and loft-
ily on the great themes respecting God, man, and duty;
and they were to him stern, solemn realities

Only today a man of distinction in politics, who
sat next to Coan in the Ohio General Assembly in 1866-
67, told me he never knew a man in his life more con-
scientious and terribly in earnest than A. W. Coan. He
said that his own party could not depend on his vote if
the measure was one that he conceived to be question-
able as to its character; that the moment he saw a dis-
position in his party to play fast and loose with a
principle of right or truth, he was sure to bolt. He

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also said that his ability to grasp questions, and his
strength and courage in debate, easily made him a lead-
er on his side of the House."

Asa's wife, Mary Morton, was born July 13, 1838, in
Ohio. She married Asa August 26, 1857, in Adams County,
Ohio. She died January 27, 1924, in Massachusetts.

Children (6) COAN

i. Asa Morton, b. Sept. 12, 1858; d. Jan. 27, 1909;

architect and builder; died single
ii. John Leet, b. Aug. 26, 1860
iii. Ella M., b. May 14, 1863
iv. Charles William, b. Oct. 23, 1874

JOHN LEET6 COAN (Asa W.5, Asa4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1)
was born August 26, 1860, in Ohio, son of Asa W. and Mary
(Morton) Coan. On May 2, 1887, he married Sarah Margery
Hanger who, like John, was the child of a minister. They
met while attending Antioch College. John was in the print-
ing business in Dayton, Ohio, until his son went West to
college. Then he moved his family to Seattle, Washington.
He died May 1 , 1941 .

Children (7) COAN

i. Charles Florus, b. Apr. 30, 1886
ii. Mildred Eleanor

CHARLES FLORUS COAN (John L. , Asa W. , Asa , William3, Ja-
cob , Peter1) was born in Dayton, Ohio, April 30, 1886, the
son of John Leet and Sarah Margery (Hanger) Coan. Charles
attended high school in Dayton and worked after school in
his father's printing office and in the Dayton Public Lib-
rary. A cousin, probably William6, (Charles5, Asa* , Wil-
liam , Jacob , Peter1), who was a teacher at Whitman Col-
lege in Walla Walla, Washington, persuaded him to go West to
college. He was graduated from the University of Washington
in 1908. He did graduate work there for a year, but was
threatened with failing eyesight; so he decided to try home-
steading. He settled on 160 acres of government land in
southeastern Oregon in the Burns district, 150 miles from
the nearest railroad. After an unsuccessful year, he re-
turned to Seattle and was offered a teaching position in the
Tung Wen Institute at Amoy, China. He got the job on Wednes-
day and sailed on the following Saturday from Vancouver on
the Empress of India. In 1912, after two years in China,
he returned to Seattle.

Next he taught in a grammar school in Port Townsend,
Washington; in January, 1913, he became director of Collins

COANS ON THE MOVE 81

Field House, a municipal social center in Seattle. At this
point he decided to return to college and spent the next two
years at the University of California doing graduate study
in history. From 1915-1918 he taught history in Alameda
High School in Alameda, California.

At the beginning of the United States' participation in
World War I, he enlisted for service in the Second Hospital
Corps at the University of California, but was disqualified
because of his eyesight. In the summer of 1918 he succeeded
in enlisting in the National Guard in Seattle. When the war
ended, he returned to the University of California where he
received his Ph.D. in history in 1920. That fall he ac-
cepted the position of associate professor of history at the
University of New Mexico. He became a full professor in
1922.

March 9, 1924, he married Mary Leonor Wright, the
daughter of Clarence Wright of Springer, New Mexico. She
attended the University of Missouri, the University of New
Mexico; and was a teacher at Union High School in Grants,
New Mexico, at the University of New Mexico, and at Stephens
College .

Charles was the author of A History of New Mexico. He
died September 19, 1928.

Children (8) COAN

i. John Victor, b. Aug. 23, 1926

JOHN VICTOR COAN (Charles F. , John L. , Asa W. , Asa ,
William , Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Albuquerque, New Mexi-
co, August 23, 1926, the son of Charles Florus and Mary
(Wright) Coan . He received his early education in the pub-
lic schools of Albuquerque. In 1951 he attended the Univer-
sity of Kansas; in 1952 he was graduated from the University
of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Laws degree.

After being admitted to the bar, he practiced law in
both Albuquerque and Grants. He served as judge of the
small-claims court of Bernalillo County, as assistant city
attorney at Grants, and as a member of the board of trustees
of the town of Grants. While he was trustee, Grants received
the Ail-American City Award, the only municipality of New
Mexico and Arizona in the finals.

John was a marine in World War II and was in action
with the Leathernecks' Third Corps in the South Pacific. He
was in the service from 1943 to 1946.

At Trenton, Nebraska, on January 18, 1947, John married
Arlene Pennell who was born in Trenton June 10, 1925, the
daughter of Fred and Emma (Dayton) Pennell. Arlene was a
beautician, a painter, and an avid bridge player.

John was a member of Mesa Lodge No. 68 of the Masons at
Albuquerque, served as Judge Advocate of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and was chairman of the Boy Scout troop of the

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First Methodist Church. He was actively concerned with pub-
lic affairs, a member of and worker in the Democratic party,
and a life-long resident of New Mexico.

Children (9) COAN all born at Albuquerque

i. Barbara Leslie, b. May 18, 1951; teacher-princi-
pal of grade school, Loveland, Col.

ii. Marc Wayne, b. Jan. 4, 1954; teacher; owned and
operated furniture-woodworking business in Al-
buquerque, N.M.

iii. Charles Frederick, b. Oct. 14, 1958; lieutenant,
U. S. Army, 197th Infantry Brigade, Fort Benn-
ing, Ga.

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MILDRED ELEANOR COAN (John L. , Asa W. , Asa , William ,

Jacob , Peter ) daughter of John Leet and Sarah Margery

(Hanger) Coan, married Ralph C. Wentworth July 23, 1913.

Children (9) WENTWORTH

i. Margery; m. Hemple; two adopted children: Kathryn

J. and James Allen
ii. Mildred Eleanor; m. Brewster; two sons: David and

Charles

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ELLA M. COAN (Asa W. , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was
born May 14, 1863, the daughter of Asa W. and Mary (Morton)
Coan. She received an A.B. degree from Antioch College in
1887. Her mother had attended Antioch during the adminis-
tration of Horace Mann. From 1888 to 1891 she was a teacher
of drawing and painting at the College. She then taught
drawing in the public schools of Algona, Iowa, until 1893.
In 1896 she was graduated from the normal arts course at
Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 1900 she married
Victor Shinn, an art instructor in Brooklyn where they were
living in 1908; later they moved to Ashley Falls, Massachu-
setts. She died in 1946.

Reference: Antioch College Alumni Directory, 1921

Antiochiana, Olive Kettering Library, Antioch
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

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CHARLES WILLIAM COAN (Asa W. , Asa , William , Jacob , Pe-
ter1) was born October 23, 1874, the son of Asa W. and Mary
(Morton) Coan. He was educated at Antioch College and mar-
ried Susan . They had no children. He was a teacher

and in 1921 was living in Brooklyn, New York. August 2,
1924, he died in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, and was buried
in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

John Victor Coan and Arlene Pennell
Coan

Barbara Leslie Coan, Charles Frederick Coan, Marc Wayne Coan

Mary Alice Coan

Isaac Tichenor Smith

Arthur Morton Smith, about 10
years old

COANS ON THE MOVE 83

The following material on Mary Alice Coan and her many
descendants was written for this genealogy by her grandson,
Theodore Hunter Smith. He also contributed all the pictures
for this section.

MARY ALICE 5 COAN (Asa4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1 ) was born
September 2, 1835, in Rome (now Stout), Green Township,
Adams County, Ohio, the daughter of Asa and Mary Alice
(Jones) Coan. She died July 3, 1918, in Marshal ltown, Iowa.
Mary married:

(1) John H. Jarvis, May 5, 1852, in Adams County, Ohio;

(2) Isaac Tichenor Smith, June 2, 1864, in Marshall-

town, Iowa; divorced in 1868;

(3) Moses S. Curtis, September 20, 1868, in Marshall

County, Iowa.

(1) John H. Jarvis was born in Lewis County, Kentucky, Sep-
tember 16, 1823. He went to California in the Gold
Rush and was listed there in the census of 1850. Near
him was a man named Henry Sturdevant, with whom he be-
came a close friend. They agreed that each would name
a son for the other. Although John is said to have met
with success in his search for gold, he lost all in a
hotel fire in San Francisco as he was ready to return
home. He went back to the claim before he returned to
Ohio, but he was not so successful as before.

After he and Mary were married, they lived for a
time in Buena Vista, Ohio (about seven miles east of
Rome), then in Manchester, Ohio, about twelve miles
west of Rome. About 1856 they moved to Jefferson Town-
ship (later called Timber Creek Township), Marshall
County, Iowa. On October 2, 1861, John enlisted in
Company H, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in which he be-
came a corporal. After he entered the army, John rented
the farm and moved his family into Marshalltown. He was
missing in action, presumed killed, in the Battle of
Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. After John's death,
Mary took up nursing to support her children. One of
her patients was Isaac T. Smith.

(2) Isaac Tichenor Smith, a widower from Wisconsin, was
born May 17, 1817, in Ellery, Chautauqua County, New
York, the son of Farrinton and Lucy (Smiley) McNitt
Smith. Isaac, his father, three brothers, a half-bro-
ther, and a half-sister and half a dozen first cousins
settled in the Territory of Wisconsin between 1834 and
1845. By his first wife, Nancy De Jean, who died in
1859, Isaac had nine children, seven of which were liv-
ing when he and Mary Jarvis were married. Isaac had
sold his farm in Rock County, Wisconsin, in October
1862, and the next summer moved with four of his child-
ren to Marshalltown, Iowa. While he was living there,

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he took sick; and he was nursed by Mary Jarvis. They
were married in Marsha 11 town June 2, 1864.

Soon after their marriage they moved to Boonsbor-
ough, Iowa, where Isaac went into the coal mining busi-
ness, selling coal to nearby railroads. Isaac was not
a good business man, and he did not have written con-
tracts with the railroads, so when the latter secured
their own coal mines, he lost his business. At that
time four of Mary's Jarvis children (Emma had died)
were living in Boonsborough with Isaac, Mary, and their
son, Arthur Morton Smith. Mary took her five children
to her farm outside of Marshalltown and Isaac went back
to Janesville, Wisconsin, working as a carpenter.

In 1868 Mary secured a divorce, and on September
20, 1868, she married Moses S. Curtis. By June, 1870,
Isaac was back in Iowa, living in Fort Dodge with three
of his children by his first wife and with Arthur Mor-
ton, his son by Mary. He was a dealer in agricultural
machinery. In July, 1870, he had a fire in his store
that completely wiped him out and left him deeply in
debt. For a period he became interested in Iowa lead
mines, but he decided that he would do better in the
Far West.

In May, 1873, he left Iowa with a group of covered
wagons, taking with him his oldest daughter, Flora and
his youngest son, Arthur. They crossed the Great
Plains, following the line of the Union Pacific Rail-
road through Nebraska and Northeast Colorado to Greeley
where they left the wagon train and went to Fort Col-
lins, Colorado. (Their adventures there will be des-
cribed under Arthur M. Smith). In January, 1875, Isaac
went to Saugauche and the Sangre de Cristo mountains
and later to Hinsdale and Gunnison Counties, all in
Colorado, prospecting for gold, silver, lead and iron.
In 1888 Isaac returned to Iowa and lived for a time
with his daughter, Ida S. Farrell, then moved back to
Wisconsin. He spent his last years with his son Scott
Smith and family in Rock County, where he died January
12, 1898.

(3) Moses S. Curtis, born in New York state about 1817, was
a widower with at least four children when he and Mary
were married. In 1870 they lived in Timber Creek Town-
ship, Marshall County, Iowa; in 1875 they lived in New-
ton, Jasper County, Iowa. Moses Curtis died August 10,
1904, in Lemoore, California. By June, 1907, Mary was
living in Marshalltown, Iowa, with her daughter, Emma
Curtis .

Children (6)

(1) JARVIS

Theodore Hunter Smith

Nancy Jane Dempcy

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Coan left, and Esther Grace
Coan at grave of George
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Swanton Coan, cemetery,
Vienna, Elgin County.
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1 .

ii .

iii .

iv .

v .
SMITH

Elizabeth, b. May 16, 1853, Buena Vista,
Ohio; m. Apr. 14, 1872, Aaron Fetters, in
Marshall County, Iowa; six children

Emma, b. Apr. 25, 1855, Manchester, Ohio;
d. before 1865

Henry Sturdevant, b. Mar. 2, 1857

Sabra Margaret, b. June 16, 1859, Marshall
County, Iowa; d. before 1870

John Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1861

vi . Arthur Morton, b. Dec. 25, 1864

(3) CURTIS

vii. Emma, b. Jan. 28, 187 0
viii. George, b. ca . 1875

HENRY STURDEVANT JARVIS , son of Mary A. ( Coan ) and John H.
Jarvis, was born March 2, 1857, in Jefferson Township, Mar-
shall County, Iowa. After his mother married Isaac Smith,
her four Jarvis children (Emma was dead) lived with Isaac
and her, and two of Isaac's daughters for a time. After the
divorce and Mary's marriage to Moses Curtis, the children
lived with the Curtis family for a year and a half, but by
June 1870, only the Curtis children (including Emma Curtis,
b. Jan. 28, 1870) lived with Moses and Mary. Henry lived
nearby with Benjamin and Mary Crabtree ; Lizzie lived with
James and Amanda Crabtree. John Charles probably lived with
one of his uncles, and Sabra was dead. Henry was always
very fond of the Crabtree families and had no use for any of
the Curtis family except his mother and his half-sister,
Emma Curtis. Some time after his grandmother, Mary (Jones)
Coan, widow of Asa4 Coan, married William Cox, Henry went to
live with them in Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio, where
he went to high school. He also lived for a while with his
uncle, John A. Coan, near Vanceburg, Kentucky.

By July, 1880, Henry was back in Timber Creek Township,
Marshall County, Iowa, running his mother's farm. On Novem-
ber 2, 1882, he was married to Kattie Allgiers, daughter of
John and Mary Allgiers of La Moille, Iowa. In 1884 Henry
and his wife moved to Northern Nebraska and Henry took out a
homestead claim near Brocksburg, Keya Paha County. He soon
bought a store and post office in Brocksburg. Later he
moved to Springview, where he was county clerk of Keya Paha
County in 1888 and 1889. His marriage to Kattie Allgiers
ended in divorce because she could not stand the loneliness
and the primitive conditions of the life on the homestead
and in Brocksburg. On July 2, 1891, Henry was married to
Mary L. Wood, the daughter of Frank B. and Elizabeth S.
(Allen) Wood. She was born November 21, 1867, in Hamburg,

COAN GENEALOGY

New York, and moved with her parents and three brothers to
Nebraska in 1882, where the parents took a homestead and a
timber claim, each good for one hundred sixty acres. On the
homestead they built a very good sod house, which they lived
in for many years. Mary was married in the "soddie."

Henry and Mary moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1891,
where Henry worked for a wholesale fruit company for three
years; then they returned to Springview, Nebraska, where
Henry ran a store. In 1902 they moved to Ainsworth, Brown
County, Nebraska, where Henry again had a store, and was
elected county clerk in 1905. In 1909 they moved to Herrick,
South Dakota, where Henry again had a store, which he kept
until 1923. In August of that year he, Mary, and their son
King Coan Jarvis (the only child at home at that time) moved
to Los Angeles where Henry bought a store, which he kept un-
til 1926. In the meantime King, who was a veterinary doctor,
had started to work for the California Department of Agri-
culture. In 1927 Henry bought a store and post office in El
Dorado, California, which he ran until October, 1929, when
he sold it and moved back to the Los Angeles area. He died
late in December, 1929. Mary lived in Eagle Rock, Los Ange-
les, until she died in April, 1963.

Children (7) JARVIS

i. Echo Elizabeth, b. June 18, 1892

ii. John Francis, b. July 23, 1894

iii. King Coan, b. Dec. 8, 1898

iv. Mary Constance, b. Oct. 23, 1900

v. Dorothy, b. Aug. 17, 1903

vi. Theodore, d. summer of 1906, aged about three
months

ECHO ELIZABETH JARVIS , daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Wood)
Jarvis, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 18, 1892; she
died in Los Angeles, California, May 10, 1966. She married
in 1915, Arthur J. Misner, who died in July, 1970. Echo
taught school in Pasadena, California, for several years.
Her husband taught in a Los Angeles high school and then in
a community college.

Children (8) MISNER

i. Margaret, b. Nov. 29, 1919
ii. Arthur Jack, b. July 14, 1922

MARGARET MISNER , daughter of Arthur J. and Echo Elizabeth
(Jarvis) Misner, was born November 29, 1919, in Los Angeles,
California. She graduated from the University of California
in Berkeley with a B.A. degree in 1941, and an M.A. degree
in 1943. She was married to Walter M. Bangert in 1948.

COANS ON THE MOVE 8 7

They both taught in the public high schools but were re-
tired, lived (1982) in Del Mar, California, and Margaret
sold real estate in La Jolla, California.

Children (9) BANGERT

i. Christine, b. Apr. 6, 1948
ii. Peggy, b. Dec. 29, 1954

9
CHRISTINE BANGERT , daughter of Walter and Margaret (Misner)

Bangert, was born April 6, 1948. She married Donald Harris

and had one son seven years old in 1982.

8
ARTHUR JACK MISNER , son of Arthur J. and Echo E. (Jarvis)

Misner, was born in Los Angeles, California, July 14, 1921.
He received an A.B. degree in 1942, an M.A. degree in 1948,
and a Ph.D. degree in 1954, all from the University of Cali-
fornia at Berkeley. After receiving the last degree, he
taught in the Political Science Department at California
State University, Los Angeles. He married Fern Wilson in
Berkeley, California, in 1951, and in 1982 they lived in Al-
hambra, California. They had no children.

7
JOHN FRANCIS JARVIS , son of Henry S. and Mary (Wood) Jar-
vis), was born in Enterprise, Nebraska, on July 23, 1894.
While attending high school, he lived with his grandmother
and his Aunt Emma Curtis in Marshalltown, Iowa. Later he
attended Iowa State University, at Ames, Iowa, where he re-
ceived a B.S. degree and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in
1918. After one year in the army and several jobs, he went
to Oregon State University where he received an M.S. degree
in 1928. He spent twenty-eight years as Dairy Inspector for
the California State Department of Agriculture, retiring in
1956, and in 1982 lived in Laguna Hills, California. He
married (1) in 1920 Cecil Brogden of Hillsboro, Oregon, (b.
1888; d. 1945), daughter of William and Mettam Brogden; in
September, 1947, he married (2) Barbara Hepperle (b. 1893,
Odessa, Russia), divorced.

Children (8) JARVIS

i. Jack Brogden, b. Dec. 6, 1931

8
JACK BROGDEN JARVIS , son of John Francis and Cecil (Brog-
den) Jarvis, was born December 6, 1931, in Stockton, Cali-
fornia. He married (1) in 1955, Miss Primrose; one daugh-
ter, Kelly (adopted) b. 1959; (2) in 1964 Constance Can-
field.

88 COAN GENEALOGY

KING COAN JARVIS7, son of Henry S. and Mary (Wood) Jarvis,
was born December 8, 1898, in Springview, Nebraska. He was
graduated from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, in 1922,
with the degree of D.V.M. He lived for many years in Red
Bluff, California, and he worked from 1924 until his retire-
ment in 1962 for the California State Department of Agricul-
ture. On June 2, 1928, he was married to Diana Belle Weib-
ling, daughter of Charles J. and Margaret (Lamberson) Weib-
ling, who was born November 11, 1901, at Robinson, Kansas.
Diana was listed in Who's Who of American Women, Second
Edition, 1961-1962; also in 1962, volume one, Dictionary of
International Biography, London, England.

Children (8) JARVIS

i. Charles Henry, b. July 1, 1930

CHARLES HENRY JARVIS8, son of King Coan and Diana Belle
(Weibling) Jarvis, was born in Alturas, California, July 1,
1930. He graduated from Stanford University in 1952, and
received a law degree from the University of California at
Berkeley in 1958. He served as midshipman in the U. S. Navy
in the Korean war. Charles was married August 26, 1956, to
Virginia Eleane Stewart, daughter of Harry Otto and Alyse
(Dow) Stewart. He was (1982) a lawyer in Santa Barbara,
California.

Children (9) JARVIS

i. Cynthia Coan, b. Nov. 7, 1957

ii. Dow Stewart Weibling, b. July 27, 1959

CYNTHIA COAN JARVIS9, daughter of Charles Henry and Virginia
E. (Stewart) Jarvis, was born November 7, 1957, at Berkeley,
California. She graduated from Stanford University in 1982,
and in 1982 was in graduate school there. On March 21, 1981
she married Gregory Clark Vitt, son of Dr. and Mrs. Vitt, of
Santa Barbara, California

9
DOW STEWART WEIBLING JARVIS , son of Charles Henry and Vir-
ginia (Stewart) Jarvis, was born July 27, 1959. He attended
Lewis and Clark University for one year and was in 1982 a
senior at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

MARY CONSTANCE JARVIS7, daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Wood)
Jarvis, was born in Springview, Nebraska, October 23, 1900,
and died May 1940, in San Francisco, California. She was a
teacher in the California public schools for many years,
first in Brea, later in Eagle Rock. She received an M.A.

COANS ON THE MOVE 8 9

degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She
married Arthur Van Tuyle in 1928, after which they lived in
Brea, California; no children.

7
DOROTHY JARVIS , daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Wood) Jar-
vis, was born August 17, 1903, in Ainsworth, Nebraska.
Later she lived with her parents in Herrick, South Dakota.
In 1922 she moved to Los Angeles, where she attended the
University of California at Los Angeles, graduating with a
B.A. degree in 1926. She taught in the southern California
schools, then did teacher training work at the University of
Southern California for many years, retiring in 1963. Her
mother, Mary (Wood) Jarvis, lived with her in Eagle Rock,
Los Angeles, California, for eighteen years, dying in April,
1963, at the age of ninety-five. Dorothy married (1) George
E. Melrose in June, 1934. Her husband served in the army
during World War II. They grew apart and were divorced in
1948. Dorothy married (2) on August 16, 1981, Benjamin F.
Burr. She and Ben were sweethearts in high school in South
Dakota, but did not get married then because she went West
to college. By the time she graduated, Ben was married.
His wife having died of cancer, Ben was a widower, and he
and Dorothy decided to marry. They lived (1982) in a retire-
ment community in Laguna Hills, California near her brother,
John Francis Jarvis.

6
JOHN CHARLES JARVIS , son of John H. and Mary Alice (Coan)
Jarvis, was born November 15, 1861, in Marshall County,
Iowa. About five months after he was born, his father was
killed in the Battle of Shiloh; and his mother was left a
widow with five children. They stayed with her during her
short marriage to Isaac Smith; but soon after she married
Moses Curtis, the Jarvis children were sent to stay with
friends or relatives. John Charles (hereinafter called
Charles or Charles J., because he called himself that in his
adult life) was said to have gone to live with his uncle,
Asa W. Coan, but he was not listed with that family in the
1870 census, possibly because the census was taken before he
had arrived. He was possibly the Charles listed (no surname
given) as a nephew with the family of John and Sabra (Coan)
Cox in Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio, in the 1880 cen-
sus, although it stated that he, his father and his mother
were all born in Ohio, whereas he was born in Iowa, and his
father was born in Kentucky. At any rate, during his adult
life he lived in Marshalltown, Iowa, where he had a grocery
store. His mother and his Aunt Emma Curtis lived near him
in their later years. He died in 1924.

On October 8, 1884, Charles married Emma Margaret Lan-
dahl, who died in 1932.

90 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (7) JARVIS

i. Frank, b. Sept. 26, 1885; d. Nov. 13, 1892

ii. Helen, b. Aug. 15, 1893

iii. Charles Raymond, b. May 29, 1897, a twin

iv. Florence R., b. May 29, 1897, a twin

7
HELEN JARVIS , daughter of Charles J. and Emma ( Landahl )

Jarvis, was born in Marshall town, Iowa, August 15, 1893. She
died in Des Moines, Iowa, where she had taught school for
many years, on November 6, 1979. She was married to H. Nor-
man Barnes and had two children, both of whom married and
had children.

Children (8) BARNES

i. Marjorie
ii. Carol

7
CHARLES RAYMOND JARVIS , son of Charles J. and Emma (Lan-
dahl Jarvis, was born May 29, 1897, in Marshall town, Iowa.
He was a chiropractor and practiced for many years in Pasa-
dena, California, where he died October 19, 1974. He was
married to Helen Andrews, who in 1982 lived in a retirement
home near Pasadena. They had no children.

7
FLORENCE R. JARVIS , daughter of Charles J. and Emma (Lan-
dahl) Jarvis, was born in Marshal 1 town , Iowa, on May 29,
1897. After receiving an A.B. degree, she attended Columbia
University, where she received a Ph.D. degree in education.
In 1982 she lived in Des Moines, Iowa, where she had taught
school for many years.

ARTHUR MORTON SMITH , son of Isaac T. and Mary A. (Coan)
Jarvis Smith, was born December 25, 1864, in Boonsborough,
Iowa. After his parents separated, he lived with his mother
and the Jarvis children in Timber Creek Township, Marshall
County, Iowa, until after his mother married Moses Curtis.
In the spring of 1870 he was taken to Fort Dodge, Iowa, to
live with his father, two half-sisters, and a half-brother.
In May of 1873, he left Fort Dodge with his father and his
half-sister, Flora Smith, and joined a small caravan of wag-
ons bound for Colorado Territory. They crossed the Missouri
River by ferry at Council Bluffs, Iowa, then headed north
and west to the Platte River, which they followed west to
North Platte, Nebraska. They then followed the South Platte
River southwest, then west, to the Cache la Poudre River. At
Greeley, Colorado, they left the party and headed north to
Fort Collins, Colorado.

COANS ON THE MOVE 91

Near Kearney, Nebraska, where they had camped at noon
because of the presence nearby of about one thousand Pawnee
Indians who were off their reservation on a hunt, Arthur was
resting in a tent when two Indian braves lifted up the side
and back and entered, picking up things they fancied. Arthur
sped out to the main camp and gave the alarm and the men of
the party came over to the tent with their guns ready while
one unarmed man went forward and took the stolen things away
from the braves, who offered no resistance.

Another interesting experience took place one evening
while they were traveling along the South Platte River. They
looked across the river and the hills had turned black and
seemed to be moving! What they saw was a tremendous herd of
buffalo moving on to new pastures. Arthur afterwards saw
many herds of buffalo, but never again one of that size.

Isaac worked for a time as a carpenter in Fort Collins,
then went trapping along the Cache la Poudre River while Ar-
thur stayed with Flora on a ranch along the Big Thompson
River. In the winter Isaac took Arthur up the Cache la
Poudre River and across the Medicine Bow Range and the Con-
tinental Divide into North Park, a natural park in north
central Colorado. Isaac hunted, trapped, and prospected.
In the spring, Arthur went to live at another ranch along
the Big Thompson River, and spent several weeks in a cabin
up Red Stone Creek, near Horsetooth Mountain, helping with
cutting poles and hauling them down the mountain with a yoke
of oxen. Near the cabin was an abandoned lumber camp which
was used by "road agents" (highway men) in between depreda-
tions. The men did not bother their neighbors as long as
nobody informed on them, but they were a source of worry.

About a week before Christmas, 1874, Arthur was sent
back to Wisconsin so he could go to school. He lived with
his half-brother, Scott Smith, near Janesville, until the
summer of 1878, when he ran away. He worked at various
farms in the area until 1882, when he went to Fort Dodge,
Iowa, to live with his half-sister, Ida (Smith) Farrell, and
her family. There he graduated from high school in 1885.
That summer Arthur went to Chicago, where he had several
jobs. In 1887 he moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where he
worked for the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad. He started as
a stenographer, then was chief clerk, passenger train con-
ductor, and assistant superintendent. He later worked for a
number of other railroads, including the Pere Marquette,
the Southern, and the Coal and Coke, ending his active ca-
reer in 1934 as superintendent of the Hagerstown (Maryland)
Division of the Western Maryland Railway.

Arthur married (1) December 27, 1899, in Cleveland,
Ohio, Nancy Jane Dempcy, daughter of Marshall L. and Sarah
E. (Hunter) Dempcy, who was born September 1, 1867, in
Cleveland, Ohio. Nancy died September 19, 1906, in Cleve-
land. Arthur married (2) January 21, 1909, in Rock Hill,
South Carolina, Emma Jane Roach, daughter of John J. and
Margaret (Watson) Roach of Rock Hill. Emma was a wonderful

92 COAN GENEALOGY

i. Eleanor Dempcy, b. June 2, 1901

ii. Arthur Morton, Jr., b. Dec. 30, 1902

iii. Theodore Hunter, b. Sept. 5, 1904

iv. Ralph Dempcy, b. Oct. 11, 1905

ELEANOR DEMPCY SMITH7, daughter of Arthur M. and Nancy J.
(Dempcy) Smith, was born June 2, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois.
She spent most of her childhood in Elkins, West Virginia,
where she graduated from high school in 1918. She lived
with her Grandmother Dempcy in Cleveland, Ohio, while at-
tending Western Reserve University, where she received an
A.B. degree in 1922. In 1923/24 she attended the University
of Wisconsin in Madison, getting an M.A. degree in history.
She taught history at Mississippi State College for Women in
Columbus, and at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
She was later assistant editor of American Historical Re-
view. On June 8, 1940, she was married to Thomas Walker
Moore, in Hagerstown, Maryland. He was the son of Milton 0.
and Lorena (Ellwood) Moore of Washington County, Pennsylva-
nia. The Moores lived in Annapolis, Maryland, where Tom
taught mathematics at the U. S. Naval Academy until his
death December 17, 1959. Eleanor still (1982) lived in Anna-
polis.

Children (8) MOORE

i. Nancy Jane, b. Mar. 15, 1941
ii. Roberta Agnes, b. Nov. 20, 1943

NANCY JANE MOORE8, daughter of Thomas W. and Eleanor D.
(Smith) Moore, was born March 15, 1941, in Baltimore, Mary-
land. After graduating from high school in Annapolis, she
attended Smith College, where she received her A.B. degree
in 1963. She then went to Yale University, where she re-
ceived the degree of Ph.D. in English Literature in 1966.
On June 20, 1967, she married David Frederick Goslee, the
son of Harvey and Cecilia Goslee.

In 1982 both of the Goslees taught English at the Uni-
versity of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Children (9) GOSLEE

i. Susan Margaret, b. Aug. 7, 1971

COANS ON THE MOVE 9 3

ROBERTA AGNES MOORE , daughter of Thomas W. and Eleanor D.
(Smith) Moore, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 20,
1943. After graduating from high school there, she attended
Smith College, where she received her A.B. degree in 1965.
She then went to Yale University, where she received her
M.A. degree in 1967. On June 4, 1966, she married Jan An-
drew MacGregor, who was born August 13, 1940, son of Admiral
and Mrs. Edgar John MacGregor III (sic). Jan graduated from
the U. S. Naval Academy in 1962, and has served in the U. S.
Navy ever since. He recently served as commander of a nu-
clear submarine and was in 1982 assigned to the Pentagon,
with the rank of Commander.

Children (9) MACGREGOR

i. Hilary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 15, 1966

ii. Ian Thomas, b. Dec. 31, 1968

iii. Catherine Hunter, b. Mar. 28, 1974, Naples, Italy

ARTHUR MORTON SMITH, JR. , the son of Arthur Morton and
Nancy J. (Dempcy) Smith, was born December 30, 1902, in Chi-
cago, Illinois. After growing up in Elkins, West Virginia,
where he graduated from high school at the age of fifteen
and a half, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and for three years
lived with his Grandmother Dempcy while attending Western
Reserve University. (After three years he moved to his fra-
ternity house and his brother, Theodore, took his place with
his grandmother.) Arthur received his A.B. degree in 1922
and his M.D. degree in 1926. He stayed in Cleveland as in-
tern and resident in several hospitals, specializing in sur-
gery, until 1932. He then moved to Charlottesville, Virginia
where he practiced surgery until 1975. During World War II,
Arthur went on active duty as a major in the U. S. Army
Medical Corps. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on Feb-
ruary 16, 1945, and was discharged September 24, 1946. He
served in England from July 14, 1944 until July 19, 1945.

On June 22, 1940, he was married to Elizabeth Wood
Borst, the daughter of Victor and Hazel (Wood) Borst, who
was born July 6, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated
from Smith College in 1935 with an A.B. degree. In 1982 they
lived in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Children (8) SMITH

i. Elizabeth Wood, b. Mar. 3, 1945
ii. Catherine Hunter, b. Dec. 4, 1949

ELIZABETH WOOD SMITH , daughter of Arthur M. , Jr. and Eliza-
beth (Borst) Smith, was born in New York City, March 3,
1945. Her father was serving in the U. S. Army in England
at the time. She attended Smith College, where she received

9 4 COAN GENEALOGY

an A.B. degree in 1967, and in 1969 she received a degree of
M.A. in teaching from Harvard University. After graduation
she taught school. On April 18, 1970, she married John Har-
old Sinnegen; they both taught school for some years, then
in 1981 Elizabeth enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1982 they were separated.
They had no children.

CATHERINE HUNTER SMITH , daughter of Arthur M. , Jr., and
Elizabeth (Borst) Smith, was born in Charlottesville, Vir-
ginia, December 4, 1949. She attended Smith College, where
she received an A.B. degree in 1971. She later earned an
M.A. degree at the University of Virginia and an M.F.A. de-
gree at the University of Texas. She was interested in dra-
matics and in 1982 was a member of the Drama Department at
Smith College. She was unmarried.

THEODORE HUNTER SMITH7, son of Arthur Morton and Nancy J.
(Dempcy) Smith, was born September 5, 1904, in Detroit,
Michigan. From March, 1909, to July, 1919, he and his fam-
ily lived in Elkins, West Virginia; they then moved to Hag-
erstown, Maryland, where he graduated from high school in
1921. He went to Cleveland, Ohio, and lived with his Grand-
mother Dempcy from 1921 to 1927, attending Western Reserve
University, where he received an A.B. degree and was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa in 1925. He then attended Case Institute
of Technology, where he was granted a B.S. in mechanical en-
gineering and was elected to Sigma Xi in 1927. He then went
to Yale University where he received an M.S. in mechanical
engineering in 1928. From 1928 through 1950 he was an engi-
neer with Consolidated Edison Company of New York (and pre-
decessor companies) specializing in efficiency testing and
design of steam power plants. In 1951 he moved to Califor-
nia and went with Bechtel Corporation as a project engineer
in their Power and Industrial Division in San Francisco.
His work was supervising the design of power plants for pub-
lic utilities and private companies. He also supervised the
design of non-nuclear elements of three large nuclear power
stations, one of which was in India. On June 23, 1933, he
was married to Catherine Wilkins Haugh, the daughter of
George and Jennie (McBee) Haugh. Catherine was born in At-
lanta, Georgia; received an A.B. degree from Agnes Scott
College in Decatur, Georgia, in 1922; an M.A. degree in his-
tory from the University of Chicago in 1927; and studied for
and passed her oral examinations for a Ph.D. degree at the
University of Chicago, but never finished her dissertation.
She taught history at Mississippi State College for Women at
Columbus, and at Stephens College at Columbia, Missouri.
Theodore was very much interested in genealogy, especially
in that of the Coan family. He retired in September, 1970,
and in October, 1973, he and Catherine moved to Winter Park,
Florida, where they lived in 1982. They had no children.

COANS ON THE MOVE 95

7
RALPH DEMPCY SMITH , son of Arthur M. and Nancy J. (Dempcy)
Smith, was born October 11, 1905, in Princeton, Indiana. He
grew up in Elkins, West Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland,
where he graduated from high school in 1922. He attended
the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and graduated in the
class of 1926. After service in destroyers, battleships,
and aircraft carriers he decided to go into naval aviation.
He was with his group at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, practicing
dive bombing, when his engine failed and he was fatally in-
jured when his plane struck the water. He died May 21, 1941.
On July 1, 1929, he was married to Marie Strudwick of Min-
neapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Arthur and Suzanne
(Egge) Strudwick. Several years after Ralph's death Marie
married Russell W. Lynch. She died August 1, 1981.

Children (8) SMITH

i. Ralph Dempcy, Jr., b. July 20, 19 32
ii. Suzanne Eleanor, b. Nov. 16, 1934

RALPH DEMPCY SMITH, JR. , son of Ralph D. and Marie (Strud-
wick) Smith, was born in California July 20, 1932. He lived
many places while he was a child but at the age of fourteen
he lived in Encino, California. He attended the University
of Arizona but did not graduate; he later graduated with a
B.S. degree from California State University at Northridge.
His adult life included insurance adjusting and in 1982 work
with stained glass. On June 19, 1954, Ralph was married to
Patricia Spencer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Spencer.
They were later divorced.

Children (9) SMITH

i. Douglas Dempcy, b. Nov. 7, 1954

ii. Timothy Kirk, b. Aug. 16, 1956; d. Sept. 10, 1956

iii. Kristin Marie, b. Aug. 11, 1957

iv. Kathryn Lianne, b. Jan. 19, 1960

v. Karla Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1961

SUZANNE ELEANOR SMITH8, daughter of Ralph D. and Marie
(Strudwick) Smith, was born November 16, 19 34, in Annapolis,
Maryland. She spent most of her childhood and all of her
adult life in California. In 1982 she lived in Ventura,
California, where she was very successful as a real estate
agent and investor. Suzanne was married (1) on August 29,
1953, to Frank Richard Wicall, divorced; (2) Roland Bartley,
divorced; (3) Larry Eismin, divorced.

Children (9) WICALL

i. David Arthur, b. June 3, 1954
ii. Janice Marie, b. July 6, 1956

96 COAN GENEALOGY

EMMA CURTIS , daughter of Moses S. and Mary A. (Coan) Jarvis
Smith Curtis, was born in Timber Creek Township, Marshall
County, Iowa, on January 28, 1870. Little is known of her
early life, but she became a beloved school teacher in Mar-
shalltown, Iowa, in her adulthood. She taught in, and for
years was principal of, the Glick School in Marshal 1 town .
Her mother lived with her until Emma died July 1, 1916, af-
ter an operation. Emma never married.

GEORGE CURTIS , son of Moses S. and Mary A. (Coan) Jarvis

Smith Curtis, was born ca. 1875, in Marshall County, Iowa.

He died ca . 1955 in Seneca Falls, New York, where he had

lived for many years; he was a metal worker. He married

Kate .

Children (7) CURTIS

i. Maurine

ii. Molly, who was a registered nurse

5 4 3 2 1

SABRA A. COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in

Ohio February 25, 1838, the daughter of Asa and Mary Alice

(Jones) Coan. The date of her death is not known, but she

was living in Dayton, Ohio, in June, 1908. She married John

Cox of Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio, on December 23,

1872. John was the son of William Cox of the same place and

the stepson of her mother, Mary A. (Jones) Coan Cox. John

and Sabra had no children of their own, but they had an

adopted daughter. They also raised two nephews, the younger

of which (and perhaps the elder, also) was a son of Charles5

Coan (Asa4, William3, Jacob2, Peter1). William6 Coan, born

1871 (in Louisiana per 1880 census) is known to have been

the son of Charles5; Charles (no surname stated), born 1861

in Ohio, could possibly have been his son, but it is more

likely that he was John Charles Jarvis, son of J. H. Jarvis

and Mary A.5 (Coan) (Jarvis) (Smith) Curtis, who was born

November 15, 1861, five months before his father was killed

in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. 5

It is interesting to note that in June, 1870, Asa W.

Coan was the minister in the Knob Prairie Christian Church

in Enon, Clark County, Ohio, and his mother Mary (Jones)

Coan and sister Sabra Coan lived with his family. Enon was

close to Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio, and William Cox

and his son John worshiped at that church. William Cox died

in 1876 and left a bequest of property in Enon to be used as

a parsonage for the Knob Prairie Church. It was through

living in Enon that the Coxes and Coans met, and the two

marriages took place.

Reference: Theodore H. Smith

COANS ON THE MOVE 9 7

5 4.321

CHARLES COAN (Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was born May

30, 1840. He died October 23, 18 (year not known but it

was before 1875.) His wife's name and date of marriage are
not known; but he left a son, William Coan, and probably
other children^ His grandniece, .Mildred Eleanor (Coan) Went-
worth (John L. , Asa W. , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter )
wrote that Charles died young and "left more children than
his wife could take care of, so Aunt Sabra took Willie."
The Coxes lived in Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio.

Children (6) COAN

i. William, b. Nov. 3, 1871

ii. Possibly Charles, b. ca . 1861, in Ohio

Reference: Theodore H. Smith

6 5 4 3 2 1
WILLIAM COAN (Charles , Asa , William , Jacob , Peter ) was

born November 3, 1871, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was
brought up by his aunt, Sabra A. (Coan) Cox, and her hus-
band, John Cox, who was the son of William Cox and the step-
son of Mary A. (Jones) Coan Cox, Sabra' s mother. The Coxes
also had another nephew, Charles, living with them in 1880,
who may have been William's brother. Charles was born ca .

1861, in Ohio. It is possible that this was John Charles
Jarvis, son of Mary A.5 (Coan) Jarvis Smith Curtis. It is
known that this brother, Henry S. Jarvis, lived with the Cox
family in the 1870s and John Charles, born November 15,

1862, may have lived with them also.

William spent the greater part of his life in the Mid-
dle West and the West. He was graduated from Palmer College,
La Grand, Iowa, with an A.B. degree. Later he was granted
an M.A. degree from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washing-
ton. From Columbia University he received an M.A. degree in
accounting. He taught for a time at Palmer College and at
Whitman College.

Laura Detamore of Ohio was his wife. He served as an
instructor in Lincoln, Nebraska, High School and in Mont-
clair, New Jersey, High School. In 1921 he went to Washing-
ton and Lee University as an assistant professor in econo-
mics and commerce and became a full professor in accounting
and economics in 1925. In November of 1938 he met his last
classes .

William was a member of the American Economics Associa-
tion, American Association of University Professors, Ameri-
can Accounting and American Statistical Associations, Alpha
Kappa Psi, and Beta Tau Zeta.

On April 1, 1939, in Lexington, Virginia, William died.
He was buried in Dayton, Ohio. He and Laura had no children.

Reference: "Obituaries," Rockbridge, (Virginia) News, April
6, 1939.

9 8 COAN GENEALOGY

Theodore H. Smith

Special Collections, The University Library,
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450

COLLINS4 COAN AND DESCENDANTS

4
The following material on Collins Coan and his descendants

was sent to Virginia Coan Wiles for inclusion in her Coan

Family of America, Vol. II, by Barbara J. (Coan) Fischer,

Detroit, Michigan.

4 3 2 1

COLLINS COAN (William , Jacob , Peter ) was born in 1806
(according to his tombstone), probably in Locke, Cayuga
County, New York, the son of William and Roxana (Chadwick)

Coan. He married Sara , who was born about 1806.

Sara died in 1866; Collins, in 1887. They were both buried
in the cemetery in Vienna, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

( 5 ) COAN

William, b. ca . 1827

Benjamin Johnson, b. Nov. 6, 1833

Charles, b. ca . 1838; d. Nov. 22, 1899; m. Mary
Weston in 1872

George, b. Feb. 1, 1840

Mary (also known as Margaret), b. ca . 1842 (ac-
cording to 1851 Toronto, Canada, Census

NOTE: In the Canadian Census of 1851, Collins Coan is
listed as Collins C. Coan. In 1871 he was listed as
as C. C. Cowan, but the other names make it certain
that it should have been Coan. One of the names
listed was his granddaughter Claudia, daughter of
George. Since the man for whom the various Collins
Coans were named was Claudius Lysias Collins, brother
of Luranda (Collins) Coan, wife of Jacob2 (Peter1 )
Coan, it seems likely that William3 named his son
Claudius Collins, the same as William's brother, Eli-
sha3 Coan did. As noted elsewhere. it is possible
that Collins4 Coan's brother, Jacob Coan, named a
son Claudius Lysias Collins Coan but the initials
were incorrectly copies as Y. L. C. (Theodore H.
Smith)

5 4 3 2 1

BENJAMIN JOHNSON COAN (Collins , William , Jacob , Peter )
was born in Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, November 6, 1833,
the son of Collins and Sara Coan. On September 23, 1856, he
married Lavina Ann Longstaf f . Benjamin died in Canada Au-
gust 18, 1917.

Chi

ldren

i .

i i .

iv.

COANS ON THE MOVE 99

Children (6) COAN

i. Mary M., b. Feb. 8, 1858; d. Feb. 23, 1873

ii. Hannah Adelle, b. Jan. 28, 1861; m. Thomas Pierce

May 9, 1884; d. Dec. 11, 1923
iii. Joseph C, b. July 16, 1865
iv. William Mosher, b. Apr. 28, 1870
v. Olivet, b. Apr. 25, 1872; m. William E. Arnold,

Jan. 15, 1898

6 5 4 3 2

JOSEPH C. COAN (Benjamin J. , Collins , William , Jacob ,
Peter ) was born July 16, 1865, the son of Benjamin Johnson
and Lavina Ann (Longstaff) Coan. He settled in Kingston,
Michigan. On May 7, 1887, he married Katherine Milligan. He
died February 24, 1937.

Children (7) COAN

i . James
ii. Jennie
iii. Hazel

7 6 5 4 3

JAMES COAN (Joseph C. , Benjamin J. , Collins , William ,
Jacob , Peter1) was born in Kingston, Michigan, the son of
Joseph C. and Katherine (Milligan) Coan. He married Elva
Stickle.

Children (8) COAN

i. Bonnie
ii. Lois

6 5 4 3

WILLIAM MOSHER COAN (Benjamin J. , Collins , William , Ja-
cob2, Peter1) was born April 28, 1870, the son of Benjamin
Johnson and Lavina Ann (Longstaff) Coan. In September, 1905,
he married Delia Middleton. William and Delia lived in
Kingston and in Flint, Michigan. He died December 2, 1942.

Children (7) COAN

i. Kenneth, b. Apr. 8, 1907

KENNETH COAN (William M. , Benjamin J.5, Collins4, Wil-
liam3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Kingston, Michigan, April
8, 1907, the son of William Mosher and Delia (Middleton)
Coan. He married Levine Gherke.

100 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (8) COAN

i. Donald, b. 1929

ii . Kenneth Lee

iii. Joyce

iv. Doris

GEORGE COAN (Collins , William3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born
February 1, 1840, the son of Collins and Sara Coan. He mar-
ried Amelia Swanton, who was born May, 1844. Amelia died
November 17, 1888; George died December 6, 1890. They were
buried in the cemetery at Vienna, Elgin County, Ontario,
Canada .

Children (6) COAN

i. Clara, b. Nov. 16, 1866; m. Clinton Marr, b. 1862;

d. Sept. 8, 1943
ii. Claudia, b. ca . 1868; m. (1) Frank Wagoner; (2)

Edward Chapman
iii. Edward Allen, b. Jan. 8, 1870
iv. Anna; m. Frank Tibbetts; they lived in Bristol,

Conn .
v. Grace, b. ca. 1878; m. (1) George Shultz, lived in

Rutland, Vt . ; (2) Joseph Russell
vi. Ida, m. John Millard, lived in Aylmer, Ontario

EDWARD ALLEN6 COAN (George5, Collins*, William3, Jacob2, Pe-
ter1) was born in Vienna, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada,
January 8, 1870, the son of George and Amelia (Swanton)
Coan. He was orphaned before the age of 20 and separated
from his five sisters. In 1885 he moved to Edenville, Michi-
gan, where his first job was working for a lumber company.
Later he worked there as a clerk in a store. On August 15,
1894, he married Deletha Grace Carpenter, who was born in
Brown City, Michigan, November 16, 1879. They moved to Bea-
verton, and Edward operated a general store.

In 1896 at the age of 26 he borrowed $7000 and went
into the lumbering business. In less than one year he had
paid the bank the borrowed $7000. In 1906 he moved to Glad-
win where he operated several businesses— a hardware store,
a jewelry shop, and a grocery store. During World War I he
was president of a bank and lost everything as he had taken
over thirteen farms and considerable other real estate. He
had a large family to raise and never got back on his feet
financially. In 1920 he bought a 650-acre ranch, but was
unable to get enough help to run it; so he moved back to
Gladwin. In 1932 he was elected county treasurer and served
for fourteen years. The last of his life he lived with his
children. He loved his family and constantly worried for
fear that they would become separated as he had been sepa-
rated from his sisters.

COANS ON THE MOVE

101

Edward was a small, wiry man with a springy gait that
didn't slow down until he was past 80. He was seldom ill,
and he loved a good cigar. His dry sense of humor made him
popular as a toastmaster and after-dinner speaker. He was a
life member of the Masonic lodge, the Odd Fellows, and the
Methodist church. Deletha died September 18, 1944; Edward,
May 11, 1958. They were both buried at Gladwin.

Children (7) COAN

i. Bernice Ray, b. Oct. 1, 1896;

Wager; d. Aug. 30, 1970

ii. Edward Selwyn, b. 1900; d. 1900

iii. Frances Edaline, b. 1903; d. 1911

iv. Max Devere, b. 1907

v. Barbara J., b. May 31, 1914

vi . Robert, b. 1916

vii. Esther Grace, b. Feb. 29, 1920

viii. Ruth Caroline, b. 1923

Harold W.

MAX

(Edward A. , George , Collins , William ,

was born in 1907, the son of Edward Allen

and Deletha Grace (Carpenter) Coan. He was married and had

two children. He died 1964.

DEVERE COAN
2 1

Jacob , Peter )

Children (8) COAN

i. Edward Arthur, b.
ii. James, b. 19 35; m

1923; d. 1933
and had two children

7 6 5 4 . . 3

BARBARA J. COAN (Edward A. , George , Collins , William ,
Jacob2, Peter1) born May 31, 1914, the daughter of Edward
Allen and Deletha Grace (Carpenter) Coan. July 29, 1939, she
married Willard Earl Fischer, who was born in Hancock, New
York, January 19, 1910. He died in Detroit, Michigan, March
6, 1946.

Children (8) FISCHER (Adopted)

Mich,

b. Aug. 19, 1941; d. Dec. 23, 1954, Belding,

ROBERT COAN (Edward A.

George

Collins

Wil liam

cob z

Deletha Grace (Carpenter) Coan.

children.

Ja-

Peter1) was born in 1916, the son of Edward Allen and

He married and had three

Children (8) COAN

l .
ii .
iii

William, b. 1939
Michael, b. 1941

102 COAN GENEALOGY

3 2 1

ELISHA COAN (Jacob , Peter ) was born July 4, 1760, the son
of Jacob and Luranda (Collins ) Coan. During the Revolution
he enlisted first August 16, 1777, and served in Captain
Ezra Whittelsey's Company, Lieutenant Colonel David Rossi-
ter's Detachment of Berkshire County Militia. He was dis-
charged August 18, 1777, after three days at Bennington. At
that time he lived in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His
second military listing was dated Lenox, August 20, 1781,
and he signed up from Windsor. He was in Captain Clark's
Company, Colonel Simond's Regiment. He was 21 years old; 5
feet 4 inches tall; had a red complexion and light hair; was
a laborer and enlisted for 6 months. As was customary then,
Elisha "hired out" to the town of Windsor, and thus was reg-
istered as serving from there.

In August, 1785, he was named deacon in the First Con-
gregational Church of Lenox. He was 25 years old and not
married .

His final military service took place January 23 to
March 1, 1787, when he signed up from Lenox and was a pri-
vate in Captain William Walker's Company, Colonel John Ash-
ley's Berkshire County Regiment of foot soldiers. This duty
was "in defense of law and order and the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts" against Daniel Shay's rebellion (Massachu-
setts Archives, 192: 169, 172), a war against taxes by the
farmers of Massachusetts.

Almost immediately after this final military service,
in June or July of that same year, Elisha married a widow,
Phebe (Woodruff) Hull, daughter of Jonathan and Margaret
Woodruff, who was seven years older than he and the mother
of four children—Belinda , Jeremiah, Seth, and Joseph Hull.
Phebe and Elisha had three children--Harriot , Cillina and
Claudius, all born in West Stockbridge.

About 1798 Elisha had serious business problems and
moved his family to Western New York to a tract of land
about 14 miles from what is now the city of Rochester. It
was located in what was then Bloomfield (later Victor), On-
tario County, and was purchased by Phebe, probably with Hull
money. Elisha went there first to get things ready. When
Phebe arrived with the family, she was far from happy with
what she found—among other things, a primitive log cabin to
live in, wolves in the nearby woods, and Indians for neigh-
bors .

In an account of Victor, New York, published many years
ago Elisha Coan was said to have purchased land in Victor.
"Mr. Coan built a sawmill near where the railroad crosses
the creek northwest of his home. Here he did a small busi-
ness in lumber..." In 1804 Elisha was among the subscribers
to build a church building known as Proprietor's Church,
non-denominational. In 1813 at the North Congregational
Church in Bloomfield, Elisha paid $2.64 towards building or
buying pews (Church Records, p. 69). And Elisha was also
listed as a pew holder (Church Records, p. 72, 73). Accord-
ing to the ancient Victor account previously quoted, Elisha

COANS ON THE MOVE 103

sold his property in Bloomfield to Samuel Talmadge and moved
to Seneca County. If so, he probably went to live with his
son Claudius.

Elisha died sometime between 1834 and 1838. Phebe lived
to be over 90, resided for awhile with Claudius, but spent
her last years with her daughter Belinda (Hull) Allen at
Mendon, New York, near where she and Elisha first settled.
Phebe applied for a pension for her first husband's service
in the Revolution. Her application for some reason was re-
fused. Of course, Elisha too served in the Revolution, but
neither he nor Phebe ever applied for a pension.

Children (4) COAN

i. Harriot, b. Dec. 5, 1789

ii. Cillina, b. Nov. 12, 1791; joined North Congrega-
tional Church in Bloomfield, N. Y. in 1813 as
Selena

iii. Claudius Collins, b. Mar. 1, 1794

Reference: Vital Records of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts,
to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic and
Genealogical Society, 1907), pp. 17, 18.

CLAUDIUS COLLINS4 COAN (Elisha3, Jacob2, Peter1) son of
Elisha and Phebe (Woodruff) Hull Coan, was born March 1,
1794, in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He was named for
his maternal great-uncle Claudius Lysias Collins (1769-
1852), a brother of his grandmother, Luranda (Collins) Coan.
When Claudius was about four years old, the family moved to
Western New York. He had a dim recollection of this move.
He remembered going to say good-bye to his grandfather, Ja-
cob Coan, and of the long journey to the West. Somewhere
along the way he remembered his father coming to meet them,
since he'd gone on ahead to prepare things for the family.
When they arrived at the desolate log house which was to be
their home, he remembered his mother's tears and that memory
stayed with him for life. They had brought with them two
cows and several sheep. The second night the sheep were
killed by wolves. Not long afterwards the cows died. The
journey had been too much for them.

Claudius attended some sort of school and was upset be-
cause he didn't have a Bible to read from the way some of
the other children did. His half-brother Joseph Hull chopped
wood in order to earn money to buy the Bible for Claudius.

As a boy he was apprenticed in medicine to Dr. Samual
Dungan of Canandaigua, New York, and received his schooling
and board by working in the Doctor's apothecary shop. He
went back home for awhile, and his brother Joseph who was
fighting in the War of 1812 came home sick or wounded. At
any rate, Joseph was unable to return to his Company, and
Claudius took his place. He served for three months and was

104 COAN GENEALOGY

stationed at Niagara Falls. At this time he was probably not
more than nineteen.

He then returned to the Doctor's to continue his ap-
prenticeship in medicine, attended Canandaigua Academy, and
taught school in an effort to save money. He planned to at-
tend lectures in Philadelphia on medicine. In 1815 he went
to Philadelphia for the first time--walking most of the way.
He walked this distance twice while he studied there. Here
he was taught by Caspar Wistar, M.D. (1761-1818) at the Med-
ical College, and he knew the great Dr. Rush. He was unable
to take his final degree because he lacked the money to con-
tinue.

In 1816 at Lodi, New York, Claudius began the practice
of medicine. On July 20, 1817, at Romulus, New York, he
married Sara Maria Folwell, born February 1, 1798, Southamp-
ton, Pennsylvania, daughter of William Watts and Jane ( Dun-
gan) Folwell. She was four years younger than he, and had
also attended Canandaigua Academy. She was a niece of
Claudius's patron, Dr. Dungan; and he met her in the Doc-
tor's home where she was a close friend of the Doctor's only
child by his first wife--Patty. Sara was stated to have
seen General Washington when her mother visited, with her as
a baby, the Wistars in Philadelphia.

Sara and Claudius's first home was a rented place in
Townsendville, where the Doctor began his practice. Later
he bought a farm where Jennie, Mattie, and Helen were born.
This place with its log store, shoe store, and wagon shop
took on the name of Coan Corners. The farm did not move,
but the town lines did; so Mattie was born in Covert, and
Jennie and Helen in Lodi. In 1835 the family moved to Ovid
because Ovid Academy was there; and about 1849 they moved to
the Hermitage, two miles south of Ovid. This crossroads also
became known as Coan's Corners.

Before their marriage Claudius and Sara were interested
in amateur theatricals and performed in them. This interest
occurred before Sara's conversion to a very strict religious
sect. Although she was immersed in Seneca Lake and joined
the Baptist Church, her husband and children then were at-
tending the Presbyterian Church in Ovid where Dr. Lounsbury
was minister. At the end of his life Claudius was very deaf.
He still went to church regularly although he couldn't hear
a word. Later Sara became a member of the Christian Church
in Romulus and grew deeply religious. She was interested in
history, world events, and was always very patriotic.

Claudius had a good memory and a keen observation which
was coupled with hard common sense. He was a Democrat and
an admirer of General Jackson, the reason he called his
house, The Hermitage. He also had great respect for Horatio
Seymour, a leading Democrat elected Governor in 1852. The
parrot one of his daughters sent him was trained to say:
"Hurrah for Seymour, and hurrah for Dr. Coan!" Claudius was
successful as a financier, influential as a citizen, and a
pioneer in temperance work.

Dr. Claudius Collins Coan,
Courtesy Wayne E. Morrison,
Sr., Town and Village of Ovid,
Seneca County, N.Y.

William Alfred Bolter, Courtesy
Wayne E. Morrison, Sr, Town
and Village of Ovid, Seneca
County, N. Y.

Willis Judson Beecher, husband
of Sara Maria Bolter, Courtesy
National Cyclopaedia of Amer-
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Federal Census 1870: "Claudius C. Coan, aged 76, physician
and farmer, worth $62,000, born in Mass.; Sarah M., aged
seventy-two, worth $1,000, born in Pa.; Mary, aged thirty,
worth $100, born in N.Y.; and servants Mary Farrall, aged
fourteen, born in Ireland; Mary A. David, aged nineteen,
born in N.Y." (Vol. 94:142)

Pension Application: When Claudius was 77 years old, he ap-
plied for a pension for service in the War 1812-1814. He
said he served "a full sixty days" in Captain Morehouses ' s
Company, in Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Allen of New
York State Militia; that he was a substitute for Joseph Hull
and joined July 1, 1812; was honorably discharged about Sep-
tember 20, 1812.

He did not receive the pension.

Claudius continued the uninterrupted practice of medi-
cine for 65 years until his last illness. He and Sara died
at the Hermitage just one day apart. He died February 28,
1882, aged 88; she died March 1, 1882, aged 84. Claudius
left a lengthy and detailed will and an estate valued at
$125,000. Their joint funeral took place in the Presbyterian
Church in Ovid, an Episcopal service being read over their
common grace.

Children (5) COAN

i. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 26, 1818

ii. William Folwell, b. Mar. 1, 1820

iii. Martha Dungan, b. Mar. 12, 1824

iv. Robert R., b. Jan. 18, 1827; d. Sept. 18, 1827,

aged 8 months

v. Phoebe Jane, known as Jennie, b. Sept. 8, 1829

vi . Helen Sandford, b. Jan. 6, 1833

vii. Sara Elvira, b. May 7, 1837

viii. Mary Euphemia, b. Sept. 6, 1839

Reference: Wayne E. Morrison, Sr., comp. , Town and Village
of Ovid, Seneca County, New York (Ovid, N.Y.: W. E.
Morrison & Co., 1980) pp. 280, 281.

5 4 3 2 1

ELIZABETH COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter ) was
born in Covert, Seneca County, New York, April 26, 1818, the
daughter of Claudius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell) Coan.
August 16, 1842, at Ovid, New York, she married Alfred Bol-
ter, who was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, July 4,
1811, the son of William and Nancy (Pomeroy) Bolter. He
spent his early life in Northampton, and in 1826 moved to
Utica, New York, where he was influenced by Dr. Finney, the
evangelist, and joined the Presbyterian church. In 1830 he
entered Ovid Academy in Ovid, and studied there about three
years. He taught school several years, but was in poor
health. He then began to study medicine under Elizabeth's

106 COAN GENEALOGY

father, Dr. Coan. In 1939 he obtained his medical degree
from Geneva Medical College, and began practicing in Ovid
Village where he lived the rest of his life.

Alfred was an advocate of temperance reform and an op-
ponent of slavery. He was an active member of the Free Soil
Movement; he took part in political conventions and ad-
dressed public meetings. In 1850 he served one term in the
State Legislature and became an active member of the Repub-
lican party. He was for many years a member of the Board of
Ovid Academy, was president of the Board of Trustees of Ovid
Village in 1875, and for more than 20 years was superinten-
dent of the Sabbath School of the Ovid Presbyterian Church.

In 1860 he was thrown from his carriage and broke his
leg. He suffered greatly with this injury and was confined
for over a year. His leg was shortened, and he was perma-
nently lame. During the Civil War he served in the Transport
Service on the James River in the employ of the Sanitary
Commission and witnessed the engagement between the Merri-
mack and the Monitor. He died July 12, 1880, at age 69 in
Ovid. Elizabeth died April 27, 1894, in Auburn, New York.
She and Alfred were buried in Ovid.

Children (6) BOLTER

i. Sara Maria, b. May 22, 1844
ii. William Alfred, b. June 18, 1846

iii. Martha Leach, b. Dec. 20, 1848; d. Dec. 19, 1852,
aged 4; known as Mattie

Reference: Wayne E. Morrison, Sr., Town and Village of Ovid,
Seneca County, New York, p. 280.

SARA MARIA BOLTER , daughter of Dr. Alfred and Elizabeth
(Coan) Bolter, was born May 22, 1844. On June 14, 1865, in
Ovid, New York, she married Willis Judson Beecher, who was
born in Hampton, Ohio, April 29, 1838. He received his pre-
paratory education at Augusta Academy and Vernon Academy,
Oneida County, New York; and was graduated from Hamilton
College valedictorian, with an A.B. degree, in 1858. He
taught at Whitestown Seminary for a short time and then en-
tered Auburn Theological Seminary where he was graduated in
1864 and ordained to the Presbyterian ministry. In 1864-1865
he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Ovid, New York.
During 1865-1869 he was professor of moral science and
belles lettres at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. From
1869 until 1871 he was pastor of the First Church of Christ
(Congregational) at Galesburg. In 1871 he was called to the
chair of Hebrew language and literature in Auburn Theologi-
cal Seminary and occupied that position for 37 years. He
was a prolific writer, and his work was published in many
newspapers, magazines, society journals, encyclopedias, and
other books of reference.

COANS ON THE MOVE 107

Willis was awarded the honorary degree of D.D. by Ham-
ilton College in 1875 and by Princeton University in 1896.
He was president of the Society of Biblical Literature and
Exegesis in 1904; member of the American Oriental Society,
American Institute of Sacred Literature, American Bible
League, and of the general assembly's committee on the revi-
sion of the Confession in 1890-1892. In the latter year he
delivered the Stone lectures at Princeton University, and in
1909 was moderator of the synod of New York.

Sara died December 4, 1892, aged 48, at Auburn, New
York. Willis died there May 10, 1912.

Children (7) BEECHER

i. Martha Leach, b. Apr. 29, 1866; d. Dec. 30, 1875
ii. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 27, 1871

Reference: National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New
York: James T. White Company, 1937), Vol. XVI, pp. 305,
306.

ELIZABETH BEECHER , daughter of Sara Maria (Bolter) and Wil-
lis Judson Beecher, was born March 27, 1871. She received a
degree from Wellesley, Class of 1893. She died April 11,
1935.

The following quotation is from "In Memoriam," The Wel-
lesley Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 5 (June 1935): 432-433:
"Elizabeth never left her girlhood home to which she was
greatly attached, she was always a great lover of the clas-
sics, expressed in reading and in club work, and also had a
keen interest in civic affairs, and in the out-of-doors, es-
pecially her garden in summer and many plants within her
home during the long winter months. Her letters always indi-
cated a strong interest in the outer world, and in Wellesley
past and present..."

Winifred Holman in Coan Lineage stated Elizabeth mar-
ried Armstrong. There is, however, in the Wellesley

College files no record of such a marriage.

WILLIAM ALFRED BOLTER , son of Dr. Alfred and Elizabeth
(Coan) Bolter, was born June 18, 1846. He was married three
times. Probably because of these three marriages he was
named and specifically excluded from receiving any inheri-
tance in his grandfather Claudius Coan's will. In 1898 he
was residing in Holt, Michigan.

Children (7) BOLTER

i. Alfred H., b. July 24, 1881
ii. Willis Ray, b. June 19, 1888

108 COAN GENEALOGY

5 k 3 2

WILLIAM FOLWELL COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Pe-
ter1), son of Claudius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell)
Coan, was born in Lodi, Seneca County, New York, March 1,
1820. He was educated at Ovid Academy and was married Au-
gust 16, 1842, in Trumansburgh , New York, to Catharine Lou-
isa Peck. The Reverend Dr. Hutchins Taylor performed the
ceremony. Catharine was born in New Milford, Connecticut,
December 17, 1822, the daughter of Bennett and Miranda
(Stone) Peck. When she was nine years old, she made her
home with her uncle Albert G. Stone in Trumansburgh, New
York, where she attended a private school. When she entered
Ithaca Academy, she lived the first year with the family of
Judge Walbridge, and the second year with Fred Camp, her
mother's cousin. Later she was a student at Pompey Hill
Academy in Pompey, New York.

She was married at her uncle's home in Trumansburgh on
the same day that her bridegroom's sister Elizabeth Coan
became the wife of Dr. Alfred Bolter at Ovid, New York. Af-
ter William and Catharine were married, they, along with
Martha Dungan Coan as bridesmaid and William B. Leonard as
best man, drove fifteen miles to Ovid and attended Eliza-
beth's wedding which was performed by the Reverend Dr.
Lounsbury. Then the two bridal couples went to Niagara
Falls together for their wedding trip.

At the time of his marriage William was in business in
Ovid; but as he was not well, they soon went to live on the
old home farm near Townsendville, New York. Life was very
difficult on the farm for Catharine, but here their three
daughters and a son Claudius were born. The children were
taught mainly by their mother and their maternal grand-
mother, Mrs. Peck

In June, 1852, William was seriously injured in a horse
and buggy accident as he came home from church. His leg was
shattered as he saved his two daughters from injury. In
1856 he sold the farm and went out to Clinton, Iowa. While
he was there, the family lived temporarily in Townsendville.
He bought a house in Clinton and came back East for his fam-
ily and Mrs. Peck. They all arrived in Clinton May 19, 1857
via Fulton, Illinois, crossing the Mississippi in a ferry
boat. In 1860 William Folwell, Jr., was born in Clinton.

In 1858 William, Sr., became a private banker in Clin-
ton; and when the National Bank (first bank in Clinton, op-
ened in 1857) was for sale by its owners in 1863, William
bought them out. He merged his bank with the Clinton Na-
tional, and moved it to a new location at the corner of
Fifth Avenue and First Street. It was reorganized in 1865
with some of the strongest capitalists of the city as incor-
porators, and he became its president.

William and Catharine joined the Presbyterian Church in
Clinton by letter soon after their arrival. He served as
trustee until his death; he was superintendent of the Sunday
School for many years. He did a great deal to promote the
interests of Clinton and the community. He was instrumental

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in the building of the Midland, Burlington, and Cedar Rapids
& Northern railroads. He also worked to establish the water
works, the library, and the public school.

In 1885 although William was in poor health, he and
Catharine took a trip East. On their way back they called on
their cousins, Dr. and Mrs. Bainbridge Folwell of Buffalo;
and on William's sister Phoebe Jane now married to Dr.
Schuyler and living in Marshall, Michigan. William died of
apoplexy January 18, 1886, aged 65. The Reverend Joseph D.
Burrill officiated at the funeral. According to his obituary
in The Clinton Herald January 23, 1888, his funeral cortege
consisted of fifteen carriages and forty-six sleighs. Cath-
arine outlived her husband by over twenty years; she died in
Clinton March 9, 1907, aged 84. They were both buried in
Clinton in Springdale Cemetery where William was the first
purchaser of a lot in the original plot of that cemetery.
The following is from The Biographical Record of Clinton
County, Iowa, p. 506:

The most pleasant legacy to William's children was
his honored name, and the love and esteem which all
classes of society gave him, more especially the poor
and less fortunate ones, who were sincere mourners at
his death. He gave to them not only the best of advice
in their difficulties, but assisted them financially,
tiding them over hard places and starting them in their
business careers; and many attribute their success to
his timely assistance.

( 6 ) COAN

Frances Louisa, b. Nov. 19, 1843
Stella Caroline, b. Sept. 23, 1847
Helen Claudine, b. Dec. 4, 1851
Claudius Collins, b. Sept. 8, 1855
William Folwell, Jr., b. Apr. 4, 1860

Reference: Facts from article in Ovid Bee submitted by Wayne
E. Morrison, Sr., Ovid, N. Y. 14521

History of Clinton County, Iowa (Chicago: West-
ern Historical Company, 1879), pp. 372, 506, 508, 510,
511, 528, 529, 530, 673, 676, 680.

Iowa, Its History and Its Foremost Citizens (Chi-
cago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1916), pp.
1450, 1451.

Ter-Centennial Celebration of Secondary Education
in America (Clinton, Iowa, 1935).

FRANCES LOUISA6 COAN (William F. 5, Claudius C. , Elisha ,
Jacob2, Peter1), daughter of William Folwell and Catharine
Louisa (Peck) Coan, was born November 19, 1843, in Townsend-
ville, New York. She attended Lyons Female Seminary and was

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a member of the Colonial Dames. In Clinton, Iowa, June 28,
1865, she married Walter Ingalls Hayes. He was born in Mar-
shall, Michigan, December 9, 1841, the son of Dr. Andrew L.
and Clarissa Seldon (Hart) Hayes.

Walter was educated in the Marshall public schools, and
at nineteen years of age he entered the law office of Hughes
and Woolley to commence reading the law. He was graduated
from the University of Michigan School of Law in 1863 and
admitted to the Michigan Bar that same year. The following
year he became a member of the firm of his former teachers,
Hughes, Woolley & Hayes. He was United States Commissioner
for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1864-1866, and
city attorney for Marshall in 1865.

In 1866 he was offered a partnership with General N. B.
Baker, Attorney General of Iowa, and moved to Clinton, Iowa,
where he was with the firm, Baker & Hayes. This partnership
continued until General Baker moved to Des Moines; Walter
was without a partner until 1872 when the firm became Hayes
& Young. In 1875 Hayes, although a Democrat, was appointed
by Governor Carpenter to complete the unexpired term of Dis-
trict Judge Brennan. In October of that year Hayes was
elected to the same position without opposition. One of his
most famous decisions was made in 1882 when he declared
Iowa's prohibition amendment unconstitutional because the
legislature had passed two slightly different forms.

He was city attorney in Clinton in 1869; city solicitor
in 1870, 1871, and 1875. He also was a stockholder and a
director of the Clinton National Bank. He served in the
50th, 51st, 52nd, and 53rd Congress; he was elected first in
1886, and in 1888 and 1892 was the only Iowa Democrat in
Congress .

While attending the funeral of his uncle in Marshall,
Michigan, Walter died unexpectedly March 14, 1901. He was
buried in Clinton.

Reference: Lucius P. Allen, The History of Clinton County,
Iowa (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879) p.
501, 680.

STELLA CAROLINE COAN (William F. , Claudius C. , Elisha ,
Jacob2, Peter1), daughter of William Folwell and Catharine
Louisa (Peck) Coan, was born September 23, 1847, in Lodi,
near Townsendville, New York. She spent several years at
Lyons Female Seminary studying music. She married Amos Greer
Ewing December 21, 1871, in Clinton, Iowa. He was born Feb-
ruary 11, 1838, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; attended school
there; and was graduated from Jefferson College in Cannons-
burg, Pennsylvania, in 1860. He came to Clinton in 1865 and
engaged in the mercantile business with the firm Ewing and
Young. He later was associated with the firm W. J. Young &
Company as superintendent of their lumber yards. He was a
member of the City Council.

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Children (7) EWING

i. Catherine, b. Dec. 11, 1875

ii. Sarah, b. Mar. 12, 1878

iii. Claudius Coan, b. Jan. 27, 1880

Reference: History of Clinton County, Iowa, p. 676.

HELEN CLAUDINE6 COAN (William F.5, Claudius C.\ Elisha5,
Jacob , Peter1), daughter of William Folwell and Catharine
Louisa (Peck) Coan, was born December 5, 1851, in Lodi, near
Townsendville, New York. She attended Lyons Female Saminary
and Knox Seminary in Galesburg, Illinois. She married in
Clinton October 15, 1879, Dr. A. Homer Smith. The Reverend
J. G. Cowden performed the ceremony. Dr. Smith was born
March 20, 1850, at Rockford, Illinois. He was educated at
Wheaton College in Illinois and at Rush Medical College. He
died January 9, 1890, at Clinton.

CLAUDIUS COLLINS6 COAN (William F.5, Claudius C.4, Elisha3,
Jacob2, Peter1) was born at Lodi, Seneca County, New York,
September 8, 1855, the son of William Folwell and Catharine
Louise (Peck) Coan. He was educated in Lyons, Iowa, and at
Cornell University where he was a member of Chi Phi frater-
nity. October 12, 1887, in Rome, New York, he married Edith
Ernestine Nock, who was born August 17, 1861, the daughter
of Thomas Gill and Caroline (Prouty) Nock. The Reverend Dr.
Taylor performed the wedding ceremony. Edith was educated in
Albany, New York.

Claudius, like his father, was civic minded. He was in-
terested in developing a street railway system for Clinton.
He was secretary of the early Electric Railway Park Company
in 1894, and later treasurer of the Clinton Street Railway
Company (CSRyCo), which absorbed some of the smaller lines.
In 1914 CSRyCo expanded and purchased seven new and larger
cars. These were "pay as you enter" type, the first of their
kind.

With his brother William, Claudius promoted advances in
education. It was their land, donated to the school board
before World War I, upon which Clinton High School was
built; and Coan Field, the athletic grounds, was part of the
same gift.

At the death of his father, Claudius became cashier of
the Clinton National Bank. In 1895, several years later, he
became the bank's president. He was also president of the
Clinton Savings Bank, a member of the Wapaipinicon Club,
Clinton Country Club, Chicago Athletic Association, and of
Clinton Masonic bodies. He also was active for many years in
the Cornell Alumni Association of Chicago.

His wife Edith died in Clinton February 12, 1920.
Claudius died suddenly February 3, 1923.

112 COAN GENEALOGY

The following is from an account of his funeral in The
Clinton Herald of February 5, 1923: "In deference to the
memory of the deceased and as a tribute, all traffic on the
lines of the Clinton Street Railway Company ceased at 2
o'clock, and street cars remained stationary for one min-
ute."

Claudius and Edith were both buried in Springdale Ceme-
tery in Clinton.

Children (7) COAN

i. Thomas Gill, b. Nov. 28, 1889, Rome, N. Y . ; d. Nov.
29, 1889; buried at Rome

Reference: "Death Ends Suffering of C. C. Coan," The Clin-
ton Herald, Clinton, Iowa, February 3, 1923, p. 6.

Department of Manuscripts and University Ar-
chives, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

"Funerals," The Clinton Herald, February 5,
1923, p. 8.

History of Clinton County, Iowa, Clinton County
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Iowa Amer-
can Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1976, p. 90.

6 5 4

WILLIAM FOLWELL COAN, JR. (William F. , Claudius C. , Eli-

sha , Jacob , Peter ), son of William Folwell and Catharine
Louisa (Peck) Coan, was born April 4, 1860, in Clinton,
Iowa. He was educated in the public and private schools of
Clinton and attended Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illi-
nois, for two years. On December 11, 1882, in the Presbyte-
rian Church in Clinton he married Mary Alice Welles. The
Reverend Dr. Weller performed the ceremony.

Mary Alice Welles was born May 27, 1860, in Fulton, Il-
linois, daughter of Edwin Pillsbury and Isabelle (Griswold)
Welles. She was a lineal descendant of Governor Thomas
Welles of Connecticut. She received her education at Abbot
Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

William was cashier of the Clinton National Bank and
secretary and treasurer of the Clinton Savings Bank. He was
very much involved with the affairs of the city and commun-
ity. He was on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Com-
merce, a trustee of Agatha Hospital, a trustee of the Pres-
byterian Church, president of the Wapaipinicon Club. How-
ever, he was best known and widely recognized for his ef-
forts in highway development. He received a silver medal,
one of only six awarded the first year, for service to the
Lincoln Highway project. Carl Fisher, the man who perfected
the means of compressing carbide gas in tanks ( Prest-O-Lite )
and suggested the Indianapolis Speedway, proposed a coast-
to-coast rock highway. Consuls were selected for each state
to take care of local rights and work out local problems.
William was the first consul for Iowa. He was known all over

COANS ON THE MOVE 113

the country for what he did to promote this highway. He
also proposed the Mississippi Scenic Highway. A little west
of Clinton at the Junction of U. S. 67, the Mississippi, and
U. S. 30, the Lincoln, there is a stone marker honoring him
for his exceptional contribution in making those two great
roads possible.

In History of Clinton County, Iowa by the Clinton His-
torical Society in 1976 there is an article entitled "High
Society" from which I quote:

By 1880 elegance had become a reality for such af-
fluent families as the Lambs, the Youngs, Eastmans,
Curtises, Coans, and Joyces .... The Encyclopedia Britan-
nica, speaking of this era, states that there were more
millionaires in a certain city block in the city of
Clinton, Iowa, than in any other place in the world.

William died suddenly in Clinton February 13, 1918,
aged 57; his wife died in Morrison, Illinois, December 5,
1939, aged 79. They were both buried in Springdale Cemetery
in Clinton.

Children (7) COAN

i. Edwin Welles, b. May 25, 1885

ii. Isabelle Welles, b. Nov. 7, 1888

iii. Catharine Louise, b. Apr. 2, 1892

iv. Folwell Welles, b. Nov. 13, 1894

Reference: Allen, History of Clinton County, Iowa, pp. 144,
172, 302.

The Clinton Herald, Clinton, Iowa, February 13,
1918, p. 1; February 14, 1918; February 15, 1918, p. 4;
February 16, 1918, p. 6.

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EDVpN WELLESj COAN (William F., Jr. , William F. , Claudius

C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Clinton, Iowa, May

25, 1885, the son of William Folwell, Jr., and Mary Alice

(Welles) Coan . He was not interested in the professions, but

in business. Encouraged by his grandfather, E. P. Welles, he

started to learn lumbering from the ground up. The December

before his twenty-first birthday in May he was stricken with

tuberculosis. Hoping the climate would be beneficial, he and

his mother had been in Colorado Springs, Colorado, about

five weeks when a severe hemorrhage caused his death. His

brother Folwell and his sisters, Isabelle and Catharine, had

just arrived that day to spend the summer. He died in the

evening of June 23, 1906. His funeral and burial were in

Clinton, Iowa.

Reference: "Close of a Young Life," Clinton Daily Herald,
June 26, 1906.

114 COAN GENEALOGY

ISABELLE WELLES COAN (William P., Jr.6, William F.5, Claud-
ius C. , Elisha3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Clinton, Iowa,
November 7, 1888, daughter of William Folwell, Jr., and Mary
Alice (Welles) Coan. She attended the Wells School and was
graduated from Wells College in the Class of 1910. While at
Wells she was Inter-Collegiate Conference Delegate, captain
of the basketball team, and active in the glee club and in
dramatics. In the senior play, Shakespeare's A Winter's
Tale, she played the leading role of Queen Hermione.

On June 21, 1916, in Clinton she married the Reverend
Humphrey Jones Rendall, who was born in Oxford, Pennsyl-
vania, August 31, 1882, the son of John and Harriet (Jones)
Rendall. Dr. John Rendall was President of Lincoln Univer-
sity in Oxford, Pennsylvania. Humphrey was educated at Ox-
ford Academy, at Lincoln University, and entered Princeton
University as a junior in 1901. He received his A.B. degree
in 1903. He was an avid tennis player; was captain of the
tennis team at Princeton and state champion of Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey. In 1905 he received his A.M. de-
gree from Princeton Theological Seminary. From 1906 to 1911
he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Broomall, Penn-
sylvania; at Irwin, Pennsylvania, from 1911 to 1914; and at
Clinton, Iowa, from 1914 to 1921. In 1918 during World War I
he served as YMCA secretary at Camp Dodge.

Isabelle and Humphrey moved to Morrison, Illinois, in
1922 when he became associated with Illinois Refrigerator
Company. He later became secretary and vice-president of
this company. In Morrison he was connected with a variety of
of civic activities. He directed the local chapter of the
Red Cross for 40 years and was president of the Blackhawk
Council of the Boy Scouts. For over fifty years he was a
member of the Rotary Club, was district governor of the Ro-
tary Club, and received one of their highest awards when he
was named a Paul Harris Fellow as a result of a generous
contribution by the Morrison club in his honor. He died in
Morrison November 26, 1977.

Isabelle was active in Girl Scouts, Parent-Teachers
Association; was president of the League of Women Voters and
the Morrison Women's Club. She died in Morrison January 15,
1980. She and Humphrey were buried in Springdale Cemetery in
Clinton, Iowa.

Children (8) RENDALL

i. Edwin Coan, b. Aug. 31, 1917

ii. William Humphrey, b. Mar. 22, 1919

iii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Apr. 13, 1924

iv. Mary Welles, b. Aug. 10, 1929

Reference: Alumni Records, Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ 08544.

Decennial Record of the Class of 1903, Princeton
University, p. 244.

(top) Humphrey Jones

Rendall. Courtesy The

Decennial Record of the

Class of 1903, Princeton

University; (center) Mary

Welles Rendall; (bottom

left) Isabelle Welles Coan.

Courtesy 1910 Yearbook,

Wells College; (bottom

right) Edwin Coan Rendall.

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Folwell Welles Coan. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.

COANS ON THE MOVE 115

1903: Fifty Years Later, Princeton University,
p. 223 .

1910 Yearbook, Wells College, p. 26.

Twenty-year Record of the Class of 1903, Prince-
ton University, p. 270.

Wells College Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 2, Janu-
ary, 1928, p. 82.

EDWIN COAN RENDALL , son of Humphrey Jones and Isabel le
Welles (Coan) Rendall, was born in Clinton, Iowa, August 31,
1917. He was educated at Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest,
Illinois, and at Williams College, where he was a member of
Chi Psi fraternity and the Class of 1939. During World War
II he served in the United States Army.

On October 1, 1949, in Wilmington, Delaware, he married
Carrol Wolff. From 1946 until 1961 he served as a foreign
service officer in the United States Department of State.
His assignments to foreign posts included Hanoi, Johannes-
burg, Marseilles, Bern, and London. From 1961 until 1980 he
was an economist in the Office of International Affairs of
the United States Treasury Department. In his treasury ca-
reer he accompanied various Secretaries of The Treasury to
meetings in Rio, Brazilia, Buenos Aires, Moscow, and Warsaw.
In 1982 he lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb of Wash-
ington, D.C.

Children (9) RENDALL

i. Christopher Welles, b. Dec. 10, 1953

ii. Margot Alexander, a twin, b. June 23, 1956

iii. Anne Carrol, a twin, b. June 23, 1956

Reference: Edwin C. Rendall, 5500 Friendship Blvd., #2212N,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

CHRISTOPHER WELLES RENDALL , the son of Edwin Coan and Car-
rol (Wolff) Rendall, was born in Washington, D.C, December
10, 1953. In 1981 he sold copiers for 3M Company in the
Washington, D.C, area.

Reference: Edwin C Rendall

MARGOT ALEXANDER RENDALL , the daughter of Edwin Coan and
Carrol (Wolff) Rendall, was born a twin June 23, 1956, in
Bern, Switzerland. She was graduated from Woodrow Wilson
School, Princeton University, in 1979, and was a Fulbright
Scholar, 1979-1980, in Dakar, Senegal. In March, 1981, she
became affiliated with Kuhn Loeb Lehman Bros. International,
Inc.

Reference: Edwin C Rendall

116 COAN GENEALOGY

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ANNE CARROL RENDALL , the daughter of Edwin Coan and Carrol

(Wolff) Rendall, was born a twin June 23, 1956, in Bern,

Switzerland. She received an A.B. degree from Vassar College

in 1978. In 1982 she was an economist with the United States

Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.

Reference: Edwin C. Rendall

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WILLIAM HUMPHREY RENDALL , son of Humphrey Jones and Isa-
belle (Coan) Rendall, was born March 22, 1919, at Clinton,
Iowa. He attended Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illi-
nois, and was graduated from the University of Washington
with a major in geography. He married Doris Kinraid March
17, 1945, in Morrison, Illinois. She also was graduated from
the University of Washigton; her major was archeology. Wil-
liam worked for the Right of Way Division of the Nevada
Highway Department; Doris, for the Nevada State Museum. They
enjoyed sailing, as well as skiing and camping in the nearby
Sierras. He was gate observer and she a timekeeper for the
skiing events of the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Val-
ley, California. He died September 26, 1978, in Carson City,
Nevada .

Children (9) RENDALL

i. Bonnie Alfred, a son, b. Mar. 8, 1948

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BONNIE ALFRED RENDALL , son of William Humphrey and Doris
(Kinraid) Rendall, was born March 8, 1948, in Kirkland,
Washington. He was graduated from the University of Nevada
with a major in history. In 1969 he married Marian McKibben.
She earned her master's degree at the University of Califor-
nia in Berkeley. He died March 10, 1975, in Albany, Califor-
nia. She was a teacher and coached basketball. Her address
(1981) was Sagle, Idaho.

Children (10) RENDALL

i. Winston Snow, b. Sept. 1971

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HARRIET ELIZABETH RENDALL , daughter of Humphrey Jones and

Isabelle (Coan) Rendall, was born April 13, 1924, at Clin-
ton, Iowa. She was a graduate of Wells College and earned a
master's in sociology from the University of Washington. She
was a psychiatric social worker; her hobbies were water
sports and skiing. She died in Las Vegas, Nevada, February
3, 1964, aged 39. She was buried in the Coan lot in Spring-
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MARY WELLES RENDALL , the daughter of Humphrey Jones and
Isabelle (Coan) Rendall, was born August 10, 1929, in Clin-
ton, Iowa. She was graduated from Wells College, Aurora, New
York, and became a certified public accountant. She was con-
troller of Shannon & Wilson, Inc., a large engineering firm
in Seattle. She was president of the Seattle Chapter of the
American Society of Women Accountants and enjoyed water
sports and skiing. In 1981 she was living in Morrison, Illi-
nois, where she was president of the United Way and active
in civic affairs.

Reference: Mary W. Rendall, 616 Lincolnway Ct., Morrison,
IL 61270

CATHARINE LOUISE COAN (William F., Jr.6, William F.5,
Claudius C.4, Elisha3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Clinton,
Iowa, April 2, 1892, the daughter of William Folwell, Jr.,
and Mary Alice (Welles) Coan. She was educated at the Emma
Willard School in Troy, New York, and Wells College in Au-
rora, New York. On October 20, 1917, in Clinton she married
Frank Leander Smith, who was born in Morrison, Illinois,
January 13, 1894, the son of Edward Allen and Ellen
(Sprague) Smith. He attended North Western Military Academy
and Union College. During World War I he served as an offi-
cer in the United States Army.

Catharine and Frank lived at "Four Winds," Morrison,
Illinois, where Catharine was a member of the First Presby-
terian Church, the D.A.R. of Morrison, Morrison Garden Club,
and was active in the building of Morrison Community Hospi-
tal. Frank died in Clinton, Iowa, April 7, 1934; Catharine,
in Morrison, Illinois, May 7, 1981. Burial was in Grove Hill
Cemetery, Morrison.

Children (8) SMITH

i. Marillyn Coan, b. Oct. 10, 1920
ii. Frances Coan, b. Feb. 17, 1922
iii. Priscilla Coan, b. July 1, 1925

Reference: "Obituaries," Clinton, Iowa, Herald, May 18,
1981, p. 13.

MARILLYN COAN SMITH , daughter of Frank Leander and Catha-
rine Louise (Coan) Smith, was born in Clinton, Iowa, October
10, 1920. She was graduated from Emma Willard School and
Wells College. On December 26, 1953, she married Redfield
Wilmerton Allen, who was born in Washington, D.C., December
29, 1921, the son of Lawrence Howe and Ethel (Mell) Allen.
From 1943 to 1946 he served as a lieutenant in the United
States Naval Reserve. He received an M.S. degree from the
University of Maryland and a Ph.D. in 1959 from the Univer-

118 COAN GENEALOGY

sity of Minnesota. He became a member of the faculty at the
University of Maryland. Marillyn and he resided at Silver
Spring, Maryland (1981).

Children (9) ALLEN

i. Julia Coan, b. Nov. 19, 1955

ii. Lawrence Redfield, b. Feb. 2, 1957

Reference: Mrs. Redfield W. Allen, 13710 Grasmere Road,
Silver Spring, MD 20904.

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JULIA COAN ALLEN , daughter of Redfield Wilmerton and Maril-
lyn Coan (Smith) Allen, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
November 19, 1955. She received a B.A. degree from Hampshire
College, Amherst, Massachusetts, and an M.A. degree from the
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in
1979. She resided in Washington, D.C. (1981).

Reference: Mrs. Redfield W. Allen

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LAWRENCE REDFIELD ALLEN , son of Redfield Wilmerton and Mar-
illyn Coan (Smith) Allen, was born in Silver Spring, Mary-
land, February 2, 1957. He married July 31, 1977, in Silver
Spring, Gail Eileen Cohen, who was born May 19, 1957. They
resided at Silver Spring (1981).

Reference: Mrs. Redfield W. Allen

FRANCES COAN SMITH , the daughter of Frank Leander and Cath-
arine Louise (Coan) Smith, was born in Clinton, Iowa, Febru-
ary 17, 1922. She was educated at San Luis Ranch School,
Bradford Academy, Bradford, Massachusetts, and the Univer-
sity of Colorado. She married October 24, 1951, in Washing-
ton, D.C, Eugene Carpenter Coan, her cousin, the son of
Folwell Welles and Olivia Lamb (Carpenter) Coan (see Eugene
Carpenter Coan in this chapter).

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PRISCILLA COAN SMITH , daughter of Frank Leander and Catha-
rine Louise (Coan) Smith was born July 1, 1925, in Clinton,
Iowa. She was graduated from Emma Willard School and re-
ceived her B.A. degree from Wells College. She earned her
M.A. degree in religious education from Hartford Seminary.
On January 15, 1955, in Columbus, Ohio, she married the Rev-
erend Frederick Waldo Savage, who was born November 2, 1911,
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles F. and Ethel
Ella (Rich) Savage. He attended Wesleyan, Boston University,
Andover-Newton Theological School, and Mansfield College,
Oxford University.

COANS ON THE MOVE 119

Waldo was chairman of the Board of Directors of the In-
diana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ for
six years, president of the Board of the Indianapolis Pas-
toral Care and Counseling Center, chairman of the Ministers
Advisory Board of Christian Theological Seminary, member of
the Commission on Worship of the United Church of Christ,
and president of the Indiana Council of Churches.

Priscilla served on the National Board of the Y.W.C.A.
from 1964 to 1968; was president of Hartford Seminary Foun-
dation of Women 1950-1951; was extremely active in the Na-
tional Society for Autistic Children, helping to develop
much-needed channels of communication between parents and
professionals. Her youngest child was autistic. They lived
in Indianapolis (1981).

Children (9) SAVAGE

i. Bradley Smith, b. Mar. 29, 1957, Champaign, 111.
ii. Cynthia Leigh, b. Aug. 25, 1958, Urbana, 111.
iii. Priscilla Ingram, b. Aug. 8, 1968, Indianapolis,
Ind.

Reference: Mrs. F. Waldo Savage, 8484 No. Pennsylvania
Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240.

FOLWELL WELLES COAN (William F., Jr. , William F. , Claud-
ius C. *, Elisha 3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Clinton, Iowa,
November 13, 1894, son of William Folwell, Jr., and Mary
Alice (Welles) Coan. The following comprehensive summary of
his life was taken from A Twenty-five Year Record, Yale
University, Class of 1919, as quoted in Winifred L. Holman's
Coan Lineage.

FOLWELL WELLES COAN, November 13, 1894 - April 24,
1946.

Benny was born in Clinton, Iowa, and lived there
until he moved to Minneapolis to enter business at the
end of the First World War. He was prepared for Yale at
Hotchkiss. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. Benny left
college in the spring of his sophomore year to enter
the first Officers1 Training Camp at Fort Snelling
where he was assigned to the 337th Field Artillery on
receiving his commission. He served with this outfit
throughout World War I except for intervals of training
at the Army School of Fire at Fort Sill and at Machine
Gun School in France. He returned from France as a 1st
Lieutenant and was discharged from the Army in January,
1919.

At that time he went to work for Shevlin, Carpen-
ter & Clarke Co. of Minneapolis, a lumber management
concern. Benny became Executive Vice President of their
sales division, or Shevlin Pine Sales Co., with parti-

120 COAN GENEALOGY

cular interest in the West Coast operations of the bus-
iness. He was for many years Vice President of The Cen-
tral Lumber Co. which operates retail lumber yards
throughout the Middle West, and he was also a Director
of the Monarch Lumber Co. and of the McCloud River
Railroad Co. of California.

In February, 1942, Benny returned to the Army, re-
ceiving a commission as Captain in the Air Corps; he
was soon promoted to Major, and assigned to carry out
the Army Air Force Officer Procurement Program in the
Seven West Coast States. This was completed in Septem-
ber, 1942, and was followed by several interesting and
varied missions. For a year and a half he was with the
Fourth Air Force and commanded the Headquarters Statis-
tical Control Unit. He carried out two assignments for
the War Department, one of which took him to China for
five months in 1944. On his return he was Army Air
Forces Hospital Liaison Officer at Halloran General
Hospital in New York from February to September of
1945. He was separated from the army in September,
1945, and was awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon. He
returned to take the presidency of the Central Lumber
Co. and, at the time of his death, was locating lumber
stocks for that Company on the West Coast. He died sud-
denly of a heart attack at Medford, Oregon, on April
24, 1946.

In 1922 Benny married Olivia Lamb Carpenter of
Minneapolis; they had three children: a son, Eugene C.
Coan, and two daughters, Olivia and Patricia. Benny
took an active part in civic affairs and was, at the
time of his death, Director of the Minneapolis Insti-
tute of Fine Arts, the Minneapolis Orchestral Associa-
tion, and the Woodhill Country Club. He was a Past
President of the Board of Trustees of the Northrup Col-
legiate School. He was loved and respected wherever he
went for his integrity and courage, his quiet good
judgment, humor, courtesy, and friendliness.

Mrs. Coan was the daughter of Eugene Joseph and Mer-
rette (Lamb) Carpenter and was born in Minneapolis August
21, 1897. She attended Westover in Middlebury, Connecticut,
Class of 1915, and was a student of Smith, Ex-1919. She mar-
ried Folwell May 20, 1922, in Minneapolis. She and her
daughters were members of the National Society of Colonial
Dames in the State of Minnesota, as was her mother. They
all entered on a New York ancestor, Dr. Johannes de la Mon-
tagne. It was she who in 1961 employed Winifred L. Holman to
do research on the Coan family. This research resulted in
the typescript, The Coan Lineage. Later Mrs. Holman wrote
Coan Addenda for Martha Jeanne Coan and Theodore H. Smith,
with considerable help from them. Both these manuscripts
were in the library of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society in Boston.

COANS ON THE MOVE 121

Children (8) COAN

i. Eugene Carpenter, b. Aug. 11, 1923

ii. Olivia Lamb, b. May 28, 1925

iii. Patricia Welles, b. Mar. 15, 1927

EUGENE CARPENTER COAN (Folwell W. , William P., Jr. , Wil-
liam F.5, Claudius C.4, Elisha3, Jacob2, Peter ) was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 11, 1923, the son of Folwell
Welles and Olivia Lamb (Carpenter) Coan. He attended Oregon
State University and was employed by the Great Northern
Railway. He married October 24, 1951, in Washington, D.C.,
Frances Coan Smith, his cousin, who was born February 17,
1922, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Frank Leander and
Catharine Louise (Coan) Smith. Frances was educated at San
Luis Ranch School, Bradford Academy, Bradford, Massachu-
setts, and the University of Colorado. They lived in Oregon,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, and in 1982
were living in Kirkland, Washington, where Gene was self-em-
ployed .

Children (9) COAN

i. Lindsey Welles, b. Sept. 3, 1952
ii. Katharine Folwell, b. May 11, 1955
iii. Son, b. and d. June 4, 1958

Reference: Mrs. Eugene C. Coan, 241 Lake Avenue West, Kirk-
land, WA 98033.

9 8 7

LINDSEY WELLES COAN (Eugene C. , Folwell W. , William F.,
Jr.6, William F. , Claudius C. , Elisha3, Jacob2, Peter1),
daughter of Eugene Carpenter and Frances (Smith) Coan, was
born September 3, 1952, in Corvallis, Oregon. She received
a B.A. degree in literature/children's theater from Whit-
worth College, Spokane, Washington, in 1975. In 1980 she
received an M.S. degree in therapeutic recreation from the
University of Oregon in Eugene. She worked with children and
the handicapped. August 17, 1974, she married Douglas Roy
Ford, who was born August 9, 1952, in Hayward, California,
the son on Gerald Morehead Ford, a minister, and Grace Ethel
(Riddell) Ford, a chemist and teacher, of Spokane, Washing-
ton.

Douglas attended Fort Wright College in Spokane, and
received a B.A. degree and teaching certificate in education
in 1975. He was an elementary school teacher and fire
fighter. Lindsey and Douglas lived in Lacey, Washington, in
1982.

Children (10) FORD

i. Benjamin Coan, b. Sept. 28, 1981

122 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Mrs. Douglas R. Ford, 6910 43rd Ave. S.E., Lacey,
WA 9 8 5 0 3.

9 8 7

KATHARINE FOLWELL COAN (Eugene C. , Folwell W. , William
F., Jr. , William F.5, Claudius C.*, Elisha3, Jacob2, Pe-
ter1), daughter of Eugene Carpenter and Frances (Smith)
Coan, was born May 11, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She
was educated at St. George's High School, Spokane, Washing-
ton, and the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.
On October 8, 1977, at St. Louise Parish, Bellevue, Washing-
ton, she married Donald Anthony Hofmann. Her legal married
name was Katharine Folwell Coan.

Donald was born November 18, 1948, at Wallace, Idaho,
the son of Frederick Nicholas and Melanie Otillia (Becker)
Hofmann. He was educated at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy at
Wallace, Indiana, Wallace High School, and Western Technical
College, Englewood, California. They lived (1981) in Silver-
ton, Idaho, where they owned and operated a sporting goods
store.

Reference: Katharine Folwell Coan, Silverton, ID 83868

8 7 6

OLIVIA LAMB COAN (Folwell W. , William F., Jr. , William

F. , Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Min-
neapolis, Minnesota, May 28, 1925, the daughter of Folwell
Welles and Olivia Lamb (Carpenter) Coan. She was graduated
from the University of Washington. In Minneapolis December
24, 1948, she married David Griffith Jones, who was born
July 2, 1918, the son of Herbert William and Margaret (Dan-
iel) Jones. He was educated at Blake, Harvard, and Western
Reserve University Medical School, and served in the United
States Army Medical Corps. They were divorced in April,
1956.

Olivia married second William Rice Dunaway October 4,
1957, at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, the son of John Alder
and Rosa ( Shayes ) Dunaway. He was born November 25, 1923, at
Teheran, Persia, attended the University of Washington, and
was a publisher. In September, 1967, Olivia and William were
divorced. Her legal name became Olivia Jones. In 1982 she
was living in Aspen and Denver, Colorado.

Children (9) JONES

i. David Griffith, Jr., b. Dec. 31, 1949
ii. Hilary Evan, b. Feb. 27, 1952

Reference: Olivia Jones, 1207 Elm Street, Denver, CO 80220

DAVID GRIFFITH JONES, JR. , the son of David Griffith and
Olivia Lamb (Coan) Jones, was born December 31, 1949, in

COANS ON THE MOVE 123

Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was educated at Fountain Valley
School and the University of Colorado. He was a pilot and
resided in 1982 in Aspen, Colorado.

Reference: Olivia Jones

HILARY EVAN JONES , the daughter of David Griffith and Oli-
via Lamb (Coan) Jones, was born February 27, 1952, in Min-
neapolis, Minnesota. She was educated at Simon's Rock and
Topeka , Kansas and was a licensed air-craft mechanic. In
1982 she was engaged in Far Eastern Studies and had just re-
turned from a six-week trip to Japan. She resided then in
Boulder, Colorado.

Reference: Olivia Jones

8 7 6

PATRICIA WELLES COAN (Folwell W. , William F., Jr. , Wil-
liam F.5, Claudius C.4, Elisha3, Jacob2, Peter1), daughter
of Folwell Welles and Olivia Lamb (Carpenter) Coan, was born
March 15, 1927, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended
Westover Academy and was graduated from Mills College, Oak-
land, California. On June 11, 1949, she married Fayette Pat-
terson Spencer, who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Novem-
ber 24, 1924, the son of DeForest and Cornelia (Patterson)
Spencer. Fayette was educated at Blake (Minneapolis), Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology; and Harvard Business
School, 1950. He served 1943-1946 in the United States Army
and was later associated with Cargill, Inc. He died April 3,

1964, in Minneapolis.

Patricia married second in Minneapolis on December 3,

1965, Edwin Fisher Ringer who was born March 19, 1916, in
Minneapolis, the son of Walter Marden and Elinor (Fisher)
Ringer. Edwin was educated at Blake (1934), Haravard Uni-
versity (1938), and the University of Minnesota Law School
(1941). He served in the United States Air Force from 1943
to 1946. He had three children by his first wife Nancy
(Darby) Ringer: Ruth Darby, Edwin Fisher, Jr., and Elinor
Fisher. He was (1981) chairman of Goodall Manufacturing Cor-
poration in Minneapolis and in 1982 was retired.

Children (9) SPENCER

i. Nan Carpenter, b. Apr. 12, 1951
ii. Sarah Patterson, b. Apr. 6, 1953

Reference: Mrs. Edwin F. Ringer, 900 Soo Line Building,
Minneapolis, MN 55402

NAN CARPENTER SPENCER , daughter of Fayette Patterson and
Patricia Welles (Coan) Spencer, was born April 12, 1951, in

124 COAN GENEALOGY

Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended Northrop Collegiate
(Minneapolis) and Topeka West High (Kansas). She was gradu-
ated from Community College (Denver) where she earned an
associate degree in accounting in 1979 and was graduated
magna cum laude from Metropolitan State College (Denver)
with a B.S. in accounting in 1982. She resided in Denver in
1982.

Reference: Mrs. Edwin F. Ringer

SARAH PATTERSON SPENCER , daughter of Fayette Patterson and
Patricia Welles (Coan) Spencer, was born April 6, 1953, in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended Northrop Collegiate
(Minneapolis), Wykeham Rise (Connecticut) and University of
the Pacific (California). She earned a B.A. degree in French
and art history at Northwestern University (Illinois) where
she was graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1976. On February 2,
1974, she married John Martini in Seattle, Washington. He
was born July 21, 1952, in Washington, D.C., the son of Carl
H. and Frances (Giske) Martini of Hornby Island, British Co-
lumbia, Canada. John was graduated in 1974 from the Univer-
sity of the Pacific (California) with a B.A. in economics.
He earned an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University in
1976. They lived in San Rafael, California. They were di-
vorced in San Francisco, California, in 1981. Sarah lived
in San Francisco in 1982.

Reference: Mrs. Edwin F. Ringer

5 4 3 2 1

MARTHA DUNGAN COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter )
was born in Covert, New York, March 12, 1824, the daughter
of Claudius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell) Coan. She was
educated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, now Mount Holyoke Col-
lege, 1840-1842. If she had returned for her third and final
year, she would have received a diploma in the Class of
1843, the sixth class to graduate from that institution.

December 20, 1848, in Ovid, New York, she married Cle-
ment Leach, Jr., who was born in Eaton, New York, April 30,
1825, the son of Clement and Laura (Hatch) Leach. In 1845
he was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, with a
B.A. degree. He received an M.A. degree from Union also and
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Alpha fraternity.
From 1845 to 1847 he was teacher-principal at Ovid Academy.
In 1846 he read law with Judge John E. Seely at Ovid and en-
tered Harvard Law School in 1847. He was forced to leave be-
cause his eyes failed.

Martha and Clement lived on the homestead farm of Mar-
tha's grandfather, William Watts Folwell, in Romulus, New
York, until November, 1855, when they moved to South Bend,
Indiana. In March, 1858, they moved to Galesburg, Illinois,
where they lived many years. Clement was a trustee of Knox

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COANS ON THE MOVE 125

College in Galesburg. They then moved to Davenport, Iowa,
where Clement was a merchant. Finally they moved to Mar-
shall, Michigan.

On December 6, 1881, while on a visit to this father in
Galesburg, Clement died and was buried there in Hope Ceme-
tery. Martha died in Marshall, Michigan, December 21, 1889,
aged 75. She was buried in Galesburg with Clement.

Children (6) LEACH

i. Child, b. and d. Oct. 19, 1859

Reference: Special Collections. Schaffer Library, Union Col-
lege, Schenectady, NY 12308

5 4 3 2 1

PHOEBE JANE COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter )
was born in Lodi, New York, September 8, 1829, the daughter
of Claudius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell) Coan. She was
known as Jennie, the compiler of the 1881-1882 Coan Manu-
script. She was educated at Ovid Academy and at Canandaigua,
New York, Female Seminary. On June 15, 1852, at the Hermit-
age in Ovid she married Anthony Day Schuyler. Anthony was
born May 8, 1831 (?). He attended Ovid Academy, West Point
Private School, and studied medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He
died in Marshall, Michigan, April 9, 1886. Jennie died after
1896.

Children (6) SCHUYLER all born in Marshall, Michigan

i. Helen Antoinette, b. May 20, 1853; d. June 14,

1861
ii. Sara Ridge, b. Sept. 8, 1856
iii. Grace, b. Oct. 19, 1859

5 4 3 2 1

HELEN SANDFORD COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter )
was born in Lodi, New York, January 6, 1833, daughter of
Claudius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell) Coan. She attended
Ovid Academy where she met her future husband, John Livings-
ton Nevius, born at Ovid, New York, March 4, 1829, son of
Benjamin Hageman and Mary (Denton) Nevius. John was a sev-
enth generation descendant of Johannes Nevius who became
"schepen" of New Amsterdam in 1654. After receiving his de-
gree from Union College in 1848, John taught school for a
year in Georgia where he experienced his conversion. Return-
ing north, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary; and by
the time of his graduation in 1853 he had received appoint-
ment from the Presbyterian Board as a missionary to China.
He was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, New Jer-
sey, on May 23; on June 15 in Ovid, New York, Helen and he
were married. In September they sailed for China from Boston
on the Bombay by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The Bombay

126 COAN GENEALOGY

was an East India trader of 800 tons capacity; and the six-
month trip was filled with discomfort, storm, and danger.
Helen and John's cabin was only 3 1/2 feet by 6 feet with
one narrow berth. John slept on the floor on a mattress.

They were assigned to Ningpo where the climate was no-
toriously difficult. They stayed here about four years.
Helen, besides her work among the women and girls, made two
very valuable contributions to the missionary effort: first,
the catechism she wrote which was used all over the Empire;
and second, teaching the children to sing. She herself had
a beautiful singing voice. Helen's health failed, and her
lovely voice was reduced to a mere whisper. In 1857 she re-
turned to the United States.

Besides being pastor of a church in Ningpo, John
started evangelistic work in San-Poh, an inland district to
the north. By 1859 Helen was back in China, and she and John
were pioneers in a mission station in Hang-chow. Because of
political unrest they left and went to Japan for several
months. Upon their return they went north and established a
mission station in Shantung province.

Here at Shantung John and Helen toiled for more than
thirty years. John did a great deal of writing both in Eng-
lish and Chinese. Of lasting benefit to China were John's
experiments in raising Western fruits and vegetables in
China. His evangelistic work was recognized in 1890 when he
was appointed American Chairman of the Second Missionary
Conference in Shanghai. In America the "Nevius method" be-
came part of the training of missionary candidates. On Oc-
tober 19, 1893, John's life ended peacefully at his desk in
San-lou, the house which he himself had erected on a hill
overlooking the Chinese city of Chefoo.

Helen stayed on; and in 1895 her book, The Life of John
Livingston Nevius, was published. She had been not only an
aide to her husband in his missionary work, but she like him
was a scholar too. She learned the Chinese language and in
1856 published the book, A Catechism of Christian Doctrine,
in Chinese. She also wrote Our Life in China in 1857.

June 20, 1910, seventeen years after her husband's
death, Helen died in Chefoo. Those seventeen years even
though she was in poor health, she continued her missionary
endeavors. Of her it can be truly said: "She spent her
life for the Chinese."

Reference: Dumas Malone, ed. Dictionary of American Biogra-
phy (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934), Vol.
XIII, p. 293.

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19142.

SARA ELVIRA COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter )
was born in Ovid, New York, May 7, 1837, daughter of Claud-
ius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell) Coan. She married

COANS ON THE MOVE 127

Henry Tuthill October 20, 1860, at the Hermitage in Ovid.
Sara died May 12, 1868, aged 31, at Watkins, New York.
Henry died in Penn Yan, New York.

Children (6) TUTHILL

i. Clarence C, b. Watkins, N.Y.

5 4 3 2 1

MARY EUPHEMIA COAN (Claudius C. , Elisha , Jacob , Peter )

was born in Ovid, New York, September 6, 1839, daughter of

Claudius Collins and Sara Maria (Folwell) Coan. She lived

with her parents until their deaths and then made her home

with her sister Elizabeth in Auburn, New York, finally going

to live with her relatives, the Beechers. She died in 1914

and was buried in her father's cemetery lot in Ovid.

3 2 1

PHEBE COAN (Jacob , Peter ) was born probably in North
Guilford, Connecticut, April 16, 1770, and was baptized in
the Second Congregational Church there April 29, 1770. She
was the daughter of Jacob and Luranda (Collins) Coan. She
moved with her parents in 1771 to the Stockbridge-Lenox,
Massachusetts, area and shortly after April, 1794, to Mont-
gomery County, New York. About 1795 she married Caleb John-
son of Johnstown, New York, part then of Montgomery County,
now Fulton County. Caleb was one of the original trustees
when Johnstown Village was incorporated April 1, 1808. On
March 21, 1809, he was authorized to make a seal for the
village with the device JVCS. He was probably a silversmith,
and no doubt taught his trade to his son George, who was a
silversmith, and to Charles Coan, son of Phebe ' s brother
William, who also was a silversmith.

Caleb was appointed an ensign in Lieutenant Colonel Ri-
chard Dodge's Regiment, Captain Bildad Mills's Company of
Light Infantry in 1807. In 1811 he was appointed a lieuten-
ant and in 1816 a captain in Lt. Colonel Abraham J. Vos-
burgh's Regiment of Light Infantry. He probably served in
the War of 1812, but he did not live long enough to apply
for a pension, so his service is difficult to check. He died
February 4, 1818, at the age of 44. Phebe was made adminis-
tratrix of his estate. The inventory showed hardware, gold
and silver work, and military goods valued at $1,675 and
tools belonging to the shop valued at $235. The inventory
of Caleb Johnson's estate was taken by "Phebe Johnson, ad-
ministratrix with the assistance of Ashbel Cornwell and
Charles Coan being the two next of kin."

Phebe died November 28, 1849; and both she and Caleb
were buried in Colonial Cemetery, Johnstown, New York.

Children (4) JOHNSON

i. Ebenezer, d. single

128 COAN GENEALOGY

ii. Sarah Hall, b. Aug. 14, 1798

iii. Lucy, b. Mar. 2, 1800

iv. George A., b. Sept. 2, 1803

v. Lorain, b. Dec. 12, 1804

vi. Phebe, b. July 1, 1807; d. Aug. 16, 1807; buried

Colonial Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.

vii. Phebe Elizabeth, b. Mar. 20, 1814

Reference: Theodore H. Smith, Evidence That Asa Coan of Ad-
ams County, Ohio Was the Son of William Coan, Revolu-
tionary War Soldier, Who Died on Grand Island, Erie
County, New York, a manuscript, February 1977, pp. 3,
4, 9, 10, 11.

SARAH HALL JOHNSON , daughter of Caleb and Phebe (Coan)
Johnson, was born August 14, 1798, probably in Johnstown,
New York. She married Benjamin Blydenburg Wisner October 26,
1820. He was born in Goshen, Orange County, New York, Sep-
tember 29, 1794, the son of Polydore Barnet and Mary (Bly-
denburg) Wisner. In 1813 he was graduated from Union Col-
lege; in 1820, from Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1821
he was ordained pastor of the Old South Church in Boston,
Massachusetts. In 1828 he was elected a member of the pru-
dential committee of the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions; and in 1832 one of its three corresponding
secretaries. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by
Union College in 1828. His publications include History-of
the Old South Church in 1830. He died February 9, 1835, at
Boston and was buried at Andover, Massachusetts. Sarah was
living with her sister Phebe Elizabeth Means in Groton, Mas-
sachusetts, on August 6, 1850, when the Federal Census was
taken.

Children (5) WISNER

i. Caleb (adopted; son of Sarah's brother George A.),
b. July 28, 1827; bpt . and adopted same day, Aug.
9, 1830

Reference: Hamilton Andrews Hill, History of the Old South
Church (Third Church) Boston 1669-1884, in two volumes
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,
1890), Vol. II.

National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New
York: James T. White & Company, 1892), Vol. I, p. 179.

G. Franklin Wisner, The Wisners In America and
Their Kindred (Baltimore, 1918).

LUCY JOHNSON , daughter of Caleb and Phebe (Coan) Johnson,
was born probably in Johnstown, New York, March 2, 1800. On
July 28, 1825, she married Leonard Bacon, who was born in

COANS ON THE MOVE 129

Detroit, Michigan, February 19, 1802, the son of the Rever-
end David and Alice (Parks) Bacon. Leonard was a graduate
of Yale, Class of 1820, and of Andover Theological Seminary.
He was ordained pastor of the First Church in New Haven,
Connecticut, in 1825. In 1842 he received a D.D. degree
from Hamilton College, and in 1870 an LL.D. degree from Har-
vard. He was a member of the Prudential Committee, Corpora-
tion of Yale 1839-1846; an editor of The Independent of New
York 1848-1860; Professor of American Church History at Yale
Theological Seminary; called the "Nestor of Congregationa-
lism"; was editor of Hibbert Journal, Yale Review, American
Cyclopedia of Christianity; was the author of The Genesis of
New England Churches.

The second son of Leonard and Lucy was Leonard Woolsey
(Yale 1850), the father of seven sons and seven daughters.
One of his sons was the Reverend Benjamin Wisner Bacon (Yale
1881; D.D. Western Reserve University 1892, University of
Breslau 1911, Harvard 1914; Litt. D. Syracuse University
1895, Oxford 1920; LL.D. Illinois College 1904; Professor of
New Testament Criticism at Yale 1897-1928).

Lucy died November 28, 1844; and Leonard married second
June 16, 1847, Catherine Elizabeth Terry. He died December
24, 1881.

( 5 ) BACON

Rebecca Taylor, b. Apr. 28, 1826
Benjamin Wisner, b. Nov. 25, 1827
Leonard Woolsey, b. Jan. 1, 1830
Francis, b. Oct. 6, 1831
Theodore, b. May 5, 1834
George Blagden, b. May 22, 1836
Lucy, b. 1841 )

per census age
Edward W. , b. 1843 )

Reference: Barbour Collection, Vital Records: Bacon Con-
necticut State Library; Hartford, Conn.

Federal Census, 1880, New Haven, Conn.

Clarence Winthrop Bowen, History of Woodstock
Connecticut (Norwood, Mass.: The Plimpton Press, 1930),
Vol. Two, pp. 303, 304.

GEORGE A. JOHNSON , son of Caleb and Phebe (Coan) Johnson,
was born probably in Johnstown, New York, September 2, 1803.
He married Frances Brooks February 7, 1822. He died about
August-September, 1833; Frances died August, 1885.

Children (5) JOHNSON

i. Caleb, b. July 28, 1827; bpt . Aug. 9, 1830, and
adopted same day by Benjamin and Sarah Wisner.

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130 COAN GENEALOGY

Sarah was George's sister. Caleb married Wini-
fred Zuigley Feb. 7, 1853; one son, Walter
Johnson .
ii. Adeline (or Alida) Georgiana, b. ca . 1832; bpt .

June 1, 1834; m. David A. Wells, 1849/50
iii. Anna (probably a twin), b. ca . 1832
iv. Possibly at least one more daughter as deduced
from will of Frances Johnson of Johnstown, N.Y.
probated Aug. 19, 1885, Fulton County, N.Y.

Reference: Smith, Asa Coan, p. 9.

4
LORAIN JOHNSON , daughter of Caleb and Phebe (Coan) Johnson,

was born in Johnstown, New York, December 12, 1804. She mar-
ried George L. Spencer, and they lived in New Rochelle,
Westchester County, New York, in the census of 1850. No
children were listed.

(Note: Her name was spelled Lorraine in the census.)

4
PHEBE ELIZABETH JOHNSON , daughter of Caleb and Phebe (Coan)
Johnson, was born March 20, 1814, in Johnstown, New York.
She married James Means, who was a teacher, and in 1850 they
lived in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Phebe ' s
sister, Sarah Hall (Johnson) Wisner, lived with them at that
time.

Children (5) MEANS

i. Catherine A., b. ca . 1842 )

ii. Elizabeth B., b. ca . 1845 )

iii. David, b. ca . 1847 )

iv. Emily A., b. Feb. 1850 )

from census ages

Reference: Census of 1850, Groton, Middlesex County, Massa-
chusetts .

3 2 i

ROXANA COAN (Jacob , Peter ) was born probably in Stock-
bridge, Massachusetts, November 28, 1772, the daughter of
Jacob and Luranda (Collins) Coan. She was baptized in the
Congregational Church in Lenox March 26, 1773. In 1771 Jacob
moved to the northeast part of Stockbridge, which was very
close to the town of Lenox. Roxana moved west to Montgomery
County, New York, with her parents shortly after April,
1794. On November 18, 1799, in Johnstown, New York, then in
Montgomery County; now in Fulton County, she married as his
third wife, Ashbel Cornwell of Mayfield, also then in Mont-

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gomery County. Roxana died in the town of Broadalbin, Ful-
ton County, New York, June 30, 1855 in her 83rd year; Ashbel
died January 2, 1835 in his 81st year. They were both buried
in the cemetery in Vail Mills at the edge of the town of
Mayfield, next to Broadalbin.

Ashbel Cornwell served as a drum major in the Connecti-
cut forces in the American Revolution and as a captain of
militia in the New York forces in the War of 1812. He was
the son of Cornelius Cornwell.

Ashbel had seven children by his first wife, but none
by the others.

Reference: National Archives, Pension Application W-27665
and BLWt 15792.

Edward Cornwall, M.D. William Cornwall and His
Descendants (New Haven, Conn., 1901), pp. 62, 63.

Smith, Asa Coan, pp. 3, 4

3
COMMENT ON AUGUSTUS COAN

RUTH COAN FULTON

Augustus Coan, who settled in Taylor, Michigan, in the
1820s, has for many years been considered by the Michigan
Coans and others to be the son of Jacob Coan, Peter's
eldest son. I personally feel that he probably was Jacob 's
son. However, I must present evidence to the contrary which
I very recently found.

In the 1880 Federal Census of Michigan, Wayne County,
Taylor Township, Augustus's three sons — Peter D. , Elisha W. ,
and Marlin H. H. — were listed with their families. In answer
to the census question, "Where was your mother born?", Peter
D. said, "New York"; Elisha W. and Marlin H. H. both said,
"Massachusetts." From these answers it would appear that
Augustus was married twice.

In answer to the question, "Where was your father
born?", Peter D. said, "Germany"; Elisha W. said, "Swiholm,"
and Marlin H. H. said, "Swisholin." The writing in the cen-
sus record was not too clear, but the two spellings were
what the answers looked like to me. Where were Swiholm and
Swisholin? There were no such places in any of the many
atlases I consulted, both old and new. Swiholm and Swis-
holin, of course, must be one and the same area and could be
a place in Germany. If Augustus of Taylor, Michigan, was
born in Germany, he could not be the son of Jacob 2 .

According to a record George M. ' Coan of Taylor found
in the City Hall there, Augustus died in Taylor Township Oc-
tober 2, 1849. This record agreed with the date on Augus-
tus's tombstone, which Peter Gaylord7 Coan of Grosse lie,
Michigan, photographed in Golden Ridge Cemetery, Taylor, in

132 COAN GENEALOGY

November, 1982. (See photo in this chapter.) According to
the gravestone, Augustus was 75 years old when he died.

Augustus, Peter, Elisha, and Marlin all died in Taylor,
so I tried to get their death certificates. The only one I
was able to obtain was for Peter D. I quote the following
from this certificate:

Name of Father Augustus

Residence of Father Germany

Name of Mother Hilda

Residence of Mother Germany

The word Residence, I judge, must be interpreted Birth-
place. His mother's birthplace obviously did not agree with
his mother's birthplace in the census record.

In the light of the evidence presented in these two re-
cords, is it possible that Augustus of Taylor might still be
Augustus , son of Jacob2? Some whom I consulted said Peter's
death certificate made Augustus of Taylor almost certainly
from an entirely different line. I, however, am not con-
vinced he was not Jacob2 's son for the following reasons:

1. Augustus of Taylor was probably born in 1774, ac-
cording to his gravestone. In Jacob2 's Bible re-
cord, his son Augustus3 was born October 1, 1775.
Jacob could have been off a year as he apparently
was in the birthdate of his youngest child Fanny
(Hannah) who, he said, was born September 18, 1781.
According to Theodore H. Smith7, the records of the
Congregational Church of Lenox, Massachusetts, say
that Fanny was baptized April 29, 1781.

The tombstone "75 years" could have been off
by a year also; but these dates were so close, they
indicate to me that Augustus of Taylor and Augus-
tus3 , son of Jacob2, were one and the same.

2. The name Coan, as has already been discussed, was
not a German name. How come then that Augustus of
Taylor arrived from Germany with the name Coan? If
he arrived with some similar name, why did he hap-
pen to change that name to Coan?

3. Why would all three sons indicate a German birth-
place for their father if he really was born in Am-
erica? Possibly they did not know where he was
born, but said they had heard that the family orig-
inally came from Germany. The census taker then put
down Germany or Swiholm, or Swisholin, names given
him as point of origin for the Coan family by Pe-
ter, Elisha, and Marlin. Whoever filled out Peter's
death certificate, one of his children probably,
recorded what he, or she, had heard, and got the
place of birth of Hilda wrong even at that.

4. Coan was not a common name; and Augustus Coan was
far from common. It would have been a real coinci-

"Augustus Coan died Oct. 2, 1849,
aged 75 years" In Golden Ridge
Cemetery, Taylor, Michigan, Cour-
tesy Peter Gaylord Coan.

Gravestone of Peter D. Coan —
West Mound Cemetery, Thylor,
Michigan. Courtesy Peter Gay-
lord Coan.

"Agnes A."— broken stone next to that of Augustus. Courtesy
Peter Gaylord Coan.

(top left) Inscription for Peter's

wife: "Edith, wife of P.D. Coan

born Oct. 1, 1808; died January 1,

1892." (top right) "Elisha W.

Coan born Sep. 13, 1816; died

Jul. 19, 1886" — (bottom) "Marlin

H. H. Coan died June I, 1887

aged 63 yrs. 4 mos. & 2 dys."

West Mound Cemetery, Taylor,

Michigan, Photos courtesy Peter

Gay lord Coan.

\ i

COANS ON THE MOVE 133

dence if two men of identical ages both had that
uncommon name, came from completely different fami-
lies, and one was born in Germany, the other in Am-
erica .

5. Augustus of Taylor named his sons Peter, Edmond ,
Elisha, and Marlin. Two of those names— Peter and
Elisha — were used many times by Peter's descen-
dants. Peter was Augustuses grandfather; Elisha
was his brother.

6. In P. William Filby's Passenger Immigration Lists
Index (Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1981), a
multi-volume encyclopedia of nearly 500,000 immi-
grants to America, there was no mention of any Coan
arriving in this country between 1774 and 1804, the
period when Augustus of Taylor would have arrived.
This index, of course, is not all inclusive — no
such index ever is — but it is one more reason that
Augustus3 might be Augustus of Taylor.

How then will we ever really know if Augustus of Taylor
was Augustus3? Unless further records are found on one or
both men, assuming they were not one and the same, we never
really will. However, I don't think that all the similari-
ties are just — as Frank Speer Coan would say "Coan-cidence" ;
and until more documentation is found, I will continue to
believe that Augustus of Taylor probably was Augustus3, son
of Jacob2, and am including his line as descended from Pe-
ter. I feel that I would be remiss, though, if I did not
report the conflicting evidence which I found.

3 2 l

AUGUSTUS COAN (Jacob , Peter ) was born in Lenox, Massachu-
setts, October 1, 1775, the son of Jacob and Luranda (Col-
lins) Coan. He was their youngest son. When he 'was about a
year and a half old, his two brothers, Elisha and William,
enlisted in the colonial forces in the Revolution. Augustus
attended a private school in Lenox owned by Major Azariah
Egleston, the man to whom in 1794 Jacob sold the property he
purchased in Stockbridge in 1784, and in Lenox in 1788. It is
believed that soon after Jacob sold this property, he moved
his family (which then consisted of his wife Luranda, Augus-
tus, and at least two daughters, Phebe and Roxana ) to Mont-
gomery County, New York, to be near his son William who had
been living there since at least 1785 (Smith, Asa Coan, p.
4).

According to his son Peter's death certificate, Augus-
tus married Hilda . He probably had a second wife

since in the 1880 census Augustus's sons, Marlin and Elisha,
both said their mother was born in Massachusetts, whereas
Peter, Augustus's oldest son, said his mother was born in
New York. In Golden Ridge Cemetery in Taylor, Michigan, next
to Augustus's gravestone there was a broken stone marked
Agnes A. Could this Agnes A. have been Augustus's second

134 COAN GENEALOGY

wife? In order to try to identify this Agnes A. further,
Peter Gaylord 7 Coan of Grosse lie, Michigan, went to the
Golden Ridge Cemetery and dug down to the bottom of the bro-
ken slab, cleaned it, and was able to decipher one more word
--Stewart or Steward. (See photo in this chapter.) This
discovery would seem to negate the possibility that Agnes A.
was the second wife of Augustus. She was probably a relative
of Marlin Hiram Hazzard Coan ' s wife, Rachel Rebecca Steward.
Sometime before 1810, Augustus began to move west. In
the 1810 Federal Census for Pennsylvania, Erie County, no
town or township given, an Augustus Coan was listed as head
of the family with 3 males under 10, 1 male 26 and under 45,
1 female under 10, 1 female 16 to 26, 1 female 26 to 45. By
1816 Augustus was in Ohio, since his son Elisha was born in
Ohio in 1816. Augustus moved again--maybe to Canada--and
then to Taylor Township, Michigan, where his son Marlin Hi-
ram Hazzard was born in 1824. According to "Church News,"
The Melius Newspaper, Taylor, Michigan, February 24, 1982,
p. 5-C, Augustus "was the first settler in what is now the
city of Taylor." However, the following was taken from a
newspaper clipping (no source given) in the collection of
Mrs. Norman A. Coan:

The honor of being the first settler is given by
N. B. Steward, in his history of Wayne County, to the
brothers Peter and Edmund Coan. Peter bought 80 acres
from the government in 1830, and built a house Febru-
ry, 1832. Soon his father Augustus came here. A vet-
eran of the War of 1812, his life would make an inter-
esting chapter.

The first account seems more likely since Augustus's son
Marlin was born in Taylor Township in 1824; therefore, Au-
gustus had settled in Taylor by then, and was indeed Tay-
lor's first settler. In 1835 Augustus purchased 100 acres in
Taylor Township; so although he may have lived there from
1824 on, he did not actually own property until much later.
Eventually his three sons owned 640 acres.

Augustus's land was on Territorial Road, an important
link between Flat Rock and Dearbornvil le , the site of the
federal arsenal. In 1960 Mrs. Nellie (Coan) Cooper, a great
granddaughter of Augustus was living on the original prop-
erty owned by the Coans for nearly 125 years. The Michigan
Historical Commission of the Detroit Edison Company with a
large marker designated the tract a "centennial farm." Mrs.
Cooper's address was 15250 Pardee Road. The original Coan
homestead, a log cabin, was built on the site of Mrs. Coop-
er's present home. It was later replaced by a farmhouse
which was destroyed by fire in the early 1900s. The present
house was built a short time later (Newspaper clipping [no
source given] in collection of George M. Coan, Taylor, Mich-
igan) .

As for Augustus's being in the War of 1812, that bit of

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George Milton Coan and Edith
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Wilson Elmer Coan

COANS ON THE MOVE 135

factual data was probably not true. Theodore H. Smith had
the National Archives search for War of 1812 service, pen-
sion, and bounty land warrant for Augustus; and they found
nothing.

Augustus died October 2, 1849, in Taylor Township,
Michigan, and was buried there in Golden Ridge Cemetery.

Children (4) COAN

i. Peter D., b. Feb., 1804

ii. Edmund

iii. Elisha W. , b. Sept. 12, 1816

iv. Marlin Hiram Hazzard, b. Jan., 1824

4 3 2 1

PETER D. COAN (Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born in New
York state February, 1804, the son of Augustus Coan. Accord-
ing to N. B. Steward in his history of Wayne County, Peter
was the original settler of Telreka, a part of Taylor Town-
ship. In this land of swamps and forests he bought 80 acres
of land from the government in 1830, and with the help of
his brother Edmund built a home in 1832. He married Edith
, who was born October 1, 1808. Peter died Novem-
ber 3, 1886, aged 82 years, 8 months, 29 days; Edith, Janu-
ary 1, 1892. They were both buried in West Mound Cemetery in
Taylor .

Children (5) COAN

i. Olive, b. ca. 1832

ii. Rebekah, b. ca. 1835

iii. Miranda, b. ca . 1842

iv. George Peter, b. 1845

v. Edith, b. ca. 1848

Reference: Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Wayne County,
Taylor

George M. Coan, 22048 Eureka Road, Taylor, MI
48180

Gravestone photographs by Peter Gaylord Coan

5 h 3 2 1 ,

GEORGE PETER COAN (Peter D. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter )
was born in Taylor, Michigan, in 1845, the son of Peter D.
and Edith Coan. He married Susan Galloway who was born in
Scotland in 1846, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Gal-
loway. Susan was the first member of the Taylor Methodist
Church in 1876 when it met in the Grange hall. George was a
trustee in 1882. He died in 1924 in Taylor in the same
house, the same room in which he was born. Susan died in
Taylor in 1927. They were buried in West Mound Cemetery
there.

136 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (6) COAN

i. Gertrude B., b. ca . 1870
ii. Milton Howard, b. 1873
iii. Son, died young

Reference: George M. Coan

6 5*^2

GERTRUDE B. COAN (George P. , Peter D. , Augustus , Jacob ,
Peter ) was born in Taylor, Michigan, about 1870, the daugh-
ter of George Peter and Susan (Galloway) Coan. She married
Edward Townsend.

Children (7) TOWNSEND

i . George

ii. Byron, 3 children: a son who died at an early

age, Gertrude, Grace
iii. Milton, lived in St. Louis, Michigan, summers and

in Texas winters

Reference: George M. Coan

MILTON HOWARD 6 COAN (George P.5, Peter D.\ Augustus , Ja-
cob 2, Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan in 1873, the son
of George Peter and Susan (Galloway) Coan. He married first

Eliza A. , who died August 19, 1895 (?), aged 20

years, and was buried in the Peter D. Coan lot in West Mound
Cemetery in Taylor. Milton married second Wilmina (Mina)
Shetrum, who was born November 23, 1874. For many years she
played the organ at her church. Milton picked up milk along
Eureka Road from 1899 until 1919 taking it to Johnson's
Creamery. He used a team of horses and wagon to make the
trip to Wyandotte. Both Mina and Milton died in 1958 and
were buried in West Mound Cemetery, Taylor.

Children (7) COAN

i. George Milton, b. July 24, 1911
ii. Edith Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1914
iii. Wilson Elmer, b. Aug. 29, 1916

Reference: George M. Coan

7 6 5 4

GEORGE MILTON COAN (Milton H. , George P. , Peter D. , Au-
gustus3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan, July
24, 1911, the son of Milton Howard and Wilmina (Shetrum)
Coan. November 7, 1945, in Los Angeles, California, he mar-
ried Edith Bosley, who was born in Ohio November 22, 1914,
the daughter of John and Alta Bosley. George worked for

COANS ON THE MOVE 137

Pennwalt Chemical Company for many years; and after his re-
tirement he worked part time as manager-treasurer of the
Credit Union in Taylor. Both George and Edith were very ac-
tive in the West Mound Methodist Church, the church of his
parents and grandparents.

In 1982 they were living on property that was part of
the original acreage purchased by Peter D. Coan in 1830. The
original home was destroyed about 1968, and a shopping cen-
ter built on the property. In 1960 the Michigan Historical
Commission of the Detroit Edison Company erected a marker
designating this property a centennial farm owned by the
same family for over 100 years. George also held a certifi-
cate from the Michigan Genealogical Council awarded to him
as a descendant of Peter D. Coan who settled in Michigan in
1876 or before.

Reference: George M. Coan

7 6 5 4

EDITH ELIZABETH COAN (Milton H. , George P. , Peter D. ,

Augustus3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan,

July 9, 1914, the daughter of Milton Howard and Wilmina

(Shetrum) Coan. She married in Taylor, Thomas Thomson. He

worked for Ford Motor Company, and in 1982 they lived in

Brooklyn, Michigan.

Children

(8) THOMSON

i .

Robert

ii .

Jeanette

iii .

Shirley

iv.

Joann

Reference: George M. Coan

WILSON ELMER COAN (Milton H.6, George P.5, Peter D.4 , Au-
gustus , Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan, Au-
gust 29, 1916, the son of Milton Howard and Wilmina (Shet-
rum) Coan. Wilson married Ann Foile. During World War II
he served in the Air Force in North Africa. After the war he
was a farmer on the original family place in Taylor. In 1982
he was retired, and he and Ann lived in Illinois summers
where he helped Ann's relatives on their farm. Winters they
lived in Marathon Shore on the Florida keys. They had no
children.

Reference: George M. Coan

4 3 2 1

EDMUND COAN (Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was the son of Au-
gustus Coan. He married Sybil Hayden and along with his bro-
ther Peter was credited by N. R. Steward in his history of

138 COAN GENEALOGY

Wayne County as being the first settler of Telreka, a part
of Taylor Township. He moved to Brownstone Township, which
bordered Taylor on the south. He died a young man, and Sybil
married second William Sanford. Their marriage was the first
one to be performed in Telreka. They were married by Elias
Patte, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church.

Children (5) COAN

i. Hayden, moved west

Reference: Newspaper clipping (no source given) in collec-
tion of Mrs. Norman A. Coan.

4 3 2 1

ELISHA W. COAN (Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born Septem-
ber 12, 1816, the son of Augustus Coan. He married Sophronia
Howe from Calhoun County, Michigan. She was born in 1818 and
died in 1905. Elisha died July 19, 1886.

Children (5) COAN

i. Anna, b. ca . 1840

ii. Elma A., b. Sept. 3, 1842; d. June 9, 1843

iii. Alice M. , b. ca . 1845

iv. Attilla, (a son), b. ca. 1848

v. Eva, b. Nov. 14, 1854

vi . Amos Augustus, Mar. 3, 1859

vii. Charles, b. ca. 1864

viii. Lewis, b. ca . 1866

Reference: Federal Censuses, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, Michi-
gan, Wayne County, Taylor.

Gravestone photograph by Peter Gaylord Coan.
Mrs. Harry Lowe to Mrs. Glenn Long Coan, March
6, 1967

5 4 3 2 1

EVA COAN (Elisha W. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born

November 14, 1854, the daughter of Elisha W. and Sophronia
(Howe) Coan. April 23, 1873, she married the Reverend Owen

Jones Roberts who was born in New York City December, 1848,

the son of Daniel H. and Jane Roberts; and died January 25
(5), 1927, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Eva died March 3, 1942,

aged 87, in Ypsilanti, also.

Children (6) ROBERTS

i. Ellis Everett, b. June (Feb.) 14, 1874
ii. Clarence, m. Winifred French — 2 children: Douglas
and Alice

NOTE: Other records say Eva was born 1849-50 and died 1933-
34, aged 83.

(top left) Eva Coan
Roberts, seated, with her
two sons, Ellis Everett
Roberts beside her and
Clarence Owen Roberts,
standing, with Gladys
Roberts, left, and Ida
Roberts, (top right) Four
Generations. Mary Alice
Roberts seated beside
her great grandmother,
Eva Coan Roberts, Mary
Alice's father, Owen
French Roberts standing
at left beside her
grandfather, Ellis
Everett Roberts, (left)
Amos Augustus Coan,
his sister, Eva Coan
Roberts and her
husband, the Reverend
Owen Jones Roberts.
Eva was so tiny at birth
she lived in a cotton
lined cigar box. Courtesy
of Mrs. Owen F Roberts.

COANS ON THE MOVE

139

ELLIS EVERETT ROBERTS was born June (February) 14, 1874,

the son of Owen Jones and Eva (Coan) Roberts

He married

Mira French December, 1899, in Flushing, Michigan. He died
June 13, 1932.

Children (7) ROBERTS

i. Marjorie R., b. Sept. 5, 1900;
ii. Owen F., b. Aug. 10, 1904
iii. George E., b. Dec. 18, 1917

m ,

Johnson

OWEN F. ROBERTS was born August 10, 1904, the son of Ellis
Everett and Mira (French) Roberts. He married Alma Seebohar,
in Chicago.

Children (8

ROBERTS

i. Mary Alice, b. Aug. 24, 192
Sept. 15, 1951, Homewood
Ann, b. June 30, 1952, I
Allen, b. Jan. 31, 1957,

ii. Owen Jones, b. July 22,
111.; m. Margaret Akers
Mar. 12, 1960; children
1960; Joan Ellen, b. Oct.

5 4

COAN (Elisha W. , Aug

h 3, 1859, the son of
He married Mary M. Ket
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m.
111.
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Doonan

children: Lisa
Pa . ; Thomas

Birkenfeldt, Germany
1930, Evergreen Park,
, Huntington, W. Va . ,
Daniel Owen, b. Nov.
1963

AMOS AUGUSTUS
was born Marc
(Howe) Coan.
Canada August
weighed over 2
accident when
ing off Amos ' s
a physician ar
of his mangled
9, 1933.

ustus ,

Elisha

chesan,

the saw broke loose ki
arm below the elbow,
rived from Wyandotte to
arm. Mary died in 19

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Jacob , Peter )

and Sophronia

who was born in

trapping six-footer who

s left arm in a sawmill

lling one man and cutt-

He waited in pain until

cut off the remainder

20; Amos died September

Children (6) COAN

i .
ii .

iii .
iv.
v.
vi .
vii .
viii

Clifford Augustus, b. Apr. 22, 1879
Ina Bernice, Dec. 11, 1880; d. Oct,

aged 7 years, 9 mos . & 21 days
Alice Ethel, b. Mar. 27, 1883

1, 1888,

Nellie May,
Ida Mattie,
Mary Altha,
Beatrice, b,
Amos Lloyd,

b . May
b. Dec
b . May
and d
b. Feb

1, 1886
13, 1889

8, 1898
at birth
16, 1902

d. Jan. 7, 1919

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan

Newspaper clipping (no source given) George
Coan Collection.

140 COAN GENEALOGY

6 5 a 3

CLIFFORD AUGUSTUS COAN (Amos A. , Elisha W. , Augustus ,
Jacob2, Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan, April 22, 1879
the son of Amos Augustus and Mary (Ketchesan) Coan. He mar-
ried Jessie Poet, who was born September 7, 1881, in Romu-
lus, Michigan, and died in 1974. Clifford died December 25,
1957, in Trenton, Michigan. They were buried in West Mound
Cemetery, Taylor. They had no children.

Reference: George M. Coan

6 5 . , a 3,2

ALICE ETHEL COAN (Amos A. , Elisha W. , Augustus , Jacob ,

Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan in 1883, the daughter
of Amos Augustus and Mary (Ketchesan) Coan. She married John
Baker, who was born October 24, 1887, and died in 1977. Al-
ice died December 4, 1953. They were buried in West Mound
Cemetery, Taylor. They had no children.

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan
George M. Coan

NELLIE MAY COAN (Amos A. , Elisha W. , Augustus , Jacob ,
Peter1) was born in Taylor, Michigan, March 27, 1886, the
daughter of Amos Augustus and Mary (Ketchesan) Coan. She
lived on the original property purchased by her great grand-
father, Augustus. She married first Charles Chaney, who was
born March 28, 1879, and died January 1, 1950. She married
second Arthur R. Cooper, who died in 1954. Although she had
no children of her own, she brought up her niece, Dolores,
who later married Charles Yates. At the time of her death
she was the oldest member of the West Mound Methodist
Church. The last seven and a half years of her life she
lived at Pine Knoll Convalescent Center in Taylor. She died
February 18, 1982, aged 95. Her funeral services were con-
ducted at her church.

Reference: "Church News," Melius Newspapers, Taylor, Michi-
gan, February 24, 1982, p. 5e.

Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan.

IDA MATTIE COAN (Amos A. , Elisha W. , Augustus , Jacob ,
Peter1 ) was born in Taylor, Michigan, December 13, 1889, the
daughter of Amos Augustus and Mary (Ketchesan) Coan. She
married William Baxter, who was born in 1883 and died Decem-
ber 18, 1949. Ida died in 1961. They were both buried in
West Mound Cemetery, Taylor. They had no children.

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan
George M. Coan

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Cemetery, (bottom) Gravestone of

Marlin Hazzard Coan, Cemetery,

Taylor, Michigan. Courtesy Peter

Gaylord Coan.

COANS ON THE MOVE 141

6 5 43?

MARY ALTHA COAN (Amos A. , Elisha W. , Augustus , Jacob ,

Peter ) was born in Taylor, Michigan, May 8, 1898, the

daughter of Amos Augustus and Mary (Ketchesan) Coan. She

married Harry Lowe, who was born August 26, 1889, and died

December 6, 1953. Mary lived in Taylor in 1982.

Children (7) LOWE

i. Altha Audrey, b. July 9, 1917

ii. Barbara Mary, b. Mar. 14, 1922

iii. Iris Ardella, b. July 8, 1928

iv. William Amos, b. Jan. 13, 1933

Reference: "Church News," Melius Newspapers, p. 5C

Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan.
George M. Coan

ALTHA AUDREY LOWE , daughter of Harry and Mary Altha (Coan)
Lowe, was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, July 9, 1917. She
married Ira Dittmar. They were divorced, and she married
second Louis De Long, who was born March 3, 1911.

Children (8) DITTMAR

i. Ronald Lewis, b. Sept. 22, 1935, Wyandotte,
Mich.; m. Frances Marie Smith, b. in Germany
Sept. 20, 1937; one daughter, Reneta Lynn, b.
Oct. 26, 1963

ii. Dolores Elaine, b. Jan. 26, 1937, Wyandotte,
Mich.; m. Charles Yates; two children: Charles
Leroy, b. Feb. 12, 1957; Elaine Marie, b. Dec.
11, 1959

iii. Patricia Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1941, Wyandotte,
Mich.; m. Edward Jennings, b. Apr. 7, 1935; one
daughter, Kathleen Marie, b. Oct. 6, 1962

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan

BARBARA MARY LOWE , daughter of Harry and Mary Altha (Coan)
Lowe, was born March 14, 1922, in Taylor, Michigan. She mar-
ried Woodrow Strother, who was born December 13, 1914, in
Missouri .

Children (8) STROTHER

i. James Lee, b. Nov. 20, 1948, Trenton, Mich,
ii. Ray Lance, b. Apr. 12, 1953, Trenton, Mich,
iii. Gary David, b. Dec. 11, 1959, Trenton, Mich.

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan

142 COAN GENEALOGY

IRIS ARDELLA LOWE , daughter of Harry and Mary Altha (Coan)
Lowe, was born July 8, 1928, in Taylor, Michigan. She mar-
ried James Johnson, who was born January 16, 1927.

Children (8) JOHNSON

i. Clifford Hilton, b. June 10, 1949
ii. Glenn Fredric, b. May 9, 1952

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan

u 3 2 1

MARLIN HIRAM HAZZARD COAN (Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was
born in January, 1824, in Taylor Township, Wayne County,
Michigan, the son of Augustus Coan. He married Rachel Re-
becca Steward who was born in 1824. In 1882 Marlin and Ra-
chel gave land for the original Methodist church and the old
part of the cemetery. Marlin died June 1, 1887, aged 63
years, 4 months, 2 days, in 1906. They were both buried in
West Mound Cemetery, Taylor.

Children (5) COAN

i. Salina A., b. ca . 1844; a teacher

ii. Rachel, b. ca. 1845

iii. Marlin Augustus, b. June 8, 1848

iv. Emily, b. ca . 1852

v. Cecelia, b. ca . 1853

vi. Lavina, b. ca. 1856

vii. Mary, b. ca . 1858

viii. Huldah L., b. ca . 1862

Reference: Federal Censuses of 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, Mich-
igan, Wayne County, Taylor

Gravestone photos by Peter Gaylord Coan
George M. Coan

5 4 3 2

MARLIN AUGUSTUS COAN (Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Pe-
ter1 ) was born June 8, 1848, in Taylor Township, Wayne
County, Michigan, the son of Marlin Hiram Hazzard and Re-
becca (Steward) Coan. He was a farmer and married Ella Ed-
wina Long, daughter of Charles Everett Long. She was born
November 18, 1852, in Wayne County, Michigan, and died Nov-
ember 24, 1912, in Wyandotte, Michigan. Marlin died in Wyan-
dotte November 18, 1921.

Children (6) COAN

i. Marlin Hazzard, b. Sept. 25, 1873

ii. Charles Augustus, b. 1876

iii. Norman Everett, b. May 22, 1879

iv. Glenn Long, b. Jan. 1, 1891

Alexander MacLeod Coan

Nellie May Coan Cooper

Norman Everett Coan.
Courtesy Mrs. Norman
Allison Coan.

Norman Allison Coan

(top) Norman Everett Coan;

Norman Allison Coan; William

Davis, husband of Genevieve

Rathbun Coan; Alexander

MacLeod Coan. Courtesy of

Mrs. Norman Allison Coan.

(bottom) Darlene Hogue Coan

and Norman Allison Coan.

COANS ON THE MOVE 143

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan

Gravestone photographs by Peter Gaylord Coan

6 5 4 ^

MARL IN HAZZARD COAN (Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus ,

Jacob , Peter ) was born September 25, 1873, in Taylor Town-
ship, Wayne County, Michigan, the son of Marlin Augustus and
Ella (Long) Coan. He married first Eva Vogt, who was born in
1872 and died in 1952. They were divorced. He married se-
cond Maude Jennings. He was a physician and practiced in
Brighton, Union City, and finally in Wyandotte, Michigan. He
died March 11, 1929, in Wyandotte.

Children (7) COAN by Eva

i. Marlin

ii. Marian; m. Purdy

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan
Gravestone photograph by Peter Gaylord Coan

CHARLES AUGUSTUS COAN (Marlin A.5, Marlin H. H.4, Augus-
tus3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born in 1876 in Taylor Township,
Wayne County, Michigan, the son of Marlin Augustus and Ella
(Long) Coan. He became a chemist and married Sybil Rose. He
contracted tuberculosis from Sybil. They lived in Colorado,
on a farm in Minnesota, and in Arizona. Charles was a member
of the Masons. He died in 1944 in Tucson. They had no
children.

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan.

6 5 4 3

NORMAN, EVERETT COAN (Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus ,
Jacob , Peter ) was born May 22, 1879, Taylor Township,
Wayne County, Michigan, the son of Marlin Augustus and Ella
(Long) Coan. He received a B.S. degree in accounting from
Alma College, Alma, Michigan. In June, 1901, in Wyoming,
Ohio, he married Mabel Allison MacLeod, who was born August
2, 1874, in New York City. She received a degree in music
from Alma College.

Norman was chief accountant for Wyandotte Chemical Com-
pany. Besides her duties as a housewife, Mabel found time
to write. Norman's hobbies were bowling and fishing. He
also was interested in the Coan family history and knew many
stories about his ancestors. The sad part was they were
never recorded. Norman died August 15, 1931, in Wyandotte,
Michigan; Mabel died September 8, 1961, in Detroit.

Children (7) COAN

i. Alexander MacLeod, b. Oct. 23 (22), 1903

144 COAN GENEALOGY

ii. Norman Allison, b. Mar. 13, 1905

iii. Genevieve Rathbun, b. May 2, 1907

iv. Olive Elizabeth, b. 1909; d. at 6 months

Reference: Genealogical notes of Mrs. Glenn Long Coan

Mrs. Norman A. Coan, 2310 SE 149th Avenue, Van-
couver, WA 98664

7 6 5

ALEXANDER MacLEOD COAN (Norman E. , Marlin A. , Marlin
H. H.\ Augustus3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born October 23
(22), 1903, the son of Norman Everett and Mabel (MacLeod)
Coan. He married Dorothy Sellers of Mt . Morris, Michigan.
She was born April 11, 1906. Alexander died in 1979 in Phoe-
nix, Arizona.

Childdren (8) COAN

i. Roderick MacLeod, b. June 27, 1933

8 7 6

RODERICK MacLEOD COAN (Alexander M. , Norman E. , Marlin

A.3, Marlin H. H.4, Augustus3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born June
27, 1933, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Alexander MacLeod
and Dorothy (Sellers) Coan. He married A. Joan Lynch Janu-
ary 17, 1957, in Ellicott City, Maryland. She was born July
1, 1940.

Children (9) COAN

i. Scott MacLeod, b. Mar. 25, 1960
ii. Janice MacLeod, b. July 4, 1962

7 6 5 4

NORMAN ALLISON COAN (Norman E. , Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. ,

■a 7 1

Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Wyandotte, Michigan,
March 13, 1905, the son of Norman Everett and Mabel A.
(MacLeod) Coan. He studied at Alma College in Michigan, An-
tioch College in Ohio, and the University of Michigan. On
March 26, 1927, in Toledo, Ohio, he married Darlene Hogue,
who was born in Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan,
September 22, 1904, the daughter of Emerson P. and Mary
Ellen (MacDonald) Hogue. She received her advanced education
at Teachers College, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind-
iana .

Norman was employed by American Can Company in cost ac-
counting and forestry management. He belonged to the Masons,
the Shriners, the Elks, and was a life-time member and a na-
tional director of the National Association of Accountants
which honored him with three Lybrand awards. Darlene was
interested in genealogy and gave much information on her
husband's branch of the family to the compiler of this book.
She also enjoyed swimming, riding, painting, craftwork,

(top left) Norman Kennedy
Coan, (top right) Marlin
MacDonald Coan, (bottom)
Richard Hogue Coan.

Jane Elizabeth Coan and
Nancy Ann Coan

Charles Emerson Coan and Martha
Waller Coan

Norman Kennedy Coan and William Norman Coan

COANS ON THE MOVE 145

bridge, travel, and above all reading. In 1982 she was liv-
ing with her son Marlin in Vancouver, Washington; and Norman
was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and in a nursing
home.

Children (8) COAN

i. Norman Kennedy, a twin, b. Nov. 3, 1927
ii. Marlin MacDonald, a twin, b. Nov. 3, 1927
iii. Richard Hogue, b. Mar. 17, 1933

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

NORMAN KENNEDY COAN (Norman A. , Norman E. , Marlin A. ,
Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Wyan-
dotte, Michigan, November 3, 1927, the son of Norman Allison
and Darlene (Hogue) Coan. He was graduated from Michigan
State University with a B.A. degree in business administra-
tion in 1951. December 30, 1950, in Lansing, Michigan, he
married Norma Jean Chisler, who was born in Lansing July 25,
1930, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Hubbard) Chisler.

Norman served with the Army of Occupation in Japan.
From September, 1946, to March, 1978, he was employed by
Kimberly-Clark Corporation; was president of Bakerite Baking
Company, a wholesale bakery in Wisconsin; was president of
Ward's Baking Company in Chicago; and in 1981 was vice pres-
ident of Lenox Candles, Inc., in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In 1982
he was employed by Bluegate Candle Company, Moss Beach, Cal-
ifornia, as operations manager.

In 1974 he was divorced, and in 1976 he married second
Kathleen June Adams. His interests included sailing, hunting
and fishing. In 1982 he and Kathleen lived at Half Moon Bay,
California .

Children (9) COAN

i. Charles Emerson, b. Aug. 29, 1950

ii. William Norman, b. Nov. 21, 1952

iii. Carrie Jean, b. Mar. 5, 1954

iv. Jane Elizabeth, a twin, b. Oct. 4, 1955

v. Nancy Ann, a twin, b. Oct. 4, 1955

Reference: Norman K. Coan, 760 Toulouse Court, Half Moon
Bay, CA 94019

CHARLES EMERSON COAN (Norman K. , Norman A. , Norman E. ,
Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was
born in Lansing, Michigan, August 29, 1950, the son of Nor-
man Kennedy and Norma Jean (Chisler) Coan. September 17,
1969, in Neenah, Wisconsin, he married Martha Waller, who
was born in Jackson, Michigan, February 23, 1951, the daugh-

146

COAN GENEALOGY

ter of Jesse L. and Martha L. (Lutes) Waller. In 1982
Charles was a shift supervisor at Kimberly-Clark Corporation
in Neenah, and Martha was the self-employed owner of Paper-
back Book Exchange of Neenah and Oshkosh.

Children (10) COAN

i. Chelsea M. , b. Mar. 15, 1970, Neenah, Wisconsin

Reference: Charles E. Coan, 110 W.Columbian Avenue, Neenah,
WI 54956

WILLIAM NORMAN COAN (Norma
Marlin A. , Marlin H. H.4,
born in Neenah, Wisconsin,
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was graduated from the Uni
laude with a B.A. degree in
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Wisconsin for three years,
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rapher .

Children (10) COAN

i. Andrew Borden, b. July 14, 1977, Carthage, 111.

ii. James Kennedy, b. July 4, 1980, Neenah, Wis.

iii. Caroline Darrie, b. July 13, 1982, Neenah, Wis.

Reference:
54956

William N. Coan, 606 Kessler Drive, Neenah, WI

9 8 7 6

CARRIE JEAN COAN (Norman K. , Norman A. , Norman E. , Mar-
lin A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus3, Jacob2, Peter1) was born
in Niagara, Wisconsin, March 5, 1954. She married James
Woolley in August, 1973. In 1982 they lived in Fort Lauder-
dale, Florida.

Children (10) WOOLLEY

i. Ann Elizabeth, b. Nov. 11, 1975, Fort Lauderdale,

Fla.
ii. Melissa, b. Mar. 26, 1979, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
iii. Sarah Joyce, b. Dec. 30, 1982

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

MARLIN MacDONALD COAN (Norman A.
Marlin H. H.4, Augustus , Jacob2,

, Norman E. , Marlin A. ,
Peter ) was born a twin in

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(top left) Chelsea Coan,

daughter of Charles Emerson

Coan; (top right) James and

Andrew Coan, sons of William

Norman Coan; (center)

Caroline Darrie Coan, in 1982

the youngest descendant with

surname Coan, daughter of

William Norman Coan;

(bottom left) Ann Elizabeth

Woolley, daughter of Carrie

Jean Coan Woolley; (bottom

right) Melissa Woolley,

daughter of Carrie Jean Coan

Woolley.

COANS ON THE MOVE 147

Wyandotte, Michigan, November 3, 1927, the son of Norman Al-
lison and Darlene (Hogue) Coan. He received his advanced
education from the University of Wisconsin and Purdue and in
1950 was graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a
B.S. degree in industrial engineering. He was employed by
Boise Cascade in Oregon, by Ford Motor Company in Michigan,
and in 1982 was a sales representative in the West for Mosi-
nee Paper Companpy.

On November 5, 1948, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he married
Ruth Ann Russell, who was born in Menasha, Winnebago County,
Wisconsin, July 29, 1930, the daughter of Thomas and Emily
(Ponkratz) Russell. Marlin served in the Merchant Marine
from 1945 to 1947 and was an ardent sportsman.

Children (9) COAN

i. Donald Russell, b. Apr. 16, 1949

ii. Thomas William, b. July 10, 1953; lived in Salem,

Oregon, in 1982
iii. Catherine Ellen, b. May 21, 1956; m. Robert

Denny; lived in Salem, Oregon, in 1982
iv. Dianna May, b. May 20, 1957; m. Ray Boyd; lived

in Salem, Oregon, in 1982

Reference: Marlin M. Coan, 2310 S. E. 149th Avenue, Vancou-
ver, WA 98 66 4

9 8 7 6

DONALD RUSSELL COAN (Marlin M. , Norman A. . Norman E. ,

Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was

born in Neenah, Wisconsin, April 16, 1949, the son of Marlin

MacDonald and Ruth Ann (Russell) Coan. He attended Steven's

Point University, Steven's Point, Wisconsin, part of the

University of Wisconsin system; Clark College, Vancouver,

Washington; and Oregon State University at Corvallis, where

he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1972. His

whole life was devoted to chemistry from the time he was a

small boy.

He took post-graduate work at Oregon State University

and worked at Richland, Washington, Laboratories, but had to

resign because of ill health. He died in March, 1982, in

Salem, Oregon.

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

9 8 7 6

THOMAS WILLIAM COAN (Marlin M. , Norman A. . Norman E. ,

Marlin A.5, Marlin H. H.4, Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was
born July 10, 1953, in Trenton, Michigan, son of Marlin Mac-
Donald and Ruth Ann (Russell) Coan. He married Deborah Bech-
told. They were divorced, and in 1982 Thomas lived in Salem,
Oregon .

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

148 COAN GENEALOGY

9 8 7 6

CATHERINE ELLEN COAN (Marlin M. , Norman A. ^ Norman E. ,
Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was
born May 21, 1956, in Wausau, Wisconsin, daughter of Marlin
MacDonald and Ruth Ann (Russell) Coan. In September, 1964,
she married Robert Denny. In 1982 they lived in Salem, Ore-
gon .

Children (10) DENNY

Shannon Lea, b. Nov. 8, 1975, Salem,
John, b. Oct. 1978, Salem, Oreg.
Kimberly, b. Nov. 1, 1980, Portland,

l .

ii .

iii. Kimberly, b. Nov. 1, 1980, Portland, Oreg.

1975, Salem, Oreg.
m, Oreg.

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

9 8 7 6

DIANNA MAY COAN (Marlin M. ^ Norman A. , Norman E. , Marlin
A. , Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born May
20, 1957, in Wausau, Wisconsin, daughter of Marlin MacDonald
and Ruth Ann (Russell) Coan. In September, 1976, she married
Raymond Boyd. In 1982 they lived in Salem, Oregon.

Children (10) BOYD

i. Katharine Rae, b. Feb. 22, 1981, Portland, Oreg.

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

8 7 6 5

RICHARD HOGUE COAN (Norman A. , Norman E. , Marlin A. ,

Marlin H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born in Wyan-
dotte, Michigan, March 17, 1933, the son of Norman Allison
and Darlene (Hogue) Coan. In 1943 the family moved to Van
Wert, Ohio, and then in 1945 to Oak Park, Illinois. In 1946
they moved on to Menasha, Wisconsin, where Richard was grad-
uated from high school in 1950. In 1955 he was graduated
from Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, with a B.S. de-
gree in geology. He entered the United States Air Force in
1956 after working with the United States Army Corps of En-
gineers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the Billy Mitchell Field
Air Reserve Training Center project. After pilot training
at Bartow Air Base, Florida (T-34 and T-28), and Vance Air
Force Base, Oklahoma (B-25), he was awarded his wings in
June, 1957. He then attended the United States Air Force
Helicopter School at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Subse-
quently, he served at Lake Charles Air Force Base, Louisi-
ana; Good Air Base, Labrador; Charleston Air Force Base,
South Carolina; University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming;
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Korat Rogal Thai Air Force
Base, Thailand; Cam Ranh Bay Air Base and Tan Son Nhut Air
Base in Viet Nam; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Hill Air
Force Base, Utah; Rhein-Main Air Base, Federal Republic of
Germany, and Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

Donald Russell Coan

Thomas William Coan

Dianna May Coan and Catherine
Ellen Coan

Darlene Hogue Coan, Norman
Allison Coan, Genevieve Coan
Effinger

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He completed a B.S. degree in aeronautical engineering
at the University of Wyoming in 1965 and an M.A. degree in
public services administration in 1976 from Ball State Uni-
versity through its Overseas Program in Europe.

In 1962 he was selected to fly an H-43 helicopter in an
attempt at a world record for helicopter distance around a
closed course at Mono Lake, California. His record, 653
miles, broke one previously established by the U.S.S.R.

During his Air Force career he flew a variety of air-
craft including both fixed wing and helicopters. In addi-
tion to his permanent duty stations, he served short tours
in Peru, Wake Island, and the Philippines. He served as res-
cue helicopter pilot, operations officer, rescue detachment
commander, aircraft maintenance control and quality control
officer, and as squadron commander of two aircraft mainten-
ance squadrons. He retired from the Air Force in 1979 as a
lieutenant colonel.

He has been active in the Boy Scout program, working
with troops, packs and district training teams in this coun-
try and in Germany. He was district chairman of the White
Sands District in New Mexico. He was a member of Kiwanis.
His hobbies included photography and stamp collecting.

September 10, 1955, in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, he married
Marilyn Ruth Werschem, who was born October 3, 1933, in
Appleton, Wisconsin, daughter of John E. and Viola (Mattler)
Werschem. In 1982 Richard and Marilyn lived in Littleton,
Colorado, where he was employed by Martin-Marietta Aerospace
Corporation as a logistician. His duties included formulat-
ing transportation plans in support of the M-X Missile sys-
tem. He and Marilyn were members of Centennial Lutheran
Church in Englewood, Colorado.

Children (9) COAN

i. Jeffrey Scott, b. Aug. 20, 1961

ii. Kevin Patrick (adopted), b. Jan. 21, 1968, Hono-
lulu, Oahu, Hawaii

iii. John Michael, b. Mar. 7, 1972, Hill Air Force
Base, Ogden, Utah

Reference: Richard H. Coan, 7710 West Caley Drive, Little-
ton, CO 80123

JEFFREY SCOTT COAN (Richard H.8, Norman A.7, Norman E.6,
Marlin A.5, Marlin H. H.4, Augustus3, Jacob , Peter1) was
born in Summerville, South Carolina, August 20, 1961, the
son of Richard Hogue and Marilyn (Werschem) Coan. September
19, 1981, in Littleton, Colorado, he married Terri Lyn Dar-
ling, who was born April 24, 1958, in Lakewood, Colorado,
daughter of Maurice and Theda Darling.

Jeffrey was very active in the Boy Scouts earning the
rank of Eagle Scout and the Pro Deo et Patria religious

150 COAN GENEALOGY

award. He attended the Transatlantic Council's Bicentennial
Jamboree in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1976.

In 1982, Jeffrey and Terri were living in Englewood,
Colorado, where he was employed in the M-X Logistics Engi-
neering Section by Martin-Marietta Aerospace.

Reference: Jeffrey S. Coan, 135 West Belleview Avenue,
Apartment #102, Englewood, CO 80110

7 6 5

GENEVIEVE RATHBUN COAN (Norman E. , Marlin A. , Marlin

H. H. , Augustus , Jacob , Peter ) was born May 2, 1907, the
daughter of Norman Everett and Mabel A. (MacLeod) Coan. She
was a teacher of physical education. In 1933 she married
William Chapin Davis in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They were di-
vorced, and she returned to teaching in the elementary
schools of Detroit. She married second Ed Effinger.

Children (8) DAVIS

i. Philip
ii. Glenn

Reference: Mrs. Norman A. Coan

Genealogical Notes of Mrs. Gleen Long Coan.

GLENN LONG 6 COAN (Marlin A. 5, Marlin H. H .4, Augustus3, Ja-
cob2, Peter1) was born January 1, 1891, in Wyandotte, Michi-
gan, the son of Marlin Augustus and Ella (Long) Coan. He
studied at Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery (now
Wayne State University) and became a Doctor of Medicine in
1915. January 15, 1920, in Detroit he married Elizabeth S.
Schroeder, who was born June 9, 1896, in Toledo, Ohio, the
daughter of Charles H. F. and Emma (Kinker) Schroeder. She
was graduated from Wellesley College in 1919.

Glenn served in the United States Army with the Six-
teenth Engineers from 1914 until 1918 and was a major in the
Medical Corps. He was a Fellow in the American College of
Surgeons (admitted in 1933), a member of the Masons, a life
member of Grosse lie Golf and Country Club, chairman of the
Ethics Committee of Wayne County Medical Society, and for 40
years plant doctor for Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation (now
Pennwalt Corporation). About 1939 he wrote an article con-
cerning tannic acid treatment for chemical burns. It ap-
peared in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
His hobbies included golf, reading, sports, and duplicate
bridge .

Glenn died December 24, 1963, on Grosse lie, Michigan.

Children (7) COAN

i. Peter Gaylord, b. May 17, 1935
ii. Charlotte Lucile, b. Jan. 6, 1937

The Richard Hogue Coan family,
left to right, John Michael, Kevin
Patrick, Jeffrey Scott, Marilyn
Wersham, and Richard.

Kevin Patrick Coan

John Michael Coan

Three generations of Coans:
Jeffrey Scott Coan, seated;
Norman Allison Coan and
Richard Hogue Coan, rear.

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Reference: Peter G. Coan, 21144 Thorofare, Gross lie, MI
48138

7 6 5 4

PETER GAYLORD COAN (Glenn L. , Marlin A. , Marlin H. H. ,

Augustus 3, Jacob 2, Peter ) was born in Wyandotte, Michigan,
May 17, 1935, the son of Glenn Long and Elizabeth S.(Schroe-
der) Coan. In March, 1958, he was graduated from Michigan
State University with a B.A. degree in social science (com-
bined major including history, psychology, and philosophy).
He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from
1958 until 1964 when he was honorably discharged as a corpo-
ral (E-4).

September 3, 1959, on Grosse lie he married Dorothy
Schroeder (no relation), who was born in Detroit September
24, 1938, the daughter of Carlisle F. and Isabella (Feather)
Schroeder. Dorothy was graduated from Michigan State Univer-
sity in March, 1960, with a B.A. degree in elementary educa-
tion .

Peter enjoyed boating, photography, reading, and
sports. In 1982 he was an accountant for Ford Motor Company,
Parts and Service Division, in Romulus, Michigan. Dorothy
worked part time as an insurance billing clerk for Metropol-
itan Detroit Urological Associates, Professional Corpora-
tion. They lived on Grosse lie.

Children (8) COAN

i. Peter Glenn, b. Oct. 25, 1962, Wyandotte, Mich,
ii. Paul Schroeder, b. May 30, 1964, Trenton, Mich.

Reference: Peter G. Coan

7 6 5

CHARLOTTE LUCILLE COAN (Glenn L. , Marlin A. , Marlin

H. H. , Augustus3, Jacob , Peter ) was born in Detroit,

Michigan, January 6, 1937, the daughter of Glenn Long and

Elizabeth S. (Schroeder) Coan. In 1954-1955 she attended

Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, and in 1959 was

graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. degree

in nursing. In 1961-1962 she attended New York University

Graduate School. She was a registered nurse.

April 12, 1964, in New York City she married Joseph Bi-
ren, who was born in New York City March 25, 1931, the son
of David and Anna (Levine) Biren. He was a graduate of Bronx
High School of Science, Bronx, New York; attended Cooper
Union College in New York City; and in 1959 was graduated
from the University of Colorado with a B.S. degree in civil
engineering .

Charlotte and Joseph enjoyed traveling with their fam-
ily in their camper van. Her hobbies included knitting,
reading, swimming, and gourmet cooking. Besides being active
with the Parent-Teachers Association, she was a leader in

152 COAN GENEALOGY

both Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts. In 1982 they were living
in Westfield, New Jersey, where Joseph was self-employed as
a consulting engineer.

Children (8) BIREN

i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1967, New York, N.Y.
ii. Glenn Jacob, b. Dec. 27, 1969, New York, N.Y.

Reference: Mrs. Joseph Biren, 424 Tremont Avenue, Westfield,
NJ 0 7090

2 1

MARTHA COAN (Peter ) was born in North Guilford, Connecti-
cut, November 28, 1737, the daughter of Peter and Hannah
(Davis) Coan. On January 18, 1759, she married George Dudley
who was born in Guilford, Connecticut, September 15, 1721,
the son of Joshua and Sarah (Perry) Dudley. They joined the
early settlers who were moving away from the coast a little
to the north and west; and they settled in Stockbridge,
Massachusetts, where Martha's brother Jacob also moved. Mar-
tha and George's children were all born in Stockbridge.

Children (3) DUDLEY

i. Lucy, b. Oct. 17, 1759; m. Capt. Moss; d. Glen

Aubry, N.Y.
ii. Wright, b. Sept. 20, 1761
iii. Hooker, bpt . July 3, 1764; d. Stockbridge, Mass.;

two sons: William and Charles
iv. William; went to Ohio
v. Jedidiah, b. Aug., 1774

Reference: Dean Dudley, The History of the Dudley Family
(Montrose, Massachusetts: published by the author,
1894), Vol. II, p. 975.

3
WRIGHT DUDLEY , son of George and Martha (Coan) Dudley, was
born September 20, 1761, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He
married Sibyl Stoddard, daughter of General Stoddard, Novem-
ber 24, 1785. Wright died November 26, 1798, at Hooper, New
York. Sibyl died August 4, 1849.

Children (4) DUDLEY

i. Lucy, b. Jan. 7, 1788; m. E. B. Canfield; had

seven children; d. May 6, 1835
ii. Calvin, b. June 26, 1789; unm. ; d. Durham, N.Y.
iii. Clarissa, b. June 3, 1791; m. Piatt Adams; had

four children; d. 1857, Yonkers, N.Y.
iv. Stephen, b. Aug. 28, 1793; unm.; d. 1822
v. Eliza, b. Oct. 21, 1795; m. A. Donnelly Feb. 22,

1821; had five children; d. Oct. 27, 1872

Peter Glenn Coan

Paul Schroeder Coan

Peter Gaylord Coan and Dorothy Schroeder
Coan

Joseph Biren

Charlotte Lucille Coan Biren

Glenn Jacob Biren and Sarah Elizabeth Biren

COANS ON THE MOVE 153

Reference: Dudley, History of Dudley Family, Vol. II, p.
975.

3
JEDIDIAH DUDLEY , son of George and Martha (Coan) Dudley,

was born in August, 1774. He married Lydia Barnes, who was

born April 17, 1777. Jedidiah died November 24, 1812, at

Union Centre, New York. Lydia died November 15, 1842.

Children (4) DUDLEY

i. Lydia Ann, b. Jan. 15, 1809; m. Capt. Ketcham;

had two children; d. June 11, 1887
ii. Martha, b. Aug. 1811; m. Col. Charles Monroe; had

eight children; d. 1862
iii. Jedidiah, b. Apr. 10, 1813

Reference: Dudley, History of Dudley Family, Vol. II, pp.
975, 976.

4
JEDIDIAH DUDLEY , son of Jedidiah and Lydia (Barnes) Dudley,

was born April 10, 1813. He married E. C. Marion on Christ-
mas Eve, 1840. She was born May 15, 1821.

Children (5) DUDLEY

i. Dwight, b. Oct. 28, 1841

ii. Samira, b. Sept. 12, 1842; unm. ; d. May 11, 1863
iii. Martha, b. Feb. 25, 1857; m. Leroy Bostwock; had
two children

Reference: Dudley, History of Dudley Family, Vol. II, p.
976.

DWIGHT DUDLEY , son of Jedidiah and E. C. (Marion) Dudley,
was born October 28, 1841. He married March 17, 1884, Alice
Haskins, who was born December 16, 1861.

Children (6) DUDLEY

i. Myra E., b. Jan. 17, 1885

ii. Jessie A., b. Nov. 5, 1887

iii. Dwight Guilford, b. Oct. 1, 1890

Reference: Dudley, History of Dudley Family, Vol. II, p.
976

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CHAPTER 3

CONNECTICUT COANS

2
JOHN COAN AND DESCENDANTS:

2 2

ELISHA COAN; MARY COAN AND DESCENDANTS

Principal Sources used in this chapter:

Wesley Burgess Coan, Genealogical Notes (Collection of
Roger A. and Margaret S. Ruth, 390 Rock Beach Road, Roches-
ter, NY 14617).

Mabel Chittenden Potter, Scrapbook--Interesting Happen-
ings 1894-1947, newspaper clippings, chiefly of marriages
and obituaries (Collection of C. C. Potter, 709 County Road,
Guilford, CT 06437).

Alvan Talcott, Guilford, Connecticut Families (copy of
original manuscript, Town Clerk's Office, Guilford, Connect-
icut ) .

Alvan Talcott, compiler, Genealogy of Coan Family,
1876, copied by Jerome Coan, 1878, and appended (Collection
of C. C. Potter) .

Other References given in text and after biographies where
they have been used.

2 1

JOHN COAN (Peter ) was born December, 1729, and baptized

January 4, 1730, in East Hampton, Long Island, the son of
Peter and Hannah (Davis) Coan. When John was about seven
years old, his father Peter bought a farm in North Guilford,
Connecticut, and moved the family there. John lived in
North Guilford all the rest of his life, and in 1771 was
given the family homestead as part of his inheritance by his
father who lived with John from then on.

On November 8, 1754, John married Mabel Chittenden, the
daughter of Simeon and Submit (Scranton) Chittenden of North
Guilford. Mabel was born November 5, 1737, a great, great
granddaughter of William and Joanna ( Sheaf fe) Chittenden who
came to America in 1639. They were two of the original set-
tlers (twenty-five men and families) of Guilford. Mabel
died May 12, 1787. John married second the Widow Frances.
He died October 18, 1795. Mabel and John were buried in the
North Guilford cemetery.

155

156 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (3) COAN:

i
ii

Olive, bpt. 1755

Mabel, bpt. 1756
iii. Hannah, b. 1758
iv. Josiah, b. Nov. 20, 1760
v. John, b. Jan. 27, 1763
vi. Rebecca, b. 1765

Rebecca, b. 1765
Simeon, bpt. Apr. 19, 1767
Submit, b. Dec. 7, 1769
Lucretia, bpt. July, 1772
Abraham, b. Nov. 9, 1774

vn .

viii

ix .

x .

xi. Davis, b. 1784

Reference: Alvan Talcott, comp. Chittenden Family: William
Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut and His Descendants
(New Haven, Conn.: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse, and
Taylor, 1882), p. 40.

3 2 1

OLIVE COAN (John , Peter ), was baptized in Guilford, Con-
necticut in 1755, daughter of John and Mabel (Chittenden)
Coan. She married January 24, 1774, William Fowler, born
December 10, 1748, the son of Ebenezer and Desire (Bristol)
Fowler of Guilford, Connecticut. William died in North
Guilford, aged 66, May 15, 1815; Olive died, aged 73, Febru-
ary 12, 1829.

Children (4) FOWLER:

i. Huldah, b. Mar. 21, 1774

ii. Isaac, b. June 7, 1776, of Benton, Ohio

iii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1778; m. Justus Graves of

Madison; d. Oct. 17, 1822
iv. Abel, b. May 13, 1781; lost at sea
v. Phebe, b. Dec. 28, 1783; m. Bassett of

Ohio
vi. Frederic, b. Jan. 6, 1789, of Milan, Ohio
vii. Mabel, b. May 9, 1791; m. George Weld; d. Dec.

21, 1821

4
HULDAH FOWLER , daughter of William and Olive (Coan) Fowler,

was born March 21, 1774. On March 4, 1798, she married John

Foote, born July 25, 1772, the son of John and Ruth (Culver)

Foote. They resided in North Branford, Connecticut.

Children (5) FOOTE:

i. Uriah Collins, b. May 29, 1800; d. 1835 unmarried
ii. Harriet, b. Sept. 14, 1805; m. Benjamin Todd; re-
sided in Northford, Connecticut

Reference: Abram W. Foote, Foote Family (Rutland, Vermont:
Marble City Press, The Tuttle Company, 1907), Vol. I,
p. 172.

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3 2 1

MABEL COAN (John , Peter ), was baptized in North Guilford,

Connecticut in 1756, daughter of John and Mabel (Chittenden)

Coan. Mabel spelled her name Cowan. She married May 24,

1786, Abraham Hall, son of Abraham and Jerusha (Bowen) Hall,

who was born July 29, 1756. He died at Starksboro, Vermont,

August, 1818. He married second Ruby Marshall.

Children (4) HALL

i. Friend Mabel, b. Jan. 16, 1787

ii. Rebecca, b. May 20, 1788; m. Dodifer Bunker

Reference: David B. Hall, Halls of New England, Genealogi-
cal and Biographical (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's
Sons, 1883), p. 15.

4
FRIEND MABEL HALL , son of Abraham and Mabel (Coan) Hall,

was born in Guilford, Connecticut, January 16, 1787. He
lived in Norfolk, Connecticut, until 1796 when his parents
moved to Starksboro, Vermont. He worked on his father's
farm there until he was twenty-one years of age, and then
prepared for college with the Reverend Jedediah Bushnell of
Cornwall. In 1809 he entered Middlebury College with ad-
vanced standing, and was graduated with an A.B. degree in
the Class of 1812.

He studied medicine with Dr. Frederick Ford of Corn-
wall, Dr. John Sargent of Dorset, and Dr. Noadiah Swift of
Bennington. In 1816 he was licensed by the Addison County
Medical Society. He married Electa Benton of Cornwall, Con-
necticut, September 25, 1816. From 1816 to 1820 he was a
physician in Starksboro and then moved to Berkshire where he
practiced another twenty years. At that time he began to
gradually withdraw from his large practice and devote him-
self to his 500-acre farm.

Electa died of cancer April 27, 1850. He married sec-
ond Mary Luther of Saratoga, New York, who survived him
about a year. Friend Mabel died in Berkshire, Vermont, July
31, 1868.

( 5 ) HALL

Lester Cowan, b. June 21, 1817; d. Mar. 4, 1840
Marshall Benton, b. Dec. 10, 1819
Harvey Rice, b. July 21, 1821; m. June, 1848
Nelson Davis, b. Apr. 3, 1822; d. Nov. 28, 1834
Twins, a son and a daughter died in infancy
Electa Eliza, b. July 20, 1827; d. Aug. 29, 1827
Milo Deming, b. Jan. 27, 1829, unmarried
Joseph Baily, b. Sept. 4, 1830; d. Apr. 8, 1837
Mary Mabel, b. Sept. 14, 1832; d. June, 1837

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158 COAN GENEALOGY

Note Lester Cowan , the name of the first son. Friend
Mabel's mother spelled her maiden name Cowan. She is the
only Coan known to have used this spelling.

Reference: Hall, Halls of New)England, p. 23.

Duane L. Robinson, General Catalogue of Middle-
bury College (Middlebury, Vermont: Publications Depart-
ment of Middlebury College, 1950) p. 19.

3 2 1

HANNAH COAN (John , Peter ) was born in 1758 in North Guil-
ford, Connecticut, the daughter of John and Mabel (Chitten-
den) Coan. She married April 19, 1781, Robert Kimberly, born
at Guilford, Connecticut, in 1752, the son of Abraham and
Mary (Sherman) Kimberly.

Robert served under Captain T. Cook at Saratoga in Sep-
tember and October, 1777. In the latter action he was
wounded in the breast. He and Hannah lived for the most
part in Watertown and Woodbury, Connecticut. He died at
Guilford April 17, 1803. Hannah's brother Simeon was ap-
pointed guardian April 16, 1804, of Hannah's minor son,
Abel. She married for the second time at Northford, Connec-
ticut, May 20, 1817, Dr. Jared Foote. She was his fourth
wife. They resided in North Branford. He died October 11,
1820; Hannah died, aged 83, October 24, 1841.

Children (4) KIMBERLY

i. Parnel, b. Sept. 1, 1782; d. June 2, 1866; m.

April 13, 1806, Jeremiah Hubbard, b. June 15,

1780; d. Sept. 10, 1841, son of Abraham and

Hannah (Hedges) Hubbard
ii. Josiah, b. Oct., 1784

iii. Abraham, b. Nov. 13, 1786; d. Apr. 3, 1871
iv. Abel, b. Dec. 21, 1788
v. Hannah E., b. July 6, 1792; d. June 26, 1858; m.

July 5, 1810, Isaac Meigs, b. July 3, 1787,

son of Nathan and Mabel (Parmelee) Meigs; d.

Apr. 29, 1847
vi . Erastus Coan, b. Sept. 10, 1794
vii. David Robert, b. about 1797
viii. Lucretia, b. about 1799; d. Jan. 29, 1879; m.

Guilford, June 25, 1827, Marvin Henderson of

Winsted

Reference: Donald L. Jacobus, The Genealogy of the Kimberly
Family (Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing
Company, 19 50), p. 53.

Foote, Foote Family, Vol. I, p. 68.

4
JOSIAH KIMBERLY , son of Robert and Hannah (Coan) Kimberly,

was born at Guilford, Connecticut, October, 1784. He mar-

CONNECTICUT COANS 159

ried first, at Plymouth, Connecticut, January 29, 1809, Bet-
sey Elizabeth Stone, who was born about 1788 and died at
Plymouth on October 31, 1822, aged 34. He married second, at
Plymouth, on April 27, 1823, Orra Fenn, who was born about
1792 and died at Plymouth on December 8, 1862, aged 70. Jo-
siah died at Plymouth, Connecticut, April 2, 1863, aged 86.

Children (5) KIMBERLY

Children by first wife, born at Plymouth, Connecticut:

i. Huldah Juliana, b. Mar. 25, 1810; m. Orrin Pres-
ton, at Plymouth, Dec. 6, 1832

ii. Eber Elias, b. Dec. 16, 1811; m. at Plymouth
Oct. 20, 1836, Martha Naomi Driscoll of Goshen
(b. about 1813, d. January 24, 1899, age 85)
d. at Plymouth July 25, 1888, age 77

1. Frederick R. , b. July 19, 1842. d. at

Rockingham, Vt . , June 6, 1911, age 68

2. Jane E., b. abt. 1849; m. Henry L. Hinman.
iii. Temperance Eliza, b. Nov. 23, 1813; m. at Ply-
mouth, Mar. 6, 1834, John Brainerd Parsons

iv. Betsey Ann, m. at Plymouth, Nov. 6 or Dec. 1837,

William B. Warner
v. Hannah, b. about Aug. 1820, d. Oct. 15, 1822
vi. Henry, b. about Apr. 1822; d. Oct. 7, 1822

Children by second wife, born at Plymouth:

vii. George G. , b. about 1826; m. at Harwinton, Con-
necticut Nov. 20, 1850, Eliza M. Pardee, b. at
Harwinton Nov. 23, 1822, daughter of Leavit
and Eunice (Linsley) Pardee.

viii. Sarah, b. about 1832

Reference: Jacobus, Kimberly Family, pp. 92, 93, 94.

4
ABRAHAM KIMBERLY , son of Robert and Hannah (Coan) Kimber-
ly, was born at Guilford, Connecticut, November 13, 1786. He
married July 31, 1810, Harriet Collins, born at Guilford,
September 2, 1790, daughter of Friend and Phileny (Norton)
Collins. She died there January 27, 1874. Abraham died at
Guilford, April 3, 1871.

Children (5) KIMBERLY

i. Edward Augustus, b. May 18, 1811; m. Oct. 8,
1840, Matilda Moore; children: Abraham,
George, Mary, Harriet, Charles, and Jennie, b.
in 1860

ii. Harriet Elizabeth, b. July 24, 1813; m. at Guil-
ford, Feb. 1, 1845, Edward Thomas of New Haven

Vll .

viii

ix.

Ref

erence

160 COAN GENEALOGY

iii. Julia Ann, b. Nov. 3, 1815; m. Aug. 23, 1842,

William Fitch of New Haven, d. May 23, 1855
iv. Abraham, b. Feb. 18, 1818
v. Mary Ann Chamberlain, b. July 31, 1820; d. Nov.

16, 1823
vi . Charles Robert, b. Mar. 5, 1823; d. at Hong
Kong, China, Mar. 28, 1853
William Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1825; d. May 5, 1825
Mary Ann Chamberlain, b. May 27, 1827; m. at
Guilford, Aug. 16, 1848, William Perry of New
Haven
Frances Amelia, b. Sept. 25, 1830
Henry, b. Oct. 20, 1834; d. Jan. 21, 1835

Jacobus, Kimberly Family, p. 94.

4
ABEL KIMBERLY , son of Robert and Hannah (Coan) Kimberly,

was born at Guilford, Connecticut, December 21, 1788. He
married first Polly Meigs, December 28, 1806. Polly was
born in 1789, died August 31, 1828, aged 39, daughter of Na-
than and Mabel (Parmelee) Meigs. Abel married second, at
Guilford, March 26, 1829, Lucy Bishop, born at Guilford,
March 9, 1784, daughter of Johnson and Lucy (Leete) Bishop.
Abel died at Guilford June 8, 1855, aged 66; Lucy died April
6, 1864.

Children (5) KIMBERLY at Guilford:

i. Lewis Robert, b. Apr. 14, 1807; d. June 17, 1846

res. Plainville, Ohio; m. Asenath Brigden;

children: Robert and Augustus
ii. George Augustus, b. Mar. 20, 1810; m. Jan. 12,

1834, Louisa Jones, b. Apr. 8, 1817, d. Mar.

8, 1892, aged 75, daughter of Sylvester Jones;

children :

1. George Everett, b. at New Haven, Conn.

Mar 12, 1835; d. at Guilford, Jan. 7,
1905, aged 69; m. Mary A. Nettleton

2. Edward Augustus,

11, 1844

3. Charles Henry, b.

1839; m. Agnes

4. Louisa Jones, b,

17, 1844

5. Anna Parkman, b.

1844; m. Chaarles D. Hoyt

6. Lewis Abel, b. at Guilford, Sept. 17,

1847; m. Martha Webb Griswold, b. Apr.
2, 1847, daughter of Amos and Julia Ann
(Seward) Griswold. They had several
children, among them Everett G. and Anna
Bertha who died aged 22 and 21 respect-
ively

b. Feb. 3, 18 37;

d . Apr .

at Macon, Ga . ,

Feb. 15,

L. Conway

Sept. 11, 1841;

d. Apr.

at Guilford,

Sept. 2,

CONNECTICUT COANS 161

7. Edward Walter, b. Jan. 19, 1852; m. Minnie
Campbel 1 .
iii. Abel Denison, b. Oct. 15, 1812
iv. Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 29, 1816; m. at Guilford,

Oct. 3, 1838, Edmund Russell of Macon, Ga .
v. Nelson, b. Jan. 11, 1819; d. Apr. 22, 1822
vi. Nelson, b. Mar. 2, 1823; d. Oct. 24, 1826
vii. Henry Edward, b. Oct. 13, 1827; d. at Guilford
Apr. 18, 1900; m. Jan. 29, 1850, Roxanna A.
Durgin, b. Nov. 24, 1829, daughter of William
Durgin; m. (2) May 16, 1862, Harriet F. Pick-
ett; m. (3) Jan. 17, 1873, Julia Bunnell, b.
Mar. 3, 1836; d. Apr. 23, 1887. Child by
first wife:

1. Henry Russell, b. Feb. 19, 1854; m. Oct.
18, 1877, Nettie J. Hanford

Reference: Jacobus, Kimberly Family, pp. 94, 95, 96.

4
ERASTUS COAN KIMBERLY , son of Robert and Hannah (Coan)

Kimberly, was born at Watertown, Connecticut, September 10,

1794. He married at Guilford July 3, 1826, Wealthy Ann

Chapman, who was born December 17, 1801, daughter of Jede-

diah and Anne (Chapman) Chapman of Saybrook, Connecticut.

He was a warden of the First Church at Guilford. He

died at Guilford, Connecticut, July 17, 1875, aged 81; Ann

died January 18, 1890, aged 88.

Children (5) KIMBERLY

i. William H., b. Apr. 21, 1827; d. Nov. 3, 1828
ii. William, b. Mar. 28, 1830; m. Agnes Mitchell
iii. George Chapman, b. Jan. 1, 1832; d. Nov. 29, 1892
age 60; m. Eliza Jane Spencer, b. about 1834,
d. Nov. 19, 1916, age 82, daughter of Samuel C.
and Jane (Loomis) Spencer
iv. Wealthy Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1833; d. Aug. 13, 1833
v. John, b. Apr. 3, 1839; d. Dec. 23, 1856
vi. Erastus Elliot, b. Aug. 29, 1843; m. Aug. 19,
1869, Eleanor K. Bucknell; children: Frederick
Bucknell, Albert Elliot, and Mary Eleanor

Reference: Jacobus, Kimberly Family, pp. 96, 97

4
DAVID ROBERT KIMBERLY , son of Robert and Hannah (Coan) Kim-
berly, was born about 1797. He married at Torrington, Con-
necticut, October 7, 1824, Lydia Brooks. They lived in Wol-
cottville, Connecticut. David died at Torrington, Connecti-
cut, 1840; Lydia died in 1849.

162 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (5) KIMBERLY

i. Henry R.
ii. Mary

iii. Elizabeth A., b. about 1834. Edmund Wooding was
appointed her guardian, Sept. 22, 1849

3 2 1

JOSIAH COAN (John , Peter ), was born November 20, 1760, in

North Guilford, Connecticut, the son of John and Mabel

(Chittenden) Coan. He married May 17[18], 1786, Catherine,

known as Carine, Graves who was born November 9, 1764, the

daughter of Abraham and Catherine (Hall) Graves of Walling-

ford, Connecticut. Josiah and Carine lived at North Madison.

Steiner in his book, History of the Plantation of Menunga-

tuck, p. 389, wrote concerning Josiah and the Methodist

Church at Black Rock or Rockland:

On April 17, 1806, the proprietors of the common
and undivided lands granted a site for this church to
Josiah Coan, William Hale, Jeremiah Stephens, John
Francis, and others. The church was erected in 1816,
but was not finished and dedicated until 1830. The con-
gregation has always been small in numbers and not rich
in this world's goods.

Carine died August 29, 1827, aged 63; and Josiah died
February 2, 1836, aged 76. They were both buried in Rockland
Cemetery, Madison, Connecticut.

Children (4) COAN

i. Josiah, b. Aug. 8, 1788

ii. William, b. Dec. 21, 1790

iii. Elisha, b. Aug. 19, 1794

iv. Catherine, b. Nov. 26, 1796

v. Peter, b. Sept. 11, 1799

vi. Daniel, b. Nov. 2, 1801; d. July 3, 1802

vii. Rachel, b. Sept. 27, 1805

viii. Hannah, b. June 8, 1809

Reference: Headstone Inscriptions, Madison, Connecticut
(Charles R. Hale Collection, Connecticut State Library,
Hartford, Connecticut, 1937).

4 3 2 1

JOSIAH COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born August 8,

1788, the son of Josiah and Carine (Graves) Coan. He was

famous for his "walk." He had always wanted to see Niagara

Falls, so on Tuesday, August 20, 1822, when he was 34 years

old, he started from Guilford, Connecticut, to walk to the

Falls. His purpose was twofold: to see the Falls and to

CONNECTICUT COANS 163

check land and water power facilities. On his way out he
walked only part of the distance since he rode when he could
on the Erie Canal. But coming home, he walked most of the
way starting from the Ohio line, which was as far west as he
went, to his starting point in Guilford--a total of 527
miles, according to his diary. A copy of his diary follows.
(C. C. Potter Collection, Guilford, Connecticut). He arrived
at the Falls September 8 and was back in Guilford, September
28.

Josiah married first Susan Fowler, who was born in Oc-
tober of 1792; she died March 19, 1852. He married second
the widow Catherine Hull of Wallingford. He lived in North
Madison and Wallingford and died on June 28, 1874.

Children (5) COAN

i. Lodoiska, b. Feb. 6, 1814
ii. Catherine, b. Sept. 6, 1819

iii. Ellen Wesley, b. Oct. 6, 1824; d. May 14, 1882;
m. Silas

Reference: Death Certif icate--Josiah Coan, Madison, Connect-
icut

COPY OF A RECORD MADE BY JOSIAH COAN
(Collection of C. C. Potter, Guilford, Connecticut)

Guilford August 20 A.D. 1822

Guilford County of New Haven

State of Connecticut

Tuesday 20th August

Started from home proceeded through Durham Middletown & to

Berlin 20 miles
put up at Hearts Expenses sixteen cents
Wednesday proceeded through Farmington Canton New Hartford

Barkhamstead to Winchester 30 miles put up at Higbys

Expenses thirty four cents
Thursday 22nd to Norfolk to Canaan

— Sheffield to Egremont — to Green River

put up at Tanners. Expenses 14 cents
Friday 2 3d to Austerlitz Chatam Schoduct & Albany

34 miles put up at Toughskins

Expenses 37 1/2 cents 12 1/2 for Lodg .
Sat 24th from Albany to Schenectady & to Florida

Southwest side of the Mohawk 30 miles

Expenses 17 cents put up at Henry Hillmans cha = nt
Sabbath 25th. Remained at the same place
Monday 26th
Tuesday 27th from Florida to Charleston to Canajaharry to

Mindon 30 miles expenses 9 cents

164 COAN GENEALOGY

Wednes 28th from Mindon to Danube 12 miles

Expenses 29 cents went on board a

at the east-end of canal Navigation
Thursday 29th from littlefalls to German

Flats to Frankford to Utica 23 miles in canal boat
Capt. Morgan
Friday 30th from Utica to Whites-Borough &

to Rome 15 miles in the same boat expenses 35 cents
Saturday 31st from Rome to Verona to Lenox to

Sullivan 30 miles expenses 6 cents

poor land as well
Sabbath Sept. 1th 1822

from Sullivan to Manlius to Salina to

Syracuse to Gettysburg (Syracuse and

Gettysburg are in the town of Salina

expenses 8 cents perhaps 20 miles
Monday 2nd from Salina to Onondago

to Camillus to Bucksville - - - on the

outlet of the Owasco Lake a very excellent

Mill seat expenses 2 cents
Tuesday 3d to Montisuma to Galen to Lyons

20 miles This day landed at

Montisuma from Capt. Thos . Morgans boat

from Little Falls 118 miles passage 60 cents

expenses this day amount to 71 cents

From Lyons to Palmyra to Pittsford put at

Ac -- 29 miles expenses 23 cents

Whiteoak sandy land in Pittsford from

Lyons to Palmyra excellent land
Thursday 5th from Pittsford to Rochester 7 miles

to Parna on the Ridge roa — Clarkson to Murray

29 miles put up at Capt. Edward Perry's

expenses 27 cts.
Friday 6th assisted Mr. Perry got washing done

expenses 18 3/4 cents
Saturday 7th from Murray to Hartland

to Riplys Tavern - 6 cents expenses
Sabbath 8th to Royalton to Cambray to

Lewiston 76 miles from Rochester to Lewiston

Expenses this day including fifteen miles ride 31 1/2

to within one mile of the Niagara Fal Is
Monday 9th from Niagara to Buffaloe 24 miles

parted with my good friends Goodrich
Hall at Blackrock with whom I

had been in company from Rome

Went on board Capt. Martins Schooner bound

for Erie passage 75

Expenses this day 47 cents. A level clay and

poor watered country from Niagara to Buffaloe.
Tuesday 10 very sea sick beating up

the lake - put in to Dunkirk harbor

in Pomfret 45 miles from Buffaloe
Wednesday 11th be calmed on the lake

CONNECTICUT COANS 165

in company with Irishmen Roman Catholics

expenses 6 cts .
Thursday 12th landed a Erie 10 o'clock A.M.

traveled through Millscreek (the inhabitants

groaning with Fever & ague) through

Fairview to Springfield 20 miles expenses 15 cts
Friday 13th through Springfield the last-town

on that road in Pennsylvania Salem

Kingsville to Arestubula distance

30 miles expenses 50 cents
Saturday 14th through Salem in Ohio

Springfield in Pennsylvania Fairview

Mill Creek to Erie 30 miles distance expenses 6 cts.
Sabbath 15th went on board Schooner Liberty

capt. Skinner bound Black Rock passage 75 ct.

expenses this day 6 cts.
Monday 16th landed at Black Rock 12 o'clock

walked through Amherst Williams Ville

village to Clarence distance 17 miles

expenses 22 cents
Tuesday 17th through Clarence Pembroke Batavia

Stafford Caledonia across Genosee River

to 46 miles 10 miles rise put up at

Garsons Expenses 33 cents
Wednesday 18th through Avon Leima W & E

Bloomfield Canandagua Hopewell Seneca to

within 2 1/2 miles of Geneva distance 37 1/2 miles

2 mile ride expenses 9 cents
Thursday 19th through Geneva Fayette to Ovid 28 miles

between the Lakes Seneca & Cayuga a most beautiful country

but very drouthy expenses 25 cts.
Friday 20th Ovid Ithica 25 miles

put up at Augustus Fiets expenses 25 cts.
Saturday 21st through Lansing Dryden to Virgil

25 miles Onango river
Sabbath 22nd through Virgil between

Harrison & Freetown Qinow hilly through

Scipio McDonough to Oxford 30 miles

expenses 25 cents Ox is on the Chenango Creek
Monday 23rd through Oxford Guilford Unadilla

Sidney Franklin to 37 miles expenses 28 cts.

Tuesday 24th through Meredith Cortright

Stamford Blinkin Broom Schoharry 38 miles

expenses 25 cents
Wednesday 25 through Durham Cairo Katskill

over Hudson River to L 36 miles expenses 34 cents

Thursday 26 through Livingstone Taughconic An

Northeast Salisbury to Canaan 35 miles expenses 45 cts.

a fine Country
Friday 27th through Canaan Cornwall Goshen

Litchfield Watertown to Waterbury 30 miles expenses 34 cts

A most beautiful country
Saturday 28 through Chesire Wallingford

166 COAN GENEALOGY

Durham to Guilford in Connecticut

30 miles expenses 37 cts.

Land for sale in Livingston County Town of

Mount Morris for $1.75 per acre

Josiah Coan Guilford

County of New Haven

State of Connecticut

Copied from his own record made

in 1822 now property of Gertrude Davis Kenyon

From Ohio State line to Erie

Buffalo

Batavia

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Josiah Coan's

LODOISKA COAN (Josiah , Josiah , John , Peter ) was born
February 6, 1814, the daughter of Josiah and Susan (Fowler)
Coan. She married January 24, 1843, John Bartlett of North
Guilford, the son of Samuel and Cynthia (Benton) Bartlett.
Lodoiska died October 6, 1851, aged 37. John died September
12, 1854, aged 66.

Children

( 6 ) BARTLETT

i .

Samuel, b. Mar

ii.

Josiah Walter,

f ornia

4, 1844, moved to Kansas

b. Feb. 19, 1848, moved to Cali-

iii. Catherine Lodoiska, b. Mar. 16, 1851

CATHERINE LODOISKA BARTLETT6, daughter of John and Lodoiska
(Coan) Bartlett, was born March 16, 1851. November 23, 1871,
she married Ira L. Fenn Dudley, born September 4, 1849.

Children (7) DUDLEY

i. Alice, b. Dec. 17, 1872

ii. Sophia, b. Nov. 8, 1875

iii. John Bartlett, b. Nov. 4, 1879

iv. Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1884

v. Nancy, b. May 31, 1887; m. Chittenden

CONNECTICUT COANS 167

5 4 3 2 1

CATHERINE COAN (Josiah , Josiah , John , Peter ) daughter

of Josiah and Susan (Fowler) Coan, was born at Madison, Con-
necticut, September 6, 1819. She married at Madison, June
28, 1841, Curtis Benton Bishop, son of Augustus and Mary
(Walkley) Bishop. He was born at Madison March 18, 1818, and
died in North Madison, June 19, 1875. She died at Guilford
August 28, 1894. Augustus was a farmer and a Democrat. He
served as colonel in the Connecticut Militia, but was not in
the Civil War.

Children (6) BISHOP

i. William Curtis, b. April 6, 1842

ii. Ella Catherine, b. Jan. 10, 1845

iii. Leonard Randolph, b. Aug. 30, 1846

iv. Charles Edward, b. Apr. 24, 1848

v. Isabelle C, b. July 4, 1850; m. Frederick Davis

June 17, 1869; no children

vi. Clara Walkley, b. Dec. 23, 1852

vii. Frank Benjamin, b. Nov. 28, 1854

Reference: William Whitney Cone and George Allen Root, com-
pilers, Record of the Descendants of John Bishop, one of the
Founders of Guilford, Connecticut in 1639 (Nyack, New York:
John Guy Bishop, 1951), p. 73

WILLIAM CURTIS BISHOP6, son of Curtis Benton and Catherine
(Coan) Bishop, was born in Madison, Connecticut April 6,
1842. He married Abby L. Davis, daughter of Samuel and Har-
riet (Benton) Davis at Guilford, January 15, 1868. She was
born at Guilford, March 19, 1844. He was a farmer and a Pro-
hibitionist. They resided at Guilford, Connecticut.

Children (7) BISHOP

i. Henry Whitfield, b. Mar. 12, 1869; d. May 12, 1870

ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 22, 1870

iii. Harriet Benton, b. Apr. 25, 1873; unmarried

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 125

MARY ELIZABETH BISHOP , daughter of William Curtis and Abby
L. (Davis) Bishop, was born at Guilford April 22, 1870. She
married George H. Parmelee, son of Horace D. and Clarissa
Parmelee, April 21, 1891. He was born at Guilford, Septem-
ber 26, 1868, and was a patent attorney. They resided at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Children: (8) PARMELEE

i. Harry Bishop, b. Jan. 23, 1892, Pittsburgh, Pa.
ii. Earl Linsley, b. Jan. 18, 1895, Washington, D.C.
iii. William Horace, b. Jan. 21, 1898, Pittsburgh, Pa.

168 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 176

ELLA CATHERINE BISHOP , daughter of Curtis Benton and Cath-
erine (Coan) Bishop, was born at North Madison, Connecticut,
January 10, 1845. She married William Hubbard Davis, son of
George B. and Harriet (Hubbard) Davis December 7, 1865. He
was born at Guilford, December 1, 1838. They resided at New
Haven, Connecticut.

Children (7) DAVIS

i. Clara Gertrude, b. Mar. 9, 1871

ii. Ralph Augustus, b. Sept. 21, 1878; m. Rose Fair-
child; res. New Haven

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 125

CLARA GERTRUDE DAVIS , daughter of William H. and Ella Cath-
erine (Bishop) Davis, was born at Guilford, March 9, 1871.
She married Albert James Kenyon, son of George J. and Lu-
cinda Kenyon, Fair Haven, Connecticut, October 8, 1902. He
was born at Bloomfield, Connecticut, July 1, 1871. He was a
Republican and an attorney at law. They resided at Yonkers,
New York.

Children (8) KENYON

i. Esther Davis, b. Feb. 26, 1906

ii. Elizabeth Wolcott, b. May 16, 1908

iii. Roger Wolcott, b. Jan. 30, 1911

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 176

6
LEONARD RANDOLPH BISHOP , son of Curtis Benton and Catherine

(Coan) Bishop, was born at Madison, August 30, 1846. He mar-
ried Rhoda Bailey, daughter of William and Lucy (Brooks)
Bailey at Chester, Connecticut, November 1, 1877. She was
born at Chester, July 25, 1855; died June 27, 1912.

He was selectman of Chester for nine years; Masonic or-
der for 40 years, farmer. He died at Chester, December 13,
1914.

Children (7) BISHOP

i. Frederick C, b. Mar. 29, 1879; m. Sadie Klein,

Chester, Conn,
ii. Nellie Lucy, b. July 26, 1880
iii. Oliver Raymond, b. Feb. 25, 1883
iv. Ada I., b. Sept. 1, 1884; m. Henry L. Leete; res.

Chester, Conn.

CONNECTICUT COANS 169

v. Catherine C. , b. Dec. 30, 1889; drowned Aug. 19,

1906
vi. Curtis B., b. Aug. 24, 1893; m. Susie Brown;

res. Chester
vii. Lina R., b. July 19, 1897; d. June 29, 1913
viii. Randolph L., b. Aug. 18, 1900; unmarried; res.

Chester

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, pp.
125, 126

7
NELLIE LUCY BISHOP , daughter of Leonard Randolph and Rhoda

(Bailey) Bishop, was born at Chester, Connecticut, July 26,
1880. She married Robert Carter, son of Charles E. and Julia
Jennie (Stannard) Carter, at Chester, September 28, 1904. He
was born October 22, 1880, at Clinton, Connecticut. He was a
piano maker and a Republican. They resided at Ivoryton, Con-
necticut .

Children (8) CARTER

i. Charles Merritt, b. Dec. 30, 1906

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 176

OLIVER RAYMOND BISHOP 7, son of Leonard Randolph and Rhoda
(Bailey) Bishop, was born at Clinton, Connecticut, February
25, 1883. He married Emma Klein, daughter of Edward Klein,
December 27, 1911. She was born at Brooklyn, New York, De-
cember 29, 1882. They resided at Chester, Connecticut.

Children (8) BISHOP

i. Elizabeth Annette, b. Nov. 14, 1912
ii. Marjorie Frances, b. June 27, 1914

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 176

CHARLES EDWARD BISHOP , son of Curtis Benton Bishop and
Catherine ( Coan ) Bishop, was born in Madison, Connecticut,
April 24, 1848. He married Viola R. Briggs of New York Nov-
ember 19, 1873. She was born July 21, 1850. They resided at
Kingston, New York. He died January 3, 1895. They had no
children.

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 126

CLARA WALKLEY BISHOP , daughter of Curtis Benton Bishop and
Catherine (Coan) Bishop, was born at North Madison, Connect-
icut, December 23, 1852. She married Ralph L. Parker, Octo-

170 COAN GENEALOGY

ber 25, 1876. He was the son of Chatfield and Hannah (Lins-
ley) Parker and was born at Guilford. He was a member of the
Congregational Church and the New England Order of Protec-
tion. They resided at Guilford where she died September 9,
1913.

Children (7) PARKER

i. Ruby Linsley, b. May 9, 1884; res. New Haven
ii. John Curtis, b. Feb. 21, 1890; res. Guilford

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 126

6
FRANK BENJAMIN BISHOP , son of Curtis Benton Bishop and

Catherine (Coan) Bishop, was born at Madison, Connecticut,

November 28, 1854. He married Lillian J. Norton, daughter of

Newell and Josephine H. (Hill) Norton, June 26, 1875. She

was born at Madison June 26, 1859. He was an assessor and a

selectman of Madison from 1894 to 1899. He also represented

Madison in the Connecticut Legislature. They resided at

Guilford.

Children (7) BISHOP

i. Robert Merton, b. Dec. 21, 1876; m. Emma B. Rog-

erson; res. Guilford
ii. Maud Josephine, b. Nov. 27, 1878; m. Frederick W.

Hall; res. Guilford
iii. Charles W. , b. July 27, 1885

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 126

4 3 2 1

WILLIAM COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born December 21,

1790, in North Madison, Connecticut, the son of Josiah and
Carine (Graves) Coan. He married March 21, 1815, Alpha Is-
bell, the widow of Elias Isbell. They had no children. Wil-
liam died June 12, 1867; Alpha, November 18, 1875. They were
both buried in Rockland Cemetery in Madison.

Reference: Death Certificates: William and Alpha Coan, Mad-
ison, Conn.

4 3 2 1

ELISHA COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born in North Mad-
ison, Connecticut, August 19, 1794, the son of Josiah and
Carine (Graves) Coan. He married Maria Davis, widow of Mar-
vin Davis, and daughter of Jeremiah Davis of North Madison.
They moved to Pennsylvania about 1848 and died leaving no
children.

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CONNECTICUT COAN 171

4 3 2 1

CATHERINE COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born in North

Madison, Connecticut, November 26, 1796, the daughter of Jo-
siah and Carine (Graves) Coan. On December 20, 1815, she
married Augustus Bartlett Dudley, who was born February 3,
1792, the son of Jared and Anna (Bartlett) Dudley. Augustus
and Catherine went to Ohio where she died February 11, 1817,
aged 20. She supposedly left one son, but he must have died
as an infant since no son by her is listed in the Dudley
genealogy. Augustus married second Miriam Linsley of North
Branford, Connecticut, the daughter of Dr. Reuben Linsley.
They had three sons and a daughter.

Reference: Dean Dudley, History of the Dudley Family, Num-
ber 1 (Wakefield, Massachusetts: Dean Dudley, Publi-
sher, 1886), p. 381.

4 3 2 1

PETER COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born in North Madi-
son, Connecticut, September 11, 1799, the son of Josiah and
Carine (Graves) Coan. On April 25, 1820, he married Abigail
Camp of Middletown. The Reverend Thomas Branch performed the
ceremony. Peter died December 8, 1836, aged 37. He was bur-
ied in Rockland Cemetery, Madison. Abigail married second
Joel Rix of Griswold April 10, 1839. The Reverend Horace
Bartlett performed the ceremony.

Children (5) COAN

i . Jane
ii. Emily

Reference: Connecticut Vital Records, Middletown, 1651-1854
(Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1924)

pp. 85, 106.

Headstone Inscriptions, Madison, Connecticut
(Charles R. Hale Collection, Connecticut State Library,
Hartford, Connecticut, 1937).

4 3 2 1

RACHEL COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born September 27,

1805, in North Madison, Connecticut, the daughter of Josiah

and Carine (Graves) Coan. She married Danforth Stevens.

Children (5) STEVENS

i. Hannah, m. Strong, Norwich

ii. Catharine, m. William M. White, Fair Haven

iii. Rachel, died in childhood

iv. Anna, died in childhood

v. Josiah, died in boyhood

vi. William, died in Civil War, 14th Regiment, Conn.

Volunteers

vii. Peter, died in boyhood

viii. Elisha, died in boyhood

172 COAN GENEALOGY

4 3 2 1

HANNAH COAN (Josiah , John , Peter ) was born June 8, 1809,

in North Madison, Connecticut, daughter of Josiah and Carine

(Graves) Coan. She married February 13, 1838, Samuel Butler

Hill, born September 25, 1805, the son of Joseph and Hester

(Butler) Hill of North Madison.

Children (5) HILL

i. Eugene Childs Hill, b. Mar. 14, 1845; m. Emma Glad-
win; resided in Fair Haven; had one child

3 2 1

JOHN COAN (John , Peter ) was born in North Guilford, Con-
necticut, January 27, 1763, the son of John and Mabel (Chit-
tenden) Coan. He married Hannah Stevens, daughter of John
and Desire (Fowler) Stevens. During the Revolutionary War he
was a private in Captain Peter Vaill's Company of guards
stationed at Guilford for defense of the seacoast. He en-
listed November 14, 1781, and served one month. At age 77 in
1840 he was named among the Revolutionary War Pensioners. He
was blind the last years of his life and died November 16,
1845, aged 82. He and Hannah were buried in the cemetery in
North Guilford.

Children (4) COAN

i. Hannah, b. 1787

ii. John, b. Aug. 23, 1789

iii. Henrietta, b. June, 1794; d. Sept. 24, 1795

iv. Eilean, d. aged 3 months

v. Abraham, b. Aug. 1797

Reference: Gravestone, cemetery, North Guilford, Conn.

4 3 2 1

HANNAH COAN (John , John , Peter ) was born in 1787, the

daughter of John and Hannah (Stevens) Coan. On January 1,

1812, she married Joseph Fowler of Northford, Connecticut.

He was born in 1785, the son of Josiah and Teraiah (Kirkham)

Fowler. He died, aged 50, December 19, 1835.

Children (5) FOWLER

i . Henrietta Admonia

4 3 2 1

JOHN COAN (John , John , Peter ) was born August 23, 1789,

the son of John and Hannah (Stevens) Coan. He married in
1809 Phebe Ann Fowler, who was born February 22, 1791, the
daughter of Bildad and Sarah (Bartlett) Fowler. She died,
aged 30, September 19, 1821. September 22, 1829, John mar-
ried second Betsy Hart of Wallingford, Connecticut, who was
born August 4, 1803, the daughter of Amos Hart. She died,
aged 69, March 15, 1873. John died, aged 81, July 26, 1871.

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Children (5) COAN by Phebe

i. Samuel, d. young

ii. Enard, bpt. Apr. 25, 1813, Captain of a whale

ship in 1870
iii. Jerome, b. 1815; d. July 26, 1829 of lockjaw
iv. Abraham, b. June 11, 1817; d. 1848 single in New

Orleans
v. Julia Ann Spencer, b. 1821

by Betsy

vi. Phebe E., b. June 16, 1830

vii. Jerome, a twin, b, June 19, 1834

viii. Joseph, a twin, b. June 19, 1834

5 4 3 2 1

JULIA ANN SPENCER COAN (John , John , John , Peter ) was

born March 4, 1821, the daughter of John and Phebe Ann (Fow-
ler) Coan. She married November 25, 1841, the Reverend Seth
S. Chapin, who was born in Somers, Connecticut, October 10,
1820, son of the Reverend Reuben and Lovisa (Russell) Chapin
of Marshall, Michigan. January 21, 1876, Julia died at St.
Johns, Michigan. Seth married second Mary Ann Stephenson and
had several more children. He died at St. Johns June 30,
1910.

Children

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vi .

vii ,

(6) CHAPIN

Edward Cornelius, b. July 3, 1844; m. May, 1874;

d. Oct. 23, 1920
Mary Louisa, b. July 8, 1846; m. Dec. 25, 1874;

d. Feb. 23, 1876
Charles Enard, b. Apr. 19, 1848; m. same time as

Mary — Dec. 25, 1874; d. Jan. 25, 1922
John Bromham, b. Oct. 21, 1851

William Alonzo, b. Aug. 8, 1854; d. June 17, 1874
Robert Alexander Hallam, b. Nov. 8, 1857; d. Apr.

19, 1875
Anna Rebecca, b. Aug. 1, 1863

Reference: Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book (Hartford,
Conn.": Chapin Family Association, 1924), Vol. I, p. 864

PHEBE E. COAN (John , John ,
North Guilford, Connecticut,
John and Betsy (Hart) Coan.
Orrin Potter, born in 1826,
(Landcraft) Potter of Hamden,
made their home in Fair Haven,
for many years as a
yards of that town.

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John , Peter ) was born in

June 6, 1830, the daughter of

November 14, 1847, she married

the son of Lyman and Mary M.

Connecticut. Phebe and Orrin

Connecticut, where he worked

ship sawyer for Baldwin & Gesner in the

174 COAN GENEALOGY

At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted at East
Haven, Connecticut, August 16, 1862, in Company E, Fifteenth
Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He participated in the
following battles: Fredericksburg, Virginia, Edenton Road,
Virginia; Providence Church Road, Virginia; siege of Suf-
folk, Virginia; and Kingston, North Carolina, where he was
taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison. He was paroled
March 26, 1865, and his term of enlistment expired soon af-
ter he received an honorable discharge from the army.

Orrin was a watchman in the city market of Fair Haven
for sixteen years. It was during his service there that the
building was burned by a discharge of fireworks. Phebe and
Orrin celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary November
17, 1897. He was a member of Admiral Foote Post, No. 17,
Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Second Congregational
Church. He died in Fair Haven July 27, 1901, aged 75. Of
his death Phebe wrote: "For about seven months he was obli-
gated to set up in a chair with his feet in a tub to receive
the water that oozed from his limbs. He could not breath ly-
ing down. The disease was dropsy."

Phebe was a member of Pilgrim Church. She died April
12, 1907, aged 76, after being an invalid for two years. She
and Orrin were both buried in the cemetery at East Haven,
Connecticut.

Children (6) POTTER

i. Elbert B., b. March 1, 1849

ii. Emily Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1851; m. John Hare

of New Haven, Connecticut, June 16, 1872; d.

Mar. 5, 1922, aged 70
iii. Elizabeth Adella, b. May 20, 1852; d. Aug. 23,

1854
iv. Jerome Coan, b. Dec. 19, 1854; m. Emma Chivers

of Georgia
V. Orrin Eugene, b. Aug. 19, 1856
vi. Joseph Walter, b. Mar. 15, 1860
vii. Lottie Sherwood, b. Nov. 27, 1866; d. Feb. 12,

1874
viii. Myron Clifford, b. Dec. 21, 1868; d. Dec. 19,

1870
ix. Ernest Hemingway, b. Aug. 5, 1872

ELBERT B. POTTER , son of Orrin and Phebe (Coan) Potter, was
born March 1, 1849. He married first Sarah R. Hemingway of
East Haven, Connecticut. She died on September 18, 1872. He
married second Mary E. Field of North Guilford on April 18,
1875. He married third Mary Brown. They lived in North
Guilford and Guilford, Connecticut. Mary died January 10,
1934.

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wedding anniversary, 1897. Courtesy C. C.
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CONNECTICUT COANS 175

Children (7) POTTER -- Children of Mary Field

i. Elbert E.

ii. Anna Elizabeth, m. Frank Snow of North Branford,
Conn .

Reference: C. C. Potter, 709 County Road, Guilford, CT 06437

6
ORRIN EUGENE POTTER , son of Orrin and Phebe (Coan) Potter,

was born in Fair Haven, Connecticut, August 19, 1856. On
May 7, 1878, he married Kittie May Johnson of New Haven. He
was an engineer at National Wire Corporation until the com-
pany closed, and then was employed by Lancraft Brothers. His
memberships included Quinnipiac Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Royal
Areanum. Orrin died November 30, 1909, aged 53.

6
JOSEPH WALTER POTTER , son of Orrin and Phebe (Coan) Potter,

was born in Fair Haven, Connecticut, March 15, 1860. He mar-
ried first May Cheever of New Haven; second, lone Chivers.
For twenty-five years he was night watchman of Guilford. He
served the borough as bailiff and was tax collector and con-
stable of Guilford. In 1905 he was doorkeeper of the House
of Representatives in Hartford. His affiliations included
Menuncatuck Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
Maida Rebekah Lodge, Loyal Union, Hollis Encampment. He died
February 14, 1934, and was buried in Aldebrook Cemetery,
Guilford, Connecticut.

Children (7) POTTER

i. Pearl
ii. Herbert

ERNEST HEMINGWAY POTTER , son of Orrin and Phebe (Coan) Pot-
ter, was born August 5, 1872, in Fair Haven, Connecticut. He
married December 24, 1901, Mabel E. Chittenden, daughter of
Dwight and Luella Amelia (Rossiter) Chittenden of North
Guilford, Connecticut. They resided in New Haven where Er-
nest was employed by Winchester Arms Company. He was active
in the Masons and the Odd Fellows. On June 16, 1922, he died
of pulmonary embolism. Mabel died March 24, 1951, of heart
trouble.

Children (7) POTTER

i. Dwight Edgar, b. Apr. 22, 1903

ii. Clarence Chittenden, b. Nov. 3, 1905

iii. Robert, b. July 18, 1907; an invalid; d. May 30,

1951, Southbury, Conn,
iv. Marion Luella, b. Mar. 4, 1910

Reference: C. C. Potter

176 COAN GENEALOGY

7
DWIGHT EDGAR POTTER , son of Ernest Hemingway and Mabel

(Chittenden) Potter, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, Ap-
ril 22, 1903. He married Almira E. Kautz of Hamden September
8, 1928. They resided in Hamden. He was active in the Boy
Scouts and received the Silver Beaver award in 1951. He
worked forty-four years, until his retirement, for the
Southern New England Telephone Company. On March 13, 1973,
he died of injuries received in an auto collision in Flor-
ida. Almira died of cancer October 18, 1981.

Children (8) POTTER

i. Carol Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1932
ii. David Dwight, a twin, b. July 6, 1935
iii. Donald Wilmer, a twin, b. July 6, 1935

Reference: C. C. Potter

8
CAROL ELIZABETH POTTER , daughter of Dwight Edgar and Almira

E. (Kautz) Potter, was born July 26, 1932. She married June

19, 1954, Robert S. Shaw of Atlanta, Georgia. They resided

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Children (9) SHAW

i. David R., b. Oct. 19, 1955

ii. Victoria E., b. Jan. 5, 1959; m. Eugene Homer

James July 12, 1980
iii. Patricia E., b. July 18, 1961

Reference: C. C. Potter

9
DAVID R. Shaw , son of Robert S. and Carol Elizabeth (Pot-
ter) Shaw, was born October 19, 1955. He married August 29,
1976, Carol Ann Jentzer. They lived in Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania.

Children (10) SHAW

i. Rebekah Ann, b. Sept. 21, 1977

Reference: C. C. Potter

8
DAVID DWIGHT POTTER , twin brother of Donald Wilmer Potter

and son of Dwight Edgar and Almira E. (Kautz), was born July

6, 1935. He married on November 26, 1960, Kathryn Post of

New Haven, Connecticut. They lived in Guilford, Connecticut.

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Children (9) POTTER

i. Debora Ann, b. Mar. 30, 1962
ii. Tracy Kathryn, b. Dec. 23, 1963
iii. Steven Dwight, b. Mar. 8, 1967

Reference: C. C. Potter

DONALD WILMER POTTER , twin brother of David Dwight Potter

and son of Dwight Edgar and Almira E. (Kautz), was born July

6, 1935. He married on October 24, 1959, Sheila J. Hishon

of Rowayton, Connecticut. They lived in Branford.

Children (9) POTTER

i. Robin Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1962
ii. Carolyn Jean, b. Sept. 6, 1970

Reference: C. C. Potter

7
CLARENCE CHITTENDEN POTTER , son of Ernest Hemingway and Ma-
bel (Chittenden) Potter, was born November 3, 1905, in New
Haven, Connecticut. He married Signe E. Smith of Branford,
Connecticut, September 10, 1938. He worked forty-five years
for the Southern New England Telephone Company and was a
plant staff supervisor in New Haven when he retired. He en-
joyed farming and raised Hereford cattle. Too young for
World War I and too old for World War II, he was a member of
Company A, 102nd Regiment, Connecticut National Guard.

He was a charter member of the North Guilford Volunteer
Fire Company, member of the Board of Finance of the North
Guilford Congregational Church, committee man and leader in
the Boy Scouts, member of the Guilford Board of Education,
and of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Interested in Guilford
history, some of his collection of early documents, records,
and photographs were used as illustrations in this book. In
1982 he and Signe resided in North Guilford across the road
from the house which he built at the time of their marriage.

Children (8) POTTER

i. Susan Elizabeth, b. Apr. 24, 1942; resided in Bran-
ford, Conn.; employed by Southern New England
Telephone Company, New Haven, in engineering
(1982)

Reference: C. C. Potter

7
MARION LUELLA POTTER , daughter of Ernest Hemingway and Ma-
bel (Chittenden) Potter, was born in New Haven, Connecticut,

178 COAN GENEALOGY

March 4, 1910. On February 3, 1948, she married Frank M.
Sheehan of West Haven. She was assistant librarian for the
city of New Haven and for many years librarian for the
Southern New England Telephone Company. She died of cancer
April 30, 1948.

Reference: C. C. Potter

5 4 3 2 1

JOSEPH COAN (John , John , John , Peter ) was born in North

Guilford, Connecticut, June 19, 1834, a twin son of John and
Phebe Ann (Fowler) Coan. On May 7, 1856, he married Lydia
Elizabeth Hall, who was born January 29, 1836, in Guilford,
Connecticut. She was the daughter of George Hall. August 9,
1862, Joseph enlisted in the army. On August 25, 1862, he
was mustered into the Fifteenth Regiment, Company E. About
one month later, on September 17, he wrote his sister Phebe
that he was at Camp Chase where he held "the honorable situ-
ation as cook... for ninety-six men." In the same letter he
wrote: "We have heard of the deaths of the Guilford Boys
that went in the 14th. Poor fellows they little thought when
they left home that they should be called to die so soon on
the Battle Field." In less than two months he himself died
of typhoid fever, one of 249,458 in the Union army who died
of disease and accident in the Civil War, over twice as many
as were killed or died of wounds.

His wife Lydia never remarried and lived the rest of
her life in Guilford where she was very active in community
affairs. She was a member of the Third Church where she was
leader of the Junior Endeavor Society, active in the Sunday
School, and a dedicated worker in the Ladies' Missionary and
Benevolent Societies. She was a member of the Relief Corps
of Parmelee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the
United Workers for Public Improvement. In both these organ-
izations she was made an honored member.

Joseph died November 7, 1862, at Fairfax Seminary, Vir-
ginia; Lydia, July 4, 1900, in Guilford. Her obituary
states: "Her life was a continued round of good deeds, and
her cheery voice and helpful hands brought gladness to many
a weary soul." In Henry Pynchon Robinson's book, Guil ford
Portraits, (New Haven, CT : Pease-Lewis Co., 1907) p. 59,
the following tribute to Lydia appears:

MRS. LYDIA ELIZABETH COAN

January 29, 1836 — July 4, 1900

Here gently rests, in peace and full regret,
One whose place voiceless, remains vacant yet,
Whose large affections altruistic shone,
Who sought the good of others as her own,
Kind, cheering words arise again to me,
Words that she uttered generous and free;

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die so soon." He died himself November 7, 1862.
Courtesy C C Potter Collection

CONNECTICUT COANS 179

Sincere, spontaneous as the wafted air,

With joyous smile and glad eye, beaming fair.

Yet more with works than words she filled these ways,

While fast the sands of life ran out her days;

Who, to the public weal, her service lent,

A publicist indeed with best intent,

With clear intelligence to understand

The full nobility of Christ's command.

So lavish of her talents, time and health,

She was long potent in our village wealth.

Her name gave warrant to an enterprise,

Of social purpose here and otherwise

Indexed her value in our common care,

Of which, alas! death makes us so aware.

Children (6) COAN

i. Maria Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1857

6 5 4 3 2 1

MARIA ELIZABETH COAN (Joseph , John , John , John , Peter )

was born in Guilford, Connecticut, February 23, 1857, the
daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Hall) Coan. On November 12,
1879, she married Clifford Forest Bishop, born in Guilford
September 17, 1856, the son of Edward Richard and Elizabeth
F. (Stannard) Bishop. They were members of the Congrega-
tional Church where he was superintendent of the Sunday
School for seventeen years. He was a Republican and was pro-
secuting officer of Guilford for fifteen years. His occupa-
tion was that of plumber and metal worker. He died April
11, 1909. They had no children.

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 150

5 4 3 2 1

JEROME COAN (John , John , John , Peter ) was born in North
Guilford, Connecticut, June 19, 1834, a twin son of John and
Phebe Ann (Fowler) Coan. March 23, 1856, he married Frances
D. Griswold, who was born September 9, 1838, daughter of
Russell M. and Polly F. (Hill) Griswold; and died February
1, 1857. He and his twin brother Joseph enlisted at the same
time, August 9, 1862, to fight in the Civil War. They were
both mustered into Company E of the 15th Regiment of Con-
necticut Volunteers on August 25, 1862. He was soon promoted
to corporal. September 14, 1864, because of illness he was
transferred to the 41st Company, 2nd Battalion, of the Vet-
eran Reserve Corps. He was discharged from the service Au-
gust 8, 1865.

After the war he returned to North Guilford and opened
a general store which he operated for the rest of his life.
His supply wagon was a familiar sight in the outlying dis-
tricts. September 14, 1869, he married for the second time.
His bride was Mary F. Judd, born August 18, 1846, the daugh-
ter of Henry G. and Sarah (Raymond) Judd of North Guilford.

180 COAN GENEALOGY

He was an active worker for the interests of the community
and concerned about the welfare of the whole town. He was
one of the best known men in North Guilford where he settled
many estates and was thoroughly conversant with town af-
fairs. He was a member of North Guilford Congregational
Church; of Parmelee Post, Grand Army of the Republic; of St.
Albans Lodge, F. & A. M. of Guilford; and of the Guilford
Agricultural Society, of which he was at one time a vice
president. At the 250th anniversary of the founding of Guil-
ford in 1889 he served on the hospitality committee and con-
tributed to the collections and displays of antique items.

Jerome died of Bright 's disease at North Guilford Nov-
ember 4, 1899, aged 65. His twin brother Joseph died in the
Civil War just thirty-seven years before the day on which
Jerome was buried. Mary died March 28, 1908. They were both
buried in the cemetery in North Guilford.

Children (6) COAN

i. Joseph Franklin, b. Aug. 19, 1870
ii. Fannie Louise, b. Nov. 16, 1873

6 , 5 ■ * L 3 L 2 i
JOSEPH FRANKLIN COAN (Jerome , John , John , John , Peter )

was born in North Guilford, Connecticut, August 19, 1870,
the son of Jerome and Mary F. ( Judd ) Coan. He was named for
his father's twin brother Joseph, who was killed in the
Civil War. While his father lived, he assisted him in con-
ducting a well-known grocery business in North Guilford. Af-
ter his father's death he sold the business and became an
electrician. He was employed in Waterbury, Connecticut, by
the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company until
he purchased a wire business in the same city. He had marked
musical ability and played both piano and violin. While in
North Guilford, he organized and led an orchestra which was
much in demand in that vicinity. He was also a composer.
Best known of his compositions are "American Beauty Waltz"
and "Golden Eagle March and Two-Step." Shortly before he
died, the march was broadcast by the United States Army Band
in Washington, D.C.

He never married and died in New Haven, Connecticut,
November 30, 1933, in Dr. Evans's private hospital. He was
buried in North Guilford Cemetery.

6 5 4 3 2 1

FANNIE LOUISE COAN (Jerome , John , John , John , Peter )

was born in North Guilford, Connecticut, November 16, 1873,
the daughter of Jerome and Mary F. (Judd) Coan. She married
January 1, 1901, at her home in North Guilford, Charles 01-
cott Bartlett, who was born January 22, 1877, in North Guil-
ford, the son of Cyrus D. Bartlett.

Music was a very important part of Fannie' s life. She
played the North Guilford Episcopal Church organ when she

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was 14 years old. Her brother Joseph played the violin, and
she played the piano in an orchestra for dancing. When her
children were young, she was church organist for the North
Guilford Congregational Church. Later she was a choir member
at North Haven Congregational Church and pianist for the
North Haven Grange.

Charles was a farmer and until 1928 operated C. 0.
Bartlett & Sons Dairy in North Guilford. According to C. C.
Potter of Guilford, Charles's haytruck was the first North
Guilford school bus. After he left the dairy business, he
was co-owner of Bartlett Hair Spring Wire Company in North
Haven. Charles was a member of North Haven Congregational
Church and sang in the choir. He served as treasurer of the
North Haven Grange and the New Haven County Pomona Grange.
He was a Mason in the Corinthian Lodge and one of the found-
ing members of the North Haven Fair Association.

Fannie died in September, 1954; and Charles died Janu-
ary 8, 1956.

Children (7) BARTLETT

i. Joseph Coan, b. March 7, 1908
ii. Robert Jerome, b. May 26, 1914

Reference: Robert J. Bartlett, 88 Kings Highway, North Ha-
ven, CT 06473

7
JOSEPH COAN BARTLETT , the son of Charles Olcott and Fannie
(Coan) Bartlett, was born March 7, 1908, in North Guilford,
Connecticut. He was educated in the Guilford public schools
and at New York Electrical School. October 18, 1947, he mar-
ried Laura Waldon, the daughter of Benjamin Waldon. He was
self-employed, a co-owner of Bartlett Hair Spring Wire Com-
pany in North Haven. His hobbies were photography, travel,
and country fairs. The North Haven Fair Association listed
him as one of its founders. Other affiliations included the
North Haven Methodist Church, North Haven Grange, and the
Rotary Club. Joseph died January 24, 1965. He and Laura had
no children.

Reference: Robert J. Bartlett

ROBERT JEROME BARTLETT , the son of Charles Olcott and Fan-
nie (Coan) Bartlett, was born May 26, 1914, in North Guil-
ford, Connecticut. He received his early education in Guil-
ford and was graduated from Boardman Trade School in New Ha-
ven. April 24, 1937, in North Haven Congregational Church,
he married Harriet Field, the daughter of Edmund M. and May
(Benton) Field. He was a self-employed electrician at Bart-
lett Hair Spring Wire Company, North Haven, of which he was
a co-owner. His hobbies included travel and woodworking. He

182 COAN GENEALOGY

was a member of North Haven Congregational Church, North Ha-
ven Grange, North Haven Auxiliary Police, and North Haven
Fair Association.

Children (8) BARTLETT

i. Roberta Joan, b. Mar. 12, 1943
ii. Joyce May, b. Oct. 26, 1948

8
ROBERTA JOAN BARTLETT , the daughter of Robert Jerome and

Harriet (Field) Bartlett, was born March 12, 1943. October

7, 1964, she married David M. O'Connell in Washington, D.C.

In 1982 they resided in Madison, Connecticut.

Children (9) O'CONNELL

i. Michael David, b. Apr. 6, 1965
ii. Kathleen Ann, b. Oct. 29, 1966

Reference: Robert J. Bartlett

8
JOYCE MAY BARTLETT , daughter of Robert Jerome and Harriet

(Field) Bartlett, was born October 26, 1948. April 18,

1973, in June Lake, California, she married James P. Curran.

In 1982 they resided in Guilford, Connecticut.

Children (9) CURRAN

i. Jacob Robert Bartlett, b. June 17, 1977
ii. Molly Rachel Bartlett, b. Mar. 28, 1981

Reference: Robert J. Bartlett

4 3 2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (John , John , Peter ) was born in Guilford,

Connecticut, August, 1797, the son of John and Hannah (Ste-
vens) Coan. On November 25, 1818, he married Eunice Cook,
who was born September 29, 1796, the daughter of Kilbourne
Cook. They lived in New Haven. Eunice died May 29, 1859;
Abraham, January 4, 1875, aged 77.

Children (5) COAN

i. George W. , b. Nov., 1819; d. July 4, 1821

ii. *Hannah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1820

iii. *Emma Almira, d. June 10, 1835

iv. George Porter, b. Dec. 25, 1822; d. young

v. *Douglass William, b. July, 1825

vi . *Abraham Sherwood, b. May 15, 1829

Coan Store in North Guilford, Connecticut. Man in the picture was a
Coan, probably Jerome. Courtesy Martin Wright.

Jerome Coan and his grocery supply wagon. Courtesy Robert Jerome
Bartlett.

Joseph6 Coan on the right playing cards with Ruth Chittenden across
from him, her sister Mabel Chittenden Potter, and Ernest Hemingway
Potter. Courtesy C. C. Potter Collection

Wedding picture of Fannie
Louise Coan and Charles Olcott
Bartlett, 1901. Courtesy C C
Potter Collection.

Joseph Coan Bartlett, Fannie
Louise Coan Bartlett, Charles
Olcott Bartlett holding Robert
Jerome Bartlett. Courtesy C. C.
Potter Collection.

CONNECTICUT COANS 183

5 4 3 2 1

HANNAH ELIZABETH COAN (Abraham , John , John , Peter ) was

born November 28, 1820, the daughter of Abraham and Eunice

(Cook) Coan. She married the Reverend Horace Addison Taylor

of Clarindon, Ohio, January 13, 1841. H. G. Ludlow, pastor

of Church Street Church, New Haven, Connecticut, performed

the ceremony. Hannah died in Berlin, Prussia, December 1,

1879, in the family of her son-in-law, Professor Henry Eddy

of Cincinnati.

Children (6) TAYLOR

i. Addison C, d. Mar. 14, 1863, from wounds re-
ceived at Battle of Fredericksburg. He was
about 22 years old.

ii. Sebella Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1844

iii. Douglass, m. in Chicago

Reference: Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, comp. , The Eddy Family
in America (Boston, Mass.: n.p., 1930), pp. 322, 511.

Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 (Hartford:
The Connecticut Society of the Founders and Patriots of
America, 1917), Part II, p. 915.

6
SEBELLA ELIZABETH TAYLOR , the daughter of Horace Addison

and Hannah Elizabeth (Coan) Taylor, was born in Morgan, Ash-
tabula County, Ohio, October 13, 1844. On January 4, 1870,
at New Haven, Connecticut, she married Henry Turner Eddy who
was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, June 9, 1844, the son
of Henry and Cordelia (Wood) Eddy.

Henry was graduated from Yale in 1867 and showed a spe-
cial aptitude in mathematics by taking first prize in every
competition. He entered the engineering course at Sheffield
Scientific School at New Haven and received the degree of
Ph.B. in 1868. He was instructor in mathematics and Latin
at the University of Tennessee and from 1869 to 1873 was
assistant professor in mathematics and civil engineering at
Cornell. While there, he received the degree of Ph.D., the
first ever conferred by that University. He was at Princeton
in 1873 and the following year was elected to fill the chair
of mathematics, astronomy, and civil engineering at the new
University of Cincinnati. While connected with this univer-
sity, he studied abroad at the University of Berlin, the
Sorbonne, and the College de France, at Paris. In 1890 he
declined the presidency of the Cincinnati University and ac-
cepted that of Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute,
Indiana. In 1894, he became professor of engineering and
mechanics at the University of Minnesota and in 1906 was
made dean of the graduate school of that institution. In
1912 he retired with the title of professor and dean emeri-
tus and devoted himself to the publication of his research
work. He was a member of the honorary societies of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Xi and he belonged to many of the scientific

184 COAN GENEALOGY

and engineering societies in many of which he held office.
He is the author of many works in mathematics and science.

Sebella died September 3, 1921, in Minneapolis, Minne-
sota. Henry died December 11, 1921.

Children (7) EDDY

i. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Sept. 20, 1871, at Ithaca,

N.Y.
ii. Horace Taylor, b. May 25, 1874, at Princeton,

N.J.
iii. Esther Mabel, b. July 20, 1876, at Cincinnati,

Ohio
iv. Beatrice Emogene, b. Dec. 10, 1886, at Cincinnati
v. Helen Frances, b. July 23, 1888, at Guilford,

Conn.

Reference: Eddy, The Eddy Family, pp. 322, 511, 512.

5 4 3 2 1

DOUGLASS WILLIAM COAN (Abraham , John , John , Peter ) was
born July, 1825, the son of Abraham and Eunice (Cook) Coan.
He married in Port Chester, New York, Sarah Jane Babcock,
who was born at Oak Park, Illinois, May 18, 1824, the daugh-
ter of John and Sally (Chamberlain) Babcock. Douglass and
Sarah lived in Oak Park when Douglass died in 1902.

5 4

ABRAHAM SHERWOOD COAN, alias S. C. CAMPBELL, (Abraham ,
John , John , Peter ) was born in North Guilford, Connecti-
cut, May 15, 1829, the son of Abraham and Eunice (Cook)
Coan. When he was a youth, his family moved to New Haven,
and there he learned the trade of carriage trimming from
Stephen Gilbert. He was a member of the National Blues, and
his baritone voice made him a valued singer in several glee
clubs and serenade associations.

It was not long before he attracted the attention of
the manager of the Campbell Minstrels, and he joined that
company. At this time he changed his name to S . C. Campbell.
In 1854 he was engaged with Christy's Minstrels, and later
he went to Australia with the Backus troupe. He returned to
California and in 1859 went to New York City with Christy's
Minstrels again. While there, he sang for a time with the
choir of Grace Church in that city; and it was said that the
fame of this church for its music was due in no small part
to him.

I. F. Harrison, manager of the Gottschalk concerts in
New York, persuaded him to join this program; and he gave up
his minstrel work. He then appeared with Campbell and Cas-
tle English Opera Company; and sang for several years with
Riching's English Opera Company and with Parepa-Rosa Com-
pany. In his opera singing he was associated with Fanny
Stockton, Rosa Cook, Clara Louise Kellogg, Zelda Harrison,
Parepa-Rosa, and his inseparable friend, William Castle.

Fiftieth wedding anniversary of Fannie Louise Coan Bartlett and Charles
Olcott Bartlett. (left to right) Roberta Joan Bartlett, Fannie, Charles, Joyce
May Bartlett; (back left to right) Harriet Field Bartlett, Robert Jerome Bartlett,
Joseph Coan Bartlett, Laura Waldon Bartlett. Courtesy of Robert Jerome
Bartlett.

(left) Gravestone inscrip-
tion of Abraham4 Coan.
Note abbreviation to
Abram. Photo by Gillian
Rose, (right) Abraham
Sherwood Coan, alias
S.C Campbell. Courtesy
George C Odell, Annals
of the New York Stage,
Vol. 16.

Home of Samuel F. and Rebecca Coan Loper. Courtesy C. C. Potter
Collection

Loper Mill operated by Rebecca Coan Loper's son Edward, who was
blind and called the "Blind Miller." Courtesy C. C. Potter Collection.

CONNECTICUT COANS 185

In the summer of 1874 he went to Chicago to fill an en-
gagement with the Kellogg English Opera Company, but because
of illness he was never able to appear with them. He died
of heart disease at the home of his brother Douglass in Chi-
cago November 25, 1874, at the age of forty-five. His early
playmate, Dr. Ellsworth Eliot of New York City, wrote of
him: "His baritone voice — sweet, mellow, sympathetic, firm,
and powerf ul--made him a great favorite. He had no rival
and left no successor."

The New Haven Register in his obituary stated: "To the
many who have heard him it is unnecessary to say that he was
a singer of rare excellence. His repertoire included over
thirty operas. He was a true gentleman and a conscientious
artist. "

Reference: "Obituary - Sherwood C. Campbell, Lyric Artist,"
New York Times, November 28, 1874, Col. 6, p. 4.

Bernard Christian Steiner, A History of the
Plantation of Menunkatuck and of the Original Town of
Guilford, Connecticut (Baltimore, by the author, 1897),
p. 505.

James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, editors,
Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography (New York:
D. Appleton and Companpy, 1894), Vol. 1, p. 665.

3 2 1

REBECCA COAN (John , Peter ) was born in 1765, daughter of

John and Mabel (Chittenden) Coan. March 12, 1788, she mar-
ried Samuel F. Loper born March 17, 1766, the son of Samuel
and Abigail (Chittenden) Loper of Guilford. Samuel, aged 73,
died in North Guilford May 9, 1839; Rebecca died, aged 83,
August 3, 1848.

Sept. 5, 1788; m. George Weld [Wild]
Jan. 2.4 , 1791; m. Anna Fowler

July 31, 1793; m. Laura Rose
Oct. 24, 1795

Mar. 10, 1798; blind; known as "blind

d. Feb. 9, 1875

b. June 20, 1801; m. Abraham Hubbard
. July 10, 1803

Oct. 5, 1806

4
PATTY LOPER , daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Coan) Loper,

was born October 24, 1795. She married November 8, 1820,

Augustus Bishop, son of Ezra and Rachel (Chittenden) Bishop.

He was born October 7, 1793, at Guilford, Connecticut, and

was a shoe maker. He died there February 1, 1858. She died

October 9, 1872.

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186 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (5) BISHOP

i. Martin Chittenden, b. May 5, 1823

ii. Edward A., b. May 10, 1825; d. Sept. 18, 1838

iii. Egbert Eugene, b. May 6, 1827

iv. Elvira Clarissa, b. July 14, 1829

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 77.

MARTIN CHITTENDEN BISHOP , son of Augustus and Patty ( Loper )
Bishop, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, May 5, 1823. He
married Angeline A. Chittenden May 7, 1848. She died Octo-
ber 21, 1850. He married second Janette A. Griswold, daugh-
ter of Jacob and Obedience (Potter) Griswold, May 23, 1856.
She was born April 20, 1822. They lived in North Branford,
Connecticut .

Children (6) BISHOP

i. Ellen Augusta, b. Mar. 27, 1858; m. Frank Foote

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 131

5
EGBERT EUGENE BISHOP , son of Augustus and Patty (Loper)

Bishop, was born May 6, 1827. He married Grace Bunnell,

daughter of Hezekiah and Abigail (Harrison) Bunnell, of

North Branford, Connecticut. She was born April 19, 1832.

They resided in Branford where he was a merchant. He died

January 14, 1898.

Children (6) BISHOP

i. Hetty Eugenia, b. Nov. 28, 1853; m. Lewis Beard-

sley; d. July 26, 1879
ii. Charles A., b. Apr. 17, 1855; unmarried; d. Jan.

28, 1885
iii. Rebecca L., b. Mar. 1, 1857; d. July 9, 1858
iv. Mary Louisa, b. Mar. 30, 1860
v. Homer Coan, b. Nov. 29, 1862; unmarried; d. Aug.

30, 1888
vi . Anna Nichols, b. July 28, 1871; m. F. H. Palmer;

res. West Haven, Conn.

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 131

6
MARY LOUISA BISHOP , daughter of Egbert Eugene and Grace

(Bunnell) Bishop, was born in Branford, Connecticut, March

30, 1860. She married November 8, 1882, John Lane Plant,

who was born in Branford, July 26, 1858, son of George W.

and Eliza (Evarts) Plant. He was a Republican and a fruit

grower. They resided in Branford, Connecticut.

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Children (7) PLANT

i. Ethel, b. Jan. 14, 1886; m. Rodolph F. Bailey; lived
in New London, Connecticut

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 181

5
ELVIRA CLARISSA BISHOP , daughter of Augustus and Patty (Lo-

per) Bishop was born in North Branford, Connecticut, July
14, 1829. She married Christopher C. Rossiter in North Guil-
ford May 23, 1849. He was born May 12, 1818 and died in
North Guilford June 16, 1855. She married second Edward
Pierson Rossiter December 24, 1856, who died in North Guil-
ford, March 21, 1905. She died there on November 25, 1895.

Children (6) ROSSITER

i. Luella Amelia, b. Mar. 10, 1850

ii. Sarah, b. June 26 1854, d. Dec. 18, 1854

iii. Grace Elvira, b. Oct. 25, 1857; unmarried, d.

Nov. 5, 187 6
iv. Edgar Eugene, b. Oct. 26, 1860; d. Mar. 13, 1862

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 131

LUELLA AMELIA ROSSITER , daughter of Christopher C. and El-
vira Clarissa (Bishop) Rossiter, was born in North Guilford,
Connecticut, March 10, 1850. She married Dwight C. Chitten-
den June 9, 1870. She died November 28, 1897.

Children (7) CHITTENDEN

i. Ruth Dudley, b. Sept. 7, 1871

ii. Mabel Elvira, b. Oct. 5, 1873; m. Ernest Potter

(See Ernest Potter, son of Orrin and Phebe

(Coan) Potter) .

Reference: Cone and Root, Descendants of John Bishop, p. 77.

3 2 1

SIMEON COAN (John , Peter ) was baptized in North Guilford,
Connecticut, April 19, 1767, the son of John and Mabel
(Chittenden) Coan. February 4, 1794, he married Parnel Fow-
ler, who was born August 23, 1773, the daughter of Stephen
and Temperance (Stevens) Fowler. In 1804 he joined the Epis-
copal Society of Christ Church in Guilford. That same year
he was chosen chorister and served in that capacity the rest
of his life. May 29, 1806, the church voted payment of Sim-
eon's "expenses to go to Lebanon for the purpose of examin-
ing an organ for this church." He served as organist from
1807 until 1811.

188 COAN GENEALOGY

On April 16, 1804, Simeon, upon the death of his sister
Hannah's husband, Robert Kimberly, was appointed guardian of
their minor son Abel. Parnel died March 20, 1813, giving
birth to twins. Simeon died November 5, 1815, from injuries
received in the drawing of a building.

Children (4) COAN

i. Amanda Fitzetta, b. 1795; m. Dinsmore

of Texas
ii. Laura D. , b. 1797

iii. George Washington, b. 1799; d. in New Orleans
iv. Thomas Jefferson, b. 1801
v. Mary Eliza (known as Polly), b. Aug. 15, 1804;

m. Daniel Fowler of Mobile

vi . Juliet , m. Duncan of Texas

vii. Parnel, a twin, b. Mar. 20, 1813

viii. Fowler, a twin, b. Mar. 20, 1813; d. Apr. 9,

1813

Reference: Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford,
Conn. Vol. 1, p. 7d; Vol. 2, pp. 10-31.

LAURA D.4 COAN (Simeon , John , Peter ) was born in 1797,
the daughter of Simeon and Parnel (Fowler) Coan. She married
Samuel Johnson Hitchcock May 18, 1818. He was born February
4, 1786, at Bethlehem, Connecticut, the eldest of twelve
children of Benjamin and Mary (Johnson, Hitchcock. It was
impossible for his father to give Samuel any educational ad-
vantages, so he first worked as a mechanic. His love of
reading and desire for knowledge attracted the attention of
his pastor, the Reverend Azel Backus (Yale 1787), who fitted
him to teach school and prepared him without charge to enter
the sophomore class at Yale. He was graduated at the head
of his class in 1809 and delivered the valedictory oration
on the "Wisdom of Aiming at High Attainments."

For two years after his graduation he taught in
Fairfield Academy and then became a tutor at Yale. He
received his M.A. degree in 1812. While a tutor, he had
had read law in the office of Seth P. Staples; and June
4, 1814, at a session of the New Haven County Court he
was admitted to the bar. In 1815 he began to practice
law.

The lady of his choice, Laura, the orphaned daugh-
ter of Simeon and Parnel Coan of Guilford, returned his
affection, but hesitated to name the day because, being
unable to purchase her "furniture", she feared that she
might be a burden to him. To overcome this obstacle,
Hitchcock proposed to her uncle in a letter dated Janu-
ary 5, 1818, that they conspire together to practice a
pious fraud upon her. The plan was that the uncle,

(top) Samuel Johnson Hitchcock,
husband of Laura D. Coan.
Portrait by Jared B. Flagg, Yale
Law School: The Founders and
the Founders Collection, (bot-
tom) "The Poppy Field," a 51 'A*
65 inch oil painting on canvas
by George Hitchcock, grandson
of Laura Coan Hitchcock. Cour-
tesy Antiques, December, 1980,
Ira Spanierman, Inc., New York
City.

CONNECTICUT CHURCHES AND HOUSE DESIGNED AND
B UILT B Y ABRAHAM CO AN

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(left) Zion Episcopal Church, North Branford, Connecticut. Drawing
by Jane D. Hooker from her book, The Story of A Country Parish, 1978;
used with permission, (right) Congregational Church, North Guilford,
Connecticut. Picture taken in 1900. Courtesy C C Potter Collection.

(center) 29 Broad Street,
Guilford, Connecticut.
House built probably in
1808 by Abraham Coan for
himself; as he built it except
for door moved from front to
side. Abraham knew the
"new architecture of New
Haven" with its blind
arcades and flushboarding,
and may have been inspired
by the house English archi-
tect Peter Banner designed
for the president of Yale,
(bottom) The Samuel Eliot
House, 1 State Street, Guil-
ford, Connecticut. Built by
Abraham Coan in 1803.
Courtesy The Guilford
Preservation Alliance, The
Connecticut Historical
Commission, and Elizabeth
Mills Brown.

CONNECTICUT COANS 189

Eliakim Fowler, should make a gift of $300 to Laura,
telling her that he knew she needed the money for the
purpose above mentioned, and that he had always in-
tended to assist her on the approach of that crises
which he had heard was coming upon her. Hitchcock
engaged on his part to repay Fowler with interest at
any time and in any way that the donor might point out.
"If you do this," wrote Hitchcock, "I am well convinced
you will add exceedingly to her comfort and do much,
more perhaps than you are aware of, toward making her a
happy bride.... You will see, dear Sir, that if you can
conveniently and consistently comply with the above re-
quest, it must never be known to your niece that I made
it, — or at least that the secret must not be divulged
until some future period." The letter closed with a
request for a reply within ninety days. The answer must
have been favorable, for the marriage took place on May
18, 1818. (Yale Law School: The Founders and the
Founders ' Col lection , [published for the Tercentenary
Commission by the Yale University Press, 1935], pp. 16,
17)

Besides his work as a lawyer he was instructor in a
private law school and built a large law library for this
school. His success as a teacher is indicated by the follow-
ing verse, written by a student in one of the law school
books :

Oh Thou who hears' st the students' prayer
How dark with all its witch talk
Would seem the Law, if puzzled here,
We could not fly to Hitchcock.

In 1821 Samuel was admitted to practice before the
United States Circuit Court; from 1838 to 1842 he was a
judge of the New Haven County Court; from 1842 to 1844 he
was chief judge of the City Court; from 1839 to 1841 he was
mayor of New Haven. His private law school eventually be-
came Yale School of Law. In 1842 the Yale degree of Doctor
of Laws was conferred upon him. In 1843, largely through his
efforts, the degree of Bachelor of Laws was first conferred
by Yale College.

According to Professor Woolsey, Samuel was "one of the
most decidedly religious men to be found in any department
of life." For more than a decade (1833-1845) he was a dea-
con of Center Church where he conducted a Bible class for
young men.

Laura had two sons and three daughters. She died in
1832. In 1834 Samuel married second Narcissa Perry, widow
of Joseph Whittemore of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Samuel
died August 31, 1845, in his sixtieth year and was buried in
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven.

Upon his death it was felt the Yale Law School could

190 COAN GENEALOGY

not exist unless it acquired his library. Negotiations were
made; Hitchcock's library ws sold to Yale for $4,188.65. It
was the beginning of the Yale Law School library.

Children (5) HITCHCOCK

i. George, b. June 1, 1819, New Haven, Conn.; d.
July 30, 1850, New York

ii. Laura, b. June 2, 1821, New Haven, Conn.; d. Mar.
31, 1851, Mobile, Ala.

iii. Charles, b. 1823

iv. Susan, b. 1826, New Haven, Conn.; d. Nov. 16,
1826

v. Mary, b. 1828; m. 1849, New York City, Thomas D.
Sherwood; d. New York City, Oct. 14, 1852; Tho-
mas d. 1878

Reference: Mrs. Edward Hitchcock, Sr., comp., Genealogy of
the Hitchcock Family (Amherst, Mass.: Press of Carpen-
ter & Morehouse, 1894), pp. 81, 82.

Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connect-
icut Committee on Historical Publications, Yale Law
School: The Founders and the Founders Collection.

Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 (Hartford:
The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders
and the Patriots of America, 1917), Part I, p. 459.

5
CHARLES HITCHCOCK , son of Judge Samuel Johnson and Laura

(Coan) Hitchcock, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in

1823. He married in 1847 Olivia G. Cowell in Providence,

Rhode Island. She was born there in 1829. Charles died in

Providence December 10, 1858; Olivia, February 18, 1865.

Children (6) HITCHCOCK

i. Charles, b. May 12, 1848, Providence, R.I.
ii. George H., b. Sept. 29, 1850

iii. Amelia Swift, b. Aug. 7, 1852; m. Herbert Maynard
June 1874, Narragansett Pier, R.I.

Reference: Hitchcock, Hitchcock Family, pp. 99, 100.

6
CHARLES HITCHCOCK , son of Charles and Olivia G. (Cowell)

Hitchcock, was born May 12, 1848, in Providence, Rhode Is-
land. In 1872 in Philadelphia he married Frances Lapsley,
who was born there in 1844. They lived in New York City.

Children (7) HITCHCOCK

i. Ethel, b. June 26, 1877, Narragansett Pier, R.I.
ii. Marguerite, b. Apr. 13, 1879, New York City; d.
1879, New York City

CONNECTICUT COANS 191

iii. Charles, b. Aug. 25, 1881, Narragansett Pier, R.I.
iv. Horace Lapsley, b. Sept. 3, 1883, Narragansett
Pier, R.I.

Reference: Hitchcock, Hitchcock Family, p. 114.

GEORGE H. HITCHCOCK , son of Charles and Olivia G. (Cowell)
Hitchcock, was born September 29, 1850, in Providence, Rhode
Island. He was graduated from Brown University in 1872 and
from Harvard Law School in 1864. He was admitted to the bar
both in Providence and New York and practiced law for five
years. About this time he visited an exhibition of water
colors which inspired him with the desire to paint. He gave
up law and began to produce pictures. Although so amateurish
that in later years he tried to buy them all back, they sold
readily. The more he painted, the less he found he knew; so
in 1879 he went to England. Not finding an art school there
which suited him, he went to Paris and became a pupil at Ju-
lien's Academy where he studied with Boulanger and Lefebre.
He next studied at Dusseldorf, still not finding exactly
what he sought. Finally he went to The Hague and studied un-
der Mesdag. He then decided to develop his own style and
settled at Egmond , a little village in northern Holland on
the North Sea. In England in 1882 he married Henrietta Rich-
ardson.

One day while he was out painting in Holland, the Em-
press of Austria stopped at the village inn and saw some of
his paintings. One of the Dutch coast she especially liked;
but as the artist could not be found, she continued her
journey. She couldn't forget the painting, and the next day
she sent her equerry back to buy it. This was the beginning
of George's international success. He became a regular ex-
hibitor at the Royal Academy in London, at the Paris Salon,
and at other Continental shows.

George loved Holland's tulip fields and was the first
to put on canvas the great fields of flowers. He was a por-
trait painter as well as a landscape artist and combined
both talents in his work. The Egmond School is the result
of his paintings. While he was at Egmond, seventeen studios
sprang up and three hundred pupils came to him. Berlin,
Dresden, and Munich bestowed their medals on him; and Vi-
enna, besides presenting him with a medal, gave him the of-
ficer's cross of the Franz Josef order and elected him a
corresponding member of its Academy. He was the only Ameri-
can to have received the last two distinctions. France made
him a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

His paintings hung in the Imperial Collection of Vi-
enna, The Dresden Gallery, the Luxembourg, and in municipal
galleries at Alkmaar and Egmond, Holland. In England his
works were in many private galleries including Bleinheim,
the seat of the Duke of Marlborough; and the McCulloch Gal-
lery. He and Whistler were the only Americans represented at

192 COAN GENEALOGY

the latter. In the United States his paintings hung at the
Metropolitan Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Indi-
anapolis Art Institute, and in the public galleries of Prov-
idence, Buffalo, St. Louis, Savannah, and Minneapolis.

His paintings were not limited to Dutch subjects. He
was equally famous for "Flight into Egypt", "Hagar and Ish-
mael", "Proserpina", "Calypso", "Saint Genevieve, patron
saint of Paris", and "Saint George". His work failed to
classify in any one school. He painted Holland as he, an
American, saw it. Outstanding characteristics of his art
were sincerity, refinement, quiet color, and a remarkable
achievement of atmosphere.

George died August 2, 1913, on the Island of Marken,
Netherlands .

Reference: Biographical Sketches of American Artists (Lan-
sing, Mich.: Michigan State Library, 1924), pp. 150-
152.

Peyton Boswell, "The George Hitchcock Memorial
Exhibition," Arts and Decoration, February, 1921, Vol.
14, p. 297.

Hitchcock, Hitchcock Family, p. 99.

4 3 2 1

THOMAS JEFFERSON COAN (Simeon , John , Peter ) was born in

1801, the son of Simeon and Parnel (Fowler) Coan. He married
January 15, 1823, Betsy Dibble Trowbridge, daughter of Elia-
kim D. and Amelia (Taylor) Trowbridge. Betsy was born Decem-
ber 27, 1801. Thomas died June 21, 1824.

Children (5) COAN

i. Mary Eliza, b. Aug. 16, 1824

Reference: F. W. Chapman, The Trowbridge Family or Descend-
ants of Thomas Trowbridge (New Haven: Punderson, Cris-
and & Co., 1872), p. 187.

MARY ELIZA COAN (Thomas J. , Simeon , John , Peter ) was
born August 16, 1824, the daughter of Thomas J. and Betsy D.
(Trowbridge) Coan. She married April 11, 1842, Henry Durant.

Children (6) DURANT

i. Arthur, b. Feb. 28, 1846

ii. Sabriette, b. Feb. 24, 1850

iii. Henry Willard, b. June 30, 1855; d. Jan. 26, 1856

3 2 1

SUBMIT COAN (John , Peter ) was born December 7, 1769, the

daughter of John and Mabel (Chittenden) Coan. She married

January 28, 1790, Anson Chittenden, born March 4, 1789, son

CONNECTICUT COANS 193

of Jared and Deborah (Stone) Chittenden. Anson was chosen
Deacon of the First Church in 1809. He and his family went
to Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in 1813. An-
son died there, aged 80, January 21, 1849; Submit died July
24, 1849, aged 79.

Children (4) CHITTENDEN

i. Chauncey, b. June 4, 1791; d. Sept. 13, 1794

ii. Deborah, b. Dec. 4, 1792; d. Mar. 20, 1793

iii. Josiah C, b. May 21, 1794

iv. William Harvey, b. Nov. 4, 1796

v. Abel, b. Aug. 28, 1798

vi. Zenas, b. Sept. 4, 1800

vii. Mariette, b. Oct. 4, 1802

viii. Rachel, b. July 3, 1805

ix. Miranda, b. Mar. 23, 1807; d. Jan. 29, 1827

x. Anson, b. Mar. 13, 1809

xi . Anna Goodale, b. Apr. 23, 1811

xii. Aaron Dutton, b. Feb. 17, 1815

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 67

4
JOSIAH CHITTENDEN , son of Anson and Submit (Coan) Chitten-
den, was born May 21, 1794. He married October 11, 1816,
Siba Hand, daughter of Daniel and Artemisia (Meigs) Hand of
Madison, Connecticut. Josiah was a hotel keeper in Clinton,
Connecticut, when he died September 14, 1865. Siba died,
aged 80, August 29, 1876.

(5) CHITTENDEN

Artemisia, b. Jan. 24, 1818; m. John R. Farnham
Daniel Anson, b. Apr. 10, 1820; m. Maria Buell
William Augustus, b. July 22, 1826; m. Harriet
Wheeler

Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 117.

4
WILLIAM HARVEY CHITTENDEN , son of Anson and Submit (Coan)

Chittenden, was born November 4, 1796. He married October

30, 1817, Belinda Wheeler, daughter of Benjamin Wheeler of

Mt . Pleasant, Pennsylvania, born January, 1797.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Zaida, b. Aug. 6, 1818; m. Calvin D. Cobb
ii . Jeannette, b. Apr. 12, 1822; m. James Pratt
iii. Salome, b. Mar. 8, 1824; m. J. B. Muzzy
iv. William Wallace, b. Mar. 30, 1826; m. Huldah
Prouty

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ldren

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in .

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194 COAN GENEALOGY

v. Emeline, b. Sept. 6, 1828; m. George H. King

vi. Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1830; m. Dr. Frederic Tracy

vii. Almira, b. May 2, 1833; m. R. E. Prouty

viii. Artemisia, b. Oct. 25, 1835

ix. Abel L., b. Mar. 18, 1838; m . E. L. Hall

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 118.

4
ABEL CHITTENDEN , son of Anson and Submit (Coan) Chittenden,

was born August 28, 1798. He married May 17, 1820, Eliza
Hiscock of Mount Pleasant, born March 24, 1803. She died,
aged 46, June 29, 1879. He resided in Mt . Pleasant and Clin-
ton, Pennsylvania.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Eliza Maria, b. Apr. 22, 1821; m. Henry Spencer
ii. Noah Anson, b. Jan. 14, 1829; m. Sophia Abbott
iii. Laura C, b. Oct. 22, 1830; m. George L. Bush

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 118.

4
ZENAS CHITTENDEN , son of Anson and Submit (Coan) Chitten-
den, was born September 4, 1800. He married Almira Roberts,
daughter of Daniel of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where
they resided.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Jared M. , b. July 25, 1823; m. Mary Wells
ii. Samuel N., b. July 7, 1826; m. Martha Slocum

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 119.

4
MARIETTA CHITTENDEN , daughter of Anson and Submit (Coan)

Chittenden, was born October 4, 1802. She married Heman Am-
brose Wheeler at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, September 18,
1816. He was the son of Benjamin and Lowly Wheeler; was born
November 12, 1793, at Winchester, Connecticut; died March 8,
1869. Marietta died February 25, 1875.

Children (5) WHEELER born at Mount Pleasant

i. Lucius C, b. May 29, 1820; d. Nov. 1, 1869

ii. Chauncey Chittenden, b. June 8, 1823

iii. Josiah C, b. Mar. 30, 1825; d. June 20, 1830

iv. Harriet Ann, b. Sept. 13, 1827

v. Richmond Worthington, m. Clara Hubbell

vi . Josiah Dennis, b. Dec. 23, 1832

vii. Ellen Amanda, b. Dec. 21, 1834; d. Oct. 23, 1853

CONNECTICUT COANS 195

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 119.

RACHEL CHITTENDEN 4, daughter of Anson and Submit (Coan)
Chittenden, was born July 3, 1805. She married Joseph Peck.

Children (5) PECK

i. Elizabeth

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 120.

4
ANSON CHITTENDEN , son of Anson and Submit (Coan) Chittenden

was born March 13, 1809. He married March 7, 1831, Laura C.
Chittenden, daughter of Amos and Jerusha (Graves) Chitten-
den. She was born July 4, 1811. They resided in Mount Plea-
sant, Pennsylvania.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Richard A., b. Sept. 1, 1832; m. Rhoda Alexander
ii. Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1840; m. Nelson E. Kennedy

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 120.

4
ANNA GOODALE CHITTENDEN , daughter of Anson and Submit

(Coan) Chittenden, was born April 23, 1811. She married

Henry Bass.

Children (5) BASS

1 .

Mary

11 .

Celia

Ill .

George

iv.

John

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 120

4
AARON DUTTON CHITTENDEN , son of Anson and Submit (Coan)

Chittenden, was born February 17, 1815. He married April 30,
1846, Eliza Abbott, daughter of Samuel Abbott of Mount Plea-
sant, Pennsylvania.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Eliza Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1850

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 121.

196 COAN GENEALOGY

3 2 1

LUCRETIA COAN (John , Peter ) was baptized July 1772, the
daughter of John and Mabel (Chittenden) Coan. She married
January 11, 1795, Abel Chittenden, son of Jared and Deborah
(Stone) Chittenden. He lived in North Guilford and died,
aged 27, August 27, 1798.

Children (4) CHITTENDEN

i. Martin C, b. June 11, 1797; m. Abigail

ii. Emeline, b. July 8, 1798; m. Horace Rossiter

Lucretia married second Jared Jessup, March 14, 1802.
He was probably the son of Nathan and Hannah (Tarbell) Jes-
sup of Richmond, Massachusetts.

Children (4) JESSUP

i. Hannah

Reference: Henry Griswald Jessup, Edward Jessup of West
Farms, Westchester Co., New York and His Descendants
(Cambridge, Mass.: John Wilson and Son, 1887), p. 355.
Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 67.

4
MARTIN C. CHITTENDEN , son of Abel and Lucretia (Coan) Chit-
tenden, was born June 11, 1797. He married Abigail .

He went to Pana, Illinois.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Edward F.

ii. Mary E., b. July 25, 1835

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 121.

4
EMELINE CHITTENDEN , daughter of Abel and Lucretia (Coan)
Chittenden, was born July 8, 1798. She married October 10,
1826, Horace Rossiter, son of Noah and Polly (Dudley) Rossi-
ter. Emeline and Horace lived in Richmond, Massachusetts.

Children (5) ROSSITER

i. Emeline Lucretia

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 126.

3 2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (John , Peter ) was born November 9, 1774, in

North Guilford, Connecticut, the son of John and Mabel
(Chittenden) Coan. He married Martha (Patty) Linsley Janu-
ary 17, 1799. The Reverend Lynde Huntington of Branford per-
formed the ceremony. Abraham was a carpenter and in 1813, as

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From a record book of David Chittenden (1777-1861). Part of the record of the
costs of building the meeting house in North Guilford. Note that Abraham
Coan, a captain of the builders (architect and builder), was often paid in food
and hard cider. He received 750 to 830 a day for his work. Courtesy C C Potter
Collection.

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(left) Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford, Connecticut. Courtesy Sedge Le
Blang. (right) Stained glass window given by Grace Elliott Coan in memory of
her parents, Abraham L. Coan and Grace Fairchild Elliott Coan, in Christ
Episcopal Church, Guilford, Connecticut. Courtesy the Reverend Bradford B.
Locke.

Coin silver spoons made by Abraham L. Coan (1809- 1834), silversmith.
Mobile, Alabama. Note his mark. Courtesy Anglo-American Art Museum.
Louisiana State University.

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captain of the builders designed and built the Congrega-
tional Church in North Guilford. Its unusual features were
the belfry in the tower and the domed, open cupola above it.
Abraham designed several other churches in Connecticut,
among them the North Branford Zion Episcopal Church which he
built in 1819. It had an octagonal belfry, a dome, and
gothic windows.

In 1803 Abraham was listed as a member and communicant
of the Christ Episcopal Church in Guilford. He was a chor-
ister in 1807 and 1808; a vestryman from 1812 until 1820
when he became Senior Warden. He served in that capacity, as
well as usually being moderator of church meetings, for over
20 years. In 1815 the church people voted that he should
repair the church walls. On June 21, 1836, his name was
among the names on a scroll deposited in a lead box at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new Christ Church. Novem-
ber 12, 1838, Abraham was appointed the church warden who
was to sign and present the deed of dedication of the new
church on December 12.

As well as being active in the church, he was active in
town affairs. He was justice of the peace in 1818 and in
1820 was elected warden in Guilford, a position he held un-
til 1840. Martha died January 19, 1829. October 2, 1832,
Abraham married second Sarah (Linsley) Russell, Martha's
sister. Abraham died in Guilford February 14, 1863, aged 88.
The Reverend Lorenzo T. Bennett officiated at his burial
service .

Children (4) COAN

i. Henrietta, b. Oct. 20, 1800

ii. Clarissa, b. Feb. 7, 1802

iii. Lucretia, b. June 4, 1805

iv. Abraham L., b. Mar. 31, 1809

v. Sarah, b. May 1, 1815

Reference: Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Connecticut Mar-
riages As Found in Ancient Church Records Prior to
1800 (New Haven: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896),
Book 2 , p. 113.

Records of Christ Church, Guilford, Conn., Vol.
2, pp. 7-58.

Ralph D. Smith, The History of Guilford, Con-
necticut From Its First Settlement in 1639 (Al-
bany, New York: J. Munsell, Printer, 1877), pp. 110,
146.

HENRIETTA 4 COAN (Abraham3, John2, Peter1) was born Octo-
ber 20, 1800, the daughter of Abraham and Martha (Linsley)
Coan . July 10, 1822, she married William Tyler, born in New
Milford, Connecticut, November 10, 1791, the son of Luther
and Jemima (Parrish) Tyler of Branford, Connecticut. He was

198 COAN GENEALOGY

a sea captain and resided in Guilford the last twenty years
of his life. He served as Justice in 1858. Henrietta died,
aged 75, October 14, 1875. They had no children.

Reference: Smith, History of Guilford, p. 147.

4 3 2 1

CLARISSA COAN (Abraham , John , Peter ) was born Febru-
ary 7, 1802, the daughter of Abraham and Martha (Linsley)
Coan. She married on August 10, 1823, John Bartlett, born
October 13, 1785, the son of John and Deborah (Hubbard)
Bartlett of Guilford, Connecticut. Clarissa died, aged 40,
October 9, 1842. John died in Guilford, aged 76, May 4,
1862.

Children (5) BARTLETT

i. Lucretia Coan, b. May 5, 1824; m. John B. Kirby,
New Haven

ii. William Tyler, b. Aug. 22, 1827; m. Caroline Ty-
ler, New Haven

iii. Sophia Martha, b. Mar. 19, 1833

4 3 2 1

LUCRETIA COAN (Abraham , John , Peter ) was born June 4,
1805, the daughter of Abraham and Martha (Linsley) Coan. She
married Richard W. Julian [Julien] of Bainbridge, New York,
January 28, 1823. They had two children, a son and a daugh-
ter.

4 3 2 1

ABRAHAM L. COAN (Abraham , John , Peter ) was born March
31, 1809, the son of Abraham and Martha (Linsley) Coan. Oc-
tober 16, 1834, he married Grace Fairchild Elliott, born
March 19, 1810, the daughter of Reuben and Grace (Fairchild)
Elliott. He was a distinguished silversmith in Mobile, Ala-
bama. "A. L. Coan and Alanzon Knapp became active in the
mid-30s but their output seems to have been largely flat
silver, such as tablespoons, mustard and salt spoons in fid-
dleback design. They also carried on a watch-making busi-
ness" (Sidney Adair Smith, Mobile Silversmiths and Jewe-
lers 1820-1867 ) . The Anglo-American Art Museum at Louis-
iana State University had in its permanent collection (1982)
two of Abraham's coin silver teaspoons. Abraham died August
18, 1841, in Mobile, Alabama; Grace died in Guilford, Con-
necticut, August 21, 1858.

Children (5) COAN

i. Grace Elliott, b. Mar. 4, 1841; d. Mar. 17, 1889

5 4 3 2 1

GRACE ELLIOTT COAN (Abraham L. , Abraham , John , Peter )
was born March 4, 1841, daughter of Abraham L. and Grace

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Fairchild (Elliott) Coan. She taught school in New Jersey,
but spent some time in Guilford, Connecticut, with her aunt,
Miss Cornelia Elliott. August 28, 1882, she was admitted as
a communicant of Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford, by cer-
tificate from St. Peter's Church, Bainbridge, New York. She
gave the Coan window to Christ Episcopal Church. It was in
memory of her parents, Abraham L. Coan and Grace F. Elliott.
The window was broken by the hurricane of September 21, 1938
but carefully repaired. Grace died in Orange, New Jersey,
March 20, 1889.

Reference: Newspaper article published at the time of the
100th anniversary of the consecration of the building
of the "new" Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford, Conn.,
December 12, 19 38.

Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford,
Conn., Vol. 3, pp. 278, 448.

4 321

SARAH COAN (Abraham , John , Peter ) was born May 1, 1815,
the daughter of Abraham and Martha (Linsley) Coan. She mar-
ried November 12, 1837, Roger Griswold, son of George and
Nancy (Landon) Griswold of Guilford, Connecticut. Sarah died
in Bainbridge, New York, June 30, 1879.

Children (5) GRISWOLD

i. Edward Fitz, b. Nov. 8, 1838

3 2 i

DAVIS COAN (John , Peter ) was born in Guilford, Connecti-
cut, in 1785, the son of John and Mabel (Chittenden) Coan.
January 4, 1804, he joined the Episcopal Society of Christ
Church and was active there all his life. He was chosen
chorister for several years and in 1809 was chosen organist.
He married April 29, 1807, in Guilford, Catharine Fowler,
who was born in Guilford February 5, 1787, the daughter of
Noah and Lucy (Bartlett) Fowler. Davis died, aged 38, in
Guilford July 27, 1822. Catharine married second March 23,
1823, William Pendleton. Catharine died January 29, 1855.

Children (4) COAN

i. Jane, b. 1808; d. Jan. 8, 1810

ii. Jane, b. Jan. 1810; m. Chauncey Munson of North-
ford; d. Sept. 11, 1870

iii. Annette Amelia, a twin, ) born in
b. Dec. 25, 1811 ) great

iv. Jennette Adelia, a twin, ) Christmas
b. Dec. 25, 1811 ) snowstorm

v. Catharine Fowler, b. July 25, 1814 (July 19, 1813)

vi. Richard Davis, b. May 5, 1816

vii. William Lorenzo, b. Dec. 20, 1821

200 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Everett Hall Pendleton, comp. , Brian Pendleton
and His Descendants, 1599-1910 (Privately printed,
1910) , p. 181.

Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford,
Conn., Vol. 1, p. 7d; Vol. 2, pp. 19, 21, 24, 26, 28,
31.

ANNETTE AMELIA4COAN (Davis3, John2, Peter1) was born a twin
December 25, 1811, during the great Christmas snowstorm, in
Guilford, Connecticut, daughter of Davis and Catharine (Fow-
ler) Coan. She married September 29, 1831, Denison Chitten-
den, a Guilford farmer, who was born September 6, 1810, the
son of Justus Johnson and Lucretia (Cruttenden) Chittenden.

Children (5) CHITTENDEN

i. Catharine Fowler, b. Dec. 2, 1833; d. Aug. 10,

1837
ii. Henry Denison, b. Dec. 22, 1835
iii. Sarah Lucretia, b. July 13, 1839; d. July 18,

1860

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 217.

HENRY DENISON CHITTENDEN , son of Denison and Annette Amelia
(Coan) Chittenden, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, Decem-
ber 22, 1835. He married July 1, 1857, Mary Jane Dowd, who
was born October 22, 1838, the daughter of Alfred G. and
Harriet (Scranton) Dowd of Fair Haven. Henry and Mary re-
sided in Guilford.

Children (6) CHITTENDEN

i. Edward Johnson, b. Jan. 5, 1858

ii. John Scranton, b. July 15, 1860; d. Mar. 30, 1862

Reference: Talcott, Chittenden Family, p. 226.

4 3 2 1

JENNETTE ADELIA COAN (Davis , John , Peter ) was born a

twin in Guilford, Connecticut, December 25, 1811, during the
great Christmas snowstorm. She was the daughter of Davis and
Catharine (Fowler) Coan. On September 1, 1833, she married
the Reverend Erastus Albert Strong, who was born at Chester-
field, New York, August 19, 1809, the son of Erastus and
Abigail W. (Harrison) Strong of North Branford. Jennette
died October 17, 1840. He married second Elizabeth B. Still-
man of Wethersfield on August 31, 1844. During the Civil War
he was a chaplain in the army, was taken prisoner, and was
confined in Libby Prison. His health was broken down, and
he died in Gambier, Ohio, in 1866.

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Children (5) STRONG

i. Walter, b. June 28, 1837; d. Oct. 16, 1837

ii. Catherine Annette, b. Sept. 17, 1838; d. July 28,

1839
iii. Asahel Minor, b. Dec. 7, 1839; d. Dec. 1839

Erastus had eight children by his second marriage.

Reference: Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants
of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass. (Albany,
N.Y.: Joel Munsell, 1871), Vol. I, p. 128.

CATHERINE FOWLER COAN (Davis3, John2, Peter1) was born in
Guilford, Connecticut, July 25, 1814, or July 19, 1813, the
daughter of Davis and Catherine (Fowler) Coan. On September
11, 1831, she married Merritt Pendleton, who was born at
Cornwall, Connecticut, September 1, 1803, the son of William
and Lucretia (Welton) Pendleton. Merritt died September 25,
1866, at Waterville, Connecticut; Catherine, January 27,
1890, at Lansingburg, Michigan.

Children (5) PENDLETON all born in Cornwall, Connecticut

i. Louis, b. Nov. 7, 1832; d. Mar. 11, 1836

ii. Louisa, L., b. Jan. 8, 1834; d. Mar. 10, 1836

iii. Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1836; d. Jan. 21, 1836

iv. Henry Lewis, b. Feb. 1, 1837

v. Theodore Augustus, b. Apr. 21, 1839

vi. William Lorenzo, b. Dec. 8, 1841

vii. Josephine, b. Apr. 9, 1843; d. Sept. 1, 1849

viii. Jonathan B., b. Nov. 22, 1846; d. Sept. 8, 1849

ix. Jeannette Maria, b. Oct. 21, 1851

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 332.

5
HENRY LEWIS PENDLETON , the son of Merritt and Catherine
Fowler (Coan) Pendleton, was born in Cornwall, Connecticut,
February 1, 1837. He was a wagon maker. May 25, 1858, he
married Mary Elmira Landon, who was born in Litchfield, Con-
necticut, January 29, 1838, daughter of Abner and Minerva
(Stone) Landon. Henry died at Middlefield, Connecticut, Feb-
ruary 25, 1896.

Children (6) PENDLETON

i. Mary Amelia, b. Sept. 22, 1859

ii. Anna Lucretia, b. Mar. 10, 1861, Canaan, Conn.;

d. aged 6 months
iii. Edith Minerva, b. Mar. 21, 1862, Canaan, Conn.;

m. Luther W. Fowler

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iv. Frederick Landon, b. Oct. 12, 1863, Goshen,

Conn.; m. Mary C. Gleich
v. Flora Louise, b. May 1, 1866
vi . Henry Merritt, b. May 26, 1872, Goshen, Conn.;

m. Sarah M. Fowler
vii. Charlotte Imogene, b. Aug. 27, 1874
viii. Emily Alice, b. Sept. 23, 1876

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 332.

MARY AMELIA PENDLETON , the daughter of Henry Lewis and Mary
Elmira (Landon) Pendleton, was born September 22, 1859, in
Litchfield, Connecticut. She married at Middlefield May 29,
1878, Gordon S. Goodrich, who was born in Portland, Connect-
icut, July 23, 1854, the son of Joseph and Fannie A. (Buck)
Goodrich. Mary died February 11, 1897, in Middlefield. Gor-
don married second Clara Smith.

Children (7) GOODRICH

i. Joseph H., b. Oct. 9, 1881; m. Mary Camt ; resided

in Hartford, Conn,
ii. Ernest S., b. Apr. 4, 1885; resided in Hartford;

m. July 31, 1909, Hazel M. Moffett
iii. Elsie, b. Oct. 13, 1890; d. aged 1 year
iv. Howard, b. Apr. 20, 1895

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 332.

6
FLORA LOUISE PENDLETON , the daughter of Henry Lewis and

Mary Elmira (Landon) Pendleton, was born May 1, 1866, in
Goshen, Connecticut. At Berlin, Connecticut, on February 14,
1883, she married Charles W. Williams, who was born in Ken-
sington, Connecticut, January 22, 1861, the son of Charles
W. and Harriet E. (Bailey) Williams. They resided at Ken-
sington.

Children (7) WILLIAMS

i. Hattie E., b. Aug. 26, 1885; resided at Pitts-
field, Mass.
ii. Clarence L., b. Oct. 3, 1889; d. Apr. 18, 1891
iii. Willis H., b. Sept. 20, 1890; d. Jan. 5, 1891
iv. Harold, b. Nov. 16, 1901; d. Nov. 17, 1901

(Had four more boys and one girl who died at
birth)

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 514.

CHARLOTTE IMOGENE PENDLETON , the daughter of Henry Lewis
and Mary Elmira (Landon) Pendleton, was born August 27, 1874

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at Portland, Connecticut. On April 13, 1895, at Holyoke,
Massachusetts, she married Albert H. Abbe, who was born in
Windsorville, Connecticut, September 21, 1873, the son of
Rufus H. and Louisa (Shears) Abbe. Albert died July 24,
1896. Charlotte resided at Wallingford, Connecticut.

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 514.

6
EMILY ALICE PENDLETON , the daughter of Henry Lewis and Mary

Elmira (Landon) Pendleton, was born in Middlefield, Connect-
icut, September 23, 1876. At Kensington, Connecticut, Janu-
ary 1, 1895, she married Irving S. Kent, the son of Oliver
and Jennie (Strong) Kent. Irving was a contractor and
builder in Hartford, Connecticut.

Children (7) KENT

i. Lillian, b. Nov. 17, 1896, Hartford, Conn.

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 514.

THEODORE AUGUSTUS PENDLETON , the son of Merritt and Cather-
ine Fowler (Coan) Pendleton, was born April 21, 1839, at
Cornwall, Connecticut. He enlisted August 4, 1862, in Com-
pany C, 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery; was pro-
moted to Quartermaster Sergeant March 13, 1864; and was hon-
orably discharged July 7, 1865. The History of Goshen,
Connecticut says of him:

He was one of the smallest men in the regiment,
wearing number 4 boots. A skillful mechanic, his mus-
ket was the pride of the "Defences of Washington." A
great many people came to see it, among them many regu-
lar army officers. He was offered $100 and another mus-
ket for his weapon.

After the war Theodore opened a hotel in Seymour, Connecti-
cut. At New Haven, Connecticut, July 11, 1866, he married
Jane M. Abbott, who was born in Goshen, Connecticut, August
9, 1849, the daughter of Newton and Eliza (Wright) Abbott.
Theodore died at Seymore, Connecticut, October 30, 1870.
Jane died in Branford January 11, 1888.

Children (6) PENDLETON

i. Leonore May, b. Nov. 26, 1867

ii. William E., b. June 15, 1869, Seymore, Conn.; re-
sided at New Haven

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 514

204 COAN GENEALOGY

LEONORE MAY PENDLETON6, the daughter of Theodore Augustus
and Jane M. (Abbott) Pendleton, was born November 26, 1867,
in Goshen, Connecticut. On November 3, 1885, in South Dover,
New York, she married James Orson Ford, who was born July 7,
1863, in Cornwall, Connecticut, the son of James Oliver and
Emily (Morse) Ford. They resided at Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Children (7) FORD

i. Theodore Belvin, b. Aug. 27, 1886 at New Milford,
Conn .

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 515.

WILLIAM LORENZO PENDLETON4 , the son of Merritt and Catharine
(Coan) Pendleton, was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Decem-
ber 8, 1841. He enlisted in the Civil War September 6, 1861,
in Company E, 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry;
and was discharged on account of disability May 31, 1862. He
re-enlisted August 11, 1863, in Company C, 14th Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteers; was captured at Rapidan River, Vir-
ginia, February 6, 1864; and died of starvation at Anderson-
ville, Georgia, July 6, 1864. (Records Conn. Adj. Gen.)
His grave there is No. 2960. He was unmarried.

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 333.

4
JEANNETTE MARIE PENDLETON , the daughter of Merritt and

Catharine (Coan) Pendleton, was born in Cornwall, Connecti-
cut, October 21, 1851. She married at New Haven on May 7,
1872, Watson L. Seward. They resided in Charlotte, Michigan.

Children (5) SEWARD

i. Harry Jason, b. Jan. 31, 1873, New Haven; d. May

22, 1875, Guilford
ii. Frank Watson, b. Apr. 11, 1877

Reference: Pendleton, Brian Pendleton, p. 333.

4 3 2 1

RICHARD DAVIS COAN (Davis , John , Peter ) was born in

Guilford, Connecticut, May 5, 1816, the son of Davis and

Catharine (Fowler) Coan. He moved to New Haven in 1832 and

was employed at Brown's joiner shop. October 18, 1837, he

married Flora Hitchcock Grannis, who was born May 29, 1813,

the daughter of John Grannis of Cheshire, Connecticut. He

rose to the rank of major in the old Connecticut militia and

served as major under General Rose of North Branford. In

1840 in company with Martin Evarts and John Mallory he went

to Guilford to repair and rebuild old Christ Episcopal

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Church. February 17, 1840, the church voted that Richard D.
Coan "should erect a fence around the church except the
front by April 1st next." April 12, 1841, Richard D. Coan
by vote of the church was to "place a new pinacle upon the
tower provided a subscription can be raised." April 16,
1844, the church voted that Richard D. Coan should repair
the tower.

From 1841-1845 Richard was church clerk. He also served
as chorister in 1838 and 1839 when he was only 18 years old,
and again in 1848; and as vestryman in 1848. One of his sons
was named Bennett; another, William Lorenzo, probably in
honor of the rector of the church at that time, the Reverend
Lorenzo T. Bennett.

Later he took charge of the choir of St. Paul's Church
in New Haven. He was also connected with the choir of the
Church of the Ascension on Davenport Avenue; and was very
active in the choirs of both churches. In 1851 he was ap-
pointed superintendent of the Hotchkiss & Lewis factory,
later Lewis & Beecher's, and later George and Thomas Ailing
Company. He died in 1898. Flora died in August, 1891.

Children (5) COAN

i. Charles Richard, b. Aug. 5, 1838

ii. William Arthur, b. Nov. 3, 1839; d. Apr. 29, 1844

iii. Bennett Fowler, b. July 19, 1841

iv. Frances Annette, b. May 2, 1843

v. Jane Augusta, b. July 7, 1844

vi. William Arthur , b. July 26, 1847

vii. Ella Jennette, b. Mar. 11, 1849

Reference: William Richard Cutler and Others, ed. , Genea-
logical and Family History of the State of Connecticut
(New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911),
Vol. 1, p. 91.

Records of Christ Episcopal Church, Guilford,
Conn., Vol. 2, pp. 78-88.

5 4 3 2 1

CHARLES RICHARD COAN (Richard , Davis , John , Peter ) was

born in Guilford, Connecticut, August 5, 1838, the son of
Richard Davis and Flora Hitchcock (Grannis) Coan. During his
boyhood the family moved to New Haven. There he became a
teller at the New Haven County Bank; then he became affili-
ated with Security Insurance Compapnpy. While in their em-
ploy in 1861, he enlisted in the army for service in the
Civil War. He recruited a company, nearly all of whom were
from his old home in Guilford. He was made First Lieutenant
and served under Captain White, Company E, 15th Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteers; he was later taken sick and honor-
ably discharged from the service.

2 06 COAN GENEALOGY

November 17, 1859, Charles married Anna Read Baldwin,
who was born January 15, 1839, daughter of George Baldwin.
For many years then he was in the book and stationery busi-
ness. Eventually he sold this business in New Haven, and
became manager of the New Haven department of the Security
Insurance Company with which he was associated early in
life. He retired in 1905. Anna died March 12, 1911, in New
Haven; Charles August 15, 1922.

Children (6) COAN

i. Hattie Perkins, b. Mar. 1, 1864
ii. George Richard, b. Dec. 21, 1865

Reference:

6 5 4 3

HATTJE PERKINS COAN (Charles R. , Richard D. , Davis ,

John , Peter ) was born March 1, 1864, the daughter of

Charles Richard and Anna R. (Baldwin) Coan. She married
Clifford H. Booth May 17, 1884, in New Haven, Connecticut,

son of Benjamin and Caroline (Andrew) Booth of New Haven and
Nangatuck respectively.

Children (7) BOOTH

i. Elenore Baldwin, b. Feb. 16, 1885
ii. Marian, b. May 7, 1893

GEORGE RICHARD COAN (Charles R. , Richard D. , Davis ,
John , Peter ) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, December
21, 1865, the son of Charles Richard and Anna Read (Baldwin)
Coan. He attended both public and private schools in New
Haven. When he had completed his education, he joined his
father in a book business. Later he was with Bradley & Lee
in the cigar and tobacco trade, and then with Stoddard, Gil-
bert & Company.

On December 21, 1887, he married Lucy Mansfield Bulke-
ley, who was born March 19, 1870. The only child of this
marriage died in infancy; Lucy died July 16, 1888. George
married second Mary Lenora Bunnell May 21, 1891, in Water-
bury. She was the daughter of John B. and Helen A. Bunnell.

About 1890 George went into the insurance business with
his father who was local manager of the Security Insurance
Company of New Haven. In 1907 his father retired and George
joined in a partnership relation with Henry B. Bunnell.
George gave up the position of local manager for Security
Insurance Company, and he and his partner opened up an of-
fice at 17 Center Street, New Haven, representing Security
Insurance Company and also acting as local agents for other
insurance corporations. In 1913 they moved to 25-27 Center
Street and on June 1, 1917, incorporated their business un-
der the name of Coan & Bunnell, Inc., with a capital of

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sixty thousand dollars, all paid up by the officers of the
company, who were George R. Coan, president; Mrs. Mary L.
Coan, secretary; Henry B. Bunnell, treasurer.

George and Mary were members of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church. Mary belonged to Mary Clapp Worcester Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution; to the Universal Sun-
shine Society, at one time treasurer of the Elm City Branch;
and to the Woodbridge Auxiliary of the American Red Cross of
which she was president. George held membership in the Wood-
men of the World, the New Haven Colony Historical Society,
the Young Men's Institute, the Chamber of Commerce, the
Union League Club, and the Automobile Club of New Haven. He
also belonged to the Young Republican Club, and was always a
supporter of the Republican party.

In 19>15 he built a home in Woodbridge and called this
small, but highly productive farm Seven Acres. In 1917 he
was elected to the Woodbridge branch of the State Council of
Defense. He and Mary had no children.

Reference: Everett G. Hill, Modern History of New Haven and
Eastern New Haven County (New York and Chicago: S. J.
Clarke Publishing Company, 1918), Vol. 2, pp. 470, 471.
Mary Hewitt Mitchell, History of New Haven
County, Connecticut (Chicago and Boston: Pioneer His-
torical Publishing Co., 1930), Vol. Ill, pp. 330, 331.

5 4 3 2 1

BENNETT FOWLER COAN (Richard D. , Davis , John , Peter )

was born July 19, 1841, the son of Richard Davis and Flora

Hitchcock (Grannis) Coan. On November 10, 1863, he married

Hattie M. Carpenter in Athens, Ohio.

Children (6) COAN

i. Flora Durand, b. Mar. 13, 1870; m. Harrison D.

Emerson June 9, 1900

ii. Anna Hawks, b. Oct. 27, 1873

iii. Barbara Marie, b. Mar. 16, 1877

BARBARA MARIE6 COAN (Bennett F. , Richard D. , Davis ,
John2, Peter1) was born March 16, 1877, the daughter of Ben-
nett Fowler and Hattie M. (Carpenter) Coan. On June 8, 1901,
she married Lome K. Emerson of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Children (7) EMERSON

i. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1902

ii. Harriet Barbara, b. Sept. 11, 1904

iii. Laura, b. Aug. 20, 1906

5 4 3 2 1

FRANCES ANNETTE COAN (Richard D. , Davis , John , Peter )

was born May 2, 1843, the daughter of Richard Davis and

2 08 COAN GENEALOGY

Flora Hitchcock (Grannis) Coan. On October 17, 1866, she
married Henry Percy, the son of Truman Percy of Watertown,
Connecticut .

Children (6) PERCY

i. Richard Truman, b. May 19, 1869; m. Josephine Jenn-
ings May 25, 1896, in Minneapolis, Minn.

5 4 3 2 1

JANE AUGUSTA COAN (Richard D. , Davis , John , Peter ) was

born July 7, 1844, the daughter of Richard Davis and Flora

Hitchcock (Grannis) Coan. In December of 1970 she married

William H. Cornwall [Cornwell] of New Haven, Connecticut.

Jane died in New Haven September 26, 1885.

Children (6) CORNWALL [CORNWELL]

i. Flora May, b. Sept. 9, 1871

6
FLORA MAY CORNWALL [CORNWELL] , the daughter of William H.

and Jane Augusta (Coan) Cornwall [Cornwell], was born Sep-
tember 9, 1871. On August 12, 1891, she married Harry Dwight
Kelsey of New Haven, Connecticut.

Children (7) KELSEY

i. Harold

ii. Marguerite

iii. Beatrice

iv. Lawrence

WILLIAM ARTHUR COAN (Richard D.4, Davis3, John2, Peter1)
was born July 26, 1847, the son of Richard Davis and Flora
Hitchcock (Grannis) Coan. On February 4, 1869, in Cincin-
nati, Ohio, he married Jennie S. Lee.

Children (6) COAN

i. Hamlet Lee, b. Dec. 9, 1869
ii. Grace, b. June 26, 1877

iii. Richard Davis, b. Sept. 21, 1883; m. Edna Peaslee
June 22, 1907

6 5 4 3 2

GRACE COAN (William A. , Richard D. , Davis , John , Pe-
ter ) was born June 26, 1877, daughter of William Arthur and
Jennie S. (Lee) Coan. She married June 14, 1905, Edward W.
Rainhard of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Children (7) RAINHARD

i. Jeannie Lee, b. June 18, 1908

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ELLA JEANNETTE COAN (Richard D. , Davis , John , Peter )

was born March 11, 1849, the daughter of Richard Davis and
Flora Hitchcock (Grannis) Coan. In December, 1870, in Brook-
lyn, New York, she married Charles M. Evarts.

Children (6) EVARTS

i. Percy W. , b. Oct. 22, 1871; m. Ella Dowd Sept. 6,

1893

ii. Louis B., b. Feb. 17, 1874

iii. Roy, b. Feb. 17, 1886

4 3 2 1

WILLIAM LORENZO COAN (Davis , John , Peter ) was born in

Meriden, Connecticut, December 20, 1821, the son of Davis
and Catharine (Fowler) Coan. He married November 8, 1841,
Jane Nancy Upson, who was born February 9, 1821, the daugh-
ter of Sheldon and Nancy (Hart) Upson. Jane died May 30,
1880.

Children (5) COAN all born in Meriden, Connecticut

i. Jeannette, b. 1844; d. 1848

ii. Jeannette Augusta, b. Sept. 16, 1849

iii. William Noyes, b. Oct. 1855; d. Feb.

iv. Ernest Lorenzo, b. Oct. 1857; d. Oct,

21, 1857
1857

Reference: Upson Family Association of America, The Upson
Family in America (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse
& Taylor Company, 1940), p. 228.

JEANNETTE (JANE) AUGUSTA COAN (William L.

• 3 , 2
Davis , John ,

Peter ') was born in Meriden, Connecticut, September 6, 1849,

the daughter of William Lorenzo and Jane Nancy (Upson) Coan.

In 1868 she married Frank E. Little of Meriden.

Children (6) LITTLE

6, 1870
9, 1876

Aug. 1, 1878, in Washington,

i. Myra, b. Mar. 1869, in Jacksonville, Florida; d.

Aug. 18 69
ii. Mabel Jane, b. Oct,
iii. Lena Coan, b. Oct.
iv. Charles Eugene, b.

D.C.

ELISHA COAN (Peter1) was born November 29, 1739, in North
Guilford, Connecticut, the son of Peter and Hannah (Davis)
Coan. He served in the French and Indian War in the First
Regiment under Ma jor-General Phineas Lyman, Fifth Company,
commanded by Captain Andrew Ward, Jr., of Guilford, Connect-
icut, with Samuel Bartlett of Guilford as second lieutenant.

210 COAN GENEALOGY

He was listed on a pay roll of Captain Ward's company in
1758. He enlisted April 19, 1758 and was discharged Decem-
ber 13. At this time the home government in England was re-
imbursing the colony for campaign expenses. England paid
these expenses from 1755 to 1762. (Collections of the Con-
necticut Historical Society, Vol. X, p. ix)

His later service was in the campaign of 1759. He died
of smallpox November 12, 1759, aged 19; and chances are he
died in the service. He was buried in the old Coan private
yard on the homestead, but the stone was removed about 1844
by Theophilus Rossiter and placed in the cemetery in North
Guilford by Jerome and John Coan.

2 i

MARY COAN (Peter ) was born at North Guilford, Connecticut,

July 13, 1750, the daughter of Peter and Hannah (Davis)
Coan. She married Jacob Kimberly born at Guilford, Connect-
icut, by 1748, the son of Abraham and Mary (Sherman) Kim-
berly. Jacob served in the French War in 1761 and 1762.
They were living in Goshen, Connecticut, in 1788; in Win-
chester, Connecticut, in 1790; in Goshen in 1794; in Win-
chester in 1801; in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1802; and in
Otis, Massachusetts, in 1815. "He was a convivial man, of
great humor ... known for witty sayings." (Genealogy of the
Kimberly Family, p. 51) Jacob died at Sandisfield, Massa-
chusetts, March 4, 1820.

Children (3) KIMBERLY

i. Jacob, b. abt. 1769

ii. Hubbard, b. abt. 1772

iii. Polly, b. abt. 1774; m. at Torrington, Conn.,
May 31, 1795, Bates of Torrington

iv. Joel

v. Wealthy

vi. Elisha, b. abt. 1783

vii. William

viii. Rebecca, m. (intention Otis, Mass., Mar. 13,
1808) Chester Baird, b. Nov. 23, 1783, Becket,
Mass., son of Asa and Abigail Baird

ix. Hannah

x. Betsy

Reference: Jacobus, The Kimberly Family, p. 51.

JACOB KIMBERLY , the son of Jacob and Mary (Coan) Kimberly,
was born about 1769. He married June 11, 1797, Nancy Pond,
of Torrington. In 1800 he became the owner of the old Caleb
Beach place, in Hall Meadow, Winchester, Connecticut, and
lived there until his death. He died at Winchester, Decem-
ber 24, 1813, aged 44.

CONNECTICUT COANS 211

The Widow Nancy Kimberly was recommended from the Win-
chester Church October 4, 1816, to Torrington, and dismissed
from there in 1831.

Children (4) KIMBERLY recorded at Winchester:

i. Laura, b. Apr. 16, 1798

ii. Freelove, b. Nov. 2, 1799; d. Sept. 17, 1801

iii. Olive, b. Apr. 14, 1801; d. Nov. 3, 1808

iv. Freelove, b. Jan. 21, 1804; m. at Goshen, Conn.,

Dec. 24, 1821, Addison Sweet
v. Horace Sidney, b. July 26, 1805; d. at Goshen,

June 10, 1822, aged 17
vi. Esther Emily, b. June 22, 1807
vii. Mary Mehitable, b. Mar. 17, 1810

viii. Silas, b. Apr. 29, 1812; d, Dec. 6, 1812, 7 mos.
ix. Jacob Harvey, b. Nov. 8, 1813

Reference: Jacobus, The Kimberly Family, p. 88

HUBBARD KIMBERLY , the son of Jacob and Mary (Coan) Kimberly
was born about 1772. He married at New Haven, Connecticut,
in Trinity Episcopal Church, January 9, 1796, Mary Thomas,
baptized at Trinity Church, New Haven, August 31, 1777,
daughter of Benajah and Mehitable (Piatt) Thomas. She died
at Goshen, March 9, 1949, aged 72. Hubbard and Mary were ad-
mitted to the First Church in Goshen, November 3, 1799. He
died there April 18, 1849, aged 77.

Children (4) KIMBERLY born probably at Goshen:

i. Wealthy Maria, b. about 1797; d. at Goshen, July
25, 1870, aged 73, unmarried

ii. Mehetable, b. about 1799, d. at Goshen, March 15,
1880, aged 81, unmarried

iii. Henry, b. about 1801

iv. William, m. Emily , who married second

Hotchkiss. Children untraced, except:

1. Mary T., b. about 1833; d. at Goshen, Ap-
ril 20, 1834, aged 1

v. Riley, b. about 1807; d. at Goshen, Jan. 17, 1832
aged 24

vi . Roswell, b. about 1810; admitted a member of the
First Church, Goshen, January 6, 1824, and la-
ter dismissed to Binghamton, N.Y.; listed with
his wife and three children at Derby, Conn., in
the 1850 Census; m. (1) Olive Cady; m. (2) at
Harwinton, Conn., Aug. 30, 1840, Delia Morse,
b. about 1818. Children by first wife (based)
on Census record and wills of his sisters):

212 COAN GENEALOGY

1. Dothia E., b. in Conn., Apr. 23, 1834; d.
Sept. 20, 1912; m. May 18, 1856, Frederick
Holbrook, b. at Seymour, Conn., Aug. 14,
1833, d. at West Ansonia, Conn., Jan. 22,
1890, son of Phil and Emily (Tomlinson)
Holbrook

2. Auren T., b. in New York, about 1837; m.
Teresa ; no children

Child by second wife:

3. Esther, b. in Connecticut, about 1844

Reference: Jacobus, The Kimberly Family, pp. 88, 89, 90.

3
ELISHA KIMBERLY , son of Jacob and Mary ( Coan ) Kimberly, was

born about 1783. He married Anna .

Elisha bought land in Otis, Massachusetts, in 1814 from
Moses Richards, also from Charles Webster, and sold with
Moses Richards the same year. On June 27, 1833, Elisha sold
the land "which I purchased of my father Jacob Kimberly Nov-
ember 14, 1810," his wife Anna signing with him, to Lorenzo
Webb. (Berkshire County Deeds, 50:588, 54:120; 55:61;
90:491. )

The probate shows that Elisha Kimberly died July 2,
1833, at Otis, Massachusetts, aged 50.

After 1833 Anna moved to Stockbridge, New York.

Children (4) KIMBERLY

i. Sherman

ii. Eli, b. May 11, 1807

iii. Emaline, b. Aug. 19, 1809; m. (intention, Otis,

Sept. 18, 1827), Loomis Webb
iv. Ann Eliza, b. Aug. 23, 1812; m. as "Eliza Ann,"

(intention, Otis, Aug. 5, 1830), Lorenzo Webb
v. Lovisa, b. July 20, 1817

Reference: Jacobus, The Kimberly Family, pp. 90, 91.

4
WILLIAM KIMBERLY was the son of Jacob and Mary (Coan) Kim-
berly. He married Matilda and died at Otis, Massa-
chusetts, September 13, 1841.

Children (5) KIMBERLY born at Otis, Mass

i .

ii.

iii. Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1826; m. at Otis, Nov. 27,

1846, William P. Turner, of Great Barrington,

Ma s s .

Mass .

CONNECTICUT COANS

213

IV .

v.
vi .
vii .
viii

IX.

Aust

Mati

Eliz

Huld

Hend

Will

in, b. Apr.
n. 14, 1903; m.
Ida, b. May 14,
abeth, b. June
ah, b. Mar. 4 ,
erson, b. June
ss . , Nov. 25 , 1
s children were
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sided in 1893 a
sided in 1893 a
ice M.
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ss . ,

b. May 3
Apr. 19,
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ved in 1872 in
thur, who res
ss. ; Marion I . ,
eld, Mass . ; and
rgh of Philmont

16, 1828; d. at Otis, Mass.,

Charlotte M.

1830; d. Nov. 15, 1830

18, 1832

1834
5, 1836; d. at Sandisfield,

89 3; m. Aura A. .

Adaline L. who married Elmer

ngham, Mass.; Frederick W. ,

t Barkhamsted, Conn.; John B.

t Sandisfield; Flora E. and

1, 1841; d. at Tyringham,
1916; m. Ellen S. Johnson,

H. Johnson of Tyringham. He
Lee, Mass. His children were:
ided in 1916 in Pittsfield,

m. Briggs of West-

Vos-

Leila L. ,

N.Y.

Reference: Jacobus, The Kimberly Family, pp. 91, 92

Gravestones of Abraham2 Coan (left) and John Sel-
lew5 Coan, North Truro, Massachusetts. Photographs
by Mrs. Willard H. Griffin.

GRAVESTONE, NORTH TRURO, CAPE COD

"Erected by the request of the Grand Children

In the memory of

Samuel Coan

who died Dec. 15, 1808

in his 43d year

Betsy Coan

widow of Samuel Coan

died Oct. 1, 1854, in her 83d year

Also their two sons

Abraham Coan

was killed in an encounter with

the natives of the Feejee Islands

in the year 1812, aged 21 years

Benjamin Coan

was drowned at sea Dec. 3, 1815

in his 22d year"

Courtesy life, July 15, 1940.

Union Church, North Truro, where the Rev-
erend Osborn Myrick was pastor 1842-1845.
Courtesy Shebnah Rich, TVuro — Cape Cod.

^V-\' "■ 2

*■ - -,-

The Reverend Osborn Myrick
husband of Joanna Coan Mills.
Courtesy Shebnah Rich, TVuro —
Cape Cod.

CHAPTER 4

CAPE COD COANS

ABRAHAM COAN AND DESCENDANTS

Principal Source used in this chapter:

George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, Vital Records of the
Town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the Year 1849 (Boston: Mas-
sachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933)

Other References given in text and after biographies where
they have been used.

2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (Peter ) was born in East Hampton, Long Is-
land, New York, and baptized there August 6, 1732, the son
of Peter and Hannah (Davis) Coan. About 1737 Abraham moved
with the family to North Guilford, Connecticut. When he was
a young man, he went back to East Hampton where he married

Joanna . Family records say he separated from his wife

and went alone to Truro, Massachusetts, after his son Abra-
ham was born. According to Edward Doubleday Harris's "An-
cient Burial Grounds of Long Island," New England Histori-
cal and Genealogical Register, October, 1900, Vol. 54, p.
428, in a listing of cemetery inscriptions in East Hampton
there is the following marking on an old stone:

In Memory
of
Mrs. Joanna

Wife of

Abram Coan

who died

Oct. 29, 1757

in her

24th

Year

The stone is among Dayton and Osborn gravestones, so Joanna
might have been a Dayton or an Osborn. However, in the birth
records for the years 1732, 1733, and 1734 kept by Nathaniel
Huntting, minister of the East Hampton church, no Joanna
Dayton or Joanna Osborn was listed. There was a Joanna Hud-
son, born November 4, 17 33, daughter of Sam Hudson; and a
Joanna Hedges, born May 26, 1734, daughter of Isaac Hedges.
One of these might have been Abraham's wife.

215

216 COAN GENEALOGY

There was no further family record of Abraham and Jo-
anna's son Abraham. He apparently never went to Truro with
his father. Maybe he died. But in Frederic Gregory Mather's
The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut (Albany ,
N.Y. : J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1913), p. 995, there
was a list of the First Regiment of Minute Men from Suffolk
County, New York (of which East Hampton is a part), and an
Abraham Coan was among the enlisted men. This Abraham could
very well have been Joanna's son. In the Federal Census of
1790 for the State of New York, Dutchess County, in the town
of Washington, there was an Abraham Coan whose household in-
cluded one male 16 years and up, one male under 16 years,
and four females including children and heads of family.
That was the last known record which might have referred to
Abraham and Joanna's son.

At Truro Abraham, like most of the other residents,
"followed the sea for a livelihood and seemed to be fairly
well-to-do for his times"; so says the family record of Myr-
tie Fisher Seaverns . He married second at Truro on October
11, 1759, Christian Hinckley, who was born in Truro November
10, 1739, and baptized there November 11, 1739, the daughter
of Shubael and Mary (Snow) Hinckley. Christian was a descen-
dant of Samuel Hinckley who came to this country from Eng-
land on the Hercules in 1635 and settled in Barnstable, Cape
Cod, with his wife Sarah and four children. She also was a
descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.

Abraham died at Truro June 9, 1794; and his wife Chris-
tian, May 11, 1816.

Children (3) COAN

Children by Joanna

i. Abraham, bpt . Jan. 23, 1757

Children by Christian

ii. Joanna, b. Nov. 8, 1760

iii. Peter, b. Oct. 1, 1762; bpt. Nov. 21, 1762; d.

Mar. 7, 1784 at sea

iv. Shubael, b. Oct. 3, 1764

v. Samuel, bpt. Nov. 2, 1766

vi. Christian, b. Feb. 9, 1769

vii. Elisha Davis, b. Apr. 18, 1771

viii. John, bpt. Apr. 11, 1773

ix. Benjamin, b. May 7, 1775

x. Abraham Dyer, b. June 19, 1776; d. Aug. 7, 1784

xi. Hannah, b. Apr. 26, 1782

Reference: Alonzo Coan, The Coan Family, a manuscript, 1910,
p. 2, owned by compiler; also included in Myrtie Fisher Sea-
verns ' s manuscript, Descendants of Captain Elisha Coan and
His Wife, Mary Atkins Coan, 1932, at the New England His-

CAPE COD COANS 217

toric Genealogical Society Library, Boston, Mass.

"Records of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in
East Hampton, Long Island, from 1696 to 1746," New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York: New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1898), Vol.
30, p. 41.

John Harvey Treat, Truro Baptisms (Lawrence,
Mass.: James Ward, Jr., 1886) pp. 32, 36, 43.

3 2 1

JOANNA COAN (Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Abraham and

Christian (Hinckley) Coan, was born in Truro, Massachusetts,
November 8, 1760, and baptized there April 5, 1761. She mar-
ried Francis Small, who was born in Truro March 18, 1757,
the son of Francis and Elizabeth (Smith) Small.

Children (4) SMALL

i. Francis, Jr., b. Nov. 23, 1784

ii. Samuel, b. Jan. 3, 1789

iii. John, b. July 25, 1791

iv. Joanna, b. June 11, 1794; married Joseph Mayo,

Provincetown, Nov. 13, 1817
v. Hannah, b. June 25, 1797
vi. Christian, b. Mar. 19, 1799; d. 1831
vii. Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1803; married Lot Harding

Oct. 30, 1824

Reference: Treat, Truro Baptisms, p. 30.

4
FRANCIS SMALL, JR. , son of Francis and Joanna (Coan) Small,

was born in Truro, Massachusetts, November 21, 1784. He mar-
ried Anna Stevens, 2nd, December 13, 1807. He died, aged 65,
January 30, 1849.

Children (5) SMALL

i. Anna, b. Dec. 8, 1808

ii. Francis, Jr., b. July 15, 1812; married Betsy M.
Stevens, daughter of John and Mary Stevens Sep-
tember 19, 1839

iii. John Stevens, b. Apr. 9, 1815

iv. Sally Kemp, b. July 20, 1823

v. Abraham Coan, Aug. 1, 1820

vi. Levi Stevens, b. Dec. 8, 1830

4
SAMUEL SMALL , son of Francis and Joanna (Coan) Small, was

born in Truro, Massachusetts, January 3, 1789. He married

Hannah S. Smith January 9, 1817.

218 COAN GENEALOGY

Children

( 5 ) SMALL

i .

Samuel , b. Sept .

28,

ii.

Hannah, b. May,
1823

1822

iii .

Joshua Paine, b.

Dec

iv.

John, b. Sept.
1845

10,

1821
d. aged 16 months, Jan. 27,

27, 1823
1826; lost at sea, aged 19,

3 2 1

SHUBAEL COAN (Abraham , Peter ), son of Abraham and Chris-
tian (Hinckley) Coan, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, Oc-
tober 3, 1764. He married in Truro December 11, 1788, Deliv-
erance Atkins who was born there July 19, 1767, daughter of
Joshua Atkins, Jr., and Abigail. Shubael , like his father
Abraham, spent his life as a seaman. He was a captain, when
at the age of 34 on May 2, 1799, along with Captain John
Hughes, (age 48), Paul Dyer (age 29) and Hutta Dyer (age 17)
he was drowned at Pond Landing from a whale boat returning
from their vessel .

Children (4) COAN

i. Joanna, b. Oct. 23, 1789

ii. Peter, b. Sept. 3, 1791; d. June 8, 1799

iii. Rebekah, b. Sept. 8, 1793

iv. Mary (known also as Polly), b. Jan. 10, 1796

v. Nabby, b. Feb. 10, 1798

Reference: Shebnah Rich, Truro--Cape Cod or Land Marks and
Sea Marks (Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1884), p.
489.

4 3 2 1

JOANNA COAN (Shubael , Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Shu-
bael and Deliverance (Atkins) Coan, was born in Truro, Mas-
sachusetts, October 23, 1789. She married in Truro January
21, 1810, James Lombard Atkins, who was born in Truro August
7, 1787, the son of Samuel and Ruth Atkins. He died Novem-
ber, 1821, in Boston.

She married second (marriage intentions in Truro Decem-
ber 11, 1824) Chauncy Marcy, who was born March 2, 1800, the
son of Benjamin and Hannah (Starks) Marcy of Springfield,
Massachusetts. Chauncy died at Truro November 8, 1827. Jo-
anna died April 22, 1875, aged 85.

4 3 2 1

REBEKAH COAN (Shubael , Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Shu-
bael and Deliverance (Atkins) Coan, was born in Truro, Mas-
sachusetts, September 8, 1793. She married Stephen Mills at
Truro October 1, 1811. They were married by the Reverend
Jude Damon, pastor of the Congregational Church. Mr. Damon
kept a record of the marriages he performed during his years

CAPE COD COANS 219

as minister. He also recorded the fees he was paid. Six
shillings was the fee required by law. Often he was given
more than the required amount— one crown, a crown and pista-
reen, four crowns, nine shillings three and one half pence,
a half guinea, a guinea. The largest fee he ever received
for his 438 recorded marriages was given him by Stephen when
Mr. Damon married him and Rebekah--two guineas!

During the War of 1812 Stephen was a member of the com-
mittee of safety. After Stephen's death Rebekah married se-
cond David Brown August 12, 1845. He was the son of David
and Eunice Brown of Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Children (5) MILLS

i. Elizabeth Fernald, b. Mar. 25, 1813

ii. Rebekah, b. Jan. 14, 1815

iii. Joanna, b. Apr. 7, 1819

iv. Delia A., b. Mar. 27, 1821

Reference: Rich, Truro--Cape Cod, pp. 300, 355.

REBEKAH MILLS5, daughter of Stephen and Rebekah (Coan)
Mills, was born in Truro, January 14, 1815. On December 12,
1833, at Truro she married Thomas S. Hopkins, who was born
January 9, 1809, son of Lemuel and Hannah Hopkins of Truro.

Children (6) HOPKINS

i. Ellen Sophia, b. Sept. 24, 1834, Truro

ii. Angeline Susan Atkins, b. June 14, 1838, Truro

JOANNA COAN MILLS , daughter of Stephen and Rebekah (Coan)
Mills was born April 7, 1819, at Truro. On January 13, 1845,
she married Osborn Myrick of Provincetown, son of William
and Lydia Myrick. He was born in Orleans, Massachusetts, Au-
gust 27, 1816. He was graduated from Middlebury College and
received his first license to preach from the Brewster Asso-
ciation. In October, 1842, he was called to the Union Church
at North Truro, just completed in 1840. He was the first
Congregational minister there and served until March, 1845,
when he was called to the pastorate of the Congregational
Church in Provincetown. He was ordained in February, 1846.
This church for many years had been without a regular minis-
ter and was under the Home Missionary Society. Under Mr. My-
rick 's capable leadership the church became active and had a
full congregation. He served this church until 1866 when he
was called to the pastorate of the Congregational Church at
Middleton Springs, Vermont.

22 0 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (6) MYRICK

i. Jane Josephine, b. Nov. 5, 1846; d. Sept. 20, 1849
ii. Joseph, b. July 22, 1851; d. July 19, 1864
iii. Osborn, Jr., b. Aug. 9, 1853

Reference: Rich, Truro--Cape Cod, p. 379.

4 3 2

MARY COAN (known also as POLLY COAN) (Shubael , Abraham ,

Peter ), daughter of Shubael and Deliverance (Atkins) Coan,
was born in Truro, Massachusetts, January 10, 1796. She mar-
ried John Stevens, 2nd, January 23, 1817, in Truro.

Children (5) STEVENS

i. Betsy Mills, b. Aug. 19, 1818
ii. John Richard, b. Jan. 29, 1821
iii. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 9, 1831

5
BETSY MILLS STEVENS , daughter of John and Polly (Coan) Ste-
vens, was born August 19, 1818, at Truro. She married Sep-
tember 19, 1839, Francis Small, Jr., son of Francis and Anna
Small, all of Truro. They were married by the Reverend Wil-
liam Barstow of the Methodist Church.

4 3 2 1

NABBY COAN (Shubael , Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Shu-
bael and Deliverance (Atkins) Coan, was born in Truro, Mas-
sachusetts, February 10, 1798. On October 21, 1817, she mar-
ried Thomas Smith, who was born in Truro January 6, 1792,
the son of Barzilla and Mary Smith.

Children (5) SMITH

i. Shubael Coan, b. July 24, 1818
ii. Lombard Atkins, b. July 15, 1821

3 2 1

SAMUEL COAN (Abraham , Peter ), son of Abraham and Chris-
tian (Hinckley) Coan, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, and
baptized November 2, 1766. He married November 30, 1788, at
Truro Elizabeth Dyer, baptized October 25, 1772, daughter of
Fulke and Elizabeth (Atkins) Dyer of Truro. Samuel died De-
cember 15, 1808; Elizabeth died October 1, 1854.

Children (4) COAN

i. Abraham, b. Feb. 13, 1789
ii. Samuel, Jr., b. Sept. 20, 1792

iii. Benjamin, b. Aug. 25, 1794; d. Dec. 3, 1815;
drowned at sea

Truro, January 25, 1826, at a quarterly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in the town of Truro, voted to build a meeting-house. Made choice of
the following members as trustees for the said house :

John Smith. President. Michael Com ins. Secretary.

Samuel Coan, Samuel Small,

Zoheth Smith, Ebenezer L. Davis,

John Rich, Joel Atwood,

Cornelius Hamblin of Wellkleet. »

Voted, that Captain Michael Collins and Ebenezer L. Davis be a building
Committee.

(top) 1826-Meetinghouse of the
M.E. Church, Truro- 1882.
Courtesy Shebnah Rich, Truro
—Cape Cod. (bottom) Hannah
Avery Coan, wife of Captain
Samuel Coan, Jr. Courtesy
Jane G. Carter and Susie P.
Holmes, Genealogical Record
of the Dedham Branch of the
Avery Family in America.

tj££|E|;g£ !£>£. y> ">

Mackerel fleet getting under way — Provincetown Harbor.
Courtesy Shebnah Rich, TVuro— Cape Cod.

North Truro Cemetery gravestone- of Captain Samuel
Coan, Jr., aged 54 years, who was drowned by the
upsetting of a boat near Pond Landing in 1847. Courtesy
Robert W. Fulton.

CAPE COD COANS 221

iv. Betsey, b. Apr. 14, 1797

v. Emma, b. Sept. 22, 1799

vi. Hannah, b. Sept. 14, 1801

vii. Paul Dyer, b. Oct. 28, 1802

viii. Christian, b. 1806; d. Aug. 13, 1880, Truro

ix. John, b. July 3, 1808

Reference: Rich, Truro— Cape Cod, p. 496.

4 3 2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ), son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Dyer) Coan, was born in Truro February 13, 1789.
He was killed at Queen Charlotte's Island, Nootka Sound,
when the natives of the Feejee [Fiji] Islands attacked the
ship. He died 1812. [1811.]

Reference: Rich, Truro — Cape Cod, p. 495.

4 3 2 1

SAMUEL COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ), son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Dyer) Coan, was born in Truro September 20, 1792.
He married Betsy Dyer September 18, 1817. She was born Octo-
ber 6, 1794 and died December 12, 1821. On December 24,
1822, he married Hannah Avery, who was born November 20,
1803, the daughter of Captain John and Rebecca (Knowles) Av-
ery.

Capt. Samuel Coan was drowned by the upsetting of
a boat at the Pond landing, April 26th, 1847, at the
age of 54 years. He is said to have been an old and
successful skipper, a highly respected citizen. His
vessel, the Brenda, was all fitted for a trip mackerel-
ing, at Provincetown, and he with his crew, all of whom
were young — between the ages of thirteen and, perhaps,
twenty-three — were going home to spend a day or two be-
fore sailing, when they sailed to "that unexplored
shore." His two sons, Benjamin and Samuel, and two oth-
ers, succeeded in clinging to the overturned boat, in
spite of the rough sea, until taken off by friends who
saw their perilous condition from the shore. These were
the only survivors. This sad event cast a gloom over
the whole community. (Jane G. [Avery] Carter and Susie
P. Holmes, comp. , Genealogical Record of the Dedham
Branch of the Avery Family in America [Plymouth, Mass.:
Winslow W. Avery, 1893], p. 232).

Three others who drowned with Captain Coan were Andrew
Cassidy, aged 16; Nathaniel Paine, aged 14; and John Ridley,
aged 13. Their destination in a few days was to have been
the Grand Banks. Although Truro, where they were headed
then, was only eight to ten miles by sea from Provincetown,
those few miles were very treacherous. A clay vein, which
slants across the ocean floor, crops out at Truro 100-150

2 22 COAN GENEALOGY

feet high, crowned by Highland Light, one of the most power-
ful on the Atlantic Coast. Sand was sometimes 300 feet deep;
and when a storm blew across the narrow three-to-four mile
strip of land at Truro, the wind whirled the flinty sand so
hard the cottages had ground glass window panes. The shifty
sandbars had caught, twisted, and broken the hulls of innum-
erable boats. One gale of wind actually wrecked 18 vessels
between the end of the Cape and the clay cliffs at Truro. It
was in these dangerous waters that Captain Coan and the
three boys drowned that April night. This is the same place
that Captain Samuel's uncle, Captain Shubael Coan, lost his
life, along with three others, May 2, 1799. Pond Landing was
an ill-fated spot for two Coan captains.

Mrs. Hannah (Avery) Coan was a worthy member of
the M. E. Church for many years, and although confined
to the house by age and infirmities, retained an inter-
est in the prosperity of Zion. Her life was an unevent-
ful one, having passed it almost wholly in North Truro,
where she was highly esteemed for her many kind deeds.
...She was the last survivor of the Avery family in
Truro. She died January 9, 1892, aged 88 years. A lo-
cal paper speaks of her as follows:

"She with her husband, Samuel Coan, were among the
members of the Methodist class organized in 1820, Rev.
Frederick Upham being their pastor. Mrs. Coan was a
widow 45 years. Her husband was drowned with five of
his crew, on his way from Provincetown, not many miles
from home. She mourned for him, not as one without
hope, for her trust was in God, whom they both loved
and served. Mrs. Coan loved the church of her choice,
and held sacred to its doctrines, although, as the in-
firmities of years increased, she was compelled to stay
away from the public means of grace. Her faith was
strong in her Savior. As long as she could reply, when
asked if it was light as she neared the valley, replied
with earnestness, 'Light? it's all light. My lamp is
trimmed and burning.'" (Carter and Holmes, Avery Gene-
alogy, p. 233 )

Children (5) COAN

i. Benjamin, b. Mar. 15, 1824

ii. Betsey Dyer, b. June 26, 1825

iii. Rebecca A., b. July 6, 1827

iv. Samuel, b. Nov. 16, 1829

v. Emily, b. and d. in infancy

vi. Mary A., b. Nov. 5, 1834; d. Feb. 3, 1853, aged
18 years

vii. Sally Smith, b. Apr. 2, 1837; d. Jan. 9, 1841

viii. Ezra Finney, b. Oct. 28, 1841; went to Califor-
nia

ix. Laura Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1844

CAPE COD COANS 22 3

Reference: Lyman P. Powell, ed., Historic Towns of New Eng-
land (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The
Knickerbocker Press, 1901), pp. 370-372.

5 4 3 2 1

BENJAMIN COAN (Samuel , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ), son of

Captain Samuel and Hannah (Avery) Coan, Jr., was born in
Truro, Massachusetts, March 15, 1824. In January 21, 1851,
he married Sally Kemp Small, born June 20, 1823, daughter of
Francis and Annie (Stevens) Small of Truro. Captain Benja-
min followed the sea for forty-one years (1833-1874), twenty
years of that time as master. He was listed in "Ship Regis-
ters of Gloucester, 1789-1875," The Essex Institute His-
torical Collections (Salem, Mass.: Newcomb & Sons Co.,
Printers, 1941), Vol. 77, p. 372, as being co-owner of the
schooner Ann Maria along with John G. Small, Levi G. Small,
Richard S. Small, Richard Atwood, and James Stevens, all of
Truro. The Ann Maria was described as 68 7/95 tons; built in
Essex in 1850; length, 62 feet; breadth, 18 feet 4 inches;
depth, 6 feet 11 inches; one deck, two masts, square stern,
billet head. She was registered March 17, 1853; Previous
Enrollment No. 34, March 11, 1852.

Benjamin was clerk and treasurer of Christian Union
Church for several years. He was also a member of the Board
of Selectmen. He died October 17, 1901, in Truro.

Children (6) COAN

i. Alma, b. 1852

ii. Benjamin Willis, b. 1855; died in infancy
iii. Sarah Anna, b. Dec. 12, 1858; died at the age of
six years

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 233.

5 4 3 2 1

BETSEY DYER COAN (Samuel , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ),
daughter of Captain Samuel and Hannah (Avery) Coan, Jr., was
born in Truro, Massachusetts, June 26, 1825. She married Ap-
ril 15, 1847, David Dyer Smith, son of Isaac and Sally
(Dyer) Smith of North Truro. David and Betsey moved from
North Truro to Provincetown in April, 1864. He engaged in
the dry goods business there.

Children (6) SMITH

i. Emily Franklin, b. Jan. 19, 1848
ii. David Austin
iii. Isaac Finney

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

224 COAN GENEALOGY

6
EMILY FRANKLIN SMITH , daughter of David Dyer and Betsey

Dyer (Coan) Smith, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, January

19, 1848, and was educated in the public schools of North

Truro and Provincetown . She was graduated from Boston School

of Oratory and taught elocution at Wesleyan Female College,

Macon, Georgia.

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

6
DAVID AUSTIN SMITH , son of David Dyer and Betsey Dyer

(Coan) Smith, married Mary Dalton, daughter of Charles E.

and Maria Dalton of Bloomington, Illinois.

Children (7) SMITH

i. Helen Brownell, b. 1885

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

6
ISAAC FINNEY SMITH , was born in Truro, Massachusetts, July

6, 1860, son of David Dyer and Betsey Dyer (Coan) Smith. He
was a graduate of Provincetown High School and Amherst Col-
lege, Class of 1883. He was a teacher in Poughkeepsie, New
York, 1883-85; and taught at Fort Bowie, Arizona, 1885-86.
In 1886 he was a private tutor in New York City and received
an M.A. degree from Amherst. He then taught at the Browning
School in New York City. Also he was a lecturer for the New
York City Board of Education.

Reference: Robert S. Fletcher and Malcolm 0. Young, eds.

Amherst College Biographical Record of Graduates and

Non-Graduates (Amherst, Mass.: Published by the Col-
lege, 1927), p. 445.

5 4 3 2 1

REBECCA A. COAN (Samuel , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ),

daughter of Captain Samuel and Hannah (Avery) Coan, Jr., was
born in Truro, Massachusetts, July 6, 1827. She married Jer-
emiah Hopkins of North Truro December 2, 1847.

Children (6) HOPKINS

i. Samuel Coan, b. Aug. 5, 1849

ii. Mary Coan, b. Oct. 28, 1850

iii. Jeremiah Franklin, b. July 24, 1854

iv. Betsey Smith, b. Dec. 4, 1855

v. Albion Leslie, b. Apr. 6, 1862

vi . Edith Laura, b. Dec. 5, 1864

vii. Fred Johnson, b. Jan. 1, 1866

viii. Ezra Finney Coan, b. Dec. 30, 1866

CAPE COD COANS 22 5

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

6
SAMUEL COAN HOPKINS , son of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Coan)

Hopkins, was born in North Truro, Massachusetts, August 5,

1849. He married Anna Rich of Truro. After her death, he
married Julia Goslene of Boston.

Children (7) HOPKINS by Anna Rich

i. Mary Bell

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

MARY COAN HOPKINS , daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Coan)
Hopkins, was born in North Truro, Massachusetts, October 28,

1850. She married John F. Havender of Provincetown.

Children (7) HAVENDER

i. Ada Bell
Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

JEREMIAH FRANKLIN HOPKINS , son of Jeremiah and Rebecca
(Coan) Hopkins, was born in North Truro, Massachusetts, July
24, 1854. He married Annie Battle of Boston.

Children (7) HOPKINS

i. James Franklin

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 234.

EDITH LAURA HOPKINS , daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca
(Coan) Hopkins, was born in North Truro, December 5, 1864.
She married January 1, 1888, William P. Paine.

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 235.

FRED JOHNSON HOPKINS , son of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Coan)
Hopkins, was born in North Truro, Massachusetts, January 1,
1866. He married October 25, 1891, Ethel M. Boucher.

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 235.

EZRA FINNEY COAN HOPKINS , son of Jeremiah and Rebecca
(Coan) Hopkins, was born in North Truro, Massachusetts,

226 COAN GENEALOGY

December 30, 1866. He married November 2, 1891, Sadie A.
Nolan.

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 235.

SAMUEL COAN (Samuel , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ), son of
Captain Samuel and Hannah (Avery) Coan, Jr., was born in
Truro, Massachusetts, November 16, 1829. He was a teacher
and resided with his mother. His death certificate said he
was formerly a seaman. On May 23, 1914, aged 84, he died in
Truro and was buried in Old North Cemetery there.

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 231.

Deaths 1914 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 99, p. 234.

LAURA A. COAN (Samuel , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ), young-
est child of Captain Samuel and Hannah (Avery) Coan, was
born in Truro, Massachusetts, December 2, 1844. She was ed-
ucated in the public schools of North Truro. At the age of
seventeen she began teaching in Royalston, Massachusetts,
and for the next seven years taught in the public schools of
this state. In 1869 she accepted a position as teacher in
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and taught there for the next three
years. August 26, 1872, she married John E. Sofield of Perth
Amboy.

Children (6) SOFIELD

i. Emily Austin

ii. Agnes Blanch

iii. Edith Laura

iv. Henrietta Maud

v. Bessie Coan

vi. Beccie Avery, d. Sept. 24, 1887

Reference: Carter and Holmes, Avery Genealogy, p. 231.

4 3 2 1

BETSEY COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Truro,

Massachusetts, April 14, 1797, the daughter of Samuel and

Elizabeth (Dyer) Coan. She married James Morton, Jr., of

Plymouth March 31, 1816, at Truro.

4 3 2 1

EMMA COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Samuel

and Elizabeth (Dyer) Coan, was born in Truro, Massachusetts,

and baptized September 22, 1799. On October 22, 1818, she

married Jonathan Collins, 2nd, who was born September 14,

1793, the son of John and Hannah Collins.

CAPE COD COANS 227

Children (5) COLLINS

i. Sarah H., b. Dec. 2, 1818

ii. Betsy, b. Oct. 13, 1820

iii. Mary Coan, b. Oct. 11, 1823

iv. Dorcas Lombard, b. Sept. 5, 1827

v. Jonathan, Jr., Mar. 11, 1830

vi . Emma Coan, b. Sept. 28, 1831

vii . Sylvanus, b. Oct. 6, 1835

viii. John, 2nd, b. June 22, 1837

SARAH H. COLLINS , daughter of Jonathan, 2nd, and Emma
(Coan) Collins, was born December 2, 1818, in Truro. She
married Sylvester Sleeper of Charleston September 26, 1839.
The Reverend Charles Boyter performed the ceremony.

BETSY COLLINS , daughter of Jonathan, 2nd, and Emma (Coan)
Collins, was born October 13, 1820, in Truro. She married
Lawrence A. Smith, a mariner, son of Samuel H. and Anna
Smith, January 23, 1845. The ceremony was performed by the
Reverend C. A. Carter of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

MARY C. COLLINS , daughter of Jonathan, 2nd, and Emma (Coan)
Collins, was born in Truro October 11, 1823. She married Pe-
ter L. Atwood of Well fleet December 29, 1840. The Reverend
Charles Boyter, performed the ceremony.

Children (6) ATWOOD

i. Sylvester P. , b. 1847

SYLVESTER P. ATWOOD , son of Peter L. and Mary Coan (Col-
lins) Atwood, was born in Wellfleet in 1847. He followed
the sea from 1859 until 1885 when he took charge of weir
fishing. He was for eight years master of coasting and fish-
ing vessels. He married Sarah Paine, daughter of Samuel and
Mercy D. (Snow) Paine.

Children (7) ATWOOD

i. Frederick A.
ii. George F.

Reference: Simeon L. Deyo, History of Barnstable County,
Massachusetts, (New York: H. W. Blake & Co., 1890), p.
946.

4 3 2 1

HANNAH COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Truro,

Massachusetts, September 14, 1801, the daughter of Samuel

228 COAN GENEALOGY

and Elizabeth (Dyer) Coan. At Truro December 10, 1822, she
married Barnabas Paine, who was born August 2, 1793, in
Truro, son of Barnabas and Martha Paine. Barnabas was Truro
town clerk for many years as were his father and grandfather
before him. Samuel, Barnabas 's son, held the position after
his father died in 1850.

Children (5) PAINE

i. Samuel Coan, b. Aug. 26, 1824

ii. Hannah C, b. Apr. 30, 1826

iii. Barnabas, Jr., b. Aug. 18, 1833

iv. Paul Dyer Coan, b. Nov. 29, 1836

SAMUEL COAN PAINE , the son of Barnabas and Hannah (Coan)
Paine, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, August 26, 1824. He
was town clerk, nine years a member of the school board, and
one year school superintendent. He married Henrietta Paine,
daughter of Daniel Paine.

Reference: Deyo, History of Barnstable County, p. 949.

4 3 2 1

PAUL DYER COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born in
Truro, Massachusetts, October 28, 1802, the son of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Dyer) Coan. He married at Truro December 24,
1825, Nabby Knowles, who was born in Truro March 22, 1807,
the daughter of Zaccheus and Sally Knowles. He was a farmer
and died in Truro, August 11, 1876.

Children (5) COAN

i. Abraham, b. Aug. 7, 1826

ii. Stephen Mills, b. Aug. 1, 1828

iii. John, b. Mar. 5, 1831; d. Sept. 1832

iv. John, 2nd, b. Feb. 1, 1836; lost at sea on the

Banks 1858
v. Melvina Frances, b. Aug. 31, 1839; d. Aug. 31,

1872
vi. George M. , b. 1843

vii. Francis (also Frank) Elliot, b. Sept. 7, 1845
viii. Henry Paine, b. Nov. 22, 1847

Reference: Rich, Truro--Cape Cod, p. 515

5 4 3 2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (Paul , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born in
Truro, Massachusetts, August 7, 1826, the son of Paul and
Nabby (Knowles) Coan. He married Betsy R. Paine in Truro,
January 17, 1850.

CAPE COD COANS 22 9

Children (6) COAN

i. Sarah H., b. Sept. 21, 1852

5 4 3 2 1

GEORGE M. COAN (Paul , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born

in Truro, Massachusetts, in 1843, the son of Paul and Nabby
(Knowles) Coan. November 18, 1866, in Truro he married Mary
E. Amber, who was born about 1859 in Kittery, Maine, the
daughter of John H. and Emily E. Amber. George was a mari-
ner.

Reference: Marriages, 1866 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 189, p. 23.

5 4 3 2

FRANCIS (FRANK) ELLIOT COAN (Paul , Samuel , Abraham , Pe-
ter ) was born in Truro, Massachusetts, September 7, 1845,
the son of Paul and Nabby (Knowles) Coan. April 12, 1868, he
married Margaret E. Ryder, who was born in Truro about 1846,
the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Ryder. At the time of his
marriage, Frank listed himself as a stair builder.

Reference: Marriages, 1868 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 208, p. 24.

4 3 2 1

JOHN COAN (Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Truro,
Massachusetts, July 3, 1808, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Dyer) Coan. He married Hannah Sellew at Truro November 24,
1832. Her parents were Asa and Hannah (Lombard) Sellew.

Children (5) COAN

i. Flora Augusta, b. Sept. 8, 1835

ii. John Sellew, b. May 4, 1838; d. Dec. 18, 1848

iii. Amos Sellew, b. Sept. 21, 1844

iv. Harriet A., b. Aug. 5, 1850

5 4 3 2 1 v

FLORA AUGUSTA COAN (John , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was

born in Truro, Massachusetts, September 8, 1835, daughter of
John and Hannah (Sellew) Coan. November 27, 1855, she mar-
ried Thomas Lewis, born in Truro in 1834, son of Nathaniel
and Azubah (Snow) Lewis. He began going to sea when he was
ten years old in 1844. He continued coasting and fishing
until 1888.

Children (5) LEWIS

i. John A.
ii. Thomas J.
iii. Sadie C.

2 30 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Marriages, 1885 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 87, p. 14.

Deyo, History of Barnstable, p. 1003

5 4 3 2 1

AMOS SELLEW COAN (John , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was

born in South Truro, Massachusetts, September 21, 1844, the
son of John and Hannah (Sellew) Coan . May 13, 1869, in Mai-
den he married Helen M. Duff, who was born in Boston, the
daughter of William and Hannah C. Duff. At the time of his
marriage Amos listed his occupation as that of merchant.

Reference: Marriages, 1869(Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 218, p. 223.

5 4 3 2 1

HARRIET A. COAN (John , Samuel , Abraham , Peter ) was born
in Truro, Massachusetts, August 5, 1850, the daughter of
John and Hannah (Sellew) Coan. December 7, 1869, in Truro
she married Leonard S. Hamson [Hanson] who was born in Truro
in 1846 the son of William and Nancy Hamson. At the time of
his marriage Leonard was a clerk.

Reference: Marriages, 1869 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 217, p. 21.

3 2 1

CHRISTIAN COAN (Abraham , Peter ) was born in Truro, Massa-
chusetts, and baptized February 9, 1769, the daughter of Ab-
raham and Christian (Hinckley) Coan. Her marriage to Isaiah
Snow was published in Truro July 19, 1788. He was born Nov-
ember 13, 1767, the son of Jonathan and Deliverance Snow.

Children (4) SNOW

i. Ruth, b. Feb. 18, 1789

ii. Elizabeth Gross, bpt. July 17, 1791

iii. Isaiah, bpt. Dec. 22, 1793

iv. Sophia, b. Jan. 15, 1797

v. Shubael, a twin, bpt. May 19, 1799

vi . Daniel, a twin, bpt. May 19, 1799

Reference: John Harvey Treat, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (Law-
rence, Mass.: James Ward, Jr., 1886), pp. 59, 61, 65.

For ELISHA DAVIS COAN AND DESCENDANTS see Chapter 5.

3 2 1.

BENJAMIN COAN (Abraham , Peter ) was born in Truro, Massa-
chusetts, May 7, 1775, the son of Abraham and Christian
(Hinckley) Coan. He married Lucy Newcomb September 22,
1796, in Truro. Lucy was born in Wellfleet, Massachusetts,

CAPE COD COANS 2 31

August 29, 1776, the daughter of James and Tabitha (Nicker-
son) Newcomb. They resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Ben-
jamin died October 7, 1849, and was buried in Shepardville
Cemetery in Wrentham.

Children (4) COAN

i. Sally, b. May 20, 1797, Truro, Mass.

ii. James, bpt. Mar. 17, 1799, Truro; d. June 13,

1799, aged 5 months,
iii. Peter
iv. Shubael, b. 1802; d. Mar. 13, 1829; buried in

Shepardville Cemetery, Wrentham
v. Benjamin, b. 1803; drowned Nov. 27, 1814; buried

in Shepardville Cemetery
vi . Abraham
vii. Lucy M. , b. 1807
viii. Thomas N., b. 1808; d. Feb. 20, 1816, aged 7

years, 10 months, 20 days
ix. Harvey
x. Caroline
xi . Julia

Reference: Thomas Baldwin, Vital Records of Wrentham, Mas-
sachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: Stanhope Press,
1901), Vol. II, pp. 423, 424.

Bethuel Merritt Newcomb, Andrew Newcomb 1618-
1686 and His Descendants (New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle,
Morehouse, Taylor Co., 1923), p. 103.

John Harvey Treat, Deaths in Truro, Cape Cod
1786-1826 , taken from diary of Rev. Jude Damon (Salem
Press Publishing and Printing Co., 1891), p. 4.

Treat, Truro Baptisms, p. 65.

4 3 2 1

PETER COAN (Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was the son of

Benjamin and Lucy (Newcomb) Coan. He married Ruth (Galleu-

cia) Gardner, widow of John Gardner, May 20, 1827, in Lynn,

Massachusetts. Ruth died in Lynn August 28, 1845, aged 41

years. Peter married second Betsy Merrill of Charlestown,

March 15, 1846.

Children (5) COAN all born in Lynn, Massachusetts

i. John Gardner, b. Aug. 31, 1827

ii. Lucy Maria, b. Aug. 20, 1829; m. Charles B. Shat-

tuck Apr. 22, 1846; he was the son of Junia and

Mary (Getchel) Shattuck; he died Oct. 12, 1846
iii. Benjamin Franklin, b. Jan. 16, 1831; m. Charlotte

F. Daggett, aged 17, daughter of Jeremiah and

Susan F. Daggett, Oct. 14, 1849
iv. Thomas, b. Dec. 16, 1832; d. Oct. 2, 1833 in Lynn

23 2 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Vital Records of Wrentham, Vol. I, p. 109; Vol.
II, p. 269.

Frank A. Gardner, "Thomas Gardner Planter and
Some of His Descendants," Essex Institute Historical
Collections, 1903, Vol. 39, p. 174.

Lemuel Shattuck, Memorials of the Descendants of
William Shattuck (Boston, Mass.: Dutton and Wentworth,
1855), p. 209.

Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End
of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1906),
Vol. I, p. 109; Vol. II, pp. 98, 341, 458.

5 4 3 2 1

JOHN GARDNER COAN (Peter , Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was

born in Lynn, Massachusetts, August 31, 1827, the son of Pe-
ter and Ruth (Gardner) Coan. He was a fisherman and April 1,
1849, in Lynn he married Harriett Granger, aged 15, who was
born in Peabody, the daughter of George and Mary (Shaw)
Granger. Harriet, a widow, died January 23, 1900, in Swamp-
scott and was buried there.

Children (6) COAN

i. Mary A., b. July 24, 1849 in Lynn, Mass.

Reference: Deaths 1900 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 504, p. 719.

Vital Records of Lynn, Vol. I, p. 109; Vol. II,
p. 98.

4 3 2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was born in

Wellfleet, Massachusetts, in 1810, the son of Benjamin and
Lucy ( Newcomb ) Coan. He married Marie C. Richards of Attle-
boro, Massachusetts, October 9, 1837. They lived in Wren-
tham and North Attleboro where Abraham died October 14,
1899. His death certificate listed him as a basket maker.

Children (5) COAN all born in Wrentham, Mass.

i. Sara Marie, b. Jan. 20, 1838
ii. Ann Samantha, b. Sept. 14, 1841
iii. Ellen Elecia, b. Nov. 13, 1843

Reference: Deaths 1900 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 492, p. 355.

Vital Records of Attleboro, Massachusetts to the
End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute,
1834), p. 375.

Vital Records of Wrentham, Vol. I, p. 46.

4 3 2 1

LUCY MARIA COAN (Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was the
daughter of Benjamin and Lucy (Newcomb) Coan. January 12,

CAPE COD COANS 2 33

1840, in Wrentham, Massachusetts, she married Stephen Bon-
ney. At age 28 she married second Michael D. Barron, wid-
ower, aged 39, the son of William and Sarah Barron, December
21, 1845.

Children (5) BONNEY

i. Julia Coan, b. Nov. 3, 1841

Reference: Vital Records of Wrentham, Vol. I, p. 33; Vol.
II, p. 269.

4 3 2 1

HARVEY COAN (Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was the son of
Benjamin and Lucy (Newcomb) Coan. He married Adeline Blais-
dell in Framingham, Massachusetts, September 29, 1839.

Children (5) COAN

i. Harriet Emily, d. Apr. 10, 1840

ii. George, b. Oct. 2, 1841; d. Oct. 16, 1841

Reference: Thomas Baldwin, Vital Records of Framingham, Mas-
sachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright and Pottes
Printing Company, 1911), p. 259.

Vital Records of Wrentham, Vol. I, p. 46; Vol.
II, p. 423.

4 3 2 1

CAROLINE COAN (Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was the daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Lucy (Newcomb) Coan. She married Jason
Sampson Thompson, a weaver, February 23, 1840.

Children (5) THOMPSON

i. Hannah Maria, b. June 4, 1840

ii. Julia Malvina, b. May 10, 1841

iii. Susan Frances, b. July 2, 1842

iv. Francis Edmund, b. Sept. 21, 1844

v. John Cleveland, b. Mar. 14, 1846

Reference: Vital Records of Wrentham, Vol. I, p. 195; Vol.
II, p. 269.

4 321

JULIA COAN (Benjamin , Abraham , Peter ) was the daughter

of Benjamin and Lucy (Newcomb) Coan. She married William E.

Barron May 25, 1843.

Children (5) BARRON

I. Julia Ruth, b. Nov. 1, 1843

2 34 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Vital Records of Wrentham, Vol. I, p. 17; Vol.
II, p. 269.

3 2 1

HANNAH COAN (Abraham , Peter ) was born April 26, 1782, in

Truro, Massachusetts, the daughter of Abraham and Christian

(Hinckley) Coan. On March 25, 1800, in Truro she married

Israel Lombard, Jr., who was born in Truro, March 14, 1776,

the son of Israel and Jemima (Atkins) Lombard. Hannah died

December 30, 1806, and Israel married second Elizabeth

Knowles May 17, 1808.

Children (4) LOMBARD

i. Binney, b. Feb. 28, 1802
ii. Israel III, b. June 6, 1804
iii. Infant, d. Dec. 27, 1806

4
BINNEY LOMBARD , the son of Israel, Jr., and Hannah (Coan)

Lombard, was born February 28, 1802. He married Dorcas
Hinckley, daughter of Benjamin Hinckley. Their marriage in-
tentions were published March 11, 1824. Dorcas was admitted
to the church at Truro at age 19, one of the youngest per-
sons ever to be admitted. She died October 1, 1825, aged 19.
Binney died in early manhood.

Children (5) LOMBARD

i. Israel, b. Sept. 8, 1825, Truro, Mass.: lived in
Newton

Reference: Rich, Truro--Cape Cod, pp. 303, 398.

4
ISRAEL LOMBARD III , the son of Isaac, Jr., and Hannah

(Coan) Lombard, was born June 6, 1804, in Truro, Massachu-
setts. He married Susan Stickney March 19, 1834. She was
born May 16, 1815, the daughter of Josiah and Susan (Lee)
Stickney. He with Mr. Charles 0. Whitmore established the
house of Lombard & Whitmore in Boston. In connection with
their early business they carried on a branch of fishing and
outfitting at Commercial Point, Truro, Massachusetts, and
built a number of first-class fishing vessels--among them,
the Dorchester , Neponset , and Squantum. Some of the best
fishermen in Truro were in their employ.

Later he was a member of the firm Lombard, Whitney &
Company. He served as director of the Massachusetts Bank,
Boston Insurance Company, and Boston and Worcester Railroad.
May 6, 1862, he died in Newton, Massachusetts, and was bur-
ied in Mt . Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

CAPE COD COANS 235

Children (5) LOMBARD

i. Dwight Boyden, b. Apr. 2, 1835, Boston, Mass.; d.
Foo Chow, China, May 8, 1863; buried in Mt . Au-
burn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
ii. Binney, b. Mar. 28, 1837, Boston; d. May 13, 1840
iii. Susan Stickney, b. Mar. 30, 1840, Boston
iv. Josiah Stickney, b. Mar. 24, 1842, Boston

Reference: Rich, Truro — Cape Cod, p. 398.

Matthew Adams Stickney, Stickney Family (Salem,
Mass.; Essex Institute Press, 1869), p. 476.

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Captain Elisha Coan 's Brig Jacob. Courtesy Maine Historical Society Library,
Portland.

CHAPTER 5

MAINE COANS AND THEIR EASTERN DESCENDANTS
CAPTAIN ELISHA DAVIS COAN

Principal Sources used in this chapter:

Alonzo Coan, The Coan Family, a manuscript owned by the
compiler.

Family Records of Fred Welby and Pearl Ianna (Knowles)
Coan, owned by the compiler.

Myrtie Fisher Seavers, Descendants of Captain Elisha
Coan and His Wife Mary Atkins Coan of Truro, Massachusetts;
Castine, Maine; and Exeter, Maine plus notes on Abbott, Hop-
kins, Hinckley, a bound manuscript in the New England His-
toric Genealogical Society Library, Boston, Massachusetts.

Other References given in text and after biographies where
they have been used.

3 2 1.

ELISHA DAVIS COAN (Abraham , Peter ) was born in Truro,
Massachusetts, April 18, 1771, the son of Abraham and Chris-
tian (Hinckley) Coan. On July 8, 1794, in Truro he married
Mary Atkins, who was born in Truro June 30, 1776, the daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Atkins and his wife Mary (Vickers ?) At-
kins. Elisha and Mary moved from Massachusetts to Maine and
on June 28, 1797, bought twenty acres of land in Penobscot,
Hancock County, from Pelatiah Freeman for $310. The follow-
ing is from The Coan Family by Alonzo Coan, pp. 1, 2:

Elisha owned a farm at the head of Castine Bay,
but for the greater part of the time for many years
followed the profession of seaman, and commanded sev-
eral ships in coast and foreign trade. During the Napo-
leonic Wars, while transporting supplies from the West
Indies to Great Britain, his vessel, the Phoebe, was
captured by the French for alleged violation of the Em-
bargo Proclamation of Napoleon I and taken to Havre,
France, where ship and cargo were confiscated and the
Captain and crew imprisoned for many months. For this
and other outrages to our commerce, France later paid
to the U. S. a large indemnity, which was intended to
reimburse those who suffered from these acts; but for
some reason Captain Coan was never reimbursed.

237

2 38 COAN GENEALOGY

To validate the foregoing facts about Captain Elisha,
the compiler of this book wrote to the National Archives in
Washington, D. C.; the French National Archives; the Ar-
chives de la Premiere Region Maritime; the Archives de la
Seine-Maritime; the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine; the Maine
Maritime Museum, Bath; the Penobscot Marine Museum, Sears-
port; and checked all available copies of the Castine Jour-
nal and the Castine Eagle, newspapers of the early 1800s, at
the Maine Historical Society Library--no mention of the
Phoebe nor of Elisha's being imprisoned in France. However,
this compiler believes this incident did take place, since
in four lines of descent from Elisha the story was well-
known.

Alonzo, author of The Coan Family, was Elisha's grand-
son through Elisha's son Abraham. Alonzo probably heard the
story from Elisha himself since Alonzo grew up in Exeter,
Maine, where Captain Elisha was living at that time and was
almost nine years old when his grandfather died.

Marion Coan, Elisha's great granddaughter through his
son Samuel, wrote the following to the compiler in June,
1936:

I find that I must have been mistaken about Capt.
Elisha's being in France when Charlotte Corday was exe-
cuted—that was in 1793--so it must have been someone
else. But the story must have been fact with some al-
lowance for inaccuracy in handing it down. Father re-
menmbered that his grandfather was in prison when some
political prisoner was beheaded and thought it was
Charlotte Corday.

Marion's father was Dr. Elisha Skinner Coan, who lived
in Exeter during his boyhood and was eight years old when
Elisha died. He, too, knew his grandfather personally.

The following is a statement made by Myrtie Fisher Sea-
verns, a great granddaughter of Elisha's through his daugh-
ter Hannah:

When I was a small child, I remember hearing my
mother speak of the "French Spoliation Claim," and at
the time my uncle, Charles Hooper of Castine, Maine,
was trying to set the machinery in motion to realize on
the claim; but nothing ever came of it.

And finally Grace (Hall) Shepherd, wife of Owen Shep-
herd, great, great grandson of Elisha through his daughter
Hannah, wrote of Elisha:

Being brought up in a town where almost the entire
population depended upon the sea for their existence,
Elisha naturally took to a seaman's life and at a very
young age he became master and owner of his own ship...
During the year 1793 his vessel, the Phoebe, was cap-

Sloop FRIENDSHIP

FOUR VESSELS
CAPTAIN ELISHA COAN
SAILED

Briganiine CONCLUSION

Nathan Lipfert, I3QZ

Schooner NANCY

RECONSTRUCTED FROM CUSTOMS RECORDS,
PORT OF CASTINE, 1738-1802

Gravestone of Captain Elisha Coan, Townhouse Cemetery, Exeter, Maine.
Courtesy Robert W. Fulton.

Gravestone of John Coan,
son of Elisha, cemetery,
Dexter, Maine. Courtesy
Robert W. Fulton.

Gravestone of William H. Coan.
son of John, Wolf Neck Cemetery,
Freeport, Maine. Courtesy Robert
W Fulton.

MAINE COANS 239

tured by the French and he was taken to Le Havre and to
Paris. While there, he saw Charlotte Corday guillo-
tined. His claim which he filed at Washington was pro-
bably never settled. (Collection of Mrs. E. C. Zimmer-
man, Cooinbil Farm, Via Yass, Postcode N.S.W. 2582,
Australia ) .

The compiler wrote the National Archives to see if a
claim was ever filed by Elisha or by his grandson Charles.
There was no record of such a claim. However, it seems posi-
tive that Elisha was on an American vessel that was seized
by the French, and he was imprisoned in France, probably in
Le Havre and in Paris and probably in 1793. Although docu-
mented proof has still to be found, the incident most cer-
tainly did occur.

The following list of vessels of which Captain Elisha
Coan was master 1795-1803 came from the National Archives.
It was taken from the Customs record for the port of Penob-
scot (later Castine), Maine.

Sloop Friendship

Built - 1784, North Yarmouth, 83 tons

Master - Elisha Coan

Owners - Daniel Johnston and David Howe, Castine

Certificate No. 40, 30 October 1798

Brig Jacob

Built - 1799, Duxbury, 166 tons

Master - Elisha Coan

Owner - Daniel Johnston, Castine

Certificate No. 61, 24 January 1800

Brigantine Conclusion

Built - 1798, Marshfield, 149 tons

Master - Elisha Coan

Owner - Daniel Johnston, Castine

Certificate No. 86, 10 July 1801

Schooner Nancy

Built - 1801, Camden, 90 tons

Master - Elisha Coan

Owner - Peletiah Leach, Penobscot

Certificate No. 133, 29 August 1802

The Castine Journal of Wednesday, March 13, 1799, under
the heading, "Castine," carried the following notice:

On Wednesday laft arrived at this port the fch.
Friendship, Capt. Coan, in 36 days from Antiqua. Spoke
no vef f els . "

The Castine Journal of Friday, June 6, 1800 stated:

2 40 COAN GENEALOGY

Brig. Jacob, Capt. Coan of this port has fafely
arrived at Liverpool after a paffage of about 50 days.

The following is from Alonzo Coan ' s genealogy:

Elisha was Unitarian in belief and was an atten-
dant and supporter of one of the oldest societies of
this denomination in New England. The building in which
he worshipped in Castine is still standing and is still
in use by Unitarians as a place of meeting. He was a
member of the Masonic fraternity, having been made a
Mason in London, England. In later life he left the sea
and settled on a farm in the township of Exeter, Maine.
...He was brave and honest, a genial soul, loved by all
who knew him.

In 1818 Elisha sold the Penobscot property to his
neighbor, Thatcher Avery, and moved to Exeter, Maine, where
he lived for the rest of his life. Alonzo wrote that the
farm Elisha purchased there was within sight of the burial
ground where he was finally laid to rest. His wife Mary died
October 18, 1836, aged 60. Elisha died March 4, 1851, aged
80. They were buried in the Townhouse Cemetery in the cen-
ter of Exeter. It was known to Alonzo as the "Center" bury-
ing ground.

Children (4) COAN

i. Elisha, b. Mar. 31, 1795, Truro, Mass.

ii. John, b. Aug. 6, 1797

iii. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1799

iv. Shubael, b. Mar. 2, 1802

v. Abraham, b. May 11, 1805

vi. Nathaniel, b. 1806

vii. Hannah, b. Feb. 19, 1810

viii. Emerline, b. 1812

ix. Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1813

4 3 2 1

JOHN COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), son of Elisha Da-
vis and Mary (Atkins) Coan, was born in Penobscot, Maine,
August 6, 1797. He married Sophia Haines of Dexter, Maine,
who was born March 18, 1806, daughter of Walter and Betsey
Haines. Their marriage intentions were published July 28,
1828, in Exeter, Maine. They lived most of their married
life in Dexter. In 1848 Sophia was teaching school in Dex-
ter. John died August 20, 1856, aged 59; Sophia, April 20,
1877, aged 71. They were both buried in Dexter. In 1981
their gravestone was broken and lying on the ground inscrip-
tion side up. It was still entirely legible.

MAINE COANS 241

Children (5) COAN

i. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 29, 1829
ii. William H. , b. 1838

e 1801-

1976) p,

5 4 3 2 1

WILLIAM H. COAN (John , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), son

of John and Sophia (Haines) Coan, was born in 1838. He be-
longed to the Dexter, Maine, "Cosey Club" which was organ-
ized in 1854 for mental improvement, especially in elocution
and debate. The club continued to hold meetings in the "Pin
Hole" over what was in 1976 the shop of J. F. Kirby. The so-
ciety dissolved in 1859, when it sold its property at auc-
tion and divided its library among members. The library was
of considerable size; it was made up of an old circulating
library turned over to the club by citizens who owned it,
and additions from time to time by purchase.

In 1861 William enlisted in the 6th Infantry of Maine
in the Civil War and was promoted to first sergeant, second
lieutenant, and adjutant. He re-enlisted in the 6th Infan-
try between October 17, 1863, and June, 1864. In 1864 he was
transferred to the 1st Regiment of Veteran Volunteers of
which he was adjutant. He was mustered out October 29, 1864,
and re-enlisted. During the War he served in the army of the
Potomac for three years and participated in all of its prin-
cipal battles.

After the War he located in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He

married Ellen A. , but had no children. He died 1893;

Ellen died in 1921. Both were buried in Wolf Neck Cemetery,
Freeport, Maine.

Reference: Gravestones, Wolf Neck Cemetery, Freeport, Maine
Plummer, History of Dexter, Maine, pp. 43, 51,
52

4 3 2 1

MARY COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Eli-
sha Davis and Mary (Atkins) Coan, was born in Penobscot,
Maine, August 15, 1799. In Exeter, Maine, on April 13, 1826,
she married John Wells Prescott, who was born December 9,
1799, the son of Nathan and Anna (Wells) Prescott. Isaac Ja-
cobs, Justice of the Peace, performed the ceremony. They
lived on a farm in Exeter where he died October 5, 1856, in
his 57th year. Mary died September 23, 1882, aged 83. They
were buried in the Townhouse Cemetery (Center Burial Ground)
in Exeter.

2 42 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (5) PRESCOTT

i. Emeline Coan, b. Jan. 4, 1827

ii. Shubael Coan, b. Oct. 19, 1829

iii. Adeliza Hill, b. Jan. 1, 1831

iv. Hannah Ann, b. July 18, 1833

v. James Newell, b. Mar. 1, 18 35; d. May 10, 1911

vi . Christiana, b. Sept. 27, 1837

vii. Mary Sophia, b. July 28, 1839

Reference: William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial (Boston:
Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870), pp. 341, 469, 470.

5
EMELINE COAN PRESCOTT , daughter of John Wells and Mary
(Coan) Prescott, was born in Exeter, Maine, January 4, 1827.
She married Royal Caverly, a farmer in Exeter in 1852. They
resided there, and had no children.

Reference: Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, p. 469.

5
SHUBAEL COAN PRESCOTT , son of John Wells and Mary (Coan)
Prescott, was born in Exeter, Maine, October 19, 1829. He
married Joanna Henningham in 1850. They lived in Brooklyn,
New York, and had four children. He was a mechanic.

Reference: Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, p. 469.

5
ADELIZA HILL PRESCOTT , daughter of John Wells and Mary

(Coan) Prescott, was born January 1, 1831, in Exeter, Maine.
She married October 5, 1863, Byley Lyford, who was born in
1843. On August 15, 1862, he enlisted for three years in Co.
K, William S. King, Captain, 35th Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteers, Edward A. Wild, Colonel. He was engaged in the
battles of South Mountain September 14, and Antietam Septem-
ber 17, 1862. Having received two wounds in his left arm
during the latter battle, he was, by reason of disability,
discharged from the service December 5, 1862. He and Adeliza
lived at Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Adeliza died December 23,
1875, and was buried in the lot of her father, John W. Pres-
cott, Townhouse Cemetery, Exeter, Maine.

Reference: Prescott, The Prescott Memorial , p. 469.

5
HANNAH ANN PRESCOTT , daughter of John Wells and Mary (Coan)

Prescott, was born in Exeter, Maine, July 18, 1833. She mar-
ried in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Charles H. Tuesley, who was
born in 1843. On April 15, 1863, he enlisted as a musician
in Co. D, Captain Crossman, 1st Regiment Maine Heavy Artil-
lery, under Colonel Chaplin. He participated in the follow-
ing battles: Spottsylvania May 12-21, 1864; North Anna May

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MAINE COANS 243

22-26; Tolopobune; Cold Harbor June 1 and June 12; Jerusalem
Plank Road June 26; Petersburg June 16, 18, 22; Deep Bottom
August 16; Poplar Spring Church September 30; Hatcher's Farm
October 7; Hatcher's Creek October 27; in 1865 Aurelia
Springs April 6; and the capture of Petersburg and Richmond
that same month. He was mustered out of service and honor-
ably discharged September 11, 1865. Hannah and he moved to
Pine Bend, Minnesota, where he was a merchant.

Reference: Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, p. 469.

5
CHRISTIANA PRESCOTT , daughter of John Wells and Mary ( Coan )

Prescott, was born September 27, 1837, in Exeter, Maine. She
married September 29, 1859, Albert Grinnell of Exeter, who
was born January 7, 1817. They lived in Garland, Maine,
where he was a merchant. They had three children, one son
and two daughters.

Reference: Prescott, The Prescott Memorial , p. 469.

5
MARY SOPHIA PRESCOTT , daughter of John Wells and Mary

(Coan) Prescott, was born July 28, 1839, in Exeter, Maine.
She married Sidney W. Fletcher of Biddeford, Maine, who was
born in 1840. During the Civil War he enlisted for three
years October 4, 1861, in Co. A, John Quincy Adams, Captain,
10th Reg. Maine Volunteers, under Colonel George L. Beal. By
the first of December the Regiment was placed in the Railway
Brigade, commanded by Colonel Dixon S. Miles. They were to
guard various stations and positions of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Part of the time they acted as provost guard
arresting disloyal citizens, furloughed soldiers of the en-
emy, and deserters from the Union Army. In May, 1862, they
were moved to Winchester, Virginia, where General Banks had
been defeated, and were assigned rear guard duty on the re-
treat to Williamsport, Maryland, 35 miles. On May 31 the
Regiment started the long march through Virginia to Front
Royal, arriving on June 11. Here they were engaged in out-
post and reconnaissance duty; made marches and counter
marches until August when the Regiment participated in the
battle of Slaughter Mountain. In this battle two officers
and nineteen soldiers were killed; one officer and eight
soldiers were mortally wounded; and four officers, among
them Captain J. Q. Adams, and 136 soldiers were wounded. Out
of 460 men who went into battle there were 170 casualties.
On August 17 the Regiment took part in the battle of Antie-
tam.

Reference: Prescott, The Prescott Memorial, pp. 469, 470

2 44 COAN GENEALOGY

4 3 2 1

SHUBAEL COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in

Penobscot (Castine), Maine, March 2, 1802, the son of Elisha
Davis and Mary (Atkins) Coan. By 1820 Shubael had probably
left the Castine area with his father, who had given up life
on the sea and had moved to Exeter where he was working to
build a house for his family. On September 15, 1823, Shu-
bael married Susan Abbott, daughter of Robert and Sally
(Gilman) Abbott, new settlers in Exeter. The ceremony was
performed by Winthrop Chapman, Justice of the Peace.

In 1822 Robert Abbott sold his farm in Mount Vernon,
Maine, where he had lived since he and Sally were married in
Hallowell January 26, 1795. Mount Vernon's proprietary lots
were fast disappearing, and the "town had no more land to be
taken up. Newcomers must either inherit or buy improved land
from those who moved on. Farmers were dividing their farms
among their children" (William R. Wright, A Sociological and
Economic History of Mount Vernon, Maine. It no doubt seemed
feasible to Abbott, who had a large family to move where
there was greater opportunity. Exeter seemed one very logi-
cal place to find unlimited opportunity since the first set-
tler, Lemuel Tozier, hadn't arrived until 1801; and Exeter
was not incorporated as the 180th town in Maine until March
16, 1811. Land was plentiful there.

Abbott came from Mount Vernon to Exeter on horseback
"there being no roads fit for vehicles" (Alonzo Coan, The
Coan Family, p. 5). He was born in Berwick, Maine, and for
a time worked in ship building in the Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, area.

Susan (Abbott) Coan died in Exeter November 1876; Shu-
bael, January 11, 1887. They were buried there in the ceme-
tery on Cider Hill Road.

Children (5) COAN

i. Elisha, b. Jan. 18, 1824; d. Aug. 2, 1826, Exe-
ter

ii. Abraham, b. June 11, 1826

iii. Robert Abbott, b. Apr. 27, 1827

iv. Asa Cortland, b. Nov. 9, 1828; d. Oct. 15, 1856,
Exeter

v. Eleanor Susan, b. Feb. 24, 1831

vi. Shubael Sanford, b. May 28, 1832; d. Oct. 5,
1834, Exeter

vii. Abbott, b. Mar. 29, 1834

viii. Shubael Sanford, b. Nov. 18, 1836

ix. Sarah Sophia, b. Dec. 28, 1841

x. Joseph, d. Nov. 18, 1843

5 4 3 2 1
ABRAHAM COAN (Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was

born in Exeter, Maine, June 11, 1826, the son of Shubael and

Sally (Gilman) Coan. When he was in his early twenties, he

went to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he worked as a team-

Robert Coan's farm, Exeter, Maine. Photo taken with farm
in disrepair about 1928, 25 years after it left Coan ownership.

Robert Abbott Coan, son of
Shubael. A daguerreotype
photo by Kim D. Knight.

Mary Elizabeth Bartlett Coan,
age 86.

Frank Asa Coan

Eliza Kennelly Coan

Mabel Elizabeth Coan

Robert Abbott Coan

MAINE COANS 24 5

ster. In Lowell, Massachusetts, September 25, 1849, he mar-
ried Sarah Abbott, his cousin, the daughter of Joseph (Jos-
iah) Abbott, his mother's brother. Abraham and Sarah went to
Pennsylvania, where, according to the Federal Census of
Pennsylvania, 1870, Sarah and her son Edward were living in
Coolbaugh Township. Abraham was not listed. According to
Federal Census of Pennsylvania, 1880, Abraham and Sarah were
living in Tobyhanna Township and Abraham was a "foreman of
lumberwood." A grandson, E. Archford Coan, aged 4, lived
with them. Abraham died in Scranton in May, 1907.

Children (6) COAN

i. Edward, b. ca . 1850; m. , one son, E. Arch-
ford, b. ca. 1876

Reference: Federal Census, 1870, Pennsylvania, Monroe Coun-
ty, Coolbaugh Township.

Monroe Democrat ( Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania ), .May
2, 1907.

Vital Records of Lowell, Massachusetts to the
End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Insti-
tute, 1930), Vol. 2, p. 104.

5 4 3 2

ROBERT ABBOTT COAN ( Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ), son of Shubael and Susan (Abbott) Coan, was born in
Exeter, Maine, April 22, 1827. On January 12, 1852, he mar-
ried Mary Elizabeth Bartlett, who was born July 6, 1827,
daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Kenniston) Bartlett of Kit-
tery, Maine.

Robert and Mary met at a mill in Lawrence, Massachu-
setts, where they both worked. They lived for awhile near
Robert's brother Abraham in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, where
their son Frank was born. Shortly thereafter, they returned
to Maine and bought a farm in Exeter, Robert's home town.

In order to supplement his income as a farmer, winters
Robert went into the Maine woods to cut lumber. In the
spring he rode the river on the logs on the drive to Bangor.
When he arrived home, according to his son Fred, "he had
quite a roll of money." Besides farming in the other seasons
of the year, he joined his neighbors who took teams up north
and hauled logs. His wife Mary was the mid-wife of the area
and assisted at the birth of most of the children.

Mary's grandfather, Hugh Kenniston (Keniston, Kennison)
and her great grandfather, Nathaniel Staples, fought in the
American Revolution. She was a direct-line descendant of
Adam Barttelot, who went to England from Normandy with Wil-
liam the Conqueror and fought in the Battle of Hastings. He
was granted land at Sopham, Sussex. She was also an eighth
generation descendant of Joseph Bolles through whom she
could trace her lineage to a number of English kings, among

2 46 COAN GENEALOGY

them — William the Conqueror, 1066-1087; Athelered II, 979-
1016; and Alfred the Great, 871-901.

Robert died April 1, 1893, in Exeter and was buried in
the cemetery on Cider Hill Road. Mary outlived her husband
by more than 20 years and was buried there also. She died at
the home of her son Fred in Manchester, New Hampshire, July
2, 1914, aged 87 years.

Children (6) COAN

i. Lillian, b. Apr. 30, 1853; d. May 12, 1853, aged

1 3 days
ii. Frank Asa, b. Mar. 16, 1857
iii. Shubael Prescott, b. Mar. 24, 1860
iv. Fi
v. Anna

^rank Asa, b. Mar. 16, 1857
Shubael Prescott, b. Mar. 24,
^red Welby, b. May 4, 1862
inna Belle, b. Feb. 27, 1865

Reference: Everett S. Stackpole, Old Kittery and Her Fami-
lies (Lewiston, Maine: Press of Lewiston Journal Com-
pany, 1903), p. 289.

6 5 4 3 2

FRANK ASA COAN (Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham ,
Peter1) was born in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1857,
the son of Robert Abbott and Mary Elizabeth (Bartlett) Coan.
His parents moved back to Exeter, Maine, when he was a small
child; and he lived there until he was a young man. He then
moved to North Andover, Massachusetts, and to Everett where
he lived for the rest of his life. On October 10, 1879, he
married Eliza Kennelly, who was born in North Andover, July
20, 1857, the daughter of William and Hannah (MacDonald)
Kennelly, both born in Ireland.

He was for 16 years in military service and was Captain
of Company L, 8th Regiment of Lawrence. For 35 years he was
connected with the United States Customs Service. He was a
member of the Cochickwick Lodge of Masons and the Wauwinet
Lodge of Odd Fellows of Lawrence, also of the Men's Class of
the First Congregational Church of Everett. He received a
veteran's jewel marking 50 years of membership in his Odd
Fellows Lodge. His obituary in a local paper stated:

Mr. Coan was a splendid type of citizen. He had
all the sterling characteristics of his ancestors, his
people having fought in the Revolutionary and Colonial
Wars, and was held in the highest regard by those whose
privilege it was to know him.

Eliza died in Everett May 2, 1931, aged 73 years, 9
months, 12 days. Frank died in Gloucester June 25, 1931.

Children (7) COAN

i. Mabel Elizabeth, b. 1880 or 1881

TWO PORTRAITS HUNG IN THE HOME OF ALTON AND MABEL
COANATWOOD

Mabel Elizabeth Coan Atwood

Alton Barrows Atwood

Charles Nelson Atwood

Home of Alton and Mabel Coan Atwood, 86 Harvard Street, Chelsea,
Massachusetts.

A four-generation picture taken in the home of Fred Welby Coan, Manches-
ter, New Hampshire, ca. 1913. (back) Frank Asa Coan and his daughter
Mabel Coan Atwood. (front) Charles Nelson Atwood, Mabel's son, and Mary
Elizabeth Bartlett Coan, Frank's mother.

MAINE COANS

247

ii. Emma Arvilla, b. 1882; d. Dec. 9, 1886
iii. Robert Abbott, b. Sept. 8, 1890

Reference: Deaths, 1931 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 35, p. 243; Vol. 41, p. 26.

7 6 5 4

MABEL ELIZABETH COAN Frank A. , Robert A. , Shubael , Eli-

sha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in North Andover, Massa-
chusetts, the daughter of Frank Asa and Eliza (Kennelly)
Coan. On April 17, 1907, she married Alton Barrows Atwood,
son of Charles N. and Amanda (Barrows) Atwood. He was the
owner of the Atwood & McManus Box Company of Chelsea, Massa-
chusetts .

During World War I Mabel was especially active in rais-
ing money for liberty loans. She had to her credit the rais-
ing of three quarters of a million dollars, and her great
efforts were recognized by the government which gave her as
a momento a German helmet. She was also very much inter-
ested in woman suffrage. At the time women were accorded the
privilege of voting, she was instrumental in interesting all
with whom she came in contact in exercising their rights at
the ballot box and in taking a greater interest in the af-
fairs of government, national and local.

She had made frequent trips with her husband to all
parts of the world having visited Mexico, Brazil, Colombia,
Iceland, Europe, the Canadian Rockies, Hawaii, and all other
parts of the United States. She was a member of the Owls, a
social and sewing club of long standing, embracing Chelsea
and Everett membership; Old South Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution; the Chelsea Woman's Club in
which she served on numerous committees; the Friday Club of
Everett; the Old Ladies' Home Corporation; and the Winnisim-
met Union of the First Congregational Church.

Mabel died of cancer in Chelsea March 7, 1942. Alton
died just 27 years later to the day of Mabel's death, March
7, 1969. He was 100 years old. They were buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Everett.

Children (8) ATWOOD

i. Charles Nelson, b. May 1, 1915

Reference: Deaths, 1969 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 42, p. 446.

CHARLES NELSON ATWOOD , son of Alton Barrows and Mabel Eliz-
abeth (Coan) Atwood, was born May 1, 1915. He owned the At-
wood & McManus Box Company which had belonged to his father.
On June 9, 1932, he married Helen K. Carney. They had no
children. Charles died February 1, 1981, in Brighton, Massa-
chusetts .

24 8 COAN GENEALOGY

7 6 5 4

ROBERT ABBOTT COAN (Frank A. , Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha
"3 2 1

D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in North Andover, Massachu-
setts, on September 8, 1890, the son of Frank Asa and Eliza
(Kennelly) Coan, and was known as Bert. He was educated in
the Everett, Massachusetts, public schools. During World War
I he served in the United States Navy. April 17, 1918, he
married Mary Elizabeth Swan who died in 1919. Bert married
second Carrie L. Keefe July 15, 1922, in Forest Hills, Mas-
sachusetts. She was born December 31, 1886, the daughter of
John and Nina Keefe. Carrie was a bookkeeper for her fath-
er's firm, the New England Tire Company in Boston.

Bert worked for awhile in a bank and then joined the
firm of the Atwood & McManus Box Company in Chelsea where he
worked until he retired. He had a very fine singing voice
and was active in musical circles in the area. He sang in
the choir of the Melrose Congregational Church where he and
Carrie were members. He was a chanter in Aleppo Temple of
Boston of the Shriners and was also a Jester in the Shrine.
Besides his Masonic activities, he gave himself unstintingly
to community affairs, among them the Lions Club and the Mel-
rose YMCA.

Carrie was an avid bridge player, a member of the Mel-
rose Garden Club, and the Friday Club in Everett. She was a
faithful church worker and a member of the Circle of her
church. She and Bert resided in Melrose and had a summer
home at Thurston's Point in Gloucester. Carrie died October
15, 1976, in Melrose; Bert, April 8, 1977, in Wheaton, Illi-
nois. They were both buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.

Children (8) COAN

by Mary

i. Male, stillborn, Dec. 4, 1918, Everett, Mass.; bur-
ied Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett

by Carrie

ii. Priscilla Bartlett, b. June 29, 1923

Reference: Mrs. James H. Barnes, Jr., 73 Sun Island Drive,
South Admiral 1203, South Pasadena, FL 33707

Deaths, 1918 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 27, p. 427.

8 7 6 5

PRISCILLA BARTLETT COAN (Robert A. , Frank A. , Robert A. ,

Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Everett,
Massachusetts, June 29, 1923, the daughter of Robert Abbott
and Carrie (Keefe) Coan. She was educated in the public
schools of Everett and Melrose and received an associate
degree in art in 1943 from Colby Junior College, now Colby-
Sawyer, in New London, New Hampshire. November 28, 1942, in

Robert Abbott Coan and Carrie Keefe Coan on their golden wedding anni-
versary July 15, 1972.

Priscilla Bartlett Coan

James Hume Barnes, Jr.,
and Priscilla Bartlett Coan
Barnes.

Family of Priscilla Bartlett Coan Barnes; Priscilla, James Hume Barnes. Jr.,
James Hume Barnes III; in front beside the dog, Peter Bartlett Barnes. Paul
Abbott Barnes, Priscilla Bartlett (Candy) Barnes.

MAINE COANS 249

Greenville, New Hampshire, she married James Hume Barnes,
Jr. He was born April 28, 1922, in Germantown, Pennsylvania,
the son of James Hume and Anna (Evans) Barnes. In 1944 he
was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. After his grad-
uation he worked for the Manhattan Project on the A Bomb,
and they lived in Flushing, New York, and in Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee .

After World War II Jim went to work for Ford Motor Com-
pany in the field of purchasing. He was employed by this
company for seventeen years in various positions; and they
lived in Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Detroit, Seattle; and
Wheaton, Illinois. He left Ford Motor Company, and they
moved to Eastman, Georgia, where he bought a Chrysler,
Dodge, Plymouth, as well as Ford Tractor, dealership. It
was called Jimmy Barnes Motor Company. Two years later he
sold it and went into a small business partnership in Chi-
cago. This partnership was made up of K-Line Corporation,
Pines International Chemical Company, and Killian Associa-
tion, among others. After several years he sold these com-
panies and went to work for Harsco Company in Marion, Ohio,
where they resided for three years. He later became self-
employed in Chicago as a consultant. At this time they made
their home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In 1977 they moved to
Treasure Island, Florida, when Jim became president of CRS
Industires in Tampa. They lived (1982) in South Pasadena,
Florida.

Wherever they lived, they were always very active in
the church. For many years they were advisors to young
people's groups in the churches they served. In Florida they
belonged to the Northside Baptist Church in St. Petersburg
where Jim was a deacon and Priscilla taught a women's Bible
Class called the Friendship Bible Coffee. She also was area
representative of the Christian Women's Club and Christian
Business and Professional Women. Before moving to Florida,
she worked for four years for Lord and Taylor Company in Oak
Brook, Illinois. She was a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Jim was a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of Taylor University. He enjoyed golf and tennis. Jim
and Priscilla traveled throughout the United States, Canada,
Caribbean Islands, Europe (three times), and the Orient (Ja-
pan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines). Keeping in
close contact with their children and grandchildren rounded
out their very full lives.

Children (9) BARNES

i. James Hume III, b. Feb. 11, 1947

ii. Paul Abbott, b. Apr. 6, 1949

iii. Peter Bartlett, b. Oct. 2, 1951

iv. Priscilla Bartlett, b. May 4, 1953

Reference: Mrs. James Hume Barnes, Jr.

250 COAN GENEALOGY

9
JAMES HUME BARNES III , (Jay), the son of James Hume, Jr.,

and Priscilla Bartlett (Coan) Barnes, was born in New York
City on February 11, 1947. He was graduated from Wheaton
College in Wheaton, Illinois, in 1969 with a B.S. degree in
mathematics. He received an M.A. degree in guidance and
counseling from the University of Connecticut in 1970. He
was working for his Ed.D. degree in college student person-
nel work at Loyola University in Chicago in 1982.

On June 26, 1971, at the Evangelical Covenant Church in
Woodstock, Connecticut, he married Barbara Anne Johnson, the
daughter of Axel T. and Olga Johnson. Barbara was born in
Woodstock on September 19, 1948. She was graduated from
Wheaton College in 1970 and was a registered nurse.

Jay was a 2nd lieutenant in the army stationed in
Brooklyn, New York, from 1970 to 1972. Barbara worked as a
nurse in a hospital on Staten Island. For the next four
years they resided in Germany where Jay was principal of a
high school for children of missionaries serving in Europe.
Barbara acted as school librarian and nurse. In 1982 Jay was
dean of student development at Messiah College in Grantham,
Pennsylvania. They were both active in the work of the Sun-
day School at the Church of the Brethren in Christ of which
they were members. They resided in Mechanicsburg (1982).

Children (10) BARNES

i. Rebecca Joy, b. Apr. 25, 1975
ii. James Hume IV, b. Oct. 21, 1976
iii. Mark Joshua, b. Apr. 4, 1978

Reference: Mrs. James Hume Barnes, Jr.

9
PAUL ABBOTT BARNES , the son of James Hume, Jr., and Pris-
cilla Bartlett (Coan) Barnes, was born in Detroit, Michigan,
on April 6, 1949. He married on May 30, 1969, at the Chris-
tian Reformed Church in Wheaton, Illinois, Natalie Ann Hoe-
kenga, the daughter of Nathaniel R. and Dorothy Hoekenga.
He was graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois,
in 1971 with a B.A. degree in English literature. In 1972
he received an M.A. degree from Ball State University. Nat-
alie attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and
was graduated from the College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, Illi-
nois. She was a registered nurse. In 1976 Paul and Natalie
were divorced.

Paul taught for four years in the high school of Au-
rora, Illinois. On May 10, 1978, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, he
married second Christine Shaw, who was born December 5, 1950
in Lansing, Michigan. In 1982 they lived in Hampton, New
Jersey; and Paul was employed by the Ethicon Division of
Johnson and Johnson in Somerville, New Jersey, as product
manager.

The Barnes family at the wedding of Priscilla Bartlett (Candy) Barnes and
Philip John Alfano, Jr. (back) James Hume Barnes III, Barbara Anne John-
son Barnes, James Hume Barnes, Jr., Priscilla Bartlett Coan Barnes, Candy,
Philip, Natalie Ann Hoekenga Barnes, Paul Abbott Barnes, Francine Cocal-
las Barnes, and Peter Bartlett Barnes, (center) Robert James Barnes; (front)
Mark Joshua Barnes, Ginger Lynn Barnes, Rebecca Joy Barnes, James
Hume Barnes IV.

Grandchildren of Priscilla Bartlett Coan Barnes: Ginger,
Rebecca, James, Mark, and Robert Barnes.

Shubael Prescott Coan (Bill)

Charles Bis bee Coan

Prescott Coan

Ruth Frances McTernan

MAINE COANS 251

Children (10) BARNES by Natalie

i. Ginger Lynn, b. Sept. 18, 1973
Reference: Mrs. James Hume Barnes, Jr.

9
PETER BARTLETT BARNES , the son of James Hume, Jr., and

Priscilla Bartlett (Coan) Barnes, was born in Detroit, Mich-
igan, October 2, 1951. He attended Taylor University in Up-
land, Indiana, for three years. On January 19, 1975, in Fort
Collins, Colorado, he married Francine Cocallas, daughter of
James and Doris Cocallas. She was born May 2, 1952, in Chi-
cago and was a graduate of Taylor University. She assisted
her father at Carriage Hill Kennels which he owned and oper-
ated. In 1982 Peter worked for Metal Impact Company in Rose-
mont, Illinois, as chief design and operating engineer.

Children (10) BARNES

i. Robert James, b. Jan. 11, 1979

Reference: Mrs. James Hume Barnes, Jr.

PRISCILLA BARTLETT BARNES9, (Candy), the daughter of James
Hume, Jr., and Priscilla Bartlett (Coan) Barnes, was born in
Eastman, Georgia, May 4, 1953. She attended Taylor Univer-
sity for one year; became a registered nurse at Indiana Uni-
versity, Kokomo campus; received a B.A. degree in psychology
from The King's College, Briarcliff Manor, New York; and was
granted a B.S. degree in nursing at Marion College, Indiana-
polis, Indiana.

Candy worked at Memorial Hospital, Kokomo, Indiana; and
at four hospitals in Indianapolis: University, Wishert,
Methodist, and Riley Children's. On August 29, 1981, she
married Philip John Alfano, Jr., who was born in Syracuse,
New York, October 25, 1955, the son of Philip John and
Louise Alfano. He attended The King's College and Oral Rob-
erts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he received a B.S.
degree in business. He was employed at the accounting office
of Walt Disney, Orlando, Florida. He then worked in the Hos-
pital Division of Service Master and was assistant manager
of housekeeping at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Geor-
gia. Candy worked at Emory University Hospital and at Egel-
ston Children's Hospital. In 1982 they resided at Stone
Mountain, Georgia.

Reference: Mrs. James Hume Barnes, Jr.

6 5 4 3

SHUBAEL PRESCOTT COAN (Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha D. ,

Abraham , Peter 1) was born in Exeter, Maine, March 24, 1860,

252 COAN GENEALOGY

the son of Robert Abbott and Mary Elizabeth (Bartlett) Coan.
The Federal Census for the State of Maine in 1880 lists him
as 20 years old and working for his uncle in his carriage
and repair shop. The uncle was probably John C. Hersey, hus-
band of his father's sister Sarah. Hersey was a farmer who
also operated a carriage and repair shop in South Exeter.
Shubael married Sarah C. (Chris) Lewis and from 1897 until
he died lived in Ward Hill, Massachusetts, on a farm he pur-
chased at 1300 Boston Road.

The Haverhill City Directories list him as (1897) wool-
sorter; (1902) farmer; (1906) shoe maker; and (1920) wool-
sorter. His descendants say that at the end of his life he
was a department superintendent at the Wood Mill, a textile
manufacturer, in Lawrence. All Haverhill directories listed
him as Wil liam; sometimes as William S. P. Coan, and in his
last years as William P. Coan. All family records, Federal
Census records, and Exeter, Maine, town records list him as
Shubael . Once he was listed in the census records as
Charles Shubael, but never as Wil liam. In Everett S. Stack-
pole's Old Kittery and Her Families (Lewiston, Maine: Press
of Lewiston Journal Company, 1903), p. 489, he was also
listed as Charles S. His brother Fred called him Bil 1 , a
nickname for Shubael . Possibly others called him Bill too,
so to go along with the nickname, he must have taken the
name Wil liam. He died of cancer August 17, 1925, and was
buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Children (7) COAN

i. Charles Bisbee, b. Feb. 13, 1891
ii. Florence

Reference: Deaths, 1925 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 31, p. 236.

7 6 5 4

CHARLES BISBEE COAN (Shubael P. , Robert A. , Shubael ,

3 2 1

Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Exeter, Maine,
February 13, 1891, the son of Shubael Prescott and Sarah C.
(Lewis) Coan. He was graduated from Lowell Technical Insti-
tute (now University of Lowell) in 1912. While at Lowell
Tech, he was a member and vice president of the Alembic
Society. He was very tall and well-built, so his classmates
tried to persuade him to go out for football, but he never
did. He lived at home and said he had to help his father on
the farm. After graduation he went to work for Renfrew Man-
ufacturing Company of Adams, Massachusetts. During his life-
time he worked for various concerns as a chemist.

On February 12, 1916, in Bennington, Vermont, he mar-
ried Grace Lillian Hill, the daughter of John Henry and Min-
nie Henrietta (Lyon) Hill. Grace was born in Chicago, Au-
gust 27, 1890. They were divorced about 1924. Grace worked
for the Boston and Albany Railroad for 25 years and was re-
tired with recognition. She married second Henry C. Weeks.

MAINE COANS 253

Charles belonged to the Congregational church, the Ma-
sons, Shriners, and Knight Templars. About 1927 he married
second Carrie Giles. He died February 26, 1970, in Shef-
field, Massachusetts, and was buried in Exeter, Maine, in
the cemetery on Cider Hill Road. In 1981 Grace was still
1 iving .

Children (8) COAN

i. Shubael Prescott, b. July 10, 1917

Reference: Alumni Office, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA
01854

Mrs. Prescott Coan, RFD, Boardman Street, Shef-
field, MA 01257

Yearbook, Class of 1912, Lowell Technical Insti-
tute, Lowell, Mass.

8 7 6

SHUBAEL PRESCOTT COAN (Charles B. . Shubael P. , Robert

A.5, Shubael4, Elisha D.3, Abraham2, Peter1) was born July
10, 1917, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the son of Charles
Bisbee and Grace Lillian (Hill) Coan. He was always called
Prescott, so dropped the name Shubael. In 1936 he was grad-
uated from Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine, and in 1940 re-
ceived a B.A. degree from Amherst College where he was a
member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He taught at Phillips
Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, the year 1941-1942. From
1942 until 1946 in World War II he served in the United
States Naval Reserve as a first lieutenant, chief engineer-
ing officer, on the USS Hilary P. Jones in the North Atlan-
tic, Mediterranean, and Pacific.

January 9, 1943, in Andover, Massachusetts, he married
Ruth Frances McTernen, born February 26, 1916, in Andover,
Massachusetts, daughter of Dr. Malcolm Bodwell and Helen May
(Cates) McTernen. Prescott worked for Monsanto Chemical Com-
pany, Plastics Division, as a Research Chemist in Sales,
Technical Service, and Market Development; for Keller Pro-
ducts, Manchester, New Hampshire, as Distributor Sales Mana-
ger; and for Scott Graphics as Custom Product Sales Manager.
He was a member of the Congregational Church, the Society of
Plastics Industry and the Society of Plastics Engineers. In
1961 he received an M.B.A. degree from American Interna-
tional College, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Frances was graduated from Abbot Academy, Andover, Mas-
sachusetts, in 1935. She was active in the Hospital Auxili-
ary, Scouting, Garden Club, Abbot Alumni Association, the
Hospice Movement, and the Congregational Church. In the
church she held many offices, among them, those of church
treasurer and church clerk.

2 54 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (9) COAN

i. Jeffery Prescott, b. Jan. 26, 1947
ii. Hillary Frances, b. Oct. 21, 1949

Reference: Amherst College Biographical Record 1951 (Am-
herst, Mass.: published by Trustees of Amherst Col-
lege, 1951) p. 468.

Mrs. Prescott Coan

JEFFERY PRESCOTT COAN (Prescott8, Charles B.7, Shubael P.6,
Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born
January 26, 1947, in Springfield, Massachusetts, son of Shu-
bael Prescott and Ruth Frances (McTernen) Coan. He received
his education at Cardigan Mountain School, Canaan, New Hamp-
shire; Kents Hill School, Kents Hill, Maine; and Franklin
Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire. He was always active
in sports, especially soccer, hockey, baseball and lacrosse.
At Peterborough, New Hampshire, May 17, 1971, he mar-
ried Delores Frances Brandt who was born in Canaan, Connect-
icut, January 30, 1946, daughter of Helmar and Natalie (Col-
lari) Brandt. Delores was a potter, educated at the Inter-
ior Design School in New York City and Junior College in
Palm Beach, Florida. Jeffery was a craftsman; he and Delores
operated Tinker Farms Pottery, a pottery-woodworking busi-
ness in Canaan. They belonged to the Connecticut Guild of
Craftsmen and American Crafts Association. Jeffery coached
the Canaan Youth Basketball Team (Pee Wee and Squirts), Sou-
thern Berkshire Youth Hockey, and Little League Baseball.

Children (10) COAN

i. Jason Jung, b. Nov. 18, 1971, Pittsfield, Mass.
ii. Colin Jeffery, b. May 4, 1973, Sharon, Conn,
iii. Hillary Lyn, b. Sept. 12, 1975, Winsted, Conn.

Reference: Mrs. Prescott Coan

Kent's Hill School, Kent's Hill, ME 04349

HILLARY FRANCES COAN (Prescott , Charles B. , Shubael P.6,
Robert A.5 , Shubael4 , Elisha D.3 , Abraham2 , Peter1 ) was born
in Springfield, Massachusetts, October 31, 1949, daughter of
Prescott and Ruth Frances (McTernen) Coan. In 1971 she was
graduated with a B.A. degree from Wells College, Aurora, New
York. On August 28, 1971, in Sheffield, Massachusetts, she
married David Farr Hoppock, who was born December 19, 1945,
in Orange, New Jersey, son of David W. and Cora (Farr) Hop-
pock. He received a B.S. degree and an M.B.A. degree from
Cornell University. From 1970-1973 David served with the
United States Air Force in communications at Richards-Gebaur
Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri. During that period

Delores Frances Brandt Coan, Jeffery Prescott Coan, Hillary
Frances Coan Hoppock

Hillary Lyn Coan, Jason Jung
Coan, Colin Jeffery Coan

Delores and Jeffery Coan with their Tinker Farms Pottery kiln.

Tinker Farms Pottery: (left) Wine
decanter and goblet— lathe-turned
black walnut top and lathe-turned
stem; mortise and tenon joined,
(right) Stoneware teapot — black
walnut steam-bent handle, lathe-
turned zebrawood pegs.

MAINE COANS 255

Hillary attended the University of Missouri in Kansas City
and received her teaching certificate there in 1972.

From 1973 until 1977 David worked for Proctor and Gam-
ble on Staten Island; from 1977-1979, for Arthur Anderson in
New York City. In 1979 he went to work for Wells Fargo Bank
in their international division. During this period they
lived in Westfield, New Jersey. In March, 1981, David was
transferred by Wells Fargo to San Francisco. From 1973 until
1976 Hillary worked for General Corporation as editor of
their employee newspaper. She also attended Rutgers Univer-
sity in their M.B.A. program and had completed half the de-
gree when they moved to California. In Westfield they were
active in the First Congregational Church where David was
church treasurer and Hillary served as chairman of the An-
tiques Show and of a "Mother's Morning Out" program.

David enjoyed playing squash, tennis, and golf. Hil-
lary's sports were swimming, tennis, and racquetball. In
1982 they lived in Orinda, California, where they were mem-
bers of the Orinda Community Church (Congregational), and
Hillary was active in the League of Women Voters.

Children (10) HOPPOCK

i. David Coan, b. Nov. 17, 1976, Summit, N.J.
ii. Helen Ruth, b. July 13, 1979, Summit, N.J.

Reference: Mrs. David F. Hoppock, 3 Corte Del Rey, Orinda,
CA 94563

7 654

FLORENCE COAN (Shubael P. , Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha
D. , Abraham , Peter1 ) was the daughter of Shubael Prescott
and Sarah C. (Lewis) Coan. She was a bookkeeper for Knipe
Brothers in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1919. October 11,
1922, in Haverhill she married Guy L. Bacon, son of Albert
L. and Estella (Fisher) Bacon. He was an insurance agent.

Children (8) BACON

i. Helen, b. Nov. 1923

ii. Guy L., Jr., b. Sept. 29, 1925

Reference: Births, 1925 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 50, p. 293.

Haverhill and Groveland Directory (Boston: W. A.
Greenaugh & Co., 1919), p. 260.

Marriages, 1922 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 23, p. 87.

6 5 4 3

FRED WELBY COAN (Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham , Peter1 ) was born in Exeter, Maine, May 4, 1862, son of
Robert Abbott and Mary Elizabeth (Bartlett) Coan. He

2 56 COAN GENEALOGY

received his early education from the district school which
he attended every winter until he was nearly 18 years old.
He was an attractive little boy; and when he was small, the
teacher used to hold him on her lap and play with his black
curly hair.

When he was in his teens, he contracted scarlet fever.
While he had to stay in bed recuperating, to help pass the
time, his mother taught him how to knit. His daughter Ruth
(1982) had the blue stockings he made for himself then.

When he was 16, he drove a milk team to the creamery.
At that time in the spring and fall he went to high school.
Winters he was back at the district school. In high school
he had a school master and studied arithmetic, grammar, geo-
graphy, and algebra. "Nobody ever graduated," he said; "ev-
erybody would just go and quit."

When he was 18 years old, his mother gave him an ame-
thyst ring, possibly as a going-away present because it was
then he left his home in Exeter for good. (The ring is still
in the f amily--1982 ) . He took the boat from Bangor to Boston
and went to live in North Andover, Massachusetts, because
his brother Frank was there. He became an apprentice for
Davis and Ferber in Lawrence, a company that made all kinds
of machinery for woolen mills. The first year he made $0.90
a day; the second, $1.00; the third, $1.10; he worked six
days a week. Just before his three years were up, he went to
work for McKay's Machine Shop where he was a machinist mak-
ing shoe machinery. Here he made $2.50 a day.

After two years he moved to Ware, Massachusetts, "to
fix sewing machines" for the Otis Company. He was paid $3.00
a day. Here he met Minnie Draper Herrick who ran a sewing
machine. They were married at her home in West Randolph,
Vermont, in the fall of 1888 and returned to Ware to live.
Minnie came from a large family. Her father was Lorenzo Dow
Herrick who had nine children by his first wife and six by
his second, Betsey Almina Booth, Minnie's mother. Minnie,
who was born August 22, 1861, in West Randolph, Vermont, was
next to the youngest and only 13 years old when her father
died. He was a prominent Vermont farmer who held many town
offices, was a Justice of the Peace, and influenced the
founding of West Randolph Academy where he was a life-time
member of the Board of Trustees.

November 18, 1889, Fred and Minnie had a daughter,
Grace Herrick Coan, born in Ware. In 1891 Fred said he
"wanted to get out and move around." Through an "insurance
drummer" he heard of a job as a machinist in Lebanon, New
Hampshire. He got the job and moved his family to Lebanon.
Besides being a machinist, he was in charge of the stitching
room and made $3.50 a day. Three years later Superintendent
Dorsey of the Lebanon mill left to be superintendent of the
Eliott Manufacturing Company in Manchester and convinced
Fred to go with him. At the Eliott, Fred was foreman of the
stitching room and made $4.00 a day to start. Over the years
his pay was increased until during World War I it was raised

David Farr Hoppock and Hillary
Frances Coan Hoppock

David Coan Hoppock

Helen Ruth Coan
Hoppock

The Prescott Coan
family: (back) David
Farr Hoppock, Prescott,
Jeffery Prescott Coan.
(center) Hillary Fran-
ces Coan Hoppock,
Ruth Frances McTer-
nan Coan, Delores
Frances Brandt Coan.
(front) Jason Jung
Coan, Colin Jeffery
Coan.

Fred Welby Coan

Minnie Draper Herrick Coan

Grace Herrick Coan

MAINE COANS 257

to $52.00 a week which he was making when he retired after
forty years at the Eliott.

When Fred, Minnie, and Grace moved to Manchester, they
lived in "a flat on Spruce Street" about a half mile from
the mill. He became active in the Odd Fellows. He and Min-
nie were Charter Members of Acorn Rebekah Lodge in East Man-
chester. He was a member of Oak Hill Lodge and went through
the chairs there, becoming Past Noble Grand of the Lodge and
Deputy Chief Patriarch of Live Oak Encampment. He was also
a member of the Masons.

September 9, 1906, Minnie died of cancer. Grace was
then 16 years old. As her only parent, Fred took his respon-
sibilities very seriously and was a very strict father. When
Vaughn Griffin, whom Grace later married, wanted to take her
canoeing on the Merrimack River ( the thing to do in those
days), he had to take Fred first to prove Vaughn knew how to
handle a canoe. At Grace's urging, Fred bought a house at
318 Laurel Street in a nice residential section. He lived
here the rest of his life, and made a home for his aged mo-
ther until she died in 1914, four days before her 87th
birthday.

August 26, 1911, Fred married second Pearl Ianna
Knowles, born in Stark, New Hampshire, November 4, 1888,
daughter of the Reverend James B. and Annie Jane (Baker)
Rinehart Knowles. She worked for him at the Eliott. Pearl
was an accomplished needle worker and seamstress. For years
she made all her own clothes — dresses, underwear, coats--and
after Ruth was born made all her things too. Pearl had con-
siderable dramatic and musical ability. When she was in the
eighth grade at the Hallsville School, she was selected to
be the school's representative in the Annual City of Man-
chester Elocutionary Contest for Clarke Prizes, and won
first prize. As a young woman, she was often soprano soloist
for her church, the Tabernacle. Her hair was her "crowning
glory." In the early years of her marriage it hung down to
her knees; and she wore it in thick, shining braids around
her head.

February 28, 1914, Fred and Pearl had a daughter, Ger-
trude Baker Coan, who lived only until September 4. On June
19, 1915, a second daughter, Ruth Alberta Coan, was born.
About this time Fred purchased the two-tenement house next
door on Laurel Street. It had a large barn in which he could
keep his horse Sadie and his wagons. Fred owned several
acres of land on the outskirts of East Manchester and here
had an apple orchard and large garden. He was happiest when
he was working in his garden. Spring, summer, and fall he
drove Sadie out there nearly every night after supper and
worked until dark. He always said he'd have been a farmer
only there wasn't any money in it. Summers he kept his fam-
ily and neighbors well supplied with fresh vegetables. Pearl
worked hard canning these, and in the fall she and Fred
packed the cold room in the cellar with beets, turnip, pump-
kin, squash, carrots, potatoes, and apples for the winter
months ahead.

258 COAN GENEALOGY

Fred was a kind, even-tempered, soft-spoken, hard work-
ing, highly respected man. He was absolutely honest and
didn't like to owe anyone anything. Once when his friend,
Mr. Sargent the plumber, had done some work for him, the day
the work was finished Fred was at the plumber's office to
pay the bill. Mr. Sargent, disgusted at such promptness,
said, "My bookkeeper isn't here; we don't even have your
bill figured out. You'll get it in the mail when we do. Go
home, Fred. I don't want your money."

Although Fred was old enough to be his wife Pearl's fa-
ther, he was as modern and young in his thinking as she was.
He owned the second car in the neighborhood, an Essex, on
which he took driving lessons when he was in his sixties. He
saw to it that Pearl had driving lessons, so she could oper-
ate the Essex too. He liked nice things and bought Pearl
some lovely pieces of jewelry. He had one of the first elec-
tric refrigerators on his street; the latest automatic Edi-
son console phonograph; and one Christmas he gave both Pearl
and Ruth mahogany Governor Winthrop desks. He enjoyed the
theater; when the Park Players were in Manchester during the
winter seasons, he and Pearl always had tickets. He was very
faithful to his lodge; every Monday and Wednesday evenings
found him at Dearborn Hall for meetings. He was an excel-
lent card player and taught both his daughters to play auc-
tion bridge. Grace later became a tournament contract
bridge player. He gave unstintingly to his family and was
willing to make any sacrifice, as was Pearl, to see that
Ruth got the college education she wanted.

Fred was old enough to be Ruth's grandfather, but he
understood her as well as her much younger mother, sometimes
better. Ruth heard her mother once complaining to Fred
because Ruth was so inept in the kitchen. Her father in his
usual slow, succinct way answered, "The thing she's really
good at is books; let her alone; let her read 'em."

In her junior year in high school Ruth was scheduled
for second semester mathematics, which she did not want to
take. When she complained, the principal listened to her
explanation as to why she didn't need it, smiled, and said
he thought taking it was a good idea.

Furious, Ruth appealed to her father. "Dad, I want you
to leave the mill for an hour tomorrow, and go to see Mr.
Morrison. I hate math, and he's making me take another term
of it. When I complained, all he said was that he thought
taking it was 'a good idea.' You tell him I don't need it
for college and that you prefer I take something else."

Fred thought a moment and replied, "Ruth, I've lived in
this city for a good many years. In all the time I've lived
here no one has ever asked me to be principal of Manchester
High School. Until they do, I think we'd better let Mr. Mor-
rison do his job." Ruth took the math.

Another time when Ruth was expecting a young lady tea-
cher friend for the weekend, Ruth asked her mother for some
ash trays for this friend's use. Pearl, shocked that her

Fred Welby Coan (1911)

Pearl Ianna Knowles

Gertrude Baker Coan

Ruth Alberta Coan and Pearl

(left) Fred Coan with Pearl and
Ruth at Hampton Beach, New
Hampshire, 1918. (right/ Ruth and
Fred, 1919.

Fred Coan's home on Laurel Street, Manchester, New Hampshire,
1913.

MAINE COANS 2 59

daughter would "have a smoker for a friend," refused the re-
quest. Fred overheard the conversation. Very shortly he
climbed the stairs to Ruth's room where she was angrily pre-
paring to leave and said, "No need for you to pack your
suitcase. There will be plenty of ashtrays around for your
friend when she gets here." And there were.

Fred was always cordial to all Ruth's friends, both
male and female. When Ruth asked him how he liked one of her
boyfriends, his standard comment was, "Oh, he's all right."

At one time she was thinking seriously of one particu-
lar boy; and when her father gave his standard reply to her
questioning, she said, "But, Dad, I might marry him. What
do you really think of him?"

Fred paused for a second and then replied, "I think he
would make a damn good horse jockey." To him a horse jockey
in those days was physically, mentally, and morally infer-
ior. That was all he ever said. He continued to be cordial
to the boy, but that remark somehow ended any serious feel-
ings Ruth might have had.

When she finally asked him about the boy she eventually
married, his comment was, "He'll never set the world on
fire, but he's a good boy." Fame and fortune she'd never
have, just an average, happy life. And he was right!

Fred lived a remarkably healthy life. Until his short,
final illness, his family never saw him sick in bed even for
a day; and not once in his entire lifetime was he a patient
in a hospital. He died at his Laurel Street home February 1,
1941, aged 78, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Man-
chester .

Pearl outlived her husband for over thirty years. She
sold the Laurel Street property and the garden acreage to
build at 240 Ash Street a little house of which she'd always
dreamed and which she designed herself. She worked for many
years as a sales clerk for the Leavitt Company, the largest
department store in Manchester. Pearl was an attractive, re-
fined lady who always was well-groomed and stylishly
dressed. She was a loving, self-sacrificing mother and an
industrious, affectionate, supportive wife. In her old age
she was honored as a fifty-year member of the First Baptist
Church where she taught the Boethian Class, sang in the
choir, and was very active in the Delta Alpha group. Her
church meant a great deal to her; she gave to it generously,
often beyond her means. She had a strong, meaningful Chris-
tian faith. At age 89 on November 13, 1977, she died at a
Falmouth, Maine, nursing home near her daughter Ruth; and
was buried along with Fred, Minnie, and Gertrude in Pine
Grove Cemetery in Manchester.

Children (7) COAN by first wife Minnie

i. Grace Herrick, b. Nov. 18, 1889

Children (7) COAN by second wife Pearl

260 COAN GENEALOGY

i. Gertrude Baker, b. Feb. 28, 1914; d. Sept. 4, 1914
ii. Ruth Alberta, b. June 19, 1915

Reference: Mrs. Robert W. Fulton, 11 Loraine Street, Port-
land, ME 04103

General Jedediah Herrick and Lucius C. Herrick,
Herrick Genealogy (Columbus, Ohio: Privately Printed,
1885), pp. 126, 127.

7 6 5 4

GRACE HERRICK COAN j Fred W. , Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha
D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born November 18, 1889, in Ware,
Massachusetts, the daughter of Fred Welby and Minnie Draper
(Herrick) Coan. She lived most of her life in Manchester,
New Hampshire, and was educated in the public schools there.
She was graduated from Manchester Central High School in the
class of 1908. She was an accomplished piano player and,
after graduating from high school, gave music lessons. On
September 22, 1913, in Manchester she married Vaughn David
Griffin, who was born in Henniker, New Hampshire, August 28,
1889, the son of Willard Henry and Jennie (Greenwood) Grif-
fin. ,

Grace and Vaughn were members of the First Congrega-
tional Church. After Vaughn's graduation from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. degree in mechanical engi-
neering in 1912, he worked at Griffin and Cogswell, a shoe
factory founded by his father in East Manchester. He later
became interested in insurance and from 1929 to 1959 was
general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany for New Hampshire and Vermont.

Both Grace and Vaughn enjoyed playing golf and were
contract bridge enthusiasts. Grace was an excellent player
and participated in many bridge tournaments. She was for
many years a member of the Interrogation Club and did con-
siderable civic volunteer work. Her daughter, Jane, speak-
ing of her, once said: "She did not have any leadership
roles; she left this to Dad. I think she underestimated her
abilities, probably because of her limited education. She
was a brilliant woman!" Before the Great Depression Grace
and Vaughn often took the same amount of money and invested
it to see who could make more. Grace consistently won.

In 1923, Vaughn served as worshipful master of Washing-
ton Lodge of the Masons. He was president of the Manchester
Council of Social Agencies in 1938 and was the first cam-
paign chairman of the Manchester Community Chest. He was a
charter member of the Manchester Kiwanis Club and served as
its president in 1924. He was a past-president of the New
Hampshire Tuberculosis Association from 1930 to 1957. He
was a trustee of the Elliot Hospital and president of the
Manchester Country Club from 1945 to 1947.

Grace and Vaughn owned a summer home at Lake Winnipe-
saukee. After Vaughn's retirement they moved to Ormand
Beach, Florida, where they lived the rest of their lives.

Ruth and Fred with Sadie hitched to the surrey for a Sunday afternoon drive,
1920.

Ruth Coan, Grace Coan Griffin, Pearl and Fred Coan at
Grace's summer cottage, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hamp-
shire, 1925.

Grace Herrick Coan

Vaughn David Griffin

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Jane Griffin

Willard Henry Griffin and
Frederick Welby Griffin

MAINE COANS 261

Grace died January 12, 1967. Vaughn married second Beatrice
de Meister on December 17, 1967. He died in Ormond Beach
January 27, 1970. Both he and Grace were buried in Pine
Grove Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Children (8) GRIFFIN

i. Willard Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1914
ii. Frederick Welby, b. May 28, 1917
iii. Jane, b. Sept. 28, 1927

Reference: Mrs. Robert W. Fulton

Ezra S. Stearns, Genealogical and Family History
of the State of New Hampshire (New York and Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Vol. Ill, p. 1410

8
WILLARD HENRY GRIFFIN , the son of Vaughn David and Grace

Herrick (Coan) Griffin, was born in Manchester, New Hamp-
shire, November 1, 1914. He was graduated from Saint Paul's
School in Concord in 1933; and received an A.B. degree from
Harvard University in 1937. From 1937 to 1941 he worked as
special agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany. December 28, 1942, in Hyannis, Massachusetts, he mar-
ried Marjorie Alice Carmichael , who was born in Winchester,
Massachusetts, January 20, 1921, the daughter of Chester H.
and Florence (Winter) Carmichael of Medfield.

From 1942 to 1945 Willard served in the United States
Naval Reserve in World War II, and was discharged as lieu-
tenant. He returned to the employ of Northwestern after the
war and from 1948 to 1958 served as superintendent of agen-
cies; from 1958 to 1971 he was general agent for the State
of Connecticut. Before he contracted polio in the 1950s, he
enjoyed sports, especially skiing and sailing. He was an el-
der in the Presbyterian Church and served several terms as
trustee. He was always active in volunteer work.

Marjorie was graduated from Kendall Hall in Peterbor-
ough, New Hampshire, and attended Mount Ida and Harcum Jun-
ior colleges. She was very active in the Girl Scouts; she
served as leader, leader trainer, and service chairman for
many years. She was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church and
always active in volunteer work in the community.

Willard and Marjorie made their home (1982) on Cape Cod
in West Chatham, Massachusetts. There they were members of
the First Congregational Church; and Willard was president
of the Port Fortune Housing Council, a group that planned to
build about fifty rental units for low- and moderate-income
families .

Children (9) GRIFFIN

i. Ann Carmichael, b. Feb. 27, 1950
ii. Richard Carmichael, b. Aug. 16, 1951
iii. Willard Henry, Jr., b. Jan. 7, 1955

262

COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Willard H. Griffin,
West Chatham, MA 02669

Box 105, 50 Indian Trail,

ANN CARMICHAEL GRIFFIN , daughter of Willard Henry and Mar-
jorie Alice ( Carmichael ) Griffin, was born February 27,
1950, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was graduated from Drew
University in Madison, New Jersey, with a B.A. degree in
French literature in 1972. She was awarded a master's degree
in French literature from New York University in Paris,
France, in 1974.

On May 12, 1979, in Chatham, Massachusetts, she married
Jeffrey Scott Wilson, who was born at Rochester, Minnesota,
on December 27, 1952, the son of Dr. Leo H. and Colleen Wil-
son. In 1982 Ann and Jeffrey resided in Framingham, Massa-
chusetts. Ann worked at the Veterans' Hospital in West Rox-
bury, and Jeffrey was employed by Apollo Computer Company in
Bil lerica .

Reference: Willard H. Griffin

RICHARD CARMICHAEL GRIFFIN , the son of Willard Henry and
Marjorie Alice (Carmichael) Griffin, was born August 16,
1951, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was graduated from Proctor
Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, in 1970. His first love
was the sea; and he spent his time working on boats and
sailing them, both for pleasure and profit.

Reference: Willard H. Griffin

WILLARD HENRY GRIFFIN, JR. , the son of Willard Henry and
Marjorie Alice (Carmichael) Griffin, was born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, January 7, 1955. On June 25, 1977, at Chatham,
Massachusetts, he married Nina P. Gagaron. They were di-
vorced. He attended Cape Cod Community College and in 1982
was a junior at the University of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill.

Reference: Willard H. Griffin

8
FREDERICK WELBY GRIFFIN , the son of Vaughn David and Grace

Herrick (Coan) Griffin, was named for his Grandfather Coan.

He wrote the following autobiographical sketch for this

genealogy:

1917, May
Hampshire, at a
ler who provided

1920 — The

28 -- I was born in
house owned, I think,
a lying-in service,
family moved from Linden

Manchester, New
by a Mrs. Chand-

1038 Union Street and then to 84 Bay Street

Street to
about 1923.

84 Bay Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, home of Vaughn and Grace
Coan Griffin.

(back) Ruth Alberta Coan, Willard Henry Griffin, Grace Herrick Coan Griffin,
Alton Barrows Atwood. (front) Fred Welby Coan with his granddaughter
Jane Griffin, Mabel Elizabeth Coan Atwood, Pearl Ianna Knowles Coan,
Carrie Keefe Coan, Priscilla Bartlett Coan with her father Robert Abbott
Coan (1931). Photo by Vaughn David Griffin.

Willard Henry Griffin

Marjorie Alice Carmichael

Ann Carmichael Griffin, Richard Carmichael Griffin, Willard
Henry Griffin, Jr.

MAINE COANS 263

1923 -- I attended Webster Grammar School on the
southeast corner of Webster and Chestnut streets. The
family built a summer cottage in Gilford on Varney
Point on Lake Winnipesaukee , and summers were spent
there until I started working as a counsellor at Camp
DeWitt in 1934.

Father, Vaughn sold about 1922 the family shoe
business which he ran with his brother, Wayne. He went
into the life insurance business and became General
Agent of Northwestern Mutual about 1926. During those
years, and actually most of his life, father never
worked any harder than he had to, to live the kind of
life he wanted for himself and the family. In the sum-
mer he would often stay at Winnipesaukee for two or
three weeks at a time until Mother would say the bank
account was low. He would then work for two or three
weeks, but soon be back at the lake for another holiday
with the family.

1929 -- Most of the family assets were invested in
the stock market, and Dad was buying Chrysler stock
short. I gathered everything but the two houses was
gone by 19 30, and those were heavily mortgaged. Dad
somehow was able to keep brother Bill at Saint Paul's
and send me to Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachu-
setts, in 1931. I had attended Manchester Central High
School in 1930. By 1932 the pinch was tighter, and Dad
told me that he could pay about $700 toward the cost of
Andover and that I would have to work for the rest. I
contacted two women in the town who would take in a
student's laundry and got a commission on each student
I could sell. I also waited on tables and managed to
make up the difference. By 1935 things were improving
and the strain easing.

1935-1936 -- I spent the year as an exchange stu-
dent at Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire,
England. There had been a Wellington boy at Andover in
1934-35, but no Andover boy at Wellington. I approached
Headmaster Fuess in December, 1934, about sending me
the following year, and I finally persuaded him about
March. This exchange program continued for many years.

1936-1940 -- I went to Harvard University and was
graduated with an A.B. degree in European history. I
spent three summers at Camp DeWitt and one with a
friend, Jim Curwen (We were on the swimming team
together) in Canton, Ohio, where we worked for Timkin
Roller Bearing in their steel mill.

1940 -- I started as a life insurance agent with
Dad for Northwestern. In December I met Ruth Brownlie
Dickson at a country club dance. She was Harold McAl-
lister's date and a junior at the University of New
Hampshire .

1941 -- In March I decided life insurance was not
for me and went with New Hampshire Insurance Company as

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as their first college graduate trainee at $75.00 a
month .

Memorial Day I proposed to Ruth at Pemaquid,
Maine.

September 20, Ruth and I were married at the Dick-
son home in Bath, Maine. Her parents were David Carlyle
and Ruth (Brownlie) Dickson. Ruth was born November 15,
1920, at Berwick, Pennsylvania.

Mother and Dad Griffin had built a house at 532
Ray Street about 1937. They built the cape at 530 Ray
Street for Ruth and me, and we moved in after the
honeymoon. I went to work at New Hampshire Insurance on
a bicycle, or by bus in the winter. In October I got a
raise — 33%!--to $100.00 a month.

1942 -- In May I was commissioned an Ensign in the
United States Naval Reserve at $250.00 a month. From
July to September I attended Student Officer School at
Tower Hall, Michigan Avenue, in Chicago.

1942, September-1944 , August -- I was an instruc-
tor in Ordinance at Midshipmen's School in Chicago.

1944, August -- After trying for about one year to
get sea duty, I finally got orders to the Geo. Clymer,
a 15,000 ton freight and passenger ship converted to an
attack transport APA 27. I picked up the ship in New
Guinea and was back in San Francisco for a yard over-
haul by December. Having been trained as a gunnery of-
ficer, I was made acting 1st lieutenant during the yard
overhaul because all the lieutenants, senior grade, had
leave coming. For reasons I never knew, I was made per-
manent 1st lieutenant over four other officers senior
to me when we sailed for the Philippines in January. I
continued as 1st lieutenant until I was discharged on
points in December, 1945. The only action I saw was in
the invasion of Okinawa in April, 1945. The rest of the
time was spent transporting troops here and there in
the South Pacific and training for invasions.

1946, January -- I went back to New Hampshire In-
surance Company as Special Agent for Eastern Massachu-
setts with the office in Boston. Ruth nearly died of
spinal meningitis, and we never moved into the house we
had purchased in Hingham before I accepted a job with
Jack Nelson with the Berry Insurance Agency at 819 Elm
Street in Manchester. I had concluded that working for
a large company was not for me.

1950 — I became a partner.

1956 -- We merged with Edgerly Agency (Howard Bur-
pee and F. Edgerly, his uncle).

1968 -- We merged with Robert S. Perkins to form
Burpee, Griffin, and Perkins.

1973-74 -- We made an unsuccessful merger with
Bill Stone; this merger was dissolved after one year.

1980 -- Howard Burpee retired and moved to Old Or-
chard Beach, Maine.

Frederick Welby Griffin

Ruth Brownlie Dickson

Barbara Dickson Griffin, Frederick Welby Griffin, Jr.,
Robin Ann Griffin, and Bonnie Jane Griffin seated.

Jane Griffin

Robert Luther Greene

Phyllis Carol Greene, Vaughn Digby Greene, Robert Luther Greene,
Cynthia Jane Greene, Jane Griffin Greene, Randall Luther Greene.

MAINE COANS 265

1982 -- Burpee, Griffin and Perkins, Inc., merged
with Kendall Insurance, Inc., of Rochester, New Hamp-
shire .

Other Activities

1950 -- Chairman of the Red Cross drive.

1952 -- Trustee of the Manchester Savings Bank.

1956 -- President of the Manchester Exchange Club.

1962-1970 — Trustee of the Elliot Hospital.

1967-1970 -- Regional Alumni Director of Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont for Harvard College.

1976 -- Director of the Manchester Bank and the holding
company--the First Financial Group--and vice-chairman
of the board of directors of both. (In 1981 names of
bank and holding company changed to Bank East and
Bank East Corporation respectively.)

Director of the Controlled Environmental Cooperation, a
four-season, 3,500-acre development owned by the Man-
chester Bank, United Life and Accident, Dartmouth
College, and the Society for the Preservation of New
Hampshire Forests;

Director and 1st president of the Mid-Merrimack Health
Planning Council;

Trustee of the Norwin and Elizabeth Bean Charitable
Foundation; chairman, 1979-1982;

1980 -- Director of the New England Ski Museum, Fran-
conia, New Hampshire.

1981 -- Citizen of the Year Award from Manchester Cham-
ber of Commerce.

Ruth had finished only her junior year at the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire when we were married in 1941.
About 1960 she started taking courses at the Univer-
sity, St. Anselm's, and Notre Dame. She received her
A.B. degree in education from the University of New
Hampshire in 1963. That year she started teaching in
Manchester. In 1982 she was still teaching the first
grade at Parker Varney School in West Manchester. For
some years then she had been saying she would retire --
"next year, maybe." She was still playing tennis,
starting golf, skiing downhill and cross country. On
vacations she did much reading and painting, mostly wa-
tercolor, in the past few years.

Ruth and I resided in Bedford, New Hampshire
(1982). I played tennis in the summer two or three
times a week, swam at the YMCA about three times a
week, and in the winter did downhill and cross-country
skiing from our house in Franconia, which was built in
1972. We owned a similar house in Woodstock, but it was
taken over by the State for the construction of the
1-93 interchange in 1970. I occasionally went bass
fishing and developed an interest in bird watching. In

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1982 I was planning to retire in 1984, and in addition
to the above activities I hoped to study geology and
anthropology.

Children (9) GRIFFIN

i. Barbara Dickson, b. Sept. 20, 1943

ii. Frederick Welby, Jr., b. Aug. 24, 1947

iii. Robin Ann, b. Mar. 11, 1950

iv. Bonnie Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1952

Reference: Frederick W. Griffin, 10 Orchard Hill Circle,
Bedford, NH 03102

9
BARBARA DICKSON GRIFFIN , the daughter of Frederick Welby

and Ruth Brownlie (Dickson) Griffin, was born in Chicago,
Illinois, on September 20, 1943. She was graduated from
Smith College with a B.A. degree in 1965. In 1967 she re-
ceived an M.A.T. degree from the University of Pittsburg.
She taught in a private secondary school in Valencia, Vene-
zuela, in 1966. She taught English in Lexington, Massachu-
setts, High School 1967-1971.

On July 10, 1971, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, she mar-
ried Robert Jay Ludwig, who was born July 16, 1943, in Pal-
myra, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Laura (Bennetch)
Ludwig. Robert was graduated from Lebanon Valley College,
Anville, Pennsylvania, with an A.B. degree in mathematics.
In 1967 he received an M.S. degree in mathematics from the
University of New Hampshire.

Robert worked for the Presbyterian Church in Inman
Square, Cambridge; Arthur D. Little, Inc., in the agri-busi-
ness division for about six years; and in 1980 became busi-
ness manager and administrator of Grace Chapel in Lexington.

Children (10) LUDWIG

i. Heidi Griffin, b. Jan. 4, 1974
ii. Kathryn Louise, b. Aug. 7, 1976

Reference: Frederick W. Griffin

9
FREDERICK WELBY GRIFFIN, JR. , the son of Frederick Welby

and Ruth Brownlie (Dickson) Griffin, was born in Manchester,
New Hampshire, on August 24, 1947. He was graduated from the
University of New Hampshire with a B.S. degree in business
in 1972. On June 10, 1972, at Ogunquit, Maine, he married
Martha Myrand, who was born March 11, 1949, at Lewiston,
Maine, the daughter of John and Constance (Leblanc) Myrand.
Martha was graduated from the University of New Hampshire
with a B.S. degree in business in 1973. They owned and op-
erated the Kennebunk Inn at Kennebunkport , Maine, (1982).

The Williard Henry Griffin, Sr., family: Richard, Marjorie, Jeffrey Scott
Wilson, Ann Griffin Wilson, Willard, Jr., and Willard, Sr., seated.

The Frederick Welby Griffin, Sr., family: (front) Barbara Griffin Ludwig
with Heather Griffin Foster, Martha Myrand Griffin, Ruth, Bonnie,
Robin Griffin Foster, (back) Frederick, Sr., and Frederick, Jr.

The Jane Griffin Greene family: Vaughn Digby, Phyllis Carol, Randolph
Luther, Cynthia Jane.

Fred Griffin Gets Citizen of the Year Award: Ruth, Fred's wife: Fred:
Barbara Ludwig, Fred's daughter; Fred's daughter-in-law and son,
Martha and Rick Griffin. Courtesy Denis Paiste, The Union Leader.
Manchester, New Hampshire, October 21, 1981.

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Children (10) GRIFFIN

i. Lydia Brownlie, b. Mar. 9, 1978
ii. Alexis Campagna, b. June 28, 1980

Reference: Frederick W. Griffin

9
ROBIN ANN GRIFFIN , the daughter of Frederick Welby and Ruth

Brownlie (Dickson) Griffin, was born in Manchester, New

Hampshire, on March 11, 1950. She was graduated from the

University of New Hampshire with a B.S. degree in social

services .

She was a photographer and owned and operated the Photo

Studio and Antique Shop in Waitsfield, Vermont. On November

3, 1979, at Lake Placid, New York, she married Robert Peck

Foster, who was born April 10, 1943, at Schenectady, New

York, the son of Henry Joslyn and Virginia (Peck) Foster.

Robert was graduated from the State University College at

Oswego, New York, with a B.A. degree in economics. He was a

masonry contractor April to December and an assistant in the

medical section of Sugarbush ski area the rest of the year.

They resided (1982) at Waitsfield, Vermont.

Children (10) FOSTER

i. Heather Griffin, b. July 12, 1981, Randolph, Ver-
mont

Reference: Frederick W. Griffin

9
BONNIE JANE GRIFFIN , the daughter of Frederick Welby and

Ruth Brownlie (Dickson) Griffin, was born in Manchester, New

Hampshire, November 20, 1952. She was graduated from Colby

Junior College, now Colby-Sawyer, New London, New Hampshire,

in 1972. Bonnie moved to Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1973 and as

of 1982 was still there working as a waitress in the Pioneer

Saloon.

Reference: Frederick W. Griffin

8
JANE GRIFFIN , the daughter of Vaughn David and Grace Her-

rick (Coan) Griffin, was born in Manchester, New Hampshire,
September 28, 1927. She was graduated from Bradford Junior
College in 1946. On July 6, 1947, Jane married Robert Luther
Greene, who was born in Cloverdale, Botetourt County, Vir-
ginia, March 23, 1923, the son of Digby Norcott and Hattie
Lennis (Shipp) Greene. He was a 1940 graduate of the College
of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. After college
he enlisted in the United States Air Force in World War II.
He was a 1st lieutenant and taught communications and radar.

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COAN GENEALOGY

In 1947 he received a master's degree in chemical engineer-
ing from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

For most of their married life Jane and Robert lived in
Dallas, Texas, where Robert worked as a consultant for Pur-
vin & Gertz, Inc. He later became president and owner of
Greene & Associates, Inc. Besides their home in Dallas they
owned a house on Lake Tawakoni in Texas and one on the ocean
at Cape Neddick, Maine. They both enjoyed tennis, opera, and
travel. Their excellent art collection of original oils and
water colors was another of their hobbies.

Jane was office manager for Greater Dallas Housing Op-
portunity Center, and beginning in 1977 was president of J.
G. & Associates, Inc., Fair Housing Consultants. Her volun-
teer activities were extensive: American Diabetes Associa-
tion, North Central Texas: board of directors; The Amigos: a
program of dynamics in race and intergroup relations, co-
founder and coordinator, board of directors; Dallas Alli-
ance: Neighborhood Regeneration and Maintenance Task Force;
Dallas Housing Forum: member; vice-chairwoman and program
chairwoman 1976-1977; Family Guidance Center: board of dir-
ectors; Goals for Dallas: member and discussion leader;
Greater Dallas Housing Opportunity Center: board of direc-
tors, president, 1975; primary researcher, investigator, and
author of Study of Discrimination and Steering Practice by
Real Estate Agents in Dallas, 1974; League of Women Voters:
member; Manpower Advisory Council - City of Dallas: member,
vice-chairwoman, 1977; National Neighbors: board of direc-
tors and executive committee; annual conference chairwoman,
1976; State Bar of Texas: member, planning committee for a
more effective state bar; U. S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development: member, Fair Housing Committee, 1974-
1975; planned Fair Housing Conference, Washington, D.C.,
1975; Volunteer Center: board of directors; Women's Council
of Dallas County: member.

Children (9) GREENE

i. Phyllis Carol, b. Sept. 13, 1948

ii. Randall Luther, b. Oct. 6, 1951

iii. Vaughn Digby, b. Feb. 1, 1956

iv. Cynthia Jane, b. May 22, 1957

Reference: Mrs
TX 75240

Robert L. Greene, 7447 Stonecrest, Dallas,

PHYLLIS CAROL GREENE , the daughter of Robert Luther and
Jane (Griffin) Greene, was born September 13, 1948, in Eliz-
abeth, New Jersey. She was graduated from Cornell Univer-
sity in Ithaca, New York, with a B.A. degree in 1970. She
received an M.Ed. degree from Monmouth College, Monmouth,
Oregon, in 1972. In 1982 she lived in Louisville, Colorado.
Not far from her home in Louisville she owned a mountain

Ruth Alberta Coan

Robert William Fulton

Robert MacGregor Fulton, David Kenniston Fulton, Pamela Louise Fulton

The Ruth Coan Fulton family in 1965: (back) David, Pamela, Robert M. (front)
Robert W, Ruth.

The Fultons skiing at Sunday
River, Maine, 1958. David, Robert,
Pamela, Ruth, and Bobby.

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ijfe

7*J!

The summit of Mount
Chocorua, New Hamp-
shire, 1963: The Fultons—
David. Bob, Pamela.
Ruth, and Robert.

MAINE COANS 269

cabin which overlooked the Continental Divide. She owned and
operated The Boulder Buyer, a real estate firm in Louis-
ville. She was a member of the board of directors of a
health clinic and the Women's Center.

Reference: Mrs. Robert L. Greene

9
RANDALL LUTHER GREENE , the son of Robert Luther and Jane

(Griffin) Greene, was born October 6, 1951, in Summit, New

Jersey. He was graduated from the University of Texas in

Austin with a B.B.A. degree with an accounting major. In

1982 he had passed half his C.P.A. exams and was working as

internal auditor for Pizza Inn. His hobbies were fishing

and deep sea diving.

Reference: Mrs. Robert L. Greene

9
VAUGHN DIGBY GREENE , the son of Robert Luther and Jane

(Griffin) Greene, was born February 1, 1956, in Dallas,
Texas. After graduating from St. Mark's School of Texas, he
spent a year studying in Evian, France. His junior year at
Tufts University he was enrolled at the University of Tubin-
gen, Tubingen, Germany. He received a B.A. degree cum laude
from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1978.
His hobbies included skiing and scuba diving.

Reference: Mrs. Robert L. Greene

9
CYNTHIA JANE GREENE , the daughter of Robert Luther and Jane

(Griffin) Greene, was born May 22, 1957, in Dallas, Texas.

She was graduated from the Thompson School at the University

of New Hampshire in 1981 with a B.S. degree in business ad-
ministration .

Reference: Mrs. Robert L. Greene

7 6 5 4

RUTH ALBERTA COAN (Fred W. , Robert A. , Shubael , Elisha

D. , Abraham , Peter ), daughter of Fred Welby and Pearl
Ianna (Knowles) Coan, was born June 19, 1915, in Manchester,
New Hampshire. When she was graduated from Wilson Grammar
School, she was awarded the Sons of the American Revolution
Good Citizenship Medal. In 1932 she was valedictorian of her
class at Manchester Central High School. In 1936 she re-
ceived an A.B. degree from Bates College where she was a
four-year member of the Chapel Choir and the Glee Club,
treasurer of the Women's Student Government, a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, and active in the 4-A Players. She played Lady
Macbeth in Macbeth and the leading role of Hecuba in the
Commencement Play, The Trojan Women. In 1936-1937 at Pern-

270 COAN GENEALOGY

broke Academy, Pembroke, New Hampshire, she taught English,
Latin, and French, as well as directed the glee club and the
annual operetta, Victor Herbert's Sweethearts. The next
three years she taught English and coached dramatics at
Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine. The summer of
1937 she attended Columbia University. From 1938-1940 she
was social director at Bates College Summer School.

In Manchester, New Hampshire, September 28, 1940, Ruth
married Robert William Fulton, born September 10, 1910, son
of William Lyman and Bessie Louise (Marston) Fulton. After
living in Buffalo and Syracuse, New York, in 1945 the young
couple moved to Portland, Maine, where they still resided in
1982. Robert received a B.S. degree in electrical engineer-
ing from Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he was a mem-
ber of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He worked forty-one
years in fire protection engineering for the Factory Insur-
ance Association of Hartford, Connecticut, now Industrial
Risk Insurers, and retired in 1975.

In 1967-68 Ruth was a substitute teacher at the Boys'
Training Center, South Portland. She joined the faculty of
Andover College in Portland as English Instructor in 1968.
In 1975 she received a M.S.Ed, degree from the University of
Maine, Portland-Gorham, now the University of Southern
Maine. In 1976 along with teaching one class, she became
Academic Dean at Andover College, a position she held until
she retired in 1979. She wrote articles on education for
numerous magazines. The following manuals which she wrote
for use at Andover College she published and marketed: Busi-
ness Student's Easy Guide to Report Writing, Business Stu-
dent's Easy Guide to the Metric System, and Business Stu-
dent's Easy Guide to Library Reference Materials.

The church played an important part in the lives of
Ruth and Robert. They met at the First Baptist Church in
Manchester where they were members and active in youth work,
especially in Christian Endeavor. The minister at that time
was Dr. Charles P. MacGregor who baptized and married them
and for whom they gave their son Robert the middle name of
MacGregor. They later joined Immanuel Baptist Church in
Portland where Robert was president of the Men's Club, dea-
con, and trustee; and Ruth was teacher in the high school
department of the church school. She held a similar position
for many years when they joined Woodfords Congregational
Church of the United Church of Christ; and Robert was super-
intendent of the church school, deacon, and trustee at Wood-
fords .

Robert was a professional engineer in the states of
Massachusetts and Maine and a member of the Woodfords Club
in Portland where he was active on the billiards teams. He
was an avid skier, skater, and fisherman. Ruth held member-
ship in many educational organizations, some of which were
Modern Language Association, International Reading Associa-
tion, New England Reading Association, National Business
Teachers' Association, American Business Communication Asso-

Pamela Louise Fulton

Brent Wilson McLaughlin

Patrick Coan McLaughlin and Benjamin Robert
McLaughlin

Sharon Lee Julien

David Kenniston Fulton

David Kenniston Fulton, Jr., (Kenny), and Darci Kay Fulton

MAINE COANS 271

ciation, New England Business Educators Association. She
also was a member of the Portland College Club, the Camp
Fire Girls as a sponsor and member of the board of direc-
tors. After she retired and began working on her family
genealogy, she joined the Maine Historical Society, the
Maine Old Cemetery Association, the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, and the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She and Robert were both members of the Society
of Mayflower Descendants; she through Stephen Hopkins, and
he through Isaac Alberton, Francis Eaton, Degory Priest, and
John Howland.

Besides their home at 11 Loraine Street, Portland, Ruth
and Robert owned a cottage at Great Pond, Belgrade Lakes,
where they spent their summers.

Children (8) FULTON

i. Pamela Louise, b. Jan. 16, 1947
ii. David Kenniston, b. Oct. 25, 1949
iii. Robert MacGregor, b. June 10, 1952

PAMELA LOUISE FULTON , the daughter of Robert William and
Ruth Alberta (Coan) Fulton, was born in Portland, Maine,
January 16, 1947. She was graduated from Deering High
School, Portland, in 1965 where she was a member of the Na-
tional Honor Society; in 1969 she received a B.A. degree
from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she was a mem-
ber of Kappa Delta Chi Sorority and Tri Beta, a national
honorary biological society. The summer of 1968 she was one
of twenty chosen from the Great Lakes colleges to partici-
pate in a six-week National Science Foundation program in
marine biology at the University of California, Santa Bar-
bara. In 1974 she received an M.S.Ed, degree from the Uni-
versity of Maine, Portland-Gorham, now the University of
Southern Maine.

From 1969 to 1979 she taught 7th Grade Science at Ma-
honey Junior High School in South Portland. There she organ-
ized and led the Nature Club to give students firsthand ex-
perience with the great outdoors. She was a member of the
Josselyn Botanical Society and the Appalachian Mountain
Club. She climbed, as well as led trips up, the highest
peaks in New Hampshire and Maine. She canoed the Allagash,
the St. John River, the Aroostook River in Maine; and the
boundary waters of Minnesota. As an avid bicyclist, besides
many shorter trips, she rode 200 miles around the west shore
of Nova Scotia; the same distance around the Door Peninsula
in Wisconsin; and completed the 500-mile Bike Centennial
Trail through Illinois and Kentucky. She always was inter-
ested in the Camp Fire Girls, joined the Blue Birds, and
continued Camp Fire membership through high school where she
was one of the first to earn the Wohelo Medalion in the
State of Maine. For five summers she was a counselor at Camp

272 COAN GENEALOGY

Ketcha, the Camp Fire day camp. She enjoyed skiing and fish-
ing.

September 2, 1979, on House Island in Casco Bay, she
married Brent Wilson McLaughlin, who was born February 14,
1946, in Dover-Foxcrof t , Maine, the son of Lonzo G. and Myra
(Draper) McLaughlin. He received a B.S. degree in engineer-
ing physics from the University of Maine in Orono in 1969.
In October, 1969, he enlised in the United States Army and
served in Germany until May, 1972. He was employed by Oxford
Paper Company, St. Regis Paper Company, and Boise Cascade in
Rumford, Maine. In 1982 he became an engineering specialist
for Arkwright-Boston Insurance, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Brent shared all of Pam's outdoor interests, and they both
were members of the First Church (United Church of Christ)
in Nashua, New Hampshire. In 1982 they lived in Hudson, New
Hampshire.

Children (9) MCLAUGHLIN

i. Benjamin Robert, b. Sept. 4, 1980, Lewiston, Maine
ii. Patrick Coan, b. Sept. 2, 1981, Lewiston, Maine

Reference: Mrs. Brent W. McLaughlin, 8 Bruce Street, Hudson,
NH 03051

DAVID KENNISTON FULTON , son of Robert William and Ruth
Alberta (Coan) Fulton, was born in Portland, Maine, October
25, 1949. At age 9 he took over a 60-customer morning paper
route, which he carried for 8 years until he went to col-
lege. He was a member of Woodfords Congregational Church,
and president of his Senior High Fellowship. In 1967 he was
graduated from Deering High School where he lettered on the
cross-country team and served as president of the Key Club.
He played Babe Ruth baseball, and his team made the state
championship finals. In 1971 he received a B.A. degree in
psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University where he was a mem-
ber of Student Government, Delta Tau Delta, Omicron Delta
Kappa National Leadership Society, and was Corps Commander
of ROTC, receiving Distinguished Graduate status at commis-
sioning. During the summers while he was in college, he was
a recreation director for the City of Portland.

March 19, 1972, in Darien, Connecticut, he married Sha-
ron Lee Julien, who was born March 21, 1950, in Weslaco,
Texas, the daughter of Charles Donald and Margery (Tanner)
Julien. They met at Ohio Wesleyan where she was a member of
Pi Beta Phi and received a B.A. degree in home economics ed-
ucation in 1972. She taught home economics 1972-1974 at Rex
Lake Academy and North High School, Akron, Ohio. David was
awarded a J.D. degree in 1974 from the University of Akron
School of Law where he was secretary both of the Student
Council and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, and in the Na-
tional Order of Barristers (for outstanding contribution to

Robert MacGregor Fulton.

Family of Ruth Coan Fulton, 1981: (back) Robert M., David K.
holding his son David, Jr. (Kenny), Robert W., Brent Wilson
McLaughlin, (front) Darci Kay Fulton, Pamela Fulton Mc-
Laughlin holding her son Benjamin Robert, Ruth holding her
grandson Patrick Coan McLaughlin, and Sharon Julien
Fulton. Photo by Brent W. McLaughlin.

Anna Belle Coan

Alphonso W. Badger

Alphonso W. Badger, Jr. and his
half-sister Gertrude Badger

MAINE COANS 273

Moot Court). That same year he went on active duty with the
United States Air Force as a captain to fulfill his ROTC
commitment. He served four years and eleven months; one and
a half years at Pease Air Force Base, Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, and the rest of the time at Royal Air Force, Alcon-
bury, England. He received an Honorable Discharge December
3, 1979, his decorations including the meritorous service
medal .

While he was in the Air Force, he went to Air Univer-
sity, Montgomery, Alabama, twice; attending Judge Advocate
General School; and Squadron Officer School (one of six law-
yers throughout the Air Force selected to attend this 637-
man class). He and Sherry travelled to Spain, Germany,
France, Austria, Italy, Holland, Ireland, Scotland, and
Wales during his tour in England.

March 1, 1980, he became associated with the Boynton,
Waldron law firm in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In June of
1980 he and Sherry bought a home in Eliot, Maine. His affil-
iations included Ohio State Bar Association, New Hampshire
State Bar Association, Maine State Bar Association, and the
American Bar Association. He was admitted to practice before
the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1974; the United States Court of
Military Appeals, 1975; the Federal and Supreme Court for
New Hampshire, May, 1980; and the Federal and Supreme Court
for Maine, October, 1980. He was a member of the Planning
Board in Eliot, Maine, where he and Sherry were living with
their two children in 1982.

Children (9) FULTON

i. Darci Kay, b. Apr. 6, 1975, Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire

ii. David Kenniston, Jr., b. Feb. 2, 1978, Cambridge,
England

Reference: David K. Fulton, 38 Rollingwood, Eliot, ME 03903

ROBERT MacGREGOR FULTON , son of Robert William and Ruth
Alberta (Coan) Fulton, was born June 10, 1952, in Portland,
Maine. At the age of 10 he suffered a broken elbow in a
bicycling accident and afterwards was never able to com-
pletely straighten his left arm.

He attended the public schools of Portland and was
graduated in 1970 from Deering High School where he was
elected to the National Honor Society, served as president
of that school's chapter of the Hi-Y, was editor of the Hi-Y
Student Directory, and took part in the Thanksgiving play.

During the spring of his junior year at Wittenberg Uni-
versity in Springfield, Ohio, he was one of five chosen to
represent the University in a college cooperative program at
Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Caro-
lina. After receiving his B.A. degree from Wittenberg in

274 COAN GENEALOGY

1974, he took health science courses at the University of
Southern Maine and Westbrook College in Portland, Maine. In
February, 1976, he passed the American Society of Clinical
Pathologists Histology Board of Registry (HT008190). He pur-
sued further education in the field of management at the
University of Southern Maine and the New School for Social
Research in New York City.

His work experience began 1967-1970 as a morning paper
boy for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company. During the sum-
mers of 1970 through 1974 he worked as a warehouseman and
fork lift operator for Northeast Cold Storage Corporation in
Portland. During the school year 1973-1974 he worked as
librarian in the science branch of the Thomas Library at
Wittenberg. In October, 1974, he went to work for Maine Med-
ical Center in Portland as a histology technician. Early in
1977 he became supervisor of the Histology Laboratory at
that Center. In January, 1980, he accepted the supervisory
position of the Surgical Pathology Laboratories at Mount
Sinai Medical Center in New York City, and in 1982 he re-
sided in Manhattan. His professional memberships and respon-
sibilities included:

American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1976-
National Society for Histotechnology , Inc., 1975-
Maine Society for Histotechnology, 1975-1979

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ANNA BELLE ^OAN (Robert A.5 , Shubael4 , Elisha D.3 , Abra-
ham , Peter ) was born in Exeter, Maine, February 27, 1867,
daughter of Robert Abbott and Mary Elizabeth (Bartlett)
Coan. She married Alphonso W. Badger and died as a result of
childbirth at age 21, May 23, 1886, in Exeter, Maine. Anna
Belle was buried in Exeter in the cemetery on Cider Hill
Road.

Children (7) BADGER

i. Alphonso W. Badger, Jr., who married Ivy A. Kew Oc-
tober 22, 1912.

ELEANOR SUSAN COAN (Shubael4, Elisha D.3, Abraham2, Peter1)
daughter of Shubael and Susan (Abbott) Coan, was born in
Exeter, Maine, February 24, 1831. She married Benjamin Weeks
who ran a livery stable in Orono. Eleanor died May 3, 1853,

(top left) Abbott Sanford Coan. (bottom left) Graves of Abbott
and Arianna Dickey Coan, cemetery, Cider Hill Road, Exeter,
Maine. Flag indicated service in Civil War. Courtesy Robert W.
Fulton, (right) Nellie Estelle Weeks Spencer and Llewellyn T.
Spencer.

Campus of the University of Maine, Orono, when Nellie Weeks, daughter of

f%!£?F w f^S0™ Weeks' attended. Photo taken in 1871. Courtesy
Merritt Caldwell Fernald, History of the Maine State College and the Univer-
sity oi Maine.

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MAINE COANS 275

aged 22 years. She was buried in the Townhouse Cemetery in
Exeter. On her tombstone is the following:

Thy peaceful step can know no dreaming
Thy soul's original wings are now at rest;
Though burning tears are freely streaming,
Thy spirit warbles with the best.

Children (6) WEEKS

i. Nellie Estelle

Reference: Directory Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Orono (Ban-
gor: Cannon & Co., 1903), p. 545.

Gravestone, Townhouse Cemetery, Exeter, Maine

6
NELLIE ESTELLE WEEKS , daughter of Benjamin and Eleanor
( Coan ) Weeks, was the fourth woman to be graduated from the
University of Maine in Orono. The first was Louise H. Rams-
dell, Class of 1874; the second, Florence H. Cowan, Class of
1876; the third and fourth, Alicia T. Emery and Nellie E.
Weeks, Class of 1877. The last two received the degree of
B.S. in Science and Literature. The Class of '77 had seven-
teen members. At that time the population of the entire uni-
versity was about one hundred. Between 1872 (when the first
class of six was graduated) and 1900 there were thirty women
in attendance.

Nellie became a teacher in Orono. She married Llewellyn
T. Spencer, a wood, coal, and ice dealer in Orono. He was a
selectman, assessor, and oversear of the poor; as well as a
weigher of hay and coal for the town.

Children (7) SPENCER

i. Hadley L.
ii. Frank W.

Reference: Dr. Ava H. Chadbourne, "Pioneering Co-Eds, "

Portland (Maine) Sunday Telegram, April 8, 1956, p. 2D.

Mitchell and Remick, comp. , The Orono Register

1904 (Brunswick, Maine: H. E. Mitchell Pub. Co., 1904),

p. 85.

5 4 3 2 1

ABBOTT COAN (Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), the

son of Shubael and Susan (Abbott) Coan, was born in Exeter,

Maine, March 29, 1834. He married Arianna Horton Dickey,

daughter of Samuel and Margaret Curtis Dickey of Monroe. His

tombstone in the cemetery on Cider Hill Road in Exeter reads

as follows:

276

COAN GENEALOGY

Abbott Coan
Capt. Co. A 12th
Reg. Me. Vols,
died in the service
of his country
May 17, A.D. 1863
AE 29 yrs. 1 mo.
"Dulce et decorum
est pro patria more."

For facts on Abbott Coan's Civil War record, consult Albert
Coan, son of Abraham and Mary (Abbott) Coan, in this chap-
ter. Arianna died June 7, 1898, aged 55 years.

Children (6) COAN

i. Percy, b. 1862; d. July 5, 1870

Reference: Gravestones, Cemetery, Cider Hill Road, Exeter,
Maine

1894, aged
Cider Hill

3 2

Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-

( Abbott) Coan, was born in

He lived all his life on

married Martha M. Hill, who

May 24, 1838, daughter of David F. Hill of Exeter.

January 24, 1913, aged 76; Martha died March 5,

SHUBAEL SANFORD COAN (Shubael ,
ter1 ) , son of Shubael and Susan
Exeter, Maine, November 18, 1836
the farm where he was born,
was born
He died

55. They were buried in Exeter in the cemetery on
Road .

Children (6) COAN

i. Elizabeth E. Coan,
ii. Abbott Sanford, b.

b. Oct. 2, 1859
Oct. 30, 1869

6 5 4

ELIZABETH E. COAN (Sanford , Shubael , Elisha D.
ham , Peter1), daughter of S. Sanford and Maria M.
Coan, was born in Exeter, Maine, October 2, 1859.
Federal Census of the State of Maine listed her as

maker. She married Clarence
January 13, 1882.

Children (7) PRESCOTT

, Abra-

(Hill)
The 1980
a dress-
Prescott and died at age 22

Clarence Abbott

CLARENCE ABBOTT PRESCOTT , son of Charles E. and Elizabeth
E. (Coan) Prescott, married Alice Cunningham. He lived in
Orono, Maine.

MAINE COANS 277

Children (8) PRESCOTT

i . Audrey
ii. Mae

6 5 4 3

ABBOTT SANFORD COAN (S. Sanford , Shubael , Elisha D. , Ab-
raham , Peter ), son of S. Sanford and Maria M. (Hill) Coan,
was born October 30, 1869, in Exeter, Maine. He attended
business college in Portland, Maine, and for several years
was connected with the American Express Company in Bangor.
In 1895 he went to Boston to work for the Boston Elevated
Company and stayed with that company for 20 years. For the
last 27 years of his life he was employed by the American
Mutual Liability Insurance Company and its associate com-
pany, American Policyholders' Insurance.

He married Sarah Elizabeth Powers, daughter of Winslow
Hill Powers of Stetson, Maine. They resided in Melrose, Mas-
sachusetts. He was a member of the Melrose Highlands Congre-
gational Church, Mt . Hermon Lodge, A.F. & A.M., and the
Mystic Royal Arch Chapter of Medford. He died in Melrose
November 13, 1942. His funeral services were held at the
church, and he was buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose.

Children (7) COAN

i. Donald Winslow, b. Aug. 7, 1897

7 6 5 4

DONALD WINSLOW COAN (Abbotts. , S. Sanford , Shubael ,
Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), son of Abbott Sanford and
Sarah E. (Powers) Coan, was born August 7, 1897. He married
Edna Crosscup of Maiden, Massachusetts, September 3, 1921.
She was the daughter of Joshua C. and Dora (Hulsman) Cross-
cup. They lived in Reading.

Children (8) COAN

i. Elizabeth Jane, b. ca. 1922
ii. Barbara Dawn, b. ca . 1926

Reference: Marriages, 1921 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 34, p. 244.

8 7 6 5

ELIZABETH JANE COAN (Donald W. , Abbott S. , S. Sanford ,
Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Winches-
ter, Massachusetts, about 1922, daughter of Donald Winslow
and Edna (Crosscup) Coan. She was a secretary. On December
12, 1941, in the Unitarian Church in Reading she married
Frederick Cleverley Morgan who was born about 1920 in Somer-
ville, son of Frederick H. and Elizabeth (Kemegey) Morgan.
He was an optician.

278 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Marriages, 1941 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 104, p. 540.

8 7 6 5

BARBARA DAWN COAN (Donald W. , Abbott S. , S. Sanford ,

Shubael4, Elisha D.3, Abraham2, Peter1) was born in Maiden,

Massachusetts, about 1926, the daughter of Donald Winslow

and Edna (Crosscup) Coan. She was a clerk. On April 25,

1946, in the Unitarian Church in Reading she married Charles

Andrew Moores, Jr., who was born in Maiden about 1925, the

son of Charles Andrew and Olive Mae (Gilson) Moores. He was

in the insurance business.

Reference: Marriages, 1946 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 116, p. 242.

5 4 3 2 1

SARAH SOPHIA COAN (Shubael , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ),

daughter of Shubael and Susan (Abbott) Coan, was born in
Exeter, Maine, December 28, 1841. She married John C. Her-
sey, who was a farmer and operated a carriage-making and re-
pair shop in South Exeter.

Children (6) HERSEY

i. Wilbur S.

ii. Harvey L.

iii. Lewis C.

iv. Maude S.

v. John

vi. Leroy

Reference: Federal Censuses, 1880, 1890, Maine, Penobscot
County, Exeter.

6
MAUDE S. HERSEY , daughter of John C. and Sarah (Coan) Her-

sey, was born in South Exeter, Maine. She married Percy A.

Smith, a lawyer. They lived in Fairfield, Maine.

Children (7) SMITH

i. Marjorie E.

Reference: Mitchell and Davis, comp. , The Fairfield Regis-
ter 1904 (Kents Hill, Maine: H. E. Mitchell Publishing
Company, 1904), p. 88.

4 3 2 1

ABRAHAM COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born at

Penobscot (Castine), Maine, May 11, 1805, son of Elisha and

Mary (Atkins) Coan. He and his brothers worked the family

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son, husband of Julia Harriet Coan. Cour-
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of Lawrence, Massachusetts, (bottom right)
The Constitution, "Old Ironsides," trans-
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Part of the year when farm work permitted, he attended a
public school until he was seventeen years old. During the
War of 1812 the British occupied old Fort George, rebuilt
and strengthened it. Abraham, who was then seven years old,
took a great interest in the soldiers and became a fast
friend of the chief musician who taught him to play the
flute.

About 1820 the family moved to Exeter, Maine, and here
Abraham met Mary Abbott, daughter of Robert and Sally (Gil-
man) Abbott recently come to Exeter from Mount Vernon,
Maine. Mary was the sister of Susan Abbott who had married
Abraham's brother Shubael. She was born in Rome, Maine,
September 27, 1807. Marriage intentions of Abraham and Mary
were published September 15, 1827. They were married in Exe-
ter October 18, 1827.

On April 3, 1834, Abraham purchased from "the Trustees
of the ministerial and School funds in the town of Exeter"
the East half of Lot No. 11 in the 10th Range, bounded on
the West by Ezekiel Leighton's land. For this land he paid
$233. Here he built a home for his family. Three of his
sons, William, Albert, and Alonzo fought in the Civil War.
Abraham died August 14, 1849, aged 44; Mary, his wife, died
May 11, 1871, aged 63. They were buried in Exeter, in the
cemetery on Cider Hill Road.

Children (5) COAN

i. Elisha, b. Feb. 22, 1828

ii. William Bloomfield, b. Oct. 30, 1830

iii. Julia Harriet, b. Jan. 15, 1833

iv. Samuel Atkins, b. June 19, 1834

v. Gilman Robert, b. Feb. 13, 1835

vi. Albert, b. Oct. 2, 1840

vii. Alonzo, b. June 6, 1842

Reference: "Exeter to Coan" Deeds (Office of Register of
Deeds, Penobscot County, Maine), Vol. 74, p. 62.

5 4 3 2 1

ELISHA COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), son

of Abraham and Mary (Abbott) Coan, was born in Exeter,

Maine, February 22, 1828. He was 21 years old when his

father died, the oldest of seven children. The youngest,

Alonzo, just seven at that time, in later years wrote this

about his brother Elisha: "He cared for his mother and acted

as a father to the younger members of the family who never

forgot his kindness and loving care." Elisha was married to

Lucy A. but had no children. He died July 9, 1881,

in Exeter and was buried in the family lot in the cemetery

on Cider Hill Road.

Reference: Federal Census of 1880, Maine, Penobscot County,
Exeter.

280 COAN GENEALOGY

5 4 3 2

WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham ,

Peter ), son of Abraham and Mary (Abbott) Coan, was born in
Exeter, Maine, October 30, 1830. He went from Maine to Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, when he was a young man and was employed
as a clerk in the mercantile business. Here in 1854 he mar-
ried Ada Lenora Hoyt, but several years later divorced her
and never remarried.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he was in New York
City, a partner in a restaurant on Chambers Street.

At the call of President Lincoln for volunteers to
guard the capital, he joined the famous 7th New York
Infantry, which was one of the first volunteer organi-
zations to reach Washington, where they were quartered
in the Capitol Building and did duty for three months
in and about the city. In this organization he served
as a non-commissioned officer.

At the expiration of three months his regiment was
sent home to New York City where he recruited a company
of volunteers for three years' service and was commis-
sioned by the governor a Captain, and assigned to Com-
pany E, 48th New York Infantry, August 8, 1861. He
served continuously throughout the War and was mustered
out September 1, 1865, having attained the rank of
Colonel through all the grades from a Captain, at times
commanding a Brigade, also a Division. He participated
in many of the battles of the War, notably the assault
on Fort Wagner, Charlestown, South Carolina; and the
assault and capture of Fort Fisher, Wilmington, North
Carolina. (Alonzo Coan, The Coan Family)

He was wounded three times--once in the leg, once in
the ear, and once in the scalp, the most serious.

Colonel Coan was brave in battle, honest in his
dealings, liberal-hearted, unassuming, and quick in his
sensibilities. He willfully wronged no man. His sense
of honor was keen, and what he believed to be right,
that he did. (48th Regiment, New York State Volunteers,
A. J. Palmer)

After the war, William settled in Lawrence, Massachu-
setts, and went into the grocery business with his brother
Albert. He was a member of Post 39, Grand Army of the Repub-
lic of Massachusetts. He died January 28, 1877.

Children (6) COAN

i. William Albert, b. May 27, 1855

WILLIAM ALBERT6 COAN - See Chapter 6

MAINE COANS 281

5 4 3 2

JUL^A HARRIET COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ), daughter of Abraham and Mary (Abbott) Coan, was born
in Exeter, Maine, January 15, 1833. In 1860 she married
James Rae Simpson, who was born January 14, 1832, in Stan-
stead, Quebec, Canada. There he worked on a farm, attended
common school and Wesleyan Academy. When he was 15, he was
employed as a teacher. He went to Massachusetts in 1849 and
eventually settled in Lawrence. He was a Mason, and he and
Julia attended the Unitarian Church. He owned the mercantile
firm of James R. Simpson & Co. In 1863 he was a member of
the Common Council, and in 1878 was elected Mayor of the
City of Lawrence. In this capacity he served three consecu-
tive terms. He also was president of one of the leading
banks .

Alonzo, Julia's youngest brother, wrote of his sister:

Julia was widely known for her goodness and char-
ity and had a wide circle of acquaintances and friends
in her home city and other communities. One of her
well-known charities was the Lawrence Free Hospital for
mill operatives which was founded through her efforts
and always had her liberal support. She died May 6,
1906.

Children (6) SIMPSON

i . Nellie M.
ii. James E.

Reference: Horace A. Wadsworth, comp. , History of Lawrence,
Massachusetts (Lawrence, Mass.: Hammon Reed, 1880),
opposite p. 64.

5 4 3 2 1

SAMUEL ATKINS COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter )

was born in Exeter, Maine, June 19, 1834, son of Abraham and

Mary (Abbott) Coan.

He made his home largely on the farm where he was
born. He was a student of literature, a man of wide in-
formation, but an invalid for many years. He never mar-
ried and died April 10, 1870, aged 35 years. (Alonzo
Coan, The Coan Family)

He was buried in the family plot in the cemetery on Cider
Hill Road, Exeter.

GILMAN ROBERT COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter )
was born in Exeter, Maine, February 13, 1836, son of Abraham
and Mary (Abbott) Coan. He left Exeter for Lawrence, Massa-
chusetts, where he went into the grocery business. On Octo-
ber 21, 1860, in Lawrence he married Elizabeth A. Emery who
was born in North Berwick, Maine, about 1834, the daughter

282 COAN GENEALOGY

of William and Elizabeth Emery. The marriage was performed
by the Reverend William L. Jenkins, a Unitarian minister.
Gilman died in Lawrence of brain fever April 21, 1869, aged
33 years, 2 months, 7 days.

Children (6) COAN

i. Flora, died as a young woman unmarried

Reference: Marriages 1856-1860 (Vital Records, McCormack
Building, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 135, p. 188.
Deaths 1866-1870, Vol. 220, p. 197.

ALBERT COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was
born in Exeter, Maine, October 2, 1840, son of Abraham and
Mary (Abbott) Coan. He resided on the home farm until 1861
when he married Martha Burgess of Corinna, Maine. She was
born July 8, 1842, the daughter of Crowell and Sarah Bur-
gess .

On the breaking out of the war of the rebellion,
he enlisted in Captain Abbott Coan's Company E, 12th
Regiment, Maine Volunteers, which regiment was assigned
to the New England Brigade, commanded by General
(Judge) Shepley of Portland, Maine. The regiment sailed
from Boston, Massachusetts, for Ship Island in the fa-
mous ship Constitution in January, 1862. Ship Island,
in the Gulf of Mexico, was the rendevous of an expedi-
tion to capture New Orleans. Encountering a storm off
Cape Hatteras and the ship proving unseaworthy, they,
after a serious experience, reached Fortress Monroe,
Virginia, where on the beach without food or shelter
they remained several days until other transports were
sent to their relief and proceeded thence to Ship Is-
land.

When Admiral Farragut's fleet sailed into the Mis-
sissippi to bombard Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the
12th Maine accompanied it on transports and during the
bombardment were landed and sent through the swamps to
the rear of St. Philip, Captain Abbott Coan's Company
wading to their armpits in mud and water, pushing boats
loaded with their arms and rations, and, when the Forts
surrendered, it did good service in picking up prison-
ers who sought to escape by leaving the Forts after
their capture by the navy.

The 12th Maine entered New Orleans with the vic-
torious army on the 24th day of April, and took up
their quarters in the U. S. Mint, but their rest was of
short duration and Captain Coan's Company was at once
dispatched to Lakeport, on Lake Foutchartrain, and
there surprised a steamer just arrived from Mobile,
capturing the vessel and entire crew. A short time

MAINE COANS 28 3

after, in a raid up the Jackson railroad, Captain
Coan ' s Company, in early morning, surprised the camp of
General Jeff Thompson, "the swamp fox of Louisiana,"
dispersed his command, killing several and taking
others as prisoners. Captain Coan captured the sword
and spurs of General Thompson which he had not time to
put on when the attack was made.

The 12th Maine participated in General Wetezel's
Campaign in the summer of 1862 and operated on the
lower Mississippi during the following winter. Albert
Coan served continuously with his command and was made
a Sergeant in his Company for faithful and honorable
service. During the winter of 1862-63, Captain Abbott
Coan contracted fever, brought on by arduous service
and died in a hospital at New Orleans.

Early in the following year, the 12th Maine with
other troops proceeded to the rear of Port Hudson and
took part in that memorable siege, resulting in its
surrender on July 5, 1863, which, with the fall of
Vicksburg the previous day, freed the Mississippi from
rebel control. During the siege of Port Hudson, Ser-
geant Albert Coan was sent to look after a convalescent
camp at Thibodeauxvil le, on the Bayou Lafouche. Here,
early one morning, the camp was surprised by a cavalry
force of General Kirby Smith's army that had entered
Western Louisiana in an attempt to raise the siege of
Port Hudson. Sergeant Coan rallied his command and made
a stout resistance, but being greatly outnumbered was
obliged to surrender as a prisoner of war. The Confed-
erate command then moved with their prisoners to the
junction of Bayou Lafouche and the Mississippi River
where, during an assault upon the fort there situated,
Sergeant Coan made his escape, and crossing the Missis-
sippi in a "dugout" rejoined his command. In the sum-
mer of 1864, the 12th Maine were sent north and parti-
cipated for a time in the operations of General Grant
before Petersburg, Virginia, but were later sent to op-
pose General Early's Advance on Washington and under
General Sheridan participated in the battles of Ope-
quan, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. He
served a full three years' term and at the end of that
time received an honorable discharge. (Alonzo Coan, The
Coan Family, pp. 7-9.

After the war Albert located in Lawrence, Massachu-
setts. His wife Martha had died during his first year with
the army. Albert's brother William had located in Lawrence
also so he and William went into business together. On De-
cember 15, 1866, in Middleton, Albert married second Clara
A. Johnson who was born about 1846 in Andover, daughter of
Gardner Johnson. They lived in Lawrence until Albert died on
May 16, 1884.

28 4 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (6) COAN by Martha

i . Abraham Simpson

by Clara

ii. Julia

iii. Samuel Gilman, died before reaching manhood

Reference: Marriages, 1866-1870 (Vital Records, McCormack
Building, Boston, Mass.).

6
ABRAHAM SIMPSON COAN - See Chapter 6

6 5 4 3 2

JULIA M. COAN (Albert , Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ) was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, daughter of Al-
bert and Clara (Johnson) Coan . On January 1, 1890, in Law-
rence, she married Alvah Locke, son of Samuel and Mary M.
Locke. At the time of their marriage he was an electrician.
He later became assistant paymaster of a manufacturing
establishment in Lawrence.

Reference: Marriages 1890 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 406, p. 285.

5
ALONZO COAN - See Chapter 6

4 3 2 1

NATHANIEL COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), son of Eli-
sha and Mary (Atkins) Coan, was born in Penobscot, Maine, in
1806. He and Mary P. Chapman were married in Exeter Febru-
ary 12, 1832, by Benjamin Evans, Justice of the Peace. Mary
died October 6, 1833, aged 20. On May 2, 1836, the Reverend
John A. Vinton married Nathaniel and Emily Haskell, who was
born July 4, 1809, daughter of Thomas Leavitt and Orinda
(Carpenter) Haskell of Hanover, New Hampshire. The marriage
took place in Exeter, Maine. Emily died September 5, 1841,
aged 30. May 21, 1842, Nathaniel married third Mary Ann
Hooper of Castine.

In 1832 he purchased from his brother-in-law, James
Hooper, Nathaniel's father's farm, which Elisha had sold the
year before to James, husband of his daughter Hannah.
Nathaniel was to assume the debt Elisha owed on the farm to
Benjamin Joy. In this deed Nathaniel is listed as a house-
joiner. Elisha lived the rest of his life with his son
Nathaniel .

Mary Ann (Hooper) Coan died December 26, 1876, aged 66.
Nathaniel died March 7, 1877, aged 71. He and his three
wives were buried in Captain Elisha Coan's lot in the Town-
house Cemetery (Center Burial Ground) in Exeter.

MAINE COANS 285

Children (5) COAN

i. Abigail C. , b. 1833 ) Mary P.'s

daughter
ii. Mary Orinda, b. Mar. 14, 1837 )

) Emily's
iii. Emily Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1839 ) children

iv. Joshua Elbridge, b. May, 1845 )

v. Charles Francis, b. Dec. 29, 1846) Mary Ann's

vi . Eugene N., b. ca. 1849 ) children

Reference: Federal Census 1850, Maine, Penobscot County,
Exeter.

Gravestones, Captain Elisha Coan lot, Townhouse
Cemetery, Exeter, Maine.

Ulysses G. Haskell, "A Short Account of the Des-
cendants of William Haskell of Gloucester, Mass.", Es-
sex Institute Historical Collections, July-December,
1896, Vol. XXXII, p. 179.

"Hooper to Coan," Deeds (Office of Register of
Deeds, Penobscot County, Bangor, Maine), Vol. 47, p.
200.

5 4 3 2 1

ABIGAIL C. COAN (Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter )

was born in 1833. November 29, 1855, the marriage inten-
tions of Abbey and James Oliver were published.

5 4 3 2 1

MARY ORINDA COAN (Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter )

was born March 14, 1837, the daughter of Nathaniel and Emily
(Haskell) Coan. On July 4, 1863 , in Exeter, Maine, she mar-
ried the Reverend Samuel B. Andrews, who was born in Abbot,
Maine, March 6, 1837, son of Samuel and Lucy (Cobb) Andrews.
He was graduated from Bates College in 1862 and from Bangor
Theological Seminary in 1868. June 20, 1868, he was ordained
at Middlebury, New York, where he served as pastor until
1871. He was pastor in Attica, New York, 1871-1872; in
Braintree, Massachusetts, Congregational Church from 1872-
1875.

Mary Orinda died and he married second Elmira H. Emery,
daughter of John and Mary (Atwood) Emery, December 25, 1875.
Other churches of which he was pastor were Lanesville
Church, Gloucester, Massachusetts; North End Mission Church,
Boston; Phillipston, Lakeville, North Rochester, Chatham,
West Granville, and Tolland, Massachusetts; Salem, Connecti-
cut; and West Barnstable, Massachusetts, from 1907 until he
died October 27, 1910.

Children (6) ANDREWS

i. Infant son, d. Aug. 9, 1864, age 5 weeks, 3 days

2 86 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: The Congregational Year-Book, 1911 (Boston: The
Fort Hill Press, 1911), pp. 9, 10.

Gravestone, Townhouse Cemetery, Exeter, Maine;
Samuel Andrews lot

Haskell, "Descendants of William Haskell," Essex
Institute Historical Collections, July-December, 1896,
Vol. XXXII, p. 179.

5 4 3 2

EMILY ELIZABETH COAN (Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ) was born June 8, 1839, daughter of Nathaniel and Emily

(Haskell) Coan. She married Blake, a fruit dealer

of Boston, Massachusetts.

5 4 3 2

JOSHUA ELBRIDGE COAN (Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ) , was born in May, 1845, son of Nathaniel and Mary Ann

(Hooper) Coan. He married Emma . They lived on a

farm in Exeter, Maine. She died February 17, 1876, aged 33
and was buried in the Townhouse Cemetery (Center Burial
Ground) in Exeter in Captain Elisha Coan ' s lot.

Joshua married second September 23, 1880, in Hyde Park,
Massachusetts, Addie Ayer who was born in Robbinston, Maine,
about 1852, the daughter of Merriner and Mary J. Ayer. At
the time of his second marriage, Joshua was a fruit dealer
and living in Hyde Park. His brother-in-law the Reverend
S. B. Andrews performed the wedding ceremony.

Children (6) COAN

i. Frank, b. 1869

Reference: Marriages, 1880 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 317, p. 265.

5 4 3 2

CHARLES FRANCIS COAN (Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter1) was born in Exeter, Maine, December 29, 1846, the son
of Nathaniel and Mary Ann (Hooper) Coan. He was married
three times. The names of his first two wives were not
known. On December 25, 1874, in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, he
married his third wife, Alberta Caroline Rackliffe, who was
born in Lincolnvil le, Maine, the daughter of Samuel and
Julia Rackliffe. Charles at that time was a salesman.

He died in Taunton, Massachusetts, July 9, 1912. On his
death certificate he was listed as a carpenter. Alberta died
July 28, 1928, in Boston. They were buried in Fairview Cem-
etery, Hyde Park.

Children (6) COAN

i. Nettie Frances, b. ca. 1876, Hyde Park, Mass.
ii. Raymond Blake, b. ca. 1880, Hyde Park, Mass.

MAINE COANS 287

iii. Aldana Edna, b. ca . 1883, Hyde Park, Mass.
iv. Clarence, b. Jan. 7, 1887, Hyde Park, Mass.
v. George F., b. Jan. 31, 1910, d. Feb. 19, 1910,
aged 20 days, Hyde Park, Mass.

Reference: Federal Census 1850, Maine, Penobscot County,
Exeter.

Births 1886-1890 (Vital Records, McCormack
Building, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 377, p. 346.

Marriages 1874 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 263, p. 230.

Marriages 1902, Marriages 1904 (Vital Records,
McCormack Building, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 526, p. 52;
Vol. 548, p. 57.

Deaths 1910 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 53, p. 48.

6 5 4 3

NETTIE FRANCES COAN (Charles F. , Nathaniel , Elisha D. ,

Abraham2 , Peter1) was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts,
about 1876, the daughter of Charles Francis and Alberta Car-
oline (Rackliffe) Coan. On June 23, 1902, she married Wil-
liam Henry Monarch, who was born in Salem about 1880, the
son of Benjamin and Bessie (Anderson) Monarch. She was a
stenographer, and he was a machinist.

Reference: Marriages 1902 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 526, p. 52.

6 5 4 3

RAYMOND BLAKE COAN (Charles F. , Nathaniel , Elisha D. ,

Abraham , Peter ) was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts,
about 1880, the son of Charles Francis and Alberta Caroline
(Rackliffe) Coan. On September 15, 1904, in Hyde Park he
married Eldora Lombard, who was born in Sabattus, Maine. Ap-
ril 10, 1883, the daughter of Edmund and Matilda A. (Van
Apps ) Lombard. At the time of his marriage, Raymond's occu-
pation was listed as foreman. Eldora died May 3, 1920. Ray-
mond married second Margaret Wade. He died March 25, 1943.
At the time of his death he resided in Stoughton, Massachu-
setts, and was foreman in a machine shop. He was buried in
Dry Pond Cemetery, Stoughton.

Children (7) COAN

i. Raymond Blake, Jr., b. Aug. 30, 1907

Reference: Deaths 1920, Deaths 1943, (Vital Records, McCor-
mack Building, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 15, p. 96; Vol. 90,
p. 418.

Donald L. Jacobus and William H. Wood, The His-
tory of Woodstock, Connecticut (Worcester, Mass.: Amer-
ican Antiquarian Society, 1943), Vol. 5, p. 523.

288 COAN GENEALOGY

Marriages, 1904 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 548, p. 57.

7 6 5

RAYMOND BLAKE COAN, JR. (Raymond B. , Charles F. , Nathan-
iel4, Elisha D. 3, Abraham2, Peter1) was born in Hyde Park,
Massachusetts, August 30, 1907, the son of Raymond Blake and
Eldora (Lombard) Coan. On February 20, 1929, in Stoughton,
he married Alice Evelyn Gay, who was born in Stoughton July
19, 1910, the daughter of George Frank and Mary K. (Donahue)
Gay.

Reference: Jacobus, History of Woodstock, Vol. 5, p. 523.

6 5 4 3

ALDANA EDNA COAN (Charles F. , Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Ab-
raham , Peter1) was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, about
1883, daughter of Charles Francis and Alberta Caroline
(Rackliffe) Coan. On April 27, 1910, in Hyde Park she mar-
ried Henry W. Pratt of Sebec, Maine, who was born about
1869, son of Warren and Harriet (Doore) Pratt. He was a
machinist .

Reference: Marriages 1906-1910 (Vital Records, McCormack
Building, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 546, p. 60.

5 4 3 2 1

EUGENE N. COAN (Nathaniel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter )

was born in Exeter, Maine, about 1849, the son of Nathaniel
and Mary Ann (Hooper) Coan. On September 20, 1873, he mar-
ried Nellie M. French of Exeter, the daughter of Eben and
Hannah French. Eugene's brother-in-law, the Reverend S. B.
Andrews, performed the ceremony in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.
At that time Eugene was a salesman living in Hyde Park. Eu-
gene married second Mary E. .

Children (6) COAN by Mary E.

i. Alice May, b. Jan. 16, 1878; d. Aug. 19, 1878, Hyde
Park, Mass., buried in Captain Elisha Coan's lot,
Townhouse Cemetery, Exeter, Maine. Death date on
stone is September instead of August as appears
on death certificate.

Reference: Deaths 1878 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 302, p. 228.

Marriages 1873 (Vital Records, McCormack Build-
ing, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 263, p. 230.

4 3 2 1

HANNAH COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born at Pen-
obscot, Maine, February 9, 1810, the daughter of Elisha
Davis and Mary (Atkins) Coan. She married June 16, 1828,

Hannah Coan Hooper. Courtesy
Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman.

James Hooper. Courtesy Mrs. E. C.
Zimmerman.

Daughters of Hannah Coan Hooper: (left) Nettie Hooper and (right) Hannah
Frances Hooper, courtesy Kim D. Knight from a daguerreotype belonging to
Mrs. E. C Zimmerman.

Hannah Frances Hooper
Shepherd. Courtesy Mrs. E. C.
Zimmerman.

Isaiah Lord Shepherd. Courtesy
Mrs. E. C Zimmerman.

i^ mm.

1 ■ i

Children of Hannah Hooper Shep-
herd; grandchildren of Hannah
Coan Hooper: (back) John Park-
hurst Shepherd. Mary Shepherd,
(front) Hannah Frances Shep-
herd, Owen Denis Shepherd,
Charles Shepherd. Courtesy Mrs.
E. C. Zimmerman.

MAINE COANS 289

James Hooper, born 1806, the son of Joshua and Sally (Tarle-
ton ) Hooper. In 1831 Hannah's father Elisha sold to her hus-
band "James Hooper of Frankfort in the County of Waldo
cabinet maker" (Deed of sale) the family home in Exeter
which Elisha had bought in 1822. The following year, 1832,
James sold the property to Nathaniel, Elisha' s son. Hannah
and James moved to Castine where they remained for awhile,
then to East Corinth, then back to Castine. He managed a
tavern in Castine for many years; it was on the spot where
the Acadian Hotel later stood.

James died in Castine July 9, 1858; Hannah died there
July 20, 1872. They were both buried in the cemetery in Cas-
tine in a lot with their son Charles.

Children (5) HOOPER

i. James Coan, b. Apr. 24, 1829

ii. Elias Tarleton

iii. Mary Ann, b. May 6, 1833

iv. Frederic, b. Apr. 28, 1835; died in Civil War or

from wounds received there

v. Hannah Frances, b. Mar. 22, 1837

vi. Henrietta

vii. Charles Horace, b. Oct. 5, 1840

viii. John, died in Civil War

ix. Emma Augusta, b. Oct. 21, 1847

x. Roland B.

Reference: "Coan to Hooper," Deeds (Office of Register of
Deeds, Penobscot County, Bangor, Maine), Vol. 26, p.

178

"Hooper to Coan," Deeds, Vol. 47, p. 200.

JAMES COAN HOOPER , son of James and Hannah (Coan) Hooper,
was born April 24, 1829. He married and resided at Brook-
lyn, New York, where he died.

Children (6) HOOPER

i. Francis

5
ELIAS TARLETON HOOPER , son of James and Hannah (Coan)

Hooper, married Martha Ayers, daughter of Stacy and Hulda

(Gardner) Ayers of Charlotte, Maine. They settled in Cedar

Rapids, Iowa, in the days when Iowa was almost on the fron-
tier.

Children (6) HOOPER

i. Walter, lived in Cedar Rapids; one daughter,
Ethel

29 0 COAN GENEALOGY

ii. Minnie, m. Eugene Billings
iii. Charles, married; two children

MARY ANN HOOPER , daughter of James and Hannah (Coan) Hooper
was born May 6, 1833. She married Denis and re-
sided in San Francisco, California.

Children (6) DENIS

i. Frances, m. Arthur Lockwood; no children

HANNAH FRANCES HOOPER , daughter of James and Hannah (Coan)
Hooper, was born March 22, 1837, in Corinth, Maine. She was
always known as "Frank." She married November 6, 1860,
Isaiah Lord Shepherd who was born in Castine December 19,
1832, the son of John and Louise Lord (Stover) Shepherd. He
was a successful business man, of high standing in the com-
munity. Isaiah worked first as a clerk for William H. With-
erbee and later as a member of the firm of Hooper and Shep-
herd, grocers. He died December 8, 1891; Hannah died June
17, 1919, in Castine.

Children (6) SHEPHERD all born in Castine

i. Edward I., a druggist in Butte, Montana; d. May,

1889; unmarried

ii. John Parkhurst

iii. Charles, b. 1870

iv. Mary, b. 1868

v. Hannah Frances, b. July 9, 1872

vi. Owen Denis, b. July 20, 1874

Reference: Obituary clipping of Isaiah S.hepherd from The
New England Grocer, December, 1891 (Collection of Mrs.
E. E. Zimmerman).

6
JOHN PARKHURST SHEPHERD , son of Isaiah Lord and Hannah

Frances (Hooper) Shepherd, married Myra Deasey of Prospect

Harbor, Maine. He was connected with International Paper

Company in Rumford Falls, Maine.

Children (7) SHEPHERD

i. Dorothy, b. Sept. 14, 1896; m. William Sparrow;

lived Washington, D.C.
ii. Esther, b. Apr. 3, 1899; m. Frank Forbes Leith;

lived Alpine, N.J.
iii. Edward, b. Sept. 30, 1902; m. Minnie Mehlin

Edward I. Shepherd. Courtesy
Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman.

Mary A. Shepherd. Courtesy Mrs.
E. C. Zimmerman.

Hannah Frances Shepherd
about 1874. Courtesy Mrs. E. C.
Zimmerman

MAINE COANS 291

6
CHARLES SHEPHERD , the son of Isaiah Lord and Hannah Frances

(Hooper) Shepherd, was born in Castine, Maine, in 1870. On

September 1, 1887, he and two of his friends, Frank Goodenow

and Charles Anderson, were sailing the Goodenow yacht,

Marie, out of Castine harbor. At that time the steamer City

of Richmond was entering the harbor, and the boys sailed too

close to the steamer so that when they tacked, the wind left

their sails. In spite of the Richmond ' s changing course,

she struck the yacht and sank her instantly. The boys

jumped overboard. Charles Shepherd was the best swimmer of

the three and was seen swimming on his back by passengers on

the steamer. He suddenly disappeared. The other two boys

were picked up by boats lowered by the Richmond, but there

was no trace of Charles. No one knows what happened, but it

is believed he must have been struck by the paddles of the

steamer or by some part of the yacht as it went down.

Charles's mother was standing at the window of their home

and saw the whole accident. The entire town was affected by

the tragedy, and Mr. Locke, minister of the church Charles

and his family attended, devoted his sermon the next Sunday

to the accident. Charles was a member of his Sunday School

class .

Reference: Newspaper clipping from collection of Mrs. E. C.
Zimmerman.

6
HANNAH FRANCES SHEPHERD , the daughter of Isaiah Lord and

Hannah Frances (Hooper) Shepherd, was born July 9, 1872, in
Castine, Maine. She was graduated from Castine High School
in 1890 and from Castine Normal School in 1894. From 1894
until 1897 she was assistant to the principal of Castine
High School; 1897-1899 she was principal. From September,
1899, until March, 1906, she taught the fifth grade at Mason
Grammar School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She then re-
turned to Castine to teach in Castine Grammar School .

June 26, 1907, in Castine, she married Fred Darwin Bond
of Newton Centre. He was born in Watertown, Massachusetts,
May 21, 1870, the son of Daniel Darwin and Ellen Louisa
(Stone) Bond. He was graduated from Newton High School in
1889 and worked as a salesman for Farley-Harvey Drygoods
Company in Boston. In 1914 he started his own business,
Bond's Convenience Shop, in Newton Centre; but he continued
with Farley-Harvey until 1924 when the Newton Centre store
demanded his full attention. In 1950 he sold this business.

Hannah was a member of the Newton Centre Unitarian
Church where she taught Sunday School and was treasurer of
the Alliance for over 25 years. She also belonged to the
Newton Centre Women's Club, the Newton Centre Garden Club,
and the Newton Republican Club. Fred was a member of the
Unitarian Church, the Newton Constabulary from 1917 until
1918, the Rotary Club, and the Newton Centre Chamber of Com-
merce which he served as president from 1937 until 1941.

Fred died November 23, 1957; Hannah, October 22, 1967.

292 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (7) BOND

i. Mary Shepherd, b. July 11, 1908
ii. Hannah Louise, b. July 22, 1910

Reference: Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman, Cooinbil Farm, Via Yass
N.S.W. 2582, Australia

MARY SHEPHERD BOND , the daughter of Fred Darwin and Hannah
Frances (Shepherd) Bond, was born in Newton Centre, Massa-
chusetts, July 11, 1908. In 1929 she received a B.S. degree
in physical education from Connecticut College for Women.
She was a physical education teacher at Miss Sayward's
School for Girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Hanoum Camp,
Thetford, Vermont; and Weeks Junior High School, Newton
Centre. She was a member of the Newton Centre Unitarian
Church.

May 20, 1939, in Newton Centre she married Rodney Nor-
ton Blake, who was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, February
10, 1907, the son of Dr. Harrison Gray and Lizzie Batchelder
(Dodge) Blake. Rodney was graduated from Thetford Academy,
Thetford, Vermont, and 1926-1927 attended Northeastern Uni-
versity where he studied mechanical engineering. He was a
tool and die maker and production coordinator for Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Lincoln Laboratory.

In 1962 Mary was found to have multiple sclerosis. In
1968 she went into a nursing home. In 1977 she and Rodney
were divorced. In 1982 she lived in West Stewartstown, New
Hampshire .

Children (8) BLAKE

i. Barbara, b. July 5, 1940

ii. Patricia, b. Dec. 18, 1942

iii. Rodney Norton, Jr., b. Feb. 8, 1945

Reference: Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman.

BARBARA BLAKE , the daughter of Rodney Norton and Mary Shep-
herd (Bond) Blake, was born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachu-
setts, July 3, 1940. She worked as a billing clerk for North
Suffolk Mental Health Association, Freedom Trail Clinic,
Erich Lindeman Health Center, Government Center, Boston.
September 15, 1962, in Newton Centre she married Joseph G.
Cancellieri, who was born in Boston June 15, 1938, the son
of Joseph G. and Blanche F. (Hitrusko) Cancellieri.

Barbara's hobbies were birding, volley ball, and gar-
dening. Joseph served in the United States Marine Corps
1956-1958. He was office engineer for the city of Newton.

Hannah Frances Shepherd Bond.
Courtesy Mrs. E.C. Zimmerman.

Hannah Louise Bond and Mary
Shepherd Bond. Courtesy Mrs. E.
C. Zimmerman.

Castine Pageant, 1920— Fred Darwin Bond, officer. Courtesy Mrs. E.
C. Zimmerman.

Mary Shepherd Bond

Hannah Louise Bond

Hannah Louise Bond Zimmerman and Elwood Curtin
Zimmerman

MAINE COANS 293

Children (9) CANCELLIERI

i. Andrew Bond, b. Mar. 15, 1964, Boston, Mass.

ii. Christopher John, b. Aug. 19, 1965, Boston, Mass

Reference: Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman.

PATRICIA BLAKE , the daughter of Rodney Norton and Mary
Shepherd (Bond) Blake, was born in Newton Lower Falls, Mas-
sachusetts, December 18, 1942. She attended Pierce Secretar-
ial School for one year and then was employed as a secretary
by South Middlesex Regional Vocational School, Framingham.
April 29, 1961, in Natick, Massachusetts, she married
Christy P. Adams, who was born in Framingham September 17,
1941, the son of Harry James and Christine (Tassey) Adams.
He was business manager for the Ashland Public Schools, Ash-
land, Massachusetts.

Children (9) ADAMS

i. Christopher James, b. Oct. 13, 1961, Natick, Mass.;
he was educated at Boston University and Framing-
ham State College

ii. Sandra Lyn, b. Oct. 6, 1964, Natick, Mass.

Reference: Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman

8
RODNEY NORTON BLAKE, JR. , the son of Rodney Norton and Mary

Shepherd (Bond) Blake, was born in Newton Lower Falls, Mas-
sachusetts, February 8, 1945. March 14, 1970, in Billerica
he married Catherine Alice Livingston, who was born in Low-
ell October 12, 1947, the daughter of George Francis and
Catherine Alice (McGovern) Livingston. She was graduated
from Lowell State College with a B.S. degree in elementary
education. In 1982 she worked for Raytheon Corporation.
Rodney served briefly in the United States Navy and was em-
ployed as a raw stock attendant by Raytheon in Bedford. His
hobbies were birding and record collecting.

Children (9) BLAKE

i. George Livingston, b. Aug. 30, 1972, Lowell, Mass.
ii. Rodney Norton III, b. Sept. 24, 1975, Woburn,

Mass .
iii. Catherine Alice, b. Aug. 18, 1978, Woburn, Mass.
(First son stillborn June, 1971)

Reference: Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman

7
HANNAH LOUISE BOND , the daughter of Fred Darwin and Hannah

Frances (Shepherd) Bond, was born in Newton Centre, Massa-
chusetts, July 22, 1910. In 1932 she was graduated from

294 COAN GENEALOGY

Bradford Junior College (now Bradford College), Bradford,
Massachusetts, and then went to Exeter Art School. She was
employed by F. D. Bond & Company, Newton Centre, as a sales-
girl and billing clerk. After her marriage, she was employed
by Babyland in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a salesgirl; by Gross-
man-Moody, Ltd., Honolulu, as a salesgirl and stock clerk;
and by Honolulu Book Shops, Honolulu, as a salesgirl and
stock clerk.

October 11, 1941, in Newton Centre she married Elwood
Curtin Zimmerman, who was born December 8, 1912, in Spokane,
Washington, the son of Ernest Walter and Ethel Beatrice
(Lingle) Zimmerman. Elwood was graduated from the University
of California, Berkeley, with a B.S. degree in 1936; Imper-
ial College, University of London where he received Ph.D.,
D.I.C., and D.Sc. degrees. He was employed as an entomolo-
gist by the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; the University
of Hawaii, Hawaii Sugar Planters' Association Experiment
Station; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organiza-
tion, Canberra, Australia. During World War II he was exempt
from military service because of his knowledge of and exper-
ience in the South Pacific entomology, which was of value to
the military.

Hannah was a member of the Unitarian Church, Newton
Centre; the Bradford College Alumni Association; Castine
Scientific Society, Castine, Maine; Embroiderer's Guild of
the Australian Capital Territory; and the YWCA, Canberra.
Elwood belonged to the Linnean Society; Royal Entomological
Society; Ray Society; Zoological Society, London; Hawaiian
Entomological Society; Hawaiian Botanical Society, Honolulu;
and the Australian Entomological Society. Both he and Hannah
were members of the Friends of the California Academy of
Sciences. Elwood was a deputy in the Murrumbateman Bush Fire
Brigade. His publications included Insects of Hawaii, I-IX
and numerous papers. Before finishing his University educa-
tion, he had the unique opportunity to join the Bishop's
Museum's Mangarevan Expedition in 1934. He later arranged
for a classmate to take over his job at the museum so he
could finish his course at the University. He went on exped-
itions to Samoa and to Fiji.

In 1949 Elwood received the Friends of the Library
(Honolulu) Literary Award for Volumes I-V of Insects of
Hawaii . Also in 1949 he received a Fulbright Scholarship
and grants from the National Science Foundation for research
at the British Museum (Natural History) London, where, dur-
ing 1949-1973, a total of almost nine years was spent in re-
search .

In 1982 Hannah and Elwood lived at Cooinbill Farm,
Yass, Australia.

Reference: Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman

OWEN DENIS SHEPHERD , son of Isaiah L. and Hannah Frances
(Hooper) Shepherd, was born July 20, 1874, in Castine,

MAINE COANS 295

Maine. In October, 1899, he married Grace Hall, daughter of
Arthur Tappan and Annie (Bowers) Hall of Portland, Maine. He
was treasurer of International Paper Company of New York and
lived in Connecticut.

Children (7) SHEPHERD

i. Hall, b. July 7, 1900

ii. Hannah Coan, b. Sept. 2, 1902; ; m. 1st Evans
Norcross, Aug. 22, 1922; children: Evans, Jr.;
Susan; m. 2nd Hamilton Slaight

iii. Owen, b. Sept. 4, 1904; m. Doris Bean, Sept. 24,
1927

iv. Calvin Neally, b. Oct. 1, 1906; m. Dorothea Suth-
erland, May 19, 1928; one child, Patricia

HENRIETTA HOOPER , daughter of James and Hannah (Coan)
Hooper, married Augustus Westcott of Castine, Maine, and
settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Children (6) WESCOTT

i. Gertrude, teacher in the high school in Cedar
Rapids

ii. Nellie, m. John U. Plank, a jeweler for many
years in Iowa City, Iowa; moved to Salem, Ore-
gon; one son, Herbert

iii. Harry, married with five children; moved back to
Castine, Maine

5
CHARLES HORACE HOOPER , son of James and Hannah (Coan)

Hooper, was born October 5, 1840. He was a soldier in the
Civil War, and upon his return to Castine he went into busi-
ness. He married Abigail F. Shepherd, half sister to Isaiah
Shepherd who married Hannah Frances Hooper, Charles's sis-
ter. He resided practically all of his life in Castine where
he was a very prominent citizen. At one time he was asso-
ciated with his brother-in-law in the grocery firm of Hooper
and Shepherd. Later he went into the real estate and insur-
ance business and was appointed postmaster. He was a man of
sound judgment and a great worker for the Unitarian Church
as well as for the many societies of which he was a member.
He was prominent in politics, a strong Republican, and
served several terms in the Maine State Legislature. Charles
died September 6, 1912; Abbie died in 1919. They were buried
in Castine.

Children (6) HOOPER

i. Agnes Tarleton, d. unmarried Aug., 1913
ii. Martha Nelson, b. 1871

29 6 COAN GENEALOGY

iii. Fred W. , m . Lurline Wheelock; lived at Milbury,
Mass.; one son, Frederic, who lived in Pacific
Palisades, California

iv. James Freeman, m. Ella Small; lived in Providence,
R . I . ; no children

Reference: George Augustus Wheeler, History of Castine,
Maine (Bangor: Burr & Robinson, 1875), p. 418.
Mrs. E. C. Zimmerman

6
MARTHA NELSON HOOPER , daughter of Charles Horace and Abi-
gail (Shepherd) Hooper, was born in Castine in 1871. She
married Samuel Whitney and lived in Portland.

Children (7) WHITNEY

i. Charles Ammi , m. Dorothy Scholes Foss; lived in
Portland; had two daughters: Alice, m. Leo Car-
ter; one daughter, Susan Kate and one son, Whit-
ney Alan; Nancy, m. Robert Boyer: one daughter,
Karen Whitney and one son, Douglas Robert

ii. Emily Frances, m. Reverend Jack Edward Elliot; had
three children: Martha, Gordon, Samuel who mar-
ried Sara Jane McDonald, daughter of Daniel C.
and Mary Louise (Walker) McDonald; four child-
ren: Emily Louise, Karin Vaud, Liesl , Bruce Ed-
ward .

Reference: Mrs. Charles A. Whitney, 25 Martin Road, Port-
land, ME 04103.

EMMA AUGUSTA HOOPER , daughter of James and Hannah (Coan)
Hooper, was born at East Corinth, Maine, October 21, 1847.
She attended Eastern State Normal School in Castine and
taught in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Charlotte, Maine. She mar-
ried May 27, 1871, Edwin E. Fisher of Charlotte, the son of
Enoch and Mary (Woodworth) Fisher. He was a member of one
of the pioneer families who carved their homes out of the
wilderness that had been known as Plantation #3. In the
early 1800s this region was infested with bears and wolves
which the settlers had to fight as they tried to make a liv-
ing from the soil .

Edwin was a farmer, trader, and the postmaster from
1886 until 1900. He held many town offices during his life-
time. At his death August 28, 1923, he had held the office
of town clerk for almost 25 years. Emma met him when she
went to the town of Charlotte in 1870 as a teacher in one of
the district schools. She became one of the best loved women
in the community. To all the younger people she was "Auntie"
or "Auntie Hooper." She died at the early age of 55 on
March 18, 1903.

MAINE COANS 297

Children (6) FISHER

i. Myrtie Emma, b. Aug. 27, 1872

ii. Minnie May, b. Jan. 6, 1874; d. Sept., 1896, un-
married

iii. Mabel Roxanna, b. Oct. 2, 1883; m. July 1, 1911,
Robert Duncan Malcolm of Cambridge, Mass. They
lived in Bradford, Mass. No children.

6
MYRTIE EMMA FISHER , daughter of Edwin E. and Emma Augusta

(Hooper) Fisher, was born August 27, 1872. She was graduated
from Castine Normal School, Castine, Maine, in 1891. She
went to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and married November 27,
1900, Sydney Horace Batchelder, the son of Horace Jackson
and Helen Adeline (Merrill) Batchelder of Amesbury. He died
May 13, 1902. Myrtie married second Charles Edward Seaverns
on October 14, 1908. He was the son of Edward and Mary Isa-
bel (Eames) Seaverns of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

Myrtie was very active in community affairs. Her inter-
est in politics led her to be a member of the Republican
City Committee in Melrose. However, her greatest interest
was in genealogy, and her research on the Coans was exten-
sive so that Frederick Adams Virkus in his Handbook of Amer-
ican Genealogy (Institute of American Genealogy, 1932), Vol.
1, p. 246, listed her as an authority on Coan as well as on
eight other family names. She was a member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the American
Colonists, and a life member of the Society of Mayflower
Descendants, Number 1842; General Number 5485. She died in
1975.

Children (7) BATCHELDER

i. Sydney Horace Batchelder, Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1902

SEAVERNS

ii. Helen Fisher, b. Sept. 21, 1913

SYDNEY HORACE BATCHELDER, JR. , the son of Sydney Horace and
Myrtie Emma (Fisher) Batchelder, was born January 15, 1902,
in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was graduated from Dart-
mouth College, Class of 1925. On July 31, 1926, he married
Miriam Simpson, daughter of Herbert and Charlotte (Lufkin)
Simpson, (his first wife), of Melrose, Massachusetts. They
lived at Langdon, New Hampshire.

Children (8) BATCHELDER

i. Helen Lorraine, b. Apr. 28, 1927
ii. Sydney Horace III, b. Mar. 4, 1930

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7
HELEN FISHER SEAVERNS , daughter of Charles Edward and Myr-
tie Emma (Fisher) Batchelder Seaverns, was born September
21, 1913, in Melrose, Massachusetts. In 1933 she was gradu-
ated from the two-year program at Gorham Normal School (Uni-
versity of Southern Maine). May 22, 1937, in Melrose, Mas-
sachusetts, she married Robert William Melvin, who was born
in Georgetown, Massachusetts, November 1, 1911, the son of
Robert Levi and Mabel (Eisnor) Melvin. He was educated at
the University of Tennessee and was a tree surgeon and land-
scape expert. In World War II he served from 1942 to 1945
in the United States Army Air Force. Helen taught school for
17 years in Hanover, Massachusetts. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church, the Retired Teachers' Association, and
the Eastern Star. In 1982 they lived in Marshfield, Massa-
chusetts .

Children (8) MELVIN

i. Robert Charles, b. May 10, 1939, Weymouth, Mass.;
married with three children; oil burner techni-
cian, Marshfield

Reference: Mrs. Robert L. Melvin, Box 1127, 12 Brewster
Road, Marshfield, Massachusetts 02050

5
ROLAND HOOPER , youngest child of James and Hannah (Coan)
Hooper, married Jennie Lidston. They lived for many years in
Deering Centre, a suburb of Portland, Maine.

Children (6) HOOPER

i. Arthur

ii. Grace

iii. Clarence, died in boyhood

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EMELINE COAN (Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in

Penobscot (later Castine), Maine, in 1812, the daughter of
Elisha Davis and Mary (Atkins) Coan. She married Ira Jacobs
of Springfield, Massachusetts, July 26, 1828, in Exeter,
Maine. He was a merchant and one time postmaster of Spring-
field. Emeline died September 12, 1841, aged 29, and was
buried in the Center Burial Ground in Exeter. Beside her is
her daughter Mary, aged 13, who died ust 18 days after her
mother.

Children (5) JACOBS

i. Mary C, d. Sept. 30, 1841
ii. Alonzo S.

Referen e: Gravestone, Townhouse Cemetery, Exeter, Maine.

v^'-.jQm

Home of Charles Horace Hooper, son of Hannah Coan Hooper. Courtesy
George Augustus Wheeler, Castine Past and Present.

Myrtie Fisher Batchelder Seaverns,
a Coan genealogist, granddaugh-
ter of Hannah Coan Hooper.

Gravestone of Samuel Coan,
youngest child of Captain Elisha
Coan, Townhouse Cemetery, Exe-
ter, Maine. Courtesy Robert W.
Fulton.

The Reverend Leander Samuel
Coan

Elisha Skinner Coan in Civil War. Cour-
tesy Bowdoin College.

MAINE COANS 2 99

SAMUEL COAN (Elisha D.3, Abraham2, Peter1) was born in Cas-
tine, Maine, December 7, 1813, the son of Captain Elisha
Davis and Mary (Atkins) Coan. When Samuel was about six
years old, he moved with the family to Exeter. December 1,
1833, in Exeter he married Hannah Morse Skinner, daughter of
Alfred Skinner. They lived in Exeter until about 1853 when
they moved to Garland where he was a farmer and a deacon of
the church. Hannah's ancestors traced their lineage to the
Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. She died in Garland
March 25, 1857, aged 41 years, 6 months, 13 days.

Samuel married second Hannah's sister, Ann Sophia Skin-
ner, on March 20, 1858. According to the Federal Census
1860, Maine, Penobscot County, Garland, Samuel's real estate
was worth $700; his personal property was valued at $180.
Ann died July 17, 1884, aged 71 years, 2 months, 14 days.
Samuel died March 26, 1887, aged 73 years, 3 months, 19
days. Samuel, Hannah, and Ann were buried in the Townhouse
Cemetery in Exeter along with Samuel's children Clara S. and
Hannah A.

Children (5) COAN

i. Leander Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1837

ii. Hannah A., d. Oct. 1, 1841, aged 9 months

iii. Elisha Skinner, b. Jan. 24, 1843

iv. Adelaide

v. Frederick Charles, b. Jan. 31, 1846

vi. Clara S., d. May 20, 1865, aged 17 years, 1
month, 8 days

vii. Alfred S., clerk in Bangor (Bangor City Direc-
tory 1869-1870)

viii. Mary A., teacher (Federal Census 1870, Maine,
Penobscot County, Garland)

Reference: History of Penobscot County, Maine (Cleveland :
Williams, Chase & Co., 1882), p. 355.

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LEANDER SAMUEL COAN (Samuel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ), son of Samuel and Hannah (Skinner) Coan, was born in
Exeter, Maine, November 17, 1837. He married July 3, 1860,
Faustina M. Knowlton, daughter of Abraham and Beatrice
(Whiting) Knowlton. About this time--1859 and 1860--he was
pastor of Methodist churches in Northport and Pittston.
Faustina died December 30, 1866. He married second July 26,
1867, Martha J. Wilkins, who was born in Albion, Maine, in
1838, daughter of Dr. Isaac C. and Mary Jane (Brown) Wilkins
of Brownville. Martha was educated in the Brownville public
schools. She was a teacher of physical culture in the
schools of Houlton, Eastport, Machias, and Calais, Maine, as
well as St. Stephens, New Brunswick. She was a member of the
Congregational Church in Alton, New Hampshire, where she
taught Sunday School. She also belonged to the Woman's Re-
lief Corps of Dover, New Hampshire.

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For a complete account of Leander's life there follows
his biography written by his brother, Dr. Elisha Coan, for
Better In The Mornin', Leander's book of Old Corporal poems:

His parents, belonging to the humbler walks of
life, were by no means lacking in intelligence, and
they sought to give their children that which would
stand them in hand better than the wealth which they
could not bestow, --an education and an honest name. His
early life was spent in the common and high schools of
the towns of Exeter and Garland.

At a very early age he showed a strong inclination
to become a preacher, and while yet very young would
return from church and preach the sermon he had heard
over again to his parents and relatives; going through
the whole sermon with great solemnity, using his own
words, however, but words very apt and accurate to the
subject .

Later on in life he fell in with associates who
were believers in liberal doctrines, and for a time he
was afloat upon the sea of scepticism and doubt. At the
age of twenty, while engaged in teaching at Brewer Vil-
lage, Maine, he experienced a sudden radical change in
his views upon religion, and became a working, sterling
Christian. A few months previous to this change he had
settled upon the law as his profession, and went to
Bangor to study with Ex-Governor Kent; but, finding
himself deficient in some of the languages, decided to
take private instructions in them and teach school for
a while. His conversion, like Paul's, made a complete
revolution in his life, and he soon determined to
preach the "Gospel of the Blessed Master."

Finishing his theological studies, he was gradu-
ated from the Theological Seminary at Bangor, Maine, in
the summer of 1862. Supplying the Congregational Church
at Amherst, Maine, until the summer of 1863, he was or-
dained over that church and remained until the spring
of 1864, when he spent his vacation in Cohasset, Mass.
In August, 1864, his long pent-up patriotism burst the
bounds that had confined him, and he enlisted as a pri-
vate in the Sixty-first Massachusetts Volunteers, with
the promise that, when the battalion of six companies
was increased to a full regiment, entitling them to a
chaplain, he should have that position. Meantime he
acted as chaplain for his battalion, and as the war
drew near its close, and no more men were required, his
regiment was never filled, and consequently he was not
commissioned chaplain. After the war he preached at
Boothbay, Me., three years, Brownville, Me., three
years, Bradford, Me., six months, Somerset and Fall
River, Mass., about three years, and Alton, N.H., about
five years. He began to write verses not far from 1860,
and about the first piece was entitled "Change the Fig-

MAINE COANS 301

ures." "The Reply of Night" and "Morning in Spring-
time" were written not far from this time.

The last piece of the "Old Corporal Series" was
written a few days before the State election in Maine,
which took place September 8, 1879. The piece entitled
"Fall In." I think, if he had been spared until the
present writing, January 15, 1880, that the Old Cor-
poral's wooden leg would have come down with more "vi-
cious vim" than when he heard of Hill's speech in Con-
gress .

I can do no better than to quote the first part of
an obituary in the editorial columns of the "Indepen-
dent Statesman," published at Concord, N.H., a short
time after his death. The lyric referred to was the
"Soldier's Farewell," and was his last effort.

DEATH OF REV. LEANDER S. COAN

"By a postal card, thoughtfully forwarded by Com-
mander C. J. Richards, Past Commander, Department of
New Hampshire Grand Army of the Republic, we have re-
ceived the sorrowful intelligence of the death, on Wed-
nesday morning, at his residence in Alton, of Rev.
Leander S. Coan, better known to our readers as the
author of the Old Corporal Ballads, most of which were
first given to the public in these columns. Although he
was known to have been for some time in poor health,
and latterly quite ill, his friends at a distance were
totally unprepared to hear of his demise. In the prime
of life, and apparently of a rugged constitution, being
compactly built, with broad shoulders, large, well-
poised head and a ruddy countenance, beaming always
with good nature, he seemed destined to a long life.

Only a few days since--September 16 — we received a
note from him, enclosing the poem which we published
last week, entitled 'The Soldier's Farewell,' which is
so characteristic of the man and the true soldier of
the Union and of the Cross, that we give it here ver-
batim: --

"'Friend Stevens: Please find a little lyric en-
closed. I would rather have my name at the foot of the
piece than over it, so have erased it there.

Was sick in bed and couldn't get to Manchester.
Guess I will die, but will die game. Yours, PARSON.'"

He had been out of health for nearly a year, but
his physicians had not thought his case a critical one;
consequently his death came with a terrible suddenness
to his friends and relatives. His funeral occurred Sep-
tember 27th, in the church he had labored in for five
years, conducted by the Masons, of which order he was
an enthusiastic member. The ceremony was very impres-
sive, especially that at the grave, when the whispering

30 2 COAN GENEALOGY

pines in the background and the mellow autumn sunlight
softened the senses and hallowed the spot forever to
some of us. I wish to add my tribute to his memory here
on these pages. I must confess that I was never so en-
thusiastic in regard to his writings as he wished me to
be, and I will only say in excuse that I never saw his
sweetest songs until after he had been transferred to
the Grand Army beyond the River. As I was perusing some
of the gems contained in this volume, I chanced to take
up the Gospel Hymns No. 2, and read these lines, --

' Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird is flown.'

I would have given worlds if I had had then at my
command at that moment to have had him back with us
just for one hour.

E. S. COAN, M.D.

Garland, January 15, 1880

The poem that follows is from Leander's book of bal-
lads, Better In The Mornin'. It is about the Civil War Old
Corporal and seems fitting for this genealogy.

THE OLD CORPORAL'S MITE.

There's a dollar, parson,

An' I want to have it go
For the forefather's monument,

Which seems to be risin' slow.
The year that I enlisted

I tried to get down to the place,
To see where they landed and wintered,

For I belong to their race.

But I couldn't get a furlough

To run down, not for a day'
An' somehow it slipped my memory

After I marched away.
An' so many things have happened,

The losin' uv my leg,
An' stumpin' around these many years

On this ere wooden peg,--

I somehow forgot they were buildin'

A monument down there,
So I never yet have given

What I may call my share.
We can't afford to forget them!

It will pay us well to build

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In memory uv the fathers who

Gave us the soil we've tilled.

An' they gave us a slight more, parson,

Ef our eyes were open to see!
They died a-foundin' a nation,

Ez we fought to keep it free.
When I think uv their freezin' in winter,

An' starvin' when crops were poor,
An' fightin' the savage Indians,

An' the fate that seemed so sure.

Standin' there, bold an' unflinchin',

Ez firm ez their Plymouth Rock,
Pestilence thinnin' the number

Uv the little undaunted flock;
Or think uv their places of worship,

Uv the hardships they underwent,
I think we have good reason

To thank them, an' be content.

An' I just feel ashamed to murmur,

Ez I'm sometimes tempted to do,
When I think uv what they suffered,

An' what they all went through.
Where would be Yale or Harvard,

An' the shaft at Bunker Hill,
Ef they had been lacking in conscience,

Or muscle, or pluck, or will?

Ef they'd lacked religi'n an' learnin',

I've been askin myself uv late,
Could they have planned a Nation,

Or planted the seed uv a State?
Where would be Boston 'n Chicago,

Ef they had failed to stand?
An' where the flag that's floatin'

In peace over all the land?

Each year we give for monuments,

For far less deserving men;
Fly buntin' an' burn powder

On Fourth of July, an' then
Complete, but only on paper,

A monumental plan,
For the man who died a foundin'

A Race, on the Rights uv Man.

An' I won't neglect it longer,

So here's the dollar for me;

I'll stump round 'n' earn another,
For those who kept it free!

I can save for such noble offerings,

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Ef I do wear a wooden leg;
Ef all felt this ez they ought to

The cause wouldn't have to beg.

So accept the old corporal's offering,

For the monument on the shore,
Where now as when they landed

Atlantic surges roar.
And while the sun shines or storm-clouds

Shall darken our changing skies,
May it stand complete and sacred

In other Pilgrim eyes.

And loyal to conscience and duty,

May they tread the hallowed sod,
Where rests the dust of heroes,

Freemen and men of God.
May we keep alive the lessons

Their lives and valor teach,
So long as our race has being,

And freedom of thought and speech.

Leander died in Alton, New Hampshire, September 24,
1879. His wife Martha died in 1925. They were both buried
in Alton.

Children (6) COAN

i. Clara M. , b. 1861

ii. Leander K., b. 1863

iii. Fred Leon, b. Nov. 8, 1870 Brownville, Me.; d.

Nov. 8, 1873, Fall River, Mass.
iv. Alice, b. Sept. 28, 1875
v. Jessie Blanche, b. June 8, 1877, Alton, N.H.; d.

June 7, 1885, Farmington, N.H.

Reference: Archives, Library, Bangor Theological Seminary,
Bangor, Maine.

Leander S. Coan, Better In The Mornin' (Great
Falls, N.Y.: Edward G. Lord and Company, 1880), p. 27.

Congregational Year-Book, 1880 (Boston: Congre-
gational Publishing Society, 1880), p. 16.

William Richard Cutter, New England Families,
Third Series (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing
Company, 1915), Vol. I, p. 194.

Federal Census 1870, Maine, Piscataquis County,
Brownville.

Gravestones, Cemetery, Alton, N.H.

ALICE COAN (Leander S.
ter 1) was born in Alton,

Samuel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
New Hampshire, September 28, 1875,
the daughter of Leander Samuel and Martha J. (Wilkins) Coan.

(top left) Dr. Elisha Skinner Coan. (top
right) Marion Sadie Coan. Courtesy
The Bates College Alumnus, Vol. 3, No.
3, March, 1923. (center left) Richard
Newton Coan. Courtesy The Scarlet
Letter, Class of 1932, Rutgers Univer-
sity, (center right) William Freethy
Coan. Courtesy Nassau Herald, Class
of 1929, Princeton University, (bottom
left) William Frederick Coan. Courtesy
Bowdoin College.

MAINE COANS 305

She married Fred K. Wentworth of Somersworth , New Hampshire,
treasurer of the Somersworth Savings Bank. Alice died at
Somersworth June 11, 1904.

Children (7) WENTWORTH

i. Gordon Coan, b. June 4, 1904, Somersworth, N.H.

Reference: Cutter, New England Families, p. 194.

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ELISHA SKINNER COAN (Samuel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter ), son of Samuel and Hannah Morse (Skinner) Coan, was
born in Exeter, Maine, January 26, 1843. He received his
early education in the public schools of his native town, in
Garland High School, and in East Corinth Academy. When he
was 10 years old, his family moved to Garland. On July 22,
1862, he enlisted in the service of the United States in the
20th Maine Regiment of Volunteers, Company D. He served in
that regiment fifteen months, during which time they marched
over a thousand miles and took part in five battles and
skirmishes. The battles included Fredericksburg and Gettys-
burg. He was Corporal of the Color Guard at Gettysburg and
was one of the survivors of that guard of the 20th Maine who
stood by the colors there. He was with the regiment on every
march and in every, battle during the fifteen months men-
tioned .

On October 26, 1863, he was transferred to the United
States Signal Corps and was assigned duty on the Signal Sta-
tion at General Mead's Headquarters. He remained there un-
til January, 1865, when he was assigned to duty on the Sig-
nal Station in front of Petersburg. He was on the skirmish
line in front of Mead's army when Lee surrendered.

After the war he taught school and studied medicine in
the office of Dr. David Evans (Bowdoin, M.D., 1850) in Gar-
land. He studied at the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin
and received his degree in 1870. He practiced his profession
at Bradford until 1875 and then at Garland. While he lived
in Garland, he was Supervisor of Schools in Bradford and
Garland and served on the school committee for six years. In
1885-1886 he represented the town in the legislature.

In 1887 he moved his practice to Auburn where he lived
at the corner of High and Drummond streets. He transferred
his membership from the Congregational Church in Garland to
the High Street Congregational Church in Auburn. He was
President of the YMCA and surgeon of the Burnside Post,
Grand Army of the Republic. His other memberships included
the Maine Medical Association and the Androscoggin County
Medical Association of which he was once president.

February 16, 1871, he married Mary Abbie Swett, who was
born May 31, 1845, daughter of Noah and Nancy Rice (Wheeler)
Swett of Garland. After a long illness, he died May 30,
1896, with a disease of the lungs. His wife died April 10,
1938; they both were buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn.

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Children (6) COAN

i. Newton Swett , b. Aug. 29, 1872

ii. Marion Sadie, b. May 17, 1875

iii. Anna Estelle, bpt . Nov. 27, 1879

iv. William Frederick, b. May, 1881

Reference: James White Bixby, "In Memoriam," The Maine Bu-
gle, January, 1897, Campaign 4, p. 91.

History of Penobscot County, Maine (Cleveland:
William, Chase & Co., 1882), p. 355.

Obituary Record of the Graduates of Bowdoin Col-
lege and the Medical School of Maine (no. p., June 1,
1896), No. 7, Second Series, p. 336.

Edward Owen, comp. , Biographical Sketches of the
Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of
Maine for 1885 (Augusta, Maine: no p., 1885), p. 8.

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NEWTON SWETT COAN (Elisha S. , Samuel , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham , Peter1), son of Elisha Skinner and Mary Abbie (Swett)
Coan, was born August 29, 1872, at Garland, Maine. His fam-
ily moved to Auburn when he was fifteen. He married Grace
Marion Grierson of that city. For many years he was office
manager of the Lewiston and Auburn Electric Light Company,
predecessor of the Central Maine Power Company in the local
field. He moved to Newton, Massachusetts, to accept a posi-
tion with the Machine Composition Corporation of Boston. He
was a member of the Congregational Church, the New Towne
Club, Norumbega Lodge, F. and A.M., and the Royal Arch Chap-
ter at Newtonville. After a long illness he died February
11, 1942, at his home, 4 Arlington Street, Newton. His fun-
eral was held in the Eliot Congregational Church in Newton.
Burial was at Auburn in Oak Hill cemetery in the lot with
his parents and Swett grandparents.

Reference: Obituary, Lewiston Sun-Journal, Lewiston, Maine,
February 14, 1942.

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MARION SADIE COAN (Elisha S. , Samuel , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham , Peter1) was born in Garland, Maine, May 17, 1875, the
daughter of Dr. Elisha Skinner and Mary Abbie (Swett) Coan.
She was graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn,
Maine, and from Bates College, where she was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, in the Class of 1899. From 1899 until 1901 she
was an instructor at Bar Harbor, Maine. She received her
M.A. degree from Columbia University in 1902. From 1902 to
1904 she taught at the normal school in Brockport, New York;
1904-1908, at Hunter College High School. In 1908 she became
Head of the Annex at Hunter College and held that position
until 1922 when she became librarian at Hunter.

MAINE COANS 307

Marion was frequently a representative of Bates College
at various academic functions. One of these was the North
Atlantic section of the American Association of University
Women which she attended in Philadelphia February, 1923. She
was always interested in history and hoped someday to do re-
search on Captain Elisha Davis Coan of Castine, her great
grandfather. She wrote "A Revolutionary Prison Diary" on the
journal of Dr. Jonathan Haskins, another great grandfather,
from Old Mill Prison May, 1777 to May, 1779, in Plymouth,
England. This article appeared in New England Quarterly,
Vol. XVII, No. 2, June, 1944. She also wrote "Historical
English Grammar," which appeared in Teachers' College Re-
cord . She was a member of the Bates Key; Council of Phi Beta
Kappa Alumnae, New York; and the Women's University Club,
New York.

Marion retired to Winterport, Maine. Her interest in
history was apparent when she purchased one of the oldest
houses in town. It was the homestead of Benjamin Thompson,
who was clerk at Winterport in the fateful year of 1812; and
because he refused to deliver town documents to the enemy,
he was made a prisoner and incarcerated in the dungeon at
Fort George at Castine. His home had a large bake oven where
George Little, a relative of Benjamin, was concealed after
being seriously wounded by a saber in an engagement with the
British. Also there was a space above the false ceiling in
the living room where the Thompsons hid their silver and
other valuables when an English looting party raided the
town .

Marion died in this old house April 11, 1958. She was
buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Maine, in the lot of
her father, Dr. Elisha Skinner Coan.

Reference: Alumni Files, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240.

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ANNA ESTELLE COAN (Elisha S. , Samuel , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham2 , Peter1)/ daughter of Elisha Skinner and Mary Abbie
( Swett ) Coan, was born in Garland, Maine, and baptized in
the Congregational Church there November 27, 1879. She mar-
ried George H. Ingraham. In 1942 they lived in Manchester,
New Hampshire, and in 1943 moved to Winterport, Maine. Anna
died in 1954 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Auburn,
Maine, in the lot of her father, Dr. Elisha Skinner Coan.

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WILLIAM FREDERICK COAN (Elisha S. , Samuel , Elisha D. ,
Abraham2, Peter ) was born in Garland, Maine, in May, 1881,
the son of Elisha Skinner and Mary Abbie (Swett) Coan. He
was graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn,
Maine, in 1900. In 1904 he received an A.B. degree cum laude
from Bowdoin College where he was a member of Alpha Delta
Phi fraternity. He was a teacher in Houlton, Maine, 1905-
1906 and principal of the high school 1906-1909. June 20,

308 COAN GENEALOGY

1908, in Salem, Massachusetts, he married Mary Chisholm Mac-
intosh. He was superintendent of schools in Houl ton-Little-
ton, Maine, 1909-1913, and in 1909 he began a two-year term
as president of the Maine Teachers' Association. In 1914 he
became associated with Educational Research in Newton High-
lands, Massachusetts. From 1917 to 1928 he was a purchasing
agent for Cloth Company, Boston; and then he became editor
of the Latin Department for a Boston publishing company. He
lived in Newton, Massachusetts.

Children (7) COAN

i. (daughter) married Charles D. Miller

Reference: General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Med-
ical School of Maine 1794-1950 (Portland, Maine: Antho-
ensen Press, 1950), p. 203.

5 4 3 2

FREDERICK CHARLES COAN (Samuel , Elisha D. , Abraham , Pe-
ter1) was born January 24, 1846, in Exeter, Maine, the son
of Samuel and Hannah (Skinner) Coan. He married Clara Mor-
rill Perham, who was born in 1853 in Brownville, Maine,
daughter of Peter and Hannah (Wilkins) Perham. They moved to
Worcester, Massachusetts, where he worked as a carpenter. He
died in Jersey City, New Jersey, in October, 1900. In 1912
Clara moved to Houlton, Maine. She died in Newton, Massachu-
setts, December 19, 1943, and was buried in Hope Cemetery,
Worcester .

Children (6) COAN

i. Robert A., b. Jan. 17, 1877

ii. Rachel E., moved to India in 1911; m. Felt

iii. Emily B.

iv. Ruby Louise, a twin, b. Apr. 15, 1888, Worcester,
Mass .

v. Ruth Clara, a twin, b. Apr. 15, 1888, Worcester,
Mass .

vi. Helen B., was a bookkeeper; moved to Houlton,
Maine, where she was auditor of Houlton Music
Club in 1912. August 25, 1917, Helen, at age
26, married John A. Tenny, Jr., aged 23, in
Boston. They both lived then in Worcester. He
was a cabinet maker. She was a stenographer.

Reference: Deaths 1943 (Vital Records, McCormack Building,
Boston, Mass.), Vol. 73, p. 60.

George Thurston Edwards, Music and Musicians of
Maine (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928), p.
290.

Worcester Collection, Worcester Public Library,
Worcester, MA 01608.

MAINE COANS 309

6 5 4 3

ROBERT A. COAN (Frederick C. , Samuel , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham2, Peter1) was born in Garland, Maine, January 17, 1877,
the son of Frederick Charles and Clara Morrill (Perham)
Coan. He was graduated from Worcester Classical High School
and attended Amherst College one term. He then went to Bos-
ton University and received his A.B. degree there in 1903.
He was a member of Delta Upsilon, Theta Delta Chi; and Phi
Beta Kappa. During the school year 1903-1904 he taught at
Colby Academy, New London, New Hampshire. June 23, 1904 he
married Constance Edith Dorothy Freethy, daughter of William
R. Freethy of Winchester, Massachusetts.

He was principal of Pepperell High School, Pepperell,
Massachusetts, 1904-1906; with Ginn and Company, 1906-1920;
principal of Farmington, New Hampshire High School, 1921-
1922. In 1922 he became a teacher in Rahway, New Jersey High
School. He was a Rotarian, a Mason, editor of Theta Delta
Chi Song Book, and assistant editor of Foresman Books of
Songs . April 11, 1945, he died in Rahway, New Jersey.

Children (7) COAN

i. Robert A.

ii. William Freethy, b. Jan. 8, 1907

iii. Richard Newton, b. Oct. 24, 1908; B.S. degree in

education from Rutgers University in 1932
iv. Virginia H.

Reference: Amherst College Biographical Record 1951 (Am-
herst, Mass.: Published by Trustees of Amherst College,
1951), p. 126.

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary List, Class of 1903,
Boston University College of Liberal Arts, June, 1928.

University Archives and Alumni Office, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.

7 6 5 4

WILLIAM FREETHY COAN (Robert A. , Frederick C. , Samuel ,
Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in New York City Jan-
uary 8, 1907, son of Robert A. and Constance Edith Dorothy
(Freethy) Coan. While he was growing up, he lived in Brook-
lyn, New York; Farmington, New Hampshire; and Rahway, New
Jersey. He prepared for college at Farmington High School
and Phillips Exeter Academy where he was active in basket-
ball and debating. He entered Princeton University and won
the Freshman Hall Debate. His sophomore year he was a member
of the varsity swimming team. He was graduated from Prince-
ton in the Class of 1929. After graduation he joined the New
Jersey Bell Telephone Company and progressed steadily with
that organization. He became directory staff supervisor and
was responsible for the manufacture and delivery of tele-
phone directories in all of Northern New Jersey.

On April 10, 1935, he married Elizabeth M. Woodruff.
He was a vestryman and treasurer of St. Paul's Episcopal

310 COAN GENEALOGY

Church, Rahway, New Jersey; a member of the Board of Educa-
tion in Rahway; a member, trustee, and president of Ilderan
Outing Club; and a member and governor of the Whist Club of
the Oranges, South Orange, New Jersey. His hobby was tourn-
ament bridge, and he was life master of the American Con-
tract Bridge League. He retired from the Telphone Company in
the spring of 1969.

Children (8) COAN

i. Constance E., b. 1938
ii. Alice M. , b. 1940
iii. Margaret A., b. 1941

Reference: University Archives, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript
Library, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

Abraham Simpson Coan

Nellie Coan

Captain Alonzo
Coan. Courtesy
Henry A. Shorey,
The Story of the
Maine Fifteenth.

Captain Alonzo Coan
in Colorado ca. 1900.

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Oui7 War document indicating Alonzo Coan's promotion to 1st lieutenant,
15th Regiment of Maine Volunteers. Courtesy Maine Historical Society
Library.

CHAPTER 6

MAINE COANS GO WEST

6 6

WILLIAM ALBERT COAN ; ABRAHAM SIMPSON COAN ;

5
ALONZO COAN AND DESCENDANTS

Principal Source used in this chapter:

Alonzo Coan, The Coan Family, a manuscript, owned by
the compiler.

Other References given in text and after biographies where
they have been used.

6 5 4 3

WILLIAM ALBERT COAN (William B. , Abraham , Elisha D. , Ab-
raham , Peter ), son of William Bloomfield and Ada Lenora
(Hoyt) Coan, was born May 27, 1855.

He served as a member of the Signal Corps of the
U. S. regular army from 1876 to 1890. He assisted in
the building of what is now the Northern Pacific Tele-
graph Line to the Pacific. He served in the Sioux In-
dian Country and among other hostile tribes for many
years. He died at Sacramento, California, June 9, 1911,
and was buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder,
Colorado.

Alonzo Coan, William's uncle, was one of the original incor-
porators of Green Mountain Cemetery and arranged for Wil-
liam's body to be shipped to Boulder for burial since Wil-
liam had no family. (Alonzo Coan, The Coan Family, p. 6).

6 5 4 3

ABRAHAM SIMPSON COAN (Albert , Abraham , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham , Peter ), was born in Maine, son of Albert and Martha
(Burgess) Coan. While his father was fighting in the Civil
War, his mother died. Abraham was cared for by relatives in
Exeter, Maine, until after the war when his father returned,
settled in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and married again. Ab-
raham went to Lawrence and attended a public school there.
Later he worked as a clerk in a store in that city. "In 1883
he went to Silver City, New Mexico, where he engaged in min-
ing. In 1885 he located in Boulder County, Colorado, where

311

312 COAN GENEALOGY

he had charge of large mining interests. He lived in Boul-
der the rest of his life." (Alonzo Coan, The Coan Family,
p. 9)

Abraham married Nellie . She was born in 1860.

Abraham was active in the Republican Party and a truant of-
ficer for the Boulder School District until his death. He
died in 1940; Nellie, in 1942. They were both buried in
Green Mountain Cemetery in the Coan lot.

Reference: Manfred C. McClure, 2815 17th Street, Boulder,
CO 80302.

5 4 3 2 1

ALONZO COAN (Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ), son
of Abraham and Mary (Abbott) Coan, was born in Exeter,
Maine, June 6, 1842. He

resided on the farm where he was born, in winter at-
tending the district and high schools of his native
town until he was sixteen years of age when he entered
the employ of I. W. Truell & Co., dry goods merchants
of Lawrence, Massachusetts. There he remained until the
beginning of the war of the rebellion in 1861 when he
returned to Maine and in August enlisted as a private
in a company being organized by Dr. John B. Wilson, of
Exeter, which, owing to some uncertainty as to whether
their services would be required by the general govern-
ment, was not mustered into the service of the United
States until December 21st of that year. Dr. Wilson was
commissioned Captain of the Company which was assigned
to the 15th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, Infantry, re-
ceiving in that organization the designation of "H"
Company. Alonzo Coan served continuously with this re-
giment throughout the war and was mustered out July 6,
1866, having attained the rank of a Captain.

The following record of his service was taken from
the files of the War Department, Washington, D. C, by
a committee of the Colorado Commandery of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States of which
he was a member.

MILITARY RECORD OF CAPTAIN ALONZO COAN

Born at Exeter, Maine, June 6th, 1842.

Entered military service of the United States as a
private Company "H", 15th Maine Volunteer Infantry, De-
cember 21st, 1861. Promoted to Corporal Sergeant, and
First Sergeant of the Company, and Quartermaster Ser-
geant of the Regiment. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant De-
cember 1st, 1863, 1st Lieutenant February 1st, 1865,
and Captain May 4, 1865.

MAINE COANS GO WEST 313

Regiment organized at Augusta, Maine, and mustered
in January 23, 1862. Moved to Portland February 25,
thence embarked for Ship Island, Miss., March 6. At-
tached to Butler's New Orleans expedition January to
March, 1862; 3rd Brigade, Department of the Gulf, to
September, 1862; District of West Florida Department of
the Gulf to June, 1863; 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th
Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, to December, 1863;
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, Department
of the Gulf, to January, 1863; 2nd Brigade, 4th Divi-
sion, 13th Army Corps, to February, 1864; 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, 19th Army Corps, to July, 1864; 2nd Bri-
gade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shen-
andoah, Middle Military Division, to April, 1865; 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, Department of Washington, D. C,
to June, 1865; 3rd Separate Brigade, District of East-
ern South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, De-
partment of South Carolina to July, 1866.

SERVICE: Duty at Ship Island, Miss., March to
May, 1862, and at Camp Parapet and Carrolton, La., May
19 to September 8. Moved to Pensacola, Florida, Septem-
ber 8, and was on duty there 'til June, 1863. Action at
Fifteen-mile House, Fla., February 25, 1863, and at Ar-
cadia March 6. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 21,
thence to LaFourche Landing. Expedition to Thibodeau
June 23-25. At Camp Parapet 'til August, and on Provost
duty at New Orleans until October. Expedition to the
Rio Grande, Texas, October 27 - December 2. Advance on
Brownsville, Texas, November 3-6. Occupation of Browns-
ville, November 6. Expedition to Arkansas, November 14-
21. Arkansas Pass, November 17. Capture of Mustang
Island, November 17. Fort Esperanza, November 25-27.
Duty at Pass Cavallo, Matagorda Island, 'til February
28, 1864. Moved to Franklin, La., March 1-5. Red River
campaign, March 10 - May 22. Marched from Franklin to
Alexandria, La., March 14-26; thence to Nachitoches,
March 26 - April 2. Battle of Sabine Cross-roads, Ap-
ril 8. Pleasant Hill, April 9. Monett ' s Bluff, Cane
River crossing, April 23. Construction of dam at Alex-
andria, April 30 - May 10. Retreat to Morganza, May 13-
20. Mansura, May 16. Duty at Morganza 'til July. Moved
to Fortress Monroe, Va . ; thence to Washington, D. C. ,
July 1-13. Expedition to Snicker's Gap, Va . , via Ball
Bluff and Leesburg, in pursuit of Early's army, July
14-23. Moved to Harper's Ferry via Monocacy and Fred-
erick City in pursuit of Early, July 28 - August 2. On
veteran furlogh, August 5 to October 1. Rejoined at
Harper's Ferry, Va . Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va . , Octo-
ber 6, and on duty there 'til January 8, 1865. Moved
to Stephenson's Depot January 7. Operations in the
Shenandoah Valley 'til April. Moved to Washington,
D.C., April 19-23, and on duty there 'til May 31. Grand
Review May 23-24. Moved to Savannah, Ga . , May 31 -

314 COAN GENEALOGY

June 4; thence to Georgetown, S. C., June 13-14. Pro-
vost Marshal of the District of Georgetown, S. C., June
18 to August 28, 1865. Judge of Superior Provost Court
for the Military District of Eastern S. C., August 28
to December 28, 1865. Acting Aid-de-camp on the Staff
of Brevet Major General Adelbert Ames, commanding the
Military District of Eastern S. C., December 28, 1865,
to April 26, 1866, and Commander of Post of Abbeville,
S. C.f April 24 to June 20, 1866. Mustered out with
Regiment July 5, 1866, and honorably discharged from
service .

Further information of Captain Alonzo Coan's ser-
vice in the Civil War may be obtained from "The Story
of the Fifteenth Maine" published by Major Henry A.
Shorey .

On leaving the army, Captain Coan, after residing
at Bangor, Maine, until the spring of 1868, located in
DeKalb County, Missouri. Here he bought timber and
farming lands and engaged in the lumber business. On
July 12, 1875, at Maysville, Missouri, he married Mari-
etta Jane Lancaster, born at Maysville, February 25,
1852, daughter of Manford and Sarah Ann (Roberts) Lan-
caster, and the following year removed to Boulder
County, Colorado, where he engaged in mining. He made
his home at Boulder, but his mining operations were
conducted in several counties of the State of Colorado
and also in Arizona, New Mexico, and California.

Captain Coan was a member of Columbia Lodge, No.
14, A. F. and A. M. of Boulder, Colorado; of Nathaniel
Lyon Post, No. 5, Department of Colorado and Wyoming,
Grand Army of the Republic; of the Colorado Commandery
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States; and of the Society of Mayflower descendants in
direct line from Stephen Hopkins (Alonzo Coan, The Coan
Family, pp. 10-18).

Marietta Jane, Alonzo's wife, died January 10, 1900; he
died May 19, 1921, in Boulder.

Children (6) COAN

i. Edith Lancaster, b. Nov. 27, 1876
ii. Ralph Alonzo, b. May 22, 1881

6 5 4 3

EDITH LANCASTER COAN (Alonzo , Abraham , Elisha D. , Abra-
ham2, Peter1) was born in Magnolia, Colorado, November 27,
1876, the daughter of Alonzo and Marietta Jane (Lancaster)
Coan. She was graduated from the University of Colorado at

MAINE COANS GO WEST 315

Boulder in 1897 with a Ph.B. degree. On October 2, 1897, at
Boulder she married George Albert McClure, who was born in
Middleton Springs, Vermont, November 16, 1874, the son of
George Mallory and Edilda (Burnham) McClure. He attended the
University of Colorado at Boulder where he played football
and baseball and was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
He owned and operated a grocery store in Boulder prior to
his 24 years of employment by the Public Service Company of
Colorado.

Edith was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, and the Fort Knight Club.
George was a Mason and belonged to Columbia Blue Lodge #14,
A. F. and A. M. He also was a member of the Elks, B.P.O.E.
#566 in Boulder. His hobbies were sports, fishing, and gar-
dening .

George died in Boulder April 27, 1954. Edith died
there September 16, 1972, at the age of 95. Both she and
George were buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder.

Children (7) McCLURE

i. Manfred Coan, b. May 26, 1912
ii. Edith Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1907

Reference: Archives of the University of Colorado at Boul-
der

Manfred C. McClure

7
MANFRED COAN McCLURE , the son of George Albert and Edith

Lancaster (Coan) McClure, was born in Portland, Oregon, May
26, 1912. His name was supposed to have been Manford, but
he was registered incorrectly by the doctor as Manfred; so
he has always been Manfred. He attended the University of
Colorado in Boulder for three years and was a member of Phi
Delta Theta fraternity. From December 8, 1941, until Sep-
tember 2, 1945, he was on active duty with the United States
Navy during World War II; and was on Wake Island when it was
bombed four days after Pearl Harbor. In recalling the at-
tack, he said: "We didn't have much armament. We had two
5-inch batteries, six 3-inch batteries, and aircraft guns.
They bombed and straffed us practically every day."

Less than two weeks later on December 24, 1941, he was
captured by the Japanese and became a prisoner of war. De-
tails of his internment still remain vivid:

12 days of freezing temperatures in the straw-
lined hold of the Japanese freighter Nitta Maru, frost-
bitten fingers and toes, destination Shanghai, China
Area 9 POW war camps; then moving by train across
Japan, glimpsing evidence of United States bombings,
the Tokyo train terminal flattened. The final stop was
a camp in the mountains outside of Aomori, 10 miles

316

COAN GENEALOGY

west of the east c
an open-pit iron or

When a Japanes
prisoners of war th
and said there woul
and the United Sta
said. But when a U
the prison camp and
flapped its wings
hands . "

Manfred was tr
men to the Japanese
for the first time
ican flag flying,
visibly moved reca
moments, he appea
Finally all he s
throat. "

oast of Japan, and grueling labor in
e mine.

e lieutenant appeared before the 200
ere one morning in September, 1945,
d soon be an armistice between Japan
tes, "no one believed him," Manfred
nited States fighter plane flew over
dropped C rations and clothing "and
at us, we knew we were in good

ansported along with the other freed
port of Sendai; and that is where

in almost five years he saw an Amer-
As he told the story, Manfred was

lling the sight. Silent for a few

red unable to find the right words.

aid was, "It really gets you in the

Manfred was awarded three medals: a World War II Victory
Medal, an American Campaign Medal, and the Asiatic Pacific
Campaign Medal. (Prisoner of War account taken from an arti-
cle by Jan McCoy, Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado,
July 9, 1982.) October 11, 1945, he received an honorable
discharge at San Francisco, California.

On August 2, 1927, at Boulder, Colorado, he married
Ruth E. Henson, who was born in Louisville, Kentucky, June
5, 1918, the daughter of Elisha K. and Lulu (Klett) Henson.
Ruth attended North Colorado College and was graduated from
Burr Business College. She was employed as a legal secre-
tary, and was a member of Sacred Heart Church.

Manfred was a surveyor from 1934 until 1941 with the
United States Bureau of Public Roads and an insurance
adjuster with the General Adjustment Bureau from 1949 until
1975 when he retired. He was a member of American X-Prison-

P.O.E. #566 in Boulder; the Mason,
F. and A. M. ; Boulder #7 R.A.M.;
Knights Templar. His interests in-
fishing, and local history.

ers of War; the Elks, B,
Columbia Lodge #14, A.
Mount Sinai Commandery #7
eluded sports, gardening,

Children (8) McCLURE

i. George Manfred, b. Dec. 4, 1948
ii. Robert John, b. Dec. 31, 1951

Reference

Manfred C. McClure
8

GEORGE MANFRED McCLURE , the son of Manfred Coan and Ruth
(Henson) McClure, was born in Boulder, Colorado, December 4,
1948. He was graduated from the University of Colorado,
Boulder, with a B.S. degree in business administration. He
enjoyed music, sports, and skiing. In 1982 he lived in San
Antonia, Texas, where he managed two McDonald franchises.

(left to right) George Manfred McClure, Ruth Henson McClure, Edith Eliza-
beth (Libby) McClure Bush, Edith Lancaster Coan McClure, and Robert
John McClure with dog Jimmy.

Manfred Coan McClure, one of 269 Colorado former prisoners of war who
received this special license plate. Courtesy Jerry Cleveland of the Boulder
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado, July 9, 1982.

Ralph A. Coan. Courtesy the
National Cyclopaedia of Amer-
ican Biography.

FOR MR. AND MRS. RALPH A. COAN BY JAMIESON
PARKER, ARCHITECT: This 12-room house, frame with
stucco exterior and stone base, is being erected upon the
north shore of Oswego Lake by Charles W. Ertz company,
builders, for Portland attorney. It will be L-shaped, with
double garage in the wing. Three bathrooms, concealed
radiation and a stone-walled recreation room are features.
The perspective shows the view from the lake side.

MAINE COANS GO WEST 317

Reference: Manfred C. McClure

8
ROBERT JOHN McCLURE , the son of Manfred Coan and Ruth (Hen-
son) McClure, was born in Boulder, Colorado, December 31,
1951. He attended Denver Community College in Denver. His
hobbies were skiing, hiking, and landscape photography. In
1982 he lived in Breckenridge where he managed a meat mar-
ket.

Reference: Manfred C. McClure

7
EDITH ELIZABETH McCLURE , (Libby) the daughter of George Al-
bert and Edith Lancaster (Coan) McClure, was born in Boul-
der, Colorado, June 5, 1907. She attended the University of
Colorado in Boulder, and married David M. Bush, who died in
January, 1982. Edith was employed as secretary to A.K.S.
Dachsund Breeder, Fremont, California. In 1982 she was liv-
ing in Sarasota, Florida.

Reference: Manfred C. McClure

6 5 4 3 2

RALPH ALONZO COAN (Alonzo , Abraham , Elisha D. , Abraham ,

Peter ), son of Alonzo and Marietta Jane (Lancaster) Coan,
was born in Boulder, Colorado, May 22, 1881. He received his
early education in the public schools of Boulder. In 1904
he was graduated from the University of Colorado with an
A.B. degree and in 1906 from Columbia University with an
L.L.B. degree. In 1908 he moved to Portland, Oregon and es-
tablished a law practice with the firm Evans & Coan. That
same year on October 27 he married in Nevada, Missouri, Pan-
sey Burton, daughter of Charles Germman Burton.

From 1911-1914 he was a partner in Whitfield & Coan and
then practiced alone until 1926 when he became senior member
of Coan & Rosenberg, the firm in which he continued until
the close of his life. His work consisted of general, cor-
poration, and probate law, and he had a large receivership
practice. The firm was counsel for the Oregon Automobile
Credit Corporation, Mercantile Acceptance Corporation,
United States Tire and Rubber Companpy, American Credit In-
demnity Company, Credit Insurance Adjustment Company, Asso-
ciated Cloak and Suit Manufacturers of Portland, and the
Colorado Life Company, as well as other insurance and manu-
facturing organizations. In 1911 Ralph organized the Law-
yers Title and Trust Company of Portland of which he was
director and secretary until 1926 when it was merged with
the Oregon Title Insurance Company (later Commonwealth
Life). From 1908-1910 he served as referee of bankruptcy in
Portland.

He was a member of the Oregon Public Employee Retire-
ment System Board, a director of the American Automobile
Association and president of the Oregon State Motor Associa-
tion. He was a member of the American, Oregon State, and
Multnomah County Bar Associations, the Masonic order (33rd

318 COAN GENEALOGY

degree, Shriner, Knight Templar), Military Order of the
Loyal Legion, Portland Chamber of Commerce, Phi Beta Kappa,
Delta Tau Delta, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descen-
dants, the Portland Golf and University Clubs, and the Wana
Lake Club of Skamania County, Washington. Politically he was
a Republican. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, and
reading. He died in Portland November 15, 1950.

Children (7) COAN

i. Burton Lancaster, b. Sept. 3, 1910, Portland, Ore-
gon
ii. Ralph Gorman, b. May 30, 1913, Portland, Oregon

Reference: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
(New York: James T. White & Company, 1955), Vol. XL,
p. 149.

7 6 5 4

BURTON LANCASTER COAN (Ralph A. , Alonzo , Abraham , Elisha
D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Portland, Oregon, Septem-
ber 3, 1910, son of Ralph Alonzo and Pansey (Burton) Coan.
He was graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A.
degree in 1936. That summer he, with his brother Ralph as
one of the navigators, and seven other young men sailed the
76-foot brigantine Gloria in the Santa Monica-Honolulu race
after which they cruised the South Seas with no particular
destination. They left Seattle for Santa Monica June 20 and
returned about October 1 .

In 1938 Burt received an LL.D. degree from the Univer-
sity of Oregon. In that same year on June 4 in Portland,
Oregon, he married Elizabeth Goodman, who was born January
27, 1913. She was graduated from the University of Oregon
with a B.A. degree in psychology.

Burt was active in the Masons and was master of his
lodge. In 1958 he suffered a stroke from which he never
fully recovered. Betty then returned to the business world
as a social worker. She died January 6, 1976. In 1982 Burt
was almost completely bedridden and living in Hillsboro,
Oregon .

Children (adopted) (8) COAN

i. Katie, b. Jan. 6, 1941; d. Apr. 19, 1982, Port-
land, Ore.

ii. Stephen, b. May 24, 1944; served in the United
States Navy 1968-1974

Reference: Ralph G. Coan, 16697 S.W. Maple Circle, Lake Os-
wego, OR 97034

7 6 5 4

RALPH GORMAN COAN (Ralph A. , Alonzo , Abraham , Elisha
D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Portland, Oregon, May 30,

Ralph Gorman Coan

Shirley Fulton

JMM1 h

Fireplace in home of
Ralph and Shirley
Coan: Top Civil War
sword inscribed:
"Presented to Capt.
Wm. B. Coan, CO.E.
48th N.Y.V., by the
Members of his
Company as a Testi-
monial of their respect
and esteem." Bottom
Civil War sword
belonged to Captain
Alonzo Coan. The gun
is one of two brought
home by Alonzo as
Confederate souvenirs.
It was purchased
from the English
government by the
Confederacy as
shown by a proof
mark on the lock plate
-"Tower— 1862."

U.S.S. Whitman DE 24 of which Ralph Gorman Coan was executive officer
in World War II.

(bottom left) Shirley Fulton
Coan in her studio, the
Crow's Nest, Lake Oswego,
Oregon, and one of her
paintings, (bottom right)
Ralph and Shirley Coan
sailing in San Juan Islands,
August, 1979.

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1913, son of Ralph Alonzo and Pansey (Burton) Coan. The fol-
lowing was taken from an account of his life which he wrote
for this genealogy.

I graduated from a private military high school,
San Diego Army and Navy Academy, in 1931 and went to
Menlo Junior College, Menlo Park, California, on a
football scholarship that fall. At that time Menlo was
an unpublicized adjunct of Stanford University, which
used its athletic teams to give one additional year of
training to its prospective players without sacrificing
any eligibility. I dropped out at the end of the term
in December, 1931, and went to sea in the merchant mar-
ine where I had been spending my summers for several
years .

In the fall of 1932 I went to Stanford and was a
member of the freshman football squad. However, I was
badly injured in a game in late November and was ad-
vised by the doctors not to play football anymore. This
injury ended my scholarship; and by this time the Great
Depression was well started, and Dad couldn't afford to
keep both Burton and me in college. I went to sea as a
steady occupation serving in the "black gangs" of many
different ships, belonging to several different steam-
ship lines, until April, 1934, when there was a strike
which effectively stopped all United States shipping
for over a full year.

The depression made it extremely difficult to get
any other kind of job, so I decided to go back to col-
lege and become a lawyer like my father. I had saved up
quite a lot of money in the meantime, so I could pay my
own way. I went to the University of Oregon for a
couple of quarters, but the restrictions of a rela-
tively small school in a small city seemed too great
after my previous freedom in the merchant marine and at
Stanford, which is close to San Francisco. In January,
1935, I changed to the University of Washington in
Seattle, which was a much larger school in a big sea-
port city where I felt much more at ease. Besides, they
had a Naval R.O.T.C. which took me on with open arms
because of my seagoing experience, even though I was
well into my sophomore year. The fact that I intended
to go on to law school would make it possible to com-
plete the required four years of R.O.T.C. although I
would be graduating in 1937, just two and a half years
away .

At that time a student could start law school at
the beginning of the senior year and graduate with a
B.A. degree at the end of the first year of the three-
year law course. This was the way I intended to go.
Here I joined Chi Psi fraternity. I was commissioned in
the Naval Reserve; and because I was getting rather
short of money, I decided to take advantage of what was

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known as the "Thompson Act", a provision just recently
passed by Congress that allowed newly commissioned re-
serve officers to apply for a year's active duty for
training. I was ordered to the USS Astoria , a light
cruiser, in which I served for about eight months and
was than transferred to the USS Oklahoma , a battleship
of World War I vintage. In both of these ships as a
"fresh caught" ensign I was very insignificant and re-
latively low in the esteem of even the enlisted crew-
men. However, I gained a lot of knowledge about how to
get along in the navy and became qualified to be the
ODD (Officer of the Deck) underway.

The year of active duty was stretched out quite a
bit, but I was finally released to inactive duty in
September, 1940, too late to go back to law school for
the fall term. I got a job managing two theaters in
Saint Helens, Oregon, a small lumber-mil 1 -and-county-
seat town about 35 miles down the Columbia River from
Portland. I fully intended to go back to school the
next spring; however, I never made it.

February 15, 1941, in Portland, Oregon, I married
Shirley Fulton, who was born July 6, 1913, in Victoria,
British Colulmbia, Canada, daughter of David Chrichton
and Veda (Sully) Fulton. She was graduated in 1937 from
Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, Oregon, with a B.A. de-
gree and a B.S. degree in library science. She was an
art teacher and librarian at West Linn, Oregon, High
School. While we were on our honeymoon, I received or-
ders to report for active duty as assistant engineering
officer of the USS Fox DD 234, a World War I four-stack
type destroyer, which was based in Seattle having just
been recommissioned . I was in the Fox when World War
II began; and we spent the first year of the war in
Alaskan waters, a really miserable experience. I was
then a lieutenant, j.g., and in June, 1942, while still
on the Fox I made full lieutenant. I was transferred
next to the USS Kendrick DD 613 operating in the Carib-
bean Sea and soon taking part in the Casablanca Inva-
sion of North Africa.

I left the Kendrick for a short course at a school
for prospective executive and commanding officers of
destroyers and destroyer escorts at Miami, Florida.
From there I went to Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo,
California, as the prospective executive officer of the
USS Whitman DE 24. The Whitman was commissioned July
3, 1943; and after about six weeks of "shakedown", we
joined the Pacific Fleet and took part in the Gilbert
Island (Tarawa and Makin) Campaign. Next the invasion
of the Marshall Islands started with the taking of Kwa-
jalein Island. After Kwajalein was taken, we had to go
back to Pearl Harbor for some repair work in the dry-
dock. The commanding officer, Carl Bull, was relieved,
and I had my first command--quite a thrill! Carl went

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back to the mainland to take command of another about-
to-be-commissioned ship, the USS Gilligan. Both com-
mander and ship I would meet in the future.

After the repair work we went back to the Marshall
Islands and were in on the Eniwetok landing. About
this time I was promoted to lieutanant commander.
Things then quited down for a spell, and we went back
to Pearl Harbor again where we spent about two months
working with the submarines as final training for them
before they left on a war patrol. We would play hide-
and-seek-type games every day and sometimes over night.
If I do say so, we got to be pretty good at it, which
came in handy later on.

Next came the Mariana Islands Campaign starting
with Saipan. This whole campaign was based out of Eni-
wetok, and we acted as screening patrols for the fuel
and ammunition groups, shuttling them back and forth to
resupply the main body and the landing forces. On the
third trip out we intercepted a Japanese sub just as it
fired a torpedo at one of the larger ships in the con-
voy. We managed to get in the way enough to have it hit
the good old Whitman way up forward (about 25 feet from
the bow) . Thank God it was that far up, as we initi-
ally lost all power from the shock of the explosion
(The Whitman was a diesel-electric-powered ship, just
like a submarine) and had a huge fuel oil fire that lit
up the whole area for at least three or four miles. It
was just after 2 a.m. We were able to get things run-
ning again in a few minutes and put out the fire about
10 a.m.

The entire convoy had scattered, then regathered,
and went on without us, which was what they should do.
At any rate, after we got the fire out, the ship was so
badly out of trim that the bow was actually under water
and the screws were nearly out of the water. What a
sitting duck! I'll never understand why that Jap didn't
hit us again. He could have put us under with one round
from his deck gun!

Anyway, we pumped out some of the flooded forward
compartments and flooded a few after spaces so that we
could get the propellers nearly all the way back in the
water again and what was left of the bow mostly above
water. Then using the pull of the separate screws to
steer, we began backing toward Eniwetok which was about
250 miles away. We made it almost to the entrance of
the lagoon before the tug came out for us.

After they got us patched up somewhat so we could
make it on our own, we were sent back to Mare Island
for a complete overhaul and refitting which kept us in
the yard for 18 weeks — a really great interlude. We
lost seven men, and I got a decoration, as did several
others.

It was then the summer of 1944, and we went back

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to Eniwetok in time for the last of the Palau Island
Campaign; then on to the Philippines. Sometime in late
1944 I was relieved by a new CO and was just riding
along on the flagship waiting for transportation back
to Pearl Harbor for reassignment when the Captain of
the USS Walke DD 723 was killed by a Japanese air-craft
strafing during the landing at Lingayen. His executive
officer was new to the ship. He had been on board less
than two weeks and didn't feel capable of taking over,
so I got the job. I was given a "spot" temporary pro-
motion to full commander, the appropriate rank for the
commanding officer of a fleet destroyer. When I de-
tached from that ship, I reverted to lieutenant comman-
der; but when I reached the point in time to be consid-
ered for selection for commander, that promotion was
almost automatic, and I became a full commander July 1,
1949.

The Walke, although still able to operate had been
damaged and so was sent back to Pearl Harbor and then
to San Francisco for repairs. When we got to San Fran-
cisco, I was relieved and sent to the University of
Southern California to be the instructor in seamanship
at the N.R.O.T.C. unit. I reported there on March 1,

1945, and soon found I was not cut out to be a teacher-
too impatient, and I needed more activity and excite-
ment. I put in a request for sea duty again and got or-
ders just as the war was ending to go to the USS Semi-
nole AKA 108 as executive officer. I tried to catch up
with her and was flown to Pearl Harbor, then on to
Yokosuka, Japan, only to find that she had left to go
back to the East Coast of the United States via the
Panama Canal. The only effect of this was to keep me in
Japan long enough to qualify for the campaign medal.
Isn't that a laugh?

By this time I decided to ask to be a civilian
again since I had twice as many points as I needed to
get out. October 30, 1945, in Los Angeles I became a
reserve officer on inactive duty as of February 13,

1946. I returned to Portland, Oregon, just in time for
Christmas 1945. I realized if I went back to finish law
school, I would have to start all over if I ever
expected to pass the bar. As I had a wife and two small
children to support, I had to go to work. I became a
real estate salesman for The Simms Company, a commer-
cial and industrial real estate brokerage and property
management firm in Portland. Much to everyone's sur-
prise, including my own, I had a knack for the job.

In the fall of 1946 the Navy set about the task of
reestablishing its reserve components, and as a result
I became the first commanding officer of surface divi-
sion 13-4 in Portland. They had a reserve battalion
made up of three surface divisions and one submarine
division. The organization was a little slow in getting

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ironed out, and it wasn't until about the end of 1948
before we had training vessels permanently assigned.
Guess what! The training vessel assigned was none other
than the USS Gilligan DE 508; and her first commanding
officer, Carl Bull, by then a captain and commanding
officer at the Great Lakes Training Center, showed up
for the ceremony. What a coincidence!

While I was in the reserve, I had to take two
weeks active duty which was usually on a ship operating
out of San Diego or San Pedro, or sometimes at a naval
station on shore. When the Korean Police Action broke
out, I was on one of those tours at the Bremerton Navy
Yard; and I can still remember thinking, "Oh, boy! Here
we go again. I'll not get out 'til it's over." Well,
sure enough, they kept me on for nearly six weeks, but
I had too much rank. What they needed was lieutenants,
not commanders. So I was told to go home. However, I
was on duty long enough to get the Korean Campaign
Medal although I never left Bremerton.

In 1960 I was up for promotion to captain; but be-
cause of asthma and a cataract on one eye, I couldn't
pass the physical. I was retired as a full commander
July 1 , 1961.

I stayed with The Simms Company until 1952 when
another salesman and I decided to form our own firm,
the Industrial Realty Corporation. We were very suc-
cessful, and it wasn't long before Mr. Simms asked me
to return. We eventually merged the two companies.
There have been many changes over the years as to stock
ownership, management, company policy, etc. The company
is now (1982) Simms Ferris, Inc., and I have been asked
to help out the new owner. I will do what I can, but at
my age and with my health not too good, I'm not sure
how much help I can be.

Ralph's interests included boating, water skiing, and
civic affairs. He was city councilman in Lake Oswego, Ore-
gon, 1961-1967, and president of the council the last two
years. He was on the Planning Commission 1968-1978, chairman
1974-1975.

He was a member of the Zoning Appeals Board of Port-
land, Oregon, 1965-1980. He was a member of the Portland
Board of Realtors and served in every office including pres-
ident in 1967. He also served in almost every office of the
Oregon Association of Realtors with which in 1982 he was
still affiliataed. He was a director and regional vice pres-
ident of the Society of Industrial Realtors, president of
the Portland chapter three times, and still an active member
in 1982. For three years, 1971, 1972, 1973, he was a na-
tional director of the National Association of Realtors,
with which he was still affiliated in 1982, and served as a
member of their Washington Legislative Committee 1970-1973.
He was a member of Oregon Association's Legislative Commit-
tee for about ten years and chairman at least three times.

324 COAN GENEALOGY

He belonged to the Columbia River Yacht Club, the Uni-
versity Club of Portland, the Retired Officers Association,
the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, and the
Elks Lodge in Oswego. He and Shirley jointly were member of
the Portland Art Association, the Oregon Symphony Society,
and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. In 1968 Ralph
was Realtor of the Year for the Portland Board of Realtors,
and a member of Omega Tau Rho of the National Association of
Realtors. Omega Tau Rho is a honorary group composed of past
officers, directors, etc. He was a former member of Portland
Chamber of Commerce and served on many of its committees,
chairing several. He also was a member of a number of spe-
cial committees for city and state.

Ralph's military awards included the Silver Star; Com-
mendation Medal; Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters;
Naval Reserve Medal; American Defense Medal (Fleet Clasp);
American, European, and Pacific-Asiatic Campaign Medals
(Twelve Battle Stars); World War II Victory Medal; Occupa-
tion Forces Medal; and Korean Campaign Medal.

Shirley was a watercolor artist. She studied under
Charles Mulvey, Phil Tyler, George Hamilton, Bong Wai Chen,
and Rex Brandt, all well-known watercolor artists. Her mem-
berships included Salem Art Association, Watercolor Society
of Oregon, Lake Oswego Arts and Crafts League, Lake Area Ar-
tists, Sam Jackson Crafty Arts and Buffalo Grass Society,
Portland Art Museum, Contemporary Arts and Crafts, Mendocino
Art Center (California), Portland Junior League, and the
Rivers Edge Athletic Club. She won awards in one-woman and
group shows throughout the Northwest, including Sweepstakes
and Purchase Award for the Watercolor Society of Oregon,
Coos Bay Museum & Portland Fine Arts Guild. Her paintings
may be seen in galleries and shows in the Northwest, both
public and private, including Bush Barn in Salem, Portland
Art Museum, and the Crow's Nest, Lake Oswego. Permanent col-
lections may be seen at Georgia Pacific Building, Bank of
California, First National Bank and United States Bank of
Oregon, and Oregon Bank in Portland.

Besides being art teacher and librarian at West Linn
High School, Oregon, she was librarian at Oregon City High
School, art teacher and librarian at Lake Oswego Junior High
School, and art supervisor for the West Linn School Dis-
trict. Her other interests included water skiing, golf,
church guild, and other volunteer work.

In 1982 Ralph and Shirley lived on the shore of Lake
Oswego, Oregon, where Shirley had her studio.

Children (8) COAN

i. Ralph Gorman, Jr., b. Mar. 17, 1942
ii. Christopher Fulton, b. Jan. 26, 1946
iii. Kathleen Sully, b. Jan. 6, 1947

Reference: Ralph G. Coan

Commander Ralph Gorman Coan

Ralph Gorman (Pat) Coan, Jr.,
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RALPH GORMAN COAN. JR. (Ralph G. ,
raham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Seattle,
Washington, March 17, 1942, the son of Ralph Gorman and
Shirley (Fulton) Coan. Because of Ralph's St. Patrick's Day
birthday, he was nicknamed Pat. He was graduated from Lake
Oswego High School in Oregon in 1961; from the University of
Oregon, Eugene, with a B.S. degree in economics in 1965; and
from the Graduate School of Business at the University of
Oregon with an M.B.A. degree in 1968. He was a member of
Sigma Chi fraternity.

On July 11, 1970, at Yakima, Washington, he married
Susan Le Cocq, who was born in Tallahassee, Florida, March
2, 1943, the daughter of Frank and Janet R. Le Cocq. Susan
was graduated from Yakima High School in 1961; from the Uni-
versity of Washington in Seattle with a B.A. degree in
French in 1965; and from Stanford University with an M.A.
degree in the teaching of French in 1968. She was a member
of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She taught French and English
at the junior high school in Los Altos, California. They re-
sided at Atherton (1982) where Susan was active in the Jun-
ior League. Ralph was employed as manufacturing comptroller
by Raychem Corporation in Menlo Park. The Coan family were
avid snow skiers and skied at Squaw Valley, California, and
at Lake Tahoe during the winters.

Children (9) COAN

i. Shannon Sully, b.

California
ii. Scott Le Cocq, b.

California

Jan. 21, 1975, Redwood City,
Sept. 1, 1977, Redwood City,

Reference: Ralph Gorman Coan, Jr,

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CHRISTOPHER FULTON3 COAN (Ra^ph G. ^Ralph A. , Alonzo , Ab-
raham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Portland,
Oregon, January 26, 1946, the son of Ralph Gorman and Shir-
ley (Fulton) Coan. He received a B.S. degree in business
administration from the University of Oregon in 1968. In
November of that year he was commissioned a captain in the
United States Air Force in the Viet Nam War. He served for
six years.

November 21, 1979, in Vancouver, Washington, he married
Martha Minor de Weese, who was born in Portland, Oregon,
June 10, 1950, the daughter of Lawrence Everett and Emily
(Nichols) de Weese. She received a B.A. degree in French and
Spanish civilization from Mills College in 1972 and an MAT
degree in French and Spanish from Reed College in 1976. She
was a French and Spanish teacher at the high school level.

Christopher and Martha enjoyed their home, family, and
many friends as well as going to the beach and to Mt. Hood.
In 1982 they lived in Portland, Oregon.

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Children (9) COAN

i. Kristin Emily de Weese, b. Feb. 24, 1981, Forest
Grove, Oregon

Reference: Christopher F. Coan, 9821 S.W. Taylor Street,
Portland, OR 97225

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KATHLEEN SULLY COAN (Ralpl^G. , Rajph A. , Alonzo , Abra-
ham , Elisha D. , Abraham , Peter ) was born in Portland,
Oregon, January 6, 1947, the daughter of Ralph Gorman and
Shirley (Fulton) Coan. She attended the University of Oregon
1965-1968. On October 19, 1968, at Lake Oswego she married
Gale Long who was born in Pendleton, October 11, 1946, the
son of Garland and Vivian (Waters) Long. He was graduated
from the University of Oregon and was employed in business
administration by Reynolds Metal Company in Longview, Wash-
ington, (1982).

From 1975 to 1977 Kathy attended Lower Columbia College
and became a registered nurse. She worked at Monticello Med-
ical Center at Longview. In 1979 she and Gale were divorced.
Kathy was interested in all types of arts and crafts, snow
and water skiing, kite flying, jigsaw puzzles, roller skat-
ing, astronomy, and travel within this country. In 1982 her
two young sons were taking computer programming classes.
She lived then at Longview.

Children (9) LONG

i. Cameron Christopher, b. May 10, 1969, Salem, Ore-
gon
ii. Aaron Gale, b. Sept. 10, 1970, Salem, Oregon

Reference: Mrs. Kathleen Long, 2703 Garfield, Longview, WA
98632

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THE GEORGE , MULFORD , GAYLORD COAN LINE

Principal Sources used in this chapter:

7
Edward M. and Barbara Coan, P. 0. Box 81, Stonington,

ME 04681 or Stanhope Mill Road, Lincoln, ME 04457. (Use of

Edward's extensive Coan Collection as well as personal

assistance of both Edward and Barbara.)

Alvan Talcott, Guilford, Connecticut Families (copy of
original manuscript in Town Clerk's Office, Guilford, Con-
necticut ) .

Alvan Talcott, compiler, Genealogy of the Coan Family,
1876, copied by Jerome Coan, 1878, and appended (Collection
of C. C. Potter, 709 County Road, Guilford, CT 06437).

Other References given in text and after biographies where
they have been used.

GEORGE COAN

1
GEORGE COAN was born about 1704 probably in Worms, Germany.

He came to America as part of the Palatine immigration of
1710. His mother and father died on the voyage; and he was
left with his older brother, Peter, about 13 years old, and
younger brother Abraham. There were no records of what hap-
pened to Abraham, but Peter and George were both bound out
under Governor Hunter's program to take care of the orphans
and destitute among the New York Palatines. As has already
been discussed in Chapter 1 , George was apprenticed to Sam-
uel Mulford of East Hampton, Long Island. However, family
tradition says it was Deacon Mulford, the brother of Captain
Samuel Mulford, to whom George was bound. At any rate, he
was cared for by the Mulford family and expressed his grati-
tude to these people by naming his first son Mulford.

On December 30, 1730, George married Jane Leek, who was
baptized in East Hampton, Long Island, November 19, 1704,
the daughter of Philip Jr., and Deborah (Conklin) Leek and
granddaughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Day) Leek of Connect-
icut. The Reverend Nathaniel Huntting performed the cere-
mony. In 1735 George purchased land and a small dwelling in
the North Parish of Guilford, Connecticut, and moved his
family there. He also purchased the same for his brother Pe-
ter. (See deeds in Chapter 1.) He became a prosperous

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farmer and lived there the rest of his life. About 1754 a
church was erected in North Guilford. The following is
quoted from a vote "at a meeting of the proprietors of the
Common and undivided land" in September, 1 753 :... "Voted ,
That the said Petitioners have liberty to build a Church on
the East side of Major Thompson's land, at the parting of
the paths, near the South west corner of George Coan's home
lot, so as not to incommode the highway." (Bernard Christian
Steiner, A History of the Plantation of Menunkatuck and of
the Original Town of Guilford, Connecticut [Baltimore: pub-
lished by the author, 1897], p. 382). He and Jane were mem-
bers of North Guilford Congregational Church.

George died in North Guilford June 28, 1782; Jane, Nov-
ember 27, 1786, aged 82.

Children (2) COAN

i. Jane, bpt . May 14, 1732, East Hampton, Long Is-
land; d. July 20, 1775, Guilford, Conn,
ii. Ruth, b. Oct. 21, 1736
iii. Mulford, b. Sept. 26, 1739

Reference: "Records of Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in
East Hampton, Long Island, from 1696-1746," New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York; New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1893-1902),
Vol. 24, p. 190; Vol. 25, p. 140; Vol. 29, p. 170; Vol.
33, p. 155.

Records of Congregational Church, North Guil-
ford, CT

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RUTH COAN (George ) was born in North Guilford, Connecticut

October 21, 1736, the daughter of George and Jane (Leek)

Coan. On January 28, 1778, she became the second wife of

Selah Dudley, who was born in April, 1713, the son of Miles

and Rachel (Strong) Dudley. He was a farmer and a deacon of

the church at North Guilford. Ruth died July 5, 1787; Selah,

October 14, 1797.

Reference: Dean Dudley, The History of the Dudley Family
(Montrose, Massachusetts: published by author, 1894),
Vol. I, p. 3 60.

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MULFORD COAN (George ) was born in North Guilford, Connect-
icut, September 26, 1739, the son of George and Jane (Leek)
Coan. September 20, 1764, in Branford he married Elizabeth
Howd, daughter of Verick Howd . The marriage was performed by
the Reverend Philemon Robbins. Elizabeth died November 27,
1776. Mulford married second Mary Stone, born July 11, 1743,
daughter of Benjamin and Deborah Stone. He served in the Am-
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Colonel Talcott's Regiment, from March 22 to May 18, 1776.
(Steiner, p. 448) According to the Federal Census of 1790
for the state of Connecticut, Mulford was living then in
Kil 1 ingworth . By 1794 he was living in Woodbury. He and
Mary joined the First Congregational Church there. Mary died
in Woodbury October 18, 1816, aged 73; Mulford, April 28,
1821, aged 81 .

Children (3) COAN

By first wife, Elizabeth

i. Elizabeth Howd, b. Nov. 27, 1766

By second wife, Mary

ii. Lucy, b. 1765 or 1766
iii. Gaylord, b. Aug. 4, 1768
iv. Sylvanus, b. Oct. 28, 1778

Reference: Frederick W. Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages
As Found in Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 ( New
Haven, Connecticut: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896),
Book 2, p. 106.

Gravestones, Sandgate, Vermont

Kill ingworth, Connecticut, Town Records Vol. 2,
p. 154.

William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury,
Connecticut (Woodbury: William Cothren, 1879), Vol.
Ill, pp. 256, 258.

3 2 1

ELIZABETH HOWD COAN (Mulford , George ) was born in Guil-
ford, Connecticut, November 27, 1766, the daughter of Mul-
ford and Elizabeth (Howd) Coan. October 22, 1786, in Kill-
ingworth she married Joel Wilcox.

Reference: Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages, Book 3, p.
39.

3 2 1

GAYLORD COAN (Mulford , George ) was born in Guilford, Con-
necticut, August 4, 1768, the son of Mulford and Mary
(Stone) Coan. He married Tamze Nettleton, who was born July
11, 1759, the daughter of Samuel and Dinah Nettleton. Gay-
lord was a farmer and lived in Kil lingworth. According to
his son Titus he was "temperate, thoughtful, industrious,
quiet, modest, peaceful, righteous, honest, and economical.
He held somewhat aloof from social affairs, refused pre-
ferred offices, but observed the Sabbath, attended church
regularly, read the Bible frequently, and held morning and
evening prayers at home." He helped to build the First
Congregational Church in Killingworth.

330 COAN GENEALOGY

Tamze was one of the Killingworth Nettletons who pro-
duced artists and journalists. Titus described her as "lab-
orious, faithful, tender." Her nephew was Asahel Nettleton,
a distinguished evangelical preacher. She died January 14,
1818.

Gaylord married second Lucretia Platts, who was born
July 16, 1749, and died in Killingworth September 2, 1856.
Gaylord died there September 24, 1857, in his 90th year.

Children (4) COAN

i. George, b. Dec. 31, 1790

ii. Ezra, b. June 17, 1792

iii. Elizur, a twin, b. July 7, 1794

iv. Sally, a twin, b. July 7, 1794; m. Daniel Ar-
nold; d. Nov. 18, 1866

v. Silvanus, b. May 10, 1797 (spelled Silvanus on
birth record, but Sylvanus on his wife's
gravestone )

vi. Heman, b. Apr. 10, 1799

vii. Titus, b. Feb. 12, 1801

By second wife, Lucretia

viii. Mary Jemima, b. Aug. 12, 1819; d. Feb. 21, 1843,
single

4
Reference: Titus Coan, manuscript, Jan. 16, 1934, New York

City Public Library.

Titus Munson5 Coan's Genealogical Notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap, 200 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ
07605) .

Town Records of Killingworth, Connecticut, Vol.
2, p. 154.

4 3 2 1

GEORGE COAN (Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Kill-
ingworth, Connecticut, December 31, 1790, the son of Gaylord
and Tamze (Nettleton) Coan. On August 16, 1821, he married
Mabel Munger, born September 21, 1802, daughter of Josiah
and Hannah ( Coe ) Munger of East Guilford. George was a min-
ister and they lived in Madison for awhile. In 1828 he was
serving the Presbyterian Church in Riga, New York. He later
left New York State and moved to Niles, Michigan. He died
March 18, 1848.

Children (5) COAN

i. George Munger, b. Apr. 13, 1823
ii. Caroline Antoinette, b. Nov. 9, 1824
iii. Harriet Fidelia, b. "1837; d. 1840
iv. Emily Loisa, b. Apr. 1840

v. Harriet Angelica, b. Dec. 1843; m. Alexander C.
Hoffman

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 331

Reference: Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone, Dictionary of
American Biography (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1930), Vol. IV, p. 236.

Town Records of Madison, Connecticut, Book I, p.
83.

5 4 3 2 1

GEORGE MUNGER COAN (George , Gaylord , Mulford , George )
was born in Madison, Connecticut, April 13, 1823, the son of
the Reverend George and Mabel (Munger) Coan. He joined the
church at age 14 and decided that he would become a mission-
ary. From that time on, he served his God faithfully, not
only with his physical and mental ability, but with his
money as well. His benevolent giving was a marvel in the
community where he lived, and he often denied himself so
that he might give to others. In his house there was always
a box labeled "The Lord's purse." His health was never good,
so he had to give up his dream of being a missionary. He was
graduated from Williams College in the Class of 1849.

A year or so after he finished at Williams, he moved to
Niles, Michigan, where he became a teacher of music, an or-
ganist, and a choir leader. He had rare musical ability
which he consecrated to the service of religion. He was
quiet and humble, but became an outstanding figure in relig-
ious circles in Southwest Michigan. He was an elder in the
church and superintendent of the Sunday School .

In January, 1866, he married Carrie M. Rollo. He died
at Niles November 23, 1881, aged 58.

Reference: Calvin Durfee, William Biographical Annals (Bos-
ton: Lee and Shepherd, Publishers, 1871), pp. 266, 267.

5 4 3 2

CAROLINE ANTOINETTE COAN (George , Gaylord , Mulford ,
George ) was born November 9, 1824, daughter of George and
Mabel (Munger) Coan. She married William B. Ferson of Niles,
Michigan.

Children (6) FERSON

i . Emma

ii. Nettie, b. 1857

Reference: Genealogical data (Collection of Leonie M.
Dunlap)

4 3 2 1

EZRA COAN (Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Kill-

ingworth, Connecticut, June 17, 1792, the son of Gaylord and

Tamze (Nettleton) Coan. He married Fanny Marie Hull who was

born in Killingworth, January 7, 1797, daughter of Josiah

and Fanny Hull. They moved to Byron, New York. Ezra died in

Albion October 3, 1861. Fanny died May 20, 1882. They were

both buried in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, New York.

3 32 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (5) COAN

i. George Whitefield, b. Dec. 30, 1817

ii. Charlotte Martha, b. Dec. 30, 1819, Byron, N.Y.;

d. July 23, 1821, Byron, N.Y.
iii. Charlotte Fidelia, b. Apr. 8, 1822
iv. Henry Martain [Martyn], b. June 14, 1824
v. Fanny Maria, b. July 29, 1826; d. Jan. 16, 1841
vi. Ezra Titus, b. Mar. 25, 1829
vii . Edward Payson, b. July 12, 1831; d. June 27,

1851
viii. Sarah Amelia, b. Mar. 14, 1834
ix. Fidelia, b. June 23, 1836, Byron, N.Y.; d. Mar.

21, 1837
x. William Harrison, b. June 1, 1841

Reference: Titus Munson Coan's genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap) .

Gravestone, Lots #164, 165, Mountain Avenue,
Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.

5 4 3 2 1

GEORGE WHITEFIELD COAN (Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George )

was born in Bergen [Byron], New York, December 30, 1817, the
son of Ezra and Fanny Maria (Hull) Coan. The following ac-
count of George's life was written for this genealogy by
Philip Burr7 Coan of San Diego, California. It was based on
his personal copy of Frederick G. Coan's Yesterdays in Per-
sia and Kurdistan (Claremont, Cal.: Saunders Studio Press,
1939) .

George helped work the farm, plowed when grown enough,
and attended the Byron village school. To prepare for
college, the only child of the family to do so, he
studied advanced books suggested by teachers, clergy,
and other college graduates. He learned well so that in
1843, at age twenty-five, he enrolled in the sophomore
class at Williams College and was graduated in 1846.
Good in mathematics, he also was interested in astron-
omy. To help pay his living costs, he tutored others
and had a paying job with the college observatory.

In the fall of 1846, he entered Union Theological Sem-
inary in New York City, again earning his way by tutor-
ing in a wealthy family and teaching singing. He was
graduated from Union in 1849 and ordained June 6 by the
Presbytery of Genesee.

George and his uncle, Titus Coan, missionary to Hawaii,
had known and liked each other since about 1826. Titus
had requested George as a missionary to Hawaii, and
George was gladly ready to go there when he finished
study at Union Seminary, but the mission board had

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 3 33

urgent need of him in Persia, where one of its mission-
aries had recently died. George gave up his preference
in favor of duty and the needs of the mission to Per-
sia. At this time he married Sarah (Power) Kip [Kipp],
who was born in Hudson, New York, April 17, 1821.

On June 18, 1849, George and Sarah sailed from Boston
via the Mediterranean and Black Seas to Trebizonde,
Turkey. A further six-week caravan trip (with camels)
took them to the city of Urumia, Persia, on October 13,
1849. All Persia then was feudally ruled. Farmers paid
for use of the land with heavy tithes in produce to
provincial governors appointed by the Shah.

The Coans based their family life and religious work
with Moslems and Nestorian Christians in a walled mis-
sion compound of six to ten mission families two miles
outside of the city. A brook for gardening and non-pot-
able water supply ran through the compound, which con-
tained schools, servants' homes and stables for horses
and cows. Mission families grew their own vegetables
and animal fodder. Dangerous groups of rebellious Kurd
tribesmen lived lost in the mountains and often in sin-
gle-night attacks raided small towns and colonies for
loot of all kinds.

The Coans, while learning Syriac and Persian customs,
spent eleven months in the nearby hills at safe vil-
lages. The second winter they lived in a twenty-house
Nestorian village called Memikan at a 7,000 foot alti-
tude in the Gawar plain 45 miles due west of Urumia.
George aided Dr. Rhea in visiting nearby villages to
preach and encourage. They lived in Memikan in a 20' x
16' room with one door and a glass window they brought
with them and set in a sunny wall. There were so many
fleas in the room that the couple, before going to bed,
stood in a wide bowl of water and scraped the fleas
from their skin into the water to drown, hopefully.
Their room had one wall and a front-door alley common
to a small cattle stable. Daytimes, Sarah taught pray-
ers, the Bible, sewing crafts, and useful household
habits to girls and women of and near Memikan. Her only
schoolroom was her 20' x 16' one-room house.

On severest winter days, Memikan had snow drifts up to
18 feet depth and temperatures of 20° to 30°F. below
zero. The single-wall window was blocked. Deep snow
forced the natives to dig tunnels to a nearby spring so
that the cattle could drink. It followed that bad sani-
tation was endemic in the area and only the hardy na-
tives and missionaries survived.

Returning in 1852 to safer, cleaner and organized

3 34 COAN GENEALOGY

mission life at the compound outside Urumia, George and
Sarah began their permanent routine. This was winning
converts, servicing converted and native Christians,
instructing in the Bible and academic subjects, and
teaching homemaking classes. George made frequent
horseback or carriage field trips, lasting a few days
to six months.

Life for their children in the mission compound was ac-
tive and enjoyable, although the mission seldom had
other children of the ages of the young Coans. Each
child had chores and was paid for the work with the
money being sent to America for investment toward the
children's futures. The chores also were exemplary to
the native Persians both in and outside the compound
who thought no child of a "sahib" should do manual
work. After prayers each morning, Sarah taught her own
and other mission children Latin, mathematics, English
literature and grammar, and all secondary school sub-
jects needed to enter an American college.

Recreation included riding, driving the three or four
saddle and carriage horses, and exploring outside the
compound. The boys also liked to watch mission indus-
try, such as the printing house, where native Chris-
tians cast Syriac type; printed tracts, hymns and
books; then handstitched and bound the volumes. Both
young Fred and his father George were very musical, the
father having "perfect pitch" hearing. In 1872, two
young missionary couples arrived, the Rev. and Mrs. J.
M. Oldfather and the Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Whipple. They
brought an eight-stop organ with newly developed tone
combinations, which Mrs. Whipple played with skill. Her
music enthralled the young teen-age Fred. Also, the
children enjoyed accompanying their parents on carriage
and riding trips, even sleigh trips in winter, to visit
the city, friends across the valley, parishioners'
farms; or on longer journeys to meet incoming personnel
or to show love for departing missionaries. Most trips
required horse-mounted guards against Kurdish bandits;
the longer and larger the trip, the more guards.

In 1864 George and his family took their first furlough
year returning to the United States. Their route back-
traced their 1849 incoming route to Trebizonde and by
sea to home. They resided for the year in Hudson, N.Y.,
Sarah's birthplace.

Eight years later in 1872, Edward Coan, now in his late
teens, again made the "homebound" trip without family
members but in company with Dr. John H. Shedd, Mrs.
Joseph P. Cochran, and her son Joseph, a close friend
of Edward. Edward parted from these familiar friends

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 33 5

when they reached the United States and went to Homer,
Michigan, then the home of his grandmother, uncle and
aunt. Months after Edward's departure, his father in
Persia had a sensing, while asleep, that Edward had
died. His wife Sarah and their sons did not believe it.
In another two months, mail from America confirmed Ed-
ward's death, even to date and time.

After a severe Persian drought in 1872-73, George was
in ill health following a nearly fatal fall; and, as
his sons Frank and Fred were at school age, he decided
to take a tenth-year furlough in 1874. He planned to go
via Lake Van on the way to Trebizonde to see a new Am-
erican Board station at Van. Sarah was too weak to ride
a horse, so she was carried slung beside a horse in one
of two balanced kavajars, (heavy wooden seats tied on
both sides of a horse). The Coan party and retainers
joined a 1,000-horse caravan northward bound.

On the sixth day from Urumia, the Coans reached Van.
They stayed ten days as guests of Dr. and Mrs. George
C. Raynolds. Here the Coans bought two Angora cats for
an English merchant in Constantinople, as requested by
William R. Stockton when he visited Urumia earlier in
1874.

Going on to Erzerum in eastern Turkey, nearly two weeks
on the trail, they did the final three-day climb and
descent of the rocky mountain ridge Polon Tukon . The
small Coan caravan stayed a few days at the summer camp
of the American Board's Erzerum station. A new macadem
road of 170 miles from Erzerum to Trebizonde prompted
Dr. Coan to replace his horseback transport with two
large "Phorgoon" Russian-design wagons, like prairie
schooners, each pulled by four horses. It was a novel
and comfortable ride for the Coans reclining or sitting
on pillows and blankets spread on top of the wagon bed
loads. The boys, raised in Urumia ' s aridity, were awed
by the dense forests of northeastern Turkey. On slow
upgrades of the road the two brothers frequently walked
in the dark woods beside the wagons, or hiked across
ridges and sharp curves to rejoin or wait for their
family convoy a few miles farther along the road. Ar-
riving at Trebizonde on the Black Sea, the Coans got a
ship to Constantinople, delivered the Angora cats, and
for ten weeks visited Dr. Riggs, a missionary since the
1820s.

Continuing the "Grand Tour" to broaden Fred's and
Frank's pre-college education, George and Sarah sailed
to Naples. The family visited Rome, Florence, Milan,
Lake Como, Paris, and spent six weeks in London. They
sailed to the U.S. on The England, a new steam-and-sail
passenger vessel .

3 36 COAN GENEALOGY

Back in America (probably in the spring of 1875), the
missionary Coan family visited relatives in Hudson and
Albion, N. Y., then in Homer, Michigan, where George's
mother and sister and the latter 's husband lived on a
farm. For the rest of his life George was active in the
cause for missions, constantly making stirring appeals
for their support.

To enroll their sons in a fine high school in Niles,
Michigan, the Coans moved there in the fall of 1875(7).
Fred completed a four-year course in three years.
George had an uncle and sister living in Niles, and his
cousin, George Munger Coan, was organist at Niles Pres-
byterian Church, of which Dr. Eddy was the gifted pas-
tor .

In 1878, George moved his family to Wooster, Ohio, so
that his son Fred could begin immediately his college
education at the new, small Wooster College which had
an unusually strong faculty. Recognizing George's abil-
ity and faithful service, the College of Wooster in
1878 awarded him a D.D. degree. He died in Wooster De-
cember 21, 1879. Sarah died October 18, 1887. They were
both buried in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, New York.

Children (6) COAN all born in Persia

i. Edward Payson, b. Aug. 17, 1854; d. Feb. 1, 1871,
Homer, Mich.; buried in Mount Albion Cemetery,
Albion, N. Y.

ii. Elizabeth Bergen, b. Jan. 12 or 15, 1855; d. 1864

iii. Stoddard

iv. Frederick Gaylord, b. May 23, 1859

v. Henry Ezra Franklin, b. Jan. 15, 1861

vi . George, b. 1868

Reference: Alumni Catalogue of the Union Theological Semin-
ary in the City of New York, 1836-1926 (Published in
New York in 1926), p. 53.

Titus Munson Coan ' s genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap).

Calvin Durfee, Williams Biographical Annals
(Boston: Lee and Shepherd, Publishers, 1871).

Gravestone, Lots #164, #165, Mountain Avenue,
Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

6 5 4 3

FREDERICK GAYLORD COAN (George W. , Ezra , Gaylord , Mul-

ford2, George1) was born in Urumia, Persia, May 23, 1859,

the son of missionaries, George Whitefield and Sarah (Power)

Kip Coan. He grew up in Persia and came to the United States

for his advanced education at Wooster University (College of

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freshman year he met Ida Jane Speer, whom he later married.
A classmate who roomed at the Speer ' s invited Frederick to
study Greek with him there. While they were studying, some-
one was playing Beethoven; and Frederick remarked that who-
ever was playing was a fine musician. Mrs. Speer invited
Frederick to stay for supper, and he met the musician, Ida
Jane Speer. They soon arranged to meet one evening a week
from seven until nine "to improve their reading."

In his sophomore year, Frederick organized a male quar-
tet which sang in the Lutheran Church where he was organist.
He later added four ladies, one of them Ida, making it an
octet. During his junior year they became engaged. He was
graduated from Wooster in the Class of 1882.

Frederick had planned to make music his profession, but
his mother wanted him to go to Persia as a missionary. With
a heavy heart he entered Western Theological Seminary in the
fall of 1882. Here he met Samuel H. Kellogg, D.D., LL.D, a
returned missionary from India. When Dr. Kellogg learned of
Frederick's feelings, he came to his room and talked to him,
arousing his enthusiasm for his new profession. The next
year Frederick went to Princeton for the last two years of
his course so he could be near his brother Frank, who was an
undergraduate there. He was ordained July 16, 1885, and on
July 1 of that year he married Ida.

Ida was born in West Salem, Ohio, January 26, 1861, the
daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Thomas P. Speer, and
his wife, Elizabeth (Stoneroad) Speer. The family moved to
Wooster when Ida's two older brothers were ready for col-
lege. Here she had the privilege of studying under the great
musician Karl Merz and became the first graduate of the mus-
ical department which he organized at Wooster. She was in
the Class of 1884.

A few weeks after they were married, on July 25, 1885,
they sailed from New York on the ship Furnessia of Anchor
Line for Persia where for 43 years they were missionaries.
Ida was an excellent homemaker and mother, often carrying on
for weeks alone while Frederick visited the churches of
which he was in charge as general evangelist in the Urumia
Plain and Kurdestan. He often traveled on horseback and his
tours in the wild and inaccessible mountains took him as far
as the plains of Mesopotamia, Mesul , and Baghdad. Ida knew
these tours were dangerous, but she was always brave and
cheerful. One tour lasted seven months, and during that time
she heard her husband had died of sunstroke in Mesopotamia;
that he had been drowned crossing a very swift river on a
flimsy raft; and that he had been killed in an encounter
with Kurds. Through all of this period she remained calm and
believed Frederick was safe. When he finally arrived home,
he admitted all of the reports had foundation, but God had
taken good care of him.

Ida and Frederick were both fine musicians and often
gave concerts at the mission station. A wedding gift ordered
built by Ida's parents before their marriage was among boxes

3 38 COAN GENEALOGY

of housewares shipped in advance of the wedding. The gift
was a Decker Brothers upright piano sealed in a zinc-lined
crate weighing 1,500 pounds. The piano transported on its
own cart pulled by two buffalo and two oxen for 700 miles
from Trebizonde to Ula, made the journey with only one wire
out of. tune, though the ox cart had tipped over twice during
ninety days on the trail.

Ida loved flowers, and wherever she lived, she always
had beautiful gardens. Once, returning from a furlough, she
picked up some new plants in Russia and brought them all the
way to Persia in her lap. She also introduced new varieties
of roses. At Claremont, California, at the time of her fun-
eral most of the flowers on the casket came from her own
beds .

Missionary children sometimes had special teachers from
the states, but often were taught by the missionaries them-
selves and their wives. Ida taught German in which she had
majored in college and was very fluent. She also could talk,
read and write in Syriac and Turkish and knew a good deal of
French. At one time her son Howard attended the American
School for Moslems and other races. He soon won the affec-
tion and respect of the boys by teaching them American
games. One day he met with an accident, and his classmates
sent fruit and flowers; and finally, when he was better, his
friends arranged with Frederick to visit Howard. At that
time it was against all Mohammedan etiquette for men to see
the faces of any women except those of their own household.
Ida wanted to meet the boys, so Frederick agreed that she
would answer the door; and he wouldn't appear until later.
As the boys ascended the steps and rang the bell, to their
astonishment and consternation, they were met by the lady of
the house. Feeling it must be a mistake, they turned their
heads; some covered their faces, begged pardon, and asked if
they had come to the wrong door. They were assured there was
no mistake, given a cordial welcome, and led into the parlor
where Ida soon had them feeling at home. Frederick eventu-
ally appeared; refreshments were served; and then they were
led into the bedroom to see Howard.

It was the first time they had ever seen a room used
just for sleeping, and a bed made up with clean white
sheets. They were told how much cleaner and more sanitary it
was to have them. Their own bedding consisted of quilts,
often very expensive, but seldom washed. When they left,
they thanked Frederick for the great honor paid them. On ar-
riving at his home, one of the visiting boys told his father
they had spent several hours in the Seventh Paradise, and
recounted what they had seen and learned. With tears in his
eyes he asked, "Father, will we ever have anything like
that?" His father answered, "Not while we are Mohammedans."

In World War I during an invasion of the Turks and
Kurds 30,000 refugees sought safety and escaped massacre by
going to the Urumia mission station where "Old Glory" was
flying. Eighteen missionaries found themselves with 30,000

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 339

unbidden guests for five months. Every bit of available
space was used--college and hospital rooms; barns, cellars,
stables, even closets. Frederick put up a tent that housed
1,000 and took 29 into his own home. An epidemic of typhoid
broke out; over 4,000 died, among them five missionaries.
Frederick caught typhoid and was dangerously ill for over
forty days. Ida nursed him and many others. There was not
even one trained nurse except for an Assyrian woman who had
taken a course in America. Ida had over 100 successive days
and nights of nursing alone except for the help of some
Assyrian teachers who took her place at times and called her
when she was needed. The American flag flew constantly over
the station giving protection to the refugees. President
Wilson called this incident the most thrilling story of the
American flag.

From 1904-1912 Frederick was in charge of Urumia Col-
lege and superintendent of the village schools. In 1917 and
1918 he lectured on the Chatauqua Eastern Circuit in behalf
of Armenian and Syrian relief. November 17, 1924, Frederick
and Ida we're honorably retired and came back to the United
States. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in
1935. For a number of years they resided in Minneapolis,
then in Princeton, New Jersey, and finally in Claremont,
California. In 1939 Frederick's book, Yesterdays in Persia
and Kurdistan, was published. It was an account of his more
than 40 years in the missionary field.

Ida died in Claremont, California, June 24, 1939; Fred-
erick, in Shreve, Ohio, March 23, 1943. A memorial service
for Frederick was held in the College of Wooster chapel on
March 27. They were both buried in Wooster Cemetery.

Children (7) COAN all born in Persia

i. Elizabeth Veech, b. Dec. 14, 1886

ii. Frank Speer, b. Mar. 26, 1889

iii. Frederick, b. 1893; d. 1894, Van, Turkey

iv. Katharine Cochran, b. Nov. 23, 1895

v. Howard Radcliffe, b. May 13, 1898

Reference: Archives, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio.

Frederick G. Coan, Memorial to Your Mother and
Grandmother , manuscript, pp. 1-7, 15.

Frederick G. Coan, Yesterdays in Persia and Kur-
distan, (Claremont, Cal.: Saunders Studio Press, 1939).

"Memorial for Dr. F. G. Coan," Daily Record,
Wooster, Ohio, March 25, 1943.

Edward Howell Roberts, Biographical Catalogue of
the Princeton Theological Seminary 1815-1932 (Prince-
ton, N. J.: Published by the Trustees of the Theologi-
cal Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, 1933), p. 359.

340 COAN GENEALOGY

7 6 5 4

ELIZABETH VEECH CQAN (Frederick G. , George W. , Ezra ,

Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Urumia, Persia,
December 14, 1886, the daughter of Frederick Gaylord and Ida
Jane (Speer) Coan. She grew up in Urumia, the capital of the
district, with a population of 150,000 including surrounding
villages. Her parents were Presbyterian missionaries, so the
family lived in the missionary compound a few miles outside
the city. Elizabeth returned to the United States for her
advanced education and was graduated from Wellesley College,
Class of 1911. She then took a teacher's degree at Winona
State College in Minnesota. In 1914 she went back to the
mission field in Persia and spent five years of war there in
Urumia and Tabriz. She taught at the Girls' School in Uru-
mia .

April 11, 1918, in Urumia she married Edward Carrington
Mayo Richards, who was born in New York City September 23,
1886, the son of Howard and Harriet (Mayo) Richards. Edward
was graduated from Yale University with a B.S. degree in
forestry, and from Sheffield School with an M.F. degree. He
engaged in private and public practice in forestry.

In 1919 Elizabeth and Edward returned to the United
States and lived in New York and New Jersey where their four
children were born. In 1930-31 they spent fifteen months in
Europe where their children got a good start in speaking
German. Upon their return they settled on a farm near West
Chester, Pennsylvania. The children all went to Westtown
Friends School. From 1932 to 1934 they were with the Tennes-
see Valley Authority where Edward was chief forester. The
family took five summer camping trips to the West, South-
west, and Mexico.

In 1953 Elizabeth and Edward moved to Tucson, Arizona.
In 1955-56 they toured Europe and the Middle East; they
visited 21 countries. In 1961 they completed a round-the-
world trip. All the family were united in their opposition
to war and to military conscription. Sons Frederick H. Rich-
ards and Willliam L. Richards went to prison as conscien-
tious objectors to World War II.

Elizabeth enjoyed plants, flowers, languages, the
Bible, literature, and the piano. Her main interest, how-
ever, was in her family. She was active in the Women's In-
ternational League for Peace and Freedom, was a member of
the Fellowship of Reconciliation and of the Religious So-
ciety of Friends (Quakers). In 1982 she was nearly 96 years
old, probably the oldest living Coan. She resided in a nurs-
ing home in Tucson, Arizona, near her daughter Elizabeth.

Children (8) RICHARDS

i. Frederick Howard, b. Nov. 16, 1919
ii. William Lippincott, b. Jan. 26, 1921
iii. Elizabeth Rebekah Speer, b. May 22, 1922
iv. Annette Hope, b. May 5, 1924

Edward Carrington Mayo Richards and Elizabeth
Veech Coan Richards

Sculptures by Elizabeth Richards: Kathy and Female Nude

Elizabeth Rebekah Speer Richards

The Dr. Frederick Howard Richards family: (back) Rafael Mayo Richards,
Frederick, Grace Collins Richards, Benjamin Wood Richards III. (front)
Aurelia Mayo Richards, Stacy Budd Collins Richards, Amanda Richards.

Malika Richards, daughter
of Dr. Frederick Richards.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 341

Reference: Katharine Coan Carleton, Memoirs of My Childhood
in Persia 1895-1910, (no. p., July, 1979), pp. 4, 5.

The Fiftieth Reunion Record of 1911, Class of
1911, Wellesley College Archives, Margaret Clapp Lib-
rary, Wellesley, MA 02181

Elizabeth R. S. Richards, Box 5261, Tucson, AZ
85703

8
FREDERICK HOWARD RICHARDS , son of Edward Carrington Mayo
and Elizabeth Veech (Coan) Richards, was born November 16,
1919, in New York City, New York. He was graduated from Nor-
ris High School, Norris, Tennessee; received his pre-medical
education at Swarthmore College where he was graduated in
1945 with a B.A. degree; was awarded an M.D. in 1948 by Tem-
ple University School of Medicine; and completed his educa-
tion with surgical studies at London and Edinburgh, F.R.C.S.
(primary only) in 1954.

Frederick's father, mother, sisters, and brother were
strongly opposed to war, and he shared their deep-seated
convictions. During World War II he served a year in Danbury
Prison (1941-1942) for draft evasion.

He married first Jennifer Osgood, the mother of his
first four children. He married second Grace Collins on Nov-
ember 22, 1969, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grace was
born July 3, 1934, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, the daughter
of Alfred Collins. Before her marriage to Frederick, she was
a senior secretary to a Philadelphia high court judge.

In 1982 Frederick was a physician with a family prac-
tice which included obstetrics and surgery. He enjoyed work-
ing and managing the family forest of 1200 acres, as well as
shooting and hunting. His other interests included horses,
music, and antique cars. He was a member of Amnesty Interna-
tional, Society of Friends (Quakers), and American Civil
Liberties Union. One of the high points in his life was his
year as surgeon at the American Mission, Muscat, Oman. He
and Grace resided in Troy, Pennsylvania.

Children (9) RICHARDS

by Jennifer

i. Malika, b. Apr. 25, 1959

ii. Aurelia Mayo, b. Jan. 16, 1961

iii. Amanda. b. June 11, 1962, Edinburgh, Scotland;
held three school records in track (running and
jumping), as well as varsity letters in three
major sports at Westtown School

iv. Rafael Mayo, b. Nov. 5, 1963, Edinburgh, Scotland
by Grace

v. Stacy Budd Collins, adopted by Frederick; b. May
1, 1961, Abington, Pa.

vi . Benjamin Wood III, b. Aug. 22, 1970, Philadel-
phia, Pa.

34 2 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Dr. Frederick H. Richards, 176 Canton Street,
Troy, PA 16947

9
MALIKA RICHARDS , daughter of Frederick Howard and Jennifer

(Osgood) Richards was born April 25, 1959, in Kuwait, Per-
sian Gulf. She was graduated from Troy High School, Troy,
Pennsylvania, in 1977, valedictorian of her class. In 1982
she was graduated with honors from Earlham College, Rich-
mond, Indiana. She spent her junior year of college in
Japan, where she taught for a year in a provincial high
school. She learned to read and write, as well as speak
Japanese; to perform the classical "Tea Ceremony"; and to
feel at home in their way of life.

In the fall of 1982 she was on a two-year Peace Corps
assignment as an English teacher at Sawee Wattaya School,
Amphur, Sawee, Chumporn, Siam on the "pirate coast." Malika
liked to travel and in November of 1982 had just completed a
three-week visit to China, via Hong Kong and Canton. She was
a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and a strong
supporter of Women's Liberation. In 1984 when she completed
her Peace Corps assignment, she planned to do postgraduate
work.

Reference: Dr. Frederick H. Richards

9
AURELIA MAYO RICHARDS , daughter of Frederick Howard and
Jennifer (Osgood) Richards, was born June 16, 1961, in Edin-
burgh, Scotland. She was graduated from Troy High School,
Troy, Pennsylvania, and completed her pre-medical studies in
Edinburgh. In 1982 she was at the University of Aberdeen
Medical School in Scotland, where she will be graduated with
an M.B.B.S. degree in 1985. She enjoyed sports, especially
tennis, sailing, and swimming.

Reference: Dr. Frederick H. Richards

9
STACY BUDD COLLINS RICHARDS , daughter of Grace Collins
Richards and adopted daughter of Dr. Frederick H. Richards,
was born May 1, 1961, in Abington, Pennsylvania. She was
graduated from Westtown School, Westtown, Pennsylvania, in
1978, and in 1982 was a junior at Earlham College, Richmond,
Indiana. She was a member of the Society of Friends (Quak-
ers), and her hobbies included horses and music.

Reference: Dr. Frederick H. Richards

8
WILLIAM LIPPINCOTT RICHARDS , son of Edward Camngton Mayo

Richards and Elizabeth Veech (Coan) Richards, was born in

Elizabeth, New Jersey, January 26, 1921. He received his

Dr. William Lippincott Richards and his sons, John Gordon Lippin-
cott Richards and Andrew William Richards.

(front) Ellen Jean Gillanders Richards, Kathleen Elizabeth
Richards, Dr. William Lippincott Richards, (back) Andrew William
Richards with Angus their "golden puppy."

The Annette Richards Parent family: Lawrence Edward Parent, Hiram Lin-
coln Parent, Anne Mayo Parent, Annette.

Painting (original in watercolor) — Pinos Altos Church — by
Annette Hope Richards Parent.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 34 3

advanced education at Antioch College (3 years), Swarthmore
College (one year), and Temple University School of Medi-
cine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was granted an
M.D. degree in 1951. He did his interning and received post-
graduate training in internal medicine in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. He received his FRCP(c) degree in 1957.

William was a Quaker and a conscientious objector. Dur-
ing World War II he served 46 months in a federal penitenti-
ary for his pacifistic beliefs.

On June 23, 1956, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he mar-
ried Ellen Jean Gillanders, who was born in London, Ontario,
Canada, daughter of John Gordon and Kathleen Maud (White)
Gillanders. She was a graduate of Wellesley Nursing School,
Toronto, Ontario.

William enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, reading,
and working at his summer cottage on a six-acre island. In
1982 he was a practicing physician specializing in internal
medicine with a staff appointment at Mississauga Hospital,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Children (9) RICHARDS

i. Kathleen Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1958
ii. John Gordon Lippincott, b. Feb. 3, 1960, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; in 1982 he was an engineering
student at the University of Waterloo, Kitch-
ener, Ontario, Canada
iii. Andrew William, b. Nov. 15, 1964, Toronto, On-
tario, Canada; in 1982 he was in Grade XIII at
Appleby College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Reference: Dr. William L. Richards, 1581 Birchwood Drive,
Mississauga, Ontario L5J 1T5, Canada

9
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH RICHARDS , daughter of William Lippincott

and Ellen Jean (Gillanders) Richards, was born in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, April 16, 1958. She was educated, Grades 9
through 13, in general arts and science at Branksone Hall
School, Toronto; and at Erindale College, University of Tor-
onto, where she received Honours (4 year) and a B.A. degree
in English cum laude.

Her hobbies included reading, swimming, traveling, min-
iature-making, cooking, and walking. She received the Red
Cross Leader's Award in swimming and St. John's Ambulance
First Aid. Kathleen was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
She enjoyed piano, classical music, embroidery and canvas-
work. Her interests included Canadian literature and his-
tory, Scottish and English history, and family genealogy
(American and Canadian).

In 1982 she was an editorial assistant at Macmillan of
Canada, Toronto, Ontario (a division of Gage Publishing Lim-
ited), and hoped eventually to become an editor at Macmil-
an.

344

COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Kathleen E
sissauga, Ontario

Richards, 1581 Birchwood Drive,
L5J 1T5, Canada

Mis-

B
ELIZABETH REBEKAH SPEER RICHARDS , daughter of Edward Car-
rington Mayo and Elizabeth Veech (Coan) Richards, was born
in Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 22, 1922. In 1946 she was
graduated from Antioch College with a B.A. degree in art.
From 1946 until 1949 she attended the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts. She studied at the Barnes Foundation, Merion,
Pennsylvania, from 1947 until 1949. In 1962 she received the
degree of M.Ed. in art education from Pennsylvania State
University. She also studied sculpture at the University of
Arizona and art at Pima Community College, both in Tucson,
Arizona .

Elizabeth's main interest was in sculpture, but she
also enjoyed ceramics, drawing, and print-making. The Ches-
ter County Art Association, West Chester, Pennsylvania,
awarded her two first prizes, as well as an honorable men-
tion, in sculpture. Her sculpture and art work were shown at
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, and at the Rosequist Galleries, Tucson, Arizona,
and were in private collections in the United States and
Canada. She also won first prize at the Pima Community Col-
lege juried art show in 1980. Her other interests and hob-
bies included hiking, swimming, wildlife, nature; peace-mak-
ing and environmental concerns, the latter two of great
importance to her.

Elizabeth was a Quaker and taught a religious education
class at Pima Friends Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. During her
career as an art instructor she taught at Haverford Friends
School, Upland Country Day School, Germantown Friends
School, and the Junior High School in Lewistown, Pennsyl-
vania. In 1982 she lived in Tucson.

Reference
son,

Elizabeth
AZ 85703

S. Richards, P. 0. Box 5261, Tuc-

p
ANNETTE HOPE RICHARDS , daughter of Edward Carrington Mayo
and Elizabeth Veech (Coan) Richards, was born in Elizabeth,
New Jersey, May 5, 1924. She was graduated from Swarthmore
College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, with a B.A. degree in
English in 1946. March 23, 1957, in Tucson, Arizona, she
married Hiram Lincoln Parent, who was born August 25, 1913,
on the Isle of Pines, son of Leslie Wallace and Ella Lucinda
(Coolidge) Parent. He was graduated from New York Ranger
School .

Annette was a free-lance writer of non-fiction and an
artist. Her articles were published in dozens of periodi-
cals. She coined the word litterbug which first appeared in
Natural History Magazine of May, 1952, and in Reader 's Di-
gest of August, 1952. She was a member of the National

Janet Stone Coan and Frank Speer Coan

Children of Frank and Janet Coan: (left to right) June Coan Dunbar, Nancie
Somerville Coan, Stuart Frederick Gaylord Coan, Ellen Stone Coan Jawdat,
Mary Frances Coan Nemtin.

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League of American Pen Women and won awards in its local and
national contests. Her paintings also won awards and were in
private collections all over the world. In June, 1982, in
the Silver City Public Library the whole family had an ex-
hibit of photographs and paintings. Annette was a Quaker and
an attending Presbyterian in 1982. She enjoyed tennis,
piano, swimming, and hiking.

Hiram worked for the National Park Service as a super-
visory technician. He also was a free-lance wildlife photo-
grapher. In 1982 he was retired, and they lived in Silver
City, New Mexico.

Children (9) PARENT

i. Lawrence Edward, b. Apr. 26, 1959

ii. Anne Mayo, b. Jan. 15, 1962, Tucson, Arizona; in

1982 a junior in environmental engineering at

Swarthmore College.

Reference: Mrs. Hiram L. Parent, P. 0. Box 1319, Silver
City, NM 88062

9
LAWRENCE EDWARD PARENT , son of Hiram Lincoln and Annette

(Richards) Parent, was born in Espanola, New Mexico, April
26, 1959. He was graduated from Wasatch Academy, Mt . Plea-
sant, Utah, summa cum laude in 1977. In 1981 he received a
bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering with highest
distinction from the University of Texas in Austin. His hob-
bies included photography, marathons, biking, mountain
climbing, spelunking, and backpacking. In 1982 he lived in
Amarillo, Texas, where he was employed as a petroleum engi-
neer by Mesa Petroleum Company.

Reference: Mrs. Hiram L. Parent

7 6 5 4

FRANK SPEER COAN (Frederick G. , George W. , Ezra , Gay-
lord , Mulford , George ) was born in Urumia, Persia, March
26, 1889, the son of Frederick Gaylord and Ida Jane ( Speer )
Coan. He studied at Mercersburg Academy in 1907 and received
an A.B. degree from Williams College in 1911. From 1911
until 1913 he was employed by E. S. Woodworth & Company,
grain merchants in Minneapolis. In 1913-14 he attended Hart-
ford Seminary and was a licensed Presbyterian minister in
Hartford in 1914. In 1914-15 he was a student at New Col-
lege, Edinburgh, and Mansfield College, Oxford. He was
Y.M.C.A. secretary with the British Expeditionary Forces in
Mesopotamia and India 1915-16. He then finished his course
at Hartford Seminary and received his B.D. degree in 1917.
In 1917-18 he was Y.M.C.A. secretary with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces in France. September 21, 1918, in Hart-
ford, Connecticut, he married Janet Tryon Stone, who was

346 COAN GENEALOGY

born February 11, 1889, in Hartford, the daughter of George
F. Stone.

From 1919 until 1931 he was Y.M.C.A. secretary in La-
hore and Hyderahad (Decean), India. He returned to the
United States in 1931 and was a free lance lecturer on in-
ternational affairs until 1934. From 1935 until 1942 he was
general secretary of the English-Speaking Union of the
United States. In 1942 he was employed by the Office of War
Information as a Near and Middle East Expert.

He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and in
1918 was awarded the British General Service Medal. Janet
had many friends, people of all ages and backgrounds, and
carried on an extensive very personal correspondence. She
loved books and all the arts: dance, theater, music, crafts,
architecture, paintings, etc. Frank and Janet spent their
summers at their home on Luce Hill in Stowe, Vermont. Frank
died in 1975. Janet died in Washington, D. C., January 29,
1982, at the age of almost 93.

Children (8) COAN

i. Mary Frances, b. Sept. 28, 1919

ii. Ellen Stone, b. Aug. 25, 1921

iii. Stuart Frederick Gaylord, b. Aug. 1, 1923

iv. Nancie Somerville, b. Oct. 24, 1924

v. Janet Speer, b. Aug. 2, 1927

Reference: Archives, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street,
Hartford, CT 06105

Who's Who in America 1946-47 (Chicago: A. N.
Marquis Company, 1946), Vol. 24, p. 448.

Leonie M. Coan Dunlap

8 7 6 5

MARY FRANCES COAN (Frank S. , Frederick G. , George W. ,

Ezra4 , Gaylord3 , Mulford2 , George1 ) was born in Lahore, Pun-
jab, India, September 28, 1919, the daughter of Frank Speer
and Janet Tryon (Stone) Coan. She received a B.A. degree in
history of art from Bryn Mawr College in 1941. She married
first Ken Lockhart. She married second December 23, 1959, in
Nazales, Mexico, Stephen Maurice Nemtin, son of Max and Tina
Nemtin. He was graduated from McGill University and was an
architect with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.

Mary was a landscape designer in the architectural firm
of Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and a staff member in the
School of Architecture. She cared for all the extensive gar-
dens at Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Taliesin,
Spring Green, Wisconsin, unique architectural communities
founded by Frank Lloyd Wright. These were her home as well
as place of work. Her interests included gardening, pottery,
chamber music, and singing. She said she "played a poor but
enthusiastic viola" in Taliesin' s chamber ensemble and sang
in Taliesin's chorus. From 1973 until 1977 she and Stephen

Mary Frances Coan Nemtin

Brian Lockhart

Stephen Maurice Nemtin

Leslie Lockhart Bisharat

Ellen Coan Jawdat

Nizar Ali Jawdat

Kumait Jawdat

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 34 7

were in Iran supervising Taliesin-commissioned buildings in
Tehran and Chalus on the Caspian. She wrote the compiler:
"It was a great thrill to see Iran's fine old architecture
and to visit my father's childhood home in Rezaiyeh; also to
renew my ties with the Middle East."

Children (9) LOCKHART

i. Brian, b. Dec. 26, 1946, Lakeland, Fla.; m. Lari-
son Graham; two daughters: Nijone, b. Sept. 11,
1976, and Skye, b. Dec. 14, 1980

ii. Leslie, b. Nov. 4, 1948, Lakeland, Fla.; m. Wil-
liam Bisharat; two sons: Haitham, b. Aug. 7,
1978, and Raja, b. Sept. 12, 1980

Reference: Mrs. Stephen M. Nemtin, Taliesin West, Scotts-
dale, AZ 85261; Teliesin, Spring Green, WI 53588

8 7 6 5

ELLEN STONE COAN (Frank S. , Frederick G. , George W. ,

Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Srinagar,
Kashhir, India, August 25, 1921, the daughter of Frank Speer
and Janet Tryon (Stone) Coan. She was graduated from Vassar
College with a B.A. degree in art history in 1942; from Har-
vard Graduate School of Design with a B. Arch. degree in
1946 and a M. Arch, in 1976.

August 18, 1946, in Arlington, Virginia, she married
Nizar Ali Jawdat, who was born in Damascus, Syria, October
3, 1920, the son of Ali Jawdat Al Ayoubi , born in Mosul,
Iraq, and Nazik Jawdat (nee Tahseen), born in Aleppo, Syria.
He was educated at Westminster School, London, England; Cam-
bridge University; American University of Beirut, Lebanon;
and Harvard Graduate School of Design where he received the
degrees of B. Arch, and M. Arch. Nazik was a business man
and Ellen, a self-employed artist.

Ellen described her life and interests to the compiler
as follows:

Architecture

I have been practicing architecture off and on
since 1947--with a full practice mostly in public
buildings in Bagdad (my husband's home) until the
revolution of 1958, and between 1964 and 1968 when we
were again living in Iraq. In Rome, Italy, where we
were from 1959 until 1963 (between revolutions), and in
Orte where we eventually acquired in 1969 a splendid
large tract of farm and woodland overlooking the Tiber,
my work was largely in converting old farmhouses and
building new country houses. In 1975 my husband's work
took us to London, where we live in a converted Victor-
ian tea warehouse on the Thames near the Tower of Lon-
don. I have done several other renovations of both

3 48 COAN GENEALOGY

houses and offices in London. The sixteenth century
farm in Italy, though, is where we feel most at home;
and we spend as much time as possible there. In collab-
oration with the Architects Collaborative I have de-
signed an office building in Abu Dhabi.

Art

London has provided ample opportunity for me to
indulge my interest in paintings, and I have gradually
built up a sizeable collection of oils, etchings, and
water colors in a wide range of styles (mostly European
XVIII and XIX century), some of which I have been able
to clean and restore myself, and which I hope will one
day form the basis of a gallery in the U.S.A.

Publications

An article on Alexander Calder, published in the
Vassar Review, 1942

Several articles on Modern Architecture in the
Middle East for the Architectural Review, London, c.
1956

I am now working on editing a vast collection of
letters from five generations of my mother's New Eng-
land ancestors, beginning in 1797.

A walker's guide to Istanbul is also in the works.

Languages and Travel

By living for long periods in many countries
(India, America, Iraq, Lebanon, Italy, England), I have
acquired an insatiable love of hearing, and if possible
using, a variety of languages and of travel. We all
speak English, Arabic, Italian, and French, and my hus-
band's family have Turkish as well. Though our life has
been a series of upheavals, revolutions, uprootings,
and starting again, we have, I think, acquired a cer-
tain flexibility of cultural outlook and an apprecia-
tion of the various societies we have been a part of.

Children (9) JAWDAT four sons

i. Kumait Nizar Ali, b. Sept. 29, 1947, Baghdad,

Iraq
ii. Zaidun, b. Apr. 12, 1949, Baghdad, Iraq
iii. Rakan, b. Sept. 18, 1951, Baghdad, Iraq
iv. Hammad, b. Nov. 1, 1955, Baghdad, Iraq

Reference: Mrs. Nizar A. Jawdat, 4C Oliver's Wharf, 64 Wap-
ping High Street, London, E19PL, England; 1 Barca di S.
Francesco, Orte Scalo, Provincia di Viterbo, 01029
Italy

Zaidun Jawdat

Hammad Jawdat

Rakan Jawdat

The Stuart Frederick Gaylord Coan family: (left to right) Christian
Speer Coan, Lucy Willette Coan, Peter Frederick Gaylord Coan,
Rachel Bishop Coan Zeche, Stephen Zeche, Mary Willette Bishop
Coan, Stuart.

Nancie Someruille Coan

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 349

9
KUMAIT NIZAR ALI JAWDAT , son of Nizar Ali and Ellen Stone

(Coan) Jawdat, was born in Baghdad, Iraq, September 29,
1947. He received his primary education at Ta'sisiyya
School, Baghdad; his secondary education at Parioli Interna-
tional Day School in Rome (2 years), Western Junior High
School, in Bethesda, Maryland (1 year), and at Aiglon Col-
lege, in Chesieres-sur-Vil lars , Switzerland (5 years). In

1970 he was graduated from the American University of Bei-
rut, Lebanon, with a B.A. degree in economics. In 1971 he
was graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illi-
nois, with an M.A. degree in anthropoligy . Kumait was ac-
cepted by New York University, New York City, in their doc-
toral program, but remained just one term (1972). He then
did post-graduate work at the New School for Social Re-
search, New York City, and at Georgetown University, Wash-
ington, D. C.

He was a member of the Middle East Institute in Wash-
ington, D. C, and the Association of Arab-American Univer-
sity Graduates in Belmont, Massachusetts. His hobbies in-
cluded motorcycles, carpentry and house remodeling, and all
forms of flight. He was also interested in Islamic and Arab
history, English literature, Arabic literature, writing in
all its forms, psychopathology , films and the theater.

From 1971 until 1980 he was with Time-Life Books in New
York City and Alexandria, Virgina. In 1982 he was an inde-
pendent writer and working on his own book.

Reference: Kumait N. Jawdat, 800 Parkway Terrace, Alexan-
dria, VA 22302

9
ZAIDUN JAWDAT , son of Nizar Ali and Ellen Stone (Coan) Jaw-
dat, was born in Baghdad, Iraq, April 12, 1949. He was grad-
uated from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in

1971 with a B.A. degree in sociology and from the University
of California, Davis, with a J.D. degree in 1975. July 3,
1978, in California he married Karin Hern, who was born in
California June 27, 1950, daughter of Paul and Alma (Ber-
toli) Hern. Karin was graduated from the University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley, with a B.A. degree in criminology in 1972
and from the University of California, Davis, with a J.D.
degree in 1976.

In 1982 Zaidun was a lawyer with the firm of Bechtel
Civil & Minerals, Inc., in San Francisco; and Karin was a
lawyer at Herrick Hospital in Berkeley.

Reference: Zaidun Jawdat, 8162 Terrace Drive, El Cerrito,
CA 94530

9
RAKAN JAWDAT , son of Nizar Ali and Ellen Stone (Coan) Jaw-
dat, was born' in Baghdad, Iraq, September 18, 1951. In 1974
he was graduated from the American University of Beirut,

3 50 COAN GENEALOGY

Lebanon, with a B.A. degree in fine arts. On March 18, 1978,
in Fairfax, Virginia, he married Fadia Haddad, who was born
in Beirut, Lebanon, November 23, 1952, daughter of Basim
Adib and Samia (Malak) Haddad. Fadia was graduated from the
American University at Beirut with a B.A. degree in fine
arts in 1974. She also was awarded an M.S. degree in commun-
ications design by Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.

In 1982 Rakan and Fadia owned and operated their own
graphic design firm, Novus Visual Communications, Inc., at
18 West 27th Street, New York City. Rakan had many hobbies
and interests, among them art, films, sports, politics, pho-
tography, electronic and mechanical gadgets, people, food
and wine, and travel.

Reference: Rakan Jawdat, 201 West 70th Street, Apt. 10 L,
New York, NY 10023.

g
HAMMAD JAWDAT , son of Nizar Ali and Ellen Stone (Coan) Jaw-
dat, was born in Baghdad, Iraq, November 1, 1955. He was
graduated from California State University, Hayward, with a
B.S. degree in biology in 1979. His hobbies and interests
included photography and jazz guitar. In 1982 he was a jour-
nalist-managing editor of the Daily American in Rome, Italy.

Reference: Hammad Jawdat, 3 Via Barberini, Rome, Italy

8 7 . , „ 6

STUART FREDERICK GAYLORD COAN (Frank S. , Frederick G. ,

George W.5, Ezra4, Gaylord, Mulford2, George ) was born in
Srinagar, Kasamir, India, August 1, 1923, son of Frank Speer
and Janet Tryon (Stone) Coan. In 1947 he was graduated cum
laude from Williams College with a B.A. degree in political
science. In 1948 he received an M.A. degree with distinction
from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns
Hopkins University. From 1951 until 1954 he was a candidate
for a Ph.D. degree at Columbia University. He was awarded a
graduate fellowship for a year's study in France, 1952-1953.
Stuart worked for the State Department, Washington,
D. C. 1948-1951; he was an instructor in political science
at Queens College, New York City, 1954-1956; he was employed
in industry in New York City as foreign economist, market
research director, and consultant with Texaco, Mobil, Bur-
lington Industries, Indian Head, and Cresap, McCormick and
Page, 1956-1975. From 1975 until 1981 he was director of de-
velopment for the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People in New York City. Of this position he
wrote:

One of my more unusual jobs was with the NAACP na-
tional office in New York where I was the first full-
time fund raiser that organization had ever had. Of
course, I was one of the few white people there, but

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color mattered very little with people who were dedi-
cated to their work. I came to respect and know a num-
ber of outstanding people (notably Roy Wilkins) and am
proud of the help I was able to give in greatly in-
creasing corporate support for the organization. I am
sure that the old missionary traditions of the family
played a big part in my attitude.

In 1982 Stuart was director of corporate relations (fund
raiser) for Save the Children, Westport, Connecticut.

On June 26, 1954, in New York City Stuart married Mary
Willette Bishop, who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Jan-
uary 12, 1928, daughter of Richard E. and Ruth Amelia (True-
blood) Bishop. Mary was graduated in 1950 from Smith College
with a B.A. degree in French; and from New York University
in 1981 with an M.A. degree in French language and civiliza-
tion. She taught French.

From 1943 until 1946 Stuart was with the United States
Air Force and the United States Army in the Ardennes, West
Europe, and Germany campaigns where he was a private first
class with the 8th Armored Division.

His hobbies included tennis, bridge, and hiking. He was
a member of the Democratic party and from 1976 until 1979
was a director of junior sailing at Old Greenwich Yacht
Club.

Children (9) COAN

i. Rachel Bishop, b. Feb. 9, 1955

ii. Christian Speer, b. June 26, 1957, New York City;

B.A., 1982, Columbia University
iii. Peter Frederick Gaylord, b. June 2, 1961, New

York City; junior at Middlebury College, 1982
iv. Lucy Willette, b. Mar. 15, 1963, New York City;

sophomore, Brown University, 1982

Reference: Stuart F. G. Coan, 83 Indian Field Road,
Greenwich, CT 06830

9 8 7

RACHEL BISHOP COAN (Stuart F. G. , Frank S. , Freder-
ick G. , George W. , Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was
born in New York, New York, February 9, 1955, daughter of
Stuart Frederick Gaylord and Mary Willette (Bishop) Coan. In
1977 she was graduated from Smith College with a B.A. degree
in history. From 1977 until 1981 she worked as a litigation
paralegel at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City. In 1982
she was studying at Rutgers University School of Law in
Newark, New Jersey, and had an anticipated graduation date
of June, 1984. Upon graduating from Rutgers, she planned to
practice law in New York City and to use her maiden name
professionally.

3 52 COAN GENEALOGY

On August 22, 1982, in Greenwich, Connecticut, she mar-
ried Stephen Zeche, who was born in New York, New York, May
17, 1942, son of Benjamin and Elsie ( Of f enburger ) Zeche. In
1963 Stephen was graduated from New York University with a
B.A. degree in history and economics, and in 1966 received
an LL.B degree from Yale University School of Law. He served
in the United States Coast Guard Reserves 1966-1971. In 1982
he was an attorney specializing in trusts and estates.

Rachel enjoyed choral singing. She sang in the Smith
College Glee Club and toured Europe with the Smith College
Chamber Singers. She also sang intermittently in New York.
For twelve years she studied the flute and then taught the
flute privately. Her other interests included bicycling and
power volleyball; she played on the Smith College team. Ra-
chel was a member of Rutgers Law Review.

Children (10) ZECHE

By Stephen's first marriage

i. Elisabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1976, Norwalk, Conn.

Reference: Mrs. Stephen Zeche, 240 East 35th Street, New
York, NY 10016

8 7 6

NANCIE SOMERVILLE COAN (Frank S. , Frederick G. , George
W.5, Ezra4, Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Hart-
ford, Connecticut, October 24, 1924, the daughter of Frank
Speer and Janet Tryon (Stone) Coan. She received her early
education in schools in Hartford and in Princeton, New Jer-
sey. In 1945 she was graduated from Vassar College with a
B.A. degree in dramatic production. After college she acted
and worked backstage in little theater groups. From 1952 un-
til 1958 she was employed in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1982 she was
director of Bethel, Maine, Summer Programs and promotion ed-
itor for the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science in
Arlington, Virginia.

Nancie enjoyed hiking and covered a great deal of the
Appalachian Trail in New England and Virginia. She also en-
joyed music and in 1982 was a member of two small amateur
choral groups. She lived then in Washington, D.C.

Reference: Nancie S. Coan, 1837 Summit Place, NW , Washing-
ton, D. C. 20009

8 7 6 5

JANET SPEER COAN ( Frank S. , Frederick G. , George W. ,
Ezra4, Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born August 2, 1927,
in Kashmir, India, the daughter of Frank Speer and Janet
Tryon (Stone) Coan. She was graduated from Vassar with an
A.B. degree in 1948. March 12, 1949, in Princeton, New Jer-
sey, she married Jack Dunbar, who was born August 4, 1924,

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 353

in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of William and Alice (Gsell)
Dunbar. He was graduated from Rhodes High School in Cleve-
land and attended the Institute of Design in Chicago.

Janet legally changed her name from Janet Speer (Coan)
Dunbar to June Dunbar. In 1982 she was associate director,
Lincoln Center Institute, Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts, 140 W. 65th Street, New York City. Jack was a designer
and partner of the interior design firm of DePolo/Dunbar ,
Inc., 330 W. 42nd Street, New York City.

June's interests included the arts, education, cooking,
gardening, travel, as well as friends--old and young. She
always was an active Vassar alumna and served as 25th Reun-
ion Fund chairman. She also was president of her class for
eight years. She acted as informal advisor to a number of
boards of small dance companies and was on the dance panel
of the New York State Council on the Arts for three years.

Reference: Mrs. Jack Dunbar, 128 W. 88 Street, New York, NY
10024

7 6 5 4

KATHARINE COCHRAN COAN (Frederick G. , George W. , Ezra ,

Gaylord , Mulford , George1) was born in Urumia, Persia,
November 22, [23], 1895, the daughter of Frederick Gaylord
and Ida Jane (Speer) Coan, missionaries. Katharine lived in
Persia until 1910 except for a year's furlough back to the
United States in 1903 and a short time spent in London 1907
so her mother could undergo surgery. She lived with her fam-
ily and other missionary families in Urumia in a compound
called the "Kullah," meaning fortress because of its thick,
high walls and two heavy gates, which were guarded night and
day as protection against bands of predatory tribes called
Kurds. The Kurds would swoop down on the villages stealing
anything they could get their hands on, usually sheep and
cattle. The compound had a hospital, a boys' boarding
school, and a number of stables since horses were the means
of transportation. The missionaries kept chickens and a few
cows, their only source of milk and butter. The supply of
the latter two was irregular; and when none was produced,
families went without since there was none for sale any-
where. The river that flowed past the compound was used for
irrigation for gardens and orchards. There was no running
water, electricity, or gas; candles and kerosene lamps were
their lights.

Saturday night was bath night. Katharine's family used
a big rubber tub about four feet in diameter, and water was
warmed by the kitchen stove. Their house had a flat roof
where they slept in summer. There was no need for a covering
since it never rained. In the basement under the house,
wood, which was their sole source of energy, was stored.
Since they had no refrigeration, perishable food was stored
there too. Milk was poured into pans and put on screened
shelves. Bunches of grapes were hung from nails in the

3 54 COAN GENEALOGY

rafters. Nuts, melons, potatoes, quinces, and celery were
stored here, as well as flour and "ghee" (clarified butter
used as shortening) which were in very large jars kept along
the wall. All the vegetables they ate were grown in their
own gardens. There were wonderful local fruits, such as ap-
ricots, peaches, plums, cherries, nectarines, and melons.
Persia is noted for its fruit. Any meat they had, a servant
had to go to the city on horseback to buy, and it was usu-
ally lamb. They had no fish, unless someone caught a few
trout in the mountains; and they ate chicken often.

For bread they raised hops for yeast; Katharine's fa-
ther bought wheat by the donkey load; servants washed it in
the stream, spread it on carpets to dry, sifted through it
for impurities, and then took it to the miller's to be
ground into flour. A servant stayed at the mill when the
wheat was being ground to see that the miller did not cheat
them. From this wheat they made all their own bread.

Each house had a laundry, a small building built over
part of a stream deep enough to dip out water with a pail.
In these bathhouses or "hummum" were fireplaces where a
caldron of water could be heated. Native washerwomen, using
a washboard, would scrub the clothes, rinse them in the
stream, and hang them up to dry.

Katharine looked forward to the arrival of "boxes,"
goods shipped by friends and relatives from the States. Her
family also ordered from a Montgomery Ward catalog. Her
mother made all their clothes, even her father's suits.
Shoes were a problem; for although Katharine's mother sent
tracings of their feet to a cousin in New York City, the
method was inexact; and the shoes were usually too tight. It
took six months for packages to arrive, so often their feet
had grown a little by then. Breaking in shoes was a process
all the children dreaded.

School was carried on at Katharine's home with the mis-
sionaries as teachers. All the children learned to speak the
local dialect, Syriac, with fluency. There were about 300
people in the compound, 50 Americans and 12 missionary
children, so Katharine had plenty of playmates. Often, how-
ever, families were sent home. Parting with such close
friends was not easy. Letters from abroad were of great im-
portance, and the arrival of mail was a big occasion.

Holidays were always festive. Thanksgiving was cele-
brated much as it was in the States. At Christmas, since
there were no evergreen trees, Katharine's parents hid the
Christmas gifts in the parlor, and the children were let
loose after breakfast to find them. In Persia, Easter was
more important than Christmas, and presents were exchanged
at that time too. Fourth of July was a big holiday cele-
brated in Katharine's father's garden. A rug was spread over
the grape arbor with a tablecloth on it; and while they ate
fried chicken, they sang patriotic songs. The children had
all kinds of pets, but Katharine's favorite was her horse,
Kid.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 355

In 1903 Katharine's father took his tenth-year furlough
and returned to the United States with his family. They set
out with a caravan of horses, a camel, and sometimes a don-
key. It took five days to reach the Aras River between
Transcaucasia and Persia. For a fee strong men carried them
and their belongings across the river. Once on the other
side, they transferred to two large covered wagons called
"phaetons," drawn by four horses abreast. The horses had to
be changed at post houses every two or three hours. The
scenery along the way was breath-taking as their journey
went through the Caucasus with Mt . Ararat in constant view.

At Tiflis they took a train for the ten-day trip to
Moscow. It was the first train ride for the children. From
Moscow they proceeded to St. Petersburg, and then on to Riga
on the Baltic Sea. A steamer took them across to Sweden. It
was a rough trip and Katharine was seasick. After crossing
the Baltic, they went up the Gotha Canal, with all its 107
locks, almost to Stockholm. After visits to Stockholm and
Oslo, Norway, they went on to Berlin. Her father took the
three older children up the Rhine while she and her brother
Howard stayed in Berlin with their mother. They went to the
park and zoological gardens every day. Katharine got a real
thrill seeing the Kaiser's magnificent horses exercised
there every afternoon. From Berlin they went to London, and
then boarded a steamer from Southhampton to the United
States. They spent the year in Wooster, Ohio, with their
grandmother. Their father was off on speaking tours to tell
people about his work in Persia and to raise funds for its
continuation.

In 1907 Katharine spent time in London and went to
school there while her mother was ill. When her mother was
well enough to leave the hospital, they spent a month at
Margate on the North Sea. Their return trip to Persia was
via Paris, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Smyrna, Constantino-
ple, and Bartum. Then they crossed the Aras River into
Persia .

In 1910 Katharine left Urumia for the last time. She
traveled to the States with Dr. Shedd and his family. He was
ill with tuberculosis, and doctors advised him to winter in
Switzerland. Katharine and the Shedd girls went to a French-
speaking school for seven months, a great opportunity for
her to learn French. When she arrived in the United States,
she visited her sister, a month before Elizabeth's gradua-
tion from Wellesley. She then went to Williams College to
see her brother Frank graduate.

Katharine made her home with friends in Minneapolis and
went to high school there. She was graduated from Wellesley
in 1918. June 16, 1923, she married Fred Pillsbury Carleton,
who was born in Minneapolis August 19, 1898. They lived in
the Minneaspolis area and at their farm in the Kinnickinnic
Valley near River Falls, Wisconsin. Although Katharine re-
turned to Persia twice on tours, it was never possible to
revisit her old home in Urumia. Fred died in Denver, Colo-
rado, October 15, 1952.

3 56 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (8) CARLETON

i. Frank Henry, b. June 2, 1924

ii. John Little, b. Jan. 3, 1937

iii. Anne Whittier, b. July 7, 1929

iv. Fred Pillsbury, Jr., b. Nov. 9, 1930

v. Joseph, b. Mar. 19, 1933; m. Ruth Grimley

Reference: Katharine Coan Carleton, Memoirs of My Childhood
in Persia 1895-1910 (n.p., 1979).

Genealogical data (Collection of Leonie M. Dun-
lap)

Virginia Coan Wiles, The Coan Family of America,
Vol. II, p. 9.

8
FRANK HENRY CARLETON , the son of Fred Pillsbury and Katha-
rine Cochran (Coan) Carleton, was born June 2, 1924. He mar-
ried Barbara Collins June 17, 1948.

Children (9) CARLETON

i. Frank H., b. Nov. 23, 1952
ii. Julia, b. Mar. 10, 1954
iii. Barry N., b. Nov. 10, 1956

Reference: Genealogical data (Collection of Leonie M. Dun-
lap) .

ANNE WHITTIER CARLETON , the daughter of Fred Pillsbury and
Katharine Cochran (Coan) Carleton, was born July 7, 1929.
She married Arthur W. Proctor, Jr., July 11, 1964.

Children (9) PROCTOR

i. Ellen

ii. Margaret, b. May 18, 1967

Reference: Wiles, Coan Family, p. 9.

FRED PILLSBURY CARLETON, JR.8 , the son of Fred Pillsbury and
Katharine Cochran (Coan) Carleton, was born November 9,
1930. September 12, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he
married Mary Ann Settle.

Children (9) CARLETON

i. Margaret Settle

Reference: Wiles, Coan Family, p. 9

Howard Radcliffe Coan

Elizabeth Speer Coan

Frederick Gaylord Coan III

Tower, Mount Albion Cemetery,
Albion, New York, built in mem-
ory of men in Orleans County
who died in defense of the Union.
William Harrison Coan is listed
on a marble tablet within the
tower.

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Bond and Mortgage to Ezra T.
Coann. Courtesy collection of
Edward M. Coan.

Elizur Coan stone
broken and lying on the
ground Lynhaven Ceme-
tery, Lyndonville, New
York. Courtesy Robert W.
Fulton.

Mrs. Sylvanus Coan's
stone was one of a group
of stones moved from
a cemetery in center of
Medina, New York, to
Boxwood Cemetery on
the outskirts. Courtesy
Robert W. Fulton.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 357

7 6 5 4

HOWARD RADCLIFFE COAN (Frederick G. , George W. , Ezra ,

Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Urumia, Persia, May

13, 1898, son of Frederick Gaylord and Ida Jane (Speer)

Coan, missionaries. For details on his early life, see

write-up on his sister, Katharine Cochran Coan.

In 1921 he was graduated from Williams College Phi Beta
Kappa and summa cum laude, as well as being very active in
all student affairs. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fra-
ternity, the Varsity Track Team, the Varsity Cross Country
Team, the Varsity Debating Team and Delta Sigma Rho; editor-
in-chief of the Handbook , vice-president of Adelphic Union,
president of Cercle Francais, Class Day Orator to the Lower
Classes, and on the staffs of the Record and the class book.
His second year at Williams he was awarded Sophomore Honors,
the Second Benedict Prize in French, and Honorable Mention
for the Benedict Prize in Mathematics. These were just a few
of his many activities and honors.

In 1932 he received an M.A. degree in French from Co-
lumbia University, New York City. For nearly fifty years
(interrupted by service in both World Wars), he was an edu-
cator, teaching French by preference, but also English,
Spanish, Latin and mathematics, as well as coaching tennis.
He taught at Forman Christian College, Lahore University,
Lahore, India; Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hamp-
shire; Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, Brooklyn,
New York, with a year on exchange at Shrewsbury School,
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England; Lawrenceville School, Law-
renceville, New Jersey; Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan; with a final five years at Suffield Academy, Suf-
field, Connecticut.

During World War I he served in France as a volunteer
in the American Ambulance Field Service, the French Foyer du
Soldat, and at Officers Training School in Georgia. In World
War II he was trained in OSS near Washington and, landing in
England on D Day, served in London with the assimilated rank
of major, through V E Day. He then joined UNRRA and served
as director of personnel in Haaren, Holland, and Brussels,
Belgium, until August, 1946.

On December 20, 1947, in Washington, D. C, he married
Nancie Knight, who was born in England March 28, 1917,
daughter of Ernest and Edith Knight. She received her educa-
tion in England and during World War II served as an air
raid warden there. She was a violinist and enjoyed music, as
well as gardening, sewing, gourmet cooking, and tennis.

Howard's interests included tennis, photography, gar-
dening, and history — especially of World War I and World War
II. He traveled extensively in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, and Europe; as well as making four trips between
Persia and America, and a round trip to India, traveling
there and in Kashmir. He was a mountain climber and con-
quered Mont Blanc, 15,771 feet, the Alps; Popocatepetl,
17,887 feet and Citlaltepetl (Orizaba), 18,700 feet, Mexico;
and Long's Peak in Colorado. During the summers of 1936,

3 58 COAN GENEALOGY

1937, and 1939 he was leader in France of groups in the Ex-
periment in International Living. He was a member of the Am-
erican Association of Teachers of French and a deacon in the
Westminster Presbyterian Church of West Hartford, Connecti-
cut .

Children (8) COAN

i. Elizabeth Speer, b. Oct. 8, 1950

ii. Frederick Gaylord, III, b. May 24, 1953

Reference: Howard R. Coan, 88 Ridgewood Road, West Hart-
ford, CT 06107

Classbook, 1921, and yearbook, Gul ielmensian ,
published by the Class of 1922, Williams College, Wil-
liamstown, Mass.

8 7 6

ELIZABETH SPEER COAN (Howard R- , Frederick G. , George
W. , Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Pon-
tiac, Michigan, October 3, 1950, daughter of Howard Rad-
cliffe and Nancie (Knight) Coan. She was educated at Kings-
wood School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; McDuffie School,
Springfield, Massachusetts; and was graduated magna cum
laude from Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. She was a
teacher of art, TASIS, England, an American school near Lon-
don, where she coached tennis and field hockey. She was a
member of Connecticut Women Artists. Her interests and hob-
bies included art (several media), tennis, field hockey,
skiing, and travel.

Reference: Howard R. Coan

8 7 6

FREDERICK GAYLORD COAN, III (Howard R. , Frederick G. ,
George W. , Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in
Pontiac, Michigan, May 24, 1953, son of Howard Radcliffe and
Nancie (Knight) Coan. He received his education at Renbrook
School, West Hartford, Connecticut; Lawrencevil le School,
Lawrenceville, New Jersey; and Middlebury College, Middle-
bury, Vermont, where he was a member of Delta Upsilon fra-
ernity. In 1982 he was employed in landscaping and tree
work. He enjoyed all sports, especially skiing, tennis, and
hockey. At Middlebury he won the M award in hockey.

Reference: Howard R. Coan

6 5 4

HENRY EZRA FRANKLIN COANf Frank (George W. , Ezra , Gay-
lord , Mulford , George ) was born in Persia January 15,
1860, the son of George Whitefield and Sarah (Power) Kip
Coan, missionaries. He grew up in the missionary compound
outside Urumia and received his early education from his

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 359

mother, who taught her own and other missionary children. In
1864 when his father had a year's furlough, Frank returned
to the United States with his mother and brothers. They
spent that year in Hudson, New York, their mother's birth-
place. In 1874 the family returned permanently to the United
States and by the fall of 1875 had settled in Niles, Michi-
gan, where Frank and his brother Frederick went to high
school. Frank was graduated from Williams College with an
A.B. degree in 1884. He then enrolled at Princeton to study
medicine .

July 1, 1885, Frank attended his brother Frederick's
wedding in Wooster, Ohio. After the wedding on his way East
he went to Wheeling, West Virginia, to visit his fiancee.
While in Wheeling, he became ill and died there July 15,
1885. He was buried in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, New
York, along with his father and older brother Edward.

The following is taken from 50 Year Record, Class of
1884, Princeton University, 1934:

Coan joined our class in Junior year.

Well born, well nurtured, well developed, well
directed, on the way to fame and fortune, with the good
will of everybody and the heart-felt affection of all
who knew him, our Coan died. He lived only two years
after graduation [really only one year]. He was the
first of our graduates to die. He took up the study of
medicine but died before completing his course.

Reference: Frederick G. Coan, Yesterdays in Persia and Kur-
distan (Claremont, Cal.: Saunders Studio Press, 1939),
p. 40.

Titus Munson Coan's genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap) .

Gravestone, Lots #164, #165, Mountain Avenue,
Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

5 4 3 2 1

CHARLOTTE FIDELIA COAN (Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George )

was born in Byron, New York, April 8, 1822, the daughter of

Ezra and Fanny Maria (Hull) Coan. She married the Reverend

William B. Fancher of Homer, Michigan.

Children (6) FANCHER

i. Isaac David, b. Sept. 10, 1841, Byron, N. Y. : d.

Sept. 13, 1841
ii. Harriet Maria, b. Aug. 28, 1849, Byron, N. Y.
iii. Sarah Louisa, b. Aug. 11, 1852

Reference: Titus Munson Coan's genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap).

360 COAN GENEALOGY

5 4 3 2 1

HENRY MARTAIN COAN (Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was

born in Byron, New York, June 15, 1824, the son of Ezra and
Fannie Maria (Hull) Coan. He married Mary Huntington Meach-
ing. He died October 11, 1876, and was buried in Mount Al-
bion Cemetery, Albion, New York. Mary was also buried there.

Children (6) COAN

i. Edward, b. Dec. 2, 1853, Byron, N. Y.; d. Dec. 2,

1853
ii. Henry Huntington, b. Oct. 12, 1855, Byron, N. Y.;

d. Apr. 8, 1860
iii. Helen Eliza, b. Dec. 20, 1859, Byron, N. Y.
iv. William Bigelow, b. Oct. 12, 1862, Byron, N. Y.;

d. Nov. 17, 1863
v. Herbert Hull, b. May 15, 1868, Niles, Mich.;

lived in Los Angeles, California, in 1938

Reference: Titus Munson Coan's genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap)

Gravestone, Lots #164, #165, Mountain Ave.,
Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

Death Certificate of Helen E. Coan

6 5 4 3 2

HELEN ELIZA COAN (Henry M. , Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford ,
George1) was born in Byron, New York, December 20, 1859, the
daughter of Henry Martain and Mary Huntington (Meaching)
Coan. Helen was an artist--a painter in oil, watercolor, and
the "new technique" of watercolor-crayon . She was a pupil of
the Art Students League of New York, of Frederick Freer, of
William M. Case and of Dow. Her work, "Pomegranites , " was
exhibited at the World's Fair in 1893. At the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific Exposition held in Seattle in 1909 she won medals
for oil and watercolor. At the San Diego Exposition in 1915
she won a medal and a diploma. Her work, "Capistrano Mis-
sion," was owned by the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, California Chapter, and presented by them to their
headquaarters in Washington, D. C.

Graphic magazines of February 3, 1906; April 20, 1907;
October 17, 1908; and September 24, 1910, carried articles
about Helen. I quote from the 1906 article, an interview the
author, Catherine Robertson Hamlin, had with Helen:

A new style of painting known to the initiated as
"water color crayon," is attracting the attention of
artists, who find in the bold crayon strokes, with soft
underlying tints of water colors, something they have
sought, and which is capable of untold variation, and
may be used for many purposes. Miss Helen E. Coan, who
is the only artist in Los Angeles who is using the new
medium, told me something of the process a few days
ago, as I sat with her in the "attic studio" in the

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 361

Cumnock School in South Figueroa Street. The studio
takes in the whole top floor of the building, and re-
sembles more the attic of a modern novel than the work-
shops of those who wield brush and pencil. Miss Coan is
a dainty, little woman, and is filled with love of her
vocation . . .

"Tell me something of the new system, please, Miss
Coan," I urged, returning to the water color crayon.

"It is excellent for book illustrating," Miss Coan
informed me. "It gives the necessary color, with the
firm, broad lines that are needed to throw out the main
figures. It is quite a recent process; combining the
quality of charcoal with color gives a complex result
we do not get separately. Jessie Wilcox Smith uses this
medium in her charming pictures of children, and Jules
Guerin is another artist who is fond of the novelty."

"Then it is confined to illustrating of various
kinds?"

"No, it is used for all purposes where color or
charcoal may be used. I may say that the pictures are
selling so well that I have hardly any to show a vis-
itor. After the work is done it is necessary to have
the pictures put through a press, and in that way it is
something like an etching,"...

In 1907 Helen opened her new studio at 204 N. Burling-
ton Avenue in Los Angeles. In 1910 she opened an art school
at the local YWCA. She had many exhibits of her work.

Her memberships included the California Art Club, the
Newspaper Artist Association of New York, and the Press Club
of Southern California. She died in Los Angeles October 14,
1938.

Reference: J. L. Collins, Women Artists in America (no
pub., 1973), no paging.

Death Certificate, Vital Records, Room 10, Hall
of Records, 227 North Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Mantle Fielding, Dictionary of American Paint-
ers, Sculptors, and Engravers (Greens Farm, Conn.: Mod-
ern Books and Crafts, Inc., 1926), p. 70.

Catherine Robertson Hamlin, "Los Angeles Women
at Home, XII: Miss Helen E. Coan," Graphpic, February
3, 1906, pp. 4, 5.

Nancy Dustin Wall Mours, Dictionary of Art and
Artists in Southern California (Los Angeles: Dustin
Publishers, 1975), pp. 47, 48.

5 4 3 2 1

EZRA TITUS COAN (Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was

born in Byron, New York, March 25, 1829, the son of Ezra and
Fanny Maria (Hull) Coan. He was brought up on his father's
farm until at age 14 he went to Albion where his older bro-
ther George was teaching school. He attended the academy.

362 COAN GENEALOGY

He worked in a store until he was 21; and then he succeeded
his employer, Thomas Fanning, in business. At about this
time he changed the spelling of his last name by adding an-
other n in an effort to secure correct pronunciation. His
two children kept that spelling, but no one else among the
Coans ever adopted it.

From 1850 to 1868 he continued in the mercantile busi-
ness and then sold out. During the Civil War he was elected
to the office of county treasurer and to Governor Morgan's
Military Committee for the purpose of raising and organizing
troops for the service. Ezra was secretary of the committee,
and it was part of his responsibility to raise funds for the
payment of bounties, for which county bonds were issued.

In 1869 he closed out his business, and with his family
toured Europe for a year and a half. When he returned to Al-
bion, he established a banking house, known as Coann ' s Bank;
one of the stable financial institutions of the country.
Ezra was a very successful business man. He was a staunch
Republican, but he never sought public office.

February 10, 1852, he married Marcia H. Clement of Gen-
esee, who was born in 1826 and died in March, 1899. Ezra
died in 1900. Both Ezra and Marcia were buried in Mount Al-
bion Cemetery, Albion, New York.

Children (6) COANN

i. Fannie Clement, b. June 2, 1853

ii. Pearl Clement (a son), b. July 31, 1855

Reference: Gravestone, Lots #164, #165, Mountain Avenue,
Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

Isaac S. Signor, ed., Landmarks of Orleans Coun-
ty, New York, 2 vols. (Syracuse, N. Y.: D. Mason &
Company, 1894), p. 26.

6 5 4 3 2

PEARL CLEMENT COANN (Ezra T. , Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford ,
George ) was born in Albion, New York, July 31, 1855, the
son of Ezra T. and Marcia H. (Clement) Coann. In 1890 he
bought the Weekly News, a very successful Albion publica-
tion, although only two years old. When Pearl bought it, it
had reached the eight-column quarto size. He operated it for
awhile and then sold it to publish and edit the Albion Free
Lance, a weekly publication.

He married Ethel James, who was born in 1877 and died
in 1917. Pearl died in 1910. They were both buried in Mount
Albion Cemetery, Albion, New York. On the top of Pearl's
stone was engraved the word Dick. On the top of Ethel's
stone was Mrs. Dick.

Reference: Gravestone, Lot #309, Yew Walk, Mount Albion
Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

Signor, Landmarks of Orleans County, p. 149.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 36 3

5 4 3 2 1

SARAH AMELIA COAN (Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was
born in Byron, New York, March 14, 1834, the daughter of
Ezra and Fannie Maria (Hull) Coan. She married Henry Martin
Dean. They lived in Niles, Michigan

Children (6) DEAN

i. Frederic Coan, b. Mar. 14, 1863, Niles, Mich,
ii. Edward Coan, b. Nov. 12, 1866, Niles, Mich,
iii. Willilam Monroe, b. Mar. 13, 1868, Niles, Mich.

Reference: Titus Munson Coan's genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap).

5 4 3 2 1

WILLIAM HARRISON COAN (Ezra , Gaylord , Mulford , George )

was born in Byron, New York, June 1, 1841, the son of Ezra
and Fanny Maria (Hull) Coan. During the Civil War he en-
listed with the New York Volunteers in the 27th Regiment,
which was organized May 21, 1861, in Elmira. He was a first
lieutenant and was believed to have fought in one of the
Battles of Bull Run. He died of disease in Washington, D.C.,
September 12, 1862. He was buried in Mount Albion Cemetery,
Albion, New York, where his name was recorded on a marble
tablet inside the tower erected in 1880 in memory of The Or-
leans County men "who fell in defense of the Union." His
name was spelled incorrectly, Coann.

Reference: Gravestone, Lots #164, #165, and Tower, Mountain
Avenue, Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

Secretary of War, Official Army Register of the
Volunteer Forces of the United States Army 1861-1865,
Joint Resolution of Senate and House of Representatives
May 21, 1865, Vol. II (New York and New Jersey), p.
462.

Titus Munson Coan's genealogical notes (Collec-
tion of Leonie M. Dunlap) .

4 3 2 1

ELIZUR COAN (Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Kil-

lingworth, Connecticut, July 7, 1794, the son of Gaylord and
Tamze (Nettleton) Coan. He had a twin sister Sally. On De-
cember 25, 1821, in Millville, New York, he married a twin,
Jane Burns, who was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, June 3,
1791, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Moore Burns. They
lived for awhile in Shelby, New York, and then moved to
Yates. Elizur died in Yates September 2, 1850; Jane died
March 12, 1878. They were buried in Lynhaven Cemetery in
Lyndonville, New York.

Children (5) COAN

i. Gaylord Burns, b. Oct. 15, 1822; d. Dec. 24, 1851
ii. Lucy Jane, b. Aug. 3, 1827 [1824]
iii. Heman Nettleton, b. Nov. 14, 1831

364 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: History of Bedford, New Hampshire from 1737
(Concord, N. H.: The Rumford Printing Companpy, 1903),
pp. 87 5, 876.

Lynhaven Cemetery Records from Mrs. Benjamin W.
Cooper, Yates-Lyndonville Historian, 76 West Avenue,
Lyndonville, NY 14095

5 4 3 2 1

HEMAN NETTLETON COAN (Elizur , Gaylord , Mulford , George )

was born November 14, 1831, the son of Elizur and Jane

(Burns) Coan. He and his sister Lucy were listed among the

students at Yates Academy in 1846. On September 13, 1854,

he married Sarah Maria Munger, who was born March 10, 1831,

the daughter of Josiah and Maria (Fowler) Munger. Heman and

Sarah lived in Millville, Orange County, New York.

Children (6) COAN

i. Charles Gaylord, b. Jan. 17, 1858; d. Feb. 6,

1858
ii. Henry Elizur, b. May 31, 1861
iii. Lucy Munger, b. Sept. 24, 1868

Reference: Titus Munson Coan genealogical notes (Collection
of Leonie M. Dunlap).

Mrs. Benjamin W. Cooper, Yates-Lyndonville His-
torian, 76 West Avenue, Lyndonville, NY 14095

4 3 2 1

SYLVANUS (SILVANUS) COAN (Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was
born in Kil lingworth, Connecticut, May 10, 1797, the son of
Gaylord and Tamze (Nettleton) Coan. He along with three of
his brothers--George, Ezra, and Elizur--moved to New York
State. In 1824, before the Erie Canal was finished, he op-
ened the first store in Medina. It was on the docks in the
area around the basin where the packet boats came in, prob-
ably in the bend facing the canal . Sylvanus was a charter
member of the Orleans County Pioneer Association. He married
Hulda Maria Morse who died June 3, 1871, aged 72 years, 2
months. When he died at age 64 on February 20, 1862, he was
the oldest resident of Medina. Originally Sylvanus and Hulda
were buried in the cemetery in the center of Medina. People
buried there were eventually moved as a group to a part of
Boxwood Cemetery in Medina. There was no stone at Boxwood
for Sylvanus, but there was one for H. Maria and Edward.

Children (5) COAN

i. Julia M. , b. Jan. 22, 1832 [1831]; m. Dr. John M.

Plummer, South Bend, Mich,
ii. Edward, b. Oct. 6, 1832; d. Sept. 22, 1833
iii. Edwin, b. Mar. 10, 1834

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 365

Reference: Titus Munson Coan genealogical notes (Collection
of Leonia M. Dunlap).

Gravestones, Boxwood Cemetery, Medina, N. Y.

Mrs. Cecilia A. White, Village Historian, 573
East Avenue, Medina, NY 14103.

Thomas Arad, Pioneer History of Orleans County,
New York (Albion, N. Y.: H. A. Bruner, Orleans Ameri-
can Steam Press Print, 1971), p. 368.

4 3 2 1

HEMAN COAN (Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Kil-

lingworth, Connecticut, April 10, 1799, the son of Gaylord

and Tamze (Nettleton) Coan. He moved to Yates, New York. He

married first Lucy B. Frost, who was born in 1815 and died

August 2, 1846. Second, he married Mary Ann Calvert, who was

born February 22, 1817. Heman was a shoemaker and an elder

in the first Presbyterian church in Yates. He died December

1, 1880; Mary, March 3, 1887. They were both buried in Lyn-

haven Cemetery, Lyndonville, New York.

Children (5) COAN

By first wife, Lucy

i. Amelia Maria, b. Sept. 6, 1840, Yates, N. Y.; d.
June 18, 1842, Ogden

By second wife, Mary

ii. Robert Titus, b. Feb. 13, 1849

Reference: Mrs. Benjamin W. Cooper, Yates-Lyndonvil le His-
torian, 76 West Avenue, Lyndonville, NY 14098

Carol D. Gardepe and Janice D. Regester, History
of the Town of Yates, Orleans County, New York (Ann Ar-
bor, Mich.: Edwards Bros.), p. 136.

5 4 3 2 1

ROBERT TITUS COAN (Heman , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was

born in Lyndonville, New York, February 13, 1849, the son of
Heman and Mary (Calvert) Coan. He was a banker at the Citi-
zen's National Bank in Albion. He married Rhoda Maria Moore
(known as Maria), who was born in Dorset, Vermont, October
24, 1854, the daughter of John and Mary (Sheldon) Moore. She
died in Albion December 21, 1928; Robert, July 21, 1931.
They were both buried in Mount Albion Cemetery.

Children (6) COAN

Robert Titus, Jr., b. July 25, 1893

Reference: Certificate of Birth, Robert Titus, Jr., Albion,
New York

366 COAN GENEALOGY

Medical Certificates of Death--Robert Titus and
Maria

L. J. Ogden, chief engineer, New Century Atlas
of Orleans County, New York (Philadelphia: Century Map
Co., 1913).

6 543

ROBERT TITUS COAN, JR. (Robert T. , Heman , Gaylord , Mul-

f ord2 , George1 ) was born in Albion, New York, July 25, 1893,
the son of Robert Titus and Maria (Moore) Coan. He married
Marjora Cole, who was born in 1895. His occupation was
listed in 1921 as that of clerk. Robert died in 1934 and
Marjora in 1944. They were both buried in Mount Albion Ceme-
tery, Albion, New York.

Children (7) COAN

i. Alice Cole, b. Oct. 21, 1921
ii. Robert Titus, b. 1923; d. 1929

Reference: Certificate of Birth--Alice Cole Coan, Albion,
New York

Gravestones, Lot #197, Mountain Avenue, Mount
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N. Y.

7 6 5 4

ALICE COLE COAN (Robert T., Jr. , Robert T. , Heman , Gay-
lord , Mulford , George ) was born in Albion, New York, Oc-
tober 21, 1921, the daughter of Robert Titus, Jr., and Mar-
jora (Cole) Coan. On April 8, 1944, in the First Congrega-
tional Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she married Hiro-
shi Daifuku of Hawaii. He was born in Honolulu about 1920,
the son of George H. and Tomu (Nagatavi) Daifuku. At the
time of their marriage they were both students.

Reference: "Marriages 1944" (Vital Records, McCormack
Building, Boston, Mass.), Vol. 27, p. 57.

4 3 2 1

TITUS COAN (Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Kil-

lingworth, Connecticut, February 1, 1801, the youngest child
of Gaylord and Tamze (Nettleton) Coan. Of all the hundreds
of descendants of the immigrant boys, Peter and George, who
came to America in 1710, Titus is without question the most
famous. From the age of four until twelve he attended the
district school. He was then privately tutored, one of his
teachers being the local pastor, the Reverend Asa King. In
time he went to the academy in East Guilford, now Madison,
Connecticut. From 1819 until 1826 he taught school in Say-
brook, Killingworth, and Guilford. He joined the Militia and
went from sergeant to second lieutenant to first lieutenant
in three years. In 1826 he went to western New York where
four of his brothers were established, and he taught school

Now a museum in Hilo, Hawaii,
this was the Reverend David
Lyman residence where Titus and
Fidelia Coan lived upon their
arrival in Hilo. Courtesy New
Haven Register.

Titus Coan. Courtesy collection of
Roger A. Ruth.

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Church in Hilo built by Titus Coan. He
preached here for nearly a half a century
with his associate, the Reverend David
Lyman, a native of Connecticut. Courtesy
New Haven Register.

•mm

Grave of Titus
Coan, Homeland
Cemetery, Hilo,
Hawaii. Courtesy
New Haven
Register.

Fidelia Church Coan and Titus Coan. Copy
of a print made from an 1840- 1860 daguerreo-
type and sent by Philip Burr Coan to the
Hawaiian Children's Society, Honolulu,
Hawaii in 1969. Courtesy collection of
Edward M. Coan.

Lydia Bingham,
second wife of Titus
Coan. Courtesy New
Haven Register.

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Plaque placed in the Killing-
worth church in 1912 in
memory of Titus Coan notes
that in Hawaii he "baptized
in the name of Christ more
than fourteen thousand
souls." Courtesy New
Haven Register.

Titus Coan Road in Killingworth is
only two blocks long, but one of the
most picturesque thoroughfares in
the town. Courtesy New Haven
Register.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 367

at Riga. On March 2, 1828, he joined the Presbyterian church
where his oldest brother, George, was minister. Influenced
by the revivals that followed the preaching of Charles G.
Finney and Titus's counsin, Asahel Nettleton, the evangel-
ist, Titus decided to study theology and on June 1, 1831, he
entered the middle class at Auburn Theological Seminary. He
was graduated there in 1833. On April 17, 1833, he was li-
censed by Cayuga County Presbytery as a minister of the gos-
pel .

Even before his graduation and licensing he was invited
by the Boston Board of Missions to go to Patagonia to see
about establishing a mission there. He sailed from New York
for the Strait of Magellan August 10, 1833, with one compan-
ion, Reverend Arms, on the schooner Mary Jane under Captain
Clift. They landed in Patagonia November 15, 1833. After
five months there among the natives where their lives were
constantly in danger, they had been able to convey little or
nothing of Christian teachings to the people; so they de-
cided to return to the United States. The savages, however,
had other ideas and meant to keep them. Through "gifts" of
saddles, bridles, axes, tools, clothes which the two mis-
sionaries had, and through the help of an Indian leader who
had come in contact with the outside world and had many
times sailed out to meet whaling ships to trade with cap-
tains and crews, on March 9, 1834, the men got aboard the
whaleship Talma , under the command of Captain Pendleton, en
route to America. They arrived at New London, Connecticut,
May 7, 1834, and Titus reported to Boston that conditions
were unfavorable for establishing a mission in Patagonia at
that time.

Apparently while they were looking for a ship to take
them home, according to Titus's journal, on January 26,
1834, as they were passing out of the Strait of Magellan
into the Atlantic, they sighted a large barque, but were un-
able to "speak her." Years later, on August 28, 1876, Titus
added a note to this entry saying the the "barque" had been
the "Exploring Ship Beagle." Charles Darwin was the official
naturalist aboard the Beagle .

On November 3, 1834, Titus married Fidelia Church, whom
he had met in New York State during his seminary days. She
was born February 19, 1810, at Riga, New York, the daughter
of Samuel and Abigail (Munson) Church. Samuel founded and
named Churchville, New York. Fidelia was their youngest
daughter and was thought to be the most beautiful. She early
developed a taste for learning and was a student in the
schools of Rochester, Palmyra, and Canandaigua. In 1833 she
taught and studied in Rochester. She and Titus had been en-
gaged for six years and were about to be married when he was
sent to Patagonia. Many thought he would never return, and
Fidelia had other suitors. When he did arrive home, he found
her teaching in Mrs. Cooke's Female Seminary at Middlebury,
Vermont, and taking lessons in Greek from Professor Kitchel .
Shortly after they were married, the American Board

3 68 COAN GENEALOGY

suggested that they go to the mission field on the Hawaiian
Islands; and on December 5, 1834, they sailed from Boston on
the ship Hellespont . They arrived in Honolulu, via Cape
Horn, on June 6. It always irked Titus that it took Fidelia
and him 183 days to get from Boston to Honolulu, and he en-
visioned that someday the trip would be made much faster. In
a letter to Captain S. F. DuPont of the United States Navy,
dated June 7, 1850, he wrote:

Probably the time will come when our material cor-
poreities may pass from these islands to New York in
the matter of days, and our winged spirits in shorter
time. How long will it be ere a train of fiery chariots
will be seen crossing your western mountains and a line
of smoky leviathans be described lashing our deep wa-
ters and tracing a rapid wake from the shores of west-
ern America to these sea-girt isles? How long will it
be ere aerial horsemen, outstripping lightning, will
announce upon the shores of the Pacific the thoughts,
emotions, the rush, the wonders of the Orient shores?

Titus was not only a deeply religious man, but one who un-
derstood science as well.

In Honolulu Titus and his bride spent about a month at
the home of the Reverend Hiram Bingham; and then they were
assigned to Hilo, on the east coast of the island Hawaii.
Here they were to make their home for the rest of their
lives .

In his interesting account of a visit to the Sandwich
Island in 1873, Charles Nordhoff gives the following sketch
of Titus's life and work:

And in Hilo, when you go to visit the volcano, you
will find Dr. Coan, one of the brightest and loveliest
spirits of them all, the story of whose life in the Um-
ato island, whose apostle he was, is as wonderful and
as touching as that of any of the earlier apostles, and
shows what great works unyielding faith and love can do
in redeeming a savage people. When Dr. and Mrs. Coan
came to the island of Hawaii its shores and woods were
populous, and through their labors thousands of men and
women were instructed in the truths of Christianity,
inducted into civilized habits of life, and finally
brought into the church. As you sail along the green
coast of Hawaii from its northern point to Hilo, you
will be surprised at the number of quaint little white
churches which mark the distances almost with the regu-
larity of milestones; if later you ride through this
district or the one south of Hilo, you will see that
for every church there is also a school house; you will
see native children reading and writing as well as our
own at home; you may hear them singing tunes familiar
to our own Sunday schools; you will see the native man

A photograph taken in 1900 of the remains of the chimney, all that
was left of the birthplace of Titus Coan. Courtesy Guilford, Connecti-
cut, Free Library.

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Near the ruins of the birth-
place of Titus Coan on a
flat rock is this inscription:
"Titus Coan, 1801-1882 —
Missionary to Hawaii —
Explorer and Scientist —
Patagonia 1833, Hilo 1834-
1882 — This rock marks his
birthplace."

On December 1, 1982, the
Reverend William Gaydos
and a few parishioners of
the Killingworth church
held a service here in
memory of the 100th anni-
versary of Titus's death.
C C. Potter of Guilford, a
Coan descendant, saw in
the newspaper this picture
of Mr. Gaydos and David
Tuckerman, a good friend
of Mr. Potter's. He imme-
diately called David on the
phone and said: "Remove
your hat; take your hands
out of your pockets; and
stand at attention when
you are on hallowed
ground!"

A joke ? Yes. But under-
neath the humor lay the
respect Coans and des-
cendants all felt for the
great missionary, Titus
Coan. Courtesy Paula M.
Frattini, New Haven
Register.

Titus Munson Coan, 1859, from
photo album of Humphrey S.
Anderson, Class of 1859. Courtesy
Williamsiana Collection, Williams
College.

Sarah Eliza Coan Waters.
Courtesy Etta H. Emens,
Descendants of Captain
Samuel Church of Church ville.

Dr. Titus Munson Coan and his sons, Hamil-
ton Morel Coan and Philip Munson Coan.
Courtesy Etta H. Emens, Descendents of
Captain Samuel Church of Churchville.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 369

and woman sitting down to read their newspaper at the
close of the day; and if you could talk with them, you
would find they knew almost as much about our late war
as you do, for they took an intense interest in the war
of the rebellion. And you must remember that when, less
than forty years ago, Dr. and Mrs. Coan came to Hilo,
the people were naked savages with no church and but
one school house in the district; without printed books
or knowledge of reading. They flocked to hear the Gos-
pel. Thousands removed from a distance to Hilo, where,
in their rapid way, they built up a large town, and
kept up surely the strangest protracted meeting ever
held; and going back to their homes after many months
they took with them knowledge and zest to build up
Christian churches and schools of their own. Over these
Dr. Coan has presided these many years, not only
preaching regularly on Sundays and during the week at
the large native church at Hilo, and in two or three
neighboring churches, but visiting the more distant
churches at intervals to examine and instruct the mem-
bers and keep them all on the right track. He has seen
a great population turned from darkness to light, a
great part of it following his own blameless and loving
life as an example, and very many living to old age
steadfast and zealous Christians.

Titus learned the Hawaiian language in a matter of
months; he preached in and translated the Bible into the
language of the natives. He was preacher, pastor, magis-
trate, doctor, teacher, guide, and friend to the whole popu-
lation. He traveled throughout the islands and encountered
every kind of hardship. When he could not go to the people,
they came to him. Until 1849 when the mission board sent a
physician, Titus was the only doctor. Describing his early
days in Hawaii, he wrote in his book, Life in Hawaii:

In preaching the gospel to these poor people, I
climb mountains and precipices, cross deep and danger-
ous ravines, ford or swim rapid rivers, travel from
morning to night in drenching rain, endure the melting
power of the tropical sun, endure weariness and pain-
fulness. Thus I often travel from week to week preach-
ing four and five and even eight times a day, and at
night I lie down to sleep on the ground more weary than
the mower and the reaper returned at night from the
sultry harvest field. But my sleep is sweet, my heart
is peaceful and my meditations are joyous.

The number of conversions from 1838 until 1840 was
7,000; while he received in all, up to the year 1882, 13,000
persons into the Hilo and Puna churches. Titus baptized
people en masse. He was said to have seized a brush, similar
to one used in plastering walls, and with this brush

3 70 COAN GENEALOGY

sprinkled them by the score, pronouncing over them the name
of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The church at Hilo grew
until it numbered thousands and was the largest Protestant
church in the world.

Fidelia founded and conducted a seminary for young Ha-
waiian girls. She had a literary gift and translated many of
the best English hymns into the Hawaiian language. The poet
Longfellow asked for a copy of her translations, and wrote
to her daughter a letter of thanks and high praise. She was
said to be "a woman of fine mind and great charm of charac-
ter; to her wise aid and counsel much of Dr. Coan's success
was due."

Titus made a tremendous contribution to geology. Every
opportunity he had, he visited and studied the great volca-
noes of Hawaii, sometimes putting himself in real danger. No
history of volcanoes was every written but depended in large
part on the data given in his published descriptions. Titus
was particularly interested in Mauna Loa and its crater Kil-
auea, one of the largest active craters in the world. Kil-
auea had within its eight-mile circumference the fiery pit
Halemaumau. July 2-5, 1850, Titus made sixteen trips to the
crater and wrote an account of twenty-eight pages on what he
saw. This excerpt is taken from that account:

We looked below us, upon the S. E. of the ridge.
Within a stone's throw of us (we proved it by trial) a
lake of liquid fire was tossing and splashing. The
whole surface was not at once in action; a crust of
hardened lava covered the fiery glow beneath, except at
the ends of the lake, and a few places at the sides.
There the molten rock was in a state of violent ebulli-
tion; rushing backward & forward, splashing against the
confining walls of the lake and throwing its fiery
spray into the air.

In 1870 Fidelia was not well, so they returned to the
States for an eleven-month visit after an absence of thirty-
six years. They consulted eminent physicians, but none of
them could help her. The Congregational church in Killing-
worth gave them a gala welcome when Titus preached from the
pulpit in this church of his youth. He also spent a week in
New Haven and preached in the Center Church. During his
visit he made 239 addresses in 20 different states. Wherever
he went, he found that his fame as a missionary was well
known; and every church was overflowing with people eager to
hear him. In Washington, D. C, President Ulysses S. Grant
invited him to the White House on two occasions for discus-
sions .

Shortly after their return to Hawaii on September 29,
1872, at Hilo, Fidelia died. She was greatly loved. Years
after her death a traveler who had known her at Hilo--
Charles Warren Stoddard of the "South Sea Idylls" — met one
of her children. "Are you a son of Fidelia Coan?" he said.

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Children of Philip Munson Coan: (left to right) Philip Burr Coan, Edward
Morel Coan, Sarah Burr Coan, Leonie Matilda Coan.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 371

"Yes."

"She was a saint," said Mr. Stoddard.

In October, 1873, Titus married second Lydia Bingham,
who was born in Honolulu, the daughter of Elder Bingham and
granddaughter of Hiram Bingham, one of the earliest mission-
aries to the islands. Bingham was commissioned in Goshen,
Connecticut, in 1819 to go to the islands.

Growing old did not bother Titus. He seemed to work
harder and longer. He died December 1, 1882, at Hilo. The
news spread like wildfire that the "St. Peter of Hawaii" had
gone to his reward. Entire families of natives came from far
and wide. Over 20,000 attended his funeral. He was buried in
Homeland Cemetery in Hilo. His gravestone was very simple.
As he wished, the word Aloha was inscribed on the base. The
inscription on one side of the stone was in the Hawaiian
language; on the other side, in English. He was buried on
the highest point of this lovely burial ground in a large
circle of graves reserved for early missionaries and their
wives .

Collections of Titus's books, papers, letters, docu-
ments, etc., have been placed by his great grandchildren in
the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. ; in the Lyman
Museum, Hilo, Hawaii; in the Killingworth Historical Soci-
ety, Killingworth, Connecticut; and in Killingworth Congre-
gational Church.

On December 1, 1982, on the 100th anniversary of
Titus's death, the Reverend William Gaydos and eight members
of the Killingworth Congregational Church, where Titus was
once a member, hiked a mile deep into the woods to the spot
where Titus was born to conduct a memorial service. Titus's
birthplace, overlooking a rolling hillside, was off Route 80
and marked by a large stone partly covered with moss and in-
scribed with his name and accomplishments. A cellar hole was
all that was left of the homestead. Several crumbling stone
walls still divided his father's farmland. At the service
Mr. Gaydos discussed Titus's life and read from Titus's au-
tobiography, Life In Hawaii—Mission Life and Labors. Mr.
Gaydos said of the site: "To me it is one of the most spe-
cial places in town." (Paula Frattini, "Church Renders Hom-
age to Missionary's Memory," New Haven Register, December 2,
1982, p. 50. )

Children (5) COAN

i. Titus Munson, b. Sept. 27, 1836

ii. Harriet Fidelia, b. Aug. 18, 1839

iii. Sarah Eliza, b. Jan. 26, 1843

iv. Samuel Latimer, b. Jan. 23, 1846

Reference: Dictionary of American Biography (New York:
Charles Scribners' Sons, 1930), Vol. IV, pp. 236, 237.

3 72 COAN GENEALOGY

Etta A. Emeus, comp. , Descendants of Captain
Samuel Church of Churchville (Rochester, N. Y.: no pub-
lisher, 1920), pp. 39-42.

National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
(Clifton, N. J.: James T. White Co., 1892), Vol. 2, p.
339.

William J. Prendergast, "Titus Coan," New Haven
Register , June 5, 1966, pp. 1, 2.

"Recent Acquisitions of the Manuscript Divi-
sion," Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress,
October, 1970, pp. 332-337.

"Reverend Titus M. Coan, D.D.," Harper's New
Weekly Magazine, January 6, 1883, pp. 27-29.

James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds., Apple-
ton ' s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. I (New
York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894), pp. 665, 666.

5 4 3 2 1

TITUS MUNSON COAN (Titus , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was

born in Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, September 27, 1836, the son
of the Reverend Titus and Fidelia (Church) Coan. He was de-
scended on his mother's side from Thomas Munson, one of the
founders and "governors" of New Haven, Connecticut. His par-
ents were missionaries to the Hawaiian natives, and Titus
received his early education on the islands at the Punahou
School, the Royal School, and Oahu College in Honolulu. In
1856 he came to the United States on a New Bedford whaler
which sailed around Cape Horn. He attended Yale College for
a year and then went to Williams College in Wil 1 iamstown,
Massachusetts, where he was graduated in the Class of 1859.
He was an excellent student and was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa. He next took the course of medical study offered by
the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, now the
Medical School of Columbia University. After graduating in
1861, he served two years as intern in the Randall's Island,
Bellevue, and Blackwell's Island civil hospitals, and in the
Central Park and David's Island military hospitals. In 1863
he offered his services to the Government and entered the
army as Acting Assistant Surgeon in the Civil War. He was
soon transferred to the navy with the same rank.

For over two years he saw active service with Admiral
Farragut in the West Gulf Squadron and participated in the
battles of Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound. In 1865 he was
attached to the flagship Brooklyn. He stayed in the naval
service until the end of the war and then entered private
practice in New York City.

On June 21, 1877, Titus married Leonie Pauline Morel,
who was born in Besancon, Doubs , France, June 21, 1846. She
worked in England as a governess and came to the United
States seeking a brother she never found. She taught French
in New York City. Titus and Leonie lived on East 21st Street
near Gramercy Park. During his medical career he wrote many
articles on medical and literary subjects. He was unusually

Sarah Bryan Burr Coan with her son
Edward Morel Coan

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gifted as an author, and his interests continued to grow in
that direction. About 1880 he gave up the greater part of
his medical practice and founded the New York Bureau of Re-
vision of which he was managing director. The purpose of
the bureau was to help authors in perfecting and publishing
their work. In 1884 Williams College awarded him the degree
of Master of Arts. Besides many essays and poems contributed
to numerous magazines, Titus was the author of Ounces of
Prevention, a book of essays on hygiene; "A Geographical
Dictionary," part of Webster's International Dictionary
(1892); "A Dictionary of Proper Names," in the Standard
Dictionary (1895); The Climate of Hawaii (1901); editor, To-
pics of the Time, 6 volumes, (1883); and editor of Personal
Recollections of the War of the Rebellion (1891).

Titus was a member of the Century Club, Authors' Club,
German Liederkranz Club, the Loyal Legion, and the Copyright
League. He died in New York City May 8, 1921.

Children (6) COAN

i. Philip Munson, b. May 14, 1879
ii. Hamilton Morel, b. June 17, 1886

Reference: Joshua L. Chamberlain, ed., Universities and
Their Sons, (Boston: R. Herndon Company, 1900 ) , Vol .
5, pp. 3 60, 361.

Leonie M. Dunlap, 206 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ
07605

"Coan, Titus Munson," National Cyclopaedia of
American Biography (New York: James T. White & Company,
1901), Vol. 11, p. 273.

"Coan, Titus Munson," Encyclopedia Americana,
1949 ed.

6 5 4 3 2

PHILIP MUNSON COAN (Titus M. , Titus , Gaylord , Mulford ,

George1) was born in New York City May 14, 1879, the son of
Titus Munson and Leonie Pauline Dorothie (Morel) Coan. At
age five he traveled with his parents to France. He went to
France a second time with his parents and brother Hamilton.
While he was there, he attended the funeral of Victor Hugo.
At this time the Coan parents had Philip's portrait painted;
and during his sittings he met Oscar Wilde. To prepare for
college he studied at Culver School for Boys in New York
City, and was graduated from Columbia with a B.A. degree in
1900. He went to work on Wall Street for a brokerage house
selling bonds. For his career after Wall Street, here is
part of a letter he wrote his Yale friend, Professor Moore,
who had told him of an opening teaching journalism at Yale.
In this letter he wrote an excellent summary of his profes-
sional life from 1906 until July 30, 1913, the date of the
letter. Although he never took the teaching position, he
certainly was exceptionally well qualified for it.

374 COAN GENEALOGY

...Newspaper work began with me in 1906, almost
six years after graduation at Colulmbia College. I
joined the staff of the Sun in April of the year of the
San Francisco earthquake, after having persecuted the
managing editor with applications for some months. Dur-
ing nine months with the paper, I did all the routine
work of the beginner including playing substitute on
the various news tricks--police stations and headquar-
ters, courts (police and general sessions), ship news
and other details. It came to my lot to write a moder-
ate number of the humorous and picturesque news stories
of which the newspaper was at that time making a great
specialty .

In January 1907 I left the Sun because I was
coaxed away by an offer of editorial work under Frank
A. Munsey on his "Scrap Book," then a new monthly pub-
lication. There I stayed for some four months, and
learned enough of magazine makeup, manuscript reading
and editing and magazine habits in general to orient me
fairly well in that line. On leaving the magazine, how-
ever, I came back to the Sun organization, this time to
join the Evening Sun with whom I have continued since
May 1907.

In 1907 I wrote for the newspaper daily humorous
or picturesque news stories, extending over the latter
part of the year and running into 1908. I was out re-
porting many of the big events, such as the runs on the
banks in the 1907 panic. In 1908 I covered Taft for a
fortnight on his New Haven trip, in the course of his
nomination boom. A few weeks later I was dispatched to
Oyster Bay, then the summer capital, and covered the
President during a great part of his stay there. It was
during 1908, I think that I had the good fortune to
find the Boas girl, a runaway whose disappearance
caused her relatives to offer a reward of several thou-
sand dollars, for which I was technically in line,
though not in fairness entitled to it. The incident
meant an important beat to our paper in a sensational
case that is locally well remembered.

In 1908, I covered the chief non-political stories
of the year, in particular, the return of Peary from
the Pole, which took me north as far as Labrador on one
of the longest chases undertaken by newsgetters of the
everyday brand in many years. On that occasion I sent
by telegraph from Sydney, N. S. some 27,000 words, my
longest single dispatch thus far.

While I have never covered a political convention,
I have met a great many of the chief political figures
of the east, and interviewed them. Col. Roosevelt knew
me well enough to confide an important statement to me
for presentation to other press representatives, on the
occasion of his appearance as a witness before the Con-
gressional Steel investigation. President Wilson I met

Nancy Lees Coan and Philip Burr Coan

Nancy Burr Coan Kaclik

James Ward Coan with his father
Philip Coan

Leonie Matilda Coan Dunlap

Bryan Robert Dunlap and Arthur
Morel Dunlap

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 375

first during his presidency at Princeton, where I in-
terviewed him upon the conflict with his trustee oppon-
ents over the graduate school; later I met him again,
in 1911, during the autumn preceding his nomination,
while I was covering the Governors' Conference at
Spring Lake, N. J.

While it is not easy to recall to mind all the men
I have interviewed I might set down among the others
the Mexican Ambassador de la Bana, later president of
Mexico; Thomas A. Edison, Richard Cooker, Mayor Gaynor,
Jacob H. Schiff, the late Wm. A. Harriman, the Russian
statesman, Milyukoff, Pierre Loti, Anna H. Shaw, Gover-
nors McGovern of Wisconsin, Hannon of Ohio, Mann of
Virginia, O'Neal of Alabama; Menotti Garibaldi, William
Watson, William Butler Yates, etc.

Since 1910 when I first took up editorial work, my
labors have been chiefly indoor and departmental. Be-
ginning with that year, I did occasional editorial
writing, interspersed with the preparation of a series
of science notes, the origination and conducting of a
column of "Replies to Readers" built on the entertain-
ment basis, and highly successful; the making of spe-
cial articles on important topics; the editing (in
1910) of the Saturday back page, in its day the most
popular page of the Evening Sun; later the building up
of a daily magazine page, with the problems of handling
writers, composition, type, and makeup which this in-
volved. Twice, and during a total of over two months in
the past eight, I have acted as chief editorial writer,
in full charge of the editorial force of six men.
(Letter from Edward M. Coan Collection, Stonington,
Maine) .

Shortly after this letter was written Philip became
chief editorial writer and served in that capacity until
1925 when he became an editorial writer on The Brooklyn
Eagle . He edited several editions of Collier's Encyclopedia,
coordinated a Federal historical and economic analysis of
New Jersey, and headed the United States division of Funk &
Wagnall's International Year Book. He spoke French fluently
with an impeccable accent. His daughter-in-law, Barbara,
said of him: "He was a wonderful , scholarly man with a mar-
velous sense of humor and much love for us all." He retired
during World War II. "His hobbies included math, Greek,
history, bird watching, camping, and trout fishing." (Philip
B. Coan)

On June 15, 1910, Philip married Sarah Bryan Burr, who
was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1883, the
daughter of James Edward and Matilda Parsons (Bryan) Burr.
Among Sarah's ancestors were the pre-revolutionary families
of Burr, Steinman, and Conger. She was a graduate of Rye
Seminary, Rye, New York. Philip and Sarah made their home in
Montclair, New Jersey, where they were members of the

376 COAN GENEALOGY

Central Presbyterian Church. There Sarah was active in the
Women's Guild, the Sunday School, and the Italian Mission.
She was also a Grey Lady of the American Red Cross.

Sarah died at the age of 82 April 29, 1966, in Mont-
clair where she had lived for 53 years. Philip died at the
age of 88 April 22, 1968, in Montclair.

Children (7) COAN

i. Philip Burr, b. Apr. 14, 1911

ii. Leonie Matilda, b. June 23, 1912

iii. Sarah Burr, b. July 21, 1921

iv. Edward Morel, b. Jan. 25, 1923

Reference: Birth Certif icate--Phil ip M. Coan.

Columbiana Collection, Low Memorial Library, Co-
lumbia University in the City of New York.

7 6 5 4 3

PHILIP |URR COAN (Philip M. , Titus M. , Titus , Gaylord ,
Mulford , George ) was born in New York, New York, April 14,
1911, the son of Titus Munson and Sarah Bryan (Burr) Coan.
In 1933 he was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
with a B.A. degree in sociology, and minors in psychology,
and anthropology. On June 22, 1940, at the Brick Presbyter-
ian Church in East Orange, New Jersey, he married Nancy J.
Lees, who was born in Newark, New Jersey, April 11, 1916,
the daughter of Allen Travis and Ruth (Muchmore) Lees. Nancy
attended Wellesley College for a year and the New Jersey In-
stitute of Technology for two years.

For 44 years, 1934-1938, Philip was employed in newspa-
per reporting, the World War II Army, and textiles. From
1934 until 1936 he worked in a Wall Street bank. From 1937
until 1947 he did newspaper work, mostly reporting for the
New York Times (1938-1942 plus 1946). From September, 1942,
until June, 1946, he was in Army service as volunteer
trainee, then second and first lieutenant of Infantry, Air
Force, and Military Intelligence. For the next 31 years he
was employed in textile sales in New York City and the State
of New York except for 16 months from January, 1951, until
April, 1952, when he served in the Army Reserve recall. From
1947 until 1952 he worked for Ardress Worsted Company; from
1952 until 1961, for Eastman Chemical Products, synthetic
fibers and yarns; from 1962 until 1968, for Beaunit Corpora-
tion, synthetic fibers, and several fabric converters; and
from 1962 until 1978, for Textured Fibers, Inc., renamed
Texfi, Inc., on men's wear fabrics, both warp and circular
knit, and textured woven.

From 1947 until 1963 Philip and Nancy lived in Fair Ha-
ven, New Jersey, where their children grew up. Philip served
two elected terms on the local Board of Education and one
elected term on the Republican County (Monmouth) Committee.
Nancy worked 16 years as a Red Cross volunteer nurse's aide

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(front) Niall Patrick Stephens, Jennie Catherine Stephens, Sarah Coan Ach-
eson, Ernest F. Acheson. (back) Sarah Acheson Stephens holding Nora
Sarah Stephens with Kate Elizabeth Stephens in the chair.

Katherine Burr Acheson

Children

( 8 ) COAN

i .

Nancy Burr, b.

ii .

James Ward, b.

iii .

Deborah Lees,

lived only 9

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 377

and in 1979 retired after 11 years as a medical secretary to
doctors in West Orange and South Orange, New Jersey. In 1982
Philip and Nancy lived in San Diego, California.

Mar. 31, 1944

Apr. 19, 194 7

b. Aug. 9, 1955, was premature and

days

Reference: Philip B. Coan, 17746 Plaza Acosta, San Diego,
CA 92128

8 7 6 5 4

NANCY BURR COAN (Philip B, , Philip M. , Titus M. , Titus ,
Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Orange, New Jersey,
March 31, 1944, the daughter of Philip Burr and Nancy J.
(Lees) Coan. She was graduated from Centenary College in
1964. September, 1969, she married John Kaclik in San Fran-
cisco. They were divorced in 1972. Nancy died of cancer Au-
gust 19, 1978, after a rapid career as executive secretary
to a New York architectural firm, to Paramount Pictures'
financial officer, and to its president. She achieved her
strongly desired entry into movie production in 1976 and
worked as a production aide for two films: one on location
in Canada; the other in Mexico. Before and during her ill-
ness she helped plan a third film, since shot in France and
Algeria. She belonged to Screen Actors Guild.

Reference: Philip B. Coan

8 7 6 5 4

JAMES WARD COAN (Philip B. , Philip M. , Titus M. , Titus ,

Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Orange, New Jersey,

April 19, 1947, the son of Philip Burr and Nancy J. (Lees)

Coan. In 1979 he received an associate in arts degree and in

1980 a bachelor of arts degree in political science from St.

Leo College, McDill Branch, St. Leo, Florida. His hobbies

were ceramics and photography. June 1, 1966, he joined the

United States Air Force and in 1982 was at Luke Air Force

Base, Arizona.

Reference: Philip B. Coan

' 7 ..6.5.4

LEONIE MATILDA COAN (Philip M. , Titus M. , Titus , Gay-
lord , Mulford2, George1 ) was born June 23, 1912, in New
York, New York, the daughter of Philip Munson and Sarah
Bryan (Burr) Coan. She received an A.B. degree from Ran-
dolph-Macon Woman's College; and an A.M. degree from Teach-
ers College, Columbia University; and a Diplome from the
Sorbonne, Paris, France. She was a reading specialist, a
teacher in Tenafly and Ridgefield, New Jersey, public
schools .

3 78 COAN GENEALOGY

August 9, 1940, in Montclair, New Jersey, she married
Joseph Riggs Dunlap. Leonie's interests included travel, mu-
sic, art, drama, aerobic dance, and swimming. The Dunlap
family spent summers at Footes Bay, Lake Joseph, Ontario,
and a half-year sabbatical (1956-1957) in England. Leonie
and Joseph were divorced July 1, 1970.

International reading conferences in Buenos Aires,
Singapore, and Vienna provided Leonie with opportunities for
extensive travel throughout Europe, U.S.S.R., South America,
and the Pacific, supplemented by study trips through Africa,
Alaska, "Lower 48" States, Canada, Mexico, Norway, and Med-
iterranean countries. In 1982 Leonie lived in Leonia, New
Jersey, where she was active in the Presbyterian Church.

Children (8) DUNLAP

i. Bryan Robert, b. Sept. 4, 1942
ii. Arthur Morel, b. Dec. 26, 1947

Reference: Leonie M. Dunlap, 206 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ
07605

8
BRYAN ROBERT DUNLAP , the son of Joseph Riggs and Leonie Ma-
tilda (Coan) Dunlap, was born in New York, New York, Septem-
ber 4, 1942. In 1966 he was graduated from the College of
Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, with an A.B. degree and in 1967 from
the University of Chicago with an A.M. degree in English. He
taught English literature and writing at Chicago City Col-
lege (1967-69) and Queens College, New York (1971-76). Later
he was an Associate Editor at Scholastic Magazines, New York
(1976-79). In 1982 he was graduated from New York University
Law School with a J.D. degree. He married first Beverly
Moon. He married second Diana Marina Carulli, on May 30,
1981, in New York City. She was born December 16, 1946, in
New York, New York, the daughter of Joseph Stella and Mar-
garet (Lane) Carulli. In 1969 Diana received an A.B. degree
in visual arts from San Francisco State College. In 1982
Bryan and Diana lived in New York City, where Bryan was a
lawyer with the firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Diana was
a self-employed artist and decorator. Their shared interests
included kayaking, swimming, and the performing arts.

Children (9) DUNLAP by first wife

i. Joseph Matthew, b. Aug. 31, 1968, Chicago, 111.

Reference: Bryan R. Dunlap, #2B, 158 East Seventh Street,
New York, NY 10009

8
ARTHUR MOREL DUNLAP , the son of Joseph Riggs and Leonie Ma-
tilda (Coan) Dunlap, was born in New York, New York, Decem-
ber 26, 1947. In 1971 he received a B.A. degree in economics

Painting (original in watercolor)
by Barbara Frances Smith Coan

(top left) Barbara Frances Smith, (top right) Edward M. Coan family,
1962-63: Susan Elizabeth seated in front of Annette Burr, Edward, Edward
James with Dixie, Alison Marie standing, Barbara, and Michael Jay.
(bottom left) Edward Morel Coan.

(top left) Family of Alison Marie Coan
Dibble: Claire Anne Dibble, Norman
Charles Keith Dibble HI, Norman Edward
Dibble, and Alison in rear, (top right)
Annette Burr Coan. (bottom left) Edward
James Coan and Kiyoko Suzuki Coan.

Michael Jay Coan

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 379

from Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Following
graduation, he traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Austra-
lia, and New Zealand. In 1977 he was awarded the degree of
Master of Urban Affairs at Boston University. From August,
1977, until February, 1979, he was employed as assistant
planner with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Management. In 1981 he was graduated from New England School
of Law in Boston with a J.D. degree. He was employed by the
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy as an energy ana-
lyst until June, 1982, when he became an educational repre-
sentative for Westlaw Division, West Publishing Company in
Boston .

Arthur was a member of the American Bar Association,
the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Associa-
tion, and the American Planning Association. He was admitted
to the Massachusetts Bar, and to the Bars of the United
States first Circuit Court and the United States Court of
Massachusetts .

Reference: Arthur M. Dunlap, 69 Quint Avenue, Boston, MA
02134

7 6 5 4 3

SARAH BURR COAN (Philip M. , Titus M. , Titus , Gaylord ,

Mulford , George ) was born in New York, New York, July 21,
1920, the daughter of Philip Munson and Sarah Bryan (Burr)
Coan. In 1942 she was graduated from Goucher College, Tow-
son, Maryland, with an A.B. degree. On April 11, 1942, in
Montclair, New Jersey, she married Ernest F. Acheson, who
was born June 4, 1912, in Washington, Pennsylvania, the son
of Alexander Wilson and Jennie Chase (Belmore) Acheson. He
was graduated from Washington Jefferson College with A.B.
and M.A. degrees and over the years was employed as a plan-
ner by various New Jersey and Pennsylvania cities and towns.

Sarah was interested in medical subjects, conservation,
and genealogy. She, along with her brothers and sister,
was responsible for collecting and preserving photographs,
books, letters, and other documents belonging to her famous
missionary great grandfather, Titus Coan. Many of these were
given to various museums and historical societies. In 1970
Sarah presented to the Manuscript Division of the Library of
Congress, Washington, D. C, an extensive collection of cor-
respondence, journals, and papers belonging to Titus. In
1979 she donated to the Naval Historical Center, Washington
Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, a navy medical officer's frock
coat worn by her grandfather, Titus Munson Coan, during the
Civil War.

Her hobbies were reading, weaving, gardening, and bird
watching. She was active in volunteer activities, and was a
member of Goucher Alumnae and National Hospice Organization.
In 1982 Sarah and Ernest lived in Avella, Pennsylvania.

380

COAN GENEALOGY

Children (8) ACHESON

i. Sarah Jennie, b. Sept. 18, 1944
ii. Katherine Burr, b. Jan. 23, 1948

Reference: Mrs. Ernest F. Acheson, R.D. #1, Avella, PA
15312

SARAH JENNIE ACHESON was born in Mon
September 18, 1944, the daughter of Ern
(Coan) Acheson. She completed her nursi
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland,
registered nurse. In 1970 she was grad
toria College, McGill University, Montr
gree. March 26, 1973, in Dublin, Irelan
Stephens, who was born October 20,. 1948
of L. F. and Ita Joyce Stephens. Catha
University College in Dublin with a Bac
degree .

Sarah enjoyed history, photograph
ing. In 1982 Cathal was an architect
lived with their four children.

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Children (9) STEPHENS all born in Dublin, Ireland

i. Niall Patrick, b. Oct. 29, 1973

ii. Jennie Catherine, b. Mar. 8, 1975

iii. Nora Sarah, b. June 15, 1978

iv. Kate Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1979

Reference: Mrs. Ernest F. Acheson

8
KATHERINE BURR ACHESON was born in Montclair, New Jersey,

January 23, 1948, the daughter of Ernest F. and Sarah Burr
(Coan) Acheson. In 1970 she was graduated from Hartwick Col-
lege, Oneonta, New York, with an A.B. degree; in 1973, from
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with an M.A. de-
gree; in 1974, from the Institute for Social Studies, The
Hague, Holland. In 1982 she lived in Somerville, Massachu-
setts .

Reference:

Mrs. Ernest F. Acheson

7 6 5 4 3

EDWARD MOREL COAN (Philip M. , Titus M. , Titus , Gaylord ,
Mulford2, George1) was born in New York, New York, January
1, 1923, the son of Philip Munson and Sarah Bryan (Burr)
Coan. He was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology in 1947 with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering,
and he saw service in World War II. He worked on space pro-
grams and foreign technology in engineering management. In

WEDDING OF EDWARD JAMES AND KIYOKO SUZUKI CO AN IN
JAPAN

Last minute instructions in the wedding palace.

(left) Last clothing change to
Western dress, (right) Kiyoko in
second kimono cutting the cake.

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WEDDING OF EDWARD JAMES AND KIYOKO SUZUKI CO AN IN
JAPAN

Edward and Barbara Coan during the service.

l£

(left) With Mr. Kannenatsa. the
matchmaker, a professor at Tokyo
University, (right) In the garden
after the service.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 381

1971 he became self-employed in Lincoln, Maine, where he was
president of ITP Corporation, a firm offering tax and finan-
cial advice. He also owned and operated a summer campground
business. In 1981 he became manager of a branch of Village
Electronics in Stonington, Maine.

September 4, 1948, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Nor-
walk, Connecticut, he married Barbara Frances Smith, who was
born in Hackensack, New Jersey, September 8, 1923, the
daughter of Frank J. and Marie C. (Arnold) Smith. She was an
artist, represented by Landmark Galleries in Fredericton,
New Brunswick, Canada; Consalvo Gallery, Ltd., in Boston;
and Bird's Nest Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine. Her works have
been shown and collected worldwide. In 1980 she was engaged
in watercolors, and had six one-person shows during the
year. She was educated at Boston University, Art Students
League, Art Career School and by private study. She taught
art privately and in the public schools of Lincoln, Maine.
Barbara was an Episcopal churchwoman, very active in dioce-
san and local church affairs. In 1981 she wrote a contract
for and received a $10,000 grant for "Penobscot Meet the
Arts," a program of cultural enrichment for rural Maine
(Penobscot County).

Since their marriage Barbara and Ed have lived in
Moorestown and Riverton, New Jersey; Cocoa Beach, Florida;
Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Toowoomba, Australia; Lincoln and
Stonington (1982) Maine. Ed was always active in community
affairs; president of the Rotary Club and Chamber of Com-
merce. He operated radio station AFIY and was a worker for
the Republican party.

Children (8) COAN

i. Alison Marie, b. July 1, 1949

ii. Edward James, b. Dec. 1, 1950

iii. Annette Burr, b. Sept. 22, 1953

iv. Michael Jay, b. July 24, 1955

v. Susan Elizabeth, b. Jan. 21, 1959

Reference: Edward M. and Barbara S. Coan, P. 0. Box 81,
Stonington, ME 04681

8 7 6 5

ALISON MARIE ^OAN (Edward M. , Philip M. , Titus M. , Ti-
tus , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Glen Ridge,
New Jersey, July 1, 1949, the daughter of Edward Morel and
Barbara Frances (Smith) Coan. She was graduated in 1967 from
Fairholme Presbyterian Girls' College in Toowoomba, Austra-
lia; and in 1971 from Hartwick College in Oneonta , New York,
with a B.A. degree in English. She was a singer-song writer,
employed by various hostelries, such as Camden Harbor Inn,
Holiday Inn, Oyster House, etc. as a singer.

September 28, 1974, in Lincoln, Maine, she married Nor-
man Charles Keith Dibble III, a native of Tempe, Arizona.

382 COAN GENEALOGY

He was born July 17, 1950, the son of Norman Charles Keith
Dibble II of Salisbury, England, and June Dibble of New York
State. They met on board a sailing yacht in the Virgin Is-
lands. Keith was a graduate of Arizona State University with
a major in fine arts. He was a boat builder and operated
Dibble & Thomas Boat Builders in East Blue Hill, Maine. They
resided in Blue Hill in 1982.

Children (9) DIBBLE

i. Norman Edward, b. Dec. 10, 1975
ii. Claire Anne, b. Feb. 13, 1979

Reference: Edward M. and Barbara S. Coan

8 7 6.5.

EDWARD JAMES COAN (Edward M. , Philip M. , Titus M. , Ti-
tus4, Gaylord3, Mulford2, George1) was born December 1,
1950, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Edward Morel and
Barbara Frances (Smith) Coan. He was a member of the Holy
Order of Mans and studied at their seminary. He attended
Texas Technological University and studied electrical engi-
neering. Edward was a member of the National Board of Youth
Hostels and set up and operated Denver United Youth Hostel
in Denver, Colorado. He also operated an amateur radio sta-
tion, AID, and communicated with his father via radio sev-
eral times a week.

September 21, 1981, at a civil ceremony at the American
Embassy in Tokyo Edward married Kiyoko Suzuki. The religious
ceremony was performed in Tokyo May 10, 1982. Kiyoko was a
nurse at the University Dental Hospital in Tokyo. Edward was
a public relations manager of Yaesu Corporation. In 1982
they lived in Tokyo.

Reference: Edward M. and Barbara S. Coan

ANNETTE BURR COAN (Edward M.', Philip M. , Titus M. , Ti-
tus , Gaylord3, Mulford2, George1) was born in Glen Ridge,
New Jersey, September 22, 1953, the daughter of Edward Morel
and Barbara Frances (Smith) Coan. She was an "Old Girl" at
Fairholme Presbyterian Girls' College, Toowoomba , Australia.
She attended Vassar College and was graduated from the Uni-
versity of Maine in Orono with highest distinction. Annette
was an art teacher in the public schools of Old Town. She
also taught dance in the Bangor and Old Town Y programs. She
was a choir singer, a violin enthusiast, and did free-lance
painting and portraits on commission.

Reference: Edward M. and Barbara S. Coan

8 7 6 5

MICHAEL JAY COAN (Edward M. , Philip M. , Titus M. , Ti-
tus4, Gaylord3, Mulford2, George1) was born in Glen Ridge,

At Susan Elizabeth Coan's wedding: (front) Alison Coan Dibble
holding Norman Edward Dibble, Annette Burr Coan, Susan, (back)
Michael Jay Coan, Norman Charles Keith Dibble III, Barbara Smith
Coan, Edward James Coan, Ronald Wayne Eddy, Edward Morel
Coan.

Ronald Wayne Eddy and Susan
Elizabeth Coan Eddy

Edward and Barbara Coan in
1981

Standing: Philip Burr Coan, Leonie Coan Dun-
lap, Edward Morel Coan; seated, Sarah Coan
Acheson — 1975.

Hamilton M. Coan. Courtesy
Princeton University.

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN FILE 383

New Jersey, July 24, 1955, the son of Edward Morel and Bar-
'bara Frances (Smith) Coan. In 1975 he was graduated from the
University of Maine in Orono where he received a degree in
forestry with highest distinction. He worked with Maine In-
dians, on the Continental Divide, in Colorado, and in Alaska
on the North Slope. He resided in Anchorage. In 1982 he was
on a sabattical traveling in Japan, Fiji, Australia, and New
Zealand. He planned to return to Alaska to homestead.

Reference: Edward M. and Barbara S. Coan

8 7 6 5

SUSAN ELIZABETH COAN (Edward M. , Philip M. , Titus M. ,

Titus , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was born in Glen Ridge,
New Jersey, January 21, 1959, the daughter of Edward Morel
and Barbara Frances (Smith) Coan. May 28, 1978, at Lincoln,
Maine, she married Ronald Wayne Eddy, who was born Septem-
ber 3, 1954, at Lincoln, the son of William and Ruby Eddy of
Newfoundland. He was a graduate of the University of Maine
in Orono and served with the United States Navy in dental
hygiene. He worked at the Chester, Maine, dental clinic in a
rural pediatric dentistry program. He was also first select-
man of the town of Burlington. In 1982 he was a partner of
Dr. David Talley, Old Town. Besides being active in church
affairs, Susan attended the University of Maine in Orono and
planned to do graduate study in either social work or occu-
pational therapy.

Reference: Edward M. and Barbara S. Coan

HAMILTON MOREL COAN (Titus M. , Titus , Gaylord , Mulford ,
George1) was born in New York City June 17, 1886, the son of
Titus Munson and Leonie Pauline (Morel) Coan. He was gradu-
ated from Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey; and
in 1907 received an A.B. degree from Princeton University.
He then went to work as a bank messenger at Liberty National
Bank. The summer of 1909 he was a field assistant with the
United States Forest Service in Montana. This summer experi-
ence made him decide to enter Yale Forest School from which
he was graduated with an M.F. degree in 1910. From 1910 un-
til 1914 he worked as forest assistant in the United States
Forest Service. The first two years he worked in the Chelan
National Forest which adjoins the main range of the Cascade
Mountains in the State of Washington. He then was located at
Whitman National Forest in Oregon. He next worked as fores-
ter and tree surgeon with Davey Tree Surgery Company, New
York.

July 23, 1917, in World War I Hamilton enlisted as a
private in Battery A, 1st Battalion Trench Artillery, 9th
Regiment, New York. He was sent to Fort Hancock, New Jersey,
where he volunteered for overseas duty. On January 4, 1918,
he sailed on the America and arrived in Brest January 23.

384 COAN GENEALOGY

He served at Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, and Argonne .
From March 1, 1919, until June 30, 1919, he was a student at
the University of Rennes, Brittany. He left Brest July 5,
1919, and arrived in New York City July 14. He was dis-
charged from the service July 18.

After his discharge he returned to forestry work. Even-
tually he moved back to New York City. In 1970 he was living
in Brooklyn and spending the summer at Montauk. He never
married .

Reference: Alumni Office and University Archives, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Graduates and Former Students of the Yale Fores-
try School (New Haven, 1913), pp. 243, 244.

5 4 3 2 1

HARRIET FIDELIA COAN (Titus , Gaylord , Mulford , George )

was born in Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, August 18, 1839, the

daughter of Titus and Fidelia (Church) Coan. As a young girl

she went back to the States to complete her education. She

returned to the islands to enter upon what she believed to

be her life's work--teaching there. She spent her life in

this career; and as her obituary states, "as an educator she

was always sought."

In 1905 she was operated on for cancer, and she never
quite rallied from the effects of this operation. Neverthe-
less, she taught at the Union School until the close of the
term in 1906. When she went into the hospital a week before
she died, she calmly announced to her friends that she did
not expect to see them again. She died July 23, 1906.

Her estate was valued at more than $10,000. Most of
this she left to her sister Sarah. She also remembered her
brother Titus, her nephew Raymond Coan, the Foreign Church,
and the cemetery for maintenance of the Coan lot. In her
will following the disposition of her property, she gave
minute details as to how she wished her funeral conducted,
even to the number of hacks to be engaged. The situation of
her grave was carefully specified, and her executor was di-
rected to purchase an inexpensive gravestone which was to be
marked: "Harriet F. Coan, 1839-1906, Gone Home."

Reference: Hawaiian Herald (Hilo), July 26, 1906. (Collec-
tion of Edward M. Coan).

5 4 3 2 1

SARAH ELIZA COAN (Titus , Gaylord , Mulford , George ) was

born in Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, January 26, 1843, the daugh-
ter of Titus and Fidelia (Church) Coan. October 5, 1880, she
married Edward Emerson Waters, and they lived in Kingston,
New York. Edward died June 14, 1908; Sarah, March 29, 1916,
in New York City. They left no children.

Reference: Emens, Descendants of Captain Samuel Church,
p. 42

THE GEORGE, MULFORD, GAYLORD COAN LINE 385

SAMUEL LATIMER COAN (Titus4, Gaylord3 , Mulford2, George1)
was born in Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, January 23, 1846, the
son of Titus and Fidelia (Church) Coan. He married Jerusha
Biggs Spear June 8, 1877. Samuel died January 18, 1887, at
Hilo.

Children (6) COAN

i. Harold Latimer, b. Feb. 24, 1878; d. Aug. 17, 1878.
ii. Raymond Church, b. Sept. 9, 1884

6 5 4 3

RAYMOND CHURCH1 COAN (Samuel L. , Titus , Gaylord , Mul-
ford , George ) was born in Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, Septem-
ber 9, 1884, the son of Samuel Latimer and Jerusha Biggs
(Speer) Coan. He went to the States to Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn, New York, and to Cornell University, Ithaca, for
his advanced education. At Cornell he was a member of Delta
Kappa Epsilon fraternity and later was a non-resident member
of the Cornell Club of New York City. In 1917 during World
War I he went to France and was a first lieutenant, United
States Army Ambulance Service with the French Army. On Nov-
ember 11, 1918, he was serving in the Sanitary Service Unit
584, American Expeditionary Forces. He was awarded the
French Croix de Guerre and honorably discharged May 5, 1919.
After the Armistice he took a course at Sainte Nazaire. When
he returned to this country, he lived in Avon Springs and
Tampa, Florida. He died single December 10, 1951.

Reference: Sarah Burr Coan's notes (Edward M. Coan Collec-
tion )

Department of Manuscripts and University Ar-
chives, Cornell University, 101 Olin Library, Ithaca,
NY 14853

Cemetery in Sandgate, Vermont. Stone in front marks the grave of
Lucy Coan Warner; stone to the right is that of her husband, Wil-
liam Warner. Courtesy Robert W. Fulton.

Gravestones of Sylvanus' Coan and his granddaughter Ann, daughter of his
son, Sylvanus Hugh, Bidwell Cemetery, Parish, New York.

CHAPTER 8

3 2

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS

Principal Sources used in this chapter:

Lucien C. Warner and Mrs. Josephine Genung Nichols,
comp. , The Descendants of Andrew Warner (New Haven, Conn.:
The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1919), pp. 254, 255,
379, 380, 381. 8

Margaret S. and Roger A. Ruth , 390 Rock Beach Road,
Rochester, NY 14617. (From their own research, family rec-
ords, and personal genealogical collection, Margaret and Ro-
ger have contributed most of the data and the illustrations
for Sylvanus Coan and his descendants.)

Other References given in text and after biographies where
they have been used.

3 2 1

LUCY COAN (Mulford , George ) was born in Guilford, Connec-
ticut, in 1765 or 1766, the daughter of Mulford and Mary
(Stone) Coan. On March 20, 1780, she married in Woodbury,
William Warner, who was born in Judea , Connecticut, Novem-
ber 12, 1770, the son of Eliphaz and Mercy (Drinkwater) War-
ner. Eliphaz and Mercy came from Middletown, Connecticut, to
Sandgate, Vermont, in 1776. He served as a soldier in the
various alarms during the American Revolution. He was on the
Proprietors Committee and laid out most of the first land
surveys for Sandgate.

William was a farmer in Sandgate, and the Federal Cen-
sus for Vermont, 1850, recorded him there with property val-
ued at $1,000. That same census listed the William Warner &
Co., a lumbering business, which no doubt belonged to him.
It turned logs into boards by the use of water power, em-
ployed three hired hands, and paid a male laborer an average
of $50 a month. The company produced 70,000 feet of boards
and 30,000 feet of clapboards annually.

Lucy died in Sandgate October 2, 1815, in her 41st
year. William married second Abigail Root, who died June 13,
1818, in her 34th year. He married third Prudence Nickerson
by whom he had four children: James, Lucy Mercy, Ira N. ,
and Ann. He died May 24, 1856, in Sandgate and was buried
with his first two wives in the cemetery there.

387

3 88 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (4) WARNER

i. Mary, b. Jan. 8, 1799

ii. William, b. Nov. 6, 1801

iii. Joseph, b. Oct. 7, 1803

iv. Lucina, b. Dec. 6, 1805, in Sandgate; m. Clark

Reed and lived in Jasper, Ohio

v. Gaylord Coan, b. Apr. 1, 1808

vi . Benjamin Stone, b. June 15, 1810

vii. John, b. June 2, 1812

Reference: Gravestones: cemetery in Sandgate, Vt.

Irma E. Renner, The Story of Sandgate, Vermont
1761-1961 (Shaftsbury, Vt . : Farnham & Farnham, 1961),
p. 19.

4
MARY WARNER , the daughter of William and Lucy (Coan)

Warner, was born in Sandgate, Vermont, January 8, 1799. She
married Samuel Meeker. The Federal Census of 1850 of Ver-
mont, town of Sandgate, recorded Ira Warner, aged 20, and
Ann Warner, aged 17, children of Mary's father's third wife,
as living with Mary and Samuel.

4
WILLIAM WARNER, JR. , the son of William and Lucy (Coan)

Warner, was born in Sandgate, Vermont, November 6, 1801. In

1825 he married Sally Safford. He was a farmer and moved

from Vermont to Ohio by carriage in 1831. In Ohio he settled

in Munson, Geauga County. Sally died in 1864; William in

1892.

Children

( 5 ) WARNER

i .

DeWitt Clinton

ii .

Irwin

iii .

Amos

iv.

Abner

El izabeth

vi .

Annette

vii .

Lucy

DEWITT CLINTON WARNER , the son of William, Jr., and Sally
(Safford) Warner, married Ann Pugsley.

Children (6) WARNER

i. Eugene Leslie, b. Oct. 31, 1863

ii. Cyrus C, d. in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb., 1913; mar-
ried and had a son Nelson, as well as one other
son

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 389

6
EUGENE LESLIE WARNER , the son of DeWitt Clinton and Ann

(Pugsley) Warner, was born October 31, 1863, in Munson,

Ohio. On December 11, 1889, in Chardon he married Edna

Hazen, who was born in Munson May 11, 1864, the daughter of

Livingston and Harriet (Downing) Hazen. In 1916 Eugene lived

in Mantua, Ohio.

Children (7) WARNER

i. Ethel Mae, b. Apr. 21, 1892, in Munson, Ohio; m.
Jan. 19, 1910, in Ravenna James Ishee; they re-
sided in Huntsburg; one son, Vaughn, born in
Huntsburg Oct. 12, 1910

4
JOSEPH WARNER , the son of William and Lucy (Coan) Warner,

was born in Sandgate, Vermont, October 7, 1803. He married

Mary Coville and was a farmer in Chesterland, Ohio. Mary

died there January 28, 1890; Joseph, February 4, 1890.

Children (5) WARNER

i. Adelbert, married and had three sons: Elmer;

Wilbur, m. and had two daughters; and Harold
ii. Sarah L. , b. Apr. 30, 1830
iii. Jane Ann, b. Nov. 5, 1832
iv. Benjamin Silas, b. Dec. 24, 1834
v. Andrew James, b. Jan. 13, 18 37; m. Cynthia Rod-

gers Bartlett
vi. Edwin Eugene, b. Sept. 14, 1843, in Chester,

Ohio; was a teacher; d. Jan. 19, 1863

SARAH L. WARNER , the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Coville)
Warner, was born April 30, 1830. She resided in Fullertown,
Ohio, and married Granville Nichols.

Children (6) NICHOLS

i. Victor, resided in Fullertown; m. and had two
daughters, Hazel and Vera

ii. Nellie, resided in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; m.

Robinson and had a daughter Florence, m. Clyde
Hoopes and had a daughter Lucile

iii. Florence, resided in Geneva, Ohio; m. Pel-
ton; had children, Forest and Gladys

iv. Ernest, resided in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; m. and
daughter Muriel and a son

the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Coville)
November 5, 1832, in Chester, Ohio. On
married Daniel Nutt, a farmer. They re-
Ohio, where she died July 2, 1900.

had a

JANE ANN
Warner,
June 20,
sided in

5
WARNER ,

was born

1851, she

Russell ,

3 90 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (6) NUTT

i. Daniel, resided in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; had three
children: Raymond, d. leaving a son Raymond,
Jr.; Blanche, m. Herbert Winchell and had a son
Lawrence; Ethel

ii. Edna, m. and d. leaving no children

iii. Nellie, had one son

BENJAMIN SILAS WARNER , the son of Joseph and Mary (Coville)
Warner, was born December 24, 1834, in Chester, Ohio. He was
a farmer and in October, 1866, married Angeline Hawkins.

Children (6) WARNER

i. Olga, had two children: Ellen and John

ii. Gabbard

iii. Florida

iv. Delray

4
GAYLORD COAN WARNER , the son of William, Jr., and Lucy

(Coan) Warner, was born April 1, 1808, in Sandgate, Vermont.

He was a farmer residing in Chardon, Ohio. On December 5,

1833, he was present at the first town meeting held at the

organization of the town of Chatham, Ohio, and was one of

eleven voters. February 4, 1833, he married Martha Packard.

He married second Mary Adams.

Children

( 5 ) WARNER

i .

Darius John,

beth Hazen

ii .

Emma

iii .

Delphia

iv.

Julia

BENJAMIN

4
STONE WARNER ,

June 30, 1834; m. Annette Eliza-

the son of William, Jr., and Lucy
(Coan) Warner, was born June 15, 1810, in Sandgate, Vermont.
He moved to Ohio in 1831, was a farmer in Munson, and jus-
tice of the peace from 1869 to 1875. On January 8, 1839, he
married Hannah Malona Gleason.

Children (5) WARNER all born in Munson, Ohio

i. Davis William, m. Martha Gilbert

ii. Jane Viola, b. Dec. 3, 1842; m. David Rodgers

Bartlett
iii. John Barton, b. May 26, 1846; m. Almeda Jerusha

Cole
iv. Clarence Fremont, b. Aug. 7, 1855; m. Lavina

Jane Hodges

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 391

4
JOHN WARNER , the son of William, Jr., and Lucy (Coan) War-
ner, was born in Sandgate, Vermont, June 2, 1812. He resided
in Sandgate as late as 1850, as he was recorded in the Fed-
eral Census of Vermont for that year as having farm property
worth $1,000. On November 1, 1838, he married Lydia Warren,
who was born about 1815. All their children were born in
Sandgate; but some time after 1850 he moved to Munson, Ohio
and was an innkeeper there. He died in Munson February 19,
1889.

Children (5) WARNER

i. John Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1839

ii. Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 30, 1841

iii. Daniel D., b. June 30, 1843

iv. Joel B. , b. July 10, 1844

v. Mary L., b. Oct. 22, 1848

vi. Sarah

5
JOHN HENRY WARNER , the son of John and Lydia (Warren) War-
ner, was born in Sandgate, Vermont, September 8, 1839. He
married Amelia Pratt and was justice of the peace in Munson,
Ohio, from 1900 until 1910.

Children (6) WARNER

i. Harriet Lucy, b. June 23, 1867

ii. Emma, m. Babcock, son of Levi Babcock;

children: Glenn, Milton, Rosetta

6
HARRIET LUCY WARNER , the daughter of John Henry and Amelia

(Pratt) Warner, was born in Munson, Ohio, June 23, 1867. She
married there on September 23, 1887, Benjamin Franklin Ha-
zen, who was born in Munson February 18, 1861, the son of
Winchester and Amanda (Perry) Hazen. They lived in Munson.
Harriet died in Munson in 1907. Benjamin married second Jan-
uary 1, 1909, Mrs. Ethia Taylor.

Children (7) HAZEN

i. Charles Clarence, b. June 21, 1893, Munson, Ohio

6
ELIZA ANN WARNER , the daughter of John and Lydia (Warren)

Warner, was born March 30, 1841. She married first

La Dow; second, Hodges.

Children (7) LA DOW

i. Cora, m. George Hodges; had children, Mona and

George Henry
ii. Earl, m. and had children, Claude and Maria
iii. Amy, m. James Zethmayr and had children, Gordon

and Willard

3 92 COAN GENEALOGY

MARY L. WARNER6, the daughter of John and Lydia (Warren)
Warner, was born October 22, 1848. She married Perry Parker.

Children (7) PARKER

Eva, m. Hendricks and had children, Glad-
den, Arleigh, and Perry

den, Arleigh, and Perry
ii. Willis, d. leaving no family

3 2 1

SYLVANUS COAN (Mulford , George ) was born October 28,

1778, and baptized December 6, 1778, in Guilford, Connecti-
cut, Congregational Church. He was the son of Mulford and
Mary (Stone) Coan. When Sylvanus was in his teens in 1794,
the family moved to Woodbury. On November 8, 1798, in Rox-
bury, he married Ruanna Tuttle, who was born in Roxbury July
28, 1781. She died February 15, 1801, at Woodbury.

Sylvanus was a cooper and a farmer. He married second
Lucy Ann Munger November 1, 1801. She was born in Woodbury,
November 3, 1783, the daughter of John and Ann (Hough) Mun-
ger. According to Barbour Records, Lucy Ann Munger had a son
John Reynolds, born January 28, 1801. In the biography of
Albert Stone Coan, in D. Hamilton Hurd's History of Fair-
field County, Connecticut (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co.,
1881), op. p. 64, Sylvanus and Lucy were said to have had
four children. Records show only three. Could John Reynolds
have been the fourth? Lucy divorced Sylvanus; and he went
West, taking his younger son Milo with him. The older boy,
Albert, remained with his mother. On October 22, 1810, maybe
in Western Canada (now the province of Ontario) he married
third Polly Hough, who was born May 27, 1784. About 1815
Sylvanus went to New York State. Polly died July 21, 1819,
aged 35.

On September 9, 1820, probably at Parish, New York,
Sylvanus married fourth Frances (Fanny) Williams, who was
born June 27, 1802. Sylvanus lived for the rest of his life
at Parish where he was magistrate of the town for many years
and a prominent member of the Baptist Church. Sylvanus died,
aged 81, May 24, 1859, at Parish and was buried there in
Bidwell Cemetery. Fanny died March 31, 1888.

Children (4) COAN

by Ruanna

i. Nelson T. Coan, b. Aug. 11, 1799

by Lucy Ann

ii. Albert Stone, b. Aug. 11, 1803

iii. Milo Mulford, b. Mar. 12, 1805

iv. Emeline, b. ca. 1807; d. Jan. 24, 1810 at Rox-
bury

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 39 3

by Polly

v. Marcia, b. June 27, 1811

vi . Asahel, b. Apr. 13, 1813

vii. Royal Ralph, b. Feb. 10, 1817

viii. Sylvanus Hugh, b. July 2, 1819

by Fanny

ix. Lorenzo D., b. Aug. 3, 1821

x. William, b. Dec. 7, 1825

xi. Helen, a twin, b. Sept. 28, 1828; m. Samuel C.
Porter; d. June 8, 1849; buried Bidwell Ceme-
tery, Parish, N. Y.

xii. Harriet, a twin, b. Sept. 28, 1828; m.

Kemble; in 1892 living in Ilion, N. Y.; had
one son

xiii. Mary Jane (Polly); b. Aug. 5, 1832; m. Oris
Slack; d. Dec. 9, 1873

xiv. Ira Smith, b. Aug. 28, 1836

Reference: Mrs. Roger A. Ruth, copier of "Coan Family Bible
Record," D.A.R. of New York State Unpublished Bible Re-
cords, Vol. 119, pp. 126-130 (Albany, New York State
Library ) .

Vital Records, Roxbury, Conn., Vol. A, p. 343.

Vital Records, Woodbury, Conn., Vol. 1, p. 92.

4 3 2 1

NELSON T. COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born in

Connecticut August 11, 1799, the son of Sylvanus and Ruanna

(Tuttle) Coan. His mother died when he was about a year and

a half old. The next record we have of him was found in

Sandgate, Vermont, where his Aunt Lucy (Coan) Warner lived;

so in all probability she brought him up. On November 7,

1830, Nelson married Nancy Remington in Sandgate, Vermont.

She was born in Vermont about 1797. They lived in Sandgate

where, according to the Federal Census for Vermont in 1850,

Nelson was a mechanic; the Census in 1860, a miller. From

September 16, 1853, until April 18, 1861, he was postmaster

of Sandgate. According to a card file in Vital Records,

Montpelier, Vermont, Nelson died in Sandgate March 20, 1864,

aged 69. Either the date or the age is wrong. Either he died

in 1864, aged 64; or he died in 1869, aged 69. These records

have been copied, and maybe recopied, from the original; so

errors do occur. Although two cemeteries were searched in

Sandgate, his gravestone was not found.

Children (5) COAN

i. Nelson

ii. William Hayhurst, b. April 2, 1835

3 94 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Ira E. Renner, The Story of Sandgate, Vermont
1761-1961 (Shaftsbury, Vt . : Farnham & Farnham, 1961),
p. 53.

5 4 3 2 1

NELSON COAN (Nelson T. , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was

born in Sandgate, Vermont, the son of Nelson T. and Nancy
(Remington) Coan. December 6, 1855, at Richford he married
Olive Gross. Nelson was a farmer, and they resided in Rich-
ford and Enosburg.

Children (6) COAN

i. Infant, d. July 25, 1858, Enosburg
ii. 0. D., b. Nov. 5, 1869, Richford, Vt .

Reference: Card file, Vital Records, Montpelier, Vt .

5 4 3 , „ ,2

WILLIAM HAYHURST COAN (Nelson T. , Sylvanus , Mulford ,

George1) was born in Sandgate, Vermont, April 2, 1835, the
son of Nelson T. and Nancy (Remington) Coan. He married Am-
elia , who was born in Saratoga Springs, May 24,

1832. They lived in Sandgate until sometime between 1859 and
1862 when they moved to Missouri. Amelia died November 1,
1871, and William married second Alice C. Van Wagnen, who
was born July 24, 1849. Alice died October 4, 1883. William
died in Texas November 15, 1913.

Children (6) COAN

by Amelia

i. Henrietta, b. Nov. 30, 1855, Sandgate, Vt .

ii. Mary B., b. Apr. 14, 1857, Sandgate, Vt .

iii. George, b. 1862, Miller County, Mo.

iv. Julia B., b. 1866, Buchanon County, Mo.

by Alice

v. Ernest Ellwood, b. 1870; son of Alice adopted by

Wil 1 iam
vi. Will A., b. July 20, 1873
vii. Elroy Burdette, b. Feb. 12, 1876
viii. Cora Maude, b. 1880

Reference: From "Family History" by Grady B. Coan, Aztec,
N. M., as it appeared in Virginia Catherine Coan Wiles,
The Coan Family of America, 1963, Vol. I (Salt Lake
City, Utah: Genealogical Department Library, Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Microfilm No.
525,726) .

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 395

GEORGE COAN (William H. , Nelson T.4, Sylvanus3, Mulford2,
George ) was born in 1862 in Miller County, Missouri, the
son of William Hayhurst and Amelia Coan. He married Luna
Adele Van Wagnen, who was born August 29, 1857.

Children (7) COAN

i. Walter, b. 1889; d. 1890

ii. Rachel, b. 1891; m. Jewell Phillips; d. 1915

iii. Floyd, b. 1894

iv. Vesta, b. 1895

v. Irving, b. Sept. 11, 1897; m. Jean ; was a

minister

vi. Jesse Iona, b. Sept. 1, 1900; m. Hendricks

vii. Amelia, b. 1905

Reference: Grady Coan, Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol.
I.

6 5 4 3

ERNEST ELLWOOD COAN (William H. , Nelson T. , Sylvanus ,

Mulford , George1) was born in 1870, the son of Alice Van
Wagnen and an adopted son of William Hayhurst Coan. He mar-
ried Sue Ellen Schubert, who was born about 1874 in Tuscum-
bia, Missouri. Ernest died young leaving Ellen with two
small children. She pioneered an Oklahoma claim and later
did nursing in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, and Arizona be-
fore moving to National City, California, in 1925. She was a
member of Southwest Chapter 345, Order of Eastern Star, and
of the First Methodist church, both in National City. She
died July 1, 1947, in National City and was buried in Glen
Abbey Memorial Park.

Children (7) COAN

i. Mabel, b. in Missouri; teacher in elementary
school; lived in National City, California, in
1973

ii. Otis Welton, b. Apr. 21, 1895

Reference: Richard W. Coan to John V. Coan, September 29,
1973.

"Mrs. Ellen S. Coan, Mother of Two Teachers

Succumbs," San Diego Union, July 2, 1947, p. 8, Col. 1.

7 6 5 4

OTIS WELTON COAN (Ernest E. , William H. , Nelson T. , Syl-
vanus3, Mulford2, George1) was born in Iberia, Missouri, Ap-
ril 21, 1895, son of Ernest and Sue Ellen (Schubert) Coan.
He was graduated from Hastings college with an A.B. degree
in 1922 and did graduate study at the University of Kansas
and the University of Arizona. In 1928 he received an M.A.
degree from the University of California in Berkley.

396 COAN GENEALOGY

In June, 1925, he married Dorothy Wilson. In 1924-1925
he was instructor in English at the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville; 1925-1926 at Central Junior College, El
Centro, California; and in 1929 at Los Angeles City College,
Los Angeles, where in 1978 he was professor emeritus.

During World War I in 1918-1919 he served with the
United States Army. He was a member of American Civil Liber-
ties Union, American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship
of Reconciliation, and Friends Committee on Legislation.
Otis and Dorothy were divorced; and September 3, 1940, he
married second Berenice Ellman.

Otis's writings included Rocktown, Arkansas, a novel;
America in Fiction: An Annotated List of Novels That Inter-
pret Aspects of Life in the United States, which he edited
with Richard G. Lillard; and Travel ing, a book of poems.
Also, he was a contributor to education, civil rights, and
consumer publications. In 1973 he lived in Palo Alto, Cali-
fornia .

Children (8) COAN

by Dorothy

i. Donald Wilson

ii. Richard Welton, b. Jan. 24, 1928

by Berenice

iii. Eugene Victor, b. Mar. 26, 1943; a marine biolo-
gist, worked in 1973 for the Sierra Club; with
James Graham Cooper wrote Pioneer Western Nat-
ural ist published in 1982.

Reference: Richard W. Coan to John V. Coan, September 29,
1973.

Christine Nasso, ed., Contemporary Authors, Per-
manent Series (Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Company,
1978), Vol. 2, p. 122.

8 7 6 5

DONALD WILSON COAN (Otis W. , Ernest E. , William H. , Nel-
son T.4, Sylvanus3 , Mulford2, George1) was the son of Otis
Welton and Dorothy (Wilson) Coan. He married Grace Ite. In
1973 he was a social worker, and they lived in Sacramento,
California .

Children

( 9 ) COAN

i .

Avis, b. 1951

ii .

Norman, b. 1953

iii .

Carol, b. 1955

iv.

Iris, b. 1959

Darwin

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 397

Reference :
1973

Richard W. Coan to John V. Coan, September 29,

8 7

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Nelson T.4, Sylvanus3, Mulford2,

California, January 24, 1928, the son

Dorothy (Wilson) Coan. He received an

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1946

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from Los Angeles City College; an A.B. in 1948; and an

in 1950 from the University of California, Berkley; a
in 1955 from the University of Southern California.

He was a research associate in psychology at the Uni-
versity of Illinois, Urbana, 1955-1957; assistant professor,
1957-1960, associate professor 1960-1964, professor of psy-
chology, 1964--at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was
a member of American Psychological Association, Association
for Humanistic Psychology, and the Society for Multivariate
Experimental Psychology.

His writings included The Optimal Personality: An Em-
pirical and Theoretical Analysis; Hero, Artist, Sage, or
Saint?: A Survey of Views on What Is Variously Called Men-
tal Health, Normality, Maturity, Self -Actual ization , and Hu-

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Children (9) COAN

i . Lisa , b. 1951 ; m.
ii. Cynthia, b. 1960

Cooper

Reference: Jane A.
troit , Mich. :
72, p. 136.

6
WILL A. COAN (William

George1) was born July

and Alice (Van Wagnen)

died October 30, 1936.

Bowden, ed. ,
Gale Research

Contemporary Authors ( De-
Company, 1978), Vol. 69-

5 4 3 2

H. , Nelson T. , Sylvanus , Mulford ,

20, 1873, the son of William Hayhurst

Coan. He married Neal Weeks. Will

Children

( 7 ) COAN

i .

Beatrice,

b. 1903

ii .

Minor, b.

1905

iii .

Carry, b.

1908

IV.

Ezell

3 98 COAN GENEALOGY

Reference: Grady Coan, Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol.
I.

6 5 4 3

ELROY BURDETTE COAN (William H. , Nelson T. , Sylvanus ,

Mulford2, George1) was born February 12, 1876, the son of

William Hayhurst and Alice (Van Wagnen ) Coan. He married

Martha Weeks, who was born January 19, 1878. Elroy died in

1943; Martha, in 1959.

Children (7) COAN

i. Joy Gertrude, b. Feb., 1898; m. J. M. Winters;

had several children
ii. Alice, b. 1899
iii. Grady B., b. July 24, 1900
iv. Robert Mansfield, b. June 25, 1903; m. Frances

Givens; two children: Doris, Jes
v. John Clifton, b. Mar. 10, 1905; m. Vera Crump;
two children: Kenneth, Joan
Christian, b. 1907; m. Lloyd Jones
Elroy Burdette II, b. 1909; m. Vela Sue Neal ;

two children: Stanley, E. B.
Ethel June; m. Archie Tuttle

William Thomas; m. Alice ; children: De-
lilah, Mary Ann, Thomas

Grady Coan, Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol.

7 6 5 4

GRADY B. COAN (Elroy B. , William H. , Nelson T. , Sylva-
nus3, Mulford2, George1) was born July 24, 1900, the son of
Elroy Burdette and Martha (Weeks) Coan. He married Nora
Pugh, who was born March 31, 1909.

Children (8) COAN

i. James M. , b. July 16, 1931; m. Beverly Spineli
ii. Caroline E., m. J. C. Casey; two children: Joni,
b. 1957; John Coan, b. 1959

Reference: Grady Coan, Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol.
I.

4 3 2 1

ALBERT STONE COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born

in Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, August 11,

1803, the son of Sylvanus and Lucy Ann (Munger) Coan. When

he was eight or nine years old, his father and mother were

divorced; and his father went West. At the age of ten Albert

was put out to work for Matthew Logan. He worked on the farm

of Logan until he was eighteen or twenty years old when he

VI .

Vll .

viii

IX.

erence

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 399

commenced to learn the boot and shoe trade. He had little
formal education, but worked at his trade winters and on the
farm summers for the next twelve years. He then worked a
farm on shares for six years when he purchased his own farm
in Woodbury. In 1845 he purchased a farm in Trumbull.

On December 6, 1824, he married Sarah Ann Thomas, who
was born March 19, 1803, and died May 29, 1839, aged 36. On
January 1, 1840, he married second Abby B. Burgess, who was
born in Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, May 10,
1809. According to the Barbour Collection, Church Records of
Trumbull Congregational Church, Vol. 3, pp. 78 and 146, when
Albert and his daughter Sarah Abigail were baptized May 13,
1849, and when Albert was admitted to the church, his name
was Albert Sylvanus, not Albert Stone. He apparently changed
the Sylvanus to Stone, since all other records list him as
Albert Stone.

Albert was a life-long Democrat of the Jeffersonian
school. He served as town assessor, a delegate to town and
county conventions, and was a member of the State Legisla-
ture in 1868. He and Abby belonged to the Congregational
Church of Trumbull Centre. Abby died June 23, 1886. Albert
died in Shelton January 25, 1898, aged 95.

Children (5) COAN

by Sarah

i. William Wallace, b. Mar. 1, 1826

ii. Sarah Abigail, b. June 2, 1831

iii. Albert Martin, b. Feb. 17, 1835

iv. Henry Fowler, b. Oct. 6, 1837

by Abby

v. Wesley Burgess, b. Mar. 21, 1842

Reference: D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Fairfield, Connect-
icut (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1881), between
pp. 804 and 805.

5 4 3 2

WILLIAM WALLACE COAN (Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mulford ,

George1) was born March 1, 1826, son of Albert Stone and

Sarah Ann (Thomas) Coan. He married Mary E. Andrews. William

died May 1, 1855; Mary, September 4, 1863. They had no

children.

5 4 3 2

SARAH ABIGAIL COAN (Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mulford ,

George1) was born June 2, 1831, daughter of Albert Stone and
Sarah Ann (Thomas) Coan. On April 29, 1850, she married Sam-
uel Booth. She married second Eli C. Hawley, who was born
November 28, 1818. Sarah died December 22, 1888; Eli died
April 20, 1899.

4 00 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (6) BOOTH

i. Eugene, b. Aug. 16, 1850; missionary to Japan

HAWLEY

ii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1855; d. Jan. 15, 1893

iii. Seymour P., b. Sept. 19, 1856; d. Sept. 3, 1859

iv. Edgar Homer, b. Oct. 10, 1858

v. Arthur Nelson, b. Aug. 4, 1860

vi. Wallace Burr, b. July 17, 1862; d. April 12,

1863
vii. Susan Mary, b. May 12, 1864
viii. Sarah Louise, b. Nov. 20, 1865
ix. Wallace Grant, b. Nov. 17, 1867
x. Grace Medora, b. Jan. 11, 1871
xi. Frank Burr, b. June 9, 1872; d. Jan. 1, 1892,

aged 19

5 4 3 2

ALBERT MARTIN COAN (Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mulford

George1 ) was born February 17, 1835, son of Albert Stone and
Sarah Ann (Thomas) Coan. He married Annie S. Sizer of Hol-
land Patent, New York. Albert enlisted to serve in the Civil
War August 31, 1862. On November 14, 1862, he was mustered
into the infantry, Company D, 23rd Regiment of Connecticut
Volunteers. He was a private and was mustered out August 31,
1863. After Albert's death his widow lived in Brockport,
New York.

Children (6) COAN

i. Mary Frances, m. Gilbert Hamlin of Clarkson, N. Y.
Feb. 3, 1888

5 4 3 2

HENRY FOWLER COAN (Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mulford
George1 ) was born October 6, 1837, the son of Albert Stone
and Sarah Ann (Thomas) Coan. He married Mary A. Dewhurst.
He was a corporal in the Civil War and enlisted August 18,
1862. He was mustered into the infantry, Company D, 23rd
Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, November 14, 1862. Henry
died October 17, 1904; Mary, April 2, 1907. They had no
children .

5 4 3 2

WESLEY BURGESS COAN (Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mulford
George 1 ) was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, March 21,
1842, son of Albert Stone and Abby B. (Burgess) Coan. On
August 25, 1862, he married Elizabeth Mary Shelton, who was
born August 16, 1845, daughter of Sylvanus and Mariette
(Hawley) Shelton. He was interested in Coan family history
and was the author of the first genealogical manuscript on
the Coans. Elizabeth died in September, 1925; Wesley, July
10, 1928.

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 401

Children (6) COAN

i. Albert Wesley, b. Sept. 23, 1864
ii. Irwin Shelton, b. Feb. 26, 1867
iii. Minnie Abby, b. May 27, 1870

6 5 4 3

ALBERT WESLEY COAN (Wesley B. , Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mul-

ford , George ) was born September 23, 1864, son of Wesley

Burgess and Elizabeth Mary (Shelton) Coan. On June 18, 1887,

he married Alice Jeanette Curtis, who was born July 5, 1865.

Alice died July 9, 1918; Albert, May 28, 1946.

Children (7) COAN

i. Wesley Booth, b. June 8, 1891

7 6 5 4

WESLEY BOOTH COAN (Albert W. , Wesley B. , Albert S. , Syl-
vanus , Mulford , George ) was born June 8, 1891, son of Al-
bert Wesley and Alice Jeanette (Curtis) Coan. On July 31,
1915, he married Florence Turkington, who was born Decem-
ber 30, 1888, daughter of Arthur and Laura Nancy (Dayton)
Turkington of Morris, Connecticut. They lived in Derby, Con-
necticut. Wesley died in February, 1967.

Children (8) COAN

i. Virginia Turkington, b. Jan. 13, 1917

8 7 6

VIRGINIA TURKINGTON COAN (Wesley B. , Albert W. , Wesley
5 4 3 ?

B. , Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born Jan-
uary 13, 1917. On September 18, 1944, she married Joseph
Franklin O'Brien, who was born June 30, 1914.

Children (9) O'BRIEN

i. Joseph Franklin O'Brien, Jr., b. May 2, 1949
ii. Robert David, b. Aug. 18, 1955

6 5 4 3

IRWIN SHELTON 1 COAN (Wesley B. , Albert S. , Sylvanus , Mul-
ford , George ) was born in Trumbull, Connecticut, February
26, 1867, son of Wesley Burgess and Elizabeth Mary (Shelton)
Coan. On January 12, 1888, he married Nelie Blakeman, who
was born December 14, 1867. They lived in Derby.

Irwin served as deputy sheriff of New Haven for several
years. He was city sheriff in Derby for four years, and a
Derby alderman from 1929 until 1934. He was a member of the
Derby Lodge of Elks and the First Congregational Church in
Derby. For 12 years before he retired at age 84 he was a
guard at Ansonia Water Company. Irwin was the oldest living

402 COAN GENEALOGY

ex-fire chief in Connecticut and the oldest living member of
Echo Hose, Hook, and Ladder Company in Shelton. He joined
Echo Hose in 1896 and later served as chief and foreman
( captain ) .

Nelie died May 26, 1952. Irwin died January 2, 1968, at
the age of 100, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Shel-
ton.

Children (7) COAN

i. Bessie Chatfield, b. Oct. 2, 1889

Reference: Newspaper Clipping of Jan. 2, 1968, paper un-
known (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Ruth).

BESSIE CHATFIELD COAN (Irwin S. , Wesley B.5, Albert S.4,
Sylvanus , Mulford , George1) was born October 2, 1889,
daughter of Irwin Shelton and Nelie (Blakeman) Coan. She
married William H. Cloughessy January 12, 1909. He was born
February 25, 1885, and died May 23, 1962. Bessie died March
21, 1957.

Children (8) CLOUGHESSY

i. Irwin Wesley, b. Aug. 17, 1914; d. Nov. 9, 1915
ii. Elizabeth Nelie, b. Nov. 13, 1917; m. John S.

Wheeler, June 29, 1940; he was born Nov. 21,

1913; no children
iii. Helen Jean, b. Jan. 26, 1921; m. Joseph Jenks

Sept. 26, 1953; he was born Aug. 20, 1923; no

children

MINNIE ABBY COAN (Wesley B. , Albert S.4, Sylvanus3, Mul-
ford 2, George1 ) was born at Trumbull, Connecticut, May 27,
1870, daughter of Wesley Burgess and Elizabeth Mary (Shel-
ton) Coan. On October 20, 1887, at Trumbull Minnie married
Frank Lester Wheeler, who was born at Easton, February 20,
1863, son of Henry and Sarah Ann (Banks) Wheeler. Frank was
a farmer at Derby, Connecticut. He died in March, 1944; Min-
nie died June 25, 1955. They had no children.

Reference: History of the Wheeler Family in America (Bos-
ton: American College of Genealogy, 1914), p. 884.

4 3 2 1

MILO MULFORD COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born

in Woodbury, Connecticut, March 12, 1805, son of Sylvanus

and Lucy Ann (Munger) Coan. When his father and mother were

divorced, he went West with his father sometime about 1812.

They were living in West Canada, now Ontario, in 1813. In

the 1820s Sylvanus moved to Parish, Oswego County, New York;

Milo Mulford Coan

Grave of Albert H. Coan, son of
Milo, Bidwell Cemetery, Parish,
New York.

Albert Stone Coan

Wesley Burgess Coan

Irwin Shelton Coan

Asahel Coan

Franjeskia Coan Keeler

Newton O. Coan and his wife
Emma.

Mareia Coan, daughter of
Newton O. Coan.

Rosanna MeLymond Coan

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 403

and Milo moved with the family. He cleared land there for a
farm and February 26, 1829, married Elizabeth Maybee, who
was born July 28, 1807. Elizabeth died in Parish May 28,
1863; Milo died there October 19, 1891. They were both bur-
ied in Bidwell Cemetery in Parish.

Children (5) COAN

i. Joseph, b. 1830

ii. Ann Eliza, b. June 14, 1832; m. 1) Kern;

m. 2) Davy; d. July 22, 1897

iii. Albert H., b. Feb. 21, 1834

iv. David, b. Apr. 12, 1835; d. July 21, 1838

v. Warner Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1836; d. July 13,

1840
vi . Henry William, b. June 23, 1840; d. Nov. 15,

1841
vii. Marcia, b. July 13, 1843; d. June 3, 1844
viii. George T., b. Mar. 1, 1846
ix. Milo, b. 1855

5 4 3 2 1

ALBERT H. COAN (Milo M. , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was

born in Parish, New York, February 21, 1834, son of Milo

Mulford and Elizabeth (Maybee) Coan. On April 15, 1874, he

married Mary R. Wing, who was born June 3, 1837. Mary died

November 25, 1896; Albert, March 2, 1914, aged 80.

Children (6) COAN

i. William F., adopted

4 3 2 1

MARCIA COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born June

27, 1811, daughter of Sylvanus and Polly (Hough) Coan. On

June 28, 1832, she married Orson Smith of Manlius, New York.

Orson died December 5, 1886; Marcia died February 19, 1892.

Children (5) SMITH

i. Daughter, m. Chittenden
ii. Daughter; m. Harter
iii. 0. Duane

The following biography of Asahel Coan was written by Mar-
garet S. Ruth:

4 3 2 1

ASAHEL COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born April

13, 1813, in West Canada, son of Sylvanus and Polly (Hough)

Coan. He moved with his family to Parish, Oswego County, New

York, in the mid-1820s. As he grew up, he helped his father

Sylvanus Coan and his elder half-brother Milo clear the land

404 COAN GENEALOGY

for their farms, located a bit north of the village. Milo's
home was near his, and great friends as they were all their
lives, they now sleep peacefully near each other, surrounded
by their families, in Bidwell Cemetery, about three miles
northeast of the town. Despite his stern appearance in his
portrait, Asahel was a gentle, kindly man with many friends
in the town and county. For years he contributed articles to
local newspapers in Parish, Mexico, and the county seat of
Oswego. Many clippings, which were preserved by his grand-
daughter Nellie Keeler, revealed his sentimental nature, his
lively inquiring mind, and his deep appreciation of history
and man's relation to past, present and future. He may not
have had a great deal of formal education, but he obviously
read widely to be able to express so many thoughts so
clearly, in an extensive vocabulary. Now and again his ideas
varied somewhat from "small-town" tradition.

In 1875 he helped found The Old Settlers Association of
Oswego County, which held annual gatherings (old fashioned
picnics!) attended by as many as 500 persons at times. He
submitted detailed reports of these meetings to the newspa-
pers, several of which have been saved.

Longevity fascinated him. He wrote one article after
another, reporting on the great age attained by individuals
whom he knew in Oswego County. Discounting his flowery lan-
guage (characteristic of his period) we easily discern his
genuine concern for the tender loving care which very eld-
erly persons ought to receive from family and friends.

He himself nearly reached the age of 82. He would have
been pleased to read the statement in "Landmarks of Oswego
County" (page 663) that when he died January 1, 1895, "he
was the oldest correspondent of the 'Parish Mirror,' and one
of the oldest citizens of the town."

On September 14, 1840, Asahel married Rosanna McLymond,
who was born in 1818, daughter of Bruce McLymond from Scot-
land and his wife Anna. Rosanna died in Parish, New York,
June 3, 1894. Asahel died there January 1, 1895. They were
both buried in Bidwell Cemetery in Parish.

Children (5) COAN

i. Franjeskia, b. Aug. 21, 1842

ii. Byron T. , b. Jan. 12, 1844; d. Apr. 5, 1844, Par-
ish, N. Y.

iii. Myron F., b. Apr. 23, 1845

iv. Newton O. , b. Dec. 27, 1846

v. Corrie Albertine, b. Oct. 5, 1854; d. Mar. 29,
1875 unmarried; buried Bidwell Cemetery, Par-
ish, N. Y.

The following story, written by Asahel Coan, appeared
in one of the local newspapers to which he contributed many
articles. It was taken from a clipping saved by a Parish re-
sident—no newspaper name, no date. Mrs. Ruth suggested 1884
as a possible date.

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 405

LIFE IN THE WOODS
A FISHING PARTY IN 1824

"Hello, old settler, give us another wolf story", was the
salutation we received the other day while passing the house
of an old friend, an early settler of three score years. But
not feeling exactly in a wolf story mood, we promised to
tell a fish story. We are well aware of a disposition among
the people to discount fish stories rather largely; whether
this idea originated on account of the "great fish" men-
tioned by an ancient writer we can only conjecture. However,
as we are the only survivor of our fishing party it will be
difficult for outsiders to prove that our fish story needs
much discount.

Early in the summer of 1824, with my father (Sylvanus
Coan) and Judge Henry Williams we two boys wended our way
from Stone hill through the woods by a line of marked trees
about three miles to a pond near West Amboy, since known as
"Coan Pond". At that time the primitive forest covered the
larger part of Oswego County, the wild beast made its lair
beneath its shade undisturbed by man; while the finny tribe
in almost countless numbers sported beneath the waters. The
croak of the bullfrog, the hoot of the owl, the long doleful
howl of the wolf and occasionally the shrill shriek of the
panther often made night fearful to the timid. But our fish
story: We reached our point of destination about noon, near
the shore among some lofty pines beside a sparkling spring.
We found a fisherman's shanty, we gathered some hemlock
brush for a bed, and had a very comfortable place to lodge
for the night. And of course the next business in order was
fishing.

The only boat was a log canoe with a carrying capacity
of four or five men, but the old men not thinking it safe
for all of us to embark on board at the same time concluded
to leave us two boys on shore while they went on the pond.
To this we demurred; we thought all the fun was on the pond.
However, when the old men were off half a mile we rigged our
fish tackle, perched ourselves on the trunk of a huge pine
that had fallen half its length into the water. We didn't
wait long in suspense; we soon "got a bite" and soon the
scaley beauties began to accumulate along the shore on dry
land, and in about three or four hours we caught 184 rock
bass that weighed about a pound and a half each. But the
secret of our success was we had struck a spawning bed where
hundreds of fish might have been seen from any stand point
along the shore for more than forty rods.

Towards evening the old men came up chuckling over

their "big catch" of ten or fifteen pounds of small fish and

one black bass that weighed about three pounds. But when

they saw "our pile" more than four men could carry, they

"caved in", and you can bet there was two big boys 'round

406

COAN GENEALOGY

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ted some fish and what with provisions we had

th us we had a splendid supper. 0 how we enjoyed

ose days. During the night our quiet repose was

by a bear who put in a claim to a part of our

the old judge soon decided the case: he drew a

the smouldering camp fire, and the way the fire

them trees was a new idea to bears, and Bruin

uble quick. And this was our first lesson in camp

s no use for them big boys to tell their big fish

er that, we could beat them out of sight.

A. Coan

FRANJESKIA COAN (Asahel , Sylvanus , Mulford , George
born in Parish, New York, August 21, 1842, daughter of
hel and Rosanna (McLymond) Coan. On December 31, 1860
married William Marvin Keeler, who was born March 6,
son of Nathan Olmstead Keeler and his third wife Eliz
(Henderson) Keeler. Franjeskia and William lived in a
house in Parish. During the school year to eke out the
ily income, they took in boarders--young people from o
ing areas who wanted to attend the high school in Pa
She gained quite a reputation for her motherly care of
youngsters. After Franjeskia's death, William lived
their daughter Nellie, Mrs. Jacob Schumacher, in Paris
til his tragic death. He was run over by the evening
at the town station. He was stone deaf
train approaching.

Franjeskia died November 7, 1889;
1903. They were both buried in Bidwell

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Children (6) KEELER

i. Jasper, d. young

ii. Nathan Avery, b. Aug. 12, 1862

iii. Nellie May, b. Aug. 25, 1863

NATHAN AVERY KEELER , son of William Marvin and Franjeskia
(Coan) Keeler, was born August 12, 1862, in Parish, New
York. He married Rosina Katherine Holzer, who was born June
4, 1869. They had ten children. Nathan died December 22,
1939; Rosina, August 10, 1953.

Children (7) KEELER

i. Harley W. , b. Jan. 17, 1888; d. Feb. 5, 1905

ii. Frank Frederick, b. Feb. 28, 1890; d. Jan. 1,

1931
iii. Margaret Nellie, b. Mar. 11, 1892

•-*'.>" t

(top left) Franjeskia Coan
Keeler and William
Marvin Keeler. (top right)
Franjeskia 's children,
Nellie May and Nathan
Avery Keeler. (center)
Home of Franjeskia
Coan Keeler. (bottom
right) Gravestone of
William Keeler in
Bidwell Cemetery,
Parish, New York.

Family of Nathan Avery Keeler, 1916: (back, left to right) Delvin; Carl Baker,
husband of Margaret Nellie; Paul; Floyd; Frank (front, left to right) Margaret
Nellie Baker; Gerald; Rosina Katherine Holzer Keeler, mother; Jessie.

Nellie May Keeler Schumacher

Nora May Schumacher, age 6.

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 407

iv. Florence, b. Jan. 13, 1894; d. Mar. 14, 1897
v. Delvin (Dell), b. Apr. 17, 1897
vi. Paul Avery, b. July 19, 1899; d. Oct. 6, 1936
vii. Floyd Chester, b. Apr. 27, 1902; m. Marie Lle-
wellyn Dec. 20, 1930; one daughter Joan who
married and had two children; d. Sept. 2, 1961
viii. Jessie Venette, b. Apr. 21, 1904
ix. Virgil, b. Feb. 25, 1906; d. same day
x. Gerald Gracely, b. Mar. 2, 1909; m. Mrs. Mary
Kleinheinz Rutherford, Apr. 26, 1940; no
children

7
MARGARET NELLIE KEELER , daughter of Nathan Avery and Rosina

Katherine (Holzer) Keeler, was born March 11, 1892. She mar-
ried Carl E. Baker July 8, 1914. He died in 1925. On Decem-
ber 25, 1927, she married second Grover Gene Pollan. Mar-
garet died August 28, 1942.

Children (8) BAKER

i. Lorenzo K., b. Dec. 12, 1916; m. Margaret Leona
King; one daughter, Cinda, b. Feb., 1945; Cinda
m. 1965; Lorenzo died in air crash Jan. 26,
1945

ii. Norman Carlyle, b. Sept. 17, 1918; m. Alice Bu-
chanan

iii. Evadne Margaret, b. June 23, 1921; m. Roland A.
Maurer; one son, Dennis, b. Mar. 1, 1943

( 8 ) POLLAN

iv. Grover Gene, Jr., m. Margaret Warner; children:
Rickey, Jeanne, Theresa

7
DELVIN (DELL) KEELER , son of Nathan Avery and Rosina Kath-
erine (Holzer) Keeler, was born April 17, 1897. He married
Sadie Schmedeka April 4, 1926. They lived in Grangeville,
Idaho.

Children (8) KEELER

i. Lavern, m. Edith

ii. Betty Lou, m. Roy Castle; one daughter Linda

7
JESSIE VENETTE KEELER , daughter of Nathan Avery and Rosina

Katherine (Holzer) Keeler, was born April 21, 1904. On De-
cember 22, 1937, she married Walter J. Becker, who was born
January 6, 1907, and died March 16, 1970. They lived in
Greenacres, Washington.

4 08 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (8) BECKER

i. Richard Walter, b. Aug. 4, 1940; m. Geraldine
Bunge; children: Mark Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1962;
Christine Louise, b. Feb. 25, 1964; Julie Ann, b.
Mar. 24, 1967; lived in Bellevue, Washington

NELLIE MAY KEELER6, daughter of William Marvin and Franjes-
kia (Coan) Keeler, was born in Amboy, New York, August 25,
1863. On May 27, 1880, she married Jacob William Schumacher,
who was born in Albany, New York, September 15, 1855, son of
Andrew and Christina (Keck) Schumacher. Andrew and Christina
were both born in Germany and came to the United States from
the Black Forest in the early 1850s. Nellie and Jacob spent
most of their married life in Parish where he had his own
small factory for manufacturing cigars from domestic to-
bacco. He was an avid gardener and a devoted bee keeper. He
loved fishing, especially in nearby Oneida Lake. When he re-
tired from the cigar manufacturing business, Nellie and he
lived with several of their daughters in Rochester and on
Long Island.

Luckily for this genealogy, Nellie believed in never
throwing anything away; and many of the pictures in this
chapter have survived until the present because of her care.
Jacob died October 30, 1925, on Long Island. Nellie died in
Garden City, New York, April 4, 1941.

Children (7) SCHUMACHER

i. Nora May, b. May 2, 1883

ii. Cassie Belle, b. Aug. 6, 1888

iii. Olive Grace, b. Mar. 20, 1895

iv. Verna Inez, b. Apr. 22, 1901

v. Jay Augustus, b. Sept. 6, 1902

NORA MAY SCHUMACHER7, daughter of Jacob William and Nellie
May (Keeler) Schumacher, was born in Parish, New York, May

2, 1883. She was an attractive, dainty, blonde. On October

3, 1905, she married Robert Harley Ruth, who was born June
17, 1880, in Houlton, Maine. His father and grandfather had
large lumbering operations in the virgin forests of Northern
Maine. Robert attended Ricker Academy in Houlton, Maine, and
Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, where he
met Nora. He became a salesman for electrical manufacturers
and in 1919 set up his own electrical contracting business
in Rochester, New York.

Robert was descended from Scotch and Scotch-Irish immi-
grants. One of them was John Stewart (1738-1805) who fought
with the "Black Watch," the 42nd Regiment of Highlanders, at
the Battle of Montreal, 1760. He later settled on the Mira-
michi River in New Brunswick. (Robert Ruth's family is the

c
a

Homer Wright Bolender, Jr., and
his daughter Patricia Ann.

Avery Howard Coan and his wife
Mary Trudell Coan with their
granddaughters Kelly Maree Coan
and Jocelyn Rae Coan.

Family of John Alfred Ewald, Jr.:
Katherine Cassandra Ewald; Jane
Caroline Roseberry Ewald, mother;
John Hiram Ewald; John Alfred
Ewald, Jr.; Charles Hildreth Ewald.

Richard Howard Coan and his
wife Patricia Ellen Ducharme
Coan and daughter Jocelyn Rae.

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 409

subject of a book published in 1981 by Roger and Margaret
Ruth. )

Nora joined the Daughters of the American Revolution
on the service of Isaiah Keeler, Jr., (1761-1852). Robert
died July 11, 1962, Rochester, New York. Nora died there
March 13, 1964.

Children (8) RUTH

i. James Robert, b. May 12, 1911; d. July 25, 1912,

New York City
ii. Roger Allan, b. Apr. 29, 1913

ROGER ALLAN RUTH , son of Robert Harley and Nora May (Schu-
macher) Ruth, was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, April 29,
1913. From the time he was a young boy, he was always inter-
ested in mechanics and electricity. He worked for Eastman
Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, as electrical engineer
for 36 years and retired in 1971. He served in increasingly
responsible capacities at Eastman. He assisted with the de-
velopment of the first sound movie projector, and during
World War II he helped produce the V. T. Fuse, one of the
most crucial and decisive weapons the United States Army and
Navy used to win the war in Europe and in the Pacific thea-
ter.

At Eastman Kodak Roger met Margaret Sayre Stallman,
whom he married October 7, 1950. She was born May 17, 1911,
at Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of Dr. George Philip and
Myra Willson (Rafter) Stallman. Dr. Stallman was an Army
doctor, and during her childhood Margaret lived on various
Army posts from the Philippine Islands to the East Coast of
the United States. In 1932 she was graduated from Mount
Holyoke College. She then did secretarial work; first, for a
Rochester, New York, physician; and then for Eastman Kodak
until her marriage in 1950.

On the service of her ancestor James Willson, Margaret
joined the Daughters of the American Revolution. On his mo-
ther's line Roger was a life member of the Sons of the Amer-
ican Revolution, and served as president of the Rochester
Chapter for three years. Both Margaret and Roger were in-
terested in genealogy and traveled to many ancestral sites
here and abroad. In addition, they both enjoyed stamp col-
lecting and photography.

In 1882 they lived in Rochester on the shore of Lake
Ontario near the mouth of the Genesee River. They often told
their friends that their front yard stretched 55 miles, all
the way to Canada. However, due to the earth's curvature,
even on a clear day one could not see that far.

Children (9) RUTH

i. Charles, b. and d. Aug. 17, 1952

410 COAN GENEALOGY

CASSIE BELLE SCHUMACHER , daughter of Jacob William and Nel-
lie May (Keeler) Schumacher, was born in Parish, New York,
August 6, 1888. After graduating from the normal school in
Oneonta, New York, she taught school for a number of years
at Hollis, Long Island. On July 23, 1922, she married Homer
Wright Bolender, who was born June 11, 1897, at Dayton,
Ohio. They lived at Hempstead, Long Island. Homer was an
extremely successful salesman for the National Cash Register
Company. Cassie died at West Palm Beach, Florida, November
23, 1967. Homer died there September 13, 1969.

Children (8) BOLENDER

i. Homer Wright, Jr., b. July 25, 1929

8
HOMER WRIGHT BOLENDER, JR. , son of Homer Wright and Cassie

Belle (Schumacher) Bolender, was born July 25, 1929, at

Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He was graduated from

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. On June 25, 1950, at Fram-

ingham, Massachusetts, he married Nancy Ann Barker, who was

born May 16, 1930. During the 1950s he served in the armed

forces and then worked as an engineer for a Binghamton, New

York, firm until his untimely death at Chenango Bridge, New

York, April 25, 1975, when he was only 45 years old.

Children (9) BOLENDER

i. Peter Wright, b. Aug. 19, 1951; m. June 28, 1975,
Julie Conrad of Chenango Bridge, N.Y.; one son:
Gregory James, b. Nov. 4, 1980; m. second Mari-
lina Taccioco

ii. Patricia Ann, b. Apr. 24, 1953; m. June 26, 1971,
Ronald Joseph Utter of Greene, N.Y., where they
resided in 1981; children: Nicole Rebecca, b.
Jan. 22, 1974; Ronald Joseph, Jr., b. May 6,
1976; Brian James, b. July 11, 1978

iii. John Daniel, b. Oct. 28, 1955; m. Dec. 31, 1980,
Julie M. Fairchild

7
OLIVE GRACE SCHUMACHER , daughter of Jacob William and Nel-
lie May (Keeler) Schumacher, was born in Parish, New York,
March 20, 1895. She was a secretary in downtown New York
City and used to tell about the horrifying sway developed in
the Woolworth Building in a high wind at the level of her
office. Being the tallest building in the world at that time
(except the Eiffel Tower in Paris), it was erected to with-
stand storms; so despite her fears she was perfectly safe.
On December 31, 1924, she married John Alfred Ewald,
who was born December 22, 1901. They lived in Hempstead and
Garden City, Long Island. John was just starting at the bot-
tom of his lifetime career in the California Perfume

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 411

Company, later known as Avon Products. He became firm presi-
dent and chairman of the board.

Olive died January 26, 1950. John married second Emma

in Garden City and in 1982 lived in Santa Barbara,

California .

Children (8) EWALD

i. John Alfred, Jr., b. Mar. 13, 1928

8
JOHN ALFRED EWALD, JR. , son of John Alfred and Olive Grace

(Schumacher) Ewald, was born March 13, 1928. He was gradu-
ated from Yale University and the University of Virginia Law
School and then opened a law office in Garden City, Long Is-
land, New York. On November 13, 1954, he married Jane Caro-
lyn Roseberry of Paris, Kentucky. She was born March 23,
1930. They had three children. Later they purchased a farm
near Charlottesville, Virginia, where they raised thorough-
bred horses that raced at Saratoga and other tracks. John
died December 7, 1979; Jane continued to live on the Vir-
ginia farm. On December 26, 1982, she married second Roy
Tolleson of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Children (9) EWALD

i. John Hiram, b. June 9, 1956

ii. Katherine Cassandra, b. June 3, 1957

iii. Charles Hildreth, b. Dec. 12, 1959

7
VERNA INEZ SCHUMACHER , daughter of Jacob William and Nellie

May (Keeler) Schumacher, was born in Parish, New York, April
22, 1901. She became a secretary in Syracuse, New York,
where she married William Sheridan who worked in the L. C.
Smith typewriter factory. They were divorced, and she mar-
ried second on February 26, 1941, Carl D. Bumpus, who was
born February 28, 1897. He was a lock-keeper on the New York
State Barge Canal near Brewerton, New York. As their home
was on a small farm nearby, Verna used to supply fresh eggs,
vegetables, and other produce to owners of passing canal
boats, an activity she greatly enjoyed which was appreciated
by the water-dwellers.

Carl died September 25, 1973, in Holly Hill, Florida;
Verna, September 23, 1977, in Daytona Beach.

JAY AUGUSTUS SCHUMACHER , son of Jacob William and Nellie
May (Keeler) Schumacher, was born September 6, 1902, in Par-
ish, New York. He married Mrs. Marian (McCarty) Neitz on
April 7, 1956. She was born September 23, 1909, in North
Syracuse, New York. Jay was a set-up man and tool worker at
the L. C. Smith plant in Syracuse. When it became Smith-

412 COAN GENEALOGY

Corono Company and moved to Cortland, New York, Jay and Mar-
ian commuted the 80 miles from their home in North Syracuse
to Cortland and back every day rather than give up their
friends and their garden. They made many hazardous trips
early on winter mornings to punch in on time; and many long,
cold trips home to a late supper after their days ' s work. In
1982 they had retired from work and from driving long dist-
ances, but not from gardening.

5 4 3 2 1

MYRON F. COAN (Asahel , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was
born in Parish, New York, April 23, 1845, son of Asahel and
Rosanna (McLymond) Coan. On November 12, 1872, he married
Emma Stewart, who was born November 26, 1850. Myron died De-
cember 4, 1905, in St. Paul, Minnesota; Emma died Novem-
ber 24, 1935.

Children (6) COAN

i. Howard A., b. May 16, 1879
ii. Merton, b. June, 1885; d. Dec. 1, 1944
Fern, b. 1886; d. Nov. 28, 1892

iii. Fern, b. 1886; d. Nov.

iv. Edgar, d. Oct. 7, 1922, single

Elsie, b. Mar. 22, 18 ; m. Dehlia Jan.,

1950; d. Mar. 7, 1950; no children

Reference: Mrs. AveryH. Coan

Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol. II, p. 16

6 5 4 3 2

H0WARD1 AVERY COAN (Myron F. , Asahel , Sylvanus , Mulford ,
George ) was born in Logansville, Wisconsin, May 16, 1879,
son of Myron and Emma (Stewart) Coan. On June 10, 1903, in
St. Paul, Minnesota, he married Ella Philipson, who was born
in St. Paul on April 4, 1880. Howard was employed by the
United States Post Office in St. Paul.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing and loved music. He
played many instruments, taught music, had his own dance
band for many years, and was a member of the Post Office
Band. At the time of his death Howard was a member of East
Gate Masonic Lodge 314 AF and AM; the Osman Templar Damascus
Commandery 1; Eastern Star, Chapter 24; Royal Arch of
Masons; St. Paul's Musicians Union, Minnesota Chapter 1; the
Retired Postal Workers Association; and the Osman Shrine
Band.

Ella died January 17, 1957; Howard died March 20, 1971.

Children (7) COAN

i. Glenn Philipson, b. Mar. 12, 1904

ii. Eileen, b. May 23, 1906

iii. Avery Howard, b. Apr. 21, 1910

Reference: Mrs. Avery H. Coan, 1360 Palace Ave., St. Paul,
MN 5 5105

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 413

GLENN PHILIPSON 2COAN (Howard A. , Myron F. , Asahel , Syl-
vanus , Mulford , George ) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,
March 12, 1904, son of Howard A. and Ella (Philipson) Coan.
On June 12, 1926, he married Madeline Gohlke.

Children (8) COAN

i. Glenn P., Jr., b. Jan. 11, 1932
ii. Mardell, b. June 18, 1935

Reference: Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol. II, p. 17.

8 7 6

GLENN PHILIPSON COAN, Jr. (Glenn P. , 1 Howard A. , Myron
F.5, Asahel , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born January
11, 1932, in St. Paul, Minnesota, son of Glenn Philipson and
Madeline (Gohlke) Coan. He was graduated from Harding High
School in St. Paul in 1950; and from March, 1951, until
March 1955, he served with the United States Air Force.

On May 3, 1958, in Bethel Lutheran Church in St. Paul,
Glenn married Charlotte Louise Erickson, who was born in
Rush City, Minnesota, January 8, 1935, daughter of Carl
Yngve and Edna Caroline (Grote) Erickson. She was graduated
from Washington High School in St. Paul in 1953. In 1982
Glenn was employed by Olympia (Ham's ) Brewing Company in
St. Paul, and Charlotte was a teacher aide in the St. Paul
School District.

Children (9) COAN

i. Howard Glenn, b. Oct. 14, 1961, St. Paul, Minn.;

student at the University of Minnesota and

member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1982
ii. David Carl, b. Oct. 6, 1963, St. Paul, Minn.;

member of Minnesota Army National Guard, 1982
iii. Mark Charles, b. Dec. 27, 1967, St. Paul, Minn.;

a student at Harding High School, St. Paul,

1982

Reference: Glenn P. Coan, Jr., 958 McLean Avenue, St. Paul,
MN 55106

8 7 6 5 4

MARDELL COAN (Glenn P. , Howard A. , Myron F. , Asahel ,

Sylvanus , Mulford , George1) was born in St. Paul, Minne-
sota, March 18, 1935, daughter of Glenn Philipson and Made-
line (Gohlke) Coan. She was graduated from Harding High
School in St. Paul in 1953. On August 7, 1954, in the First
Lutheran Church in St. Paul she married Frank Frederick
(Bud) Steger, who was born in St. Paul July 25, 1931, son of
Frank Thomas and Esther ( Heuer ) Steger. He was graduated
from Humboldt High School in St. Paul in 1949.

414 COAN GENEALOGY

In 1982 Bud worked as a truck driver for Metalmatic,
and Mardell was a secretary for Tempco Manufacturing in St.
Paul .

Children (9) STEGER

i. Beth Marie, b. May 27, 1955, St. Paul, Minn.

ii. Gayle Julie, b. June 18, 1957, St. Paul, Minn.;

was graduated from Sibley High School, West St.

Paul, 1975; employed by Univac in 1982

iii. Linda Ann, b. July 22, 1960, St. Paul, Minn,

iv. Jean Susan, b. May 13, 1962, St. Paul, Minn.; was

graduated from Sibley High School, West St.

Paul, 1980; employed in Food Service, American

National Bank, St. Paul, 1982

Reference: Glenn P. Coan, Jr.

BETH MARIE STEGER9 , daughter of Frank Frederick and Mardell
(Coan) Steger, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 27,
1955. She was graduated from Sibley High School in West St.
Paul in 1973. On April 7, 1973, in Mendota Heights, Minne-
sota, she married Keith Warnke. In 1982 they lived in Farm-
ington, Minnesota.

Children (10) WARNKE

i. Jason Keith, b. Aug. 16, 1974
ii. Mark Kenneth, b. Sept. 28, 1977

Reference: Glenn P. Coan, Jr.

LINDA ANN STEGER9 , daughter of Frank Frederick and Mardell
(Coan) Steger, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 22,
1960. She was graduated from Sibley High School in West St.
Paul in 1978. On August 8, 1981, in St. Paul she married
Michael Fouks. Linda worked as a proofreader for Dakota
State Bank, and in 1982 they resided in Eagan, Minnesota.

Children (10) FOUKS

i. Melissa Mardell, b. Jan. 21, 1982

Reference: Glenn P. Coan, Jr.

EILEEN COAN (Howard A. , Myron F. , Asahel , Sylvanus ,
Mulford2, George1) was born May 23, 1906, daughter of Howard
A. and Ella (Philipson) Coan. She married Arthur Haswell
Lang on October 17, 1936. He was born May 19, 1906. In 1982
Eileen lived in St. Paul, Minnesota. Arthur died April 25,
1978.

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 415

Children (8) LANG

i. Stephen, b. Feb. 14, 1941; m. Nancy Anderson June

4, 1966; d. Feb. 3, 1974
ii. Janice, adopted, b. Sept. 1, 1944

Reference: Mrs. Avery H. Coan

AVERY HOWARD COAN (Howard A. , Myron F. , Asahel4, Sylva-
nus3, Mulford2, George1) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,
April 21, 1910, son of Howard Avery and Ella (Philipson)
Coan. He worked in the grocery business from 1928 until 1950
except for the period from May, 1942, until October, 1945,
when he served in the United States Army 704 Railway Grand
Division at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Africa; Germany;
France; Italy. He was in the hardware business from 1952 un-
til 1965 when he went to work for National Checking Print-
ers. In 1965 he became manager of a laundramat and was still
employed in that position in 1982.

On July 23, 1938, he married Mary Magdalen Trudell, who
was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 23, 1912, daughter
of Samuel Lawrence and Clara Ophelia (Richter) Trudell. Un-
til 1942 Mary worked for Montgomery Ward. Avery enjoyed
fishing and bowling.

Children (8) COAN

i. William Avery, b. Nov. 24, 1942
ii. Richard Howard, b. Nov. 6, 1946
iii. Robert James, b. Dec. 16, 1950

Reference: Mrs. Avery H. Coan, 1360 Palace Avenue, St.
Paul, MN 55104

WILLIAM AVERY COAN (Avery H. , Howard A. , Myron F. , Asa-
hel4, Sylvanus3, Mulford , George1) was born November 24,
1942, in Fort Snelling (St. Paul), Minnesota, son of Avery
Howard and Mary Magdalen (Trudell) Coan. He was graduated
from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, with a B.A.
degree and from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois,
with an M.P.A. degree. From February, 1965, until August,
1968, he served with the United States Army Intelligence
Command. On January 27, 1968, in Carmel , Indiana, he married
Sally Lynn Coleman, who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana,
October 6, 1945, daughter of Marvin and Virginia (Norris)
Coleman. Sally was graduated from the School of Nursing,
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, and was a registered
nurse.

William was employed by the United States Postal Ser-
vice; first, as an inspector and then, as a program manager
for the regional chief inspector in Chicago, Illinois. His

416 COAN GENEALOGY

interests and hobbies included classic sport cars restora-
tion, sailing, hunting, fishing, camping, home restoration,
and the Boy Scouts. In 1982 William and Sally lived in Tin-
ley Park, Illinois.

Children (9) COAN

i. Molly, b. Apr. 24, 1969, Indianapolis, Ind.

ii. Chadd, b. July 1, 1971, Indianapolis, Ind.

iii. Jeffrey, b. Sept. 24, 1974, Harvey, 111.

iv. Justin, b. Oct. 14, 1978, Harvey, 111.

Reference: Molly Coan, 17205 69th Avenue, Tinley Park, IL

60477

8 7 6 5

RICHARD HOWARD COAN (Avery H. , Howard A. , Myron F. , Asa-
hel , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born in St. Paul,
Minnesota, November 6, 1946, son of Avery Howard and Mary
Magdalen (Trudell) Coan. Richard served in the United States
Marine Corps and in 1982 was working for the Bell System in
St. Paul, Minnesota.

On April 12, 1975, in St. John's Church in Little Can-
ada, Minnesota, he married Patricia Ellen Ducharme, who was
born in Little Canada, Minnesota, March 3, 1952, daughter of
Philemon and Agnes (Jansen) Ducharme. She was a secretary.
Richard's hobbies and interests included hunting, fishing,
woodworking, cross-country skiing, camping, wilderness camp-
ing, and old cars.

Children (9) COAN

i. Jocelyn Rae, b. Aug. 6, 1977, St. Paul, Minn,
ii. Kelly Maree, b. May 21, 1980. St. Paul, Minn.

Reference: Richard H. Coan, 6166 Jarvis Ave., N. Stillwater,
MN 55082

8 7 6 5

ROBERT JAMES COAN (Avery H. , Howard A. , Myron F. , Asa-

hel , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born in St. Paul,
Minnesota, December 16, 1950, son of Avery Howard and Mary
Magdalen (Trudell) Coan. On October 23, 1971, he married
Nancy Marie Polski, who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,
March 23, 1951, daughter of Robert and Monica (Toner) Pol-
ski. She was a secretary. In 1982 Robert was a driver-
salesman for Pepsi Cola Company and had a half interest in a
video store, Video to Go. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Children (9) COAN

i. Kevin Robert, b. Feb. 1, 1973

ii. Christopher Joseph, b. Feb. 13, 1976

iii. Caroline Marie, b. Apr. 11, 1980

LUCY COAN AND SYLVANUS COAN WITH THEIR DESCENDANTS 417

Reference: Mrs. Avery H. Coan

6,54 3 2

MERTON COAN (Myron F. , Asahel , Sylvanus , Mulford ,

George1) was born in June, 1885, son of Myron F. and Emma

(Stewart) Coan. On January 1, 1939, he married Edith M.

Nelson, who was born in June, 1892. Merton died December 1,

1944; Edith, April 10, 1969.

5 4 3 2 1

NEWTON 0. COAN (Asahel , Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was

born in Parish, New York, December 27, 1846, son of Asahel

and Rosanna (McLymond) Coan. He married Emma and died

July 29, 1898.

Children (6) COAN

i. Marcia; a milliner in Pulaski, N. Y.

4 3 2 1

ROYAL RALPH COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born

February 10, 1817, son of Sylvanus and Polly (Hough) Coan.
He married twice. The name of his first wife is unknown.
His second wife was Mrs. Caroline E. Barton, whom he married
November 2, 1862. She was born in April, 1844. Royal died
in Kirkville, New York, February 10, 1895, aged 78; Caro-
line, August 24, 1909, aged 65.

Children (5) COAN

by first wife

i . Frank
ii. Jane

by Caroline

iii. Royal Ralph, Jr., b. Sept. 17, 1863; d. Feb. 14,

1886

iv. Helen E., b. Aug. 25, 1869

v. Harriet, b. Oct. 30, 1870

vi. Marcia, b. Feb. 23, 1873

vii. Charles H., b. Nov. 15, 1876

viii. Bertha B., b. Jan. 28, 1880

ix. Bert C.

x. Titus S., b. Apr. 1884; d. Sept. 22, 1885

HARRIET COAN (Royal R. , Sylvanus3, Mulford2, George1) was
born October 30, 1870, daughter of Royal Ralph and Caro-
line E. Coan. She married March 16, 1891, Thomas Ainsley,
who was born October 9, 1855.

418 COAN GENEALOGY

Children (6) AINSLEY

i. Thomas W. , b. Jan. 1, 1892; d. Jan. 27, 1893

ii. Tracy C., b. Aug. 31, 1893

iii. Chester M. , b. May 14, 1895

iv. George D. , b. Oct. 27, 1897

5 4 3 2 1

BERTHA B. COAN (Royal R. , Sylvanus , Mulford , George )

was born January 28, 1880, daughter of Royal Ralph and Caro-
line E. Coan. On April 26, 1899, she married Claud A. Nich-
ols, who was born September 28, 1875.

Children (6) NICHOLS

i. Bertha Maude, b. Mar. 9, 1900

ii. Hilda E., b. Oct. 18, 1901

iii. Lorna I., b. Apr. 16, 1905

iv. Omar Adrian, b. Mar. 28, 1911

4 3 2 1

SYLVANUS HUGH COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born

July 2, 1819, son of Sylvanus and Polly (Hough) Coan. He

married Catherine , who was born in 1823. Sylvanus

died August 25, 1876.

Children (5) COAN

i. Ellen
ii. Augustus
iii. Orlando

iv. Ann, d. Jan. 12, 1874; buried in Bidwell Ceme-
tery, Parish, N. Y.
v. Priscilla (She is Marcia in will.)

Reference: Federal Census of 1850, New York, Oswego County,
Parish

Wiles, Coan Family of America, Vol. II, p. 18

4 3 2 1

WILLIAM COAN (Sylvanus , Mulford , George ) was born Decem-
ber 7, 1825, son of Sylvanus and Fanny (Williams) Coan. He
married Clarissa (Theressa in Federal Census of 1850. Poss-
ibly the census taker misunderstood the name.)

Children (5) COAN

i . Lee
ii. Mary

Reference: Federal Census of 1850, New York, Oswego County,
Parish

CONCLUSION
PRONUNCIATION OF COAN
by
Ruth Coan Fulton

No book on the Coans would be complete without mention
of the correct pronunciation of the name. I questioned des-
cendants of the main ancestral lines of Peter and George
only to find they were not in agreement on this important
matter.

Most of the descendants of George said the name was
pronounced with an accent on the last syl lable--Co-an ' . Ed-
ward Morel7 Coan of Stonington, Maine, whose ancestor was
George's grandson Gaylord3, wrote: "My father Philip Coan
made the pronunciation (Co-an') clear to me at an early age.
There has never been any other approved pronunciation, to my
knowledge, in either my family or in my cousin's..."

Howard Radcliffe7 Coan of West Hartford, Connecticut,
another descendant of Gaylord , wrote: "Definitely on the
second syllable! Al 1 the Coans I have known or still know
use the 2nd syllable accent. Anything else means h between
the vowels ! "

Ezra Titus5 Coan (1829-1900), George's great grandson
also through Gaylord , added an extra n to his name spelling
it Coann to secure correct pronunciation—an accent on the
last syllable.

Three more of George's descendants, this time through
his grandson Sylvanus3 , Avery Howard7 Coan and Glenn Philip-
son8 Coan, Jr., both of St. Paul, Minnesota, and Margaret
Ruth, wife of Roger Allan Ruth8 of Rochester, New York, all
pronounced the name accenting the last syllable. Mrs. Ruth
wrote: "All of Mother Ruth's relatives in New York State
and the people we met in Connecticut called it Co-ann ' . "

Now what of Peter's line? Virginia8 Coan Wiles of Min-
erva, Ohio, a descendant of Peter's son Jacob2 and author of
History of the Coan Family of America, Vols. I and II, an
authority on our family, said Coan was accented on the last
syllable. Theodore Hunter Smith7 of Winter Park, Florida,
also a descendant of Jacob2 and an authority on Coan genea-
logy, said the name was Co-an ' . He pointed out that the name
of his ancestor, Jacob2, was spelled Coann on the roster of
men who served in Nathaniel Johnson's 2nd Company, 7th Regi-
ment, in the Old French War. The name of Jacob's grandson,
William4, was recorded Coann in the 1820 Federal Census of
Adams County, Ohio. Both these names, Mr. Smith said, were
written as the writer heard them; so Jacob2 and William4 ac-
cented the last syllable.

Mrs. Norman Allison Coan of Vancouver, Washington,
whose husband Norman7 is a descendant of Peter's grandson
Augustus3, wrote: "Our uncle, Dr. Glenn Long6 Coan, was a
stickler for pronunciation. He said Coan was like Quann . "
He definitely accented the last syllable. Mrs. Coan added:

419

4 20 COAN GENEALOGY

"An interesting tid-bit--a girl's wedding account gave her
name as Co-anne . "

Clarence Chittenden Potter , a descendant of Peter's
son John and a resident of Guilford, Connecticut, wrote: "I
can remember being told to go down to the Coan Lot and see
if I could find any "craneberrys" , and it sounded like 'Co'
as in Cohabit (the original name of North Guilford) and 'An'
as in Anaconda with accent on An!"

We have covered descendants of the main lines from
George and Peter except for one--Peter's son Abrahanr . Three
descendants of Captain Elisha Coan of Maine, Abraham's son,
all were very emphatic about accenting the first syllable of
Coan . I myself was carefully taught by my parents to say
Co'-an. Manfred McClure7 of Boulder, Colorado, a descendant
of Captain Elisha's grandson Alonzo^ Coan wrote that his mo-
ther, Edith Coan, always emphasized that the pronunciation
of the Coan family name was Co'-an, accent on the first syl-
lable. Prescott Coan of Sheffield, Massachusetts, another
descendant of Captain Elisha through his grandson Robert Ab-
bott Coan, said the first syllable should be stressed.
Three Elisha descendants disagreed with the first three--
Priscilla Coan Barnes of South Pasadena, Florida, a descen-
dant of Captain Elisha's son Shubael4 , Hannah Bond Zimmer-
man of Australia, a descendant of Captain Elisha's daugh-
ter Hannah , and Ralph Gorman Coan, Jr., of Atherton, Cali-
fornia, a descendant of Captain Elisha's son Abraham4, all
accented the last syllable.

Another Coan line that accented the first syllable is
one descended from Jacob2 through his great, great grandson
Benjamin Walker6 Coan. Mrs. Ralph William Coan, Sr., wife of
Ralph of Urbandale, Iowa, wrote: "Our part of the family
has always pronounced the name with an accent on the first
syllable." Their family extends from Iowa to Texas and on to
California. Nancy S.8 Coan of Washington, D. C, a descen-
dant of George, wrote that she accented the last syllable,
but her father Frank S. Coan accented the first.

Knowing I was having problems with the pronunciation of
Coan, Frances C. (Smith) Coan8 of Kirkland, Washington, a Ja-
cob descendant who married a Jacob2 descendant, Eugene Car-
penter Coan, suggested I talk on the phone to her mother-
in-law, Mrs. Folwell Welles Coan of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
When I called, Mrs. Folwell Coan said that to help people
pronounce the name correctly, she frequently told them:
"It's not like Joan; it's like Joanne. " She continued by
saying that when she was first married, she answered the
telephone one day, "This is Mrs. Coan," mispronouncing the
name. Her husband Folwell overheard her and corrected her.
He then explained that at Hotchkiss and at Yale at the be-
ginning of each term when his new instructors mispronounced
his name, he would always stop after class and politely
explain how to say Coan. He concluded by telling her, "When
you have had the name as long as I have, you will fight for
it."

PRONOUNCIATION OF COAN 421

Mrs. Coan said further that actually the name should be
pronounced with an equal accent on both syl lables--Co ' -an ' .
But since in English all two-syllable words are accented on
one syllable or the other, never on both, it is almost im-
possible to get people to say Coan with each syllable ac-
cented. To secure a more nearly correct pronunciation, most
Coans accent the last syllable. When I told her I was taught
to accent the first, she said I was probably more nearly
right; but people, hearing the first syllable accented,
would soon be saying, "Co-en," then "Co-un," and eventually
"Cone." 7

Ralph Gorman Coan, Sr. , of Lake Oswego, Oregon, a des-
cendant of the Maine line through Captain Elisha, agreed
with Mrs. Folwell Coan. He said the name should have equal
accents on each syllable, but to secure a more nearly cor-
rect pronunciation, he himself accented the last syllable.
Stuart F. G.8 Coan of Greenwich, Connecticut, a descendant
of George, also supported Mrs. Folwell Coan and said the
name should be pronounced Co'-ann1 with equal accent on
each syllable. He wrote: "all of us... have pronounced our
name as above. And when my mother was in England about 1938,
she found the name to be fairly common in East Anglia (Nor-
wich). But she had no chance to do any research. It was
pronounced as we do."

Accent on first syllable, accent on last syllable, ac-
cent on both syl lables--there is one thing all the Coans and
Coan descendants do have complete agreement on and that is
how not to say Coan. It is not Co-hen , Co-han, Co-en , Cow-
an, Coon, Co-un, or Cone i We also stand together in our op-
inion that the correct pronunciation of Coan is very impor-
tant ; and in our own ways, like Folwell Welles Coan, we are
all willing "to fight for it!"

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

423

A. Joan (Lynch)
Abbott 244, 275
Abbott Sanford
Abby ( Burgess )
Abigail C. 285
Abigail (Camp)
Abigail (Hall)
Abraham 1 , 11,

327 2
Abraham 8, 13, 215,

Hampt

144
, 282
276,
399

171
59
12, 1

, 283

277

420 3
Abraham [East

215, 216
Abraham3 [Conn.
Abraham [Cape

221, 231, 232
Abraham*? [Conn . ]
Abraham [Maine

276, 278, 420
Abraham [Cape
Abraham5 [Conn
Abraham5 [Maine

245
Abraham Dyer 21
Abraham L. 197,
Abraham Sherwoo

(S. C. Campbe

184
Abraham Simpson
Ada (Hoyt) 2 80
Addie (Ayer) 28
Adelaide 299
Adeline (Blaisd
Albert5 [Maine]

280
Albert Alexande

Albert

] 156
Cod]

172,
] 1,

Cod]

] 173
] 238

198,
d
11) 1

284,

ell)

276,

7, 20,

218,

on ]

, 196
220,

182

240,

228

, 244,

199
82,
311

233
279,

r 31, 32,

H. 403
Martin 3
Stone 1 ,
Albert Wesley 4
Alberta (Rackli
Aldana Edna 287
Alexander MacLe
Alfred S. 299
Alice 398
Alice?[Maine ] 3
Alice 398
Alice Cole 366
Alice (Curtis)
Alice Ethel 139
Alice (Gay) 288
Alice M. 138

99, 4
392,
01

ffe)
, 288
od 14

401
, 140

00
398

286

3, 144

Alice M. [Maine]
Alice May 288
Alice (Van Wagne
Alison Marie 381
Alma 223
Almon6 51
Alonzo 237, 238,

281, 284, 311,
Alpha Isbel 170
Amanda Fizetta 1
Amelia 394
Amelia7 395
Amelia Maria 365
Amelia (Swanton)
Amos6 31

Amos Augustus 13
Amos Lloyd 139
Amos Sellew 229,
Andrew Borden 14
Ann 418
Ann Eliza 403
Ann (Foile) 137
Ann Samantha 232
Ann (Skinner) 29
Anna5 138
Anna6 100
Anna (Baldwin) 2
Anna Belle 246,
Anna Estelle 306
Anna Hawks 207
Anna (Koerner) 4
Annette Amelia 1
Annette Burr 381
Annie (Sizer) 40
Arianna (Dickey)
Arlene (Pennell)
Asa4 25, 26, 31,
Asa5 49
Asa6 59, 70
Asa Cortland 244
Asa Morton 80
Asa W. 56, 77, 8
Asahel 393, 403
Ashbel (Ashbell)

48, 130
Atilla 138
Augustus3 8, 22,

132, 133, 140,
Augustus5 418
Avery Howard 412

419
Avis 396

310
n) 394

240, 279,
312, 420

100
8, 139
230

06
274
, 307

99, 200
, 382
0

275

55, 56

9, 96
Cornwel 1

23, 131,
419

, 415,

424

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Barbara (Dale) 70
Barbara Dawn 277, 278
Barbara (Geisz) 34
Barbara J. 101
Barbara Jane 42
Barbara Leslie 82
Barbara Marie 207
Barbara (Smith) 375, 381
Beatrice 139
Beatrice 397
Benjamin 216, 230
Benjamin Coan [Cape Cod]

220, 231
Benjamin 221, 222, 223
Benjamin Franklin 231
Benjamin Johnson 98
Benjamin Walker 59, 60, 420
Benjamin Willis 223
Bennett Fowler 205, 207
Berenice (Ellman) 396
Bernice Ray 101
Bert C. 417
Bertha B. 417, 418
Bessie Chatfield 402
Bessie Irene 47
Betsey 221, 226
Betsey Dyer 222, 223
Betsy (Dyer) 221
Betsy (Hart) 172
Betsy (Merrill) 231
Betsy R. (Paine) 228
Betsy (Trowbridge) 192
Beverly (Spinelli) 298
Bonnie 99
Brenda Marie 43
Burton Lancaster 318, 319
Byron T. 404

Carol 396

Caroline^ 231, 233
Caroline^ 29, 30, 46
Caroline 51, 54
Caroline Antoinette 330,

331
Caroline (Barton) 417
Caroline Darrie 146
Caroline E. 398
Caroline Marie 416
Carrie (Giles) 253
Carrie Jean 145, 146
Carrie (Keefe) 248
Carrie (Rollo) 331

Carry 397

Catharine (Fowler) 199

Catharine Louise 13, 14,

113, 117
Catharine (Peck) 108
Catherine 418

Catherine4 [Conn.] 162, 171
Catherine5 [Conn.] 163, 167
Catherine Ellen 147
Catherine (Carine) (Graves)

162
Catherine (Hull) 163
Cecelia 142
Cecelia Vaughn 31
Chadd 416

Charles4 25, 26, 47, 127
Charles5 49, 56, 57, 96,

97, 98, 138
Charles6 76, 97
Charles Augustus 142, 143
Charles Bisbee 252
Charles Emerson 145
Charles Florus 80
Charles Francis 285, 286
Charles Frederick 82
Charles Gaylord 364
Charles H. 417
Charles Richard 205
Charles S. 31

Charles Wattles 29, 30, 31
Charles William 80, 82
Charlotte (Erickson) 413
Charlotte Fidelia 332, 359
Charlotte Lucille 150, 151
Charlotte Martha 332
Chelsea 146
Chester Asa 71 , 75
Christian3 216, 230
Christian4 [Cape Cod] 221
Christian7 398
Christian (Hinckley) 216
Christian Speer 351
Christopher Fulton 324, 325
Christopher Joseph 416
Cillina 102
Clara 100

Clara (Johnson) 283
Clara M. 304
Clara (Perham) 308
Clara S. 299
Clarence 287
Clarice Louise (Pat) 68
Clarinda ( Hoi lingsworth ) 54

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

425

Clarissa 418

Clarissa [Conn.] 197, 198

Claude7 51

Claudia 98, 100

Claudius Collins4 21, 102,

103, 106
Claudius Collins6 108, 109,

111
Claudius Lysias Collins 30,

98
Clifford Augustus 139, 140
Colin Jeffery 254
Collins4 24, 25, 26, 27, 98
Collins5 49
Collins A. 55, 56, 76
Connie Marie 43, 44
Constance E. 310
Constance (Freethy) 309
Constance (Harvey) 52
Cora Maude 394
Corrie Albertine 404
Cynthia 397
Cyrus 29, 45

Daniel 162

Daniel Matthew 70

Darlene (Hogue) 8, 11, 134,

144, 419
Darline (Johnson) 68, 420
Darwin 396
David 403
David Carl 413
Davis 156, 199
Deborah (Bechtold) 147
Deborah (Head) 7 6
Deborah Lees 377
Delbert 44

Deletha (Carpenter) 100
Delilah 398

Deliverance (Atkins) 218
Delia (Middleton) 99
Delores (Brandt) 254
Diana (Odom) 7 0
Dianna May 147, 148
Donald 100
Donald Russell 147
Donald Wilson 396
Donald Winslow 277
Doris 100
Doris8 398
Dorothy 61, 6 3
Dorothy (Schroeder) 151

Dorothy (Sellers) 144
Dorothy (Wilson) 396
Douglass William 182, 184,
185

E. Archford 245

E. B. 398

Edgar 412

Edith 135

Edith5 135

Edith (Bosley) 136

Edith Elizabeth 136, 137

Edith Lancaster 314, 420

Edith (Nelson) 417

Edith (Nock) 111

Edmund 133, 134, 135, 137

Edna (Crosscup) 277

Edna (Peaslee) 208

Edward5 364

Edward6 245, 360

Edward Allen 100

Edward Arthur 101

Edward James 381, 382

Edward Milton 32, 33, 34

Edward Morel 376, 380, 419

Edward Payson5 332

Edward Payson6 334, 336,

359
Edward Rollin 35, 42
Edward Selwyn 101
Edwin5 364
Edwin6 76
Edwin Welles 113
Eilean 172
Eileen 412, 414
Eldora (Lombard) 287
Eleanor Susan 244, 274
Elisha2 13, 209
Elisha3 23, 25, 30, 102,

133
Elisha4 [Conn.] 162, 170
Elisha4 [Maine] 240
Elisha5 [Maine] 244, 279
Elisha Davis 216, 230,

237, 278, 284, 288, 289,

307, 420, 421
Elisha (Skinner) 238, 299,

300, 302, 305, 307
Elisha W. 131, 132, 133,

134, 135, 138
Eliza5 49

Eliza6 49, 51

426

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Eliza A. 136
Eliza (Kennelly)
Elizabeth3 23
Elizabeth5 55, 57

105, 108, 127
Elizabeth Bergen
Elizabeth (Dyer)
Elizabeth E. 276
Elizabeth (Emery)
Elizabeth ( Goodma
Elizabeth Howd 32
Elizabeth (Howd)
Elizabeth Jane 27
Elizabeth (Maybee
Elizabeth (Schroe
Elizabeth (Shelto
Elizabeth Speer 3
Elizabeth Veech 3

355
Elizabeth
Elizur 330, 363,
Ella Jennette 205
Ella (Long) 142
Ella M. 80, 82
Ella (Philipson)
Ellen 418
Ellen A. 241
Ellen Elecia 232
Ellen Stone 346,
Ellen Wesley 163
Elma A. 138
Elmer Clare 71, 7
Elroy Burdette 39
Elroy Burdette II
Elsie 412
Elva (Stickle) 99
Emeline4 392
Emerline (Emelin

[Maine] 240, 29
Emily 142
Emily5 [Cape Cod]
Emily5 [Conn. ] 17
Emily B. 308
Emily Elizabeth 5
Emily Elizabeth [

285, 286
Emily (Haskell) 2
Emily Loisa 330
Emily (Tracy) 58
Emma 417

Emma [Cape Cod] 2
Emma [Maine] 286
Emma Almira 182

246

, 58,

336
220

281
n) 318
9

328
7

) 403
der) 150
n) 400
58
39, 340,

(Woodruff) 309
364
, 209

412

347

4, 398
398

e )
8

222
1

9
Maine

21, 226

N. 285, 288
Victor 396
(Cook) 182

143

Emma Arvilla 247

Emma (Stewart) 412

Enard 173

Ernest Elwood 394, 395

Ernest Lorenzo 209

Esther Grace 101

Ethel (James) 362

Ethel June 398

Ethel Mason 30, 47

Eudora (Parkhurst) 32

Eugene Carpenter 118, 121,

420
Eugene
Eugene
Eunice
Eva 138
Eva (Vogt)
Ezell 397

Ezra 330, 331, 364
Ezra Finney 222
Ezra Titus 5, 332, 361, 419

Fannie Clement 362

Fannie Louise 180

Fanny5 29, 30

Fannie Elizabeth 33

Fanny (Hannah) 23, 132

Fanny (Hull) 331

Fanny Maria 332

Fanny (Sweetser) 32, 33

Faustina (Knowlton) 299

Fern 412

Fidelia 332

Fidelia (Church) 367

Flora 282

Flora Augusta 229

Flora Durand 207

Flora (Grannis) 205

Florence 252, 255

Florence (Turkington) 401

Floyd 395

Folwell Welles 4, 113, 118,

119, 420, 421
Fowler 188

Frances Annette 205, 207
Frances (Chemworth) 3 3
Frances E. 33
Frances Edaline 101
Frances (Givens) 398
Frances (Griswold) 179
Frances Louisa 109
Frances Silena 75

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

427

Frances (Smith) 117, 118,

121, 420
Frances (Williams) 392
Francis (Frank) Elliot 228,

229
Franjeskia 404, 406
Frank5 417
Frank5 [Maine] 286
Frank7 32, 60, 61
Frank Asa 245, 246
Frank Eugene 61, 63
Frank Perry 32, 43
Frank Perry, Jr. 43
Frank Speer 2, 133, 339,

420
Franklin 29, 30
Fred Leon 304
Fred Welby 1 , 6, 245, 246,

252, 255
Frederick6 31, 44
Frederick7 339
Frederick Charles

also Charles Frederick

299, 308
Frederick Gaylord 332, 334,

335, 336, 359
Frederick Gaylord III 358

Gaylord 329, 419
Gaylord Burns 363
Genevieve Rathbun 144, 150
Gertrude B. 136
George1 1 thru 20, 327,

419, 420, 421
George4 330, 364, 367
George5 49, 98, 100
George5 [Cape Cod] 2 33
George6 336, 394, 395
George F. 287
George M. 228, 229
George Milton 131, 134, 136
George Munger 330, 331, 336
George Peter 135
George Porter 182
George Richard 25, 206
George T. 403
George W. 182
George Washington 188
George Whitefield 332
Gertrude Baker 257, 259,

260
Gilman Robert 279, 281

Glenn Long 142, 150, 419
Glenn Philipson 412, 413
Glenn Philipson, Jr. 413,

419
Goldie Irene 60, 67
Grace6 76, 100, 208
Grace Elliott 198
Grace Fairchild (Elliott)

198, 199
Grace (Grierson) 306
Grace Herrick 256, 257,

259, 260
Grace (Hill) 252
Grace (Ite) 396
Grady B. 398

Hamilton Morel 373, 383

Hamlet Lee 208

Hannah2 13

Hannah3 [Cape Cod] 216, 234

Hannah3 [Conn. ] 156, 158,

188
Hannah3 (Fanny) 23, 132
Hannah4 [Cape Cod] 221, 227
Hannah4 [Conn.] 162, 172
Hannah4 [Maine] 238, 240,

284, 288, 420
Hannah6 45
Hannah A. 299
Hannah Adelle 9 8
Hannah (Avery) 221
Hannah (Davis) 12, 13, 14
Hannah Elizabeth 182, 183
Hannah (Sellew) 229
Hannah (Skinner) 299
Hannah (Stevens) 172
Harold Latimer 385
Harriet 393
Harriet5 417
Harriet A. 229, 230
Harriet Angelica 330
Harriet (Bullock) 32
Harriet Emily 233
Harriet Fidelia 330, 371,

384
Harriet (Granger) 232
Harriot 102
Harry 32

Harvey4 [Cape Cod] 231, 233
Harvey8 52

Hattie (Carpenter) 207
Hattie (Perkins) 206

428

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Hayden 138

Hazel 99

Helen 393

Helen B. 308

Helen Claudine 109, 111

Helen (Duff) 230

Helen E. 417

Helen Eliza 360

Helen Marie 35, 40

Helen Sandford 104, 105,

125
Heman 330, 365
Heman Nettleton 363, 364
Henrietta4 172, 197
Henrietta6 394
Henry C. 58
Henry Elizur 364
Henry Everett 3 3
Henry Ezra Franklin (Frank)

335, 336,6 337, 358
Henry Fowler 399, 400
Henry Huntington 360
Henry Martain 332, 360
Henry Paine 228
Henry Vaughn 31, 32, 34, 35
Henry William 403
Herbert G. 47
Herbert Hull 360
Hilda 132, 133
Hillary Frances 254
Hillary Lyn 254
Howard A. 412
Howard Glenn 413
Howard Radcliffe 2, 338,

339, 355, 357, 419
Huldah L. 142
Huldah (Morse) 364

Ida 100

Ida Mattie 139, 140

Ida (Speer) 337

Ina Bernice 139

Ira Smith 393

Irene ( Russell ) 63

Iris 396

Irving 395

Irwin Shelton 401

Isabelle Welles 113, 114

Ivy Pearl 60

Jacob2 2, 8, 13, 21, 98,
103, 130, 131, 132, 133,
152, 419, 420

Jacob^ 23

Jacob4 25, 26, 27, 28, 98

James4 231

James^ 29, 30

James 101

James" 101

James Kennedy 146

James M. 398

James Paul 51

James Ward 377

Jane^ 328

Jane4 199

Jane^ 29, 30, 45, 55, 417

Jane [Conn. ] 171

Jane 44

Jane Augusta 205, 208

Jane (Burns) 363

Jane Elizabeth 145

Jane (Leek) 327

Jane (Upson) 209

Jane (Watson) 59

Janet Speer 346, 352

Janet (Stone) 345

Janice MacLeod 144

Jason Jung 254

Jean 395

Jeanette 52

Jeannette 209

Jeannette Augusta 209

Jeffery Prescott 1, 6, 254

Jeffrey 416

Jeffrey Scott 149

Jennette Adelia 199, 200

Jennie^ 104, 105

Jennie 99

Jennie (Lee) 208

Jerome 173, 179, 210

Jerusha (Spear) 385

Jes 398

Jesse Iona 395

Jessie Blanche 304

Jessie (Poet) 140

Joan 398

Joan (Hawk) 4 3

Joanna 215

Joanna 216, 217

Joanna 218

Jocelyn Rae 416

John [Conn. ] 5, 13, 14,

155, 420
John3 [Cape Cod] 216
John3[Conn.] 156, 172
John4 [Cape Cod] 221, 229

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

429

John* [Conn. ] 172, 210

John^ [Maine] 240

John [Cape Cod] 228

John? 49, 51

John^ 51, 5 9

John 32

John, 2nd [Cape Cod] 228

John A. 55, 56, 59, 85

John A. , Jr. 59

John Clifton 398

John Elmer 51 , 52

John Gardner 231, 232

John Gass 52

John Leet 80

John Michael 149

John Raymond 5 4

John Sellew 229

John Victor 81

Joseph 403

Joseph [Conn.] 173, 178,

179,5180
Joseph [Maine] 244
Joseph C. 99

Joseph Franklin 180, 181
Joshua Elbridge 285, 286
Josiah^ 156, 162
Josiah 162
Joy Gertrude 398
Joyce 100
Julia 231, 233
Julia Ann Spencer 173
Julia B. 394
Julia Harriet 279, 281
Julia M. 284, 364
Julie (Spear) 385
Juliet 188
June (Parrott) 7 5
Justin 416

Katharine Cochran 339, 353,

357
Katharine Folwell 121, 122
Katherine (Milligan) 99
Kathleen (Adams) 145
Kathleen Sully 324, 326
Katie 318
Kelly Maree 416
Kenneth 9 9
Kenneth 398
Kenneth Lee 100
Kevin Patrick 149
Kevin Robert 416

Kiyoko (Suzuki) 382
Kristin Emily deWeese 326

Laura Ann 222, 226
Laura D. 188
Laura (Detamore) 97
Lavina 142

Lavina (Longstaff) 98
Leander K. 304
Leander Samuel 299
Lee 418
Lemon 4 9
Leona 59

Leonie Matilda 376, 377
Leonie (Morel) 372
Lethea 60

Levine (Gherke) 99
Lewis 138
Lillian 246

Lillie (Chamberlin) 52
Linda Ann 34
Lindsey Welles 121
Lisa 397

Lodoiska 163, 166
Lois 99

Lois (Borden) 146
Lorenzo D. 393
Loretta (Gray) 4 2
Lou 51
Louise 50
Lucretia 13, 14
Lucretia;; 156, 196
Lucretia 197, 198
Lucretia (Platts) 330
Lucy 329, 387, 393
Lucy A. 279
Lucy (Bulkeley) 206
Lucy (Frost) 365
Lucy Jane 363, 364
Lucy M. 231
Lucy Maria 231, 232
Lucy Munger 364
Lucy (Munger) 392
Lucy ( Newcomb ) 2 30
Lucy Willette 351
Luella Adelle 44, 45
Luella Bernice 71
Luna (Van Wagnen) 395
Luranda 2 3

Luranda (Lurinda) 49, 50
Luranda (Collins) 22, 30,
98, 103, 133

430

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Lydia (Bingham) 371
Lydia (Hall) 178
Lyle7 51

Mabel!

13, 14
Mabel., (Cowan) 5,
Mabel 395
Mabel (Chittenden)
Mabel Elizabeth 24
Mabel (MacLeod) 14
Mabel (Munger) 330
Madeline (Gohlke)
Mae (Clark) 52
Malinda6 51, 53
Marc Wayne 82
Marcia4 393, 403
Marcia5 403, 417
Marcia6 417
Marcia (Clement) 362
Mardell 413
Margaret 44
Margaret5 98
Margaret6 51, 5 5
Margaret A. 310
Margaret (Badollet

156, 157

14, 155
6, 247
3

413

Margaret
Margaret
Maria
Maria

(Ryder) 2

(Wade) 2 8

(Davis) Davi

Elizabeth 17

Marian7 143

) 51

s 170

(Hazelham) 4.

Lovena (Schwind) 34,

r) 314

11, 149
306

, 24, 25,

Marie
Marie

38
Marie (Richards) 2
Marietta (Lancaste
Marilyn 42
Marilyn (Werschem)
Marion Sadie 231,
Marjora (Cole) 366
Marjorie Diane 70
Marjorie Isabel 23

38
Mark Charles 413
Marlin 143
Marlin Augustus 142
Marlin Hazzard 142, 143
Marlin Hiram Hazzard 131,

132, 133, 134, 135, 142
Marlin MacDonald 145, 146
Martha 13, 21, 151
Martha (Burgess) 282
Martha (de Weese) 325

Marth
108
Marth
Marth
Marth
Marth
Marth
Marth
Marth
Mary
Mary2
Mary4
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
97
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary
Mary

a Dungan 104, 105,

, 124

a (Hill

a Jeanm

a LinsL

a (Utt)

a ( Wa 1 1 (

a (Week:

a (Wilk:

43, 45

13, 21

[Cape

[ Maine

) 276
\e 54, 120

ey 196
54

er) 145
:s) 398
;ins) 299

Cod] 218, 220
] 240, 241
98, 142, 418
51, 52, 58, 59, 76
A.5 [Cape Cod] 2 22
A.5 [Maine] 299
A.6 [Cape Cod] 232
(Abbott) 276, 279
Alice 56, 57, 83, 96,

Alice (Jones) 55, 59

Altha 139, 141

(Amber) 229

(Andrews) 399

Ann 31

Ann8 398

Ann (Hooper) 284

Anne (Howard) 4 4

(Atkins) 237

B. 394

(Bartlett) 245

(Bishop) 351

(Bunnell) 206

(Calvert) 365

(Chadwick) 48

(Chapman) 284

(Dewhurst) 400

E. 288

Eliza 192

Eliza (Polly) 188

Elizabeth 241

Ella 59

Euphemia
Frances6

105
400
346
75

127

Frances
Inez 71
J. 45
Jane 393
Jane (McNair)
Jemima 3 30
(Jones) 55, 58
(Judd) 179

85, 97

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

431

Mary (Ketchesan) 139

Mary M. 6 98

Mary (Macintosh) 308

Mary (Meaching) 360

Mary (Morton) 77

Mary Orinda 285

Mary (Stone) 328

Mary (Swan) 248

Mary (Swett) 305

Mary (Trudell) 415

Mary (Webster) 30

Mary (Welles) 112

Mary Weston 98

Mary (Wing) 4 03

Mary (Wright) 81

Maude 4 3

Maude (Jennings) 143

Max De Vere 101

Melvin G. 33

Melvina Frances 228
412, 417

101
Duane 70
Jay 381, 382
Eleanor 80, 82,

2, 392, 402,

Merton

Michael
Michael
Michael
Mildred
Milo 403
Milo Mulford

403, 404
Milton 56
Milton Howard 136
Minnie Abby 401, 402
Minnie (Frey) 49
Minnie (Herrick) 256, 259
Minor 397
Miranda 135
Milly 416

Mulford 1, 327, 328
Myron F. 404, 412
Myron Melvin 43
Myrtle 76

Nabby 218, 220
Nabby (Knowles) 228
Nancie (Knight) 357
Nancie Somerville 346,

352, 420
Nancy5 56
Nancy9 5 2
Nancy Ann 145
Nancy Burr 377
Nancy (Lees) 376
Nancy (Polski) 416

Nancy (Remington) 393

Nathaniel 240, 284

Neal (Weeks) 397

Nelie (Blakeman) 401

Nellie 312

Nellie (French) 288

Nellie (Mason) 47

Nellie May 134, 139, 140

Nelson 393

Nelson T. 392, 393

Nettie Frances 286, 287

Newton O. 4 04, 417

Newton Swett 306

Noah 55, 58, 59

Nora (Pugh) 398

Norma (Chisler) 145

Norman9 396

Norman Allison 8, 11, 13'

144, 419
Norman Everett 142, 143
Norman Kennedy 145

0. D. 394

Olive^ 156, 157

Olive5 135

Olive Elizabeth 144

Olive (Gross) 394

Olivet 99

Olivia Lamb 121, 122

Olivia Lamb (Carpenter)

118, 120, 420, 421
Ollie D. (Patterson) 61
Orlando 418
Otis Welton 395

Pansey (Burton) 317
Parnel 188

Parnel (Fowler) 187, 188
Patricia 43
Patricia 52
Patricia (Ducharme) 416
Patricia Jean 42
Patricia Welles 121, 123
Paul Dyer 221, 228
Paul Schroeder 151
Pearl 76

Pearl (Clement) 362
Pearl (Knowles) 257
Percy 276

Peter1 1 thru 20, 21,
133,

155, 327, 419,

131,
420

432

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Peter' 216

PeterMCape Cod] 218, 231
Peter [Conn. ] 162, 171
Peter D. 131, 132, 133,

134, 135, 136, 137
Peter Frederick Gaylord 351
Peter Gaylord 131, 134,

150, 151
Peter Glenn 151
Phebe E. 173, 178
Phebe (Fowler) 172
Phebe (Woodruff) Hull 102
Philip Burr 332, 376
Philip Munson 373, 419
Phoebe3 (Phebe) 23, 25,

48, 127, 133
Phoebe Jane (Jennie) 21,

104, 105, 109, 125
Pleasant 49
Polly (Hough) 392
Prescott (Shubael P.) 253,

420
Priscilla 418
Priscilla Bartlett 248, 420

Rachel 142
Rachel [Conn. ]
Rachel7 395
Rachel Bishop 35
Rachel E. 308
Rachel (Steward)
Ralph Alonzo 1 ,
Gorman 8 ,
Gorman, Jr

Ralph
Ralph
420
Ralph
Ralph
Raymond
Raymond

William 60

William, J

Blake 28

Blake, J

Raymond
Rebecca.
Rebecca;
Rebecca

Church 3

59
13, 14
[Conn . ]
222,

Rebecca A
Rebekah4 [Cape C
Rebekah5 135
Rhoda Maria (Moo
Rhoda (Wattles)
Richard Alan 68,
Richard Alan, Jr
Richard Davis 1
Richard Davis6 2

162, 171

134, 142
314, 317
318, 420
. 324, 325,

, 68, 420
r. 68, 70
6, 287
r. 287, 288
84, 385

156, 185
224

od] 218

re) 365
28, 29

70
. 70
99, 204
08

Richard Hogue 11,
Richard Howard 415
Richard Newton 309
Richard Welton 396
Robert 4 5

145, 148
, 416

, 397

Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert

420
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert
Robert

A 6 308,
A. 30?
Abbott

244

Abbott 247
Eugene 68
Ford 3 3
James 415,
John 52
Mansfield 3
R. 105
Titus 365
Titus,, Jr.
Titus7 366
Roderick MacLeod 1
Rosanna (McLymond)
Rose (Alexander) 5
Roxana3 23, 130, 1
Roxana5 25, 29, 30
Roxana (Chadwick)
Roxanna 2 9
Royal Ralph 393, 4
Royal Ralph, Jr. 4
Ruanna (Tuttle) 39
Ruby Louise 308
Ruby (Nash) 60
Ruth2 328
Ruth6 58
Ruth Alberta 257,

260, 269, 420
Ruth Caroline 101
Ruth Clara 308
Ruth Darline (John

420
Ruth Frances ( McTe
Ruth (Galeucia) Ga
Ruth Lor,raine 61,
Ruth M. 47, 60, 6
Ruth (Russell) 147

, 245,

, 248

416
98

365, 366

404
1
33

24, 48

17
17
2

258, 259,

son) 68,

rnen) 253
rdner 231
64
6

Sabra A.
58, 89
Sabra A.
Salina A,

25,
96,
58
142

55,
97

56, 57,

Sally 48
Sally4 330,

363

INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Salome 26 ,

Samuel .

Samuel „

T 4

Samuel

Sally [Cape Cod] 231
Sally (Coleman) 415
Sally (Small) 223
Sally Smith 222
27
216

[Cape Cod] 221
[Maine] 238, 240,
299
Samuel [Cape Cod] 221,

222, 226
Samuel [Conn. ] 173
Samuel, Jr. [Cape Cod] 220
Samuel Atkins 279, 281
Samuel Gilman 284
Samuel Latimer 371, 385
Sara 98

Sara Elvira 105, 126
Sara (Folwell) 104
Sara Marie 232
Sarah 197, 199
Sarah (Abbott) 245
Sarah Abigail 399
Sarah Amelia 332, 363
Sarah Anna 223
Sarah (Babcock) 184

Burr 376, 379

(Burr) 375

Eliza 371, 384

H. [Cape Cod] 229

(Hanger) 80

(Lewis) 252

(Linsley) Russell 197

(Munger) 364

(Power) Kip 333

(Powers) 277
Sarah Sophia 244, 252, 278
Sarah (Thomas) 399
Scott LeCocq 325
Scott MacLeod 144
Shannon Sully 325
Shirley (Fulton) 320
Shubael3 216, 218, 222
Shubael4 [Cape Cod] 231
Shubael4 [Maine] 240, 244,

279, 420
Shubael Prescott 246, 251
Shubael Prescott8 253, 420
Shubael Sanford 244, 276
Sigra (Roswell) 397
Silena (Phillips) 70
Simeon 156, 158, 187, 188
Sophia (Haines) 240

Sophr

Stanl

Stell

Steph

Stodd

Stuar

346

Submi

Sue E

Susan

Sybil

Sydne

Sylva

405

Sylva

4 j ■;

Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah
Sarah

onia (Howe) 138

ey 398

a Caroline 109, 110

en 318

en Mills 228

ard 336

t Frederick Gaylord

, 350, 421

t2 13, 14

t3 156, 192

lien (Schubert) 395

(Abbott) 244

Elizabeth 381, 383

(Fowler) 163

(Galloway) 135

(LeCocq) 325

(Hayden) 137

(Rose) 143
y V. 32, 33

nus3 2, 329, 392, 403,
, 419

nus4 330, 364
nus Hugh 393, 418

Tammy Lee 7 0

Tamze (Nettleton) 329

Terrence John 43

Terri (Darling) 149

Thomas 2 31

Thomas8 398

Thomas Gill 112

Thomas Jefferson 188, 192

Thomas N. 231

Thomas William 147

Titus 329, 330, 332,

379

Titus

384

Titus

366,

Munson 371, 372, 379,
S. 417

Vela (Neal) 398

Vera (Crump) 398

Vesta 395

Virginia Catherine 2, 8,

34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 419
Virginia H. 309
Virginia Turkington 401

Wallace S. 33, 43

434 INDEX OF COAN NAMES

Walter 395

Wanda Louise 61

Warner Joseph 403

Wesley 29

Wesley Booth 401

Wesley Burgess 2, 399, 400

Will A. 2394, 397

William 13

William 23, 24, 30, 48,

56, 77, 98, 127, 133
William4 25, 26, 31 , 48,

393, 418, 419
William4 [Conn.] 162, 170
William5 49, 55, 56, 59, 98
William6 59, 76, 80, 96, 97
William8 101
William Albert 280, 311
William Arathur 205, 208
William Avery 415
William Bigelow 360
William Bloomfield 279,

280, 283
William E. 33
William F. 403
William Folwell 105, 108
William Folwell, Jr. 108,

109, 111, 112
William Ford 32, 33
William Frederick 306, 307
William Freethy 309
William H. 241
William Harrison 332, 363
William Hayhurst 393, 394
William I. 29, 30, 47
William J. 51 , 54
William Lorenzo 199, 209
William Mosher 99
William Norman 145, 146
William Noves 209
William P.5 25, 29
William Roy 59
William Thomas 398
William Wallace 399
Wilmina (Shetrum) 136
Wilson Elmer 136, 137

Y. L. C. 29, 30

COAN SURNAMES OTHER THAN C-Q-A-N 4 35

Campbell, S. C.

(Abraham Sherwood Coan)
182, 184

COANN

Ethel (James) 362
Ezra Titus 362
Fannie Clement 362
Pearl Clement 362

COWAN 3

Mabel 5, 156, 157

436

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

ABBE

Albert H. 203

Charlotte (Pendleton) 202
ABBOTT

Eliza 195

Jane M. 203

Mary 276, 279

Sarah 245

Sophia 194

Susan 244, 279
ABEL

Katherine 50
ACHESON

Ernest F. 379

Katherine Burr 380

Sarah (Coan) 379

Sarah Jennie 380
ADAMS

Christopher James 293

Christy P. 293

Clarissa (Dudley) 152

Kathleen June 145

Mary 390

Patricia (Blake) 292, 293

Piatt 152

Sandra Lyn 293
AINSLEY

Chester M. 418

George D. 418

Harriet (Coan) 417

Thomas 417

Thomas W. 418

Tracy C. 418
AKERS

Margaret 139
ALBAUGH

Cherlyn Lynn 67

Edith Ann 67

Gary 67

Goldie (Coan) 67

Lewis Eugene 67

Margaret 67, 68

Maurice 67

Maurine 67

Michael 67

Vivian (Weeker) 67
ALEXANDER

Rhoda 195

Rose 51
ALFANO

Philip John, Jr. 251

Priscilla (Barnes) 251

ALFRED THE GREAT 246
ALLEN

Belinda (Hull) 103

Gail (Cohen) 118

Jese 23

Julia Coan 118

Lawrence Redfield 118

Marillyn (Smith) 117

Redfield Wilmerton 117
ALLGIERS

Kattie 85
ALTENBURG

Carla Patricia 73

Edgar 71, 7 2

Kristin Lee 73

Lewis Conrad 7 3

Luolin (Storey) 71, 72

Robert Alexander 73
AMBER

Mary E. 229
ANDREWS

C. L. 49

Elmira (Emery) 285

Helen 90

Jennie (Hodge) 49

Mary (Coan) 285

Mary E. 399

Samuel B. 285, 286, 288
ANDERSON

Mary Louise (Campbell) 62

Matthew Richard 62

Nancy 415

Richard 62
ARNOLD

Daniel 330

Olivet (Coan) 99

Sally (Coan) 330

William E. 99
ASHCRAFT

Caroline 37
ATHELERED The King 246
ATKINS

Deliverance 218

James Lombard 218

Joanna (Coan) 218

Mary 237
ATWOOD

Alton Barrows 247

Charles Nelson 247

Frederick A. 227

George F. 227

Helen (Carney) 247

Mabel (Coan) 247

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

437

ATWOOD (Cont. )

Mary (Collins) 227
Peter L. 227
Sarah (Paine) 227
Sylvester P. 227
AVERY

Hannah 221
AYER

Addie 286
AYERS

Martha 289
BABCOCK

Emma (Warner) 391

Glenn 391

Milton 391

Rosetta 391

Sarah Jane 184
BACON

Benjamin Wisner 129

Catherine (Terry) 129

Edward W. 129

Florence (Coan) 255

Francis 129

George Blagden 129

Guy L. 255

Guy L. , Jr. 255

Helen 255

Leonard 128

Leonard Woolsey 129

Lucy 129

Lucy (Johnson) 128

Rebecca Taylor 129

Theodore 129
BADGER

Alphonso W. 274

Alphonso W. , Jr. 274

Anna Belle (Coan) 246, 274

Ivy (Kew) 274
BADOLLET

Alfred 54

Aline 55

Caroline (Coan) 54

Henry 54

Lenore 55

Leroy 54

Margaret 51, 54

Mary 54

Meredith 55

Robert 54

Ruth (Gardner) 54
BAILEY

Ethel (Plant) 187

Rhoda 168

Rodolph F. 187

BAIRD

Chester 210

Rebecca (Kimberly) 210
BAKER

Albert Orson 30

Alice (Buchanan) 407

Alice (Coan) 140

Carl E. 407

Cinda 407

Evadne Margaret 407

John 140

Lorenzo K. 407

Margaret (Keeler) 407

Margaret (King) 407

Norman Carlyle 407

Roxanna (Coan) 25, 29, 30
BALDWIN

Anna Read 206
BANGERT

Christine 87

Margaret (Misner) 86

Peggy 8 7

Walter M. 8 6
BARKER

Nancy Ann 410
BARNES

Barbara (Johnson) 250

Carol 90

Christine (Shaw) 250

Francine (Cocallas) 251

Ginger Lynn 251

H. Norman 90

Helen ( Jarvis ) 90

James Hume, Jr. 249

James Hume III 249

James Hume IV 250

Lydia 153

Marjorie 90

Mark Joshua 250

Natalie (Hoekenga) 250

Paul Abbott 249, 250

Peter Bartlett 249, 251

Priscilla Bartlett 249

Priscilla (Coan) 248, 420

Rebecca Joy 250

Robert James 251
BARRIE

Elizabeth Ann 75
BARRON

Julia (Coan) 233

Julia Ruth 233

Lucy (Coan) Bonney 233

Michael D. 233

William E. 233

438

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

BARTLETT

Caroline (Tyler) 198

Catherine Lodoiska 166

Charles Olcott 180

Clarissa (Coan) 198

Cynthia Rodgers 389

David Rodgers 390

Fannie (Coan) 180

Harriet (Field) 181

Jane (Warner) 390

John 166, 198

Joseph Coan 181

Josiah Walter 166

Joyce May 182

Laura (Waldon) 181

Lodoiska (Coan) 163, 166

Lucretia Coan 198

Mary Elizabeth 245

Robert Jerome 181

Roberta Joan 182

Samuel 166

Sophia Martha 198

William Tyler 198
BARTLEY

Roland 95

Suzanne (Smith) Wicall 95
BARTON

Caroline E. 417
BARTTELOT

Adam 245
BASS

Anna (Chittenden) 195

Celia 195

George 195

Henry 195

John 195

Mary 195
BASSETT

Phebe (Fowler) 156
BATCHELDER

Helen Lorraine 297

Miriam (Simpson) 297

Myrtie (Fisher) 216, 238

Sydney Horace 297

Sydney Horace, Jr. 297

Sydney Horace III 297
BATES

Polly (Kimberly) 210
BATTLE

Annie 225
BAXTER

Ida (Coan) 140

William 140

BAYNE

Oliver 49

Sybil (Murphy) 49
BEAN

Caroline (Burhans) 46

Doris 295

Hattie L. 46

John 46
BEARDSLEY

Hetty (Bishop) 186

Lewis 186
BECHTOLD

Deborah 147
BECKER

Christine Louise 408

Geraldine (Bunge) 408

Jessie (Keeler) 407

Julia Ann 408

Mark Joseph 408

Richard Walter 408

Walter J. 407
BEECHER

Elizabeth 107

Martha Leach 107

Sara (Bolter) 106

Willis Judson 106
BENTON

Electa 157
BILLINGS

Eugene 290

Minnie (Hooper) 290
BILLS

Adeline (Kimberly) 213

Elmer E. 213
BINGHAM

Lydia 371
BIREN

Charlotte (Coan) 150, 151

Glenn Jacob 152

Joseph 151

Sarah Elizabeth 152
BISHARAT

Haitham 347

Leslie (Lockhart) 347

Raja 347

William 347
BISHOP

Abby (Davis) 167

Ada I. 168

Angeline (Chittenden) 186

Anna Nichols 186

Augustus 185

Catherine C. 169

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

4 J9

BISHOP (Cont. )

Catherine (Coan)
Charles A. 186
Charles Edward 1
Charles W. 170
Clara Walkley 16
Clifford Forest
Curtis B. 169
Burtis Benton 16
Edward A. 186
Egbert Eugene 18
Elizabeth Annett
Ella Catherine 1
Ellen Augusta 18
Elvira Clarissa
Emma (Klein) 169
Emma (Rogerson)
Frank Benjamin 1
Frederick C. 168
Grace ( Bunnel 1 )
Harriet Benton 1
Henry Whitfield
Hetty Eugenia 18
Homer Coan 186
Isabelle C. 167
Janette (Griswol
Leonard Randolph
Lina R. 169
Lucy 160

Maria (Coan) 179
Marjorie Francis
Martin Chittende
Mary Elizabeth 1
Mary Louisa 186
Mary Willette 35
Maud Josephine 1
Nellie Lucy 168,
Oliver Raymond 1
Patty (Loper) 18
Randolph L. 169
Rebecca L. 186
Rhoda (Bailey) 1
Robert Merton 17
Sadie (Klein) 16
Susie (Brown) 16
William Curtis 1

BLAISDELL
Adeline 233

BLAKE

Barbara

167

67, 169

7, 169
179

e 169

67, 168

186, 187

170

67, 169

186
67
167
6

d) 186
167, 168

169
n 186
67

1
70

169
68, 169

BLAKE (Cont. )
George Livings
Mary (Bond) 2 9
Patricia 292,
Rodney Norton
Rodney Norton,

293
Rodney Norton

BLAKEMAN
Nelie 401

BOLENDER

Cassie ( Schuma

410
Gregory James
Homer Wright 4
Homer Wright,
John Daniel 41
Julia (Fairchi
Julie (Conrad)
Marilina (Tacc
Nancy (Barker)
Patricia Ann 4
Peter Wright 4

BOLLES

Joseph 245

BOLTER

Alfred 105, 10
Alfred H. 107
Elizabeth ( Coa

108, 127
Martha Leach 1
Sara Maria 106
Wilfred Alfred
Willis Ray 107

BOND

Fred Darwin 29
Hannah Louise

420
Hannah ( Shephe
Mary Shepherd

BONNEY

Julia Coan 233
Lucy (Coan) 2 3
Stephen 233

BOOTH

ton 293
2

293
292
Jr. 292,

III 293

cher) 408,

410

Jr. 410

Id) 410

410
ioco) 410

410

10
10

n) 105,
06
106, 107

292, 293,

rd) 291
292

292

Catherine Alice
Catherine (Livin
Emily (Coan) 285

293

gston) 293
, 286

Clifford H.

206

Elenore Bald

win 206

Eugene

400

Hattie

(Coan

) 206

Marian

206

Samuel

399

Sarah

(Coan)

399

BORDEN

Lois Jeanne

146

440

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

BORST

Elizabeth Wood 93
BOSLEY

Edith 136
BOSTWICK

Leroy 153

Martha (Dudley) 153
BOUCHER

Ethel M. 225
BOWEN

Bessie (Coan) 47

Byron D. 47

Elizabeth B. 47

Jean (Gurney) 47

Mason 4 7
BOWMAN

Shirley 40
BOYD

Dianna (Coan) 147, 148

Katharine Rae 148

Raymond 148
BOYER

Douglas Robert 296

Karen Whitney 296

Nancy (Whitney) 296

Robert 296
BRANDT

Delores Frances 254
BREWSTER

Charles 82

David 82

Mildred (Wentworth) 82
BRIGDEN

Asenath 160
BRIGGS

Marion (Kimberly) 213

Viola R. 169
BROGDEN

Cecil 87
BROOKS

Frances 129

Lydia 161

Olive 50
BROWN

David 219

Mary 173

Mary Ann 41

Phyllis 41

Rebekah (Coan) Mills 219

Susie 169
BROWNING

Henry 72

Luolin (Storey) Altenburg
71

BUCHANAN

Alice 407
BUCKELEY

Lucy Mansfield 206
BUCKNELL

Eleanor K. 161
BUELL

Maria 193
BULLOCK

Harriet Isabel 32
BUMPUS

Carl D. 411

Verna (Schumacher) Sheridan
408, 411
BUNGE

Geraldine 408
BUNKER

Dodifer 157
BUNNELL

Grace 186

Julia 161

Mary Lenora 206
BURGESS

Abby B. 399

Martha 282
BURHANS

Caroline Rhoda 45, 46

Charles Henry 45

Cyrus Wattles 45

Jane (Coan) 29, 30, 45

John Henry 30, 45

Mary Jane 45, 46
BURKHEIMER

Jane (Coan) 44
BURNS

Jane 363
BURR

Benjamin F. 89

Dorothy (Jarvis) Melrose
89

Sarah Bryan 375
BURTON

Pansey 317
BUSH

David M. 317

Edith (McClure) 315, 317

George L. 194

Laura (Chittenden) 194
CADY

Olive 211
CALVERT

Mary Ann 365
CAMP

Abigail 171

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

441

CAMPBELL
John 62
John Scott 62
Lori Denise 62
Mary Louise 62
Minnie 161
S. C. (Abraham

Coan) 182, 18
Susan Renee 62
Wandalee (Long)

CAMT

Mary 202

CANCELLIERI

Andrew (Bond) 2
Barbara (Blake)
Christopher Joh
Joseph G. 292

CANFIELD

Constance 87

E. B. 152

Lucy (Dudley) 1

CARLETON

Anne Whittier 3
Barbara (Collin
Barry N. 356
Frank H. 356
Frank Henry 356
Fred Pillsbury
Fred Pillsbury,
John Little 356
Joseph 356
Julia 356
Katharine (Coan

353, 357
Margaret Settle
Mary (Settle) 3
Ruth (Grimley)

CARMICHAEL

Marjorie Alice

CARNEY

Helen K. 247

CARPENTER

Deletha Grace 1
Hattie M. 207
Olivia Lamb 4,
420, 421

CARTER

Alice (Whitney)
Charles Merritt
Leo 296

Nellie (Bishop)
Robert 169
Susan Kate 296
Whitney Alan 29

Sherwood
4

Murphy 62

292
n 293

52
56

356

355
Jr. 356

339,

356
56
356

261

118, 120,

296
169

169

Marine 378

(Coan) 398
398

407

242

134, 140

CARULLI

Diana
CASEY

Carol ine

John Coan

John 398

Joni 398
CASTLE

Betty (Keeler)

Linda 407

Roy 407
CAVERLY

Emeline ( Prescott

Royal 242
CHADWICK

Mary 4 8

Roxanna 24
CHAMBERLIN

Lillie Dove
CHANEY

Charles 140

Nellie (Coan)
CHAPIN

Anna Rebecca 173

Charles Enard 173

Edward Cornelius 173

John Bromham 173

Julia (Coan) 173

Mary Louisa 173

Mary (Stephenson) 173

Robert Alexander Hallam
173

Seth S. 173

William Alonzo
CHAPMAN

Claudia (Coan)

Edward 100

Mary P. 284

Wealthy Ann 161
CHARLEMAGNE 2 2
CHEEVER

May 175
CHEMWORTH

Frances 33
CHISLER

Norma Jean 145
CHITTENDEN

Aaron Dutton 193, 195

Abel 193, 196

Abel L. 194

Abigail 196

Almira 194

Amelia (Roberts) 194

173

Wagoner 100

442

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

CHITTENDEN (Cont. )
Angeline A. 186
Anna Goodale 193, 195
Annette (Coan) 200
Anson 192, 193, 195
Artemesia 193, 194
Belinda (Wheeler) 193
Catharine Fowler 200
Chauncey 193
Daniel Anson 193
Deborah 193
Denison 200
Dwight C. 187
Edward F. 196
Edward Johnson 200
E. L. (Hall) 194
Eliza (Abbott) 195
Eliza Ann 195
Eliza (Hiscock) 194
Eliza Maria 194
Elizabeth 195
Erne line 194, 196
Harriet (Wheeler) 193
Henry Denison 200
Huldah (Prouty) 193
Jane 194
Jared M. 194
Jeanette 193
Joanna (Sheaffe) 155
John Scranton 200
Josiah C. 193
Laura C. 194, 195
Laura (Chittende
Lucretia (Coan)
Luella (Rossiter
Mabel 14, 155
Mabel E. 175
Mabel Elvira 187
Maria (Buell) 19
Mariette 193, 19
Martha (Slocum)
Martin C. 196
Mary ( Dowd ) 2 00
Mary E. 196
Mary (Wells) 194
Miranda 193
Nancy (Dudley) 166
Noah Anson 194
Rachel 193, 195
Rhoda (Alexander) 195
Richard A. 195
Ruth Dudley 187
Salome 193

n) 195
195
) 187

3
4
194

CHITTENDEN (Cont.)

Samuel N. 194

Sarah Lucretia 200

Siba (Hand) 193

Sophia (Abbott) 194

Submit (Coan) 156, 192

William 155

William Augustus 193

William Harvey 193

William Wallace 193

Zaida 193

Zenas 193, 194
CHIVERS

Emma 174
CHURCH

Fidelia 367
CLARK

Clair 54

Clairice (Coan) Olofson
68

J. A. 53

Lyle 68

Mae 52

Malinda (Coan) 53

Nina 54
CLAWSON

Phebe Jane 24
CLEMENT

Marcia H. 362
CLOUGHESSY

Bessie (Coan) 402

Elizabeth Nelie 402

Helen Jean 402

Irwin Wesley 402

William H. 402
COBB

Calvin D. 193

Zaida (Chittenden) 193
COCALLAS

Francine 251
COHEN

Gail Eileen 118
COLE

Almeda Jerusha 390

Marjora 366
COLEMAN

Sally Lynn 415
COLLINS

Barbara 356

Betsy 227

Claudius Lysias 98

Dorcas Lombard 227

Elizabeth (Hall) 22

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

443

COLLINS (Cont. )

Emma Coan 2 27

Emma (Coan) 2 26

Grace 341

Harriet 159

John, 2nd 227

Jonathan, Jr. 227

Luranda 22, 98, 103

Mary Coan 227

Oliver 22

Sarah H. 227

Sylvanus 227
CONRAD

Julie 410
CONWAY

Agnes L. 160
COOK

Eunice 182
COOPER

Arthur R. 140

Lisa (Coan) 397

Nellie (Coan) Chaney 134,
140
CORNWALL

Flora May 208

Jane (Coan) 208

William H. 208
CORNWELL

Abigail 212

Ashbel 127, 130

Roxana (Coan) 130
COVILLE

Mary 389
COWELL

Olivia G. 190
COX

John 89, 96, 97

Mary (Jones) Coan 55, 56,
58, 59, 85, 95, 99

Sabra A. (Coan) 25, 55,
56, 57, 58, 89, 96, 97

William 55, 59, 85, 96, 97
CROSSCUP

Edna 277
CRUMP

Vera 398
CUNNINGHAM

Alice 276
CURRAN

Jacob Robert 182

James P. 182

Joyce (Bartlett) 182

Molly Rachel 182

CURTIS

Alice Jeannette 401

Emma 84, 85, 87, 87, 96

George 85, 96

Kate 96

Mary Alice (Coan) Jarvis
Smith 56, 57, 86, 96, 97

Maurine 96

Molly 96

Moses S. 83, 84, 89, 90
DAGGETT

Charlotte F. 231
DAIFUKU

Alice (Coan) 366

Hiroshi 366
DALE

Barbara Jean 70
DALTON

Mary 224
DARLING

Terri Lyn 149
DAVIS

Abby L. 167

Clara Gertrude 168

Ella (Bishop) 168

Frederick 167

Genevieve (Coan) 150

Glenn 150

Hannah 12, 13, 14

Isabelle (Bishop) 167

Maria 170

Pearl (Hodge) 4 9

Philip 150

Ralph Augustus 168

Rose (Fairchild) 168

William Chapin 150

William Hubbard 168
DAVY

Ann (Coan) Kern 403
DEAN

Edward Coan 363

Frederic Coan 363

Henry Martin 363

Sarah (Coan) 363

William Monroe 363
DEASEY

Myra 290
De Jean

Nancy 83
de Meister

Beatrice 261
de Weese

Martha Minor 325

444

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

De Long

Altha (Lowe) Dittmar 141
Louis 141
DEMPCY

Nancy Jane 91
DENIO

Caroline (Coan) 29, 30, 46
John R. 30, 46
DENIS

Frances 290
Mary Ann (Hooper) 290
DENNY

Catherine (Coan) 147, 148
John 148
Kimberly 148
Robert 148
Shannon Lea 148
DENSON

Theresa 51
DETAMORE

Laura 97
DEWHURST

Mary A. 400
DIBBLE

Alison (Coan) 381

Claire Anne 382

Norman Charles Keith III

381
Norman Edward 382
DICKEY

Arianna Horton 275
DICKSON

Ruth Brownlie 263
DINSMORE

Amanda (Coan) 188
DITTMAR

Altha (Lowe) 141
Dolores Elaine 140, 141
Frances (Smith) 141
Ira 141

Patricia Mary 141
Renetta Lynn 141
Ronald Lewis 141
DONNELLY
A. 152

Eliza (Dudley) 152
DOONAN

Lisa Ann 139

Mary Alice (Roberts) 139
Thomas Allen 139
DOWD

Ella 209
Mary Jane 200

DOWNEY

Myrtle (Coan) 76

Peggy 76
DRISCOLL

Martha Naomi 159
DUCHARME

Patricia Ellen 416
DUDLEY

Alice 166

Alice (Haskins) 153

Augustus Bartlett 171

Calvin 152

Catherine (Bartlett) 166

Charles 152

Clarissa 152

Dwight 153

Dwight Guilford 153

E. C. (Marion) 153

Eliza 152

George 152

Hooker 152

Ira L. Fenn 166

Jedidiah 152, 153

Jessie A. 153

John Bartlett 166

Lucy 152

Lydia Ann 153

Lydia (Barnes) 153

Martha 153

Martha (Coan) 152

Mary 166

Miriam (Linsley) 171

Myra E. 153

Nancy 166

Ruth (Coan) 328

Samira 153

Selah 328

Sibyl (Stoddard) 152

Sophia 166

Stephen 152

William 152

Wright 152
DUFF

Helen M. 230
DUNAWAY

Olivia (Coan) Jones 122

William Rice 122
DUNBAR

Hulda L. 66

Jack 352

June (Coan) 352
DUNCAN

Juliet (Coan) 188

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

445

DUNHAM

Mary (Coan) 76
DUNLAP

Arthur Morel 378

Beverly (Moon) 378

Bryan Robert 378

Diana (Carulli) 378

Joseph Matthew 378

Joseph Riggs 378

Leonie (Coan) 376, 377
DURANT

Arthur 192

Henry 192

Henry Willad 192

Mary (Coan) 192

Sabriette 192
DURGIN

Roxanna A. 161
DYER

Betsy 221

Elizabeth 220
EDDY

Beatrice Emogene 184

Esther Mabel 184

Helen Frances 184

Henry Turner 183

Horace Taylor 184

Ronald Wayne 383

Ruth Elizabeth 184

Sebella (Taylor) 183

Susan (Coan) 383
EFFINGER

Ed 150

Genevieve (Coan) Davis 150
EISMIN

Larry 95

Suzanne (Smith) Wicall
Bartley 95
ELLIOT

Bruce Edward 296

Emily Louise 296

Emily (Whitney) 296

Gordon 296

Jack Edward 296

Karin Vaud 296

Liesl 296

Martha 296

Samuel 296

Sara (McDonald) 296
ELLIOTT

Grace Fairchild 198, 199
ELLMAN

Berenice 396

ELY

Andrew Jackson 23

Ann (Hinckley) 23

Anna Helen 24

Clarence 24

Elizabeth (Coan) 2 3

Frances Louisa (Stevens)
23

Franklin Pratt 23

Hector 23, 24

Helen Ann 24

Ida May (Reynolds) 23

Myron 2 3

Phebe Jane (Clawson) 24

Richard 23

Willisford 24
EMERSON

Barbara (Coan) 207

Elizabeth 207

Flora D. (Coan) 207

Harriet Barbara 207

Harrison D. 207

Laura 207

Lome K. 207
EMERY

Elizabeth A. 281

Elmira H. 285
ERICKSON

Charlotte Louise 413
EVARTS

Charles M. 209

Ella (Coan) 209

Ella (Dowd) 209

Louis B. 209

Roy 209

Percy W. 209
EWALD

Charles Hildreth 411

Emma 411

Jane (Roseberry) 411

John Alfred 410

John Alfred, Jr. 411

John Hiram 411

Katherine Cassandra 411

Olive (Schumacher) 410
EWING

Amos Greer 110

Catherine 110

Claudius Coan 110

Sarah 110

Stella (Coan) 110
FAIRCHILD

Julia M. 410

Rose 168

446

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

FANCHER

Charlotte (Coan) 359

Harriet Maria 359

Isaac David 359

Sarah Louisa 359

William B. 359
FARNHAM

Artemesia (Chittenden) 193

John R. 193
FARRELL

Ida S. 84
FELT

Rachel (Coan) 308
FENN

Orra 159
FERGUSON

Eugene 52

Patricia (Coan) 52
FERSON

Caroline (Coan) 331

Emma 3 31

Nettie 331

William B. 331
FETTERS

Aaron 85

Elizabeth (Jarvis) 85
FIELD

Harriet 181

Mary E. 173
FISCHER

Barbara (Coan) 101

Willard Earl 101
FISHER

Edwin E. 296

Emma (Hooper) 2 89, 2 96

Mabel Roxanna 297

Minnie May 297

Myrtie Emma 216, 238, 297
FITCH

Julia (Kimberly) 160

William 160
FLEMING

Ada (Murphy) 50

Ed 5 0
FLETCHER

Mary ( Prescott ) 243

Sidney W. 243
FOILE

Ann 137
FOLWELL

Sara Maria 104
FOOTE

Ella (Bishop) 186

FOOTE (Cont. )

Frank 186

Hannah (Coan) Kimberly 158

Harriet 156

Huldah (Fowler) 156

Jared 158

John 156

Uriah Collins 156
FORD

Benjamin Coan 121

Douglas Roy 121

James Orson 204

Leonore (Pendleton) 204

Lindsey (Coan) 121

Theodore Belvin 204
FOREMAN

George 50

Mary Ann (Smith) 50
FOSS

Dorothy Scholes 296
FOSTER

Heather Griffin 267

Robert Peck 267

Robin (Griffin) 266, 267
FOUKS

Linda (Steger) 414

Melissa Mardell 414

Michael 414
FOWLER

Abel 156

Anna 185

Catharine 199

Daniel 188

Eliakim 189

Elizabeth 156

Frederic 156

Henrietta Admonia 172

Huldah 156

Isaac 156

Joseph 172

Luther W. 202

Mabel 156

Mary E. (Coan) 188

Olive (Coan) 156

Parnel 187

Phebe Ann 172

Phebe 156

Sarah M. 202

Susan 163

William 156
FRANCIS

J. F. 59

Mary Ella (Coan) 59

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

447

FRANKLIN

Ivy Pearl (Coan) 60
FREETHY

Constance Edith Dorothy
309
FRENCH

Mira 139

Nellie M. 288

Winifred 138
FREY

Minnie 49
FROST

Lucy B. 365
FULTON

Darci Kay 273

David Kenniston 271, 272

David Kenniston, Jr. 273

Pamela Louise 271

Robert MacGregor 270, 271,
273

Robert William 270

Ruth A. (Coan) 257, 258,
259, 260, 269, 420

Sharon (Julien) 272

Shirley 320
GADDA

David Gordon 50

Deane Bruce 50

Donald Lee 5 0

Gordon 50

Mary Louise (Landis) Warren
50
GAGARON

Nina P. 262
GALLOWAY

Susan 135
GARDNER

Ruth 54

Ruth (Galeucia) 231
GAY

Alice Evelyn 288
GEISZ

Barbara 34
GHERKE

Levine 99
GILES

Carrie 253
GILLANDERS

Ellen Jean 343
GIVENS

Frances 398
GLADWIN

Emma 17 2

GLEASON

Hannah Malona 390
GLEICH

Mary C. 202
GOHLKE

Madeline 413
GOODMAN

Elizabeth 318
GOODRICH

Clara (Smith) 202

Elsie 202

Ernest S. 202

Gordon S. 202

Hazel (Moffett) 202

Howard 202

Joseph H. 202

Mary A. (Pendleton) 202

Mary ( Camt ) 202
GOSLEE

David Frederick 92

Nancy (Moore) 92

Susan Margaret 92
GOSLENE

Julia 225
GRANGER

Harriett 252
GRANNIS

Flora Hitchcock 204
GRAVEN

Gene 76

Peggy (Downey) 76
GRAVES

Catherine 162

Elizabeth (Fowler) 156

Justus 156
GRAY

Loretta 42
GREENE

Cynthia Jane 268, 269

Jane (Griffin) 260, 261,
267

Phyllis Carol 268

Randall Luther 268, 269

Robert Luther 267

Vaughn Digby 268, 269
GRIERSON

Grace Marion 306
GRIFFIN

Alexis Campagna 267

Ann Carmichael 261, 262

Barbara Dickson 266

Beatrice (deMeister) 261

Bonnie Jane 266, 267

448

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

GRIFFIN (Cont. )

Frederick Welby 261, 262

Frederick Welby, Jr. 266

Grace (Coan) 256, 257,
259, 260

Jane 260, 261, 267

Lydia Brownlie 267

Marjorie (Carmichael) 261

Martha (Myrand) 266

Nina (Gagaron) 262

Richard Carmichael 261,
262

Robin Ann 266, 267

Ruth (Dickson) 263, 264

Vaughn David 257, 260, 263

Willard Henry 261, 263

Willard Henry, Jr. 262,
263
GRIMLEY

Ruth 356
GRINNELL

Albert 243

Christiana (Prescott) 243
GRISWOLD

Edward Fitz 199

Frances D. 179

Janette A. 186

Martha Webb 160

Roger 199

Sarah (Coan) 199
GROSS

Olive 394
GURNEY

Jean 47
HADDAD

Fadia 350
HAINES

Sophia 240
HALL

Abigail 59

Abraham 157

E. L. 194

Electa (Benton) 157

Electa Eliza 157

Frederick W. 170

Friend Mabel 157

Grace 238, 295

Harvey Rice 157

Joseph Baily 157

Lester Cowan 5, 157, 158

Lydia Elizabeth 178

Mabel (Coan-Cowan) 157

Marshall Benton 157

HALL (Cont.)

Mary Mabel 157

Mary (Luther) 157

Maud (Bishop) 170

Milo Deming 157

Nelson Davis 157

Rebecca 157

Ruby (Marshall) 157
HAMLIN

Gilbert 400

Mary Frances (Coan) 400
HAMSON

Harriet A. (Coan) 230

Leonard S. 230
HAND

Siba 193
HANFORD

Nettie J. 161
HANGER

Sarah Margery 80
HANSEN

Elizabeth ( Bowen ) 47

James C. 4 7
HARDING

Elizabeth (Small) 217

Lot 217
HARE

Emily (Potter) 174

John 174
HARRIS

Christine (Bangert) 87

Donald 87
HART

Betsy 172
HARVEY

Constance 52
HASKELL

Emily 284
HASKINS

Alice 153
HAUGH

Catherine Wilkins 94
HAVENDER

Ada Bell 225

John F. 225

Mary (Hopkins) 225
HAWK

Joan 4 3
HAWKINS

Angeline 390
HAWLEY

Arthur Nelson 400

Edgar Homer 400

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

449

HAWLEY (Cont. )
Eli C. 399
Elizabeth 400

Frank Burr 400

Grace Medora 400

Sarah (Coan) Booth 399

Sarah Louise 400

Seymour P. 400

Susan Mary 400

Wallace Burr 400

Wallace Grant 400
HAYDEN

Sybil 137
HAYES

Frances (Coan) 110

Walter Ingalls 110
HAYWARD

Angela 37

Clayton Lee 37

Susan (Wetzel) 36, 37
HAZELHAM

Marie 43
HAZEN

Annette Elizabeth 390

Benjamin Franklin 391

Charles Clarence 391

Edna 389

Ethia Taylor 391

Harriet (Warner) 391
HEAD

Deborah 7 6
HEMINGWAY

Sarah R. 173
HEMPLE

James Allen 82

Kathryn J. 82

Margery (Wentworth) 82
HENDERSON

Lucretia (Kimberly) 158

Marvin 158
HENRICKS

Arleigh 392

Eva (Parker) 392

Gladden 392

Jesse (Coan) 395

Perry 392
HENNINGHAM

Joanna 242
HENSON

Ruth E. 316
HEPPERLE

Barbara 87
HERN

Karin 349

HERRICK

Minnie Draper 256
HERRSTROM

Cheryl 69
HERSEY

Harvey L. 278

John C. 252, 278

Leroy 278

Lewis C. 278

Maude S. 278

Sarah (Coan) 244, 252, 278

Wilbur S. 278
HIGGINS

Jill (Mandville) 74

Peter 74
HILL

Emma Gladwin 172

Eugene Childs 172

Grace Lillian 252

Hannah (Coan) 172

Martha M. 276

Samuel Butler 172
HINCKLEY

Ann 23

Christian 216

Dorcas 234

Elizabeth (Coan) 23

Nathan 2 3

Samuel 216

Sarah 216
HINMAN

Henry L. 159

Jane (Kimberly) 159
HISCOCK

Eliza 194
HISHON

Sheila J. 177
HITCHCOCK

Amelia Swift 190

Charles 190, 191

Ethel 190

Frances (Lapsley) 190

George 190

George H. 190, 191

Henrietta (Richardson) 191

Horace Lapsley 191

Laura 190

Laura (Coan) 188

Marguerite 190

Mary 190

Narcissa (Perry) 189

Olivia (Cowell) 190

450

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

91
0

HITCHCOCK (Cont.)

Samuel Johnson 188

Susan 190
HODGE

Charles 49

Edward 4 9

George 49

Jennie 49

Minnie (Frey)

Pearl 49

Rachel (Murphy

William 49
HODGES

Cora (LaDow) 3

Eliza (Warner)

George 391

George Henry 3

Lavina Jane 39

Mona 391
HOEKENGA

Natalie Ann 25
HOFFMAN

Alexander C. 3

Harriet (Coan)
HOFMANN

Donald Anthony

Katharine ( Coa
HOGUE

Darlene 134, 1

Frank 52, 53

Nellie (Potter
HOLBROOK

Dothia ( Kimber

Frederick 212
HOLLINGSWORTH

Clarinda 54
HOLZER

Rosina Katheri
HOOPER

Abigail (Sheph

Agnes Tarleton

Arthur 298

Charles 290

Charles Horace
289, 295

Clarence 298

Elias Tarleton

Ella (Small) 2

Emma Augusta 2

Ethel 289

Francis 289

Fred W. 296

Frederic 289, 296

) 49

91
LaDow 391

30
330

122
n) 122

44, 419

) 52, 53

ly) 212

ne 406

erd) 295
295

238, 239,

289
96
89, 296

238, 240,
289, 290,
295

296

296
290

389

HOOPER (Cont. )
Grace 298
Hannah (Coan)

284, 288
Hannah Frances

295
Henrietta 289,
James 284, 289
James Coan 289
James Freeman 296
Jennie (Lidston) 298
John 289

Lurline (Wheelock)
Martha (Ayers) 289
Martha Nelson 295,
Mary Ann 284, 289,
Minnie 290
Roland B. 289, 298
Walter 289

HOOPES

Clyde 389

Florence (Robinson)

Lucile 389

HOPKINS

Albion Leslie 2224
Angeline Susan Atkins
Anna (Rich) 225
Annie (Battle) 225
Betsey Smith 224
Edith Laura 224, 225
Ellen Sophia 219
Ethel (Boucher) 225
Ezra Finney Coan 224,
Fred Johnson 224, 225
James Franklin 225
Jeremiah 224
Jeremiah Franklin 224,
Julia (Goslene) 225
Mary Bell 225
Mary Coan 224, 225
Rebecca (Coan) 222, 224
Rebekah (Mills) 219
Sadie (Nolan) 225
Samuel Coan 224, 225
Stephen 216, 314
Thomas S. 219

HOPPOCK

David Coan 255
David Farr 254
Helen Ruth 255
Hillary (Coan)

HOUGH

Polly 392

219

225

254

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

451

HOWARD

Mary Anne 44
HOWD

Elizabeth 328
HOWE

Sophronia 138
HOYT

Ada Lenora 280

Anna (Kimberly) 160

Charles D. 160
HUBBARD

Abraham 185

Clarissa (Loper) 185

Jeremiah 158

Parnel (Kimberly) 158
HUBBELL

Clara 194
HUBERTY

Grant Kendall 45

Helen 4 5

John Arthur 4 5

John William 45

Luella (Coan) 45

William 4 5
HULL

Belinda 102, 103

Catherine 163

Fanny Marie 331

Jeremiah 102

Joseph 102, 103, 105

Phebe (Woodruff) 102

Seth 102
INGRAHAM

Anna (Coan) 306, 307

George H. 307
ISBELL

Alpha 170
ISHEE

Ethel (Warner) 389

James 389

Vaughn 389
ITE

Grace 396
JACOBS

Alonzo S. 298

Emeline (Coan) 240, 298

Ira 298

Mary C. 298
JAMES

Ethel 362

Eugene Homer 176

Victoria (Shaw) 176
JARVIS

Barbara (Hepperle) 87

JARVIS (Cont. )

Cecil (Brogden) 87

Charles Henry 88

Charles Raymond 90

Constance (Canfield) 87

Cynthia Coan 88

Diana (Weibling)

Don Stewart Weibling 88

Dorothy 86, 89

Echo Elizabeth 86

Elizabeth 85

Emma 8 4, 85

Emma ( Landahl ) 8 9

Florence R. 90

Frank 90

Helen 90

Helen (Andrews) 90

Henry Sturdevant 59, 85,
97

Jack Brogden 87

John Charles 85, 89, 95,
97

John Francis 86, 87, 89,
96

John H. 83, 96

Kattie (Allgiers) 85

Kelly 8 7

King Coan 86, 88

Mary Alice (Coan) 57, 83,
96, 97

Mary Constance 86, 88

Mary (Wood) 8 5

Sabra Margaret 85

Theodore 8 6

Virginia (Stewart) 88
JAWDAT

Ellen (Coan) 346, 347

Fadia (Haddad) 350

Hammad 348, 350

Karin (Hern) 349

Kumait Nizar Ali 348

Nizar Ali 347, 349

Rakan 348, 349

Zaidun 348, 349
JENKS

Helen (Cloughessy) 402

Joseph 402
JENNINGS
Edward 141
Josephine 208
Kathleen Marie 141
Maude 143
Patricia (Dittmar) 141

452

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

JENSEN

Samra 69
JENTZER

Carol Ann 176
JEPSON

Sara Jane 38
JESSUP

Hannah 196

Jared 196

Lucretia (Coan) Chittenden

196
JOHN, King of England 22
JOHNSON

Adeline (Alida) Georgiana

130
Anna 130
Barbara Anne 2 5
Caleb 25, 48, 127, 129
Clara A. 283
Clifford Hilton 142
Ebenezer 127
Ellen S. 213
Frances (Brooks) 129
George A. 48, 127, 128,

129
Glenn Frederic 142
Hilda 76
Iris (Lowe) 142
James 142
Kittie May 175
Lorain 128, 130
Lucy 128

Marjorie (Roberts) 139
Phebe 128
Phebe (Coan) 23, 25, 48,

127
Phebe Elizabeth 128, 130
Ruth Darline 68, 420
Sarah Hall 128, 129, 130
Susan 26, 27
Walter 130

Winifred (Zuigley) 130
JONES

Christian (Coan) 398

David Griffith 122

David Griffith, Jr. 122

Hilary Evan 122 , 123

Lloyd 398

Louisa 160

Mary Alice 55, 58, 59, 85,

97
Olivia (Coan) 122
JOST

Elaine Sandra 37

JUDD

Mary F. 179
JULIAN

Lucretia (Coan) 198

Richard W. 198
JULIEN

Sharon Lee 272
KACLIK

John 377

Nancy (Coan) 377
KAUTZ

Almira E. 176

Florence 407

Floyd Chester 407

Franjeskia (Coan) 406

Frank Frederick 406

Gerald Gracely 407

Harley W. 406

Isaiah, Jr. 409

Jasper 406

Jessie Venette 407

Joan 407

Lavern 407

Margaret Nellie 406, 407

Marie (Llewellyn) 407

Mary (Kleinheinz)
Rutherford 407

Nathan Avery 406

Nellie May 404, 406, 408

Paul Avery 407

Rosina (Holzer) 406

Sadie (Schmedeka) 407

Virgil 407

William Marvin 406
KAVENEY

Charles T. 66

Ruth (Coan) Oehler 66
KEEFE

Carrie L. 248
KEELER

Betty Lou 407

Delvin 407

Edith 407
KELSEY

Beatrice 208

Flora (Cornwall ) 208

Harold 208

Harry Dwight 208

Lawrence 208

Marguerite 208
KEMBLE

Harriet (Coan) 393
KENNEDY

Elizabeth (Chittenden) 195

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

453

KENNEDY ( Cont . )
Nelson E. 195
KENNELLY

Eliza
KENNISTON

Hugh 245
KENT

Emily (Pendleton) 203
Irving S. 203

Lillian 203
KENYON

Albert James 168

Donna (Wakefield) 61

Elizabeth Wolcott 168

Esther Davis 168

Gary 60, 61

Lethea (Coan) 60

Lyle 6 0

Mildred 60

Roger Wolcott 168

Ruby (Nash) 60

Stephen Duane 61

Wilfred 60
KERN

Ann (Coan) 403
KETCHAM

Lydia (Dudley) 153
KETCHESAN

Mary M. 139
KEW

Iva A. 274
KIMBERLY

Abel 158, 160, 188

Abel Denison 161

Abigail (Cornwell) 212

Abraham 158, 159, 160

Adaline L. 213

Agnes (Conway) 160

Agnes (Mitchell) 161

Albert Elliot 161

Alice M. 213

Ann Eliza 212

Anna 212

Anna Bertha 160

Anna Parkman 160

Arthur 213

Asenath (Brigden) 160

Augustus 160

Aura A. 213

Auren T. 212

Austin 213

Betsey Ann 159

Betsey (Stone) 159

KIMBERLY (Cont. )
Betsy 210
Charles 159
Charles Henry 160
Charles Robert 160
Charlotte M. 213
David Robert 168, 161
Delia (Morse) 211
Dothia E. 212
Eber Elias 159
Edward Augustus 159, 160
Edward Walter 161
Eleanor (Bucknell) 161
Eli 212

Elisha 210, 212
Eliza Ann 161
Eliza Jane (Spencer) 161
Eliza (Pardee) 159
Elizabeth 213
Elizabeth A. 162
Ellen (Johnson) 213
Emaline 212
Emily 211
Erastus 212
Erastus Coan 158, 161
Erastus Elliot 161
Esther 212
Esther Emily 211
Everett G. 160
Flora E. 213
Frances Amelia 160
Frederick Bucknell 161
Frederick R. 159
Frederick W. 213
Freelove 211
George 159
George Augustus 160
George Chapman 161
George Everett 160
George G. 159
Hannah 159, 210
Hannah (Coan) 158, 188
Hannah E. 158
Harriet 159
Harriet (Collins) 159
Harriet Elizabeth 159
Harriet (Pickett) 161
Henderson 213
Henry 159, 160, 211
Henry Edward 161
Henry R. 162
Henry Russell 161
Homer 212

454

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

KIMBERLY ( Cont . )
Horace Sidney 211
Hubbard 210, 211
Huldah 213
Huldah Juliana 159
Jacob 210, 212
Jacob Harvey 211
Jane E. 159
Jennie 159
Joel 210
John 161
John B. 213
Josiah 158
Julia Ann 160
Julia (Bunnel 1 ) 161
Laura 211
Leila L. 213
Lewis Abel 160
Lewis Robert 160
Louisa Jones 160
Louisa (Jones) 160
Lovisa 212
Lucretia 158
Lucy (Bishop) 160
Lydia (Brooks) 161
Marion I . 213
Mary 159, 162, 212
Mary Ann Chamberlain 160
Mary (Coan) 210
Mary Eleanor 161
Mary Mehitable 211
Mary (Nettleton) 160
Mary T. 211
Mary (Thomas) 211
Martha (Driscoll) 159
Martha (Groswold) 160
Matilda 212, 213
Matilda (Moore) 159
Mehetable 211
Minnie (Campbell) 161
Nancy (Pond) 210
Nelson 161

Nettie (Hanford) 161
Olive 211
Olive (Cady) 211
Orra ( Fenn ) 159
Parnel 158
Polly 210
Polly (Meigs) 160
Rebecca 210
Riley 211

Robert 158, 160, 188
Roswell 211

KIMBERLY ( Cont . )

Roxanna (Durgin) 161

Sarah 159

Sherman 212

Silas 211

Temperance Eliza 159

Teresa 212

Wealthy 210

Wealthy Ann 161

Wealthy (Chapman) 161

Wealthy Maria 211

William 161, 210, 211,
212, 213

William H. 161

William Henry 160
KING

Emeline (Chittenden) 194

George H. 194

Margaret Leona 407
KINRAID

Doris 116
KIP

Sarah (Power) 3 33
KIRBY

John B. 198

Lucretia (Bartlett) 198
KLEIN

Emma 169

Sadie 168
KLEINHEINZ

Mary 407
KNIGHT

Nancie 357
KNOWLES

Elizabeth 234

Nabby 228

Pearl Ianna 257
KNOWLTON

Faustina M. 299
KOERNER

Anna 44
KRAUSE

Connie Marie (Coan) 43

Donald R. 4 3
La Dow

Amy 3 91

Claude 391

Cora 391

Earl 391

Eliza (Warner) 391

Maria 391
LANCASTER

Marietta Jane 314

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

455

LANDAHL

Emma Margaret 89
LANDIS

Charles William 50
Frances Ella 50
Leonidas Hamlin 50
Louise (Coan) 50
Lovicy (Smith) 50
Mary Louise 50
Samuel Harrison 50
LANDON

Mary Elmira 201
LANG

Arthur Haswell 414
Eileen (Coan) 412, 414
Janice 415

Nancy (Anderson) 415
Stephen 415
LAPSLEY

Frances 190
LEACH

Clement, Jr. 124
Martha (Coan) 124
Le COCQ

Susan 325
LEE

Jennie S. 208
LEEK

Jane 327
LEES

Nancy J. 376
LEETE

Ada (Bishop) 168
John 2 2
Henry L. 168
William 22
LEITH

Esther (Shepherd) 290
Frank Forbes 2290
LEWIS

John A. 9229
Sadie C. 229
Sarah C. 252
Thomas 22 9
Thomas J. 229
LIDSTON

Jennie 298
LINSLEY

Martha (Patty) 196
Sarah 197
LITTLE

Charles Eugene 209
Frank E. 209

LITTLE (Cont. )

Jeannette (Jane) (Coan)
209

Lena Coan 209

Mabel Jane 209

Myra 209
LIVINGSTON

Catherine Alice 293
LLEWELLYN

Marie 407
LOCKE

Alvah 284

Julia (Coan) 284
LOCKHART

Brian 347

Ken 346

Larison (Graham) 347

Leslie 347

Mary Frances (Coan) 346

Nijone 347

Skye 347
LOCKWOOD

Arthur 290

Frances (Denis) 290
LOMBARD

Binney 234, 235

Dorcas (Hinckley) 234

Dwight Boyden 2 35

Eldora 287

Elizabeth (Knowles) 234

Hannah (Coan) 234

Israel 234

Israel , Jr . 234

Israel III 234

Josiah Stickney 235

Susan Stickney 235

Susan (Stickney) 234
LONG

Aaron Gale 326

Cameron Christopher 326

Ella Edwina 142

Gale 326

Hackney Eugene 61, 62

Hackney Lee 61

Kathleen (Coan) 326

Shirley (Swanson) 62

Wanda (Coan) 61

Wandalee 61, 62
LONGSTAFF

Lavina Ann 98
LOPER

Anna (Fowler) 185

Clarissa 185

456

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILES

LOPER (Cont . )

Edward 185

Henry 185

Horace 185

Laura (Rose) 185

Mabel 185

Patty 185

Rebecca 185

Rebecca (Coan) 185

Samuel 185

Samuel F. 185
LOWE

Altha Audrey 141

Barbara Mary 141

Harry 141

Iris Ardella 141, 142

Mary (Coan) 141

William Amos 141
LUDWIG

Heidi Griffin 266

Kathryn Louise 266

Robert Jay 266

Barbara (Griffin) 266
LUTHER

Mary 157
LYFORD

Adeliza ( Prescott ) 242

Byley 242
LYNCH

A. Joan 144

Marie (Strudwick) Smith)
95

Russell W. 95
MacGREGOR

Catherine Hunter 93

Hilary Elizabeth 93

Ian Thomas 93

Jan Andrew 93

Roberta (Moore) 9 3
MacINTOSH

Mary Chisholm 308
MacLEOD

Mabel Allison 143
MALCOLM

Mabel (Fisher) 297

Robert Duncan 297
MANDVILLE

Charles E. Ill 74

Charles E. IV 74

Charles E. V 74

Jill S. 74

Judi (Richardson) 73

Vera (Storey) 71, 74

MANN

Betty Lou 40, 41

Darla Ann 41

Dennis R. 40, 41

Dennis Rollin 41

Dianne 41

Donna Lynn 41

Helen (Coan) 35, 40

James 40

Jason 42

Jimmy 41

Joey 4 2

Joseph B. 40, 41

Mary Ann (Brown) 41

Mary Jo Ellen 42

Michelle 40

Phyllis (Brown) 41

Russell B. 40

Russell Berlyn 41

Ruth 40

Samantha 40

Shirley (Bowman) 4 0

Timothy James 40
MARCY

Chauncy 218

Joanna (Coan) Atkins 218
MARION

E. C. 142
MARR

Clara (Coan) 100

Clinton 100
MARSHALL

Ruby 157
MARTINI

John 124

Sarah (Spencer) 124
MASON

Nellie 47
MATTHEWS

Adelaide 24

Helen Ann (Ely) 24

Nathaniel Madison 24
MAURER

Dennis 407
Evadne (Baker) 407
Roland A. 407
MAYBEE

Elizabeth 403
MAYNARD

Amelia (Hitchcock) 190
Herbert 190
MAYO

Joanna ( Small ) 217
Joseph 217

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

457

Mccarty

Barbara A. 65
Marian 411
McLURE

Edith (Coan) 314, 420
Edith Elizabeth 315, 317
George Albert 315
George Manfred 316
Manfred Coan 315, 420
Robert John 316, 317
Ruth (Henson) 316

Mcdonald

Barbara Jane (Coan) 42
Catherine Megan 42
Gregory Edward 4 2
Gregory Thomas 42
Sara Jane 296
Thomas Frederick 42
McKIBBEN
Marian 116

Mclaughlin

Benjamin Robert 272

Brent Wilson 272

Pamela (Fulton) 271

Patrick Coan 272
McLYMOND

Rosanna 404
McMATH

David 68

Dee Ann 6 8

Floyd Leon 68

Margaret (Albaugh) 68

Richard 68
McNAIR

Mary Jane 60
McTERNEN

Ruth Frances 2253
MEACHING

Mary Huntington 360
MEANS

Catherine A. 130

David 130

Elizabeth B. 130

Emily A. 130

James 130

Phebe (Johnson) 130
MEEKER

Mary (Warner) 388

Samuel 388
MEHLIN

Minnie 290
MEIGS

Hannah (Kimberly) 158

MEIGS (Cont.)

Polly 160

Isaac 158
MELENBACHER

Anne Louise 40
MELROSE

Dorothy (Jarvis) 89

George E. 89
MELVIN

Helen (Seaverns) 297, 298

Robert Charles 298

Robert William 298
MERRILL

Betsy 231
MIDDLETON

Delia 99
MILLARD

Ida (Coan) 100

John 100
MILLER

Charles D. 308
MILLIGAN

Katherine 99
MILLS

Delia A. 219

Elizabeth Fernald 219

Joanna Coan 219

Rebekah 219

Rebekah (Coan) 218

Stephen 218
MINIHAN

Kathleen Melissa 43

Kelly Margaret 43

Kristin Marie 43

Larry 42

Patricia (Coan) 42
MISNER

Arthur J. 86, 87

Arthur Jack 86, 87

Echo ( Jarvis ) 86

Fern (Wilson) 87

Margaret 86
MITCHELL

Agnes 161
MOFFETT

Hazel M. 202
MONARCH

Nettie (Coan) 286, 287

William Henry 287
MONROE

Charles 153

Martha (Dudley) 153
MOON

Beverly 378

458

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

MOORE

Eleanor (Smith) 92

Matilda 159

Nancy Jane 92

Rhoda Maria 365

Roberta Agnes 92, 93

Thomas Walker 92
MOORES

Barbara (Coan) 277, 278

Charles Andrew, Jr. 278
MOREL

Leonie Pauline 372
MORGAN

Elizabeth (Coan) 277

Frederick Cleverley 277
MORSE

Delia 211

Hulda Maria 364
MORTON

Betsey (Coan) 226

James, Jr. 226

Mary 77
MOSS

Lucy (Dudley) 152
MUNGER

John Reynolds 392

Lucy Ann 392

Mabel 330

Sarah Maria 364
MUNSON

Chauncey 199

Jane (Coan) 199

Thomas 3 72
MURPHY

Ada 50

Alice 50

Benjamin J. 49

Eliza (Coan) 49, 50

Ernest 50

Glenn 50

Henry 49, 50

Jessie 50

Katherine (Abel) 50

Olive (Brooks) 50

Rachel 49

Ray 50

Richard 62

Sybil 49

Wandalee (Long) 62

William 49, 50

Winfield Scott 49

Worthy 5 0
MUZZY

J. B. 193

MUZZY (Cont. )

Salome (Chittenden) 193
MYRAND

Martha 266
MYRICK

Jane Josephine 220

Joanna (Mills) 219

Joseph 220

Osborn 219

Osborn, Jr. 220
NASH

Ruby 60
NEAL

Vela Sue 398
NEITZ

Marian (McCarty) 411
NELSON

Edith M. 417
NEMTIN

Mary Frances (Coan)
Lockhart 346

Stephen Maurice 346
NETTLETON

Mary A. 160

Tamze 329
NEVIUS

Helen (Coan) 125

John Livingston 125
NEWCOMB

Lucy 230
NICHOLS

Bertha (Coan) 417, 418

Bertha Maud 418

Claud A. 418

Ernest 389

Florence 389

Granville 389

Hazel 389

Hilda E. 418

Lorna I. 418

Muriel 389

Nellie 389

Omar Adrian 418

Sarah (Warner) 389

Vera 389

Victor 389
NICKERSON

Prudence 387
NOCK

Edith Ernestine 111
NOLAN

Sadie A. 225
NORCROSS

Evans 295

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

459

NORCROSS (Cont. )

Evans, Jr. 295

Hannah (Shepherd) 295

Susan 295
NORMAND

Connie (Coan) Krause 44

Kimberley Ann 44

Kristin Marie 44

Steven Bernard 44
NORTON

Lillian J. 170
NUTT

Blanche 390

Daniel 389, 390

Edna 390

Ethel 390

Jane (Warner) 389

Nellie 390

Raymond 3 90

Raymond, Jr. 390
O'BRIEN

Joseph Franklin 401

Joseph Franklin, Jr. 401

Robert David 401

Virginia (Coan) 401
O'CONNELL

David M. 182

Kathleen Ann 182

Michael David 182

Roberta (Bartlett) 182
ODOM

Diana Dee 70
OEHLER

Christine 67

Jane 6 7

Jay C. 66

Joe Coan 6 6

John Charles 67

Nadine L. 66

Roy F. 66

Ruth (Coan) 66

Susan 67
OLIVER

Abigail (Coan) 285

James 285
OLOFSON

Anne Marie 69

Brenna 6 9

Britta 69

Cheryl (Herrstrom) 69

Clarice (Coan) 68

Erica Beth 69

Kara Ruth 69

OLOFSON (Cont. )

Kirsten 69

Larry Wayne 69

Linda Louise 69

Mark William 69

Patrick Lee 69

Samra (Jensen) 69

Thomas Patrick 69

Veryl V. 68
O'NEIL

Jessie (Murphy) 50
OSBORN

Donald 53

George 5 3

Harold 53

Helen 53

Helen (Potter) 53

Howard 5 3

John 53

Lloyd 53

Mary Alice 53

Phyllis 53
OSGOOD

Jennifer 341
PACKARD

Martha 390
PAINE

Barnabas 228

Barnabas, Jr. 228

Betsy R. 228

Edith (Hopkins) 225

Hannah C. 228

Hannah (Coan) 228

Henrietta (Paine) 228

Paul Dyer Coan 228

Samuel Coan 228

Sarah 227

William P. 225
PALMER

Anna (Bishop) 186

F. H. 186
PARDEE

Eliza M. 159
PARENT

Anne Mayo 345

Annette (Richards) 344

Hiram Lincoln 344

Lawrence Edward 345
PARKER

Carl 53

Clara (Bishop) 169

Eva 3 92

James 5 3

460

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

PARKER (Cont. )
John Curtis 170
Margaret (Potter) 53
Marion 53
Mary (Warner) 392
Perry 392
Ralph L. 169
Richard 53
Rosemary 5 3
Ruby Linsley 170
T. C. 53
Willis 392
PARKHURST

Eudora 32
PARMELEE

Earl Linsley 167
George H. 167
Harry Bishop 167
Mary (Bishop) 167
William Horace 167
PARROTT

June E. 75
PARSONS

John Brainerd 159
Temperance (Kimberly) 159
PATTERSON

Ollie D. 61
PEASLEE

Edna 208
PECK

Catharine Louisa 108
Elizabeth 195
Joseph 196

Rachel (Chittenden) 195
PEEPLES

Pearl (Coan) 76
PELTON

Florence (Nichols) 389
Forest 389
Gladys 389
PENDLETON

Anna Lucretia 201
Catharine (Coan) 199, 201
Charlotte Imogene 202
Edith Minerva 201
Emily Alice 202, 203
Flora Louise 202
Frederick Landon 202
Henry Lewis 201
Henry Merritt 202
Jane (Abbott) 203
Jeannette Maria 201, 204
Jonathan B. 201

PENDLETON (Cont. )
Josephine 201
Leonore May 203, 204
Louis 201
Louisa L. 201
Mary 201

Mary Amelia 201, 202
Mary (Gleich) 202
Mary (Landon) 201
Merritt 201
Sarah M. (Fowler) 202
Theodore Augustus 201,

203
William 199

William E. 203

Willliam Lorenzo 201, 204
PENNELL

Arlene 81
PERCY

Frances (Coan) 207

Henry 208

Josephine (Jennings) 208

Richard Truman 208
PERHAM

Clara Morrill 308
PERRY

Mary (Kimberly) 160

Narcissa 189

William 160
PHILIPSON

Ella 412
PHILLIPS

Jewell 395

Rachel (Coan) 395

Silena 70
PICKETT

Harriet F. 161
PIERCE

Hannah (Coan) 99

Thomas 99
PIRKLE

Bill 68

Clarice (Coan) Olofson
Clark 68
PLANK

Herbert 295

John U. 295

Nellie (Westcott) 295
PLANT

Ethel 187

John Lane 186

Mary (Bishop) 186
PLATTS

Lucretia 330

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILES

461

POET

Jessie 140
POLLAN

Grover Gene 407

Grover Gene, Jr. 407

Jeanne 407

Margaret (Keeler) Baker
407

Margaret (Warner) 407

Ricky 407

Theresa 407
POLSKI

Nancy Marie 416
POND

Nancy 210
PORTER

Helen ( Coan ) 393

Samuel C. 393
POST

Kathryn 176
POTTER

Alice 52

Almira (Kautz) 176

Anna Elizabeth 175

Carol Elizabeth 176

Carolyn Jean 177

Clarence Chittenden 163,
175, 177, 420

David Dwight 176

Debora Ann 177

Donald Wilmer 176, 177

Dwight Edgar 175, 176

Elbert B. 174

Elbert E. 175

Elizabeth Adella 174

Emily Elizabeth 174

Emma (Chivers) 174

Ernest Hemingway 174,
175, 187

Grace (Coan) 76

Helen 52, 5 3

Henry B. 52

Herbert 175

lone (Chivers) 175

James M. 52

Jerome Coan 174

Joseph Walter 174, 175

Kathryn (Post) 176

Kittie (Johnson) 175

Lottie Sherwood 174

Mabel 52, 53

Mabel (Chittenden) 175,
187

POTTER (Cont . )

Margaret 52, 53

Marion Luella 175, 177

Mary (Brown) 174

Mary (Coan) 52

Mary (Field) 174

May (Cheever) 175

Myron Clifford 174

Nellie 52, 53

Orrin 173, 187

Orrin Eugene 174

Pearl 175

Phebe (Coan) 173, 178,
187

Ralph 5 2

Robert 175

Robin Elizabeth 177

Sarah (Hemingway) 174

Sheila (Hishon) 177

Signe (Smith) 177

Steven Dwight 177

Susan Elizabeth 177

Tracy Kathryn 177
POWER

Sarah 333
POWERS

Sarah Elizabeth 277
PRATT

Aldana (Coan) 288

Amelia 391

Henry W. 288

James 193

Jeanette (Chittenden) 193
PRESCOTT

Adeliza Hill 242

Alice (Cunningham) 276

Audrey 277

Christiana 242, 243

Clarence Abbott 276

Clarence E. 276

Elizabeth (Coan) 276

Emeline Coan 242

Hannah Ann 242

James Newell 242

Joanna (Henningham) 242

John Wells 241, 242

Mae 277

Mary (Coan) 241

Mary Sophia 242, 243

Shubael Coan 242
PRESTON

Huldah (Kimberly) 159

Orrin 159

462

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

PROCTOR

Anne (Carleton) 356

Arthur W. , Jr. 356

Ellen 356

Margaret 356
PROUTY

Almira (Chittenden) 194

Huldah 193

R. E. 194
PUGH

Nora 398
PUGSLEY

Ann 388
PURCELL

Lester 55

Margaret (Coan) 55

Marine 55
PURDY

Marian (Coan) 143
RACKLIFFE

Alberta Caroline 286
RAINHARD

Edward W. 208

Grace (Coan) 208

Jeannie Lee 208
REED

Clark 388

Lucina (Warner) 388
RELLER

Alice Jean 53

Dorothy Eloise 53

Hugo 53

Mabel (Potter) 5 3

Mary Elizabeth 53

Robert Potter 53
REMINGTON

Nancy 393
RENDALL

Anne Carrol 115, 116

Bonnie Alfred 116

Carrol Wolff 115

Christopher Welles 115

Doris Kinraid 116

Edwin Coan 114, 115

Harriet Elizabeth 114, 116

Humphrey Jones 114

Isabelle (Coan) 114

Margot Alexander 115

Marian McKibben 116

Mary Welles 114, 117

William Humphrey 114, 116

Winston Snow 116
REYNOLDS

Ida May 23

RICH

Anna 225
RICHARDS

Amanda 341

Andrew William 343

Annette Hope 340, 344

Aurelia Mayo 341, 342

Benjamin Wood III 341

Edward Carrington Mayo 340

Elizabeth (Coan) 340

Elizabeth Rebekah Speer
340, 344

Ellen (Gillanders) 343

Frederick Howard 340, 341

Grace (Collins) 341

Jennifer (Osgood) 341

John Gordon Lippincott
343

Kathleen Elizabeth 343

Malika 341, 342

Marie C. 232

Rafael Mayo 341

Stacy Budd Collins 341, 342

William Lippincott 340, 342
RICHARDSON

Henrietta 191

Judi Ann 74
RIDDOCH

Barrie Lee 75

Charles Keith 75

Charles W. 75

Elizabeth Ann 75

Elizabeth (Barrie) 75

Hilda (Johnson) 76

Ivy Lee 76

Leland Asa 75, 76

Leland Mark 76

Mary (Coan) 7 5

Merrill Coan 75

Richard Keith 75
RINGER

Edwin Fisher 123

Edwin Fisher, Jr. 123

Elinor Fisher 123

Nancy (Darby) 123

Patricia (Coan) Spencer
123

Ruth Darby 123
RIX

Abigail (Camp) Coan 171

Joel 171
ROACH

Emma Jane 91

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

463

ROBERTS

Alice 138

Alma (Seebohar) 139

Almira 194

Clarence 138

Daniel Owen 139

Douglas 138

Ellis Everett 183, 139

Eva (Coan) 138

George E. 139

Joan Ellen 139

Margaret (Akers) 139

Marjorie R. 139

Mary Alice 139

Mira (French) 139

Owen F. 139

Owen Jones 138, 139

Winifred (French) 138
ROBINSON

Nellie (Nichols) 389

Florence 389
ROGERSON

Emma B. 170
ROLLO

Carrie M. 331
ROOT

Abigail 387
ROSE

Laura 185
Sybil 143
ROSEBERRY

Jane Carolyn 411
ROSSITER

Christopher C. 187
Edgar Eugene 187
Edward Pierson 187
Elvira (Bishop) 187
Emeline (Chittenden) 196
Emeline Lucretia 196
Grace Elvira 187
Horace 196
Luella Amelia 187
Sarah 187
ROSWELL

Sigra 397
RUSSELL

Edmund 161

Eliza (Kimberly) 161

Everett Allen 74

Grace (Coan) Shultz 100

Gregory Allen 74

Irene 6 3

Lori (Campbell) 62

RUSSELL (Cont. )

Joseph 100

Randy 62

Ruth Ann 147

Sarah (Linsley) 197

Sarah (Storey) 71, 74
RUTH

Charles 409

James Robert 409

Margaret (Stallman) 403,
409, 419

Nora (Schumacher) 408

Robert Harley 408

Roger Allan 409, 419
RUTHERFORD

Mary (Kleinheinz) 407
RYDER

Margaret E. 229
SAFFORD

Sally 388
SAVAGE

Bradley Smith 119

Cynthia Leigh 119

Frederick Waldo 118

Priscilla (Smith) 118

Priscilla Ingram 119
SCHMEDEKA

Sadie 407
SCHROEDER

Dorothy 151

Elizabeth S. 150
SCHUBERT

Sue Ellen 395
SCHUMACHER

Cassie Belle 408, 410

Jacob William 408

Jay Augustus 408, 411

Marian (McCaarty) Neitz
411

Nellie (Keeler) 408

Nora May 408

Olive Grace 408, 410

Verna Inez 408, 411
SCHUYLER

Anthony Day 109, 125

Grace 125

Helen Antoinette 125

Phoebe (Coan) 21, 104,
105, 109, 125

Sara Ridge 125
von SCHWIND

SCHWIND (also von SCHWIND)
Marie Lovena 34, 38

464

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

SEALS

Alan Edward 74

Beverly Lu 74

Inez (Storey) 71, 74

Marily Inez 74

Wilburn Hale 74
SEVERNS

Charles Edward 297

Helen Fisher 2297, 298

Myrtie (Fisher) Batchelder
216, 238, 297
SEEBOHAR

Alma 139
SELLERS

Dorothy 144
SELLEW

Hannah 229
SETTLE

Mary Ann 356
SEWARD

Frank Watson 204

Harry Jason 204

Jeannette (Pendleton) 204

Watson L. 204
SHATTUCK

Charles B. 231

Lucy (Coan) 2 31
SHAW

Carol (Jentzer) 176

Carol (Potter) 176

Christine 250

David R. 176

Patricia E. 176

Rebekah Ann 176

Robert S. 176

Victoria E. 176
SHEEHAN

Frank M. 178

Marion (Potter) 177
SHELTON

Elizabeth Mary 400
SHEPHERD

Abigail F. 295

Calvin Nealy 295

Charles 290, 291

Doris (Bean) 295

Dorothea (Sutherland) 295

Dorothy 290

Edward 290

Edward I. 290

Esther 290

Grace (Hall) 238, 295

Hall 295

SHEPHERD (Cont. )

Hannah Coan 295

Hannah Frances 290, 291,
295

Hannah (Hooper) 290

Isaiah Lord 290, 295

John Parkhurst 290

Mary 290

Minnie (Mehlin) 290

Myra (Deasey) 290

Owen 2 95

Owen Denis 238, 290, 294

Patricia 295
SHERIDAN

Verna (Schumacher) 408, 411

Will iam 411
SHERWOOD

Mary (Hitchcock) 190

Thomas D. 190
SHETRUM

Wilmina or Mina 136
SHINN

Ella (Coan) 82

Victor 82
SHIPLEY

Abigail (Hall ) Coan 59

James 5 9
SHRAEDER

Evelyn H. 74
SHULTZ

George 100

Grace (Coan) 100
SILVER

Linda (Olofson) 69

Lorraine 69

Ronald 69

Steven 69

Timothy Wayne 69
SIMPSON

James E. 281

James Rae 281

Julia (Coan) 279, 281

Miriam 297

Nellie M. 281
SINNEGAN

Elizabeth (Smith) 94

John Harold 94
SIZER

Annie S. 400
SKINNER

Ann Sophia 299

Hannah Morse 299
SLACK

Mary Jane (Coan) 393

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

465

SLACK (Cont . )

Oris 393
SLAIGHT

Hamilton 295

Hannah (Shepherd) Norcross
295
SLEEPER

Sarah (Collins) 227

Sylvester 227
SLOAN

John 67

John, Jr. 67

Marilyn 67

Maurine (Albaugh) 67
SLOCUM

Martha 194
SMALL

Abraham Coan 217

Anna 217

Anna (Stevens) 217

Betsy (Stevens) 217, 220

Christian 217

Elizabeth 217

Ella 296

Francis 217

Francis, Jr. 217, 220

Hannah 217, 218

Hannah (Smith) 217

Joanna 217

Joanna (Coan) 216, 217

John 217, 218

John Stevens 217

Joshua Paine 218

Levi Stevens 217

Sally Kemp 217, 223

Samuel 217, 218
SMITH

A. Homer 111

Arthur Morton 84, 85, 90

Arthur Morton, Jr. 92, 93

Barbara Frances 381

Benjamin 51

Betsey (Coan) 223

Betsy (Collins) 227

Catharine (Coan) 13, 14,
117

Catherine

Clara 202

David Austin 223, 224

David Dyer 223

Douglas Dempcy 9 5

Eleanor Dempcy 92

(Haugh) 94
Hunter 93,

SMITH (Cont.)

Elizabeth (Borst

Elizabeth Wood 9

Elmer 51

Emily Franklin 2

Emma (Roach) 91

Ezra 23

Frances Coan 117

121, 420
Frances Marie 14
Frank Leander 13
Flora 84, 90
Hannah S. 217
Helen Brownell 2
Helen (Coan) 111
Ida 84

Isaac Finney 223
Isaac Tichenor 8
Karla Elizabeth
Kathryn Lianne 9
Kristin Marie 95
Lawrence A. 227
Lombard Atkins 2
Lovicy Orilla 49
Lurinda (Coan) 5
Marcia (Coan) 40
Marie (Strudwick
Marillyn Coan 11
Marjorie E. 278
Mary Anne 50
Mary (Coan) Jarv

83, 96, 97
Mary (Dalton) 22
Maude (Hersey) 2
Nabby (Coan) 220
Nancy ( De Jean)
Nancy (Dempcy) 9
0. Duane 403
Orson 403
Patricia ( Spence
Percy A. 278
Priscilla Coan 1
Ralph Dempcy 92,
Ralph Dempcy, Jr
Scott 84, 91
Shubael Coan 220
Signe E. 177
Suzanne Eleanor
Theodore Hunter

94, 120, 135,
Theresa (Denson)
Thomas 220
Timothy Kirk 95

) 93

23, 224

, 118,

)

, 117

, 224

3, 89, 91

220

, 50

) 95

is 57,

4
78

83
1

r) 95

17, 118

95
. 95

92, 93,

419
51

466

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

SMITH (Cont. )

William Bastian 50, 51

William Henry Harrison 50
SNOW

Anna (Potter) 175

Christian (Coan) 230

Daniel 230

Elizabeth Gross 230

Frank 175

Isaiah 230

Ruth 230

Shubael 230

Sophia 230
SOFIELD

Agnes Blanch 226

Beccie Avery 226

Bessie Coan 226

Edith Laura 226

Emily Austin 226

Henrietta Maud 226

John E. 226

Laura (Coan) 226
SPARROW

Dorothy (Shepherd) 290

William 290
SPEAR

Jerusha (Julie) Biggs 385
SPEER

Ida Jane 337
SPENCER

Eliza (Chittenden) 194

Eliza Jane 161

Fayette Patterson 123

Frank W. 275

George L. 130

Hadley L. 275

Henry 194

Llewellyn T. 275

Lorain (Johnson) 130

Nan Carpenter 123

Nellie (Weeks) 275

Patricia 95

Patricia (Coan) 123

Sarah Patterson 123, 124
SPINELLI

Beverly 398
STALLMAN

Margaret Sayre 409
STAPLES

Nathaniel 234
STEFFEY

Emily Elizabeth (Coan) 59
STEGER

Beth Marie 414

STEGER (Cont. )

Frank Frederick 413

Gayle Julie 414

Jean Susan 414

Linda Ann 414

Mardell (Coan) 413
STEPHENS

Cathal 380

Jennie Catherine 380

Kate Elizabeth 380

Niall Patrick 380

Nora Sarah 380

Sarah (Acheson) 380
STEPHENSON

Mary Ann 173
STEVENS

Anna 171

Anna, 2nd 217

Betsy Mills 217, 220

Catharine 171

Danforth 171

Elisha 171

Frances Louisa 23

Hannah 171 , 172

John, 2nd 220

John Richard 220

Josiah 171

Mary Ann 220

Mary (Coan) 220

Peter 171

Rachel 171

Rachel (Coan) 171

William 171
STEWARD

Rachel Rebecca 134, 142
STEWART

Emma 412

John 408

Virginia Eleane 88
STICKLE

Elva 99
STICKNEY

Susan 234
STILLMAN

Elizabeth B. 200
STODDARD

Sibyl 152
STONE

Betsey Elizabeth 159

Janet Tryon 345

Mary 328
STOREY

Evelyn (Schraeder) 74

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

467

STOREY (Cont. )

Inez Belle 71, 74

Luella (Coan) 71

Luolin Elizabeth 71

Olin Kurgeon 71

Sarah Silena 71, 74

Vera Pearl 71 , 74

William Lyndon 71, 7 3
STRONG

Asahel Minor 201

Catherine Annette 201

Elizabeth (Stillman) 200

Erastus Albert 200

Hannah (Stevens) 171

Jennette (Coan) 200

Walter 201
STROTHER

Barbara (Lowe) 141

Gary David 141

James Lee 141

Ray Lance 141

Woodrow 141
STRUDWICK

Marie 95
SUTHERLAND

Dorothea 295
SUZUKI

Kiyoko 382
SWAN

Mary Elizabeth 248
SWANSON

Jeanine 62

Kathy 62

Peggy 62

Shirley 62
SWANTON

Amelia 100
SWEET

Addison 211

Freelove (Kimberly) 211
SWEETZER

Fanny 32, 33
SWETT

Mary Abbie 305
TACCIOCO

Marilina 410
TAYLOR

Addison C. 183

Douglass 183

Ethia 391

Hannah (Coan) 183

Horace Addison 183

Sebella Elizabeth 183

TENNEY

Helen (Coan) 308

John A. , Jr. 308
TERRY

Catherine Elizabeth 129
THOMAS

Edward 159

Harriet (Kimberly) 159

Mary 211

Sarah Ann 399
THOMPSON

Caroline (Coan) 233

Francis Edmund 233

Hannah Maria 233

Jason Sampson 233

John Cleveland 233

Julia Malvina 233

Susan Frances 233
THOMSON

Edith (Coan) 137

Jeanette 137

Joann 137

Robert 137

Shirley 137

Thomas 137
THORNE

Kenneth 54

Mary (Badollet) 5 4

Thomas 54
TIBBETTS

Anna (Coan) 100

Frank 100
TINSLEY

Amanda 64

Fred, Jr. 63

Judy (Watkins) 63

Stephanie 64
TODD

Benjamin 156

Harriet (Foote) 156
TOLLESON

Jane (Roseberry) Evald
411

Roy 411
TOWNSEND

Byron 136

Edward 136

George 136

Gertrude 136

Gertrude (Coan) 136

Grace 136

Milton 136
TRACY

Albert H. 46

468

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

TRACY (Cont.)

Carrie Edna 46

Effie May 46

Emily 58

Florence Ethel 46

Frederic 194

Jane (Chittenden) 194

Mary Jane (Burhans) 46

M. Jane 46

Nina F. 46
TROWBRIDGE

Betsy Dibble 192
TRUDELL

Mary Magdelen 415
TUESLEY

Charles H. 242

Hannah (Prescott) 242
TURKINGTON

Florence 401
TURNER

Mary (Kimberly) 212

William P. 212
TUTHILL

Clarence 127

Henry 127

Sara (Coan) 126
TUTTLE

Archie 398

Ethel (Coan) 398

Ruanna 392
TYLER

Caroline 198

Henrietta (Coan) 197

William 197
UPSON

Jane Nancy 209
UTT

Martha A. 54
UTTER

Brian James 410

Nicole Rebecca 410

Patricia (Bolender) 410

Ronald Joseph 410

Ronald Joseph, Jr. 410
VAN TWYLE

Arthur 89

Mary (Jarvis) 89
VAN WAGNEN

Alice C. 394

Luna Adele 395
VAUGHN

Cecelia 31
VITT

Cynthia (Jarvis) 88

VITT (Cont.)

Gregory Clark 88
VOGT

Eva 143
VOSBURGH

Leila (Kimberly) 213
WADE

Margaret 287
WAGER

Bernice (Coan) 101

Harold W. 101
WAGONER

Claudia (Coan) 100

Frank 100
WAKEFIELD

Donna 61
WALDON

Laura 181
WALLER

Martha 145
WARNER

Abigail (Root) 387

Abner 388

Adelbert 389

Almeda (Cole) 390

Amelia (Pratt) 391

Amos 388

Andrew James 389

Angeline (Hawkins) 390

Ann 387, 388

Ann (Pugsley) 388

Annette 388

Annette (Hazen) 390

Benjamin Silas 389, 390

Benjamin Stone 388, 390

Betsey (Kimberly) 159

Clarence Freemont 390

Cynthia (Bartlett) 389

Cyrus C. 388

Daniel D. 391

Darius John 390

Davis William 390

Delphia 390

Delray 390

DeWitt Clinton 388

Edna (Hazen) 389

Edwin Eugene 389

Eliza Ann 391

Elizabeth 388

Elmer 389

Emma 3 90, 391

Ethel Mae 389

Eugene Leslie 388, 389

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

469

WARNER (Cont. )

Florida 390

Gabbard 390

Gaylord Coan 388, 390

Hannah (Gleason) 390

Harriet Lucy 391

Harold 389

Ira N. 387, 388

Irwin 388

James 387

Jane Ann 389

Jane Viola 390

Joel B. 391

John 388, 391

John Barton 390

John Henry 391
Joseph 388, 389
Julia 390

Lavina (Hodges) 390
Lucina 388
Lucy 388

Lucy (Coan) 387, 393
Lucy Mercy 387
Lydia (Warren) 391
Martha (Packard) 390
Martha (Gilbert) 390
Margaret 407
Mary 388

Mary (Adams) 390
Mary (Coville) 389
Mary L. 391, 392
Nelson 388
Olga 390

Prudence (Nickerson) 387
Sally (Safford) 388
Sarah 391
Sarah L. 389
Wilbur 389
William 387
William, Jr. 388
William B. 159
WARNKE

Beth (Steger) 414
Jason Keith 414
Keith 414
Mark Kenneth 414
WARREN

Barbara (McCarty) 65

Ed 5 0

Erin Elizabeth 66

Hulda (Dunbar) 66

Hulda Laxdal Lorraine 66

Jeffrey Allyn 65

WARREN (Cont. )
Jon Eric 66
Kevin Ryan 65
Lydia 391
Mark E. 65

Mary Louise (Landis) 50
Max E. 6 4
Max E. , Jr. 65
Ruth (Coan) 64
WATERS

Edward Emerson 384
Sarah (Coan) 384
WATKINS

Dorothy (Coan) 63
Horace Earl, Jr. 63
Judy 63
Sherry 63, 64
WATSON

Jane 59
WATTLES

Rhoda 2 8
WEBB

Ann (Kimberly) 212
Emaline (Kimberly) 212
Loomis 212
Lorenzo 212
WEBSTER

Mary 30, 47
WEEKER

Vivian 67
WEEKS

Benjamin 274
Eleanor (Coan) 244, 274
Grace (Hill) Coan 252
Henry C. 252
Martha 398
Neal 397

Nellie Estelle 275
WEIBLING

Diana Belle 88
WELD or WILD
George 156
Mabel (Fowler) 156
Mabel Loper (Wild) 185
WELLES

Mary Alice 112
WELLS

Adeline (Johnson) 130
David A. 130
Mary 194
WENTWORTH

Alice (Coan) 304
Fred K. 315

470

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

WENTWORTH (Cont.)
Gordon Coan 305
Margery 82
Mildred (Coan)
Mildred Eleanor
Ralph C. 8 2

WERSCHEM

Marilyn Ruth 14

WESTCOTT

Augustus 295
Gertrude 295
Harry 295
Henrietta (Hoop
Nellie 295

WESTON
Mary 98

WETZEL

Arthur 36
Caroline (Ashcr
Courtney Alison
Elaine (Jost) 3
Eric Allyn 37
James Thomas 3 7
Jody 3 8
Marjorie (Coan)

36, 38
Robert Edward 3
Sara ( Jepson ) 3
Susan Jane 36,
William Arathur

WHEELER

Belinda 193
Chauncey Chitte
Clara (Hubbell)
Elizabeth (Clou
Ellen Amanda 19
Frank Lester 40
Harriet 193
Harriet Ann 194
Heman Ambrose 1
John S. 402
Josiah C. 194
Josiah Dennis
Lucius C. 194
Marietta (Chitt
Minnie (Coan) 4
Richmond Worthi

WHEELOCK

Lurline 296

WHITE

Catherine
William M

WHITNEY

Alice 296

82
82, 97

er) 295

aft) 37

38
7

34, 35,

7, 38
8

37, 41
36, 37

nden 194

194
ghessy) 402
4
2

194

enden) 194

ngton 194

Stevens) 171
171

WHITNEY (Cont.)

Charles Amni 296

Emily Frances 296

Dorothy ( Foss ) 296

Martha (Hooper) 296

Nancy 296

Samuel 296
WICALL

David Arthur 95

Frank Richard 95

Janice Marie 95

Suzanne (Smith) 95
WIKOFF

Blan 58

Elizabeth (Coan) 57, 58

Hosea 5

James 58

Jennie 58

Meek 5 8

Orson 58
WILCOX

Elizabeth

Joel 329
WILES

Anne (Melenbacher

Berlyn H. 38

Daniel Elias 40

David Berlyn 39

Matthew James 40

Virginia (Coan) 2

(Coan) 329

37, 38, 41

8,
419

35,
WILKINS

Martha J. 299
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 246
WILLIAMS

Charles W. 202

Clarence L. 202

Flora (Pendleton) 202

Frances 392

Harold 202

Hattie E. 202

Willis H. 202
WILLSON

James 409
WILSON

Ann (Griffin) 261, 262

Dorothy 396

Fern 87

Jeffrey Scott 262
WINCHELL

Blanche (Nutt) 390

Herbert 390

Lawrence 390

INDEX OF NAMES OF ALLIED FAMILIES

471

WING

Mary R. 403
WINTERS

J. M. 398

Joy (Coan) 398
WISNER

Benjamin Blydenburg 128,
129

Sarah (Johnson 128, 129,
130
WOLFF

Carrol 115
WOOD

Mary L. 85
WOODRUFF

Elizabeth M. 309

Phebe 102
WRIGHT

Mary Leonor 81
WOOLLEY

Ann Elizabeth 146

Carrie Jean (Coan) 145,
146

James 146

Melissa 146

Sarah Joyce 146
YATES

Charles 140

Charles Leroy 141

Dolores (Dittmar) 140, 141

Elaine Marie 141
YOUNG

Bonnie 64

Glenn 64

Jennifer 64

Sherry (Watkins) 64
ZECHE

Elizabeth 352

Rachel (Coan) 351

Stephen 352
ZEHR

Carl 74

Frances (Coan) 7 5

Laura K. 75

Paul 75
ZELENY

Betty Lou (Mann) 41

Jeffrey Paul 41

Jennifer Marie 41

Michael Philip 41

William Joseph 41

William Joseph, Jr
ZETHMAYR

Amy (La Dow) 3 91

ZETHMAYR ( Cont . )
Gordon 391
James 391
Willard 391

ZIMMERMAN

Elwood Curtin
Hannah (Bond)
420

ZUIGLEY

Winifred 130

294
292,

293,

472 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Illustrations are shown on pages opposite numbers listed

Acheson, Ernest F. and

Sarah Coan 377

(family) 377
Acheson, Katherine Burr 377
Anderson, Matthew Richard 61
Anderson, Richard and

Mary Louise Campbell 61
Atwood, Alton Barrows 246,

262
Atwood, Charles Nelson 246,

247
Atwood, Mabel Elizabeth Coan

246, 247, 262
Austin, Adam 62
Austin, Brian 62
Austin, Jason 62
Austin, Kevin and

Kathy Swanson 62
Bacon, Leonard 125
Badger, Alphonso W. 273

(and children) 273
Badger, Alphonso W. , Jr. 273
Badger, Gertrude 273
Baker, Carl 407
Baker, Margaret Peeler 407
Barnes, Ginger 250
Barnes, James IV 250
Barnes, James Hume III 249
Barnes, Mark 250
Barnes, Paul Abbott 249
Barnes, Peter Bartlett 249
Barnes, Priscilla (Candy)

Bartlett 249

(wedding to Philip John
Alfano, Jr. ) 250
Barnes, Rebecca 250
Barnes, Robert 250
Barnes, Priscilla Bartlett

Coan and family 249

(grandchildren) 250
Bartlett, Charles Olcott and

Fannie Louise Coan and

family 183, 184
Bartlett, Joseph Coan 183,

184
Bartlett, Joyce May 184
Bartlett, Robert Jerome

183, 184
Bartlett, Roberta Joanne

184
Beecher, Willis Judson 104

Biren, Charlotte Lucille

Coan 153

(children) 153
Biren, Glenn Jacob 153
Biren, Joseph 153
Biren, Sarah Elizabeth 153
Bisharat, Leslie Lockhart

346
Bolender, Homer Wright, Jr.

and daughter Patricia Ann

409
Bolter, Alfred Dr. 105
Bolter, Elizabeth Coan 105
Bolter, William Alfred 104
Bond, Fred Darwin 292
Bond, Hannah Frances

Shepherd 292
Bond, Hannah Louise 292,

293
Bond, Mary Shepherd 292,

293
Browning, Luolin Dr. 76
Bullock, Harriet Isobel 30
Bush, Edith Elizabeth 316
Campbell, John Scott 61
Campbell, S. C. (Abraham

Sherwood Coan) 184
Campbell, Susan Renee 61
Carmichael, Marjorie Alice

263, 266
Carleton, Katharine Coan

327
Chittenden, David Record

Book (Abraham Coan) 196
Church, West Mound Methodist

(Milton H. H. Coan) 140
Coan, Abbott 274
Coan, Abbott Sanford 274
Coan, Abraham 243
Coan, Abraham (account with

Augustus Bishop) 186
Coan, Abraham (churches and

homes designed and built

by) 188
Coan, Abraham L. (silver

spoons made by) 197
Coan, Abraham and Mary

Abbott (gravestone) 278
Coan, Abraham Sherwood

(S. C. Campbell) 184
Coan, Abraham Simpson 310

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

473

Coan, Agens A. (gravestone)

136
Coan, Albert Alexander 47
Coan, Albert H. (gravestone)

402
Coan, Albert Stone 402
Coan, Alexander MacLeod

142, 143
Coan, Alonzo Capt .

(promotion papers) 310,

311
Coan, Amanda Fizetta

(letter to Patty Loper)

187
Coan, Amos Augustus 138
Coan, Andrew 147
Coan, Anna Belle 273
Coan, Annette Burr 378,

379, 382
Coan, Asa 76

Coan, Asa W. , The Rev. 77
Coan, Asahel 403
Coan, Augustus (gravestone)

132
Coan, Avery Howard, and

wife Mary and

granddaughters 409
Coan, Barbara J. 85
Coan, Barbara Leslie 82
Coan Birth Records

(Madison, Conn.) 328
Coan, Caroline Darrie 147
Coan, Carrie 146
Coan, Catherine and Curtis

Bishop (marriage record)

172
Coan, Catherine Ellen 146,

148
Coan, Cecelia Vaughn 30
Coan Centennial Farm 134
Coan, Charles Bisbee 251
Coan, Charles Emerson and

Martha Waller 145, 146
Coan, Charles F. 77
Coan, Charles Frederick 82
Coan, Charles Richard Lt.

(letter to Lydia Elizabeth
Coan re: Joseph Coan)
208
Coan, Charles Wattles 30
Coan, Chelsea 147
Coan children (Hannah and

Jerome on school list) 171

Coan, Christian Speer 349
Coan, Christopher Fulton

325
Coan, Claudius Collins 110
Coan, Claudius Collins Dr.

104
Coan, Colin Jeffery 254,

256
Coan, Darlene Hogue 148
Coan, Delores Frances

Brandt 254
Coan, Dianna May 146, 148
Coan, Donald Russell 146,

148
Coan, Edith (Mrs. Peter D.

gravestone) 133
Coan, Edward and Barbara

381, 382
Coan, Edward James 378
Coan, Edward James and

Koyoko Suzuki (wedding

of) 379, 380, 381
Coan, Edward Milton 31
Coan, Edward Milton 31
Coan, Edward Milton family

31
Coan, Edward Morel 371,

372, 378, 383
Coan, Edward Morel family

378
Coan, Edward Rollin 31, 36
Coan, Edward Rollin and

family 45
Coan, Edward Welles 111
Coan, Elisha (gravestone)

209
Coan, Elisha (gravestone) 239

(newspaper listing of

ship) 237

(vessels sailed) 238
Coan, Elisha Skinner 299,

305
Coan, Elisha W.

(gravestone) 133
Coan, Eliza Kennelly 245
Coan, Elizabeth Schroeder 151
Coan, Elizabeth Speer 356
Coan, Elizur (gravestone)

357
Coan, Esther Grace 85
Coan, Ezra T. (bond and

mortgage) 357
Coan, Folwell Welles 115

474

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Coan, Frank Asa 245, 248
Coan, Frank Eugene 64
Coan, Frank Eugene and

Irene Russell 64
Coan, Frank and Ollie

Patterson 60
Coan, Frank Speer 327

(with Janet Stone) 344

(children) 344, 345
Coan, Frederick 47
Coan, Frederick G.,

The Rev. 336
Coan, Frederick Gaylord III

356
Coan, Fred Welby 257, 258

(home) 259

(with grandchildren) 262

(with Grace) 260

(with Pearl and Ruth) 259

(with Ruth) 260
Coan, Gaylord (children's

birth records) 328
Coan, George (deed) 5
Coan, George (deed to

Mulford) 327
Coan, George (gravestone)

85
Coan, George Milton and

Edith Bosley 135
Coan, George Peter and

Susan Galloway 135
Coan, Geoprge W. , The Rev.

329
Coan, Gertrude Baker 358
Coan, Glenn Long 151
Coan, Grace Herrick 257,

261
Coan, Grace Elliott

(stained glass window

given by) 197
Coan, Hamilton M. 369, 383
Coan, Hannah Avery 220
Coan, Hannah Davis

(gravestone) 11
Coan, Hannah and Samuel

Butler Hill (marriage

record) 172
Coan, Harriet Fidelia

(letter to Philip Munson

Coan) 373
Coan, Helen Sandford

(husband) 125
Coan, Hillary Lyn 254, 256

Coan, Howard Radcliffe 327,

356
Coan, Ida Spear 336
Coan, Irwin Shelton 402
Coan, Isabelle Welles 114
Coan, Jacob 21
Coan, Jacob and Luranda

(gravestones) 22
Coan, James 147
Coan, James Ward 374
Coan, Jane Elizabeth 145,

146
Coan, Jason Jung 254, 256
Coan, Jeffery Prescott 254

(children of) 254

(with Delores) 255

(pottery of) 255
Coan, Jeffrey Scott 149, 150
Coan, Jerome 182

(letter to Phebe) 181

(store) 182
Coan, Jocelyn Rae 409
Coan, John (gravestone)

173, 174
Coan, John (daughter's

gravestone ) J 73
Coan, John (gravestone) 239
Coan, John (home) 170
Coan, John and Mabel

Chittenden (gravestones)

155

(deed) 156
Coan, John Michael 150
Coan, John Victor and

Arlene Pennell 82

(children) 82
Coan, Joseph 183
Coan, Joseph (on Civil War

monument) 180
Coan, Joseph (letter to

Phebe) 179
Coan, Kelley Maree 409
Coan, Kevin Patrick 150
Coan, Kristin 325
Toan, Leander Samuel,

The Rev. 299
Coan, Lucy Vsillette 349
Coan, Luella Ade le 47
Coan, Mabel Elizabeth 245
Coan, Marc Wayne 8 2
Coan, Marcia 403
Coan, Marie Schwind 36
Coan, Marilyn 4 6

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

475

Coan, Marion Sadie 305
Coan, Marjorie Isobel 3

36
Coan, Marlin A. and Ell

(gravestone) 141
Coan, Marlin Hazzard

(gravestone) 141
Coan, Marlin H. H.

(gravestone) 133
Coan, Marlin MacDonald
Coan, Martha deWeese 32
Coan, Martha Dungan

(letter) 117

(Mount Holyoke sketch

124
Coan, Martha Jeanne 60
Coan, Mary Alice 83
Coan, Mary Elizabeth

Bartlett 244, 248
Coan, Mary Trudell 409
Coan, Mary Willette Bis

349
Coan, Michael Duane and

Marjorie Dianna 68
Coan, Michael Jay 378,

382
Coan,
Coan,

257
Coan monolith in Albion

N.Y. 329
Coan, Nancie Somerville

344, 345, 349
Coan, Nancy Ann 145, 14
Coan, Nancy Lees 374
Coan, Nellie 310
Coan, Newton

Emma 403
Coan, Norman

143, 150

(great grandchildren)

(with Darlene and

Genevieve) 148
Coan, Norman Everett 14

143
Coan,
Coan,
Coan,
Coan,
Coan,

136
Coan,

a E

144
5

hop

379,

Milo Mulford 402
Minnie Draper Herrick

0. and wife
Allison 142,

146

Norman Kennedy 144
Patricia Ducharme 409
Paul Schroeder 152
Peter (deed) 10
Peter D. (gravestone)

Peter Frederick

Gaylord 349

Coan, Peter Gaylord and

Dorothy Schroeder 152
Coan, Peter Glenn 152
Coan, Peter (inventory) 20
Coan, Philip Burr 374, 383

(with son James Ward) 374
Coan, Phillip M. 369

(letter to mother) 370,

371

(family) 371, 372
Coan, Prescott 251

(family) 256
Coan, Priscilla Bartlett

248, 262
Coan property in Taylor

Township, Michigan

(map of) 131
Coan, Rachel R.

(gravestone) 141
Coan, Ralph A. 317

(home) 317
Coan, Ralph Gorman 318, 324

(Civil War Mementos) 318

(ship) 319

(with Shirley) 319
Coan, Ralph Gorman, Jr. 324
Coan, Ralph William, Sr. 68

(family) 68
Coan, Richard Alan, Sr.

family 68
Coan, Richard Hogue 144,

149

(family) 150
Coan, Richard Newton 305
Coan, Richard Howard family

409
Coan, Robert Abbott 245

(with Carrie Keefe) 248,

262
Coan, Robert 244

(farm) 244
Coan, Rosanna McLymond 403
Coan, Ruth Alberta 259,

260, 261, 262, 268
Coan, Samuel (gravestone)

299
Coan, Samuel and Betsy

(gravestone) 215
Coan, Samuel, Jr. Capt .

(gravestone) 221
Coan, Sanford (gravestone

243
Coan, Sarah 371, 372

476

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Coan, Sarah Abbott 243
Coan, Sarah Acheson 383

(family) 377
Coan, Sarah Bryan Burr 371

(with son, Edward Morel)

372
Coan, Scott LeCocq 3 24
Coan, Shannon Sully 324
Coan, Shubael (gravestone)

243
Coan, Shubael Prescott

(Bill) 251
Coan, Stuart F. G. 344

(with Frank Speer) 345

(family) 349
Coan, Susan Elizabeth

(wedding) 382
Coan, Susan LeCocq 324
Coan, Sylvanus and

granddaughter Ann

(gravestones) 387
Coan, Titus 366, 367

(birthplace) 369

(marker) 368

(church) 366

(home) 3 66

(gravestone) 366

(road) 367

(wives) 367
Coan, Titus Munson 369

(and sons) 369

(poem) 3 70

(letter) 373
Coan, Thomas William 146,

148
Coan, Virginia Catherine

34, 36
Coan, Wesley Burgess 402
Coan, William 85
Coan, William B. Col. 278

(medals) 279
Coan, William Folwell, Jr.

Ill

(marker) 110
Coan, William Ford 31
Coan, William Frederick 304
Coan, William Frederick 305
Coan, William Freethy 305
Coan, William (gravestone)

209
Coan, William H.

(gravestone) 239
Coan, William Norman 145, 146

Coan, Wilson Elmer 135
Coan, William Harrison

(on monument ) 357
Coans (homes of in Exeter,

Maine) 242
Constitution, U.S.S. 278
Cooper, Nellie May Coan 142
Cornwell, Ashbell and

Roxanna Coan (gravestones)

130
Dempcy, Nancy Jane 84
Dibble, Alison Marie Coan

378, 382

(family) 379
Dibble, Claire Anne 379
Dibble, Norman Edward 379,

382
Dibble, Norman III 379, 382
Dickson, Ruth Brownlie 264,

266, 267
Dunbar, Jack 345
Dunbar, June 344, 345
Dunlap, Arthur Morel 375,

376
Dunlap, Bryan Robert 375

(with Diana Carulli) 376
Dunlap, Leonie Matilda Coan

371, 372, 375, 383
Effinger, Genevieve Coan

148
Ewald, Charles Hildreth 409
Ewald, Jane Caroline

Roseberry 409
Ewald, John Alfred, Jr. 409
Ewald, John Hiram 409
Ewald, Katherine Cassandra

409
Foster, Heather 266
Fulton, Darci Kay 271, 272
Fulton David Kenniston 268,

269, 271

(children) 271, 272
Fulton, David Kenniston, Jr.

271, 272
Fulton, Robert MacGregor

268, 269, 272

Fulton, Pamela Louise 268,

269, 270, 272

Fulton, Robert William 268,

269

(children) 268, 272
Fulton, Ruth Coan family

269, 272

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

477

Fulton, Shirley 318, 319
Goodwin, Peggy Long family

63
Greene, Cynthia Jane 265,

267
Greene, Jane Griffin family

267
Greene, Phyllis Carol 265,

267
Greene, Randall Luther 265,

267
Greene, Robert Luther 265

(with Jane Griffin and

family) 265
Greene, Vaughn Digby 265,

267
Griffin, Ann Carmichael

263, 266

Griffin, Barbara Dickson

264, 266, 267
Griffin, Bonnie Jane 264,

266
Griffin, Frederick Welby

261, 264
(family) 264, 267

Griffin, Frederick

Welby, Jr. 264, 266, 267

(and family) 264
Griffin, Martha Myrand 267,

268
Griffin, Jane 261, 262, 265
Griffin, Richard Carmichael

263, 266
Griffin, Robin Ann 264, 266
Griffin, Vaughn David 261

(home) 2 62
Griffin, Willard Henry 261,

262, 263

(children of) 263
(family) 266

Griffin, Willard Henry, Jr.

263, 266

Hall, Friend Mabel

(Middlebury) 157
Hayward, Susan Jane Wetzel

(family) 38
Hersey, Maude S. 275
Hersey, Sarah Sophia Coan

275
Hitchcock, George

(painting by) 188
Hitchcock, Samuel Johnson

188

Hooper, Charles Horace

(home) 298
Hooper, Hannah Coan 288

(daughters) 288
Hooper, James 288
Hooper, Nettie 288
Hoppock, David Coan 256
Hoppock, Helen Ruth Coan

256
Hoppock, Hillary Frances

Coan 254

(with David Farr) 256
Island, Grand (map) 23
Jawdat, Ellen Stone Coan

344, 345, 347
Jawdat, Hammad 348
Jawdat, Kumait 347
Jawdat, Nizar Ali 345, 347
Jawdat, Rakan 348
Jawdat, Zaidun 348
Julien, Sharon Lee 271, 272
Kaclik, Nancy Burr Coan

374
Keeler, Delvin 407
Keeler, Floyd 407
Keeler, Frank 407
Keeler, Franjeskia Coan 403

(family) 406

(home) 406

(with husband William

Marvin) 406
Keeler, Gerald 407
Keeler, Jessie 407
Keeler, Nathan Avery 406

(family) 407
Keeler, Nellie May 406
Keeler, Rosina Holzer 407
Keeler, Paul F. 407
Keeler, William Marvin 406
Killingworth Church

(Gaylord Coan) 328
Knowles, Pearl Ianna 258,

259

(with Ruth Alberta Coan)

258, 262
Lockhart, Brian 346
Long, Aaron Gale 325
Long, Cameron Christopher

325
Long, Hackney Eugene and

Shirley Swanson 60, 62
Long, Kathleen Coan and

children 325

478

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Long, Wandalee 60

Long, Wanda Louise Coan 60

(and children) 64
Loper, Edward (Mill) 185
Loper, Samuel F. and

Rebecca Coan (home) 185
Maine, University of, Orono

(Nellie Weeks) 274
Mann, Darla 44
Mann, Dianne 42
Mann, Donna Lynn and Yoga

44
Mann, Helen Coan 41
Mann, Helen Marie Coan 36
Mann, James (family) 42
Mann, Jimir.y 4 2
Mann, Joseph B. 44

(children) 44
Mann, Michelle 42
Mann, Russell 42
Mann, Samantha 42
McClure, Edith Coan 316
McClure, George Manfred 316
McClure, Robert John 316
McClure, Ruth Henson 316
McDonald, Barbara Jane Coan

(family) 45, 46
McDonald, Catherine Megan

45, 46
McDonald, Gregory Edward

45, 46
McLaughlin, Benjamin Robert

270, 272
McLaughlin, Brent Wilson

270

(children) 270, 272
McLaughlin, Patrick Coan

270, 2 72
McLure, Edith Lancaster

Coan and family 316
McLure, Manfred Coan 316
McTernan, Ruth Frances 251,

256
Middlebury College sketch

(Friend Mabel Coan) 157
Minihan, Katie 45, 46
Minihan, Kelly 45, 46
Minihan, Larry 46
Minihan, Patricia Jean Coan

and children 46
Mount Holyoke Seminary

(Martha Dugan Coan) 124

Myrick, Osborn, The Rev.

215

(Union Church) 215
Nemtin, Mary Frances Coan

344, 345, 346
Nemtin, Stephen Maurice 346
Palantine children

apprentice to Gov. Hunter

1, 4
Parent, Ann Mayo 343
Parent, Annette Richards

family 343

(painting) 343
Parent, Hiram Lincoln 343
Parent, Lawrence Edward 34 3
Pirkle, Bill and Clarice 68
Potter, Clarence Chittenden

178
Potter, Dwight Edgar 178
Potter, Elbert B. 175
Potter, Ernest Hemingway

177, 183
Potter, Jerome Coan 175
Potter, Joseph Walter 175
Potter, Mabel Chittenden

177, 183
Potter, Marion Luella 178
Potter, Orrin and

Phebe Coan 175

(home) 174

(pension paper) 176

(sons) 175
Provincetown, mackerel

fleet 221
Rendall, Edwin Coan 114
Rendall, Humphrey Jones 114
Rendall, Mary Welles 114
Richards, Amanda 341
Richards, Andrew William

342
Richards, Aurelia Mayo 341
Richards, Benjamin Wood III

341
Richards, Edward Carrington

Mayo and Elizabeth Veech

Coan 340
Richards, Elizabeth Coan

337
Richards, Elizabeth Rebekah

Speer 340

(sculptures) 340
Richards, Ellen Gillanders

342

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

479

Richards, Frederick Howard

Dr. family 341
Richards, John Gordon

Lippincott 342
Richards, Kathleen

Elizabeth 342
Richards, Malika 341
Richards, Rafael Mayo 341
Richards, Stacey Budd

Collins 341
Richards, William

Lippincott Dr. and sons

342

(family) 342
Roberts, Clarence Owen 138
Roberts, Ellis Everett 138
Roberts, Eva Coan 138
Roberts, Gladys 138
Roberts, Ida 138
Roberts, Mary Alice 138
Roberts, Owen French, 138
Roberts, Owen Jones,

The Reverend, 138
Russell, Randy and Lori

Denise Campbell 61
Ruth, Margaret Sayre

Stallman 408
Ruth, Roger Allan 408
Schumacher, Nellie May

Keeler 407
Schumacher, Nora May 407
Seaverns, Myrtie Fisher

Batchelder 298
Shepherd, Edward I 290
Shepherd, Hannah Frances 290
Shepherd, Hannah Frances

Hooper 288, 289

(children) 289
Shepherd, Isaiah Lord 289
Shepherd, Mary A. 290
Simpson, James Rae 278
Smith, Arthur Morton 83, 84
Smith, Barbara Frances 378
Smith, Catherine Wilkins

Haugh 8 5
Smith, Isaac Tichenor 83
Smith, Marillyn Coan 116
Smith, Priscilla Coan 116
Smith, Theodore Hunter 84,

85
Spencer, Llewellyn T. and

Nellie Estelle Weeks 274
Stephens, Jennie Catherine

377

Stephens, Kate Elizabeth 377
Stephens, Niall Patrick 377
Stephens, Nora Sarah 377
Stephens, Sarah Acheson 377
Storey, Inez Belle 69
Storey, Luella Bernice Coan 69
Storey, Luolin Elizabeth 69
Storey, William Lyndon 69
Swanson, Jeanine 63
Tinsely, Judy Watkins and

family 65
Truro Methodist Episcopal

Church 220
Warner, William and Lucy

Coan (gravestones) 387
Warren, Ruth Coan 64
Waters, Sarah Eliza Coan 369
Watkins, Dorothy Coan 64

(with Horace Earl, Jr.) 65
West Mound Methodist Church

(Milton H. H. Coan) 140
Wetzel, Arthur and

Marjorie Coan 37

(children) 37
Wetzel, Courtney 39
Wetzel, James Thomas and

family 39
Wetzel, Marjorie Coan 41
Wetzel, William Arthur and

Caroline Ashcraft 38
Wiles, Daniel Elias 40
Wiles, David Berlyn and

Ann Louise Melenbacher

40
Wiles, Matthew James 40
Wiles, Virginia Catherine

Coan (sketches) 35

(dolls) 41

(family) 40
Wilson, Jeffrey Scott 266
Wisner, Benjamin Blydenburg

125
Woolley, Ann Elizabeth 147
Wooley, Melissa 147
Young, Sherry Watkins and

family 65
Zeche, Rachel Bishop Coan

349
Zeche, Stephen 349
Zeleny, Betty Lou Mann

family 43
Zimmerman, Hannah Louise

Bond with Elwood Curtin

Zimmerman 293

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ERRATA

Please attaoh (paste, staple or tape) these errata sheets in the back of the book
to the pages left blank for this purpose. Correct in the text the errors, especi-
ally the faotual ones. The reference line iB determined by counting printed lines
only. When the reference occurs in about the middle of a page, mid, is used in
plaoe of a line number. When f.b. ocours aftor a line number, the line has been
determined by counting from the bottom of the page up. C. means oaption.

Faotual Errors

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Error and Correotlon

from the author should be from the oompller

omit which follows

Koenraet Kuhn should be Koenraet Koen

Insert after March the numbers 16, 1940

Murphy should be Hurphey

Renee should be Range

Bonnie should be Bonnie.

Grape vi en should be Grapevine

Mary 5. 1947 should be May 5, 1947

Veryle should be Veryl

iii. Beverly Lu should read iii. Beverly Lu Storey, b.

June 15. 1953, Dallas, Tex.; a lawyer
Annapolis, Maryland should be Pensacola, Florida
Samual should be Samuel
Ha ra yard should be Harvard
Aufius tus should be Augustus.
Eva should be Eva Sophronla
Eva should be Eva Sophronla
March 3 should be March 25
seated should be standing
Dolores Elaine; when she was eighteen, Dolores legally changed

her name to Del ores. Note also p. 140 mid. Dolores. g
Generation numbers omitted} lines should read NORMA]? KENNEDY COAN

(Norman A. , Norman E.°, Harlin A.-*, Marlln H.H.4, AugustusTj

272

Jacob . Peter )
Generation numbers omitted} lines should read CHARLES EMERSON"*

COAN (Norman K. . Norman A. 7, Norman E.°. Harlin k.-> ,

Marlin H.H. t Augustus-* , Jacob, Peter*-)
Mrs. Gleen Long Coan should be Mrs. Glenn Long Coan
Gross Bhould be Grosse
Descendants t should be Descendants}
Chaarles should be Charles

(Kautz) should be (Kautz) Potter; also p. 177, line 7
Seymore should be Seymour
iii Isaao Finney should read iii. Isaao Finney, b. July 6,

1860
Seavers should be Seaverna

Helen Ruth Coan Hoppock should be Helen Ruth Hoppock
past-president should be president
Randolph should be Randall
with a B.S. degree in business administration should be

and received a B.S. degree in hotel administration from

the University in 1983.
Alberton should be Allerton

Reference: Cutter, Genealogical and Family History of Connec-
ticut, p. 91

1982 should be I981 'J

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ERRATA
Factual Errors (continued)
Page Line Error and Correction

289 9 it was on the spot where the Acadlen Hotel later Btood.

should be it was located opposite the post office.
Ma a on should be Masons
( Day) should be (Dayton)

Lucy, b. 1765 05 1766 should be Lucy, b. 1775 or 1776
July 16, 1749 should"~be in I785 ~
Feb. 21, I843 should be Feb. 21, I844
Leonle should be Leonie; also p. 332, line 16
Teliesin should be Tallesin
Bagdad should be Baghdad
anthropollgy should be anthropology
June 3, 1937 should be June 3, 1927
Genesee should be Ceneseo
Fannie Clement should bo Fanny Clenent
Willilam ohould be William

western New York should be Western New York
Titus Kunson should be Philip I'unson
1934-1936HBhould be 1934-1978
1. 1923 should be 25, 1923
Kannenatsa should be Kannematsu
June should be Jane
( Speer) should be (Spear)
Sylvanus should be Sylvanus^
1765 or 1766 should be 1775 or 1776; On torch 20. 1780

should be In 1798
William, Jr. should be William; also p. 391» line 1
Berkley should be Berkeley
1882 should be 19 82
Corono should be Corona
AveryH. Bhould be Avery H.

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dollars but should be dollars, but

1904 should be 1904.

J .G. should be j.g.

CA should be Calif.

1910 should be 1910;

1981 should be I98I,

famale should be female

Vaudeville, III should be Vandeville III

fifteen and should be fifteen, and

English Lltercture should be English literature

Census should be Census)

copies should be copied

Covemor should be governor

1857 should be 1857.

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ERRATA

Other Errors (continued)

Line Error and Correction

son on should be son of
this should be his
History-of should be History of
Bacon should be Bacon \

Amos Augustus, Mar, should be Amos Augustus, b. Mar,
cotton should be cotton-
Mi chigan should be Michigan,
Childdren should be Children

Connecticut April 6 should be Connecticut, April 6
May 12, l8l8 should" be May 12. I8l8,
(Johnson Hitchcock should be ( Johnson) Hitchcock
crises should be crisis
omit had

House should bo Houses
ws should be was

First Lieutenant should be first lieutenant
(based) should~e (based

Abraham Coan, Aug. should be Abraham Coan, b. Aug.
Ruth (Gardner) Coan should be Ruth (Galleucia) Gardner Coan
family to should be family, to

m. should be m. ;

ca. should be ca

Father, Vaughn should be Father, Vaughn,

omit as

more should be mori

also so should be also, so

uat should' be just

Referen e should be Reference

1777 to should be 1777, to

Hampshire High should be Hampshire, High

Jersey High should be Jersey, High

omit second Department of South Carolina

Oregon and should be Oregon, and

qui ted should be quieted

teacher - should be teacher —

Connecticut should be Connecticut,

headquaarters should be headquarters

Reverend Arms should be the Reverend Mr. Arms

omit and

School and should be School, and

Berkley should be Berkeley

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Full text of "Coan genealogy, 1697-1982 : Peter and George of East Hampton, Long Island, and Guilford, Connecticut, with their descendants in the Coan line as well as other allied lines"

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