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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JOHN S. COE, farmer, post office Tarentum, a son of Benjamin and Nancy (Shields) Coe, was born in 1827 on the farm now owned by him, in Fawn township. His grandfather, Benjamin Coe, a soldier in the war of 1812, came from New Jersey and settled in Fawn township at the time when a blockhouse was erected at what is now Springdale, to protect the white settlers from the Indians. Springdale was formerly Coe station, being named in honor of Benjamin Coe, the first settler of Fawn township. Here he and his wife died, leaving six children: Daniel, James, Margaret, Moses, Benjamin and Phebe. Benjamin Coe and Nancy Shields married and located on the farm formerly owned by his father, and reared eight children: Rebecca (deceased), Margaret, Joseph, Benjamin (deceased), Eliza, John S., James (deceased) and Sarah, and here lived and died the second generation of this family. John S. Coe married, in 1853, Hannah Jane, daughter of James Boyd, of West Deer township. He located on the old homestead, engaged in farming, and the improvements are evidences of his success. He has frequently filled positions of trust and emolument in Fawn township. Mr. and Mrs. Coe are members of the Presbyterian Church. They have two children, by adoption: Benjamin F. and Sadie E.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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