William L. Coe
William L. Coe (deceased) was born in Granville, Mass., February 28 1809; son of Samuel and Lucy Coe, the former a native of Massachusetts, the latter of Connecticut, and who emigrated to this county during the summer of 1809, settling first in Rootstown, afterward in Edinburg, where they both died, August 26, 1852, and October 20, 1870, respectively. Our subject was married on the first occasion, January 24, 1833, to Nancy Bostwick, born in New Milford, Conn., December 24, 1814, and died March 15, 1854, the mother of three children: Leroy B., Henry B. and Elbert H. She was a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Coe was again married April 6, 1855, to Adeline F. Brush, born in Atwater, Ohio, November 6, 1819, and the widow of John C. Brush, born in Massachusetts in 1814, and died January 15, 1854. Mr. Coe, who had been engaged in farming, died April 1, 1883. He was a member of the Congregational Church, as is also his widow.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885