Obituary - Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio
Date UnknownThe remains of Alfred Coe, a former Portsmouth resident who was run down and killed by a locomotive at Columbus Tuesday night, will arrive on the evening train Thursday to be interred in Greenlawn Friday. Pending the arrival of the family and relatives the exact hour of the funeral had not been set. Mr. Coe, who was a skilled carpenter moved from this city to Columbus four years ago. he was a brother of Miss Emma Coe, the milliner on Chillicothe street near Second and two brothers, George and Thomas and a sister Lorena, live at Freestone. Another sister, Mrs. M. A. Williams is a resident of Cincinnati. Wednesday's Columbus Dispatch contains the following account of the accident:
Alfred Coe, aged 54, a carpenter, residing at 91 North Ludlow street, was run over ans instantly killed by Pan Handle yard engine No. 8310, at about 10.10 o'clock Tuesday night, a short distance west of Dennison avenue crossing. The man had evidently attempted to cross the track in front of the engine and was struck and thrown under the wheels. The body was pulled from the track by Yardmaster W.E. Burton, but life was already extinet. The skull was fractured, both arms were broken, one leg was crushed and both feet hung by a few slender threads of flesh. The only identification was a card with the name and address on it. So it was not until about noon Wednesday that the body was positively identified. Mr. Coe, was a member of the Carpenters union and employed with the Ohio dredging company, leaves a widow and nine children. Mrs. Maggie Yost, Mrs. Tille Cornwell, Miss Dora, George, Arthur, Walter, Pearl, Allen and Kenneth.
Obituary - The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus, Ohio
Monday September 7, 1936
Page 6ACoe - Alice Harriet, 74 years. Residence 14 E. Beck St. accident. Member Christian Mothers Holy Family Church, where services will be held Tuesday, 9 a.m. Burial Portsmouth, Ohio. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Margaret Mulholland, Dorothy Welshone, Mrs. Pearl Cole, Huntington, W. Va., 4 sons, George, Arthur, Allen and Kenneth, 8 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren. Portsmouth Papers please copy. In charge of Egan-ryan Co.
September 7, 1936 Page 2A
Coe- Mrs. Harriet Alice, 74, 14 East Beck Street, fractured skull, Saturday.
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Helen Sines by Ellen Green
Date unknownJohn W. Coe, aged 22, an ex-soldier of battalion L. formerly of Fort Leavenworth, Kas. died at his home, 192 East Second street, Sunday evening. He had been suffering with an abscess of the throat for several months and after an apparent cure took suddenly worse late Sunday evening, dying shortly after eight o'clock. Young Coe was a son of Alfred Coe, well known carpenter, formerly of Rarden, who was accidentally killed in Columbus two years ago. At the time of his father's death he lived in this city, then after residing in Youngstown for over a year, moved here with his mother, Mrs. Alfred Coe, only two weeks ago. Forced to retire from service in the U.S. Army on account of ill health, Coe intended to seek a position here as soon as his condition would permit. He leaves quit a record of good service in the U.S. engineering corps, beside a reputation as a sharp-shooter and bugler at Fort Leavenworth. His is survived by his mother, four brothers, George Coe, of Youngstown, O.; Arthur, Allen and Kenneth at home; and four sisters, Mrs. Maggie Walters, of Columbus, O., Tillie, Pearl and Dora Coe, at home. No arrangements for the funeral have been made, although it is probable that the services will be conducted by the local militia Co. K.