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DAVID F. COE, funeral director and embalmer, with quarters at Nos. 122-124 North Fifth Street, Steubenville, O., has been a resident of this city for fourteen years and belongs to one of the old and representative families of Jefferson County. He was born in Island Creek Township, in 1860, and is a son of Andrew Coe. Andrew Coe was born on the same farm as was his son. His father, Moses Coe, was born in the eastern part of Pennsylvania and came to Jefferson County and settled on the above named farm in Island Creek Township in 1798. He was one of the pioneers who had pushed into the Western Reserve in search of land and independence and he became one of the solid and leading men of this section, with which his descendants have been identified ever since. David F. Coe came to Steubenville and went into the undertaking and livery business with T. A. Sharp. In a short time,however, he sold his interest and as his father's health was failing, returned to the farm and remained in charge until the latter's death. Then he returned to Steubenville and bought out his former partner, T. A. Sharp. Later he sold the livery branch of the business and now confines himself exclusively to funeral directing. He is a licensed embalmer and carries in stock of all the necessities and appurtenances that modern undertaking calls for. He is respected and esteemed as a citizen. Mr. Coe was married November 6, 1900, to Miss Victoria A. Stephens, of Gallopolis, O. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Steubenville, in which he is an elder and trustee. He belongs to the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce and to the Ohio State Funeral Directors' Association.  Return to Family Tales
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