Yeah Carl, you changed the subject line!!!! -----Original Message----- From: CARL R COE <CarlRCoe@compuserve.com> To: COE-L@rootsweb.com <COE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 09, 1999 1:39 PM Subject: [COE-L] COE, Benjamin Franklin, b. June 4, 1814, Marshall Co VA USA >Kaye, > >Good to hear from you again. > >Benjamin Franklin Coe, born June 4, 1814, at Moundsville, VA, was the >second child of Philip and Salome (Ogle) Coe of Marshall County, VA (now >WV). He married January 22, 1837, in Marshall County, Annie Kerr, who was >born Oct. 12, 1814, and died May 2, 1899, daughter of Hugh and Mary (Jolly) >Kerr. The family moved to Farmington, NM, where Benjamin died May 2, 1899. > >Benjamin Franklin Coe's son, also Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Coe, born Oct. >1, 1850, in Marshall County, rode with "Billy the Kid" during the Lincoln >County War. He was loosely played by Charlie Sheen in the movie "Young >Guns." Both Frank and his cousin George Washington Coe, son of Benjamin >Franklin Sr.'s brother Thomas Coe, are mentioned often in Robert M. >Utley's, "Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life" (Lincoln and London: >University of Nebraska Press, 1989). > >Frank Coe's son Wilbur Coe wrote the book "Ranch on the Ruidoso" (Library >of Congress, 68-26490). George Washington Coe, who was born July 13, 1836, >in Washington County, IA, wrote the book "Frontier Fighter" (University of >New Mexico Press, 1934), about his exploits with "The Kid." The book makes >for interesting reading. > >Philip Coe, who was born September 21, 1784, in Washington County, PA, was >a son of Philip and Abigail (O'Connor) Coe. The family is descended from >Robert Coe, who was born in 1596 in Suffolk, England, and immigrated to >Boston, MA, in 1634. > >I hope this is helpful. > >Carl Robert Coe >carlrcoe@compuserve.com > > >==== COE Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the mail-mode list, send a message to COE-L-request@rootsweb.com Type the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. >