El Dorado County Biographies


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WILLIAM FRANKLIN COE
 
            Was born in Hancock county, Indiana, on May 19th, 1835; he was the 
second son and fifth child of W. F. and Harriett Washburn Coe, who were natives 
of Ohio.  William F. spent his youth on his father�s farm.  In 1854 he came to 
California, and the following year worked at mining on Alabama Flat, thence to a 
tunnel near Placerville, and for about two years farmed in Sacramento valley.  
In 1858 he went to British Columbia.  Here he took out considerable gold, but 
returned again to Spanish Flat, where he bought him a good home and still 
resides.  He owns the mine known as the Railroad claim.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 237
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler