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Miller, daughter of Deacon Ichabod and
Elizabeth (Cornwell) Miller, and she died
January i, 1832.
(VII) Elias C. Coe, son of Seth and
Mary (Miller) Coe, was born August 25,
1787, in Middlefield, and died there, May
4, 1878. He was a farmer, and married,
April II, 1811, Hannah Tryon.
(VIII) Ebenezer Jackson Coe, son of
Elias C. and Hannah (Tryon) Coe, was
born May 3, 1817. He settled at Stony
Creek, Branford, where he was for many
years the proprietor of the "Three Elms"
House, a summer hotel, and there he died.
May II, 1889. Mr. Coe married, April 3,
1839, Phebe Birdsey, daughter of John
Birdsey.
(IX) John Walter Birdsey Coe, son
of Ebenezer J. and Phebe (Birdsey) Coe,
was born November 8, 1841. He was for
many years one of the leading citizens of
Meriden, Connecticut, and was head of
the Merwin Provision Company of that
city. Mr. Coe served as trustee of the
State School for Boys, and was a bank
director and vestryman of the church.
He married, December 4, 1865, Sarah A.
Williams, a native of Wallingford, daugh-
ter of Elijah Williams. They were the
parents of the following children: i.
Walter Ellsworth, of further mention. 2.
John Williams, deceased, formerly a phy-
sician of New York City. 3. Mabel Es-
telle, wife of Howard Hammitt, residing
in Plainfield, New Jersey. 4. Ada Louise,
born May 2, 1879, wife of Charles F.
Rockwell, of Meriden.
(X) Walter Ellsworth Coe, son of John
W. B. and Sarah A. (Williams) Coe, was
born August 18, 1870, at Meriden, and
was educated in the Meriden schools. He
was graduated from Sheffield Scientific
School in the class of 1892, with the degree
of Ph. B., and from Yale Law School
in 1902, with the degree of LL. B. The
same year Mr. Coe was admitted to the
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New York bar, also the Connecticut bar.
Mr. Coe has always practiced in New
York City, and is a member of the law
firms of McLaughlin, Russell, Coe &
Sprague, and Sharretts, Coe & Hillis. He
specializes in United Customs practice.
Since 1906 he has served as commis-
sioner for Connecticut on Uniform State
Laws, and from 1902 to 1904 was a mem-
ber of the staff of Governor George P.
McLean, with the rank of colonel. Dur-
ing the World War Mr. Coe was assistant
in charge of retail prices and distribution
in the Food Administration in Washing-
ton. His hobby is farming, and for about
fifteen years he has owned a truck farm
of about twenty-two acres, employing
from eight to ten men to assist in the care
of same.
Mr. Coe married, October 3, 1904, Car-
lotta Toothe, born June 22, 1874, in East
Orange, New Jersey, daughter of William
and Emma (Schlager) Toothe, of Mad-
ison, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Coe are
members of St. John's Episcopal Church
of Stamford, and aid in the support of its
good works.
DASKAM, Walter Duryee,
Banker, Man of Affairs.
In Stamford the name of Daskam
means more than merely a name. Not
only the family but the city look backward
with pride to the early records in
which this name became distinguished.
The origin of the name is Scotch and lit-
erally means lowland valley.
(I) The first of the family in this country
was John Daskam, who came from
near Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1750, and
settled in Connecticut. He owned quite
a library for that time ; it was composed
mostly of books on Scottish history. The
children of John Daskam were : John,