Memories of the Coes

Several years ago, Alden Malvern Jones (1915-2010)  shared typed transcripts of two manuscripts, "Memories of the Calls" and "Coe History" written by Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956), wife of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939).

The heading at the beginning posts about the Coe family says "Coe History". In the Index, it refers to the document as the Memories of the Coes. I'm using the Memories of Coes to keep the title consistent with the Memories of the Calls. 

In the letter that accompanied the transcripts, Alden wrote "In the mid 1930's Grandma Call (Elizabeth) set about to record the family history by interviewing Grandpa (Charles) Call and writing his recollections, then doing the same for herself. Because of the Depression, our family was living with them at that time. So I vivedly remember some of the anecdotes which she relates, especially about the twins in later days."

Deborah Prentice (1833-1910) and Albert Coe (1827-1907)

Photo courtesy of Marion Sperry Howe

Marion's blog with Coe photos is at https://mlsperry.blogspot.com/2020/07/coe-family-this-post-presents-pictures.html

The following posts have the information shared in the Memories of the Coes. Posts are listed in the order they appear in the original transcript. 

• 1   Introduction
• 2   Child Duties
• 3     Church and Sunday School
• 4     First Schooling:Teachers
• 5     Fossils, Flowers and The Miller Place
• 6     Schoolmates and the Little Rural School
• 7     Pastors and Church Division
• 8     Family Gatherings: Cyrus Sperry
• 9     Gatherings at Uncle Emory's, Grandmother Elizabeth Sornberger Coe, Grandfather Ezra Coe
• 10   Snowbound
• 11   Farm Abundance
• 12   Literature
• 13   Father Albert Coe
• 14   Grandmother Elizabeth Sorenberger and Grandmother Elizabeth Smith Prentice
• 15   Prentice Family
• 16   Hunting & Threshing
• 17   Father's Cousins and Some of Father's Sayings
• 18   Lincoln's Assassination
• 19   Spring Medicine, Making Soft Soap and Maple Sugar
• 20   Tradings, Raisings and Auctions
• 21   Mother - Deborah
• 22   Dressmaker, Rugs and Needlework
• 23   Deborah Coe - Golden Wedding
• 24   Father and Mother 
• 25   P.T. Lynn
• 26   Schools, Academy, Ingham, Roads, Care of Roads
• 27   Fourth of July
• 28   Le Roy
• 29   Schools, "Cousin Josie"
• 30   Home at Judge Haskell Place, Home at Graves Place and New Permanent Home
• 31   Lime Rock School
• 32   Teachers' Training Class
• 33   Parties
• 34   Chautauqua Movement