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From: (Marcia Payne)
Subject: [MAWORCES] Robert H. Coe biography
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:17:40 -0500 (CDT)

"Worcester County" A Narrative History, Volume 3, by John Nelson

page 79


A manufacturer through practically the whole of business career.
Robert H. Coe is president of the Jefferson Manufacturing Company and
president and treasurer of the Coe Woolen Company.
Mr. Coe was born in Worcester, Sept. 9, 1889, son of William H. Coe,
a manufacturer who died in 1929, and of Florence (Jefferson) Coe, who
died in 1903. Robert H. Coe received his early education in the public
schools of Worcester and then entered Harvard University, from which he
received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1911. Almost immediately
after his completion of his college course he became associated with the
Jefferson Manufacturing Company, which he has served as president for
many years.
In 1930 he organized the Coe Woolen Company. This company is engaged
in the manufacture of woolen cloth, and has its factory at No. 53
Jackson Street, Worcester, where the company has 50,000 sq. feet of
floor space and employs 125 men. The business since its establishment,
has grown steadily, and sends its products to all parts of the United
States.
Upon the entrance of the U.S. into the World War he enlisted and
served actively for 2 years as a member of the American Expeditionary
Forces, in various divisions, finally receiving his discharge in 1919,
from the Aviation Corps, with which he was then serving.
He is a member of several college fraternities and is well known in
club circles, being a member of the Worcester Country Club, the Tatnuck
Country Club, and the Harvard Club, all of Worcester, and of the Harvard
Club of Boston.
Robert H. Coe married in 1920, Janet Briggs, of Worcester, and they
became the parents of 5 children: 1)Richard F.,born Oct. 11, 1923
2) Elizabeth H. born Dec. 30, 1926
3) Janet, born April 18, 1928
4) William H., born April 15, 1929
5) Roger B., born March 15, 1931.

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