Headstone of William Henry Coe at the Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery

Headstone of William Henry Coe at the Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery

Headstone of William H. Coe

Edgewater (Fla.)

Cemeteries--Florida

Graveyards

Journalism--Florida

Coe, William

The headstone for William Henry Coe (1824-1879), the founder of Glencoe, at the Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery, also known as Hawks Park Cemetery, located at 700 South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater, Florida. Due to poor health, Coe moved with his wife and children from Connecticut to Jacksonville in 1874 and established an orange grove the following year four miles west of New Smyrna, an area that would later become Glencoe. In 1877, Coe became an editor for The Florida Star, a newspaper founded by his son, Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954). In April of 1879, Coe was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs for the port at New Smyrna. Just a few months later, on October 23, Coe died of silicosis, likely a result of his work as a copper miner in Illinois during the 1840s. The headstone in this photograph was a replacement for the original, which had been lost over 120 years prior.

Redd, Robert

Original color digital image by Robert Redd, 2015: Private Collection of Andrew M. Foster.

ca. 2015-02

Foster, Andrew M.

Captain Charles Henry Coe Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery, Edgewater, Florida

Glencoe, Florida

New Smyrna, Florida

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Originally created by Robert Redd.

Copyright to this resource is held by Andrew M. Foster and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Private Collection of Andrew M. Foster

"In Memoriam." The Florida Star, October 30, 1879. http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4978.

Foster, Andrew M. "Captain Charles Henry Coe." History: Town of Jupiter, August 7, 2013. http://www.jupiter.fl.us/DocumentCenter/View/4060.

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