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New page: {{Infobox Biography | subject_name =J. M. Coe | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | date_of_birth =November 19, 1857 | place_of_birth =Gadsden County, Flori...
{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =J. M. Coe
| image_name =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[November 19]], [[1857]]
| place_of_birth =Gadsden County, Florida
| date_of_death =[[September 25]], [[1915]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =
| parents =William Cecil and Mary E. McClay
| children =[[William Cecil Coe]]<br/>[[John Moreno Coe]]
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''John McClay Coe''' was a Pensacola bookseller who later operated the [[Pensacola Opera House]].
Orphaned at age 8, Coe was raised in Quincy by his uncle, Will McClay. He came to Pensacola in {{date needed}} to work as a stevedore.
He partnered with [[Cameron Q. Dow]] in {{date needed}} to establish the [[Dow & Coe]] business of "books, stationery and Florida curiosities" on [[Palafox Street]].<ref name="1885directory">[http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/directories/1885directory/directc-d-1885.htm 1885 directory]</ref>
Around this time Coe lived at the corner of [[Wright Street|Wright]] and [[Tarragona Street]]s.<ref name="1885directory"/> He married [[Ruth Moreno]] on [[October 14]], [[1891]], wedded at [[old Christ Church]] by Ruth's brother Eben. The couple settled on [[Reus Street]] and had two children, [[William Cecil Coe|William Cecil]] and [[John Moreno Coe|John Moreno]].
Coe later became manager of the [[Pensacola Opera House]] and founded the [[Pensacola Amusement Company]] to operate it in [[1902]]. When he decided to end his partnership with [[Charles W. Lamar, Sr.]] in [[1908]], the two reportedly held a coin toss to divvy up the assets. Coe "won" the toss, getting control of the Opera House (which was damaged beyond repair in a series of [[hurricane]]s less than a decade later), while Lamar received the subsidiary sign business, the [[Pensacola Advertisement Company]], which later became the highly successful [[Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company]].
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carlrcoe&id=I1784 RootsWeb.com entry]
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Theater operators|Coe, John McClay]] [[Category:Booksellers|Coe, John McClay]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Coe, John McClay]]
| subject_name =J. M. Coe
| image_name =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[November 19]], [[1857]]
| place_of_birth =Gadsden County, Florida
| date_of_death =[[September 25]], [[1915]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =
| parents =William Cecil and Mary E. McClay
| children =[[William Cecil Coe]]<br/>[[John Moreno Coe]]
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''John McClay Coe''' was a Pensacola bookseller who later operated the [[Pensacola Opera House]].
Orphaned at age 8, Coe was raised in Quincy by his uncle, Will McClay. He came to Pensacola in {{date needed}} to work as a stevedore.
He partnered with [[Cameron Q. Dow]] in {{date needed}} to establish the [[Dow & Coe]] business of "books, stationery and Florida curiosities" on [[Palafox Street]].<ref name="1885directory">[http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/directories/1885directory/directc-d-1885.htm 1885 directory]</ref>
Around this time Coe lived at the corner of [[Wright Street|Wright]] and [[Tarragona Street]]s.<ref name="1885directory"/> He married [[Ruth Moreno]] on [[October 14]], [[1891]], wedded at [[old Christ Church]] by Ruth's brother Eben. The couple settled on [[Reus Street]] and had two children, [[William Cecil Coe|William Cecil]] and [[John Moreno Coe|John Moreno]].
Coe later became manager of the [[Pensacola Opera House]] and founded the [[Pensacola Amusement Company]] to operate it in [[1902]]. When he decided to end his partnership with [[Charles W. Lamar, Sr.]] in [[1908]], the two reportedly held a coin toss to divvy up the assets. Coe "won" the toss, getting control of the Opera House (which was damaged beyond repair in a series of [[hurricane]]s less than a decade later), while Lamar received the subsidiary sign business, the [[Pensacola Advertisement Company]], which later became the highly successful [[Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company]].
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carlrcoe&id=I1784 RootsWeb.com entry]
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Theater operators|Coe, John McClay]] [[Category:Booksellers|Coe, John McClay]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Coe, John McClay]]
