History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 427, Astoria Township
Dr. Russell Coe, who has gained a large local and State
reputation as a physician and surgeon, is a native of Towanda, Pa.,
where he was born in 1813. His father, James Coe, was a
Presbyterian preacher, who resides in Clermont Co., O., and is now
upwards of 103 years old and still active. Russell having
determined to study medine, made his way to Cleveland in 1843 and
entered the Western Reserve College, at which he graduated with honor
in 1846. He first located at Beardstown, Ill., and not only built
up a good reputation there but at St. Charles, Mo., Mt. Sterling, Ill.,
and other places. While living in Mo. he put upon the market the
famous cough syrup that bears his name, and that to-day finds such a
large sale in the Union. In 1873 he was united in marriage to
Mrs. Willis, of Garnett, Kan. He then located at Astoria; in 1875
moved to Ohio and in 1878 returned, and now he enjoys a good practice.
