Isaac Coe | |
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| Born | July 25, 1782[1] Near Dover, New Jersey, US |
| Died | July 30, 1855 (aged 73) Galena, Illinois, US |
| Burial place | Crown Hill Cemetery |
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| Relatives | Descendants of Robert Coe |
Isaac Coe (July 25, 1782 – July 30, 1855) was an American frontier physician, a founder and commissioner of Indianapolis, and a leader in the Presbyterian church.[2][1][3] He is credited for saving the town from an 1821 plague of malaria. He was a founding member of the Indiana State Medical Society and served as its first chair and its second president. He founded the first church, Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, and the Sunday school and served as the superintendent. He led organizing of the state's anti-gambling society, which resulted in the state's first prohibition on gambling.
His homes in Indianapolis are now the sites of Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and The Columbia Club. Coe, Indiana, is named for him.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
autowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Smith, Oliver Hampton (1858). Early Indiana Trials and Sketches. Cincinnati, Ohio: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Company.
- ^ First Presbyterian Church (Indianapolis, Ind.) (1925). Centennial Memorial, First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Indiana: Wm. Mitchell printing Company.