Sacred
TO THE MEMORY OF
REUBEN COE
BORN JULY 31ST 1837
DIED SEPT 30TH 1906
AGED 69 YEARS
I LONGED TO BE WITH JESUS AND
THOSE WHO HAD GONE BEFORE
ALSO OF ANN
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
BORN APRIL 23RD 1836
DIED FEBRY 13TH 1891
AGED 54 YEARS
INTERRED IN DESBOROUGH
CHURCHYARD
TO LIVE IN HEARTS STILL LEFT
BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
Reuben was born in Desborough,
the tenth of eleven (known) children of
Samuel and Sarah Coe.
He married Ann Payne
about 1858. Ann was the eldest of five (known) children of
Samuel Payne and
Elizabeth Torrill.
Reuben was probably the Reuben Coe who was on the first committee of the
Desborough Industrial & Provident Co-operative Society Ltd. A photograph
appears in the society's
Jubilee
Souvenir.