. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . s perhaps best known as vice president of the American BrassCompany and he has made valuable contribution to the development of brass manufacturinginterests in New England. Familiar with every branch of the trade, his growing expe-rience and increasing knowledge have qualified him to successfully solve intricate problemsin relation to the business and to speak with authority upon the subject of brass manu-facture. Connecticut claims him as a native son. He was born at Beacon Falls in 1868,a son of John A. and Cornelia A. (Wakelee)
. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . s perhaps best known as vice president of the American BrassCompany and he has made valuable contribution to the development of brass manufacturinginterests in New England. Familiar with every branch of the trade, his growing expe-rience and increasing knowledge have qualified him to successfully solve intricate problemsin relation to the business and to speak with authority upon the subject of brass manu-facture. Connecticut claims him as a native son. He was born at Beacon Falls in 1868,a son of John A. and Cornelia A. (Wakelee) Coe, the former a leather manufacturer. After acquiring a public school education in Beacon Falls and in West Haven, Con-necticut, John A. Coe, Jr., entered the employ of the brass manufacturing establishmentof the Osborne & Cheesman Company at Ansonia, Connecticut. Two years later, recog-nizing the value of definite training, he went to New York and learned the machiniststrade. He then returned to Shelton, Connecticut, where he entered the employ of the. WATERBURY AND THE NAUQATUCK VALLEY 537 Birmingham Brass Company, successor to the metal business of the Osborne & CheesmanCompany. He was associated therewith from 1892 until 1903, when the BirminghamBrass Company sold out to the American Brass Company and the business was removed toWaterbury. In the meantime Mr. Coe had worked his way steadily upward and had be-come secretary and treasurer of the Birmingham Brass Company. After the merger hebecame sales manager of the American Brass Company and in 1913 was elected to hispresent position—that of a vice president of the corporation. While this interest chieflyclaims his time and attention, he has become financially and actively interested in variousother concerns and is the president of the Waterbury Brass Goods Corporation, a directorof the Citizens National Bank, a director of the American Metal Hose Company of Water-bury, a director of the Waterbury Savings Bank, director
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