http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 27 July 2011 COOGAN story appearing in "Coal Men of American: A biographical and historical review of the world's greatest industry" (Arthur M. Hull, 1918): MATT J. COOGAN, Lincoln, Illinois, has been in the retail coal business for eight years and previously worked for eight years in the mines. He was formerly with the Latham Coal & Mining Co. He was born April 29, 1888, at Lincoln. ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.archive.org/stream/coalmenofamerica00hullrich/coalmenofamerica00hullrich_djvu.txt