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20 April 2022

COOGAN story appearing in "History of Winneshiek and Allamakee
Counties, IA" (W. E. Alexander, 1882) [PAGE 566]:


"Peter Coogan, P. O. Decorah, farmer, Sec. 3; son of James and
Catherine Coogan.  He was born June 24, 1841, in Steuben Co., N.Y.;
immigrated to Io. in the spring of 1859, locating in the southeast
part of Allamakee Co., and the following fall came to Decorah.  He
first engaged as teamster, and subsequently farmed upon the Jacob
Jewett farm, and on Washington Prairie one year.  In 1866 he rented
the farm he now owns, and at the close of two years he purchased
it.  He now owns 230 acres, valued at $35 per acre.  He married
Miss Elizabeth Headington, February 4th, 1865.  She is a native
of Ohio.  They have two children, Cora H. and Laura N."