http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 06 July 2009 Obituary of James Jay Coogan __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "New York Times", 25 OCT 1915, page 9:4): James J. Coogan Dead. Real Estate Owner Succumbs at the Hotel Netherland. James Jay Coogan, owner of much real estate here, including property near the Polo Grounds known as "Coogan's Bluff," and many years ago a prominent merchant here, died yesterday of heart disease in his apartments in the Netherland Hotel, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, in his seventieth year. He was born in this city and was a graduate of the New York University Law School. In 1888, Mr. Coogan was nominated for Mayor on the Union Labor Party ticket. He married Miss Harriet Gertrude Lynch, a daughter of the late William L. Lynch, one of the largest realty owners in the city, thirty years ago, and she inherited from her father the large properties near the Polo Grounds and also valuable business parcels. This estate came from that of John Lyon Gardiner, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Coogan, and through her came into the possession of the Coogan family. Mr. Coogan is survived by his widow, daughter, and three sons. __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Chicago Tribune", 25 OCT 1915): JAMES JAY COOGAN James Jay Coogan, once a nominee for mayor of New York, and prominent in politics and as a real estate holder, died yesterday in New York of heart disease. He was 69 years old. __________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "New York Times", 28 OCT 1915, page 11:5): James J. Coogan's Funeral Cardinal Farley Presides at Services in the Cathedral. The funeral of James Jay Coogan was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Cardinal Farley presided and Mgr. Mooney celebrated the mass. The honorary pallbearers were United States Senator James A. Dowling, J. Sergeant Cram, Henry B. Anderson, Public Service Commissioner Edward E. McCall, Justice Luke D. Stapleton, former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, and Joseph B. Martindale. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Coogan, who was a real estate owner and for many years a prominent merchant of this city, died on Sunday at his apartments at the Netherlands Hotel, in his seventieth year. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Miss Jessie Coogan, and three sons, Jay, Gardiner, and W. Gordon Coogan. __________________________________________________________________