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James M. Coen
James M. Coen (September 5, 1849 – April 1934) was a farmer and a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the state's 11th district, from 1916 to 1920. BiographyJames M. Coen was born on September 5, 1849, in Linden, Copiah County, Mississippi.[1] He was a member of the Confederate Army in the Cavalry during the Civil War until he was paroled by the Mississippi government in 1864.[1] After the war ended, he returned to farming.[1] During Reconstruction, he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.[1] From 1885 to 1891, he was the Justice of the Peace in his district for three terms.[1] In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate to represent the state's 11th District, composed of Copiah County, as a Democrat.[1] He served in the term from 1916 to 1920.[1][2] He died after a long illness in his son Claude's house in Gallatin, near Hazlehurst, in early April 1934.[2] He was one of the last living Civil War veterans in that county.[2] His funeral service was on April 2, and he was buried on April 3.[2] Personal lifeHe was a member of the Methodist Church.[1] He married Carrie M. Segrist in 1881.[1] Coen had three children, Claude C. Coen, Herman Coen, and Flossie (Coen) Wyatt, as well as three stepdaughters.[2] References
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