COY, SIMEON: 1851-?
Born in Greensburg, Ind., on Oct. 13, 1851, Simeon Coy came to Indianapolis in 1863 and lived there for the rest of his life.
He entered the employ of the Shaw Carriage Works in 1866 as an apprentice in the painter's trade. At the age of twenty-four he went into the liquor business. Still later Mr. Coy entered politics, serving on the city council. At one time he served a prison sentence for election fraud, but at the expiration of that sentence he was re-elected to the city council.
Information from the Indianapolis Public Library.
- The Great Conspiracy.
Indianapolis. 1899.
