CODY, J. A.

J.A. CODY, jeweler, optician, news-dealer, bookseller and stationer, Springboro, was born, in Ellington, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., September 22, 1846; son of John C. and Alvira E.D. (Gates) Cody, former a native of Vermont, latter of New York. They moved into Springboro in 1869, where John C. Cody engaged in the same business and in the same room as our subject is now in. He was a prominent business man in Springboro for over fourteen years, and for twenty- five years was a licensed preacher and worker in the Baptist Church. He was parent of four children, of whom three were boys. He died January 5, 1888. His widow is still living and makes her home with J.A. Our subject was married in 1874, to Elizabeth B. Cather, a native of Lawrence County, Penn., born May 6, 1851. By this union were four children, three now living: Ethel D., Roy E. and Edith A. Claude J. died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cody are adherents of the Baptist Church. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., E.A.U. and G.K., in which latter he is Deputy Supreme Commander. Our subject’s grandfather was a soldier of the war of 1812.

History of Crawford County PA 1885
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