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Frederick Eugene Coyne, known in his circles as FE Coyne, was born in East Orange, NJ in 1860 (after May). Have recently found his parents to be: James Coyne & Martha Snow, probably from Roscommon, Ireland.
Not finishing school, he worked various jobs, when he decided to heed the voice of Harold Greeley´s so often heard quote:
Go West Young Man!
At the age of 19, he did exactly that. He went out west, and stopped off in Chicago on his way back. It´s not known yet how long he stayed, but he was bored with the slow progress and returned to NJ. But he returned to Chicago a few years later in 1883, and settled there.
He worked as a clerk initially, but then opened a small bakery on North State Street. This proved successful, he bought the old Dennett restaurant on Madison Street, near La Salle, and opened it as a combo bakery/lunchroom. He also had a lunchroom on 179 Lake Street, he operated a large wholesale bakery business that served Chicago & nearby towns.
He was quite active in Republican circles and was subsequently elected to be president of the Twelfth Ward Republican Club for 2 years running.
To show appreciation for his support, President McKinley appointed him US Collector of Internal Revenue, August 1897 - 1901. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him Postmaster of Chicago, from 1901 - 1903.
Mr Coyne was married May 11, 1886 to Miss Pauline Niehaus, born about 1866, of Chicago, (born in Clarksburg, Indiana) and they had 6 children:
Jeanette Coyne (11/28/1887-8/9./1936), married Carroll Dun and settled in Toledo
Frederick Eugene Coyne, II (4/7/1889)
Edna Coyne, married a Vance and settled in Evanston, Illinois
Mason Bernard Coyne, born June 6, 1897
Richard T Coyne, worked for Revlon
Pauline Coyne, 3/15/1904 - 12/16/1934
Little is known about mother Pauline Niehaus, I have some maybes but until I prove it, I won´t publish it on this page. She was born in Indiana, and maybe her mother´s name was Anna, family name unknown.
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