A rare assortment of Flowers from the gravesite of Calvin Coolidges father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., original photographs of these flowers, and newspaper clippings. Thanks for looking.
John Calvin Coolidge Sr.(March 31, 1845 March 18, 1926) was an American politician and businessman fromVermont, and the father ofCalvin Coolidge, the30thpresident of the United States. The senior Coolidge administered thepresidential oath of officeto his son at theirfamily homesteadin the early morning hours of August 3, 1923, following the death of PresidentWarren G. Harding. Born inPlymouth, Vermont, John C. Coolidge was a farmer and store owner, and worked at a variety of other occupations, including banker and insurance broker. In addition, he was a veteran of the Vermont militia, and held the law enforcement posts of town constable and county deputy sheriff. A prominent local leader, he served in numerous Plymouth town offices, and was elected to terms in both theVermont House of RepresentativesandVermont Senate. John C. Coolidge remained active in his farming and business interests until his death in Plymouth in 1926; he was buried in Plymouth Notch at a village cemetery where several generations of his family are also buried. Coolidge was born inPlymouth, Vermonton March 31, 1845, the son ofCalvin Galusha Coolidgeand Sarah Coolidge.[1]Calvin G. Coolidge was a farmer, and also served in theVermont House of Representatives.[2][3][4]John Coolidge graduated fromBlack River Academy, and served in Vermont during theAmerican Civil Waras commander of the state militias Company K, 10th Regiment with the rank ofcaptain.[1][5][6] Early in his life, Coolidge worked as a woodcutter and wheelwright.[7]He was later active in several occupations; a partial list includes farmer, blacksmith, bricklayer, mason, carriage maker, harness maker, teacher, store owner, and insurance broker.[8][9]In addition, he was a vice president of the Ludlow Savings Bank & Trust Company, and was appointed to its board of directors.[10]Coolidge also served on the Black River Academy board of trustees.[11] ARepublican, Coolidge served in theVermont House of Representativesfrom 1872 to 1878.[1]He held local offices throughout his life, including town selectboard member, town meeting moderator, town agent, tax collector, road commissioner, school superintendent,justice of the peace, andnotary public.[7][12]For several years, he was Plymouths assistant postmaster, with a long running joke in the town being that Coolidge held this position because he was the only person in Plymouth who knew how to complete the forms required when submitting the post offices annual report to the main office in Washington, DC.[13][14]For nearly 40 years he was both a town constable and deputy sheriff ofWindsor County.[15][16] During the 1900 to 1902 governorship ofWilliam W. Stickney, who was related to the Coolidge family,[17]John Coolidge served on his military staff asaide-de-campwith the rank ofcolonel.[18] Coolidge served in theVermont Senatefrom 1910 to 1912.[19][20]During his Senate term, Coolidge was chairman of the Committee on Land Taxes.[20] Upon hearing the death of PresidentWarren G. Hardingthe previous day, Coolidge, who was a Vermontjustice of the peaceand anotary public, administered thepresidential oath of officeto his son at theCoolidge HomesteadinPlymouth Notch, Vermont, at about 2:30a.m. on August 3, 1923.[21] John Calvin Coolidge Sr. died inPlymouth, VermontonMarch 18, 1926, thirteen days before his 81st birthday.[22]He was buried at Plymouth Notch Cemetery.[23] In 1868, Coolidge married Victoria Josephine Moor (b. 1846).[1]They were the parents of two children, son Calvin, and daughter Abigail (18751890).[1]Victoria died in 1885, aged 39.[1] Coolidge married Caroline Athelia Brown (18571920)[24]on September 9, 1891.[1] Source:wikipedia and the sources referenced there
