Background
Coe was born in Cayuga County, New New York
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Joseph Coe
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He was ordained an elder and moved his family to Kirtland, Ohio to join the main gathering of Latter Day Saints. In 1831 he served short missions to New York and Missouri. In 1835, Coe provided $800 of the $2400 used by the church to purchase some mummies and papyri which Smith used to produce the Book of Abraham.
After the collapse of the Kirtland Safety Society, Coe became one of the Latter Day Saint dissenters.
He was "cut off" from the church by the high council in December 1837 and was formally excommunicated in December 1838. Coe died in Kirtland when he was trampled by his bull on his farm.
He was buried in the Kirtland North Cemetery.
Membership
Coe was ordained a high priest by Smith on October 1, 1831, and in 1834 he became one of the twelve inaugural members of the presiding high council in Kirtland. He was a member of the high council until 1837.
