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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CircCam, post: 2989149, member: 85675&quot;]Posted this one above but re-imaged it awhile back.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]737056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]737057[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been casually researching my ancestry and discovered that my great-great-great grandfather was born in 1830, so it has personal significance as well and inspired me to collect a coin from each of my grandfathers&#039; birth years going back as far as I can.</p><p><br /></p><p>1830-1882 - MICHAEL COONEY--Many of our readers will remember Michael Cooney, of Greeley county, who came to Columbus some months since to purchase a span of horses for his farm, and will regret to hear that in returning home from Albion last week with a load of brick, he was thrown from the wagon and killed. He was a strong advocate of democracy and was always ready to stand by his belief.</p><p>Source:</p><p>The Columbus Democrat, July 22, 1882[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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