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BIOGRAPHIES
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The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
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B. C. COATE, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill;
was born in 1850 where he now resides. He is the son of
John and Nancy (Finney) Coate, and a direct descendant
of Marmaduke Coate. John Coate was born in
1807 in Union Township, and was the son of Samuel Coate,
and grandson of Marmaduke C. Samuel C. was
born in South Carolina in 1772, and at the age of 28 married
Margaret Coppock, a native of South Carolina. In 1804,
he immigrated to Ohio; he was one of a family
of nine children, who, with their parents, emigrated about the
same time. He located on Sec. 5, now within the limits of
Union Township. He reared a family of six sons and three
daughters. His death occurred in February, 1869; his wife
died in the spring of 1847. John Coate was the
fourth child of this family; he was twice married—first to
Phoebe Miles in 1830; she was a daughter of Jonathan
Miles; she died in 1838, leaving a family of three children,
two of whom are still living. His second marriage was
celebrated in 1842, with Mrs. Nancy Crew; she was born in
North Carolina in 1808, and when quite young her parents
immigrated to this State. They located in West Milton,
which consisted of one frame house — then vacated—and four log
cabins. Here she passed her youth. John Coate
reared two sons—Robert and Benjamin C.— by his
second union; he died Mar. 11, 1871. He was reared in the
Friends’ Society, of which he was always a faithful member.
Our subject’s life has been that of a farmer. His early
education was acquired from the common schools, and the high
school of Pleasant Hill. His marriage with Miss Esther
Coate was solemnized in 1869. She is a daughter of
Joshua C., and a descendant of early pioneers. Two
sons have been born to them. Mr. and Mrs. C. were
both reared in the Friends’ Church, of which they are now
consistent members.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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BENJAMIN J. COATE, deceased, was one of
the prominent citizens of Newton Township, and a son of Jesse
and grandson of Marmaduke Coate; he was born in
1813, in Darke Co. He was married in 1835, to Mary
Jones, a daughter of John, a daughter of John,
and granddaughter of Wallace Jones. Wallace
Jones emigrated from South Carolina to this State, at an
early day, with his family of four sons and two daughters; he
settled near West Milton, where he and wife passed the remainder
of their lives. John Jones was the second child of
this family, and was born Nov. 21, 1797; he had no early
educational opportunities, but after he had grown to years of
maturity, he procured a spelling book, and while working in the
shop (being a smith by trade), would learn with book in one
hand, while blowing the bellows with the other and in this way
was soon able to read his Bible. Such a will as this
always wins, and we are not surprised to soon find him a
prominent minister in the Friends' Church; in this capacity he
became an efficient worker, traveling through many parts of the
United States; he departed this life in Eastham, Iowa the 5th
day of the 8th month, 1877, at the advanced age of nearly 80
years; his wife still survives at the age of nearly 80 years.
John Jones had a family of six sons and four daughters,
of whom Mrs. Coate was the oldest. Benjamin J.
Coate moved on Sec. 27, Newton Township, in 1836, where he
passed the remainder of his earthly career, his death occurring
Sept. 19, 1870. He was reared in the Friends' Church, of
which he and wife were consistent members. Seven sons and
six daughters were the issue of this union, all living to
maturity but one - Josias, the third son, died in the
fall of 1864, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., while in his country's
service. He was a member of the 86th O. V. I., C. K.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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JAMES COATE, confectioner, Pleasant Hill;
born in this township in 1839; is of English extraction, and the
son of Jonathan C. and Elizabeth Coate; Jonathan C. was
born in this township, where he passed his entire life in the
occupation of farming. The subject of this sketch was
reared to farm life and accustomed to its duties; at his
country's call for volunteers to suppress the rebellion, Mr.
Coate bade adieu to his family and the comforts of home, and
took his place among the patriots of the Union on the battle
field; he was a member of the 1st O. V. C., participated in the
Atlanta campaign and the battles of Rome, Ga., Selma, Ala., and
Columbus, Ga.; this latter fight occurred after the war had
really closed, that fact being unknown to them; they proceeded
from this place to Macon, Ga., where they were met by a flag of
truce, announcing to them that the armies had agreed upon an
armistice; from there they went to Atlanta, and shortly were
transferred to the Department of South Carolina; the regiment
was then divided upon into numerous small parties and scattered
over the State to preserve peace and quiet; our subject was
located in the various places of Orangeburg, Florence,
Darlington, Charleston and Hilton Head; at this latter place, he
embarked on a steamer for New York, and from there to Columbus,
Ohio, where he was honorably discharged on the 29th day of
September, 1865; during his service, he received several slight
wounds, but none severe. In the spring of 1870, he
embarked in the mercantile business, which he carried on
extensively till the financial panic that swept under so many of
our enterprising business men, when he was compelled to reduce
the magnitude of his business; he carries a large stock of
goods, which he disposes of at lowest prices. He has held
the office of Township Trustee, and also School Director; has
been foremost among those who have taken an active interest in
the railroad enterprise of this place. Mr. Coate
was united in marriage, in 1860, to Miss Mary J. Pearson,
a native of Newton Township; they are the parents of seven
children - five sons and two daughters.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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JOSHUA COATE, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill;
was born near the place where he now lives in 1821; he is the
son of James and grandson of Marmaduke Coate.
James was the fourth son; he came to the Stillwater Valley
with his father, and located on a farm now owned by Wenger.
His first marriage was celebrated before he left South Carolina,
and his wife's death occurred before his immigration; he was
again married after coming here to Laurana daughter of
Samuel Teague; by this union he reared a family of four sons
and two daughters - Jonathan C., now deceased; Samuel
T., Joshua, Thomas E., Mary and Esther. James Coate
was born in South Carolina in 1777, and died in Miami Co., in
1838 or 1839; his wife, Laurana was born in South
Carolina in 1786, and her death occurred a few years ago at the
age of 75 years; they were both faithful members of the Friends'
Church. The subject of this sketch has always lived on a
farm; he remained at home till be reached majority, and was
married to Adila Jenkinsin 1842; she was born in 1821 in
this county, three miles south of Troy. After the marriage
of Joshua Coate, he located on the homestead two years,
and then moved to Montgomery Co.; at the end of fifteen years,
he purchased his present place; a family of nine children, two
of whom have died have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Coate.
Mr. Coate and family were reared in the Friends' Church, and
are now faithful members of the society.
Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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JOSIAS COATE, farmer; P. O. West Milton;
is the son of Jesse Coate and grandson of Marmaduke
Coate who was a native of South Carolina; he raised a family
in his native State, of seven sons and two daughters, to wit:
Moses, Henry, Samuel, James, William, John, Jesse, Lydia and
Sarah. Early in the beginning of the present
century, they cast their fortunes in the wilds of Ohio; of this
family, Moses and Samuel led the way, in 1804,
locating first in Montgomery Co.; two brothers were joined by
the rest of the family, when they all pressed their way farther
northward up the Stillwater, some locating in what is now Union,
and some in Newton; of the latter was the head of the family and
a portion of the children; they located on land in Sec. 32, and
constituted one of the first families in the township. An
incident in the early life of Mary Coate, wife of
Marmaduke, is deserving of more than a passing notice.
When only a small girl of three or four summers, she was
captured by a tribe of Indians, and held by them till she was
about 12 years old; her maiden name was Mary Coppock.
Jesse Coate was the youngest child of the family.
He celebrated his marriage in 1809 or 1810, with Mary Johnson
a native of Tennessee, and a relative of the late President
Johnson; after living on various farms for a few years, he
located on the place where our subject now resides, and there
passed the remainder of his life; he met with fatal accident
being crushed by a saw-log rolling over him, which caused his
death July 8, 1837; the death of his wife occurred Dec. 4, 1865,
at the advanced age of 76 years; they were the parents of nine
children, to wit: Eleanor, Benjamin J., Josiah,
Elizabeth, Thomas, David, Mary, Sarah, Julian J.; of these,
four are now living. Our subject, the third son of the
family, was born in 1816, Dec. 9; he remained with his father,
assisting in farm duties, till he reached his majority. He
was married, in 1838, to Miss Sarah Tucker, a native of
Warren Co., Ohio; she emigrated to this county, with her
parents, in 1836; six children have been born to this union, one
of whom died; all were married, the deceased daughter leaving
one child and husband to mourn her loss.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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MARMADUKE COATE, deceased; was born in
South Carolina in 1738, and came of an illustrious Quaker family
of England. In Besse's "Sufferings of the Quakers," and
John Whiting's "Persecution Exposed," we find frequent mention
of one Marmaduke Coate of English notoriety, who was
again and again arrested for non-compliance with the intolerant
requirements of the parish priests; he was one of the faithful
Quakers, who suffered imprisonment and proscription during
the Quaker perecution of England; for liberty of conscience, he
suffered imprisonment at undry times from 1670 to 1685, with
short intervals, in all about fifteen years, one of the longest
terms on record. All these persecutions could not move him
from his steadfast adherence to the right; he was of Hambridge,
Somersetshire, England; he died about 1689, and left, among
other children, a son Marmaduke, who married Ann Pole,
daughter of Edward and Mary Pole, originally of Wales,
but late of Battlehay, near Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire,
England. Marmaduke was imprisoned at Ilchester, the
place of his father's long confinement, in Somersetshire in
1683, for attending a meeting at Gregory Stoke three
miles from Curry Revel which latter place appears to have been
his place of residence; his mother, Edith, was imprisoned
at the same time. He immigrated to America, and settled in
Hanover Township, Burlington Co., N. J., in 1690; the house
which he built was partly constructed of Materials brought from
England, probably the leaden window-sash, and the 5x7 inch panes
of glass. He died Dec. 15, 1729, aged 77, an Elder in the
Society of Friends. He reared a family of five children,
among whom was William. Our subject was a direct
descendant of this William, probably a grandson. He
was married to Mary Coppick,who passed ten or twelve
years of her early life as a captive among the Indians. He
came to Ohio and located in Newton Township in 1806, where his
death occurred Sept. 25, 1822, at the age of 84. His
children were, in order of birth, Esther, Moses, Henry,
Samuel, Sarah, James, William, John and Jesse from
whom have sprung numerous descendants.
Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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ROBERT COATE, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill;
born in 1844; is a son of John Coate (for a history of
his ancestors, notice the sketch of his brother Benjamin J.)
and was reared on a farm and afforded the opportunities of a
common school education, which was so well improved that he was
early qualified for the profession of teaching; this be followed
for about four years, when he abandoned it, and turned his
attention entirely to farming, which he has since continued.
His marriage with Miss Elizabeth Jones was solemnized in
August, 1866. She is a daughter of Alexander Jones,
and a descendant of early settlers. Four children have
been born to this union, three of whom are deceased; the one
living is Julia Mary. Mr. and Mrs. C. are members
of the Friends' Church, in which they were both reared.
Mr. C. is no political aspirant, but has been three times
elected to office of Township Trustee, the duties of which he
has discharged with commendable zeal.
Source: The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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SAMUEL COATE, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill;
is a son of Henry Coate, and was born in Newton Township
in 1840. His boyhood was passed on a farm, and he thus
early became accustomed to the art of farming, which has always
been his occupation. His early education was limited to
the common schools of his day. His mother was taken from
him, by death, when he was only 6 weeks old, after which he was
placed under the care of his aunt until he reached the age of
10; at this time he returned to his father's, where he passed
the remaining years of his minority. He was united in
marriage with Miss Nannie A. Barker May 5, 1863; she is a
native of Boone Co., Ind., born in 1843. Mr. and Mrs.
C. were the parents of three children, of whom one is
deceased. They are both members of the Friends' Church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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THOMAS H. COATE, blacksmith, Pleasant
Hill; was born in McMinn Co., Tenn., in 1828; he is of English
descent and son of Miles and Mary (Umphsus) Coate.
They emigrated to Ohio in 1832, making the journey on horseback.
They settled in Newton Township, where Mrs. C. died, when
our subject was only 15 years old. Mr. C. again
married and moved to White Co., Ind., and in 1863, enlisted in
the late civil war; the 7th of November of the same year he died
while in service, at Knoxville, Tenn., aged nearly 60 years.
Our subject was raised on a farm till 15 years old, when he was
apprenticed to the blacksmith trade and served a term of three
years; blacksmithing has been his chief occupation, giving his
attention to some extent to farming. He was in the late
war, as member of the 147th O. N. G. He is no political
aspirant, but has several times been elected to township
offices, which he filled with entire satisfaction. He is a
chartered member of the A., F. & A. M., of Pleasant Hill.
Is the present and was the first resident W. M. He
has been married twice, first, May 15, 1849, to Louisa J.
Evans who died June 14, 1854; second to Susannah Jones,
of English descent, in 1855; three children were born to the
first union, all died in infancy, and ten to the second, eight
of whom still survive.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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ALLEN COPPOCK, farmer; P. O. Pleasant
Hill. Prominent among the farmers of Newton Township is
the gentleman whose name heads this sketch; he is a descendant
of a worthy family of early pioneers of this county, and son of
Joseph C. Coppock, whose sketch appears in another part
of this work; he was born in 1838, on the place where he now
resides, and which has always been his place of abode, with the
exception of about six years; his life has always been that of a
farmer, which, by industry and good business habits, he has made
an eminent success. His nuptials with Miss Maria Furnas
were celebrated in 1865; she is the daughter of Joseph
Furnas; after the marriage of Mr C., he located in
the northeast quarter of Sec. 29, where he remained a period of
six years, and then moved to his present farm; he operates a
farm of 300 acres, two-thirds of which is arable and under a
good state of improvement; Mr. and Mrs. C. were the
parents of six children, four sons and two daughters; two
children are dead.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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D. M. COPPOCK, farmer; P. O. Pleasant
Hill; he is a son of Benjamin Coppock, and
grandson of Benjamin J., Sr., who was one of a family of
nine children, who came from Newberry District, S. C. about the
year 1800; he settled two miles west of Ludlow Falls, Union
Township, where he raised a family of ten children. He
married Susan Jay, in South Carolina, and they
both lived to an advanced age; Benjamin J., Jr., had
three children— Ellwood, D. M. and Almeda; the
parents still survive, residing with our subject, who was' born
Dec. 29, 1841, in Union Township, and raised to farm labor, and,
aside from common schools, was educated in the select schools of
the Friends, and was raised a Quaker; he is now a member of the
Christian Church and highly respected in the community in which
he lives; he is a member of the A.. F. & A. M. Lodge, of
Pleasant Hill. He married Jane, daughter of J.
Furnass Jay, who died Jan. 17, 1879, leaving nine children
she was a good Christian woman, and a member of the Christian
Church.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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J. C. COPPOCK; farmer, P. O. Pleasant
Hill; was born in 1812 in Union Township, and is the son of
William C., who was born in Newberry District, S. C., in
1807; he came to this State in company with his mother and some
of his brothers, and located in Newton Township. He
celebrated his marriage with Miss Eunice Cothran in 1809;
she was born in South Carolina in 1793, and emigrated to this
county with her parents in about 1808, and settled in southern
part of Newton Township. Alexander Cothran, the
head of this family, met with an untimely death soon after
coming here, a falling limb striking him on the head and
crushing his skull. After the marriage of William
Coppock, he located at Ludlow Falls, in Union Township, and
began farming for himself; the privations and hardships of
pioneer life proved too severe on his constitution, and, in
1812, death removed him from his home in the wilderness.
His widow was subsequently married to Henry Coate,
when they moved further up Ludlow Creek, where she died at the
advanced age of 73 years. Henry Coate was
the son of Marmaduke Coate. Our subject
passed through all the experience incident to pioneer life, and,
at the age of 16, his step-father being a smith by occupation,
he was placed in the shop and learned the trade; his chief
employment in the shop was forging the old-fashioned hand
sickles; this business he continued about seven years, when the
demand decreased and he abandoned it and turned his attention to
farming, which has since been his occupation. He has been
married three times, first to Miss Sarah Jay in
1833, she died Oct. 25, 1842; her death was a loss to the
Friends’ Church, of which she was a life member, and the
community in which she lived; three sons were born of this
union, all of whom are still living. His second marriage
was celebrated with Mrs. Sarah Conway,
formerly Miss Alridge; she was an Eastern lady,
and emigrated from Providence, R. I.; her death occurred Jan. 2,
1871, aged 50 years and 18 days; three children were born of
this union, one of whom is dead. His third marriage
occurred in May, 1877, with Miss Barrett, a
descendant of South Carolinans; her ancestry coming here
early in the history of this county. Mr. Coppock,
after his first marriage bought the old Marmaduke
Coate farm and moved on it; he subsequently purchased the
place where he now resides; he has a fine water-power flouring
and saw-mill; the mill stands on the site of the first mill in
the township. Although no political aspirant, Mr. C.
has been twice elected to the office of Justice of the Peace.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers &
Co., 1880 - Newton Twp. |
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