Contra Costa-Nevada County CA Archives Biographies.....Coats, Felix G. 1828 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

FELIX G. COATS.—The subject of this sketch, whose portrait appears in the body
of this history, is a native of Callaway county, Missouri; was born August 9,
1828, and resided in his birth-place until seven years of age. His parents then
moved to Miller county, same State, and there abode for ten years, at the end of
which time he moved to Johnson county, where our subject dwelt and attended the
common schools until his removal to California. May, 1849, he, with his father,
(now a resident of this county) equipped and provisioned a "Prairie Schooner,"
and, with ox-teams, joined a train that was then making up at Independence to
cross the plains to seek their fortunes in the gold fields of this State,
arriving in Grass Valley, Nevada county, after a pleasant trip of six months, in
September, 1849. He immediately embarked in mining on the American river, which
he followed for a short time. Mr. Coats then purchased some mules and started a
pack-train from Sacramento to Stony Bar. This he continued for about three
months, when he again engaged in mining, which he followed until the Fall of
1852, when he came to Contra Costa county, sojourned for a short time, then
returned to the mines, and in the Spring of 1853 again came to this county and
purchased his present farm of three hundred and ninety acres, where he now
resides, in the Tassajara valley. Mr. Coats also owns six hundred and forty
acres, three miles east of his residence. Was united in marriage, in Tassajara,
February 23, 1860, to Miss Levina Doggett, a native of Arkansas. By this union
they have six children—Nolen, James L., Bethel S., Ella, May, and Jennie.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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