Union County IL Archives Biographies.....Coulter, J.B.  March 20, 1820 - 
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Tim Casey timcasey5@gmail.com and Andy Anderson oxdrover@mindspring.com June 7, 2008, 9:22 pm

Author: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties Illinois

J. B. COULTER, farmer and fruit-grower, P. O. Cobden, was born in
Pennsylvania March 20, 1820, and is a son of David and Lydia (Coulter)
Coulter, both natives of Pennsylvania. He was born in 1794, and died at Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, in 1882; and she born in 1796 and died in 1881. They were
the parents of five children, all of whom are living.

The Coulters were originally from Ireland, but for generations had lived in
Pennsylvania. When our subject was quite young his parents moved to Ohio,
where he was educated in the common schools. At the age of 18 he began
teaching, and afterward attended Miami University, but did not take a full
course. Most of his time was spent in teaching, until he accompanied his
parents to Iowa in 1850. He followed various pursuits in Iowa, and among
others read law, and was admitted to the bar about 1859-60.

He continued there until 1866, when he sold out his business and came to
this county, having previously invested money here when everything was high,
and owing to the depreciation of property he incurred great loss. After
losing nearly everything he had, he began over again, and has been
reasonably successful. His farm is now mostly in fruit - apples, peaches,
cherries, plums, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc. He has upward
of 50 acres in fruits, and may be termed a successful fruit grower.

He was married in Iowa in 1851 to Miss Eunice Reed. Her father was a native
of Connecticut and removed to Ohio, and thence to Iowa. Both he and his wife
are dead. Mr. Coulter is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has risen to
the degree of Royal Arch Mason. In politics he was long identified with the
Republican party, but for some time has claimed no particular party.


Additional Comments:
Andy Anderson submitted the Biography I believe is Cobden Township.

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