Lawrence County, Missouri Biographical Sketches-Peter Nicholas Coble-Caroline Wood

Peer Nicholas Coble-Caroline Wood

Peter Nicholas Coble was born Feb 14 1848 in Lawrence County,  Missouri,
the oldest son of  Henry and Catherine (Holt) Coble.   After the death of
his mother the family came to the Rockbridge area  in an attempt to start
a new life.   At the  age of 17,  Peter enlisted as a private  in  Company
H, 46th Missouri  Inf  Volunteers, under the command of Capt. Moses L
Alsup.   Being but a boy,  he  entered the service of his country at the
whopping  height of 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighed 115 pounds.  He
served the Union cause well,  being involved in the Battle of Vera Cruz,
where several members of his Company were killed including some of his
cousins.

After the close of the War,  he homesteaded  160 acres on Clifty Creek, in
Wood Township, and started out to make his mark in life. On Dec 28 1868,
he married Caroline Wood, daughter of James "Bushy" and Mary (Potter)
Wood.   Here on the homestead  was born 5 children, all of whom lived to
adulthood and reared families of their own.  The oldest,   Jane Frances
married Harrison Dugger and had a son Archie. Next came Henry Frank who
married Clara Sallee and reared their family of ten children, on an
adjoining farm.  Mary married James Sloan  and  had 4 children.  Next came
James (Jim) who married Ethel Wilson and raised six children.   John
Wheaton married Lois Garner, whose children all died in either infancy or
early childhood.

 On May 25 1883,  Caroline passed away at the early age of 36 years
leaving Peter with 5 children to rear.  Jane the oldest, at 13, became the
housekeeper and substitute mother for the other siblings.   Peter never
remarried, living the remainder of his lifetime alone.  On August 19, 1912
he was granted a Civil War pension of $13.50 per month for the remainder
of his lifetime.

On Nov 27 1927, Peter passed to his reward and was laid to rest next to
his beloved Caroline in the Penner Cemetery of eastern Douglas County.

The original homestead of Peter Nicholas  and  Caroline Coble has never
been out of the Coble family and still remains today,   under Coble
management.
Submitted by: James E. (Jay) Gentry, Jr.
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