Hardin-Fairfield County OhArchives Biographies.....Coats, J. R. 1829 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1883)

J. R. COATS, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Richmond County, Va., in 1829.
His father, Joseph Coats, of Scotch descent, moved to Fairfield County, Ohio,
when subject was three years of age, and resided there until 1852. In 1853,
subject was in California, where he worked in the mines, and returned to this
county in the fall of 1854, and lived here for ten years, when he spent another
year in California, doing odd jobs. He was married, December 14, 1848, to
Rebecca Jane Cross, daughter of Samuel Cross, who bore him twelve children.
viz.. Samantha J., Martha Elizabeth, Robert P., William S. (deceased), an infant
and twins (all deceased), Laura, John F., Joseph G., Ida May and Lilly Nancy.
Mr. Coats owns a fine farm of 106 acres, eighty of which are and is one of our
self-made men of Goshen Township.



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Goshen Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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