BIO:  Francis COULSON, Huntington Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 456

FRANCIS COULSON, farmer, P. O. York Sulphur Springs, was born October 22, 1818, 
and is a son of William and Susan (Lobach) Coulson.  He was reared a farmer in 
Latimore Township, and at the age of twenty-two began to work for himself at 
different occupations.  February 17, 1847, he married Catharine R., daughter of 
Moses and Rachel (Deardorff) Funk, and who was born and reared on the farm where 
our subject now resides.  Her grandparents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Hull) Funk, 
settled on a farm one-half mile west of our subject’s residence, and afterward, 
moved to an adjoining farm where they died.  The Funks were originally from 
Switzerland, Mrs. Coulson being of the sixth generation in America.  To Mr. And 
Mrs. Coulson two children were born:  Sarah E., born May 10, 1848, died April 
20, 1864, and Nancy Jane, born August 20, 1849, died in infancy.  Mr. Coulson 
has always been engaged in farming the homestead, which consists of 156 acres, 
two miles north of York Springs, and is a highly honored and respected citizen.  
Charles Coulson, his great-grandfather, was probably born in England, and 
entered 606 acres of land, in 1749, in Monaghan (now Franklin) Township, York 
Co., Penn., which, at his death, in 1790, he bequeathed to his two sons, William 
and Francis.  He is buried in the Episcopal Cemetery, three miles southwest of 
York Springs.  Francis Coulson, the grandfather of our subject, was born, 
probably, in Franklin Township, York Co., Penn.  He was twice married; first to 
Miss Margaret Neely, who bore him the following named children:  Jane Love, 
Charles, William, Mary and Francis.  After his first wife’s death he married 
Tamar Hendricks, but had no children.  He had at his death, which occurred in 
1835, 250 acres of land, part lying in York County, and part in Latimore 
Township, this county, which land he divided between his three sons, Charles, 
William and Francis.  His son, William, the father of our subject, a farmer by 
occupation, was born just across the line, in York County.  He married, about 
1816 or 1817, Susan Lobach, a daughter of Andrew Lobach, of Latimore Township, 
this county, formerly from Berks County, Penn., and after his marriage he lived 
until his death on the other side of the road in Adams County.  The Coulson name 
is strictly English and the family were members of the Episcopal Church.  
William and Susan (Lobach) Coulson had eight children:  Francis, our subject; 
Mary A., still residing in Latimore Township; Tamar, who died single; Andrew L., 
who married and reared a family of seven children (is now deceased); Elizabeth, 
married to Joseph Manges, of York County, Penn.; John, who married and resides 
in Latimore Township, this county; Benjamin, who married a Miss Deardorff (both 
now deceased); George W., married to Mrs. Hubbs, nee Blair (is a widower with 
two children and resided in Philadelphia).