Biographical Sketch of Stephen COATES (1904); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************* Source: "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 1, edited by Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 334-5. "STEPHEN COATES, an enterprising and successful agriculturist, has been prominently and actively identified with the growth and prosperity of Lower Oxford township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, his birthplace, for more than a quarter of a century and is a useful and public-spirited citizen. He was born in 1848. His parents were Hartt G. and Eliza (Darlington) Coates, and his grandfather on the paternal side was Warrick Coates, a native of London- derry township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, who conducted farming interests on the old homestead where he was born, reared, lived and died. "Hartt G. Coates (father) was born in Londonderry township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1808. He obtained the educational advantages afforded by the common schools of that day, and during his early manhood assisted with the work on the home farm. He then learned the trade of paper making, be- coming a skilled and expert mechanic, but later in life he devoted his time to farming. He was united in marriage to Eliza Darlington, daughter of George and Lydia Darlington, the former named having been one of the repre- sentative farmers of Chester county. The following named children were born to them: Lydia, deceased; Warrick, died in early life; Edith, wife of A. D. Keech, and they are the parents of three children; George, who married Philena Reynolds; Granville, unmarried; Howard, who married Alice M. Sutton; they are the parents of five children; and Stephen Coates. "Stephen Coates attended the Fairville Academy which is located in the vil- lage of Fairville, Pennsbury township, Chester county, and after completing the regular course of instruction in that institution he turned his attention to milling and later to farming. He is now the owner of a farm of one hun- dred and nine acres located in East Nottingham township, which is devoted to general farming and dairying; his land is well cultivated and therefore pro- ductive and his harvests yield him a goodly return for the amount of labor he has bestowed upon his estate. He is an honored member of the Society of Friends, taking an active and prominent part in their meetings. His politi- cal affiliations are Republican. "In 1876 Mr. Coates married Lydia Pugh, daughter of Amos and Mary A. Pugh, the family being among the prominent resident of East Nottingham, Chester county. Their children are: Amy P., Edna D., Granville H. and George D. Coates, all of whom reside at home with their parents."