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William Coats of South Carolina

The ancestry of William Coats of South Carolina not been determined at this time, but it is known that he was born in South Carolina.  One of the difficulties in tracing his line is the fact that there were at least 17 William Coats' living in the colonies around that time.  Linda Coate did quite a bit of research on them.

My fifth cousin, Charlotte Coats, has done extensive research on earlier generations that may be related to this line.

The photographs are of Wilson and Mary Phillips Coats.

Generation One (Tentative)

COATS, Charles b ca. 1714

m ca. 1734 Sophia

This generation is tentative until additional documentation is found to support it. What is known is that Charles had a son William, a wife Sophia and land in Frederick County Maryland as detailed in a 14 Aug 1761 deed. Charles is listed in the 1776 Census as 62, without a wife, but with two sons James and Notely. Another possible son would be Charles. There is a Charles Coats on a 1757 Muster Roll that could be the son of Charles as the elder Charles would have been about 44 at the time.

Given the span of time between William and James it may be the case that Sophia was Charles second wife. If other children are found to fill the gap, it would be likely that she was the only wife.

Generation Two

COATS, William b ca. 1735 d 15 Dec 1784 Camden District, South Carolina

m 1757 Frances

William's wife and children are named in his will. 

On 16 April 1791, 200 acres of land owned by William was sold on Kings Creek on the south side of the Enoree River to John Turner (Furnas), Sr. The deed is filed in Newberry County Records.

Generation Three

(Children of William Coats and Frances)

COATS, Barton b 1749

m Nettie

COATS, Wilson W. b ca. 1750 d Jun 1822 Bedford County, Tennessee

m 8 Feb 1790 Sumner County, Tennessee Catherine Celia Ruyle b 1770 Hampshire County, Virginia d 1868 Shelbyville, Sumner County, Tennessee

COATS, Benjamin Watts b 1752 Camden District, South Carolina d 11 Jun 1850 Smith County, Tennessee

m unknown

m Elizabeth Brook

m Anna

COATS, William b abt 1754 Newberry, South Carolina d 13 Jun 1836 Coats' Prairie, Callaway County, Missouri

m 1791 Sumner County, Tennessee Nancy Baker b abt 1774 Sumner County, Tennessee d 23 Jul 1849 Coats' Prairie, Callaway County, Missouri

At some point William moved to Sumner County, Tennessee for he was married there in 1791.  Other records indicate that William was in Smith County.  As  Smith County was created out of Sumner County on 26 Oct 1799, it may be that  William and his family lived in the portion of Sumner County that became Smith County.

In 1817, the family moved to what became known as Coats' Prairie in Callaway County, Missouri.   William farmed for a living, but his avocation was as a Baptist minister.  He became the minister for the people around Coats' Prairie and organized most of the Baptist churches in the region.

William's wife and children are named in his will with the exception of Benjamin and Anna.  The children's names and birth dates, including Benjamin and Anna also appear in a bible in the possession of Marcia Morten.  There is also a biography of Rev. William and his family.

Generation Four

(Children of William Coats and Nancy Baker)

COATS, James b 4 Jan 1794 Sumner County, Tennessee

m Polly Callaway, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Barrett) Callaway

COATS, William b 11 Jun 1797 Sumner County, Tennessee d ca. 1856

m 15 Apr 1817 Wilson County, Tennessee Patsey Tracy

m 1837 Cena Callaway b ca. 1800 d 1847, daughter of Joseph and Polly (Barrett) Callaway

COATS, John b 10 Nov 1800 d 8 Sep 1848 Smith County, Tennessee

m Nancy Smith

COATS, Wilson b 10 Aug 1802 Smith County, Tennessee d 3 Jan 1886 Tassajara Section of Contra Costa County, California

m 25 Dec 1823 Callaway County, Missouri Mary Phillips b 16 Jan 1805 Tennessee d 27 Nov 1875 Contra Costa County, California

On 1 May 1849, after having caught "gold fever", Wilson, his son Felix, and two nephews made their way overland to California.  It took them about five months to make the trip.  In January of 1851, Wilson returned to Missouri via the Isthmus of Panama to bring the family back to California.  When they arrived, they first tried to settle in Santa Clara County.  Finding the land in the area taken up by Spanish land grants, they next traveled to Contra Costa County and camped near what is now Danville.  They finally took up a homestead of 160 acres in Tassajara Valley, which was just to the North.  They continued to live there until their deaths.  At one time, Wilson was an associate judge in Contra Costa County.

The parents and children's names and birth dates appear in a bible in the possession of Marcia Sonnenberg.  The daughter Mary most likely died young.  Her name does not appear in the 1850 census with the rest of the younger children when she would have been six.

Wilson and Mary are buried in Section G of the Dublin Pioneer Cemetery, Dublin, California. The birth and death dates are from the grave stones.  A biography of Wilson Coats  was published in 1882.

COATS, Hiram b 20 Feb 1816 d 1857

m 17 Sep 1835 Permelia Walker

Hiram and his children appear in the Callaway County, Missouri probate records - Vol F - 1855-1859 in a document dated 22 May 1857.  The children's ages are specified as 14 or younger or older than 14.

COATS, Lemuel B. b 16 Oct 1817, Smith County, Tennessee d 10 Oct 1863

m 6 Jul 1849 Elizabeth Maddox b 1826 Virginia

Elizabeth's birth date and the children's names and birth dates are from the 1860 Census.

Generaton Five

(Children of Wilson Coats and Mary Phillips)

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COATS, Therese Ettoline b 1 Nov 1824 Callaway County, California d 1853 Contra Costa County, California

m William Berry Nolen

COATS, Milam Bethel b 27 Aug 1826 Callaway County, Missouri d 19 Mar 1856 Stockton, Missouri

m 1848 Susan Mary Egbert, daughter of Del Egbert

After coming to California with his father and brother, Milam, who was a physician,  practiced in Pleasonton.  He returned to Missouri in 1852 where he died five years later according to a Contra Costa County history.  His wife remarried and returned to Sutter County, California.  An article in the Sutter County Historical Society New Bulletin has Trusten living there.

COATS, Felix Grundy b 9 Aug 1828 Callaway County, Missouri d 10 Jun 1916 Contra Costa County, California

m 23 Feb 1860 Contra Costa County, California Leona Pearlee Doggett b 5 Mar 1841 Benton County Arkansas d 25 Dec 1893 Contra Costa County

Felix Grundy CoatsAs mentioned above, Felix came to California in 1849.  After a few years at gold mining, he homesteaded 160 acres next to his father's in 1851, eventually enlarging it to 550 acres which was used to grow grain and raise cattle.  Felix acted as a school trustee   In 1915, Felix dictated his memories of his trip to California and his early days there. 

An 1880 U. S. census record lists Felix Coats, Leona and their children (except Jennie who hadn't been born) living in Green Valley, Contra Costa County.  Felix occupation was as a farmer.  Also in the household was Leona's mother Elizabeth Daggett [sic] aged 61.

Felix and Leona are buried in Section G of the Dublin Pioneer Cemetery, Dublin, California. The birth and death dates are from the grave stones.   Felix is described as 6 feet tall, with light blue eyes and gray hair in the 1892 voter registration for Contra Costa County.  At least two biographies of Felix Grundy have been written: one in 1882 and another in 1904.

For an extensive genealogy of the Doggett line see Jim Doggett's page. He additional information on Leona's ancestory which he doesn't have online at this point.

COATS, William Lafayette b 26 Dec 1830 Calloway County, Missouri d 17 Mar 1917 Inyo County, California

William came to California with his father and brother Felix in 1849.  William had moved to Inyo County by 1880 as he appears in the census for Bishops Creek, Inyo County in the household of Schuyler Williams.  He gave his occupation as prospector.  In the 1900 census, William was living with his brother Lemuel in the same county.  There are three public land records for him in the county: two in 1891 and one in 1896.  After prospecting, William pursued sheep ranching.  It doesn't appear that he married.

William is buried in the West Line Cemetery, Bishop, California.  An obituary appeared for him in the Inyo Register on 22 Mar 1917.

COATS, John Russell b 4 May 1833 Calloway County, Missouri d 5 Nov 1904

m Susan Preston b 16 Sep 1849 Missouri d 15 Sep 1927 San Francisco, California

John and Susan's birth and death dates are from their gravestones in the Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, California.  John came to California with his family in 1849 or a year or two afterwards. 

An 1880 U. S. census record lists a J. R. Coats age 47 and wife Susan age 30 living in Sycamore, Contra Costa County.  John's occupation was as a Butcher.  Their children were Etta aged 13, Russell aged 11, Fannie aged 9, Eddie aged 7, Willie aged 4, and Roy aged 2.  A Samuel Lyle aged 17 was listed as part of the household as a laborer.  Susan's father's birth place is given as Tennessee and her mother's as Virginia.

An 1882 voter register has him in Lake County.  John's nephew Bethel mentions visiting Middletown in 1885 and again in 1888.  John's obituary has him living in Quicksilver when he died, which is about four miles southwest of Middletown.  The Quicksilver post office closed in 1911.  John died of pneumonia.  Susan may have lived with her son William after her husband's death.  William is buried in Colma, California which is where most San Franciscan's are buried.  There are no active cemeteries in San Francisco.

COATS, Lemuel Allen b 19 Nov 1836 Miller County Missouri d 14 Feb 1918

m 10 Sep 1865 Sarah Merinda Agee b 28 Feb 1849 Calloway County, Missouri d 30 Mar 1925

An 1880 U. S. Census record list Lemuel A Coats aged 43 and wife Sarah L. aged 31 living in Green Valley Contra Costa County.  Lemuel's occupation was as a farmer.  Their children were Frank aged 12, Edna aged 6, Charles aged 4, John aged 2, and Cordelia aged 3 months.  Lemuel's father, Wilson aged 77, is also listed as a member of the household.  Also living in the household is Mary Basye aged 55.

An 1876 business directory for the Ocean View and Yockum Ferry of Alameda County areas lists an L. A. Coats running a livery stable.  It indicates that he came to the county in 1875.   In 1878, the business directory list Coats & Hewitt as the proprietors of the livery stable.   According to Bethel Coats' journal, Lemuel moved to Fresno, California in Sep 1885.  The 1900 census shows Lemuel and family living in Inyo County, California.  In an obituary for his brother written in 1917 he was reported to be living in Santa Monica, California.  In the 1920 census, Sarah and several of her children were living at 1743 Sixth Street, Santa Monica, California.

The parents and children's names and birth dates appear in a bible in the possession of Frances Edmonston.  The bible appears to be that of the family.

COATS, James Marshall b 12 Apr 1839 d 1872

m Fannie McKenzie

James was a lawyer in San Francisco, California.  James and Fannie had one daughter who was killed in a street car accident in Oakland, California.  There is a Fannie Coats aged 35 living in Oakland, California in the 1880 U. S. census.  She has a daughter, May, aged 8.  Fannie's occupation was as a dress maker.

COATS, Frances Rosana b 31 Aug 1841 Miller County, Missouri d 24 Dec 1871 Contra Costa County, California

Frances was still at home with her parents and listed as single in the 1870 census.  She is buried in Section G of the Dublin Pioneer Cemetery, Dublin, California.  Her gravestone has a death date of 22 Dec 1870.  The former is from a family bible.

Generation Six

(Children of Milam Coats and Susan Mary Egbert)

COATS, Trusten Polk b 19 May 1856 Stockton (or Jefferson City), Missouri d 17 August 1932 Yuba City, California

m 4 Oct 1883 Marysville, California Laura Jane Kirk, daughter of Joseph Augustus Kirk and Christiana Samantha Jone (Frost) Kirk

(Children of Felix Coats and Leona Doggett)

COATS, William Berry Nolan b 4 June 1862 Contra Costa County, California d 29 Dec 1923

m 12 Nov 1882 Catherine Delitha Drennan

William is described as 6 feet tall with blue eyes and dark hair in the 1892 voter registration for Contra Costa County.  There is a William Coats in the 1894 Husted Directory listing William as a laborer in the Ocean view, Yockum Ferry area of Alameda County.  In 1920, William and Catherine were living in Napa County, California.

COATS, James Longstreet b 12 Jun 1866 Contra Costa County, California d 16 Sep 1934

m 11 Aug 1895 Fanny Maude Williams b 31 Jan 1870 d 20 Jun 1936

Fanny was the stepdaughter of Levi Maxcy, who owned a ranch adjacent to the Coats' place.  James took over the ranch after he married Fanny.  Due to his asthma, James had to give up ranching and became a government gauger (of distilled spirits).  James is described as 6 feet tall with blue eyes and light hair in the 1892 voter registration for Contra Costa County.  According to his brother Bethel, James entered the University of the Pacific in 1884 and graduated in 1887.  At that time, it was known as California Wesleyan College and was located in San Jose.  James is buried in Section G of the Dublin Pioneer Cemetery.

COATS, Bethel Sims b 16 April 1868 Contra Costa County, California d 30 May 1951 same

m 30 Dec 1891Phoebe Ellen Bowlesb 9 Apr 1873 San Luis Obispo County, California d 13 July 1962 San Jose, California

Left to right: Eunice, Bernice, DorisBethel most likely took his entire primary education at the original Tassajara School.  While at the school, Bethel started a journal.  His first entry was about the school.  He graduated in 1885 and started attending Livermore College the next year.

Phoebe's family moved to the county in 1887 at which time Phoebe started attending the Tassajara school.  Bethel had already graduated, but may have met her there through his sisters who were still attending or at the school dance at the new school house in 1889 which he took the trouble to record in his journal.  He certainly would have met her when he worked for her father in October of that year. 

Bethel took over his father's ranch which he increased to 1200 acres and ran it off and on.  He would sometimes rent out the ranch to others.  For example, from an 1896 journal entry: "Rented our place to Ella and Charley Worth in the fall and went to the coast for a year or more"

Before and after he married, Bethel like to travel.  Here's an entry from his journal for 1901:

Got a wagon and started out camping with whole family, Eunice, Bernice & Doris. Started July 1st, back Oct. 1st. Went through Santa Rosa, Geysers, Lake County, Adam’s Springs, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, Mercer’s Cave, and Big Trees of Calaveras Grove.

That's a good part of Northern California by wagon!  The next year they covered a good part of Southern California:

Went camping in the fall. Started Sept. 27th, got back Nov. 13th and visited Watsonville, San Simeon, Kings County, Fresno County, Madera County.

Two years later they went to the World's fair:

Phoebe and I went to the World’s Fair [in St. Louis]. Started Sept. 30th and got back Jan 29th 1905. Stopped in Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Watsonville and Livermore.

In 1906 Bethel bought a house in San Jose and moved the family there so that the girls (pictured above) could get a better education. Having three children didn't stop them from traveling. In 1907 they took a six week trip to Yosemite and San Simeon, which was recorded by Phoebe's cousin Margaret.  Two years later they sold their first house and bought another one in the same city.  In 1912, they bought a candy store, which they ran for about three years.  Bethel also kept an orchard for about four years.

When their children had grown, Bethel and Phoebe returned to the ranch in Tassajara.  Bethel died in 1951.  Phoebe continued living there for a few years before moving back to San Joes to live with her daughter Eunice in San Jose until she died in 1962 at the age of 89. She wrote a diary later in life.  While the ranch is largely intact under the current owner, all the original ranch buildings are gone as can be seen in there current photographs.

Bethel and Phoebe are buried in Section F of the Dublin Pioneer Cemetery, Dublin, California. The birth and death dates are from the grave stones.  Bethel is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall with gray eyes and brown hair in the 1892 voter registration for Contra Costa County.  A biography of Bethel was written in 1926.

COATS, Susan Ella b 13 Sep 1872 Contra Costa, California d 23 May 1928

m 11 Sep 1895 Charles Worth

m unknown Box

m E. Sieler

Susan attended the original Tassajara school

COATS, May b 27 May 1877 Contra Costa County, California d 12 Jan 1944 San Francisco, California

m 1 Sep 1909 Marion E. Horton b c. 1868

May got her early schooling at the original Tassajara school.  According to her brother Bethel, May started attending the University of the Pacific in January 1897.  The university was located in San Jose at that time.  In 1910, the family lived in Contra Costa County where Marion farmed.  The children's birth dates are from that census.  Both were baptized into the Presbyterian Church in Livermore on 11 Apr 1909.  Those records are the source for their middle names.

COATS, Jennie Ethel b 25 Dec 1880 Contra Costa County, California d 28 Dec 1949 San Francisco, California

m 20 Nov 1912 Thomas Henry White b 1878 California d 1 Sep 1946

Along with her siblings, Jennie attended the original Tassajara school.   She and her sister May started attending the University of the Pacific in January 1897.  Thomas was a San Francisco police officer for over twenty years.  They lived at 1264 13th Avenue in San Francisco.  The 1920 and 1930 census showed no children. Tom's death is recorded in Phoebe Coats diary. Jennie moved to the Friedlan Rest Home two weeks later.

(Children of John Russell Coats and Susan Preston)

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COATS, Etta b 19 Jul 1866 Contra Costa County d 9 Dec 1957 Los Angeles, California

m 18 Oct 1885 William L. Lynn b 29 Mar 1860 Wisconsin d 11 Jul 1952 Fresno, California

Etta and William's birth and death dates and locations are from the California Death Index.  Their marriage is listed in the Lake County marriage book 2, page 249.  Before their marriage, William was a clerk living in Lake County (1880 census).  By 1910 the family had moved to Washington.  That year they lived on a farm in Snohomish County.  Ten years later William was a Bookkeeper in Tacoma.  In 1930, they appear in Seattle where William was a merchant in books and stationary.  Genevieve was with her parents in 1910 but not in 1920.

COATS, Russell Wilson b 1869

Russell's appears in the 1890 voter register for Lake County.  In 1910, Russell was living with his brother William in San Francisco.

COATS, Fannie Amanda b 14 Oct 1870 Contra Costa County, California d 17 Jan 1883 Lake County, California

Fannie is buried in the Middletown Cemetery.  Her  gravestone lists her parents as J. R. and S. C. Coats.

COATS, Edmund L. b 18 Jan 1873 Contra Costa County, California d 23 Oct 1926 Chico, California

m 25 Dec 1901 Clydia C. Parson b 1874 Iowa d 23 Nov 1919 Oakland, California

Edmund and Clydia birth and death dates are from their gravestones.  Edmund's is in the Hartley Cemetery and Clydia's in the Middleton Cemetery, both in Lake County, California.  Their marriage is from Lake County marriage book 4, page 116.  

The 1900 census shows Edmund as a miner in Lake County.  The 1910 census shows him following the same occupation in Grass Valley County, California.  No children appear in either census.

COATS, William Preston b c. 1876 Contra Costa County, California d 4 Mar 1933 San Francisco, California

m 3 Nov 1898 Maud Shreve b c. 1879 California

William and Maud's marriage is listed in the Lake County marriage book 3, page 418.  The 1910 census finds the family in San Francisco where William was a teamster.  Both Bernice and Preston were still at home.  In 1920 he was a watchman at an iron works with the family still intact.  In 1930 he was a shop man for the Street Railway.  By this time, Bernice had moved out.  Preston was still with them. 

COATS, Curtis LeRoy b 1878 Contra Costa County

m c. 1900 Leta C. Harbin b c. 1879 California

A Roy Coats is listed as the son of John in the 1880 census.  The full name is from a photograph of him.  He went by Leroy in the 1900 census records.  Leroy and Leta were still living in Lake County at that time.  The census records them as being married less than one year.  Leroy was working as a miner.  By 1910 Leta and Leroy were divorced with Leta and her son living in San Francisco.  She worked as a milliner.  They lived at 229 24th Street.

COATS, Susan Mabel b 1 Jun 1880 Contra Costa County, California d 23 Jan unknown year Lake County, California

Susan's gravestone lists her parents as J. R. and S. C. Coats.

COATS, Zoe b 12 Jan1883 Lake County, California d 28 Feb 1959 Los Angeles, California

Zoe's birth and death dates and death location are from the California Death Index.  It is assumed she never married given she is listed by her maiden name in the index.  In the 1920 census she was living in San Francisco and worked as a pharmacist.  Ten years later, she was following the same occupation in Fresno, California.  In both census, she is listed as single.

COATS, Grover C. b 30 Dec 1884 Lake County, California d 18 Jan 1967 Los Angeles, California

m 1905 Lillia H. unknown

In 1910, Grover and Lillia where living in San Francisco.  Grover had just joined the police force two years earlier.  In 1917, he was promoted to corporal, in 1921 to sergeant, and in 1924 to lieutenant.  The 1930 census find Grover divorced and one of many lodgers at 456 Post Street.  In 1933, Grover was promoted to Captain.

COATS, Cecil Lynn b 16 Jul 1890 Lake County, California d 19 Oct 1957 Fresno, California

m Audrey

m 1923 Echo M.

Cecil's birth and death dates and death location are from the California death index.  In 1920, the family was living in Seattle, Washington (1920 census).  Cecil was a salesman and Audrey was in advertising.  The birth states for Cecil's parents in this record are the same ones used by all the children.  According to the 1930 census Cecil had remarried and was living at 508 North G Street in Madera, California where Cecil worked as a salesman for a pipe company.  The second wife's name is a best guess from the 1930 census.  It may be an abbreviation.  The record also indicates that Cecil was a veteran, most likely from World War I.

(Children of Lemuel Allen Coats and Sarah Merinda Agee)

COATS, James Franklin b 29 Jul 1867 Yamhill County, Oregon

James and his brother John were listed as lodgers in Benton, Mono County, California in the 1900 census.  They worked as cattle herders.  Frank is shown as single and living with his mother in Santa Monica, California in the 1920 census where he worked as a house mover.

COATS, Melissa Edna b 9 Apr 1874 Contra Costa County, California d 19 May 1962 Los Angeles, California

The birth and death dates are from the California Death Index.  Edna is listed by her maiden name in the index so she may have never married.  She's also listed as Edna M. Coats.  A bible record entry has her as above.  In 1920, Edna worked as a nurse and was living with her mother in Santa Monica, California.

COATS, Charles Allan b 29 Dec 1875 Alameda County, California d 12 Feb 1952 Los Angeles, California

m Mary M Goins

The birth and death dates are from the California Death Index.  The birth date also appears in a family bible record.  In 1900, Charles was living with his cousin Bethel in Contra Costa County, California.  Charles registered for the draft on 12 Sep 1918.  At the time, he and his wife were living with his parents at 1743 Sixth Street, Santa Monica, California.  He was employed as a farm laborer. The 1930 census has him living at 1452 1/2 Third Street, Santa Monica.

COATS, John Paul b 25 Jan 1878 Contra Costa, California d 5 Feb 1965 Bishop, California

m Dora C. Yaney b 1 Jan 1879 d 10 Feb 1976 Bishop, California

John and Dora are buried in West Line Cemetery in Bishop.  Their birth death dates are from their tombstones.  John most likely came to Bishop with his family as they were listed as living there in the 1900 census.  At the same time John and his brother James were lodgers with Allin McGee working as cattle herders in Benton, Mono County, California.  The 1910 census shows a John B. Coats living in Bishop working as a teamster on a farm.  His age and his parent's birth states correspond.  John is mentioned in his uncle's obituary as living in Bishop in 1917.

COATS, Mary Cordelia b 5 Feb 1880 Contra Costa County, California d 9 Jan 1965 Los Angeles, California

The census for 1920 shows Mary as single and living with her mother in Santa Monica, California.  She is listed by her maiden name in the California death index so she may have never married.

COATS, Thomas Agee b 5 Dec 1881 Contra Costa County, California d 16 Jun 1952 Bishop, California

Thomas is buried in West Line Cemetery in Bishop.  His birth and death dates are from the cemetery records.  The same dates also appear in the California death index.  His birth date also appears in the family bible.  Thomas probably came to Bishop as stated in his brother John's entry above.  There is a 1930 census record for a Thomas A. Coats, mother and father born in Missouri, at 1998 Junipero, Signal Hill, California.  He had Dorothy B Cronin as his only lodger.  At the time, his occupation was as an oil rig worker.

COATS, Annie Laurie b 14 Feb 1883 Contra Costa County, California

m Elmer Shepherd

In the 1920 census Annie and her two sons are shown living with her mother in Santa Monica, California.  She is shown as married.

Generation Seven

(Children of Trusten Polk Coats and Laura Jane Kirk)

COATS, Arthur William b 29 Oct 1888 O'Banion Corners, California d 8 Aug 1965 buried Sutter Cemetery, Sutter, California

m 9 Apr 1913 Woodland, California Assumption Lang

(Children of James Coats and Fanny Williams)

COATS, Vivian b 9 Jan 1901 Contra Costa County, California d 16 Nov 1987

m 26 Nov 1932 Reno, Nevada Charles Ninian Edmonston b 25 Jan 1903 d Mar 1979

Vivian wrote an autobiography From the Ox Team to the Moon that can be found at the Sutro Branch of the California State Library, San Francisco.

(Children of Bethel Coats and Phoebe Bowles)

COATS, Bernice Eloise b 16 Feb 1895 d 15 Aug 1963

m Archibald Isaac Clyde b 2 May 1898 d 16 Nov 1980

Bernice (Bunny) was a nurse at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco.  Archibald (Archie) was a butcher.

COATS, Doris Thelma b 18 Apr 1899 d 17 Aug 1982

m 26 Oct 1921 Contra Costa County, California Victor Morton b 17 Jun 1892 d 14 Dec 1973

Generation Eight

(Children of Doris Thelma Coats and Victor Morton)

MORTON, Marcia Bernice b private

m 7 Oct 1945 Harold Henry Sonnenberg

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