Person:Mary Coats (16)

From Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Joseph County, Michigan, p. 420, profile of Charles Holmes: “The marriage of our subject to Miss Mary Coats took place on Pigeon Prairie, Nov. 10, 1842. She was a daughter of John and Ellen (Romans) Coats, who were among the earliest pioneers of Pigeon Prairie, entering land there in 1829. They built up a comfortable home in which they spent the remainder of their lives. They had eight children, of whom Mrs. Holmes was the fourth, her birth taking place in Yorkshire, England, Sept. 17, 1816. She was an earnest and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the life that closed Dec. 17, 1880, numbering sixty-four years and three months, was well spent and full of all things that go to make a good woman in the fullest sens, and her memory will be cherished by her relatives, friends, and neighbors. Of her union with our subject six children were born: John C., who died July 30, 1879; Elizabeth, the wife of Franklin Caseman, living on her father’s farm in Florence Township; Julia R., who died when a year and a half old; Harriet L., who died in infancy; Adella and Adelbert, who died young. John C. had been married, Miss Julia Lafler becoming his wife May 27, 1872….”

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of North Newbald (Yorkshire). Bishop's transcripts, 1601-1864. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Portrait and biographical album of St. Joseph County, Michigan: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1889).