Thomas D. Coats, was a native of South Carolina, born in 1826, and when quite small went with his father to Tennessee, where he was reared. May 7. 1846, he was married in Tennessee, to Miss Mary A. Paschall, and the following fall they came to Texas and settled where Mrs. Coats now lives. Mr. Coats joined the colony, thereby obtaining a headright of 640 acres. He built a fine house, improved his land, and was making good progress when misfortune overtook him. His house burned. He rebuilt a like structure, and had it just completed when he was taken sick and died, his occurring January 5, 1879, at the age of fifty-three years.
Son of Samuel Crawford Coats and Nancy A. Jones. Married Mary Ann Paschall. Father of: Mary Francis Coats, Samuel Lafayette Coats, Nancy Jane Coats Loving, James Able Coats, Elisha Dee Coats, Isabell Coats Isbell, Robert Lee Coats, Sidney A. Coats, Lillie D. Coats and Walter "Wall" Ballard Coats.
Member of Scyene Lodge # 295 A. F. & A. M., Scyene, Dallas County, Texas Member of the Bethany Missionary Baptist Church at Long Creek settlement, Texas.
