Biographical Sketch of Stephen COATES (1904); Chester County, PA

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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."