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James C. Coles (b. November 28, 1805, d. May 27, 1885)
Notes for James C. Coles:
"COLES, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Madora; born November 28, 1805 in Berks county, Pa.; moved with his parents to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1807; came to this county in the fall of 1852, and settled on his present home, where he owns 120 acres of land; is one of the oldest settlers in the township; he helped to organize the first township and voted at the first election held in it; sent four sons to the army, two of them dying in the service of their country; named the township in which he lives, Liberty; married January 6, 1831, Mary Pierson, a native of Pennsylvania; had eleven children:W.B., Amos, Jesse, Levi, Lydia J., Benj. P., Barton, Elizabeth E., and Phebe A.; Benj. and Barton are dead; the last two died in the army."
Directory of Warren County, Liberty Township, pp. 619-620.
More About James C. Coles:
Burial: 1885, Christian Neck cemetery, Liberty Center, Iowa.
Census: 1860, Liberty Twsp., Warren Co. Iowa.
Occupation: Miller.
More About James C. Coles and Mary Pierson:
Marriage: January 06, 1831, Oxford Twsp., Belmont Co. Ohio.
Children of James C. Coles and Mary Pierson are:
- +Levi Coles, b. May 08, 1834, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio,d., Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa.
- +William Burr Coles, b. February 12, 1832, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co., Ohio, d. March 11, 1922, Vici, Cestos, Dewey Co., Oklahoma.
- Jessie Coles, b. December 16, 1835, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio, d. March 02, 1836, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio.
- +Lydia Jane Coles, b. February 13, 1837, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio, d. July 05, 1888, Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa.
- Benjamin Pierson Coles, b. March 30, 1840, Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa, d. January 05, 1862, St. Louis,St. Louis Co., Missouri.
- Barton Coles, b. November 11, 1841, Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa, d. April 15, 1863, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
- Elizabeth Ellen Coles, b. January 23, 1843, Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa, d. March 22, 1923.
- +Phebe Ann Coles, b. July 08, 1844, Morgan Co., Ohio, d. March 04, 1922, Marion, Red Willow, Nebraska.
- Aaron Coles, b. October 10, 1845, Morgan Co., Ohio, d. March 25, 1872, Liberty Twsp., Warren Co., Iowa.
- Thomas Pierson Coles, b. June 06, 1847, Morgan Co., Ohio, d. August 15, 1847, Morgan Co., Ohio.
- Amos Coles, b. April 23, 1833, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio, d. January 27, 1836, Oxford Twsp., Guernsey Co. Ohio.