"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE MARION TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 909 STEWART COATS, farmer and stock raiser, is the third of the five children of Frederick and Susanna (Scott) Coats; the former a native of New York, the latter of Connecticut, and respectively of English and Scotch descent. Stewart was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1806; was reared on the farm, and when thirteen years old emigrated with his mother and step-father to this state, locating in Jackson County, where his step-father died about 1825. In the year 1841, Mr Coats moved to this township, then but a waste of land, where he now holds 120 acres in good improvement and high cultivation, also well stocked and with comfortable residence, etc. Mr. Coats has been thrice married--first to Emily Perry, who gave birth to two children, one of whom is living; Lorinda. Second--to Rachel Arnold, who gave birth to six children; Lorenzo D; Nelson S; Amanda M; Edwin; Frederick and Stephen (deceased), third to Hannah Harris, who gave birth to eight children; Sylvester; Emily (deceased); Rachel; John H; Margaret J; William A; Robert M; and Mary F. (deceased). Mr. Coats gave his first Presidential ballot for Gen. Jackson in 1828, and has held the office of Justice of the Peace in this township. He is a highly respected citizen, and a member of the Christian Church. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings