I found an 1880 census record that confirms my assumptions as to his children as well as a couple more. 2 DATE 1880 2 PLAC Sycamore, Contra Costa, California 2 SOUR @[email protected] 3 PAGE FHL Film 1254064; National Archives Film T9-0064; Page 609B 3 DATA 4 TEXT Extract: 1880 United States Census 5 CONT Census Place: Sycamore, Contra Costa, California 5 CONT Source: FHL Film 1254064; National Archives Film T9-0064; Page 609B 5 CONT Household: 5 CONT Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace 5 CONT J. R. COATS 5 CONT Self Male M W 47 MO 5 CONT Occ: Butcher Fa: TN Mo: TN 5 CONT Susan COATS 5 CONT Wife Female M W 30 MO 5 CONT Occ: House Keeper Fa: TN Mo: VA 5 CONT Etta COATS 5 CONT Dau Female S W 13 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Russell COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 11 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Fannie COATS 5 CONT Dau Female S W 9 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Eddie COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 7 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Willie COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 4 CA 5 CONT Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Roy COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 2 CA 5 CONT Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Samuel LYLE 5 CONT Other Male S W 17 IA 5 CONT Occ: Laborer Fa: IA Mo: IA Cousin Francis has pictures of most if not all of them that her mother and father got from the family. She also has a Zoe and Grover who are described as siblings. John and Susan had a least one child after the census. Perhaps they had two more. I'll add all this to my site soon. Curt Rowe

Thanks for this Curt...it appears that J.R.'s wife Susan's mother was born in Virginia...not Rev Will's wife Nancy... Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Curt Rowe" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [COATES-L] John Russel Coats Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:14:47 -0700 I found an 1880 census record that confirms my assumptions as to his children as well as a couple more. 2 DATE 1880 2 PLAC Sycamore, Contra Costa, California 2 SOUR @[email protected] 3 PAGE FHL Film 1254064; National Archives Film T9-0064; Page 609B 3 DATA 4 TEXT Extract: 1880 United States Census 5 CONT Census Place: Sycamore, Contra Costa, California 5 CONT Source: FHL Film 1254064; National Archives Film T9-0064; Page 609B 5 CONT Household: 5 CONT Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace 5 CONT J. R. COATS 5 CONT Self Male M W 47 MO 5 CONT Occ: Butcher Fa: TN Mo: TN 5 CONT Susan COATS 5 CONT Wife Female M W 30 MO 5 CONT Occ: House Keeper Fa: TN Mo: VA 5 CONT Etta COATS 5 CONT Dau Female S W 13 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Russell COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 11 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Fannie COATS 5 CONT Dau Female S W 9 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Eddie COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 7 CA 5 CONT Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Willie COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 4 CA 5 CONT Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Roy COATS 5 CONT Son Male S W 2 CA 5 CONT Fa: MO Mo: MO 5 CONT Samuel LYLE 5 CONT Other Male S W 17 IA 5 CONT Occ: Laborer Fa: IA Mo: IA Cousin Francis has pictures of most if not all of them that her mother and father got from the family. She also has a Zoe and Grover who are described as siblings. John and Susan had a least one child after the census. Perhaps they had two more. I'll add all this to my site soon. Curt Rowe ==== COATES Mailing List ==== Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar