Found this obituary on the USGenWEB site for Inyo County, California for William Layfayette Coats, son of Wilson Coats, son of Rev. William Coats: Paid Nature's Last Debt Well Known Citizens of Ripe Years Pass Into Eternity William L. Coats William Coats, died at the Elmhurst Sanitarium Monday night about 8 o'clock. He was stricken by paralysis recently, and had been in the sanitarium since the early part of last week. Mr. Coats came to California in 1950, with an ox team, by way of El Paso. Tuolumne county, Mariposa and Solano County were among his places of residence in the State. It is understood he was Sheriff of one of the mid-California counties at one time. He lived here for thirty years or more, and made sheep-raising his business during part of that time. He was at one time the owner of mountain lands now including Andrews Camp. During that period some damage was done to the property by high water, and the suit he brought against the Hillside Water Company for damages, alleging the bursting of the company's dam at South Lake, and was a case of great local interest at the time. So far as positively known here, he is survived by but one brother, Lemuel L. Coats, of Santa Monica, father of John P. Coats, of Bishop. His age is stated to have been 86 years, 2 months, 23 days. The Inyo Register, Bishop, Inyo County, California March 22, 1917 Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, December 29, 2004 The Lemuel L. Coats mentioned is Lemuel A. Coats. Obviously the 1950 is a typo. It should be 1850.