This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coates Brereton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/2363 Message Board Post: Sedalia Daily Democrat, Thursday, October 21, 1874, p. 4 In Memoriam Mr. John Drew Coates departed this life at the residence of his only child, Jane Drew Brereton, Cooper county, Mo, on the 13th day of October, 1874, aged 90 years, 6 months and 8 days, having outlived ten brothers and sisters, although he was the oldest. The deceased was born in Tipperary County, Ireland. He was a member of the Episcopal church and a true and accepted Mason for 65 years, obtaining the highest degrees. He came to Missouri, August 4th, 1849.