Posted on: Hardin Co. Oh Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/HardinBios/10003 Surname: Coats, Coates, Mason ------------------------- Source: Marriage Records, Hardin Co. OH Book 2, 1833-1872, pg 191. The State of Ohio, Hardin County ss{ To any person legally authorized to Solemnize Marriages in said County. I, James Bain, Judge of the Probate Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, have licensed and do hereby license and authorize David Coats and Emily Jane Mason to be joined in Marriage. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Kenton, the 15th day of December, 1852. James Bain, P.J. The State of Ohio Hardin County ss I do hereby certify that David Coats and Emily Jane Mason were joined in marriage by me on the 16th day of December, 1853. Jacob Yanger, J.P [Note: Record found by Patricia Dodds Scott & Shirley Dodds]