Thomas was born in Mercer Co., Ohio to Isaac Coate (1826-1898) and Sarah Catherine Elizabeth Walker (1827-1877).
Thomas was married to Mary Jeanette Leland on Aug. 4, 1872 in Meridian, Nebraska, and they had two children.
26 June 1900 - US Census - Cherokee Township, Payne, Oklahoma Territory
Household ....Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Birth Date
T J Coats .......Head .......Male ....49 ..Ohio .........Feb 1851
Mary J Coats .Wife ........Female 50 ..Wisconsin .Sep 1850
Anna B Coate Daughter Female 14 ..Tennessee Jan 1886
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The Perry Daily Journal, Perry, Oklahoma, Tuesday, March 2, 1937
T. J. Coate is Taken by Death
Pioneer of County Dies at Home of Son
Death Monday night called upon another pioneer farmer of Noble county who made the run at the opening of the Cherokee Strip when T. J. Coate, 85, succombed(sic) to an illness resulting from old age complications.
The aged county resident who made the run into Noble county at the opening of the Cherokee Strip and for many years operated the farm on which he settled in southeastern Noble county died at the home of his son, W. J. Coate 11 miles southeast of Perry with whom he has been living for the past several years.
After leaving the farm Coate moved to Perry to live. Several years ago he went to live with his son. His farm was known for many years as the Cherokee Fruit farm. Mrs. Coate died in 1918.
Coate served for a term on the city council while living in Perry.
He is survived by two sons, W. J. Coate of Perry and M. F. Coate of Tampaia(sic), Florida, one daughter, Mrs. Annie B. Moore of Perry and a sister, Mrs. Nettie Courtright of Perry.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral home in Perry with Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in the Shelton cemetery, six miles south of Perry.
Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 7
NEWS OF THE
NEIGHBORS
CHEROKEE-COTTONWOOD
. . .
Grandpa Coate, father of Walter Coat died last week and was laid to rest in Bethel cemetery Wednesday. Sympathy is extended to the family.
. . .
Payne County News, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 4
NEW HOPE NEWS
. . .
T.J. Coate, 85, pioneer farmer of Noble county, died Monday night at the home of his son, W.J. Coate, with whom he had been living for the past several years. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral Home in Perry, with the Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery. The community extends its sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
. . .
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History of Noble County, Oklahoma. The Noble County Genealogy Society, 1987
Thomas J. Coate
By Joe Highfill (edited for format by Rob Walker)
Thomas was a genealogist and traced his family back 6 generations to Marmaduke Coate. Marmaduke was a secretary to William Penn and came to America from England in 1715. The family settled in Burlington, New Jersey. T.J. Coate's direct ancestors were pioneers in the states of New Jersey, South Carolina and Ohio. T.J.'s parents, Isaac and Sarah Catherine Walker Coate were both native to Ohio. T.J. pioneered in Nebraska, Oklahoma and, following the death of his wife, he pioneered in Montana.
Thomas farmed in Nebraska where his two first two sons were born. The Coate family then went to Tennessee where T.J. operated a grist mill with his father, Isaac. It was here that they adopted Anna Belle Huggins and raised her. She came with the family to Oklahoma at the time of the run.
The Coate family were on their way to New Mexico [in 1893] then they heard about the run. T.J. decided to make the run from near Orlando, Oklahoma. Walter was too young to take land in the run but served as a witness for his father. T.J. laid claim to 80 acres in Walnut township. To the south his brother-in-law, Stephen D. Courtright, staked 80 acres. T.J. soon set up a fruit farm which he called the Cherokee Strip Fruit Farm. His fruit was sold all over the area and was very popular with many of his neighbors.
An early day neighbor of the Coates was Amelia Dalton, wife of Bill Dalton. On many occasions, one of the Daltons would come to the Coate farm to purchase a chicken or eggs. My great-grandmother, Edna Coate Highfill, remembers being told by her grandfather, T.J., that she was not to worry if Emmett Dalton came to the chicken coop but to help him and get the money and thank him. Edna said she wasn't worried about the Daltons because her grandfather said it would be all right.
Following the death of his wife, T.J. moved to Montana at the age of 70, where he homesteaded 80 acres. While in Montana he was contacted by lawyers trying to "help" descendants claim land that was rented in a 99 years' lease. This land was near Philadelphia, where T.J.'s great-grandfather had lived. To receive a portion of the "estate" T.J. needed to provide his lineage. He did this and his records have been passed down in the family. However, he never did receive any inheritance. The lawyers had set up a get-rich scheme and they were the only ones who got rich.
As old age and ill health caught up with him, T.J. was forced to leave Montana and he returned to Oklahoma and lived with his son, Walter, in Walnut township in Noble County. He became very frail and needed two canes to get around during his last year.
Thomas was married to Mary Jeanette Leland on Aug. 4, 1872 in Meridian, Nebraska, and they had two children.
26 June 1900 - US Census - Cherokee Township, Payne, Oklahoma Territory
Household ....Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Birth Date
T J Coats .......Head .......Male ....49 ..Ohio .........Feb 1851
Mary J Coats .Wife ........Female 50 ..Wisconsin .Sep 1850
Anna B Coate Daughter Female 14 ..Tennessee Jan 1886
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The Perry Daily Journal, Perry, Oklahoma, Tuesday, March 2, 1937
T. J. Coate is Taken by Death
Pioneer of County Dies at Home of Son
Death Monday night called upon another pioneer farmer of Noble county who made the run at the opening of the Cherokee Strip when T. J. Coate, 85, succombed(sic) to an illness resulting from old age complications.
The aged county resident who made the run into Noble county at the opening of the Cherokee Strip and for many years operated the farm on which he settled in southeastern Noble county died at the home of his son, W. J. Coate 11 miles southeast of Perry with whom he has been living for the past several years.
After leaving the farm Coate moved to Perry to live. Several years ago he went to live with his son. His farm was known for many years as the Cherokee Fruit farm. Mrs. Coate died in 1918.
Coate served for a term on the city council while living in Perry.
He is survived by two sons, W. J. Coate of Perry and M. F. Coate of Tampaia(sic), Florida, one daughter, Mrs. Annie B. Moore of Perry and a sister, Mrs. Nettie Courtright of Perry.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral home in Perry with Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in the Shelton cemetery, six miles south of Perry.
Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 7
NEWS OF THE
NEIGHBORS
CHEROKEE-COTTONWOOD
. . .
Grandpa Coate, father of Walter Coat died last week and was laid to rest in Bethel cemetery Wednesday. Sympathy is extended to the family.
. . .
Payne County News, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 4
NEW HOPE NEWS
. . .
T.J. Coate, 85, pioneer farmer of Noble county, died Monday night at the home of his son, W.J. Coate, with whom he had been living for the past several years. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral Home in Perry, with the Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery. The community extends its sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
. . .
--------------------------------------------
History of Noble County, Oklahoma. The Noble County Genealogy Society, 1987
Thomas J. Coate
By Joe Highfill (edited for format by Rob Walker)
Thomas was a genealogist and traced his family back 6 generations to Marmaduke Coate. Marmaduke was a secretary to William Penn and came to America from England in 1715. The family settled in Burlington, New Jersey. T.J. Coate's direct ancestors were pioneers in the states of New Jersey, South Carolina and Ohio. T.J.'s parents, Isaac and Sarah Catherine Walker Coate were both native to Ohio. T.J. pioneered in Nebraska, Oklahoma and, following the death of his wife, he pioneered in Montana.
Thomas farmed in Nebraska where his two first two sons were born. The Coate family then went to Tennessee where T.J. operated a grist mill with his father, Isaac. It was here that they adopted Anna Belle Huggins and raised her. She came with the family to Oklahoma at the time of the run.
The Coate family were on their way to New Mexico [in 1893] then they heard about the run. T.J. decided to make the run from near Orlando, Oklahoma. Walter was too young to take land in the run but served as a witness for his father. T.J. laid claim to 80 acres in Walnut township. To the south his brother-in-law, Stephen D. Courtright, staked 80 acres. T.J. soon set up a fruit farm which he called the Cherokee Strip Fruit Farm. His fruit was sold all over the area and was very popular with many of his neighbors.
An early day neighbor of the Coates was Amelia Dalton, wife of Bill Dalton. On many occasions, one of the Daltons would come to the Coate farm to purchase a chicken or eggs. My great-grandmother, Edna Coate Highfill, remembers being told by her grandfather, T.J., that she was not to worry if Emmett Dalton came to the chicken coop but to help him and get the money and thank him. Edna said she wasn't worried about the Daltons because her grandfather said it would be all right.
Following the death of his wife, T.J. moved to Montana at the age of 70, where he homesteaded 80 acres. While in Montana he was contacted by lawyers trying to "help" descendants claim land that was rented in a 99 years' lease. This land was near Philadelphia, where T.J.'s great-grandfather had lived. To receive a portion of the "estate" T.J. needed to provide his lineage. He did this and his records have been passed down in the family. However, he never did receive any inheritance. The lawyers had set up a get-rich scheme and they were the only ones who got rich.
As old age and ill health caught up with him, T.J. was forced to leave Montana and he returned to Oklahoma and lived with his son, Walter, in Walnut township in Noble County. He became very frail and needed two canes to get around during his last year.
Thomas was born in Mercer Co., Ohio to Isaac Coate (1826-1898) and Sarah Catherine Elizabeth Walker (1827-1877).
Thomas was married to Mary Jeanette Leland on Aug. 4, 1872 in Meridian, Nebraska, and they had two children.
26 June 1900 - US Census - Cherokee Township, Payne, Oklahoma Territory
Household ....Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Birth Date
T J Coats .......Head .......Male ....49 ..Ohio .........Feb 1851
Mary J Coats .Wife ........Female 50 ..Wisconsin .Sep 1850
Anna B Coate Daughter Female 14 ..Tennessee Jan 1886
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The Perry Daily Journal, Perry, Oklahoma, Tuesday, March 2, 1937
T. J. Coate is Taken by Death
Pioneer of County Dies at Home of Son
Death Monday night called upon another pioneer farmer of Noble county who made the run at the opening of the Cherokee Strip when T. J. Coate, 85, succombed(sic) to an illness resulting from old age complications.
The aged county resident who made the run into Noble county at the opening of the Cherokee Strip and for many years operated the farm on which he settled in southeastern Noble county died at the home of his son, W. J. Coate 11 miles southeast of Perry with whom he has been living for the past several years.
After leaving the farm Coate moved to Perry to live. Several years ago he went to live with his son. His farm was known for many years as the Cherokee Fruit farm. Mrs. Coate died in 1918.
Coate served for a term on the city council while living in Perry.
He is survived by two sons, W. J. Coate of Perry and M. F. Coate of Tampaia(sic), Florida, one daughter, Mrs. Annie B. Moore of Perry and a sister, Mrs. Nettie Courtright of Perry.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral home in Perry with Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in the Shelton cemetery, six miles south of Perry.
Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 7
NEWS OF THE
NEIGHBORS
CHEROKEE-COTTONWOOD
. . .
Grandpa Coate, father of Walter Coat died last week and was laid to rest in Bethel cemetery Wednesday. Sympathy is extended to the family.
. . .
Payne County News, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 4
NEW HOPE NEWS
. . .
T.J. Coate, 85, pioneer farmer of Noble county, died Monday night at the home of his son, W.J. Coate, with whom he had been living for the past several years. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral Home in Perry, with the Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery. The community extends its sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
. . .
--------------------------------------------
History of Noble County, Oklahoma. The Noble County Genealogy Society, 1987
Thomas J. Coate
By Joe Highfill (edited for format by Rob Walker)
Thomas was a genealogist and traced his family back 6 generations to Marmaduke Coate. Marmaduke was a secretary to William Penn and came to America from England in 1715. The family settled in Burlington, New Jersey. T.J. Coate's direct ancestors were pioneers in the states of New Jersey, South Carolina and Ohio. T.J.'s parents, Isaac and Sarah Catherine Walker Coate were both native to Ohio. T.J. pioneered in Nebraska, Oklahoma and, following the death of his wife, he pioneered in Montana.
Thomas farmed in Nebraska where his two first two sons were born. The Coate family then went to Tennessee where T.J. operated a grist mill with his father, Isaac. It was here that they adopted Anna Belle Huggins and raised her. She came with the family to Oklahoma at the time of the run.
The Coate family were on their way to New Mexico [in 1893] then they heard about the run. T.J. decided to make the run from near Orlando, Oklahoma. Walter was too young to take land in the run but served as a witness for his father. T.J. laid claim to 80 acres in Walnut township. To the south his brother-in-law, Stephen D. Courtright, staked 80 acres. T.J. soon set up a fruit farm which he called the Cherokee Strip Fruit Farm. His fruit was sold all over the area and was very popular with many of his neighbors.
An early day neighbor of the Coates was Amelia Dalton, wife of Bill Dalton. On many occasions, one of the Daltons would come to the Coate farm to purchase a chicken or eggs. My great-grandmother, Edna Coate Highfill, remembers being told by her grandfather, T.J., that she was not to worry if Emmett Dalton came to the chicken coop but to help him and get the money and thank him. Edna said she wasn't worried about the Daltons because her grandfather said it would be all right.
Following the death of his wife, T.J. moved to Montana at the age of 70, where he homesteaded 80 acres. While in Montana he was contacted by lawyers trying to "help" descendants claim land that was rented in a 99 years' lease. This land was near Philadelphia, where T.J.'s great-grandfather had lived. To receive a portion of the "estate" T.J. needed to provide his lineage. He did this and his records have been passed down in the family. However, he never did receive any inheritance. The lawyers had set up a get-rich scheme and they were the only ones who got rich.
As old age and ill health caught up with him, T.J. was forced to leave Montana and he returned to Oklahoma and lived with his son, Walter, in Walnut township in Noble County. He became very frail and needed two canes to get around during his last year.
Thomas was married to Mary Jeanette Leland on Aug. 4, 1872 in Meridian, Nebraska, and they had two children.
26 June 1900 - US Census - Cherokee Township, Payne, Oklahoma Territory
Household ....Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Birth Date
T J Coats .......Head .......Male ....49 ..Ohio .........Feb 1851
Mary J Coats .Wife ........Female 50 ..Wisconsin .Sep 1850
Anna B Coate Daughter Female 14 ..Tennessee Jan 1886
--------------------------------------------
The Perry Daily Journal, Perry, Oklahoma, Tuesday, March 2, 1937
T. J. Coate is Taken by Death
Pioneer of County Dies at Home of Son
Death Monday night called upon another pioneer farmer of Noble county who made the run at the opening of the Cherokee Strip when T. J. Coate, 85, succombed(sic) to an illness resulting from old age complications.
The aged county resident who made the run into Noble county at the opening of the Cherokee Strip and for many years operated the farm on which he settled in southeastern Noble county died at the home of his son, W. J. Coate 11 miles southeast of Perry with whom he has been living for the past several years.
After leaving the farm Coate moved to Perry to live. Several years ago he went to live with his son. His farm was known for many years as the Cherokee Fruit farm. Mrs. Coate died in 1918.
Coate served for a term on the city council while living in Perry.
He is survived by two sons, W. J. Coate of Perry and M. F. Coate of Tampaia(sic), Florida, one daughter, Mrs. Annie B. Moore of Perry and a sister, Mrs. Nettie Courtright of Perry.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral home in Perry with Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in the Shelton cemetery, six miles south of Perry.
Stillwater Gazette, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 7
NEWS OF THE
NEIGHBORS
CHEROKEE-COTTONWOOD
. . .
Grandpa Coate, father of Walter Coat died last week and was laid to rest in Bethel cemetery Wednesday. Sympathy is extended to the family.
. . .
Payne County News, Stillwater, Oklahoma · Friday, March 12, 1937 pg 4
NEW HOPE NEWS
. . .
T.J. Coate, 85, pioneer farmer of Noble county, died Monday night at the home of his son, W.J. Coate, with whom he had been living for the past several years. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Newton Funeral Home in Perry, with the Rev. David Thomas, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery. The community extends its sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
. . .
--------------------------------------------
History of Noble County, Oklahoma. The Noble County Genealogy Society, 1987
Thomas J. Coate
By Joe Highfill (edited for format by Rob Walker)
Thomas was a genealogist and traced his family back 6 generations to Marmaduke Coate. Marmaduke was a secretary to William Penn and came to America from England in 1715. The family settled in Burlington, New Jersey. T.J. Coate's direct ancestors were pioneers in the states of New Jersey, South Carolina and Ohio. T.J.'s parents, Isaac and Sarah Catherine Walker Coate were both native to Ohio. T.J. pioneered in Nebraska, Oklahoma and, following the death of his wife, he pioneered in Montana.
Thomas farmed in Nebraska where his two first two sons were born. The Coate family then went to Tennessee where T.J. operated a grist mill with his father, Isaac. It was here that they adopted Anna Belle Huggins and raised her. She came with the family to Oklahoma at the time of the run.
The Coate family were on their way to New Mexico [in 1893] then they heard about the run. T.J. decided to make the run from near Orlando, Oklahoma. Walter was too young to take land in the run but served as a witness for his father. T.J. laid claim to 80 acres in Walnut township. To the south his brother-in-law, Stephen D. Courtright, staked 80 acres. T.J. soon set up a fruit farm which he called the Cherokee Strip Fruit Farm. His fruit was sold all over the area and was very popular with many of his neighbors.
An early day neighbor of the Coates was Amelia Dalton, wife of Bill Dalton. On many occasions, one of the Daltons would come to the Coate farm to purchase a chicken or eggs. My great-grandmother, Edna Coate Highfill, remembers being told by her grandfather, T.J., that she was not to worry if Emmett Dalton came to the chicken coop but to help him and get the money and thank him. Edna said she wasn't worried about the Daltons because her grandfather said it would be all right.
Following the death of his wife, T.J. moved to Montana at the age of 70, where he homesteaded 80 acres. While in Montana he was contacted by lawyers trying to "help" descendants claim land that was rented in a 99 years' lease. This land was near Philadelphia, where T.J.'s great-grandfather had lived. To receive a portion of the "estate" T.J. needed to provide his lineage. He did this and his records have been passed down in the family. However, he never did receive any inheritance. The lawyers had set up a get-rich scheme and they were the only ones who got rich.
As old age and ill health caught up with him, T.J. was forced to leave Montana and he returned to Oklahoma and lived with his son, Walter, in Walnut township in Noble County. He became very frail and needed two canes to get around during his last year.
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