"Ancestrees"

Oliver Ridgeway COATES ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Oliver enlisted with his brother Jesse Kersey Coates in the Union Army on July 14, 1862. They joined B Company of the Ohio 104th infantry on August 30, 1862. Oliver died in the civil war at a hospital in Lexington, KY. His brother, Jesse, brought his body home from the war. The article that follows was in their father's wallet when it was passed down in the family. "Death of Serg't Oliver R. Coates. On Board of Train, April 8, 1863. Friend Hartzell: I am on the road to Lexington, KY to bring home the body of my brotehr, Serg't. Oliver R. Coates, another victim to this damnable Rebellion. I am consoled by knowing that he died in a good cause, being a soldier of the cross as well as of the Union. His funeral will take place in Marlboro, Thursday, April 16th, 1863 at 10 1/2 AM. Yours truly, Jesse K. Coates. (C-2109E)

Oliver married Catherine LANE.