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George COATS
(1743-)
Catherine HAYWOOD
(-)
James COATS
(1774-1857)
Katherine MITCHELL
(-)
Thomas COATS
(Abt 1809-1883)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Margaret GLENN

Thomas COATS 1 2

  • Born: Abt 1809
  • Died: 1883 about age 74
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bullet  General Notes:

Thomas who was the fourth son of James Coats, was an engineer for the world famous thread company. Thomas had a wonderful church erected in his memory at the Townhead of Paisley, Scotland. It was built by his widow and family in 1894 in his honor and was stated to be the grandest nonconformist church in Europe in a periodical article dated 1902. (C-1792, 1793)


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Thomas married Margaret GLENN.

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Sources


1 Reverend J.R. Sturrock, The Grandest NonConformist Church in Europe, The Thomas Coats Memorial Church, Paisley (Sct.) The People's Friend Feb 10, 1902 p. 98.

2 Bob Barrett to Coates-L@rootsweb.com Email letters dated Nov. 1998 at refurb1@netcom.ca.

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