Elijah COATE^{[1, 2, 3]}

1812 - 1886  (74 years)

• Name	Elijah COATE
  Born	12 Jul 1812	, Miami, OH, USA   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Nov 1886	, Miami, OH, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I1798	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John COATE,   b. 19 Jul 1785, , Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1837, , Greene, OH, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Esther TEAGUE,   b. 26 Feb 1790, , , SC, USA ,   d. 1 Feb 1826, Union M.M., Miami, OH, USA  (Age 35 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1809	West Branch M.M., Miami, OH, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F6123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca COPPOCK,   b. 17 Aug 1813, , Miami, OH, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	27 Jun 1832	Union M.M., Miami, OH, USA
  Children	1. John Marmaduke COATE,   b. Aft 1832,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F5992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elijah and family moved from Union Monthly Metting in Nov. of 1834 to Center Monthly Meeting in Clinton Co., Ohio. They proceeded to move to Ceasar's Monthly Meeting on 5/18/1838. Elijah and Rebecca were Quakers who converted to Methodism after the Civil War when "swept up in the Evangelical Revival". Elijah help set up many Methodist churches throughout the midwest. Letters to his wife during this time period are still in existence. He is likely the Elijah Coate who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Miami Co., Ohio. (C-2117)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2794] William F. Mendenhall A Genealogy On the Coppock and Coate Families with a mixture of Relative Families named Baldwin, Winslow, Knight, Parker, Terry, Haworth, Miles & Others as transcribed with notes added by Sandy Barber...It has many incongruities in i. [S2884] Eli JAY, Centennial Anniversary of W.Branch MM of Friends as presented in the Miami Valleyrecords, Vol. VI, Quaker Records, by Lindsay M. Brien, 1935 Miami Valley Rec, Quaker Rec, Vol.VI, 1935 (c1907). [S2888] Directory of the Names of Underground Railroad Operators at www.ugrr.org//names/map-oh.htm. [S1052] 1830 US Federal Population Census, Newton Twp., Miami Co., Ohio (www.ancestry.com). [S642] Family Data Collection (www.ancestry.com). [S2343] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.