Oliver Ridgeway COATES

1831 - 1863  (31 years)

• Name	Oliver Ridgeway COATES  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Dec 1831
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1863	Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
  Burial	16 Apr 1863	Marlboro, Stark, OH
  Person ID	I5126	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Marriage	8 Sep 1818	Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F4935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine LANE
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

• 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,, 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)

  
  

• Sources

  [S444] Richard Hallick to Linda Coate Email letters dated 1999 at mwest@theriver.com C-2109E. [S445] M. West to Coates-L Discussion Group E-mail letter dated Oct 10, 1998 that includes transcriptions of George Coates Obituary at mwest@theriver.com (C-1710).