Benton County, Iowa ~ Biography and Family Information
WILLIAM W. COATS
Source:
Early Records of Gilpin County, Colorado, 1859-1861
By Thomas Maitland Marshall. Boulder. 1920. Page 143.
From Nevada District. 1
Nevada City, April 2, 1861.
Editors News:—
Mr. William W. Coats died in Eureka on Saturday, of congestion of the lungs. He was
22 years of age and from Irving, Benton county, Iowa, a young man of fine attainments,
and generally esteemed. His remains were buried here, followed to their last resting
place by a large concourse of Good Templars, of which order he was a consistent member.
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