Coulter, Hugh

COULTER, ROSS

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Date: 9/9/2020 at 14:53:44

Hugh Coulter was born in Lancaster County, Pa., July 24, 1791. There he grew to manhood, was educated in the common schools, and in early life learned the trade of a blacksmith, which occupation he followed in connection with farming. He was married, March 20, 1817, to Ann Ross, who was born in Chester County, Pa, Feb. 5, 1792. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are yet living: Elizabeth J., the widow of Samuel McCluskey, now of Sherman County, Kan.; James H., of Carroll County, Ill.; Samuel B. and Abraham W., of this county; Hannah M., the wife of Hugh Wilson, of Van Buren County, Iowa; Margaret B., the wife of William W. Twinam, of Pawnee County, Neb.; H. Jackson, who enlisted in the 11th Iowa Infantry, in Company F, serving four years, and participating in the various engagements of the regiment, now resides in Adams County, Iowa.

In 1835 the family emigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, where they remained until 1844, and then came to Washington County, Iowa, where John R. Coulter died in 1850. The place upon which he located was wild prairie, and Mr. Coulter was the first to settle so far from the timber. The farm is now owned by Samuel R. Coulter. Mr. Hugh Coulter died Feb. 7, 1869, and Mrs. Coulter died April 4, 1867. They were members of the Associate Presbyterian Church. Politically, Mr. Coulter was in early life a Democrat, but differing with his party on the slavery question, he became a Free-soiler and afterward a Republican.

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa (1887). Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Hugh Coulter, page 282.