For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 686
CHESTER N. CODER....The owner of a well improved farm in Cedar township, Chester N. Coder has in comparatively a few years attained deserved success. He is a native of this county, born September 15, 1871, and is a son of John H. and Eliza ( Fry ) Coder. The father was born in Ohio and the mother in Pennsylvania, the latter coming to Iowa with her parents when eleven years of age. John H. Coder was reared in the Buckeye state and educated in the common schools, enlisting after the outbreak of the Civil war in the Ninety-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. He served for three years, participating in many important battles and numberless skirmishes. After laying aside the accoutrements of war he took up his residence in Muscatine county, Iowa, where he was married and became the owner of a farm in Cedar township, upon which he and his wife are now living. There were six children in their family, namely : Nettie, now Mrs. Nelson Meeker, of this county ; Roa, the wife of John Welsch, of Columbus Junction, Iowa ; Chester N., our subject ; William H. of Ottumwa, Iowa ; Lillie, the wife of William Hackett, of this county ; and Sarah Ella, who married Leo Snyder, of Cedar township, and died April 11, 1911.Chester N. Coder was reared amid the advantages of a good home and pursued his studies in the district school. He assisted his father on the farm until thirty-one years of age and then engaged in farming on rented land for eight years. Having acquired sufficient capital, he purchased one hundred and thirty acres in Cedar township, where he established his home. His farm is under excellent cultivation and the abundant harvests are proof of good judgment displayed in its management. Everything about the place wears an air of thrift and orderliness.
On the 27th of February, 1902, Mr. Coder was united in marriage to Miss Anna E. Hackett, who was born in Muscatine county, January 5, 1877, and is a daughter of James and Jane ( Watson ) Hackett, both natives of Ireland. Her parents were married in the old country and shortly afterward came to America. Mr. Hackett worked for some years on a farm in Muscatine county and then purchased land, which became the family homestead. He was called away in 1888, but Mrs. Hackett is still living on the farm. There were five children in their family : William and Thomas, of Muscatine county ; James, at home with his mother ; Isabelle Jane, the wife of Orville C. Rittenhouse, of Muscatine ; And Anna E., now Mrs. Coder, who is a graduate of the high school of Letts, Iowa. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coder : One who died in infancy ; Opal Lucille, born December 4, 1904 ; and Marvin H., July 10, 1906.
Politically Mr. Coder gives his support to the democratic party and fraternally he is actively identified with the Modern brotherhood of America at Letts. He has applied himself diligently to his chosen calling and is now in the enjoyment of the prosperity which rewards well considered effort. He is a man of social character and is never happier than when in his family circle or when dispensing hospitality to friends and acquiantances. He and his family are sincere members of the Christian church and aim to be controlled by the principles of juctice and brotherhood so clearly taught by the great Master.
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