William F. Coulson Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 24 September 2005

Sources:
The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Deerfield Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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WILLIAM F. COULSON, deceased. William F. Coulson was born July 20, 1782, and on June 3, 1806, married Mary McFarland, who was born Nov. 25, 1787. In 1813, they came from Washington Co., Penn., where they were raised, and settled in Warren County, a mile north of Mason; they were healthy and strong, but poor, and were ready to endure the hardships of a new country, which were before them; they were both saving, hard-working, moral, and happily raised their family of children that lived, to see them rear families with the teachings that were handed down from father to son. To this union were born six children--Milton, Samuel, Abigail, Narcissa, Sarah, John, William F. and Mary; two of these died when quite young—John and Abigail, she having choked to death by a peach-stone getting into her wind-pipe; the remaining lived to be men and women, and all became heads of large families. Our subject was an honest and upright man, and labored hard for the welfare of the community; he won the confidence of the people and served them in various ways; a Justice of the Peace from 1816 till 1828; a Road Viewer and Commissioner of Public Highways in laying them out at that early time; a Tax Gatherer, County Assessor, Infirmary Director, Township Trustee, and administrator of several estates; he dealt with all fairly, rendered justice impartially, gave satisfaction in all his bearings, and gained the highest respect of all that knew him; he died in 1866, 84 years of age; his wife survived him nine years, being 87 at her death. Milton Coulson was the eldest of the children—tall, not strongly built, a man of good judgment, sound sense and possessed of good business traits; at an early age, he began teaching, spending many years at it, and made a complete success at his profession, not only in his discipline, but also in a systematic method of teaching; also he spent much of his time at surveying; eighteen years Clerk of the township, a Justice of the Peace a few years, Assessor of the county, and handled many estates; all this time, he was farming and attending to his home duties. He married, in 1844, Sarah Le Fevre, who is still living, and died in 1860, an esteemed and honored man, leaving a family of six children—Mary, Melissa, Milton, Messina, Frank and Corena, who have all grown to be useful men and women. Samuel Coulson, the second son, was inclined in a different direction. He married Sallie Bercaw in 1834, and then settled on a farm, where he spent his best years industriously and successfully, attending to none other business except farming, at

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which he made a success. He was left a widower at an early date, and had the care of five children—Cornelius, John, Maggie, William and Alpheus; these soon arrived at maturity, but two, Cornelius and William, sacrificed their lives in defending the flag during the civil war. Narcissa Coulson was the third child; she married John Bercaw in 1841; died in 1873. Sarah Coulson was the next; she married Aza Coleman in 1844, and is still living. William F. Coulson was the next; he grew to manhood and possessed many good traits; a man of excellent habits, well read and well fitted for the duties of life. He remained single till his 50th year. when he married Laura Le Fevre, in 1869; he lived with and cared for his aged parents till their death; his life was short after marriage, his wife dying in 1877 and he in 1879, leaving two children, Bennie and Nettie, to wage the battle of life alone. During his early life, farming was his chief pursuit, but later he engaged in banking, being President, then Cashier of the First National Bank at Lima, Ohio; his life was one of success, and at his death left a large estate. Mary Coulson, the youngest child, married David Bunnell in 1845; they left Ohio, being the only ones of the family that left our noble State, and settled in Missouri; she died in 1876. Only two of these six children are living—Samuel and Sarah; but the family is widely represented by a great many descendants, all seemingly to bear the stamp of the pair who first came here, as success and prosperity seem to be with all the family, which so characterized the first couple of the family in their pioneer life.

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