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Subject: [COULTER] Obit: James John Coulter (1833-1903)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:36:28 -0000

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>From my family genealogy and papers:
Winnebago, Minnesota
(obit) DIED, on Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock, Feb, 11, 1903, at the home of his daughter in Spring Valley, Minn., Mrs. Oren Hazelton, James J. Coulter of Prescott township, aged 72 years. Deceased was born in the State of New York. He settled in Faribault county 25 years ago. He was an upright, honorable man. As a neighbor he was held in the highest esteem in the community in which he was so well and so favorably known. Last fall he went to his old home in New York for a visit, and while on his way back was stricken with the disease that caused his death, tumor of the stomach. everything possible was done, but all was of no avail. He passed quietly away, his bedside surrounded by all his children. (from Jorgensen papers) James J. Coulter, a successful farmer of Prescott Township, Faribault County, was born in Chemung county, New York une 24, 1833, a son of John and Miranda (Rawson) Coulter, natives respectively of Palmyra and Rochester, New York, and of Irish and Engl!
ish descent. The father died in 1838, leaving a widow and eight children, two sons and six daughters. One son, William, was a soldier in the civil war, a member of the One-Hundred and Seventh New York
Infantry, and he died in Chemung county, after the close of the struggle, leaving a family. Mrs. Coulter married Ed McAdams, and they had one daughter. Only two of the family now survive, - our subject and Mary Bently, of Horseheads, New York. J. J. Coulter was early inured to farm labor, and at the age of fourteen years he was employed to cook for twenty-five men in a lumber camp. At the age of twenty-one years he located in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin where he followed agricultural until 1875, and since that time has resided in Prescott township, Faribault County, Minnesota. Mr. Coulter purchased 154 acres of land three miles from Winnebago City, only sixty acres of which was broken, but the farm is now under a fine state of cultivation, and is one of the best in the township. In political matters, he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as a member of the School board. In Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, at the age of twenty-five years, Mr. Coulter was uni!
ted in marriage with Emma C. Allen, a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of John A. and Cordellia (Fenn)
Allen, who were also natives of that state, and both of whom are now deceased. Our subject and wife had six children, viz: Maranda, wife of Orren Hazelton, of Racine, Minnesota; Eugene, deceased at the age of four years; Mary, wife of Elbert Miller, of this township; Laura, wife of F. Hynes, of Delavan, Minnesota; and Willie R. and Releaf L., at home. December 9, 1892, Mr. Coulter suffered the loss of his beloved wife. She was blessed with a sunny disposition, having always looked on the bright side of life, and saw the silver linings of the dark clouds as they rolled by in times of trouble. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Wisconsin.

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