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MARTIN COULSON was born October 6, 1830, near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and died January 16, 1898, at the age of sixty-eight. He married on March 4, 1857, to VIOLET G. SHEPLER of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
MARTIN COULSON and VIOLET G. SHEPLER were the parents of the following children:
Henry J. Coulson published the following obituary but does not give the name of the newspaper in which it appeared:
Capt. Coulson died at his home Sunday morning at 5:30 o'clock, of pneumonia, aged 68 years.His death is the third in a family of brothers within the past four months, and the fourth and sole surviving brother is lying at the point of death at Braeburn, Pa. Capt. Martin Coulson and his brothers, Sanford B., John and William, were the proprietors of the famous Coulson line of packet and freight steamers that ran from Pittsburg down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Missouri. This line went out of business 15 years ago. Four months ago Commodore S. B. Coulson died at Yankton. One week ago Captain John Coulson followed his brother to the grave, and the death of Martin occurred yesterday, but a few hours after the receipt of the intelligence that William was at the point of death.
Although Capt. Coulson has been identified with the history of Washington County for but a short time, he had taken a place among the most prominent and valuable citizens of the community.
He was born October 6, 1830, on a farm on the National Road, situated about one mile east of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., and there learned the blacksmith's trade of his father. At the age of 18, he left home and took a position on a steamboat, Tom Scriber, which plied between Pittsburg and West Newton; later engaging with his brother in the steamboat trade on the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
On March 4th, 1857, deceased married Violet G., daughter of Capt. Joseph Sheplar, of Westmoreland Co., Pa. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Coulson resided in Allegheny, where the moved in the highest social circles. In 1888 he purchased his present farm, now known as the Keystone Stock Farm, from Robert Van Voorhis, and moved upon it, adding many improvements, erecting all the buildings which are fitted with all modern conveniences, giving ample evidence of the progressive spirit characterizing the owner.
In politics Mr. Coulson voted with the Democratic party, and took an active interest in all public enterprises. The Capt. was a kind husband, a loving and indulgent father, whose absence in the family circle will be deeply felt. He leaves a wife and 3 children, Joseph, Mrs. Margaret Adams and Alfred.
Henry J. Coulson also reprinted the following obituary:
Monongahela, Pa., January 17, 1898. Capt. Martin Coulson, aged 68 years, died yesterday. He was a native of Fayette county, but for 35 years lived in Allegheny, & for 30 years was a steamboatman on the Mississippi, Missiouri & Ohio rivers. Since 1888 he had conducted livestock farm near here. He was a member of the Methodist church. His wife & three children survive.
MARGARET COULSON was born February 19, 1833. She married CAPTAIN WILLIAM S. EVANS who was born May 20, 1826, and died January 29, 1891, at the age of sixty-four. She was living at 192 North Avenue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1898.
MARGARET COULSON and WILLIAM S. EVANS were the parents of the following children:
Henry J. Coulson printed the following obituaries for Margaret Coulson Evans:
Margaret Coulson Evans. Nov. 1, 1899.Mrs. Margaret Coulson Evans, one of the best-known women of the Northside, died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning at her home, 110 North avenue. She was stricken with pneumonia Thursday of last week, and her death came with a suddeness which shocked her host of friends. Mrs. Evans was almost 67 years old and had lived on the Northside since 1854. Her husband, the late Captain William S. Evans, was in his lifetime one of the best-known steamboat men who ever made Pittsburg his home. For years his boats ploughed the Mississippi and its tributaries, and Captain Evans was still prominent in the business when death overtook him eight years ago. Mrs. Evans was born near Brownsville and spent her early days there. During her residence on the Northside whe was prominently identified with the Arch Street Methodist Church and the societies connected with it. She is survived by three sons, two daughters and two sisters. The children are: William S. Evans, Jr., a Pittsburg contractor; George C., a solicitor for a Northside foundry company; Sanford B., a traveling salesman for a Pittsburg millinery firm; Mrs. James Gilmore, of Osborne, Pa., and Miss Margaret, who lives at home. The sisters are Mrs. Mary Price, of Buena Vista street, Northside, and Miss Eliza Coulson, wh lived at the home of Mrs. Evans. All of the children and the sisters were present at her deathbed.
DIED
EVANS. Suddenly on Tuesday morning, October 31, 1899 at 4:35 o'clock, Margaret Coulson, widow of Captain William S. Evans.
Funeral services at the family home, 110 North avenue, West, Allegheny, on Thursday afternoon. November 2 at 3 o'clock Interment private.
JOSHUA MARTIN was born September 26, 1812, and died September 13, 1890, shortly before his seventy-eighth birthday. He married on March 17, 1843, to ELLEN WHITE in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
JOSHUA MARTIN and ELLEN WHITE were the parents of the following children:
THOMAS IAMS was born February 7, 1829, and died August 28, 1859, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, at the age of thirty. He married on September 14, 1854, to MARY JANE BUCKINGHAM.
THOMAS IAMS and MARY JANE BUCKINGHAM were the parents of the following children:
SUSAN COULSON married WILSON CULBERTSON; Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
SUSAN COULSON and WILSON CULBERTSON were the parents of the following children:
WILLIAM COULSON married LUCINDA TODD; living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1901.
WILLIAM COULSON and LUCINDA TODD were teh parents of the following children:
ELLWOOD COULSON married MARGARET DUNCAN.
ELLWOOD COULSON and MARGARET DUNCAN were the parents of the following child:
JEHU COULSON was born in 1823. He married SARAH McCREA. Living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1901.
JEHU COULSON and SARAH McCREA were the parents of the following children:
SEWELL COULSON married MARY ANN LOUTHAN.
SEWELL COULSON and MARY ANN LOUTHAN were the parents of the following children:
BENJAMIN COULSON was born in 1828. He married MARY ST. CLAIR. They were living in Jackson County, Ohio, circa 1901.
BENJAMIN COULSON and MARY ST. CLAIR were the parents of the following children:
ADA JANE COULSON married JESSIE YOUNG. Residing in Sullivan, Indiana, circa 1901.
ADA JANE COULSON and JESSIE YOUNG were the parents of the following children:
CAROLINE COULSON was born in 1833. She married JOHN BURNS. Residing in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, circa 1901.
CAROLINE COULSON and JOHN BURNS were the parents of the following children:
URIAH COULSON was born in 1835. He married first MAGGIE KERR. Residing in Carroll County, Ohio, circa 1901.
URIAH COULSON and MAGGIE KERR were the parents of the following child:
URIAH COULSON married second JENNIE MAXWELL. Believed to be residing in Sullivan, Indiana, circa 1901.
URIAH COULSON and JENNIE MAXWELL were the parents of the following children:
SETH COULSON was born January 2, 1838. He married on January 29, 1863, to MARY JANE FIFE of Columbiana County, Ohio, who was born June 27, 1840.
SETH COULSON and MARY JANE FIFE were the parents of the following children:
WILLIAM COULSON was born November 13, 1815, and died February 21, 1866, at the age of fifty. He married on May 29, 1836, to MARY BURTON who was born March 19, 1816, and died February 22, 1890, at the age of seventy-three.
WILLIAM COULSON and MARY BURTON were the parents of the following children:
Henry J. Coulson gave the following report on this family:
William Coulson with his family moved from Columbiana County, Ohio, starting on the 19th day of January 1854, arrived in Vernon, county seat of Jennings county, Indiana, on the 28th of the same month. In the following October he moved to New Albany, Floyed county, Indiana. In October of 1855, he moved to Wayne county Illinois, where he remained, with the exception of a few years, until he died. He was living in Fairfield, Wayne county at the time of his death, Feb. 21, 1866. He followed the milling nearly all the time while in Illinois.
JANE COULSON was born September 6, 1817. She married WILLIAM B. MERRICK.
JANE COULSON and WILLIAM B. MERRICK were the parents of the following children:
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