Custer Ancestors and Descendants of Alexander S. Custer of Harrison Co, WV - pafg19.htm

Ancestors & Descendants of Alexander S. Custer of Harrison County, West Virginia

Twelfth Generation

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528. Lena CUSTER [image]^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} (Lewis Maxwell CUSTER , Alexander S CUSTER , John CUSTER , Emanuel CUSTER , Nicholas CUSTER , Arnold CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus ) was born on 24 Apr 1889 in Vadis, Lewis, WV. She died on 9 Oct 1975 in Monmouth, Warren, IL. The cause of death was heart attack. She was buried in Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, Monmouth, Warren, IL.

OBITUARY:
Mrs. Marion Coats, age 86, of 803 South B Street, was dead on arrival at 5:40 o'clock this morning at Community Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Coats, the former Lena Custer, was born April 24, 1889, in Vadis, West Va., the daughter of Lewis M and Rachel J (Paugh) Custer. She was reared and educated in West Virginia, and moved to Monmouth as a young girl.
She married Marion Love Coats Oct. 16, 1907 in Galesburg and he preceded her in death July 24, 1965.
She resided in Monmouth most of her life except for a few years in Rock Island, Ill, and was a member of the First Christian Church of Monmouth.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Wallace (Mina) Hobbs of Chester, Ill; two sons, Ray of Monmouth and Harry G. of Azle, Texas; four grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one grreat-great granddaughter; as well as several nieces and nephews and other relatives. Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one sister and six brothers.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct 11, at 2 pm at the Hoover Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ellis Beeman, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating.
Burial will be in the Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home anytime Friday and until the time of the service.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
She moved to Cameron, Illinois and lived with her brother Charlie when she was about 17 years old. She got a job as a housekeeper for "Grandma Shawler" where Love Coats was working as the handy man. God, hard work and family were the cornerstones of her life. She was fiercely protective of her son, Ray, who had suffered a very high fever as a baby which rendered him mentally disabled. She even got the family to move to Jackson County, Illinois when she thought that the government would try to take Ray and put him in a home.
She and Love also moved to Rockwood, IL about 1921 where they farmed and Love traded horses and such. They like to give dances.
As far as is known she only went back to West Virginia two times after she left. Once when her father was dying and then later she and her brother Charlie went to her mother's funeral. From the few reminsces she related to her daughter, Mina Mae Coats Hobbs, life was very difficult in the hills of West Virginia and she just didn't like to think about them.
Her grandson, Gary's favorite memories of visiting her was her sugar cookies and puffed wheat and pineapple juice for breakfast.

Lena married Marion Lovel COATS [image] "Love"^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} son of Samuel Barry COATS and Sarah Emily KELLY on 16 Oct 1907 in Abington, Knox, IL. Marion was born on 16 Feb 1880 in Smith's Grove, Warren, KY. He died⁶ on 24 Jul 1965 in Galesburg, Knox, IL. He was buried in Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, Monmouth, Warren, IL. Marion was employed as Jack-Of-All-Trades.

Love was known throughout Warren County, Illinois as the best corn picker in the county. He could pick up to 100 bushels of corn in a day. Even after he left Warren County for Rock Island, he would come back at harvest time and pick corn as he could make better money than at the factory where he was working.
He and Lena built a home in Rockwook, IL from logs that they had milled themselves. In their later years, they returned to Monmouth.

DEATH: His funeral card reads
In Loving Memory
February 16, 1880 - July 24, 1965
services from Holliday & Hoover Memorial Chapel Monmouth, Illinois
Tuesday, July 27, 1965
Clergyman........................Rev Gary Reif - 1st Baptist Church
Organist............................Mrs. John Geisz
Soloist...............................Donald Kettering
Selections
"O That Will Be Glory For Me"
"Sometime We'll Understand"
Pallbearers
Walter Allen Wash McCoy
Lionel Cooper Ralph Ray
Ralph Farrington Fred Stivers
Interment
Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery

Card of Thanks that appeared in the Monmouth, IL newspaper
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the staff of the hospital in Galesburg for their wonderful care of Marion Lovel Coats while a patient there. Also everyone for the flowers, cards and many acts of kindness shown us at the loss of husband and father. A special thanks to the Rev. Gary Reif and to Mrs. John Geisz and Donald Kettering.
Mrs. Marion Lovel Coats
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hobbs and Family
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Coats and Family
Ray Coats

OBITUARY: The Daily Review Atlas, Monday, 26 Jul 1965
Coats Funeral Set Tomorrow in Monmouth
MONMOUTH - Funeral services for Marion Lovel coats, 85, of 803 S. B St. Monmouth, who died Saturday in a Galesburg hosptial, will be held at 2 tomorrow afternoon at the Holiday and Hoover Chapel iin Monmouth.
The Rev. Gary Rief, pastor of the First Baptist Church i n Monmouth, will officiate and burial will be in Warren county Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call any time after noon today.
Mr. Coats was born Feb 16, 1880, in Warren County, Ky., the son of Samuel and Sarah Coats. He spent his early life and was educated in Kentucky and came to Illinois as a young man.
He married Lena Custer, Oct. 16, 1907, in Galesburg. He had been a farmer and then was employed by the Butler Manufacturing Co. in Galesburg as a carpenter for several years. He retired 20 years ago and had lived in Monmouth for the past 16 years.
Surviving with the widow are a daughter, Mrs. Wallace Hobbs of Chester, ill.; two sons, Harry G. Coats of Ft Worth, Tex., and Ray Coats at home; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren,and two brothers, Sidney Coats of Kirkwood and Henry Coats of Davenport.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a grandchild.

Marion Lovel Coats
Funeral services for Marion Lovel Coats were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Holliday and Hoover Memorial Chapel, in charge of Rev. Gary L. Reif, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. John Geisz presided at the organ and accompanied Don Kettering when he sang, "Oh, The Will be Glory for Me: and Sometime We'll Understand". Burial was made int he Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery and those serving as pallbearer were Walter Allen, Lionel Cooper, Ralph Farrington, Wash McCoy, Ralph Ray and Fred Stivers.

CENSUS: 1900 Warren Co IL Roseville Twp pg 3b
living with the John Ewing family as a servant or farm worker.
Lovell Coates Servant W M Feb 1880 20 S KY KY KY Farm Laborer

CENSUS: 1910 Warren Co IL ED 136 Floyd Twp pg 5b
94/94
Love M Coats Head M W 28 M1 2yrs KY KY KY Farm Laborer Working Out Rents Home
Lena Wife F W 21 M1 2yrs WV WV WV 1ch 1lv
Mina M Dau F W 1 5/12 S IL KY WV
Walter Shutts Board M W 26 Wd IL IL IL Labor Section

1920 Rock Island Co, IL Rock Island Pct 2 pg 2a 1606 9th St (His surname is mistakenly listed as Lovell)
37/38
Marion Lovel Head Owns M W 39 Mrd KY KY KY Water Co Laborer
Lena Wife F W 30 Mrd WV WV WV
Mina Dau F W 11 S IL KY WV
Ray Son M W 8 S IL KY WV
Harry Son M W 6 S IL KY WV

CENSUS: 1930 Randolph Co, IL, ED 26, Rockwood, Mt. Summit, pg 4b
85/86
Marion L Coats Head R M W 50 Md (27) KY KY KY General Farmer
Lina C Wife F W 40 Md (18) WV WV WV
Ray A Son M W 19 S IL KY WV Farm Laborer
Harry G Son M W 16 S IL KY WV Farm Laborer
(They owned a radio and were living next door to the Jess Atchison family.)

They had the following children:

+ 635 F i Living

636 M ii Ray Allen COATS [image]^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} was born on 8 Jan 1911 in Cameron, Warren, IL. He died on 16 Feb 1990 in Palestine, Anderson, TX. He was buried in Feb 1990 in Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, Monmouth, Warren, IL.

MEDICAL: A high fever as a baby rendered him mentally handicapped. He was able to function in a normal way but did not have many reasoning skills.

BIOGRAPHY: Ray Allen Coats was cared for by his mother, Lena Custer Coats, until her death in 1975 and then his sister, Mina Hobbs, took care of him until his balance became unstable. He was then moved into the Palestine Nursing Center where he thrived until succumbing to a viral infection. He had about a third grade education and loved anything to do with trains and cars. Fear that the authorities would make her institutionalize him lead his parents to keep him at home. As a consequence, he never learned anything beyond basic living skills. When Ray was born, he wasn't given a middle name. His sister, Mina, decided that he needed a middle name since she and Harry had one. She chose Allen in honor of her mother's brother, Allen Custer, who died at an early age.
+ 637 M iii Harry Glen COATS

529. Harvey E CUSTER^{1, 2} (Lewis Maxwell CUSTER , Alexander S CUSTER , John CUSTER , Emanuel CUSTER , Nicholas CUSTER , Arnold CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus ) was born^{3, 4, 5} on 26 Feb 1892 in Vadis, Lewis, WV. He died on 29 Nov 1951 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. He was buried⁶ in Columbiana County Memorial Park, Columbiana Co, OH.

CENSUS: 1930 Columbiana Co, OH, ED 25, East Liverpool, pg 18b
Harvey E Custer Head O 1340 W M 38 Md 29 WV WV WV Pottery Kiln Drawer
Iva M Wife W F 36 Md 27 WV WV WV
Harvey E Jr Son W M 7 S OH WV WV
Samuel L Son W M 2 S OH WV WV

OBITUARY: East Liverpool Review, 30 Nov 1951, pg 22
Harvey Custer
Harvey E. Custer, former East Liverpool potter, died suddenly Wednesday night at his home at Columbus. He was 59.
A World War I veteran, he was born in Lewis County, W. Va., and lived in LaCroft for many years before going to Columbus six years ago, where he was employed in the Curtiss-Wright plane plant.
He was a member of American Legion Post 4 and was affiliated with the Columbia County Highway Patrol Auxiliary during World War II. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias Lodges and the Pleasant Heights United Brethren Church.
Custer leaves his widow, Mrs. Iva Fleming Custer; a son, Samuel L. Custer of Columbus; two brothers, Emory Custer of Chester and Urban Custer of Crooksville; two sisters, Mrs. Alice M. Sutton of St. Peterburg, Fla., and Mrs. Lena M. Coats of Monmouth, Ill., and a grandchild. Another son was killed in the Army plane accident about three years ago.
Rites will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Martin Funeral Home by the Rev. Orlo Gee. A military burial will be conducted by the joint burial group of local veterans' organizations at the Columbiana County Memorial Park. Friends may call Saturday and Sunday afternoon and night at the funeral home.

MILITARY: He enlisted in Nicholas Co, WV on 23 Jul 1918 into the Army. He listed his residence at the time as Crooksville, OH. 11th Field Artillery to 22 Aug 1918; Battery B 32 Field Artillery to Discharge Private Honorable discharge 16 Dec 1918.He's also listed in the Official Roster of World War, 1917-1918, Vol. 4, Surnames C-D, pg 3699
Harvey E. Custer
4020993, White
Crooksville, O.
NA Nicholas Co, W. Va., Jul 23/18. Br Vadis, W. Va. Feb. 26/96 11 FA to Aug 22/18 Btry B 32 FA to disch Pvt. Hon. disch Dec 16/18

Harvey married Ruth Iva FLEMING^{1, 2}. Ruth was born³ in 1881 in Braxton Co, WV. She died in 1961 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. She was buried in Columbiana County Memorial Park, Columbiana Co, OH.

Mina Coats Hobbs remembers that Iva's family lived near Lewis and Rachel Custer as they were there when Lewis died. Iva had a brother named Arlo.

They had the following children:

638 M i Harvey E CUSTER Jr^{1, 2} was born³ about 1923 in OH. He died about 1948.

DEATH: He was killed when his military plane went down in the Bermuda Triangle.

MISCELLANEOUS: East Liverpool Review, 29 Jun 1951, pg 17
Ten Years Ago - Harvey Custer of Pleasant Heights and Donald Worman of Chester were made Eagle Scouts at the annual camporee at the McKinley Boy Scout reservation near Lisbon.
639 M ii Samuel L CUSTER^{1, 2} was born³ on 3 Mar 1928 in E Liverpool, Columbiana, OH. He died^{4, 5} on 2 May 1973 in Newark, Licking, OH.

536. Ada ZIMMERMAN (Albert ZIMMERMAN , Elizabeth CUSTER , Henry CUSTER , Herman Godschalk CUSTER , Peter Conrad CUSTER , Hermanus Streypers CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus ) was born on 27 May 1854 in Norristown, Montgomery, PA. She died on 22 Sep 1944 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS.

Ada married George Waterman CADY on 14 Mar 1881 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS. George was born on 16 Sep 1837 in Port Gibson, Wayne, NY. He died on 9 Sep 1913 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS.

They had the following children:

640 F i Lenna May CADY was born on 22 Feb 1883 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS. She died on 30 Aug 1939 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS.

Lenna married Glen S SEAMANS in Lawrence, Douglas, KS. Glen was born on 12 Feb 1882 in Sigourney, Keokuk, IA. He died on 26 Nov 1969 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS.
641 M ii George Waterman CADY was born on 3 Sep 1885 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS. He died on 12 Nov 1912 in Lawrence, Douglas, KS.
642 F iii F A CADY was born on 30 Dec 1892 in KS. She died on 28 Nov 1987 in Modesto, Stanislaus, CA.

F A CADY married E A WILKEN on 22 Aug 1922 in Southern CA. E A WILKEN was born on 7 Dec 1898 in Middle Creek, Seward, NE. He died on 31 Oct 1987 in Modesto, Stanislaus, CA.

543. Peter Albright CUSTER (Peter Yorger CUSTER , Jacob Vanderslice CUSTER , Peter CUSTER , Jacob Godschalk CUSTER , Peter Conrad CUSTER , Hermanus Streypers CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus ) was born on 10 Sep 1852. He died on 4 Jan 1922.

Peter married Virginia M. CHAPMAN on 14 Oct 1871 in Fulton Co, IL. Virginia was born on 27 Aug 1852. She died on 9 Jun 1915.

They had the following children:

+ 643 M i Franklin Wyatt CUSTER

644 M ii Eugene Irving CUSTER was born on 29 Apr 1874 in Bryant, Fulton, IL. He died on 11 Nov 1943.
645 M iii James Lee Roy CUSTER was born on 4 Jan 1878 in Fairview, Fulton, IL. He died on 26 May 1941 in Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Kane, IL.
646 F iv Una Leata CUSTER was born on 9 Nov 1881 in Banner Township, Fulton, IL.
647 F v Bulah CUSTER was born on 30 Aug 1887 in Toulon, Stark, IL. She died on 30 May 1889.
648 M vi Charles Levi CUSTER was born on 11 Nov 1885 in Toulon, Stark, IL. He died in 1961.
649 M vii Chester Curtis CUSTER was born on 4 Jun 1891 in Toulon, Stark, IL. He died on 2 Mar 1976 in Northome, Koochiching, MN.

His wife was probably named Maude (8 Oct 1889 - May 1975 Northome, Koochiching, MN)

583. Clinton CUSTER (Henry Z(immerman?) CUSTER , Jonas D CUSTER , John CUSTER , Paul Godschalk CUSTER , Peter Conrad CUSTER , Hermanus Streypers CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus ) was born in 1857. He died in 1944.

He had the following children:

650 M i J Howard CUSTER was born in 1882. He died in 1966.

585. Jonas CUSTER (Henry Z(immerman?) CUSTER , Jonas D CUSTER , John CUSTER , Paul Godschalk CUSTER , Peter Conrad CUSTER , Hermanus Streypers CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus ) was born on 9 Dec 1858. He died on 15 Mar 1944.

Jonas married Kate FISHER about 1875.

They had the following children:

651 F i Hester P CUSTER.

Hester married Living.
652 F ii Living

Living married Living.
653 F iii Living

Living married Living.
654 F iv Mary Irene CUSTER.

Mary married Living.
655 F v Cora CUSTER.

Cora married Living.
656 M vi James CUSTER was born on 2 May 1882. He died on 4 Nov 1968.
657 F vii Sarah CUSTER was born in 1889.

Sarah married Living.
658 M viii William Henry CUSTER was born on 25 Nov 1892. He died on 12 Oct 1929.

William married Living.
659 M ix George Clinton CUSTER was born in 1895. He died in 1954.

George married Living.
660 F x Living

593. Living (William LEFLER , Mary Ann CUSTER , Jonas CUSTER , Paul Godschalk CUSTER , Peter Conrad CUSTER , Hermanus Streypers CUSTER , Paulus CUSTER , Arnold Arets , Johannes , Reinhart \ Reiner , Ololus )

Living married Living.

They had the following children:

+ 661 M i Living

+ 662 F ii Living

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