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John H. Coates, a
descendant of one of the pioneer families of
Randolph County, that
played an important part in the development and
settlement of this county
anti central Missouri, is a native son of Moberly.
He was born Sept. 30,
1899 and is the son of T. D. and Eleanor (Yeager)
Coates, both of whom
now live in Prairie township, Randolph County.
The father was born in
Moberly in 1855 and is the son of Tunsel Coates,
a native of Kentucky and
early settler of Sugar Creek township, this
county, where he died in
1919. Eleanor Yeager Coates was born near
Higbee, in 1864, was
reared and educated in Randolph County and later
met her husband here,
being married in the same locality.
John H. Coates was the
only child of his parents. He attended the
public schools and after
graduating from the high school in 1918, entered
the Student Army Training
Corps of Central College, Fayette, Mo., Oct.
2, 1918 and remained there
until Dec. 11, 1918, when the corps was dis-
banded, On his return to
Moberly Mr. Coates resumed his position with
the Cross Lumber
Company, as bookkeeper, an association which has
continued.
He is a member of the
American Legion Theodore Bazan Post, of
Moberly.
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