JOSEPH COATSWORTH. This enterprising gentleman is a native of the County of Durham, England, where he was born July 12, 1842. His father, Joseph Coatsworth, was also born and reared in that English county, and was there married to Sarah Allison, who bore him seven children, Ann, Thomas, Margaret, Joseph, William, Sarah and John. Mr. Coatsworth was an expert lead-ore miner, and investigated its different branches in his native country. He concluded that America offered opportunities for his family, and emigrated in 1853, and followed coal-mining at Pittsburgh, Penn. A few years later he purchased a farm in Carron township, but finally removed to Monongahela City, where he died in 1861. He was a strong supporter of Whig and Abolition principles, and upheld his views with tenacity. He was connected with the primitive Methodist Episcopal Church, but on coming to America united with the Methodist Episcopal Society of Monongahela City, of which he was a most conscientious member. Joseph Coatsworth came with his parents to America when but a lad, and passed his minority in Washington county, Penn. In 1872 he opened a grocery store, and engaged in the coal business at California, afterward conducting a grocery at Monongahela City. He finally abandoned the grocery and opened a butcher shop, where he is now doing a very good business. On May 4, 1864, he married Trovillo, daughter of Washington Eckles, formerly of Westmoreland county, Penn. Mr. Eckles was born in that county, where he learned the carpenter trade, and coming to Washington county, finally settled at Monongahela City many years ago. He was married to Eleanor Mumbower, a native of this county, who bore him the following children: Alfred, Jefferson, Artilissia, Amanda, Amzi, Trovillo, Floral, Ida and Ira. Mr. Eckles was a Democrat, and in religion a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Coatsworth are the parents of seven children, namely: Anna V. (wife of L. T. Claybaugh), Charles W., J. W., May, Kate G., Bessie and Eva. Mr. Coatsworth is an active member of the Democratic party, and has served the borough as councilman. Jonas Crowthers, who came to this country from Yorkshire, England, in 1850, married a daughter of the late Joseph and Sarah Coatsworth, Sr., in 1854. To them were born: Joseph B., W. H., J. J., Sarah, Thomas A. and R. C., Jonas and Lee, all nearly grown to manhood and womanhood in this county. On coming to the United States, Mr. Crowthers engaged in coal-mining, and being an expert miner, soon became an operator in and shipper of coal, in which business he has been very successful.

Text taken from page 974 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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