Henry Nashville Coatney

1867 - 1950  (83 years)

• Name	Henry Nashville Coatney
  Birth	27 Feb 1867	Deputy, Jennings Co., IN
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Dec 1950	Ada, Ottawa, KS; burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS
  Person ID	I5182	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Harrison Coatney,   b. ABT. 1846, Jeffersonville, IN d. 9 Nov 1867, Near Paris, IN; burial: Pisgah Methodist Cem., Jefferson Co., IN (Age 21 years)
  Mother	Henriette E. Hamill   d. Burial: Pisgah Methodist Cem., Jefferson Co., IN
  Marriage	12 Dec 1865	Clay Co., GA
  Family ID	F1881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Jane "Maggie" Kirkland,   b. 1869   d. 21 May 1911, Burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1888
  Children	1. Lola Vida Coatney,   b. 6 Nov 1889, Summerville, Ottawa Co., KS d. 8 Jun 1974, Salina, Salina Co., KS; burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 84 years)   2. Ray Harrison Coatney,   b. 22 Dec 1891, near Minneapolis, MN; lived in Ottawa Co., KS d. 21 Apr 1960, Burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Lena Julia Grace   d. 21 Feb 1928
  Marriage	AFT. 1911
  Children	1. Kale Coatney,   b. 3 Mar 1915, probably Ada, Ottawa Co., KS d. 26 Apr 1945, Germany; burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F3085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  ******** Source: John Phillips: Some information was taken from A Courtney/ Coatney Family Workbook by John Phillips, Capital Publishing Company, Kathleen, GA, copyright by John Phillips 1990, Cabin John, MD: Name, date, & birth place of Jeffersonville, IN. ******** Source: Sara Thompson via Don Coatney: Harrison Coatney & Henrietta Hamill were the parents of Henry Nashville Coatney, b. February 27, 1867, Deputy, Jennings Co., IN; d. December 27, 1950, Ada, Ottawa, KS. ******** Source: http://www.skyways.org/towns/Bennington/otcocems.html Cemeteries of Ottawa Co., KS: http://www.skyways.org/towns/Bennington/adasara01.html Administrator: Ray Boster: Fairview Cemetery at Ada, Ottawa Co., KS: Coatney , Carol V. *** 01/29/25 to 07/02/94 Coatney , Della *** 1912 to 1982 Coatney , Harlan H. *** 05/10/17 to 08/14/96 Coatney , Henry *** 1867 to 1950 Coatney , Kale *** 03/03/15 to 04/26/45 Coatney , Maggie *** 1869 to 1911 Coatney , Mona L. *** 1895 to 1993 Coatney , Ray H. *** 1891 to 1960 Coatney , Ray I. *** 1915 to 1971 ******** See also: 2-Sources concerning Scott Co., Indiana families: John Phillips: Family Records, Etc. http://jphil36.blogspot.com Site is administered by John Phillips and includes the Diary of Sarah Bovard. The Bovard Diary entries concern family life on the frontier, Scott County, Indiana, 1859-1871. John Phillips welcomes any comments about Sarah Bovard's Diary that would further the understanding of who's who, et cetera. He is also especially interested in seeing additional pages of the diary that others might have. Bob Haefner: Sarah Waldsmith Bovard: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haefner/Bovard/ Bob Haefner's mirror site Sarah Waldsmith Bovard also includes the Bovard Diary as well as sample scans of the original text. Bob Haefner describes the Sarah Bovard Diary as "a daily record of her personal activities, reflections, and feelings [during] the Civil War [and during the] bearing of 12 children in 20 years." ******** Source: Diana Douglas: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54750881/henry-nashville-coatney Created by: Diana Douglas Added: 10 Jul 2010 Find A Grave Memorial 54750881 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 November 2018), memorial page for Henry Nashville Coatney (27 Feb 1867–27 Dec 1950), Find A Grave Memorial no. 54750881, citing Fairview Cemetery, Ada, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Diana Douglas (contributor 47133643) . Henry Nashville Coatney BIRTH 27 Feb 1867 Jennings County, Indiana, USA DEATH 27 Dec 1950 (aged 83) Ada, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Ada, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 54750881 Minneapolis Messenger, Jan. 4, 1951, page 8: Henry Nashville Coatney, only child of Harrison and Henrietta Coatney, was born in Deputy, Jennings County, Indiana, Feb. 27, 1867. He departed this life at the home in Ada, December 27, 1950 at the age of 83 years and 10 months. His father, a soldier of the Civil War, died when Henry was 9 months old, and his mother when he was 9 years old. After the death of his mother, he came to Minneapolis to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. James Hanners. Mrs. Hanners was his mother's sister. In this home, with the thirteen Hanners children, he grew to manhood. On New Year's day, 1888, he was married to Margaret Jane Kirkland. They established a hom on a farm in the Sumnerville community, where two children, Lola and Ray, were born. This also became the home of Anna Kirkland, sister to Mrs. Coatney, following the death of their mother. In 1895 the family moved from the Sumnerville community to the Ada community, where they lived on the farm now occupied by the Ray Coatney family. Mrs. Coatney passed away May 21, 1911. In March of the following year Mr. Coatney moved to Ada, to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. P.C. Van Meter, until the spring of 1913. On April 30, 1913, Mr. Coatney was married to Lena J. Brion, widowed mother of three children, Clay, Ray, and Ruth. To this union one son, Kale, was born. Ruth preceded him in death in November, 1927, Mrs. Coatney on February 21, 1928, and the son, Kale, in Germany on April 26, 1945. Mr. Coatney was converted and became a member of the Antioch Baptist Church of Ada, October 27, 1895, of which he continued a loyal member. He was a quiet, unassuming friend to all who knew him. Those left to mourn his passing are: two children Mrs. Lola Van Meter of Salina, and Ray, of rural Ada; two stepsons, Lt. Col. Clay W. Brion of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Ray Brion of Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren, Ray Irvin Coatney of Kansas City, Kansas; Harlan Coatney of Ada; and Mrs. Larry Farmer, of Pratt, Kans.; two step-grandchildren, several great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Ada Baptist church, with Rev. Ernest Smart in charge. Interment was made in Fairview Cemetery ********