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LEROY P. COATES is a son of Anson J. and Anna B. (Dow) Coates, and was born August 6, 1822, in the town of Pomfret, Chautauqua county, New York. His paternal grandfather was a native of New England, but emigrated to Pittston, N. Y., where he died. His paternal grandfather was a native of New Hampshire. Father of subject, Anson J. Coates, was born in Pittston, N. Y., and removed to the town of Pomfret, Chautauqua county, in 1816. He spent his youth as a farmer boy, and adopted farming as an occupation. He married Anna B. Dow, resulting in a family of four boys and one girl, only one of whom still survives.

Leroy P. Coates was educated in the common schools of his native county, learned the business of and is at present an architect. In conjunction with his business, he formerly carried on that of contracting and building. He has been in business as an architect about forty years, and his wide range of experience, as well as his professional proficiency, has given him a high standing among leading architects. Mr. Coates is a democrat in politics, public-spirited and interested in progressive education.

He married Matilda Knapp, of Jamestown, by whom he had six children, three of whom are now deceased: Helen M. died at the age of twenty-four years, Charlotte M. at the age of twenty nine years, and Anna B. at the age of twenty-one years. Of those still living, Edgar L. is married to Ellen Abram, and now resides at Warren, Pennsylvania, where he is engaged in the business of grocer and baker. Llewellyn A. and Jennie B. still reside at home, the former as an assistant to his father in the line of architecture.

Mr. Coates has always been most liberal to his children in matters of education, aiding and guiding their intellectual powers to a full and free development, realizing that the best basis for a successful career in life is not a pecuniary basis, but one of self-help, self-confidence and inherent self-power. Recognizing the ideal in the family, he has likewise transferred it to the community, and is thus recognized as an upright, exemplary citizen, who always has the best interests of his neighbors, his city, his county, and his State at heart.