Coder, John (Biographical Sketch)
A short biographical sketch of John Coder, his parents and family. From Paris Twp. Biographies in Union County History by W.H. Beers, printed in 1883.
Copy of sketch in Phil Grimes files
JOHN CODER, grocer, Marysville. The parents of John Coder were among the earliest pilgrims of Ross County, Ohio, and all classified with the pioneers of York Township, Union County, where they settled in 1835. Simon, his father, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, whose name was Jane Gault, was a Virginian. He was a blacksmith by trade, but cleared a farm in York and Taylor Townships. He is a resident of York Township at this time, and is in the ninety-second year of his age. His estimable wife died in May, 1848. They were parents of eight children, five of whom are living. The subject of this sketch was born in Ross County October 31, 1827. He was raised on a farm, and learned the trade of his father, at which he worked, when he came to this city in 1856. He first opened a shop on Main Street, and for twenty-six years applied himself diligently to his profession. In the spring of 1882, he opened to the public a choice stock of groceries in his present location, and enjoys the good will and trade of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Coder was married in December, 1847, to Miss Catharine Staley, a native of Greene County, Ohio. This union has been blessed with four children, three of whom are living, viz.: Jennie, William F. and Charles O. Mr. Coder numbers among the oldest resident business men of the city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Order of Red Men and Methodist Episcopal Church.
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