1914 Delaware County History pg. 92 (Chester Coleson)
C. G. Coleson
C. G. Coleson, a worthy native son and representative agriculturist
of Delaware county, is the owner of an
excellent farm embracing two hundred and thirty-four acres on section 22, Richland township. His birth occurred in
Coffins Grove township on the 26th
of November, 1862, his parents being William and Jane (Sheffield) Coleson,
the former a native of New York and the latter of Canada. They came to this county about
1856 and located on a farm in Coffins Grove township,
where both passed away. Six of their eleven children survive.
C. G. Coleson attended the common schools in pursuit of an education
and on attaining his majority started out as an agriculturist on his own
account, cultivating the old home farm as a renter. In 1897 he purchased a
tract of land near Masonville, this county, and
resided thereon for eleven years. On the expiration of that period he disposed
of the property and bought an improved farm of two hundred and thirty-four
acres on section 22, Richland township,
in the operation of which he has been busily engaged to the present time. He
likewise conducts a dairy and devotes considerable attention to the raising of
full-blooded registered Angus cattle, meeting with well merited success in all
of his undertakings.
In 1893 Mr.
Coleson was united in marriage to Miss Ella Morris, a
native of Delaware county, Iowa, and a daughter of Peter and Alice
(Parson) Morris. The father is still living, but the mother has passed away.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleson have four children, as follows:
Boyd, who assists his father in the operation of the home farm; Millard; Alice;
and Ella.
Mr. Coleson gives his political allegiance to the prohibition party and has ably served in the capacity of school
director. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Wesleyan
Methodist Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs. They have spent
their entire lives in Delaware county and
are numbered among its esteemed, respected and representative residents.
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