Walsh County Record (
North Dakota) 18 Sep 1912.
Pioneer
Farmer Died Suddenly On Friday.
Joseph
Coulter, a Prominent
Farmer of Vernon Twp, Died From Heart Failure.
Joseph
Coulter, one of the pioneer residents of
Walsh County died suddenly from heart failure at his home in Vernon last Friday. He was examining some wheat that was being hauled in from the threshing machine and expired without a word. he has been suffering for some time from fainting spells.
He came to
Walsh County in the early eighties and had made a great success of farming in Vernon township where he settled. He was 50 years old and one of the best known men in his section, kindly, generous and upright. He was president of the Farmers Security Bank of
Park River and considered the wealthiest farmer in the county. He left a wife and five children to mourn his loss.
The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon in
Park River at three o'clock, Rev. D. Finlayson officiating. The services at the cemetery were in charge of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a member, James
MacDonald of
Grafton acting as master. The interment was in
Calvary Cemetery.
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According to the 1910 census for Vernon twp,
Walsh co, ND:
Joseph, age 51, born Canada, parents born Ireland, second marriage.
Wife: Johanna, age 39, born Norway, first marriage, married 20 years.
Etta, 18; William, 16; Ruth, 14; Joseph, 12;
Ada, 2. All children born ND.
I am not related to this family but would be interested to know if Joseph is related to James F. Coulter, born abt. 1857, lived in Forest River,
Walsh co, ND.