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DAVID W. ELLEMAN, farmer; P. O. West Milton; born on the place where his father now resides, in Sec. 6, in 1833; is a son of Enos and Margaret Elleman. Our subject’s boyhood days were spent on his father’s farm, where he labored until he was 21 years of age. He was married to Esther Coate in 1855; she is a daughter of Elijah and Rebecca Coate, who were born in Miami Co. Her grandparents were natives of South Carolina, and from there made their way to Miami Co. with one horse, bringing their effects with them, one walking while the other rode. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom ten lived to man’s estate and had families of their own— William, Joseph, Thomas, Benjamin, Susan, Isaac, Aaron, Elizabeth Rebecca and Elijah, who is the father of our subject’s wife, is a minister of the Wesleyan faith, and resides in Wayne Co., Ind., where he is laboring in the church. Grandfather Coate lived to be upward of 70 years of age; his first wife died in middle age and he was again married to Mary Bangham, by whom he had four children all deceased. Elijah and Rebecca Coate are the parents of nine children, of whom five are living, viz., Esther, Mary, Linley, Susan and John; the deceased are— Hiram, Leicester, Joseph and Zelora. After our subject’s marriage, he farmed and worked at the carpenter trade until 1865, when he settled on the place where he now resides and since has paid his attention mostly to farming; he has 132 acres of choice farming land, with No. 1 buildings erected thereon. He is one of the present Trustees of the township, having been elected in the spring of 1879. He and his amiable wife are members of the Society of Friends, and are every-day Christian people. They are the parents of nine children, all living, viz., John, Semantha, Horatio P., William, Mary R., Zelora E., Linley M,, Horace M. and Francis. John was married to Ann Cress in April, 1877; they have one child, viz., Laurenthus E. Semantha was married to Joseph W. Beck in January, 1877; they also have one child, viz., Francis E. Her husband is one of the leading teachers of the county.