James CODDINGTON ^4612,4613

  General Notes:

"JAMES CODDINGTON, a leading representative of the agricultural interests of Manchester township, Wayne County, has spent his entire life in this section of the State, his birth occurring here September 22, 1839.
Joseph Coddington, father of our subject, was a native of Susquehanna county, Penn., and a son of Thomas Coddington, one of the early settlers along the Susquehanna river, who was a noted hunter of wolves and panthers. Joseph Coddington was reared in this State, and throughout the greater part of his life was engaged in lumbering along the Delaware.
In religious belief he was a Methodist. He married Miss Emily Lord, a daughter of James Lord, and to them were born children as follows: Sarah J.; James; Elizabeth, now the widow of William Barriger, of Manchester township, Wayne county; Nancy, deceased; and Louise Ann Cylo, a resident of Equinunk, Pennsylvania.
The subject of this sketch was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys of his day, and his education was wholly of the practical kind, as he was early inured to the arduous labors of the farm and lumber camp. Since attaining man's estate he has continued to devote his energies to those occupations, and is today the owner of a fine farm in Manchester township, which he is successfully operating. It comprises 112 acres of rich and arable land, under a high state of cultivation, and improved with a good residence, substantial barns and outbuildings.
On September 22 1859, Mr. Coddington was united in marriage with Miss Maranda Tegeler, a native of Manchester township, and a daughter of Anson Tegeler, who descended from a good old Revolutionary stock, and was one of the early settlers of Equinuck. In the Tegeler family were nine children, of whom five are still living: Esther, wife of John Ellsworth, of Little Equinunk; Minnie, widow of Charles Mogridge; Miranda, wife of our subject; Prudence, wife of Edward Houck; and Deliah, wife of Everall Reeves, of Sullivan county, N. Y. The father of these children, who was a farmer and lumberman on the river, died at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Coddington have a family of ten children, namely:
Joseph Charles, a resident of New York; Emily E., wife of Stephen Young, of Sullivan county, N. Y.; J.A. of the same county; Sarah Jane, wife of Lewis Boss, of Manchester township, Wayne Co. Penn.; Frederick E., of Sullivan county, N.Y.; Edward G.; and Frank L., Thomas H., M. R. and Clarence S., all at home.
During the trying days of the Civil war Mr. Coddinton responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting in August, 1862, for nine months, in Company K, 137th P. V. I. He participated in the battle of Antietam under Gen. Hooker, was in the raid at Kelley's Ford, then marched back to the Potomac, and hence to Washington, D.C. During his service he lost the use of his right eye. He is now an honored and prominent member of Charles P. Scudder Post, G. A. R., and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows Lodge at Lake Como, Penn. Like most old soldiers and lumbermen, he is a frank and cordial, is very popular, and in his home dispenses hospitality with a lavish hand. Politically he is an ardent Republican, and he has been called upon to serve in a number of township offices, including those of supervisor, poormaster and roadmaster, the duties of which he discharged in a prompt and able manner."
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1840 in Bethany, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁶⁰⁹

• He appeared on the census on 12 Aug 1850 in Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁶⁰⁵

• He appeared on the census on 26 Jun 1860 in Buckingham, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁸¹³ Personal estate $100.

• He worked as a laborer on 26 Jun 1860 in Buckingham, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁸¹³

• Military: Enlisted in Company K, 137th Penn. Vol. Infantry, Aug 1862, Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁴⁵

• He appeared on the census on 6 Jul 1870 in Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁶¹³ Realty $1000; personalty $500.

• He worked as a farmer on 6 Jul 1870 in Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁶¹³

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁶¹²

• He appeared on the census on 7 Jun 1900 in Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁶¹⁷

James married Maranda TYLER, daughter of Anson TYLER and Delilah, on 22 Sep 1859 in Manchester, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁴⁴⁵ (Maranda TYLER was born in Apr 1842 in , , Pennsylvania, USA ^{4612,4613,4617,4813}.)