Joseph Coler
Joseph Coler, farmer, P. O. Randolph, was born in Randolph Township, this county, July 17, 1837, a son of Joseph and Eva Coler, natives of France, who came to America about 1829, and here remained until the death of the mother in 1844, after which the father married a Mrs. Crawford and moved to Illinois, where they remained until their death, he dying in 1865. Our subject was married January 1, 1867, to Elizabeth Moos, who was born in Randolph Township, this county, in April, 1846, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Moos, natives of Baden, Germany, who came to this county in 1842, where they remained until the latter' s death. Adam Moos resides in Randolph Township. Mr. and Mrs. Coler are the parents of four children: Albert, Edward, Ira U. and Mary E. Our subject has been engaged in farming, and owns seventy acres of good land. He enlisted in 1861, in Company D, First Ohio Light Artillery, and served until the close of the war, when he was mustered out. He was in the battle of Shiloh, in the Atlanta campaign, at the battles of Franklin and Nashville, in the siege of Knoxville, and in other engagements. He has filled the office of Trustee of his township. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885