Oscar Velroy Coulter (1851 - 1943)

Born 5 Dec 1851 in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Elizabeth (Smith) Coulter — married 31 Oct 1877 in Center Point, Atchison Co, Missouri

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1943 at age 91 in Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Oscar Velroy Coulter was born in Iowa, but spent most of his formative years in Atchison County, Missouri, where he married Caroline Elizabeth Smith. O.V. and Carrie homesteaded in Nebraska before leaving for Colorado. He settled in Rifle, Colorado, and with his sons built Coulter Lake, a "dude" ranch which is still in operation to this day. He promoted Rifle in various capacities, including exhibiting his produce in Denver, Colorado and being chosen as a delegate to the St. Louis World's Fair.

• Fact: Residence (1860) Pawnee, Nebraska Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Precinct 14 Austin, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
• Fact: Residence (1940) Election Precinct 21, Garfield, Colorado, United States

Research Notes

Most dates come from family records, including a genealogy prepared by Orra Maude Goldie Fern Coulter Kennedy Burch. O.V. also has a death certificate issued by the State of Colorado (his middle name, Velroy, is misspelled on this certificate).

In several sources, Oscar's middle name is spelled Vilroy; however, Oscar spelled his name Velroy. Evidence for that includes the fact that one of his sons has Velroy as a middle name, and also that it's spelled that way on his tombstone. Also, as his great-granddaughter, I never encountered the other spelling until other people listed it that way in their genealogies; in all our family records, created by his daughter Orra, it is spelled Velroy. In records created by his nephew, Ort Bachelor, it is spelled Velroy. Although I have numerous records created by O.V. himself, he never spells out either name, just signing everything O.V. In the 1930 census, O.V. is erroneously indexed as a Hampson instead of a Coulter.

Sources

• 1860 Census:"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RN-XPW : accessed 3 May 2015), Vilroy Caulter in household of M Caulter, , Pawnee, Nebraska Territory, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 16, household ID 134, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,665.

• 1870 Census:"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XQ-38S : accessed 3 May 2015), Oscar Coulter in household of D M Coulter, Missouri, United States; citing p. , family 65, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,255.

• 1880 Census:"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M66C-X6W : accessed 20 January 2015), Vilroy Coulter, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 11, sheet 448D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0672; FHL microfilm 1,254,672.

• 1900 Census:"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMH-K2L : accessed 3 May 2015), Oscar V Coulter, Precincts 1, 11-12, 14 Carbondale, Battlement, Divide Creek, Austin Carbondale town, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,123.

• 1910 Census:"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK47-NZ4 : accessed 3 May 2015), Oscar V Coulter, West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 9B, family 191, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,133.

• 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2T-6BB : accessed 3 May 2015), Oscar V Coulter, West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 16B, family 364, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,164.

• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74W-N1C : accessed 22 September 2015), Oscar V Hampson in household of Otto V Coulter, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0032, sheet 2A, family 26, line 12, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 242; FHL microfilm 2,339,977.

• 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6Z-RMV : accessed 3 May 2015), O V Coulter in household of Otto Coulter, Election Precinct 21, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-32, sheet 2B, family 48, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 463.

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1D-FVQ6 : 15 December 2015), Oscar Velroy Coulter, 1943; Burial, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States of America, Rose Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 141695203, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #141695203.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 August 2018, 14:13), entry for Oscar Velroy Coulter(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L286-KWK); contributed by various users.

• Homestead: Oscar V. Coulter. U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records. Accessed 14 March 2020.