Lancelot Columbus Coffland 
Lancelot Columbus was born on November 4th, 1855 in Barnesville, Ohio.1 Lancelot Columbus' father was John Milton Coffland and his mother was Malinda Elma Varner. His paternal grandparents were Lancelot Coffland and Eliza Beckett; his maternal grandparents were John "Johnny" Varner Jr and Irena Emma Andrews. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Ross W, Charles Sylvester, John Nelson, Ancil, Mary L and Fedela. He had a half-sister named Julia B. He died due to Epilepsy at the age of 39 on October 7th, 1895. He was buried in Center Point, Linn County, Iowa.1 1 General Notes
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According to oral history Lancelot felt so badly-treated by his father, he was convinced that John considered him "the black sheep of the family." Lancelot told his children that once when he was a boy, his father sent him out in freezing weather to check on the cattle. Lancelot had just sat down in the snow to rest when a neighbor saw him. Fearing the boy would freeze to death, the neighbor yelled at Lancelot and scared him so that he jumped up and ran home. Later, the neighbor had sharp words with John Coffland for sending his boy out in such bad weather.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.07 Jan 1833 in Belmont County, Oho d.29 Aug 1911 in Ada County Idaho
- b.04 Nov 1855 in Barnesville, Ohio d.07 Oct 1895
- b.~ 1730
- b.02 Sep 1772 in Green County, Pennsylvania d.~ 1846 in Belmont County, Oho
- d.> 1850
- b.01 Sep 1806 in Green County, Pennsylvania d.04 Oct 1880 in Linn County Iowa
- b.~ 1785 in Green County, Pennsylvania d.~ 1855
- b.25 Feb 1836 in Belmont County, Oho d.18 Apr 1885 in Linn County Iowa
- b.06 Jun 1810 in Sussex County Virginia d.27 Jul 1868 in Linn County Iowa
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‌Lancelot Columbus and Rachel Ann were married in a religious ceremony on October 31st, 1878 in Center Point, Linn County, Iowa.1 They had a son named Harley.
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