William Abbott of New Jersey, and his only child died in infancy. In 1845, after the death of his wife and child, Coates moved to Camden, New Jersey, where he died in 1886. He was buried in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. References Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, John Howard Brown, Rossiter Johnson, eds., The Biographical Society, 1904. The Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Comprising the Men and Women of the United States Who Have Been Identified with the Growth of the Nation, Volume 2, by John Howard Brown, James H. Lamb Co., 1899. Republished by Kessinger Publishing, 2006. , . A cyclopedia of American medical biography: comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910, Howard Atwood Kelly, W.B. Saunders company, 1920. Further reading Sherk, H.H., "Dr. Coates and the Know Nothings". N.J. Med., 2005, Jan.-Feb.; 102(1-2):21-5. Snape, W.J., "Reynell Coates (1802-1886): politician, poet, editor, naturalist, lecturer and physician". Trans. Stud. Coll. Physicians Phila., 1968, Jan.; 35(3):112-8. Langley, H.D., "Naval medicine in Philadelphia, 1815-1840". Trans. Stud. Coll. Physicians Phila., 1995, Dec.:132-45. External links Patriotic Order Sons of America website (founded by Reynell Coates) 1802 births 1886 deaths 19th-century American physicians Physicians from Philadelphia New Jersey Know Nothings 1852 United States vice-presidential candidates Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni United States Navy officers Burials in Pennsylvania 19th-century American male writers