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But he did not appear again until the 1870's, when he married Martha Larsen.
The 1870 Census shows him in Nephi City, Juab County, Utah, with a new wife and a one-year-old son named, Jacob. The records show he was a fruit raiser, could read and write and that his wife, Martha, was born in Wyoming of Danish parents.
The 1900 Census shows them still in Nephi City, with two more children: Annie (16) and James (13).
Uriah died in Juab County, on 22 Jan. 1901, of influenza.
James(1) Coleman
James(1) Coleman was born 13 Nov. 1832, the son of Jacob(1) Coleman and his fourth wife, Nancy. By his sixth birthday he was completely orphaned. It is not know who raise him, or where, but by Feb. 10, 1848, he was not available to claim his father's inheritance.
The 1850 Census reveals James living with the Garrison family in District #97, Rush County, Indiana, not too far from his brother Jacob, who had also farmed out, and his half-brother, John, who was farming with his small family. James was listed as a farmer, age 17.
His descendants say he worked for the Wellman family in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, and eventually married their daughter, Riller.
Dates of deeds he purchased help pinpoint his travels. On Nov. 28, 1854, he purchased lots 11 and 12, in Section 16, township 7, Jasper County, Illinois. He bought this 100 acres in Willow Hills Township for $5 an acre. This was near his married brother, Jacob(2) and his family.
Apparently James(1) then went back to Indiana, where he married Riller Wellman 5 Oct. 1858, according to Rush County records.
The 1860 Census shows him living next door tohis brother, Jacob(2) in Willow Hills Township, Jasper, Illinois. With his are his wife, Riller, and son, Perry (1).
The Illinois descendants say James purchased most of a 3/4 section of land (at least 440 acres) in Section 16, much of it at $1 per acre. James apparently worked much of the time at a sawmill nearby for $1 per day, and saved his money by subsisting on soup beans and cornbread made from corn he grew on his own farm.
By the 1870 Census, his brother Jacob had moved slightly north, near Casey, Cumberland County. But the rainy went conditions discouraged them and they moved out late in 1871, eventually landing in Kansas. That is probably why James could get land so cheaply.
The 1880 Census shows James and Riller and their children, Perny A. (20), Frances I. (16), James A. (14), and Ira C. (2), still in Jasper County. Their daughter Emma, (Martha Emma), had eloped a year earlier and was not listed. But two servants were living with them: Lewis Ducharme, (42) a blacksmith from Canada, and Guynet Victor, (27), a cabinetmaker from France.
James seemed to be very interested in buying land in town, perhaps for investments purposes. The Jasper County clerk found the following deeds:
July 13, 1869-James bought 40 acres for $400
Oct. 1, 1869-James bought lot #6, next to the school, consisting of 39 and 65/100th acres for $800
July 9, 1873-James bought lot #5, which was 40 acres
Jan. 19, 1877-James served as administrator of the Everman estate and foreclosed on a mortgage
Census 1900 shows James and Riller and their son, Ira C., still in Willow Hills Township. Nearby were sons Perry A. and his family, Allen J. and his family and a John Coleman, born in Indiana, who might or might not have been a cousin.
James and Riller had 6 children, only five of which were living by 1900. The five living were:
1. Perry Alonzo, born 1 Jan. 1860, Married Lizzie___________ Died 1 Mar. 1914.
2. Martha Emmaline, born 10 Sept. 1861, Married Asa J. Harmon, 20 Sept. 1879, Died 13 July 1945.
3. Frances Irene, born 5 Nov. 1863. Married ___________McCoy. Died in the summer of 1944.
4. James Allen, born 13 Feb. 1866. Married Alice_________. Died 6 Nov. 1922.
5. Ira Clarence, born 21 May 1878. Married _____________. Died 28 Aug. 1952.
James(1) Coleman died 18 Sept. 1903, when he hurriedly tied his horse to the hitching post, ran to catch a train, and suffered a heart attack.
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