"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
JACKSON TOWNSHIP AND MORGANTOWN, MORGAN CO., IN.
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JAMES S. COLEMAN (deceased), was born in Hartford, Conn., November 29, 1848,
and was the third of the four children of Jesse O. and Salina M. (Gardner)
Coleman, both natives of Connecticut, who moved to Columbus, Ind., in 1850,
and thence to Edinburg. James S. received a good school education, and
early evinced an aptitude for business, for when but twelve years old he
bought and sold tax titles on speculation, and when thirteen assisted his
father in this store. In 1863, he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-third
Indiana Volunteers, and served through the war, being discharged November
29, 1865. In the following spring, he entered into partnership with his
father in the stove, tin and hardware business. In 1872, he purchased his
father's interest, and afterward he sustained several heavy losses, but soon
resumed. He was also owner of a saw and planing mill, and was one of the
most enterprising and successful men of his time. May 10, 1870, he married
Miss Harriet Lake, with an issue of five children--Jesse, deceased; James
O., born June 15, 1874; Cora E., born September 8, 1877; Walter Z, born
October 8, 1879; and Cecil D., born July 5, 1882. Mrs. Coleman was born
March 17, 1851. Mr. Coleman died January 9, 1883. He was an earnest member
of the order of Odd Fellows, an active laborer for the Republican party, and
a lamented citizen. Mr. Coleman left his family in comfortable
circumstances, with several farms and a good town property.
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