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Coleman, John – Coleman, William

Coleman, John

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 11, 1803, in Baltimore, Md.

He published Faber's Difficulties of Romanism; and The Episcopal Manual. For many years he was the editor of the Banner of the Cross, of Philadelphia, Pa. He died Sept. 16, 1869, in St. Louis, Mo.

Coleman, Lewis Miner

educator, was born Feb. 3, 1827, in Hanover county, Va. At the beginning of the war he raised an artillery company for the confederate service, became its captain, and in 1862 was appointed major of artillery.

He died in March, 1863.

Coleman, Lucy Newhall

reformer, was born July 26, 1817, in Sturbridge, Mass. She obtained a school in Rochester, N. Y., composed exclusively of colored children; and under the auspices of the New York Aid society, became president of the colored schools in the District of Columbia.

Coleman, Lyman

clergyman, author, was born June 14, 1796, in Middlefield, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who was a classical professor at Lafayette college in 1861-82. He was the author of Ancient Christianity Exemplified; Prelacy and Ritualism; The Apostolical and Primitive Church; Historical Geography of the Bible; Text- Book and Atlas of Bible Geography; and Genealogy of the Lyman Family. He died March 16, 1882, in Easton, Pa.

Coleman, Nicholas D

congressman, was born in 1800 in Harrison county, Ky. In 1825 he was elected to the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from 1829 to 1831. He was soon afterward appointed postmaster of Marysville, and to the same position in Vicksburg from 1841 to 1844. He was also for a time president of the Southern Pacific railroad. He died in May, 1874, in Vicksburg, Ky.

Coleman, Obed M

inventor, was born Jan. 23, 1817, in Barnstable, Mass.

He removed to Saratoga in 1842, and invented improvements in the accordion. He also began here to construct his æolian attachment to the piano-forte, which gave him high rank among inventors. He sold his patent for $100,000 in this country, and for about $10,000 in England. He died April 5, 1845, in Saratoga, N. Y.

Coleman, Thomas

banker, state senator, was born June 16, 1808, in Massachusetts. From 1852 to 1863 he was director of the Bank of Troy, resigning therefrom to assume the presidency of the First National bank. In 1872 he was presidential elector of the state; and in 1875 was state senator.

Coleman, Thomas Moore

civil engineer, poet, was born May 15, 1830, in Parke county, Ind. For seven years he was justice of the peace at Glendon, Iowa; a member of the county board of supervisors; county surveyor; and has filled various positions of trust in his county and state. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and his poems have been given a place in several standard works.

Coleman, Thomas Wilkes

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 31, 1834, in Eutaw, Ala. In 1853 he graduated from the Princeton college, N. J. In 1865 he was a member of the constitutional convention of Alabama; was state's solicitor for many years; and chancellor of Alabama. He has served as associate justice of the supreme court of the state of Alabama, and still holds that position.

Coleman, William

lawyer, journalist, was born Feb. 14, 1766, in Boston, Mass. He studied law, began practice in Greenfield, Mass., and during Shay's rebellion served against the insurgents.

He removed to New York city about 1794, and was for a short time a law partner of Aaron Burr. He died July 13, 1829, in New York city.