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Descendants of Robert Coleman of Nansemond County Virginia 1684-1930
Chapter 24. Descendants of Thomas Jackson Coleman of Walden's Ridge Tennessee
By permission, the text below is excerpts from a book, The Colemans of North Hamilton County Tennessee by Cy Yarborough.Editor's notes are my additions based on reports people have given me or I have researched - Wes Coleman
(395) Thomas Jackson Coleman, the oldest son of Charles Washington Coleman, was born 6/14/1838, in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He grew up in the Walden's Ridge area in the vicinity of Lewis Chapel and the Flat Top Communities.
As a young man around 1860 or 1861, he married Nancy Gothard of Sale Creek, TN, the daughter of James and Susannah Lee Gothard. Shortly afterward Tom and his bride went to Kentucky to work in the coal mines.
While living in Kentucky, the Civil War broke out. Tom joined the 17th Kentucky Volunteers, a Union outfit, on 9/17/1864. He enlisted as a private in "C" Company. Little is known of Tom's military career since his service is not on file in Tennessee due to serving in another state. He was discharged from duty on 10/4/1865.
Somewhere around 1866 or 1867, Nancy died. Tom returned to North Hamilton County, Tennessee for awhile and married Rhoda A. Rogers of Sale Creek, on 6/14/1868. Rhoda was born On 7/16/1848, in Sale Creek, the daughter of Joel and Ary Gibson Rogers. Tom and Rhoda were married in Sale Creek.
Cy Yarborough, the author of the original work, did not know where Tom and Rhoda lived the first few years of their marriage and speculated they could have gone back to Kentucky because they were not listed in either the Hamilton or Putnam County Tennessee census in 1870. They did move to Putnam County in the early 1870's, as one of their daughters was born there in 1873. Phil Coleman provided more details from the pension record for Thomas as recorded later.
Tom farmed while he lived in Putnam County. He lived in the Buffalo Valley area of Putnam County near his father, brothers and sisters.
Tom and his family left the Buffalo Valley in the early 1880's. I do not know the exact date they left but I believe it corresponded with the death of his father. Tom returned to the North Hamilton County area after he left Putnam County. For a short period of time they lived in Coulterville and Sale Creek, TN, but soon settled in Soddy. Tom probably settled in the area known as "Big Soddy" in the area of the present Back Valley Road. Many of his descendants remain in the area.
Tom lived the rest of his life out in Soddy. He was a lifelong farmer, a well known and respected member of the Soddy community. According to census records he and Rhoda were at least educated enough to read and write, something many were unable to do in the rural areas during the 1800's.
Tom died 1/3/1909, at Soddy, TN, at the age of 70 years, 6 months and 20 days. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Back Valley Road, in Soddy.
Varner Cemetery in Soddy, TN. [Source: U.S. Census Tiger Map Server, http://tiger.uscensus.gov/]
Click on map for wider area view.
Phil Coleman supplied the following items regarding Thomas Jackson
Coleman: Tom's Federal Pension Record (Department of Interior) March 21,
1901 shows Thomas' response to several personal background questions.
Thomas was illiterate (made "mark"). Confirms that he was born in Bledsoe,
County, but shows year of birth as 1839.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
The pension record shows he enlisted at Bainbridge, Christian County, KY on
date shown and indicates that he lived there prior to enlistment. Discharge
date confirmed. Occupation was farmer.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
The pension record gives his physical description as 5' 8" tall, 145 pounds,
gray eyes, light color hair, fair complexion, and no comment on the presence
of marks or scars.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
The record shows, in a petition for disability pension dated January 5, 1898,
Thomas claimed "a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia which resulted in disease
of heart. Pain in chest. Pleural adhesions of left side and
disease."
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
The pension records his residences asking for past places lived and how long after discharge- An assumption was made that the list of locations on the pension record were placed in chronological order. From this, we can partially reconstruct the following chronology and geography (years are approximate):
circa 1867 Statesville, TN 1868-1870 Sale Creek, TN, second marriage there in 1868 1870- 1872 -- Laurel Hill, TN (note: search of 1870 Census may confirm) 1872-1874 - Byron, TN 1874-1976 - Coulterville, TN 1876-1884 -- Buffalo Valley, TN Remainder of life in Soddy area[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
Rhoda died 1/22/1929, at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 6 days. She was also buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(395) Thomas Jackson Coleman produced 12 children, four by his first wife, 8 by his second:
by first wife, Nancy Gothard, bore these children: (654) 1. Benjamin Franklin Coleman b. 9/27/1862?, in TN? (655) 2. Albert 'Ab' Francis Marion Coleman b. 3/25/1864, in KY, d. 3/16/1939, bur. Varner Cem. Soddy, TN (656) 3. Thomas Larkin Coleman b. 9/ ?/1865, in KY ? (657) 4. James Coleman b. 1866 or 1867, in KY ? His second wife, Rhoda Rogers, bore these children: (658) 5. William Jasper Coleman b. 7/08/1869, in TN ? (659) 6. Robert Elkinney Coleman b. 6/11/1871, in TN ? (660) 7. Eliza Frances Coleman (Lynch) b. 4/28/1873, in Putnam Co., TN (661) 8. Charles Washington Coleman b. 3/14/1875, in Putnam Co., TN (662) 9. Lewis N. Coleman b. 5/22/1877, in Putnam Co., TN (663) 10. John H. Coleman b. 8/05/1879, in Putnam Co., TN (664) 11. Phil S. Coleman b. ? , in Soddy, TN? (665) 12. Nannie Coleman (Coleman) b. 10/18/1883, in Soddy, TN
(654) Benjamin Franklin Coleman, called Frank, was most likely named after his uncle or great-uncle. His date of birth is somewhat disputable. In the 1880 Putnam County census he was listed as being 17 years old. The census was taken in June before his birthday in September so that would put his birth year as 1862. In the 1900 census his birthday was shown as September of 1864, but this would make him younger than his brother Albert so I don't think this is accurate. His tombstone reads 9/27/1864 - 6/30/1924, making him just about three months shy of his 60th birthday when he died, yet his obituary stated he was 61 when he died. If his birthday was 9/27/1862, it would have made him 61 when he died, so I think that is his correct birthday.
According to all census records Frank was born in Tennessee, (probably Sale Creek). He spent some of his early childhood in Kentucky and the rest in Putnam County, TN. He moved back to Hamilton County as a young man with his family and shortly thereafter met and married Sarah Jane Varner on 8/6/1884, in Hamilton County. Sarah was born 12/24/1867, in Soddy, TN, the daughter of Hezikiah and Mary Ann Julian Varner and the great-granddaughter of James Varner, the first Varner in Hamilton County, TN, and also one of the earliest pioneers of Hamilton County.
Frank and Sarah both lived their lives out in Soddy. As far as I know, Frank was a lifetime farmer. He died on 6/30/1924, in Soddy. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery on Back Valley Road in Soddy.
Sarah lived for quite a few more years and passed away on 6/20/1956, at the age of 88. She was also buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(654) Frank and Sarah Coleman had these children.
(666) 1. Nettie Coleman, b. 1/02/1887, in Soddy, TN (667) 2. Fred Coleman, b. 12/24/1888, in Soddy, TN (668) 3. Gertrude E. Coleman, b. 12/04/1890, in Soddy, TN (669) 4. Paul Hezikiah Coleman, b. 10/05/1892, in Soddy, TN (670) 5. Harry F. Coleman, b. 9/ ?/1893, in Soddy, TN (671) 6. Pearl Coleman (Pendegraph), b. 1/07/1897, in Soddy, TN (672) 7. Maud Coleman (Gann) (Hunt), b. 12/ ?/1898, in Soddy, TN (673) 8. Wayne F. Coleman, b. early 1900's, in Soddy, TN (674) 9. General Sheridan (Jack) Coleman, b. 1907?, in Soddy, TN (675) 10. Earl Wallace Coleman, b. 9/23/1909, in Soddy, TN
(666) Nettie Coleman was born in Soddy, TN, 1/2/1887, she died in Soddy, on 1/10/1901, at the age of 14. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(667) Fred Coleman, b. 12/24/1888, in Soddy, TN. On 3/3/1911, he married Charlotte Shipley. They were married by Squire William McGill, in Bakewell, TN. Charlotte was born in Sale Creek, TN, on 6/1/1890.
(667) Fred and Charlotte lived most of their lives in Soddy but in later years moved to Red Bank, TN. Fred was a merchant running stores in Soddy, and was also a contractor.
Charlotte died 3/31/1953, at Iris Coleman Leach's rest home on Dayton Blvd., in Red Bank. Iris was a distant cousin of Fred's. Fred died less than 3 months later in Red Bank on 6/16/1963, at the age of 76. Both were buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
(667) Fred and Charlotte Coleman had 7 children:
(676) 1. Eula Charlotte Coleman (Rogers), b. 11/16/1913, in Soddy, TN (677) 2. Fred Noel Coleman, b. 01/27/1915, in Soddy, TN (678) 3. Marvin Frank (Red) Colemnan, b. 04/29/1917, in Soddy, TN (679) 4. Kathleen Lucille Coleman (McAfee) (Moore), b. 11/30/1918, in Soddy, TN (680) 5. Marjorie Ellen Coleman (McAfee), b. 12/23/1919, in Soddy, TN (681) 6. Harold Clark Coleman, b. 11/15/1923, in Soddy, TN (682) 7. Hayden Wendell Coleman, b. 10/17/l924, in Soddy, TN
(676) Eula Charlotte Coleman (Rogers) was born 11/16/1913, in Soddy, TN. On 10/31/1936, she married Jack E. Rogers. They had one daughter.
(677) Fred Noel Coleman was born 1/27/1915, in Soddy, TN. He married Willie Mae Martin. Noel was killed in Burma 4/15/1944, while serving in the U. S. Army during WW II. No children.
(678) Marvin Frank (Red) Colemnan was born 4/29/1917, in Soddy, TN. He married Mary Agnes Evans on 11/28/1936, in Rossville, GA. Mary Agnes, a distant cousin of Red's, was born 1/5/1914, in Soddy, TN, the daughter of John H. Evans and Jessie Aline Davis. Red was retired from Combustion Engineering, Chattanooga, TN, where he worked as a welder. They presently reside in Red Bank, TN. Two children.
(679) Kathleen Lucille Coleman (McAfee) (Moore) was born 11/30/1918, in Soddy, TN. She married first L. A. McAfee on 11/23/1933. She married second Emmett L. Moore on 1O/12/1962. Emmett was a welder at Koering Division in Chattanooga, TN. They currently reside in Soddy, TN. Kathleen had 2 children by her first marriage.
(680) Marjorie Ellen Coleman (McAfee) was born 12/23/1919, in Soddy, TN. She married Sam F. McAfee on 7/10/1937, in Rossville, GA. Sam was the brother of Kathleen's first husband. They reside in Soddy and have 4 children.
(681) Harold Clark Coleman was b. 11/15/1923, in Soddy, TN. He was married briefly then divorced. No children. ,
(682) Hayden Wendell Coleman was born 10/17/1924, in Soddy, TN. He married Mary Evelyn Penney, who had 2 Children from a previous marriage. They had no children of their own. Hayden died on 12/30/1952, at the age of 28 years, 2 months and 13 days. He was buried in Chattanooga Memorial Park.
(668) Gertrude E. Coleman, b. 12/4/1890, in Soddy, TN. Gertrude never married but raised one of her nieces. She lived in Soddy all of her life and was a well known and respected woman in the community. She died 7/27/1982, at the age of 91 years, 7 mos. & 23 days. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
(669) Paul Hezikiah Coleman, b. 10/5/1892, in Soddy, TN. On 01/22/1914, he married Kate Gallahon in Soddy, TN. Kate was born 9/14/1892, in Spring City, TN.
(669) Paul and Kate first lived in Soddy, then in Kentucky during the early years of their marriage, but eventually settled in Red Bank, TN. Paul died 1/22/1952, in Chattanooga, TN, at the age of 59 years, 3 months and 17 days. He was buried in Chattanooga Memorial Park. Kate was still living at the home in Red Bank.
(669) Paul and Kate had 3 children.
(685) l. Elizabeth Coleman (Grant), b. 06/22/1915, in Soddy, TN (683) 2. Howard Coleman, b. 10/28/1922, in Lynch, Kentucky (684) 3. Madge Coleman (Gulley), b. 01/28/1924, in Lynch, Kentucky
(685) Elizabeth Coleman (Grant), b. 6/22/1915, in Soddy, TN. She married Adam S. Grant of Mowbray Mountain, TN. Adam was killed in WW II. Elizabeth now resides with her mother in Red Bank. She had no children.
(683) Howard Coleman, b. 10/28/1922, in Lynch, Kentucky. He married Dorothy Wallace. Howard and Dorothy lived in the Chattanooga, area most of their married life. Dorothy retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority where she was a pioneer in the application of computer systems to power systems problems. She died 4/7/1983, in Chattanooga. Howard continues to make his home in Chattanooga. They had no children.
(684) Madge Coleman (Gulley) was born 01/28/1924, in Lynch, Kentucky. She married J. T. Gulley. They have no children.
(670) Harry F. Coleman was born 09/?/1893, in Soddy, TN. He married Nola Mozingo on 12/27/1916, in Hamilton County, TN. Harry and Nola lived in Kentucky for awhile, spent most of their life in Detroit, Mich., where Harry retired from the Ford Motor Company. They later lived in Red Bank, TN, and eventually chose St. Petersburg, Fla., to live out the remainder of his life. Harry died on 9/12/1978, in Asheville, NC. He was buried in St. Petersburg, Fla.
(670) Harry and Nola had 2 daughters:
(686) 1. Doris Coleman, Lives in Cleveland, OH. (687) 2. Ilene Coleman, Lives in Cleveland, OH.
(671) Pearl Coleman (Pendegraph), b. 1/7/1897, in Soddy, TN. She married Sam D. Pendegraph. Sam died in 1951. Pearl died in Chattanooga on 8/29/1979. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy. She had resided in East Ridge, TN, in later life.
(671) Pearl Coleman and Sam Pendegraph had these children:
(688) 1. Sam D. Pendegraph, b. 09/20/1921, in Princeton, Kentucky (689) 2. Eugene Coulter Pendegraph, b. 10/25/1925, in Princeton, Kentucky (690) 3. Mary Ruth Pendegraph (691) 4. Dewey Franklin Pendegraph (692) 5. Catherine Pendegraph
(688) Sam D. Pendegraph, b. 9/20/1921, in Princeton, Kentucky. He married Shirley Smith, who was born 10/12/1920. They currently live in East Ridge, TN, and have 2 children.
(689) Eugene Coulter Pendegraph, b. 10/25/1925, in Princeton, Kentucky. He married and had 1 daughter. He died in 1966.
(672) Maud Coleman (Gann) (Hunt), b. 12/?/1898, in Soddy, TN. She married first James Gann on 11/18/1916, in Hamilton County, TN. Her marriage to Gann lasted just a short while. She then moved to Hunter, Arkansas, where she married Clinton Hunt. She lived the remainder of her life in Arkansas and was no longer living in late 1980s. Maud had 4 children, the first by James Gann, the other 3 by Clinton Hunt. The names of the last 3 are unknown.
(672) Maud Coleman and husband James Gann had:
(693) 1. Marie Elizabeth Coleman (Copeland), b. 04/24/1917, in Soddy, TN
(693) Marie Elizabeth Coleman (Copeland) was born 4/24/1917, in Soddy, TN. Marie was raised by her aunt Gertrude Coleman and retained the name of Coleman. She graduated from the old Soddy High School in 1936 and married Eugene Copeland on 10/31/1939, in Rossville, GA. Eugene was born 07/02/1913, in Soddy. He died 08/19/1976, in Chattanooga, TN. Marie still resides in Soddy. She and Eugene had 3 children.
(673) Wayne F. Coleman was born early 1900's, in Soddy, TN. He married Bess Johnson. They lived in Kentucky, Red Bank, TN, and Cleveland, TN, where Wayne was living when he died in 1956. Wayne and Bess had no children, but Wayne raised a stepson from a previous marriage of Bess'.
(674) General Sheridan (Jack) Coleman was born 1907?, in Soddy, TN. He married Jennie Kennedy. Jack lived in Kentucky, Red Bank, TN, and the last 25 years of his life in St. Petersburg, Florida. Jack and Jennie had 1 daughter.
(675) Earl Wallace Coleman was born 9/23/1909, in Soddy, TN. He married Julia Smith in 1929. Earl lived in Soddly and Kentucky, but had lived most of his life in Red Bank, TN. He worked with the Crane Company, in Chattanooga, TN, but retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority as an electrician. Earl and Julia still live in Red Bank. They have 2 children.
(655) Albert Francis Marion (Ab) Coleman was born 03/25/1864 in Kentucky.[Census records]
One of his daughters said he was born in the back of a covered wagon on the way to
Kentucky from Tennessee. Ab grew up in Kentucky and Putnam County, Tennessee.
Ab came to Soddy, TN, with his family while in his late teens, roughly around 1880.
[Cy's book]
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Water Color of Albert Francis Marion Coleman
Ab married Sarah Penelope 'Sally' Jones on 10/13/1883, in Hamilton
County, TN. Sarah was born 9/?/1865, in Rhea County, TN.
Ab and Sarah lived most of their married lives in Soddy as a farmer.
Later in life, he and Sally moved to the St. Elmo area of Chattanooga.
[Cy's book]
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Albert Francis Marion 'Ab' Coleman Family, c1909
Left to Right:
Ralph (little boy),
Albert FM Coleman,
Salley Jones Coleman (seated),
Gussie Coleman (littlest girl),
Ethel Lurie Coleman – in white dress,
Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coleman – white blouse and black skirt,
Nancy Mae Coleman (in checkered dress), and
Dylis Aldene Coleman in short white dress.
Ab was a carpenter, blacksmith AND farmer and they moved around from Rockwood to
Mont Lake to Lookout Valley – working for my Grandfather Arthur Ward Kelley –
their son-in-law – in his various businesses – mostly owning and managing coal mines.
[Dykes, 2009]
Ab died at his home in St. Elmo on 3/16/1939, just nine days before his 75th birthday. Sally died just six months and eight days later on 9/21/1939. Both were buried in the Varner Cemetery, Back Valley Road, in Soddy, TN.
(655) Albert Francis Marion (Ab) Coleman and wife Sally Penelope had 10 children:
(694) 1. Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Coleman (Compton), b. 09/08/1885 in Soddy, TN (695) 2. James L. Coleman, b. 04/?/1888 in Soddy, TN (696) 3. Ethel Lurie Coleman (Kelley), b. 08/07/1894 in Soddy, TN (697) 4. Nancy Mae Coleman (Kelley) (Gledhill), b. 03/?/1897 in Soddy, TN (698) 5. Dylis Aldene Coleman, b. 10/?/1899 in Soddy, TN (699) 6. Gussie Agnes Colemnan (Collins), b. 11/15/1907 in Soddy, TN, d. 12/14/1999 (700) 7. Ralph M. Coleman, b. c1901 in Soddy, TN (701) 8. Bruce Coleman, b. c1903 in Soddy, TN (702) 9. Arthur Coleman, b. c1905 in Soddy, TN (703) 10. Walter Coleman, b. c1907 in Soddy, TN[Dates for Gussie courtesy of Dykes, 2009]
(694) Mary Elizabeth 'Mollie' Coleman (Compton), b. 9/8/1885, in Soddy, TN.
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Mary E 'Mollie' Coleman Compton
Mollie married J. Richard Compton on 12/05/1925, in Hamilton County, TN. Molly and Richard lived most of their married lives in Tiftonia, a Suburb west of Chattanooga. Mollie died 8/12/1972, in Chattanooga, TN, just 27 days before her 87th birthday. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy. She was preceded in death by her husband. Mollie and Richard had no children.
(695) James L. Coleman,
was born 4/?/1888, in Soddy, TN. He died in 1906, in
Soddy, at the age of 18. Never married, no children.
[Cy's book]
Jim died from typhoid. He is buried in the Varner Cemetery
[Dykes, 2009]
(696) Ethel Lurie Coleman, b. 08/07/1894, in Soddy, TN. She
married Arthur Ward Kelley, 10/07/1911, in Chattanooga, TN. Arthur is now deceased.
Ethel lived with one of her daughters in Chattanooga in the late 1980s.
[Cy's book]
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Ethel Lurie Coleman Kelley
Arthur's name was Arthur WARD Kelley. [Cy's work had shown Lot as his middle name.]
Ethel Lurie Coleman Kelley died at the home of
(706) Mary Elizabeth Kelley Fussel and her husband in Harrison, TN
(a suburb of Chattanooga) 09/23/1987 due to lung cancer. Ethel is
buried in the Varner Cemetery.
[Dykes, 2009]
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009.
Children of Ethel Lurie Coleman Kelley and Arthur Ward Kelley, c1922 or 23
LEFT TO RIGHT:
Thelma Virginia Kelley,
Arthur Ward Kelley, Jr. – Buddy,
Mary Elizabeth Kelley,
Dylis Valgene Kelly, and
Ernest Stanton Kelley
(696) Ethel Lurie Coleman and Arthur Kelley had 5 children.
(704) 1. Thelma Kelley (White), b. 06/07/1912, in Daisy, TN, d. 01/10/1996 (705) 2. Arthur Ward 'Buddy' Kelley, Jr., b. 12/10/1913, in Chattanooga, TN, d. 11/?/1923 (706) 3. Mary Elizabeth Kelley (Fussell), b. 12/09/1915, in Rockwood, TN. (707) 4. Dylis Valgene Kelley (Lucas) (Purdy), b. in Chattanooga, TN, d. 9/11/2000 (708) 5. Ernest Stanton Kelley, b. 10/27/1921. [Ernest's birth date and all death dates above: courtesy of Dykes, 2009]
(704) Thelma Kelley was born 06/07/1912, in Daisy, TN. She married Kenneth White and had 2 daughters.
Thelma died 01/10/1996. Kenneth E. White lived 08/12/1915 - 12/21/1983.
Ken died at the home of (706) Mary Elizabeth Kelley Fussel and her husband in
Harrison, TN due to aortic aneurism.
[Dykes, 2009]
(705) Buddy Kelley died before
his 10th birthday, in Nov 1923 due to accidental electrocution in Lookout Valley, TN.
[Dykes, 2009]
(706) Mary Elizabeth Kelley was born 12/09/1915, in Rockwood, TN. She married James G Fussell and they lived in Chattanooga, TN, and had a son and a daughter.
 Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original. Mary E Kelley Fussell, c1935 |
 Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original. James G. Fussell as Flight Cadet |
Col. James G. Fussell served a 30 year career in the US Air Force – flying combat
missions in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. The family lived all over the world.
He and Mary retired to the Chattanooga area (Harrison) in July 1969.
They lived there until James' death April 17, 2005. Mary was living near her
daughter in Lawrenceville, GA, at age 93 years in Feb 2009.
[Dykes, 2009]
(707) Dylis Valgene 'Val' Kelley (Lucas) (Purdy), b. in Chattanooga, TN.
Dykes related Val's first name was Dylis and provided a photo of her grave marker
stone showing she lived 10/07/1919 to 09/11/2000. She died at home in Harrison, TN.
She is buried in Varner Cemetery.
[Dykes, 2009]
(707) Dylis Valgene Kelley married first Chester Lucas. Val and Chester had one child:
(1387) 1. Mark Miller Lucas, b. 02/11/1948, d. 05/01/2006, bur. Varner Cem. [Dykes, 2009]
(707) Dylis Valgene Kelley
married second Samuel B. Purdy.
Samuel was a Captain in the U.S. Navy. Val and Capt. Samuel Purdy had one daughter, still living.
[Dykes, 2009]
Valgene died 9/11/2000 in Harrison, TN, (just outside Chattanooga).
[Dykes, 2009]
(708) Ernest Stanton Kelley, Ernest married Iris Bridges and had 3 children.
(697) Nancy Mae Coleman (Kelley) (Gledhill), b. 3/?/1897, in Soddy, TN.
Mae married first Roy Kelley who died young.
Mae married second R. Earl Gledhill.
Nancy Mae and Ethel Coleman married brothers, Roy and Arthur Kelley, so their children
were double cousins. Roy Kelley died from Typhoid the day their son, Roy Bruce 'Doc' Kelley,
was born. Mae was in bed with typhoid and 'Doc' was born with typhoid.
Mae died in the 1960s.
[Dykes, 2009]
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Nancy Mae Coleman Kelley Gledhill
(697) Nancy Mae Coleman and first husband Roy Kelley had three children:
(709) 1. Eugene Kelley (710) 2. Roy Kelley, Jr. (711) 3. Samuel Kelley
(698) Dylis Aldene Coleman, b. 10/?/1899, in Soddy, TN. She died on 11/8/1921, in Chattanooga, TN, at the age of 22. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery in Soddy. She never married.
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Dylis Aldene Coleman about 1920
Dill Coleman died due to hepatitis.
[Dykes, 2009]
(699) Gussie Agnes Coleman (Collins), b. in Soddy, TN, just afler the turn of the century. She married Joseph B. Collins.
Digital image courtesy of Mary Dykes, 02/2009. Click on image to download hires original.
Gussie Agnes Coleman Collins, 11/15/1907 - 12/14/1999
Dykes relates a photo of the grave marker stone for Gussie Agnes Collins showing
she lived from 11/15/1907 to 12/14/1999.
[Dykes, 2009]
(699) Gussie Agnes Coleman and husband Joseph B. Collins had two children:
(712) 1. Joann Collins (713) 2. Joseph B. Collins, Jr.
(713) Joseph B. Collins, Jr. married Mary Ann Unknown. Joseph was president of Collins Assoc. in Chattanooga.
(700) Ralph M. Coleman, b. in the early 1900's, in Soddy, TN. He married Anna Unknown and lived in Chattanooga, TN, for some time. He was living out of town when he died. He had no children. Wife, Anna, died 11/28/1983, at the age of 77, in Chattanooga, TN.
Ralph died at Newel's Clinic in Chattanooga, TN. He married first Anna May Massengill. He married second Unknown remaining with her the rest of his life. [Dykes, 2009]
(701) Bruce Coleman, b. ca. 1903, in Soddy, TN. He died around the age of 5, on 3/23/1909, in Soddy, TN. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
(702) Arthur Coleman, b. in Soddy, TN, he died in Soddy as an infant. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
(703) Walter Coleman, b. in Soddy, TN, he also died in infancy in Soddy. He was also buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
(656) Thomas Larkin Coleman was born 09/15/1865, in Bainbridge, of Christian
County, KY. He died of heart failure, aggravated by a fall on his abdomen per
the death certificate.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
He married Ida Newman of Sale Creek on 9/21/1887, in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Larkin died 4/2/1928, in Sale Creek, at the age of 62 years and 7 months. He was buried in the Patterson Cemetery, Sale Creek. Ida died 2/14/1951, at Sale Creek and was also buried in the Patterson Cemetery.
According to Phil Coleman, a researcher and descendant of the Thomas
Larkin Coleman line in contact with me in 1998 and 1999,
(656) Thomas Larkin Coleman
married Ida Mae Newman.
Ida was born in Lenoire City, of Roane County, TN. Ida's parents
were Calvin Newman, of Roane County, TN, and Sarah Ann Gross, of Sale Creek,
of Hamilton County, TN.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
When his mother died, Larkin was such a young age his father, Tom was unable to care for him alone in addition to raising two other small sons, so Larkin was raised by his maternal grandparents in Sale Creek, TN, James and Susannah Lee Gothard.
Not a great deal is known about Larkin's life other than he apparently lived in Sale Creek all of his life, he was at least educated enough to read and write and that his occupation was listed as a coal miner in the 1900 Hamilton County, TN, census.
Larkin and Ida had 10 children. Little is known of the family as most of the children left the area and have no immediate family mnembers in the Hamilton County area.
(656) Thomas Larkin Coleman and wife Ida Mae Newman had these children:
(714) 1. Gracie C. Coleman (Thomas), b. 2/2/1888, in Sale Creek, TN (715) 2. Margaret Catherine (Katie) Coleman (Bolton), b. 5/?/1889, in Sale Creek, TN (716) 3. Lyman Coleman, b. 4/?/1894, in Sale Creek, TN (717) 4. Mary Geneva Coleman, b. 3/04/1897, in Sale Creek, TN (718) 5. Carl Coleman, b. 5/29/1899, in Sale Creek, TN (719) 6. Luther Coleman, b. in c1900, lived in Flint, MI (720) 7. Beatrice Coleman (Miller), b. in c1902 (721) 8. Thelma Coleman (Good)(Schmildeknecht), b. in c1903 (722) 9. Marvin Lourie Coleman, b. 10/04/1909 (723) 10. Nettie(or Nettle) Coleman (Jones), b. 10/25/1905
(714) Gracie C. Coleman (Thomas) was born 02/02/1888 (year is per Phil Coleman, 1998-1999.) (Cy said year was 1892), in Sale Creek, TN. She married Will Thomas. Gracie died around 1932.
(714) Gracie C. Coleman and husband Will Thomas had 4 children:
(724) 1. Emma Kate Thomas (Gann), b. c1912 (725) 2. Nell Thomas (Coates), b. c1914 (726) 3. Mattie Thomas (Marler), b. c1915 (727) 4. Betty Thomas, b. c1917
(724) Emma Kate Thomas (Gann) was born c1912. She married Eddie Gann. She died 9/30/1981. She was buried in the Welch Cemetery, Sale Creek.
(724) Emma Kate Thomas and husband Eddie Gann had two daughters:
(728) 1. Edna Gann (Francisco) (729) 2. withheld Gann (Newell)
(728) Edna Gann (Francisco) married Eddie Francisco. Edna died in 1977.
(729) withheld Gann married Robert Newell and lived in Smyrna, GA.
(725) Nell Thomas married Kibb Coates. She lived in Red Bank, TN.
(726) Mattie Thomas married George Marler and lived in Evensville, TN.
(715) Margaret Catherine "Katie" Coleman was born 05/?/1889, in Sale Creek, TN. She married Jim Bolton and died in child birth.
In 1998 or 1999, Phil Coleman related an interesting family legend associated with her death during childbirth. Her husband was reportedly very prudish and would not let another man view his naked wife. Consequently, he refused to summon a doctor (male) during this first child's birth with complications. Catherine died and, presumably, the baby also died.
(716) Lyman Coleman was born 4/?/1894, in Sale Creek, TN. He lived in Detroit, Mich.
(716) Lyman Coleman and wife Mable Baker had one son:
(730) 1. Robert Lyman Coleman, b. 9/15/1927
(730) Robert Lyman Coleman was born 9/15/1927. Robert's wife was Pam. They may have divorced. Lyman died of heart failure in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, 11/15/1954. He Worked for many years at Ford Motor Company in an office or administrative capacity,
(717) Mary Geneva Coleman was born 3/04/1897, in Sale Creek, TN. She lived in Warsaw, Ind. as an adult.
Mary Geneva "Neva" Coleman was born 3/04/1897 and
died January 28, 1964 in Warsaw, Indiana. She is buried at Harrison Cemetery.
Married Albert Green and had one daughter. Mary divorced Green and then
married Ronald Hudson. Ronald and Neva had a dairy farm outside Warsaw,
Indiana for many years.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
Cy heard an unsubstantiated story from a cousin
that the farm was no more. It fell victim to developers.
(717) Mary "Neva" Coleman and husband Albert Green had one child:
(731) 1. Geneva Katherine Green, b. 4/19/1916.
(718) Carl Coleman, b. 5/29/1899, in Sale Creek, TN.
Carl Coleman was born 5/29/1899 and died of cancer
after a four-month illness, on 11/15/1954.
Carl married Arlene Cook on 3/3/1938 in
Angola, Indiana.
Carl also married to Minnie Whitaker, but which marriage
was first is not known. Carl moved to Flint, Michigan in 1920 and worked at
Buick Motor Division until his death. Carl was a veteran of World War One
and, according to Phil's father, Marvin, Carl suffered and survived a poison gas
attack in combat.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
(719) Luther Coleman lived in Flint, Michigan.
Luther Coleman was born 11/19/1904 in Sale Creek,
Hamilton County, TN. "Luke" married Helen Marie Dunnuck, 4/13/1929, in
South Bend, Indiana. Died 10/5/1964.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
(719) Luther Coleman had two children, one of which was:
(732) 1. Donald Edward Coleman, b. 12/02/1930 to Luther Coleman
(732) Donald Edward Coleman was born 12/02/1930. Donald married Marilyn Ann Tucker, 10/26/1951. Donald and Marilyn had two children.
Luther later divorced, and then married Arlene Verle Perry on 4/03/1958.
(720) Beatrice Coleman (Miller) married first James Fred Miller. She lived in Sale Creek for awhile and her mother Ida died at her home. She moved to Michigan.
(720) Beatrice Ruth Coleman was born 8/24/1912. Beatrice
married James Fred Miller on 5/01/1929.
They had two children, Thomas and
Ruth. She then divorced and
married Gabriel Degteroff on 5/17/1971.
Bea was widowed as Gabe died in the mid 1980's. Gabe was a delightful man
of Russian extraction that Phil had met once. Bea was the only surviving member
of the Thomas/Ida clan. She was living in Georgia in 1998 or 99.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
(720) Beatrice Coleman (Miller) and husband James Miller had these children:
(733) 1. Thomas Edwin Miller, b. 2/27/1930 (734) 2. Ruth Lange Miller, b. c1931
(721) Thelma Coleman (Good) (Schmildeknecht),
(721) Thelma Maxine Coleman was born September 21, 1907.
Married Perry Ray Good. Thelma and Perry had one son, Ronald.
Thelma divorced Perry and married Spencer Schmiedeknecht. Both Spencer and
Thelma were buried in Flint, MI. Both lived in Flint, Michigan for at least
the last 30 years of their lives. Spencer probably worked for the Buick Motor
Division.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
(721) Thelma Coleman
(735) 1. Ronald Vance Good, b. 10/04/1930. Ronald married Roberta Matthews.
(722) Marvin Lourie Coleman was born 10/04/1909 in Sale Creek, TN.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
Marvin moved to Michigan in the 1920's. He lived for a while in Grand Rapids, MI and then in Flint, MI. He married Etta Pearl Lockery, 6/24/1933, in Flint, MI. He was known most of his adult life as "Bill." Marvin worked for 44 years at Buick Motor Division.
Marvin died June, 1993. Pearl resided in a rest home in Flint, MI.
Marvin and Pearl had two children.
(723) Nettie(or Nettle) Coleman (Jones), b. 10/25/1905. She married Mike Jones and lived in Flint, MI.
Phil reports on Nettle Coleman: She was born in Sale Creek, TN,
and died 3/06/1981, in Flint, Michigan. Nettle married
James Milo Jones on
1/13/1923. James died November 26, 1980. Both were buried in Flint, MI.
[Coleman, Phil, 1998-1999]
(723) Nettle Coleman and husband James Jones had one child:
(736) 1. Betty Jones, b. c1924, lived only 5 days.
(657) James Coleman was the last child of Thomas Jackson Coleman and wife Nancy Gothard Coleman. He was born in 1866 or 1867, probably in Kentucky. He died as a baby.
(658) William Jasper Coleman was born 7/8/1869, the first child born to (395) Thomas Jackson Coleman and his second wife, Rhoda Rogers Coleman. Census records indicate he was born in Tennessee.
Bill grew up in Putnam County, Tennessee, and came to Soddy with his family when he was in his early teens.
He married Nancy E. Jones in late 1890 or early 1891. Nancy was born 10/8/1873, also in Tennessee. Bill was listed as a farmer in the 1900 Hamilton County census and as far as I know farmed all of his life. He and Nancy had at least enough formal education to be able to read and write. Bill owned his own farm and it is assumed it was located around the Big Soddy area along the present Back Valley Road, and possibly down to Jones Gap Road. Some of his grandchildren still are living in this area.
Bill died in Soddy on 2/4/1922, at the age of 52 years, 6 months and 26 days. Nancy's death date and place are unknown.
(658) William Jasper (Bill) Coleman and wife Nancy E. Jones had five children:
(737) 1. Name unknown, died in infancy. (738) 2. Warren Henegar Coleman, b. 02/?/1894, in Soddy, TN (739) 3. Leonard Grant Coleman, b. 08/06/1897, in Soddy, TN (740) 4. Hazel Coleman, b. c1900, in Soddy (741) 5. Eunice Coleman (Hair), b. 07/07/1914, in Soddy, TN
(738) Warren Henegar Coleman was born 02/?/1894, in Soddy, TN. He married Audrey Ellison on 8/19/1919, in Hamilton County, TN. Warren and Audrey lived in Red Bank, TN, and Warren was a foreman for the N.C.&ST.L. (now L&N) railroad.
(738) Warren Henegar Coleman and wife Audrey Ellison had one son:
(742) 1. Warren Alton (Sonny) Coleman, b. c1920
(742) Warren Alton (Sonny) Coleman grew up in Red Bank, TN, and married Doris Wade, also of Red Bank.
(742) Warren Alton (Sonny) Coleman and wife Doris Wade had three children.
(739) Leonard Grant Coleman, b. 8/6/1897, in Soddy, TN. He apparently was a lifelong resident of Soddy, and as far as I know lived in the Big Soddy area near where his father did. He married Mary Gertrude Jeffery. She was born 11/15/1912, in Hamilton County, TN.
Grant died at his home in Soddy on 11/6/1965, at the age of 68. His wife died 9/12/1969, at her home on Short Street, in Soddy, at the age of 56. They were both buried in the Varner Cemetery on Back Valley Road in Soddy.
(739) Leonard Grant Coleman and wife Mary Gertrude Jeffery had ten children.
(740) Hazel Coleman was born in Soddy, shortly after the turn of the century. She died at age 13.
(741) Eunice Coleman (Hair) was born 7/7/1914, in Soddy, TN. She married Archie Hair on 7/19/1930, in Rossville, GA. Eunice and Archie lived in Red Bank, TN. They had 3 children.
(659) Robert Elkinney Coleman was born 07/11/1871, probably in Putnam County, Tennessee. He lived his early childhood in Putnam County and moved to Soddy with his family when he was around 10 or 11 years of age. There he met and married Mary Melinda Patton Haile in late 1896 or early 1897. Mary was the widow of George Haile. She was born in Tennessee on 1/13/1870.
Bob was a lifelong resident of Soddy. His occupation was listed as a farmer in the 1900 Hamilton County Census. He continued to farm but also became a contractor, an occupation from which he retired.
The 1900 census also states he was renting his farm at the time but he did, as far as I know, become a landowner and lived the rest of his life in an area known as Big Soddy Road in the early 1900's, now known as Back Valley Road.
Bob died on 11/20/1956, at his home in Soddy at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 9 days. Mary died on 6/6/1961, at the age of 91 years, 5 months. They were both laid to rest in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
Bob and Mary had 8 children of their own, although before going ahead with them I will mention Mary's 5 children by her previous marriage. From what I understand they were never treated as stepchildren by Bob but as his own. There names were Henry T. Haile, Nancy Haile (Rees), Martha B. Haile (Madewell), Ruth Etta Haile, and Amon J. Haile.
(659) Robert Elkinney (Bob) Coleman and wife Mary had eight children:
(743) 1. Robert Floyd Coleman, b. 11/01/1899, in Soddy, TN (744) 2. Florence Coleman, b. 11/11/1901?, in Soddy, TN (745) 3. Thomas C. Coleman, b. 06/27/1902, in Soddy, TN (746) 4. Vestel H. Coleman, b. 04/02/1904, in Soddy, TN (747) 5. Phillip Coleman, b. 05/01/1905, in Soddy, TN (748) 6. Emma Coleman (Houston), b. 01/13/1907, in Soddy, TN (749) 7. Infant, name unknown, b. c1910, died at 3 days of age (750) 8. Inez Coleman (Woodall), b. 11/24/1911, in Soddy, TN
(743) Robert Floyd Coleman, b. 11/1/1899, in Soddy, TN. He grew up in Soddy and married Mary Elizabeth Guider. Floyd and Mary lived in Soddy during the early part of their marriage. Floyd was employed by the U. S. Postal Service and the family moved to Chattanooga.
Floyd died on 4/8/1947, in Chattanooga, TN, at the age of 47 years, 6 months and 8 days. He was buried in the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN. He was a veteran of WW I.
(743) Robert Floyd Coleman and wife Mary Elizabeth Guider had three children:
(751) 1. Daniel David Coleman, b. 5/22/1921, in Soddy, TN (752) 2. James Thomas Coleman, b. 7/16/1927, in Chattanooga, TN (753) 3. Lillian Elizabeth Coleman (Ellis) (Doughty), b. 7/4/1928, in Chattanooga, TN
(751) Daniel David Coleman, b. 5/22/1921, in Soddy, TN. He moved to Chattanooga with his parents as a young child. He married Anna Faye Brown on 3/28/1942, in High Point, GA. She was born 3/15/1921, in Macon, GA. "Dee" and Anna Faye live in Chattanooga where he was a well known East Brainerd pharmacist. They had 2 children. (752) James Thomas Coleman, b. 7/16/1927, in Chattanooga, TN. Jim grew up in Chattanooga, and married Helen Hubbard of Copper Hill, TN, on 9/5/1946, in Chattanooga, TN. She was born 5/8/1928, the daughter of Earl and Pearl Stevens Hubbard. Jim and Helen reside in Chattanooga. Jim was the Vice-President and Secretary of Lee-Smith International, and Lesco, Inc., in Chattanooga. They have 2 sons. (753) Lillian Elizabeth Coleman (Ellis) (Doughty), b. 7/4/1928, in Chattanooga, TN. She married first Garland E. Ellis. She married second Charles L. Doughty. She now lives in Greenville, SC, and had 2 children by Garland Ellis who were later adopted by Charles Doughty.
(744) Florence Coleman was born 11/11/1901?, in Soddy, TN. She died as a young child.
(745) Thomas C. Coleman was born 06/27/1902, in Soddy, TN. He apparently lived in Soddy all of his life. He married Ruth Baker at Soddy, TN, on 5/24/1924. Ruth was born 1/31/1908, in Soddy, TN.
Tom was a well known farmer and carpenter in the Soddy area. He was a member of Carpenter's Local No. 74 of Chattanooga, TN, Superintendent of Mabry and Parker Construction Company of Chattanooga, and was also a well known Baptist Minister in the North Hamilton County, TN, area. He pastored most all of the Baptist Churches in North Hamilton County at one time or another during his ministry.
Tom met a tragic death on 5/30/1967, when he was killed in a train accident while crossing the tracks on a tractor near his home on Back Valley Road. He was less than a month short of his 65th birthday when he was killed. Ruth died 8/29/1983, at the age of 75. Both were buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy, TN.
Tom and Ruth parented 15 children. No other Coleman descendant found thus far had fathered or given birth to as many children through just one union. There were 15 single births. [Since many were born after 1930, they do not appear here. WDC]
(745) Thomas C. Coleman and wife Ruth Baker had these children by 1930:
(754) 1. Robert L. Coleman, b. 11/04/1925, in Soddy, TN (755) 2. Ruth Coleman (Moore) (Delzell), b. 06/23/1928, in Soddy, TN (756) 3. Imoqene Coleman (Smith), b. 11/01/1929, in Soddy, TN
(754) Robert L. Coleman, b. 11/4/1925, in Soddy, TN. He married Mona Lasley on 12/31/1954, in Daisy, TN. He was a former Tennessee State Trooper, and was a foreman at Chris Craft, in Chattanooga, TN. On 3/24/1956, he was fatally injured along with his brother James in an auto accident at Mile Straight, just south of Daisy, TN. He was 30 years, 4 months and 20 days old when he died. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy. No children.
(755) Ruth Coleman (Moore) (Delzell), b. 6/23/1928, in Soddy, TN. She married first Jewell Moore on 5/8/1948. She married second Earl H. Delzell on 12/31/1960. She now lives in Rossville, GA. One child.
(756) Imoqene Coleman (Smith), b. 11/1/1929, in Soddy, TN. She married Denton Smith on 4/20/1948, in Rossville, GA. Imogene and Denton presently live on Signal Mountain, TN. Denton was a construction worker. They have 5 children.
(746) Vestel H. Coleman, b. 4/2/1904, in Soddy, TN. He married Allie Clements on 11/6/1926, in Hamilton County, TN. Vestel died suddenly on 8/8/1927, with his wife expecting their only child. He was 23 years, 4 months and 6 days old when he died. He was buried in the Johnson Cemetery on Hiway 27 just south of Daisy, TN. Allie never remarried. She was well known in the Soddy community as the manager of the school cafeteria at Soddy EIementary for many years, a position she retired from. Allie died 8/16/1981.
(746) Vestel H. Coleman and wife Allie Clements had 1 daughter:
(757) 1. Vestel Arden Coleman (Rackley), b. 12/25/1927, in Soddy, TN
(757) Vestel Arden Coleman (Rackley), b. 12/25/1927, in Soddy, TN. She married Raymond Rackley of Soddy. She was retired from Duggan Mfg. Co. in Daisy upon her death on 1/12/1981, at the age of 53 years and 19 days. She was buried in the Johnson Cemetery, Daisy. She and Raymond had 4 children.
(747) Phillip Coleman was born 05/01/1905, in Soddy, TN. He married first Edith Rogue on 2/19/1928, in Soddy, TN. Edith was born 02/03/1904, in Soddy. He married second Almeda Worley. She died 11/13/1976. Phil resided in Soddy. He had 1 daughter by Edith Hogue.
(748) Emma Coleman (Houston) was born 01/13/1907, in Soddy, TN. She married Douglas Clyde Houston, a well known barber in Soddy. He was born 5/16/1902. He died on 4/20/1981 in Soddy.. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery. Emma still resides in Soddy. She and Doug had 3 children.
(750) Inez Coleman (Woodall) was born 11/24/1911, in Soddy, TN. She married William A. Woodall. Bill was born 7/30/1908. They were residents of Soddy where Bill owned Woodall Upholstering Company for many years. Inez died 9/2/1962, at the age of 50 years, 9 months and 9 days. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy. Bill remarried and moved to Ringgold, Georgia. He died on 10/7/1978.
(750) Inez Coleman and William A. Woodall had these children:
(1385) 1. June Woodall (Scealf), b. 03/03/1932, in Soddy, TN, d. 03/02/1992 [http://www.varnercem.com/details.php?recnourl=694] (1386) 2. <living son>, b. >1930, in Soddy, TN
(660) Eliza Frances Coleman (Lynch) was born 04/28/1873, in Putnam County, Tennessee. She was the first daughter born to Thomas J. Coleman after six consecutive sons. She moved to Soddy as a young girl with her family.
She married William Lynch in Soddy, TN, on 8/28/1892. Bill was born 12/20/1860, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Phillip and Ellen Davis Lynch, who were Irish immigrants. Bill had come to Tennessee to work on the railroad, first in Knoxville, then in Hamilton County. He was with a crew laying track through Soddy when he met Liza. They married and remained in Soddy for the rest of their lives. Bill farmed his land on Posey Road in Soddy.
Liza died on 4/6/1910, in Soddy just 22 days before her 37th birthday. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy. Bill lived on until 6/8/1944, when he died at the age of 83. He was also buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(660) Eliza Frances Coleman and husband Bill Lynch had four children:
(1162) 1. Annie Etta Lynch, b. 05/23/1893, in Soddy, TN (758) 2. Effie Leona Lynch, b. 09/11/1895, in Soddy, TN (759) 3. John William Lynch, b. 05/10/1897, in Soddy, TN (760) 4. Irving Tennyson Lynch, b. 02/16/1900, in Soddy, TN
(1162) Annie Etta Lynch was born 5/23/1893, in Soddy, TN. She lived her entire life in Soddy, where she was a well known teacher at the old Retro School in Bakewell for many years in the early 1900's. Annie never married. She died on 1/16/1979, in Soddy, at the age of 85 years, 7 months and 21 days. She was buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(1162) Annie Etta Lynch appears in the photo below:
Annie Lynch with one of her classes at the old Retro School, Bakewell, TN
(758) Effie Leona Lynch was born 9/11/1895, in Soddy, she had also lived her entire life in Soddy. She did some substitute teaching herself in earlier years. She and her sister Annie were both graduates of the old Soddy High School which stood at the present site of Soddy Elementary School. Effie was still active in the Soddy High Alumni Association. Effie was the only member of this family still living and even at the age of 88 was in reasonably good health and possesses a remarkable memory. She still resides at the Lynch homeplace in Soddy.
(759) John William Lynch was born 05/10/1897, in Soddy, TN. Also living in Soddy all of his life, he was a well known resident and farmer in Soddy. John never married and died on 1/8/1980, at the age of 82 years, 7 months and 29 days. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(760) Irving Tennyson Lynch was born 02/16/1900, in Soddy, TN. He never married and died on 11/14/1928, at the age of 28 years, 8 months and 29 days. He was also buried in the Varner Cemetery in Soddy.
(661) Charles Washington Coleman, II was born 03/14/1875, in Putnam County, Tennessee, he was named for his grandfather. He came with his family to Soddy as a young boy. He was educated in the public schools of Soddy and graduated from Dayton University. He became a well known educator in Rhea and Hamilton Counties around the turn of the century. He rose to the position of principal of Soddy Elementary School when in 1909 he was persuaded by his first cousin, Henry C. Coleman to return to Putnam County and help him start a high school there. Charles didn't return to Soddy but instead stayed in Baxter, TN, and taught there until his retirement. Ironically the cousin, Henry returned to Soddy and taught school at Soddy and Bakewell for awhile.
After retiring from teaching Charles went into the grocery business and also became a Church of Christ minister in Gainesboro, Tennessee.
Charles was married three times. He married his first wife, Ada Ward, in late 1897 or early 1898. She died in the early 1900's and he married his second wife, Lula Wones on 4/22/1907, in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Lula also died and he then married Sarah Gentry who survived him when he died 3/15/1960, in Gainesboro, TN, at the age of 85 years and 1 day.
(661) Charles Washington Coleman, II had 3 sons:
(761) 1. Roy Lee Coleman (762) 2. Howard Coleman (763) 3. Herman L. Coleman
(761) Roy Lee Coleman married Fannie Roberts. He died in Michigan. Roy had two children.
(762) Howard Coleman lived in Baxter, Tennessee.
(763) Herman L. Coleman died in Oak Ridge, TN.
(662) Lewis N. Coleman was born 05/22/1877, in Putnam County, TN. He also came to Soddy with his parents as a very young boy. He grew up and was educated in the public schools in Soddy. He died on his 22nd birthday, 5/22/1899, in Soddy, TN.
(663) John H. Coleman was born 08/05/1879, in Putnam County, TN. He came to Soddy with his family at about age 3. He grew up in Soddy and on 9/30/1905, he married Elizabeth Nipper at Soddy, TN. Lizzie was born 12/22/1888.
John followed his brother Charles and also became an educator and taught in the Hamilton County school system as well as many other school systems before eventually leaving the education field and getting into life insurance, a business from which he retired in 1955.
After living in Soddy and Chattanooga, TN, John and Lizzie lived in Asheville, North Carolina later in life. Lizzie was also an educator by profession, retiring from that field of work.
John died on 9/4/1963, at the age of 84 years and 1 month, in Asheville, NC. He was buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy. Lizzie returned to Chattanooga after John died. She lived for five more years until her death on 10/9/1968, in Chattanooga just over 2 months before her 80th birthday. She was also buried in the Varner Cemetery.
(663) John H. Coleman and wife Elizabeth (Lizzie) Nipper had two children:
(764) 1. Henry Bruce Coleman, b. c1908, in Soddy, TN (765) 2. Edna Coleman (Miller), b. c1910, in Soddy, TN
(764) Henry Bruce Coleman was born c1908 in Soddy, TN, he died on 8/20/1909, while still a baby, at Soddy, TN. Buried in the Nelson Cemetery, Sale Creek, TN.
(765) Edna Coleman (Miller) was born c1910 in Soddy, TN. She married ?\?\?\\? Miller. They had one son.
(664) Phil S. Coleman was b. in either Putnam County, TN, or Soddy, TN, he died in infancy at Soddy, TN. Buried in the Varner Cemetery, Soddy.
(665) Nannie Coleman (Coleman) - The youngest child of Thomas J. and Rhoda Rogers Coleman, was born 10/18/1883, at Soddy, TN. Nannie married her 1st cousin (845) Henry Clay Coleman. They will be covered together in Chapter 27 "Descendants of Zachary Taylor Coleman of Hamilton and Putnam Counties of Tennessee".
(845) Henry Clay Coleman and wife (665) Nannie Coleman had one child:
(872) 1. Olin H. Coleman, b. 3/25/1909, in Silver Point, TN.
June 10, 2008,
March 10, 2009 Added descendants charts for children of Thomas who were parents,
added children of (750) Inez Coleman William A. Woodall,
and fixed IE7 descendants chart rendering so as not to cover up the text which follows.
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