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Otho COLEMAN

Otho COLEMAN

Male 1829 - 1914  (~ 84 years)

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  • Name Otho COLEMAN 
    Census 1870 80 1900 10 20  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born Jan 1829  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1914  [2
    Buried Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Allegany Co, Maryland, enumerated on Oct 12 1850:
      Otto Coleman, 21, laborer; Rebecca, 22; Mathalena, 1; Francis (male), 22.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 23 1860:
      Otha Coleman, 30, b. Md, farmer; Rebecca, 32, b. Md; M. L. (female), 9, b. Md; Floyd F, 4, b. Va; William, 2, b. Va; Mary Trollinger, 69, b. Md; Lydia Trollinger, 62, b. Md; Anice (?), 62, b. Md.
      In the next household:
      Alten Coleman, 60, b. Md, farmer; Rachael, 59, b. Md; Alice, 4, b. Md.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated in June 1870:
      Otho Coleman, 41, b. Md, farmer; Rebecca, 42, b. Md, unable to read or write; Mathalina, 20, b. Md; Floyd F, 13, b. Va, unable to read or write; Wm F, 11, b. Va; Jas E, 9, b. Va; Russell, 7, b. Va; Frances E (female), 5, b. WVa; Cora A, 3, b. WVa; Annie Trellinger, 75, b. Md; Lidia Trellinger, 75, b. Md; Solomon Weekly, 24, b. Va, farm laborer.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 16 1880:
      Otho Coleman, 51, farmer; wife Rebecca, 52; son F. F., 23; son Wm F, 21; son Jas E, 18; son Russell, 16; dau Frances E, 15; dau Cora Ann, 13; aunt Lydia Trolinger, 85.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, Wv (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Otho Coleman, 71, b. Jan 1829 in Md (father b. Pa, mother b. Va), farmer, married 13 yrs; wife Eliza A, 59, b. Oct 1840 in Md (both parents b. Md), married 13 yrs, no children; dau Cora A, 30, b. Mar 1870, single; orphan Emma M. Doe, 16, b. Sep 1883 in WVa (father b. NY, mother b. WVa).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910:
      Otha Coleman, 81, b. Md (father b. Pa, mother b. Va), farmer, married 23 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Eliza A. Coleman, 69, b. Md (father b. Md, mother b. N.J.), married 23 yrs (1st marriage), no children; dau Cora A. Coleman, 42, b. Md (both parents b. Md), single; granddau Florida F. Scott, 18, b. W.Va (both parents b. W.Va), single.
    Person ID I69152  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2013 

    Father Alten COLEMAN,   b. CA 1800, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rachael J. WILSON,   b. CA 1801, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Family ID F47835  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca Ann TROLLINGER,   b. 2 Oct 1827, Allegany Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mathalena L. "Minnie" COLEMAN,   b. Dec 1849, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938  (Age ~ 88 years)
     2. Floyd Freeman COLEMAN,   b. 1 Jul 1856, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1915  (Age 58 years)
     3. William F. COLEMAN,   b. 2 Nov 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1947, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     4. James E. COLEMAN,   b. 18 Jan 1861, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1947  (Age 86 years)
     5. Russell COLEMAN,   b. CA 1863
     6. Frances E. COLEMAN,   b. 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1893, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     7. Cora Ann COLEMAN,   b. 31 Mar 1867,   d. 20 Nov 1940  (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F29146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eliza Ann TROLLINGER,   b. Oct 1840, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married CA 1887  [1
    Family ID F29145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    69152_COLEMAN_Otho_1829-1914_Coleman-FreemanCem_CrystalLake_WestUnionWV.jpg
    69152_COLEMAN_Otho_1829-1914_Coleman-FreemanCem_CrystalLake_WestUnionWV.jpg

    Documents
    999999_Meeting-in-Doddridge_RichmondWhig_14Jan1859.jpg
    Political Meeting in Doddridge, Richmond Whig, 14 Jan 1859

  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.