NED AND LOIS COLEMAN

According to family records:
Ned Carrol Coleman was born on 7-19-1903. His parents were Eligia Mose and Seleta Coleman (see post). He died on 2-14-1982. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater of the war. He served over 20 years in the US Army, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant, then worked as a strawberry farmer in Bradford Co. Florida.  His wife, Lois Harper Coleman, was born on 9-27-1915. Her parents were Morgan and Della Harper (see post). She was raised in Blackshear, GA.  She died on 12-6-1999. They are buried at the cemetery at Kingsley Lake Baptist Church, Starke, FL.  Lois told me that they met when Ned went to GA to visit his cousins.  Lois was a friend of one of Ned's cousins.  They met and later married.  Ned and Lois were married on 10-2-1937. Lois told me that her grandfather, Rev. J.F. Strickland, solemnized their wedding.  Their children are: Elisha Nolan Coleman, Amelia Coleman Felter, Virginia Coleman Chambers, Gail Coleman Walker, Knute Coleman, Charles Wadsworth Coleman.

The family records were compiled by my grandfather, Ned Coleman, listed above.

The birth dates of living relatives have been omitted.

Ned and Lois are the paternal grandparents of Paul Coleman; Knute is his father.

Ned and Lois Coleman 1947

Picture courtesy of Karen Coleman Shaddeau and Sandy Coleman Hall

Headstone for Ned and Lois Coleman

Kingsley Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
Starke, FL

Ned and Lois' marriage license

Ned Coleman

c. 1947
Picture courtesy of Knute Coleman

A very young Ned Coleman in the US Navy, 1918
Ned's discharge papers from the Army in 1948 record that he had served just over 20 years.  He would have been 25 when he began his Army career.  Evidently, he served in the Navy for a short time earlier in life.
Picture courtesy of Karen Coleman Shaddeau and Sandy Coleman Hall

Lois Coleman with Elisha Nolan and Amelia Coleman

Ned and Lois' children
(left to right) Gail, Amelia, Virginia, Charles, Knute, Elisha Nolan

ELIGIA MOSE AND SELETA COLEMAN

According to family records:

Eligia Mose Coleman was born on 3-11-1863. [His headstone lists his birth date as 3-11-1862, which is most likely the correct date - 1863 being a typo.]  His parents were Moses and Louisa Coleman (see post). He died on 10-4-1925. His wife, Seleta Varnes Coleman, was born on 9-3-1872. She died on 3-31-1962. Mose and Seleta were married on 6-5-1892. They are both buried in the cemetery at Kingsley Lake Baptist Church, Starke, FL. Their children are: Minnie I. Coleman Cain (b. 8-13-1893), Eligia Newton Coleman (b. 9-23-1894), Ava Coleman Keene (b. 2-23-1896), Sarah Jane Coleman Moore (b. 9-7-1897), Leona Coleman Stern (b. 2-24-1899), Cornellia Coleman Fowler (b. 9-3-1901), Ned Carrol Coleman (b. 7-19-1903), Mary Coleman (b. 1905, d. 10-4-1914), Frank Robert Coleman (b. 6-23-1908), and Grace Thelma Coleman Knighton (b. 1-16-1911).

Seleta was the first to begin to record our family history.  She wrote births, deaths and marriages in the old family Bible.  Ned Coleman continued recording and updating the family history during his lifetime and left the records to his descendants.

Eligia Mose and Seleta Coleman are paternal great-grandparents of Paul Coleman.

Eligia Mose Coleman and Seleta Varnes Coleman

Picture courtesy of Karen Coleman Shaddeau and Sandy Coleman Hall

Seleta Varnes Coleman surrounded by her children: (clockwise from lower left corner) Ned, Ava, Eligia, Minnie, Nella, Grace, Sarah, Frank and Leona

Picture courtesy of Karen Coleman Shaddeau and Sandy Coleman Hall

Headstone for Eligia and Seleta Coleman

Kingley Lake Baptist Church Cemetery

Starke, FL

MOSES AND LOUISA COLEMAN

According to family records:

Moses Coleman was born on 12-25-1827 in Georgia. He was a Confederate soldier who was shot in the leg. His homestead was in Clay County, FL. His wife, Louisa Moody Coleman, was born on 10-26-1833. Their children were: John, Mose, Jenny, William, Aaron, Rose, Isaum, Ruben, and Liddy.

The family records were compiled by my grandfather, Ned Coleman.

According to Knute Coleman, Moses and Louisa are buried at Blue Pond Cemetery, located in land now belonging to Camp Blanding.  Cemetery records confirm this location.

Moses Coleman was enlisted in the 26th Georgia Regiment, Company F (Ware Guards) during the civil war.  He was wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas (called Second Bull Run by the Yankees) in Virginia.  He was listed among those wounded in the battle on August 28, 1862 (see newspaper article from the time below).

Moses and Louisa Coleman are paternal great-great grandparents of Paul Coleman.

Headstone for Moses and Louisa Coleman

Blue Pond Cemetery 

Camp Blanding, FL

Moses Coleman's application for Confederate veterans pension documenting his service and wound received in battle 

Copy from the Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, FL

Louisa Coleman's application for pension for widows of Confederate veterans, providing documentation of her marriage to Moses Coleman, his military service and death

Copy from Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, FL