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
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