Coleman - Josiah - James - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Josiah Coleman was a physician in Montgomery County shortly.  While here, he had at leasst one son, James Asbury Coleman's picture taken.  Josiah had a very large family and moved around a great deal.  Josiah was born in Pennsylvania (county unknown) November 7, 1816.  He married in Adams County, Illinois in mid June (15th) in 1845 to Martha Hill who was his wife for life.  On the 10th of March in 1856, he received government in Section 9 Township 65 North, Range 35 West consisting of 40 acres.  

From the 1860 Nodaway County, Missouri census we know he had at least these children (listed below).  They were probably all born in the town of Ursa in Adams County, Illinois and at least two daughters and a son were born to this couple (Mary, Margaret and Lafayette) who likely died young as they did not show-up in other census records, plus these children: Josiah; William; Charley,  lLarissa, Ollie, Edwin and M who I believe was the last one, tallying at least 17 children (kbz).

John born 1842 Illinois

Robertson born 1845 Illinois

James born 1847 Illinois (or in other census records 1848 in Missouri)

Asa born 1848 in Illinois

Marcus born 1850 in Illinois

Caroline born 1852 in Illinois

Louisa born 1855 in Illinois

Joel born in1856 in Indiana

Mary born 1857 in Iowa

Nathan born about 1858 in Iowa

Josiah died in Liberty, Montgomery County, Kansas and is buried in the cemetery there, having died the first day of June in 1898.  

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James Asbury Coleman was born December 16, 1846 in Illinoois..  He had that rovingness as well, since he lived in Illinois, then Kansas, then back to Illinois and finally to Kay County, Oklahoma where he died August 1, 1914. (Newkirk).  Although there is a James A. Coleman listed on a CHerokee Indian Reservation in 1898 as a Cherokee by blood, on ancestry.com kbz is about 90% sure this is not the same James A. Coleman in this picture.  

Now, don't you just wonder if he had the other kids' pictures taken, too :(  

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There is also a remote possibility this is James Coleman who was born in Ireland and was in Montgomery County as a young man in 1834, but do not think it is because of the age, the brown eyes although if they are green, could be. ????