Hope this obit will help someone looking for the grave of this well respected man of his community.
Gonzales Inquirer
Oldest Man In The County
Uncle George Coleman Has Passed the Ninety Eight Mile Post
Guadalupe County Gazatte,
Probably the oldest man in Guadalupe county today is Uncle George Coleman, colored, who was for so many years janitor at the courthouse. He was born in Kentucky in 1803 and is ninety-eight years of age. He came to Texas as a slave with Major Hicklin over fifty years ago. He was an intimate boyhood associate of the old showman Dan Rice, who died thirteen years ago at the edge of eighty-four years. Though almost a centenarian, Uncle George is still remarkably active, and the alacrity with which he gets around would indicate that he is a man of many years less.
Gonzales Inquirer July 18, 1908
Seguin, Tex., July 16.--Uncle Geo. Coleman, aged 110 years, the oldest ____ in Texas, died last night. He was born in Charleston, S. C., and passed into the hands of the Lindsays of Kentucky and became a famous jockey, riding the best race horses in the land at Philadelphia, Washington and other centers the great circus man, Dan Rice, hired him from Colonel Lindsay, and he was with the equine part of the show for three years.
Cassius and Henry Clay were neighbors to the Lindsay estates in Kentucky, and he knew them both well. President Jackson was very fond him, and Uncle George used to describe him as "one of dem big men as don't put on airs."
He came to Guadalupe county in 1856 with Major Hicklin, a half brother of Colonel Lindsay's daughter, to whom Uncle George belonged.
His life's history is really a romantic and stirring one, though some may question his great age. When he came here in 1856 he was a man with grown children.
Gonzales Inquirer
Oldest Man In The County
Uncle George Coleman Has Passed the Ninety Eight Mile Post
Guadalupe County Gazatte,
Probably the oldest man in Guadalupe county today is Uncle George Coleman, colored, who was for so many years janitor at the courthouse. He was born in Kentucky in 1803 and is ninety-eight years of age. He came to Texas as a slave with Major Hicklin over fifty years ago. He was an intimate boyhood associate of the old showman Dan Rice, who died thirteen years ago at the edge of eighty-four years. Though almost a centenarian, Uncle George is still remarkably active, and the alacrity with which he gets around would indicate that he is a man of many years less.
Gonzales Inquirer July 18, 1908
Seguin, Tex., July 16.--Uncle Geo. Coleman, aged 110 years, the oldest ____ in Texas, died last night. He was born in Charleston, S. C., and passed into the hands of the Lindsays of Kentucky and became a famous jockey, riding the best race horses in the land at Philadelphia, Washington and other centers the great circus man, Dan Rice, hired him from Colonel Lindsay, and he was with the equine part of the show for three years.
Cassius and Henry Clay were neighbors to the Lindsay estates in Kentucky, and he knew them both well. President Jackson was very fond him, and Uncle George used to describe him as "one of dem big men as don't put on airs."
He came to Guadalupe county in 1856 with Major Hicklin, a half brother of Colonel Lindsay's daughter, to whom Uncle George belonged.
His life's history is really a romantic and stirring one, though some may question his great age. When he came here in 1856 he was a man with grown children.
Hope this obit will help someone looking for the grave of this well respected man of his community.
Gonzales Inquirer
Oldest Man In The County
Uncle George Coleman Has Passed the Ninety Eight Mile Post
Guadalupe County Gazatte,
Probably the oldest man in Guadalupe county today is Uncle George Coleman, colored, who was for so many years janitor at the courthouse. He was born in Kentucky in 1803 and is ninety-eight years of age. He came to Texas as a slave with Major Hicklin over fifty years ago. He was an intimate boyhood associate of the old showman Dan Rice, who died thirteen years ago at the edge of eighty-four years. Though almost a centenarian, Uncle George is still remarkably active, and the alacrity with which he gets around would indicate that he is a man of many years less.
Gonzales Inquirer July 18, 1908
Seguin, Tex., July 16.--Uncle Geo. Coleman, aged 110 years, the oldest ____ in Texas, died last night. He was born in Charleston, S. C., and passed into the hands of the Lindsays of Kentucky and became a famous jockey, riding the best race horses in the land at Philadelphia, Washington and other centers the great circus man, Dan Rice, hired him from Colonel Lindsay, and he was with the equine part of the show for three years.
Cassius and Henry Clay were neighbors to the Lindsay estates in Kentucky, and he knew them both well. President Jackson was very fond him, and Uncle George used to describe him as "one of dem big men as don't put on airs."
He came to Guadalupe county in 1856 with Major Hicklin, a half brother of Colonel Lindsay's daughter, to whom Uncle George belonged.
His life's history is really a romantic and stirring one, though some may question his great age. When he came here in 1856 he was a man with grown children.
Gonzales Inquirer
Oldest Man In The County
Uncle George Coleman Has Passed the Ninety Eight Mile Post
Guadalupe County Gazatte,
Probably the oldest man in Guadalupe county today is Uncle George Coleman, colored, who was for so many years janitor at the courthouse. He was born in Kentucky in 1803 and is ninety-eight years of age. He came to Texas as a slave with Major Hicklin over fifty years ago. He was an intimate boyhood associate of the old showman Dan Rice, who died thirteen years ago at the edge of eighty-four years. Though almost a centenarian, Uncle George is still remarkably active, and the alacrity with which he gets around would indicate that he is a man of many years less.
Gonzales Inquirer July 18, 1908
Seguin, Tex., July 16.--Uncle Geo. Coleman, aged 110 years, the oldest ____ in Texas, died last night. He was born in Charleston, S. C., and passed into the hands of the Lindsays of Kentucky and became a famous jockey, riding the best race horses in the land at Philadelphia, Washington and other centers the great circus man, Dan Rice, hired him from Colonel Lindsay, and he was with the equine part of the show for three years.
Cassius and Henry Clay were neighbors to the Lindsay estates in Kentucky, and he knew them both well. President Jackson was very fond him, and Uncle George used to describe him as "one of dem big men as don't put on airs."
He came to Guadalupe county in 1856 with Major Hicklin, a half brother of Colonel Lindsay's daughter, to whom Uncle George belonged.
His life's history is really a romantic and stirring one, though some may question his great age. When he came here in 1856 he was a man with grown children.
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