Rachel R. - b ca 1854
Absalom Lillard - b ca 1856
Mary M. (Mollie?) - b ca 1858
Creighton Elizebeth - ca 1860
Nancy Adeline - b ca 1862
James Anna - b ca 1867
Ellen Missouri - b May 25, 1870.
Mary Hughes Coleman died in 1870, giving birth to Ellen Missouri. Ellen Missouri was raised until she was eleven by "Old Auntie" Coleman, a former slave who stayed with the family after the Civil War. Ellen Missouri married James Russell Palmer, Fort Worth, TX, whose daughter Gena Odessa married Thomas Jesse Kemp, Sweetwater, TX, son of Thomas Lafayette Kemp.
James Merrill's second wife was Susan L. Fairchild; the couple bore the following children:
Martin W. - b 1883
James M. Jr. - b 1885
William Austin - b 1886 d 1918
Chana Jane - b 1887
John Ivy? or Ira - b 1879
Thomas Lillard
Robert Fairchild
George Washington
Benjamin Harrison
James Austin and Susan L are buried in the same grave with James Merrill Coleman in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Rachel R. - b ca 1854
Absalom Lillard - b ca 1856
Mary M. (Mollie?) - b ca 1858
Creighton Elizebeth - ca 1860
Nancy Adeline - b ca 1862
James Anna - b ca 1867
Ellen Missouri - b May 25, 1870.
Mary Hughes Coleman died in 1870, giving birth to Ellen Missouri. Ellen Missouri was raised until she was eleven by "Old Auntie" Coleman, a former slave who stayed with the family after the Civil War. Ellen Missouri married James Russell Palmer, Fort Worth, TX, whose daughter Gena Odessa married Thomas Jesse Kemp, Sweetwater, TX, son of Thomas Lafayette Kemp.
James Merrill's second wife was Susan L. Fairchild; the couple bore the following children:
Martin W. - b 1883
James M. Jr. - b 1885
William Austin - b 1886 d 1918
Chana Jane - b 1887
John Ivy? or Ira - b 1879
Thomas Lillard
Robert Fairchild
George Washington
Benjamin Harrison
James Austin and Susan L are buried in the same grave with James Merrill Coleman in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Bio by: Kurt Simmons Kemp
Gravesite Details
72665081 this is the memorial# for James Austin Coleman, brother to James Merrill
Family Members
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Rachel Rochelle Coleman Anderson
1854–1896
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Absalom Lillard Coleman
1856–1925
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Mary Nan "Mollie" Coleman Piazza
1858–1922
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Elizabeth Creighton Coleman Anderson
1860–1884
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Nancy Adelaide "Nannie" Coleman Norton
1865–1948
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Ellen Missouri Coleman Palmer
1870–1950
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Martin Wesley Coleman
1872–1942
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James Merrill Coleman
1874–1942
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William Austin Coleman
1876–1918
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John Ira Coleman
1879–1959
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Robert Fairchild "Bob" Coleman
1885–1917
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George Washington Coleman
1887–1962
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Benjamin Harrison Coleman
1889–1955
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