Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, June 20, 1914, [p. 1]
A Fourth Death
Robert Coleman of Hopkins Dies of Stomach Trouble
Three Are Sudden Old Settler Leaves Wife and Fourteen Children—Just Returned From Trip to Omaha
When Robert Coleman, 69 years old, a resident of Nodaway county since 1855, died suddenly at 6 o’clock this morning of acute stomach trouble, there occurred the fourth death in the community of Hopkins within a week, three of them being sudden. Clyde Lincoln died last Monday morning of tuberculosis, William Hendry while attending the Lincoln funeral Thursday was stricken with paralysis and died the next morning, Miss Mary Simmons died Thursday afternoon while sitting in a rocking chair in her home.
Mr. Coleman had just returned to his home, one mile south of Hopkins, last night from Omaha, where he had been visiting, passing through Maryville on his way home. This morning when he awoke he complained of stomach trouble, a disease from which he has been bothered for some time. He drank a hot toddy to relieve himself, but soon began to struggle for breath and in a few moments was dead. The doctor pronounced his death due to acute stomach trouble.
The funeral will be held Monday, burial taking place in the Hopkins cemetery. Mr. Coleman, who had lived near Hopkins for twenty years, is survived by his wife and fourteen children.
Robert Coleman, son of Dr. Josiah Coleman, was born in Adair county, Illinois, January 8, 1843. In April 1855, the family moved to Nodaway county, where Josiah Coleman laid off the town of Pickering, Mo.
In June 1861, Robert Coleman enlisted in the army and served throughout the civil war. He was a Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.
He was married twice, first in the fall of 1866 to Miss Minerva Awalt, who died, leaving one child, Mary, who now lives in Denver, Col. His second marriage was to Miss Lydia M. [argaret] Livasy, who, with their thirteen children, survives him. The children are Adolphus, Oliver, Edward, Walter, Joseph, Clay, Lewis, Misses Neet, Maud, Bertha, Helen and Mrs. Ray Dowling, all of whom live near Hopkins, and Mrs. Harl Scribner of Craig, Mo.

Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, June 27, 1914, [p. 1]
Coleman Will Is Filed
Son Joseph Is Left $5—Other Thirteen Children Get From $500 to $3,000
The will of the late Robinson Coleman of Hopkins was filed today in Probate Judge Conn’s court. His sons, Oliver and Walter, are named executors.
The will states that all of his property shall be converted into cash and all debts paid. Then to each of his seven daughters he bequeaths $500, to his son Joseph $5, to Adolphus, Oliver and Lewis, $1,000