Brief Life History of James Smith
When James Smith Coleman was born on 23 February 1827, in Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States, his father, Elisha Hoskins Coleman, was 22 and his mother, Susana Maddox, was 31. He married Rachel Chapman on 6 May 1846, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Buford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 22 March 1904, in Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Beaver Dam, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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- Jas S Coleman, "United States Census, 1900"
- James Coleman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- James Smith Coleman, "BillionGraves Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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James Smith Coleman was born near Beaver Dam, Kentucky on 23 February 1827 and died 29 March 1904. The only child of Elisha and Susanna Maddox Coleman. On 6 May 1846, he married Rachel Chapman. They …
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