Woodford Guthrie Coleman

Brief Life History of Woodford Guthrie

When Woodford Guthrie Coleman was born on 12 February 1809, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Coleman, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Connell, was 32. He married Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Nicholson on 19 December 1834, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Madison Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1877, in Marion Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Greencastle, Greencastle Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Woodford Guthrie Coleman
1809–1877
Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Nicholson
1811–1881
Marriage: 19 December 1834
James Edward Coleman
1835–1906
George Coleman
about 1849–
James Coleman
about 1852–
Thomas Coleman
about 1854–
Nannie Coleman
about 1857–
Jerome Bonaparte Coleman
1838–1912
Marcia Coleman
1840–1866

Sources (11)

  • Woodford Coleman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Woodford Coleman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Woodford Guthrie Coleman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1811

Historical Boundaries: 1811: Jefferson, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Jefferson, Indiana, United States

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

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.

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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