COLEMAN, WILLIAM

COLEMAN, FRANCIS

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/14/2013 at 12:08:58

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 801

COLEMAN, WILLIAM--Farmer, section 32, P.O. Brooklyn. Was born March 14, 1852, in Ireland, where he attended school and worked on a farm for some years; then clerked in a grocery for some time. In 1874 he moved to Canada, where he carried on farming till 1875, when he came to Iowa and settled in this county, engaging in farming; in 1877 he moved onto one of the farms of T. Manatt, where he now lives. Mr. C. was married, January 1, 1878, in this county, to Miss Delila Francis, who was born in Illinois, in 1859. They buried an infant son, Robert J., November 29, 1879, and have one daughter living, Annie M. (aged one year).