Nicodemus Coleman

            NICODEMUS COLEMAN was born March 16, 1837, in Ashland County, Ohio, one of twelve children of John and Nancy Coleman, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania respectively. John Coleman was a millwright, and when young went to Pennsylvania, was married there and worked at his trade till about 1835, when he moved to Ohio and bought a farm, but still continued working at his trade. Leaving the management of the farm to his children. In 1865, he moved to Thorn Creek Township, this county (Whitley Co., IN) and bought a farm, on which he resided till his death, December 24, 1869, his wife following in November, 1873, a member of the Church of God. Nicodemus Coleman received a fair education, and was taught eh millwright’s trade by his father, subsequently serving a three years’ apprenticeship to a carriage and wagon maker. He worked at his trade in Ashland and Wayne Counties, Ohio, until the spring of 1858, when he came to Troy Township, this county, and worked at Larwill and Steam Corners for two years. He afterward engaged various times in Whitely and Noble Counties. For the last four years, he has owned and operated a saw-mill in Collins. January 21, 1861, he married Sarah A. Grant, a daughter of Jame3s and Eliza (Beard) Grant, and born in Troy Township, April 23, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman re the parents of seven children –Artemisia, Lyman M., James E., Emma I., Iona, Grace G. and Eliza B. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman and two of their children are members of the United Brethren Church, and in politics he is a Democrat.

Source: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana. Weston A. Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard, 1882, page 330.