William Kirker Coleman, M.D.
William Kirker Coleman, M. D. was born at West Union, October 27, 1853, the son of David and Elizabeth Kirker Coleman. His father, David Coleman, M. D., has a sketch herein. His mother was a daughter of William Kirker, also sketched herein, and his wife, Esther Williamson, daughter of the Rev. Williamson. He is a great-grandson of Governor Thomas Kirker, and has had illustrious examples before him in the careers of his ancestors. He was the eldest of three sons. He received his common school education in West Union and studied medicine with his father. He graduated at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1881. He at once began the practice of medicine with his father and continued it until his death.
He was married June 25, 1879, to Miss Mary Minnesota McFerran, only daughter of Major John W. McFerran, who lost his life in the Civil War in 1862. There are three children of this marriage. John McFerran, a student at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio: David C, and May L., both at home.
Dr. Coleman is fond of Masonry and is a member of West Union Lodge, No. 43, of the Chapter of Manchester, and the Commandery at Portsmouth, Ohio. He has served six years as Master of the Blue Lodge. He has been President of the Adams County Medical Society and is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. He is a member of. the Presbyterian Church at West Union and a ruling elder therein, and he fills the office to the satisfaction of his church and presbytery. In politics, he is a Republican and has always taken an active part in political contests. He is President of the Adams County Bank, located at West Union, and under his management and that of Mr. Dickinson, that institution has been admirably managed. In his profession, no one stands higher and no one has to any greater extent, the confidence of the public. Dr. Coleman is a man of fine personal physique and of pleasing address. He fulfills the duties of every position he holds with honor to himself and with great satisfaction to his constituents. His distinguished ancestors can look down upon him from their high places and smile approval on his career, and he has no ground to be ashamed to compare his career with theirs. He has well performed his duties in every relation of life and has earned the commendation of all who know him, and who can do more
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900