James H. Coleman
James H. Coleman, deceased, was born in Newport, Ky, January 14, 1796. He was a son of Philip and Ann Coleman, of English descent. When yet a small child his parents moved to Ohio, and located in Warren County, where he grew to manhood. February 20, 1817, he married Miss Susannah Snider, who was born in Kentucky November 28, 1798. He came to Shelby County in 1818, and settled on a piece of land in Franklin Township, but in 1833 he moved to (now) Auglaize County, and settled in the vicinity of St. Johns, where he was successl'ully engaged in farming, teaching school, tanning, and store keeping for a number of years. His wife died January 1, 1840, leaving him with a family of ten children. March 5, 1841, he married Mary A. Summers, of Shelby County. In 1866 he moved to Logan County, Ohio, where his wife died in November, 1876. He then made his home with his children until his death, which occurred at the residence of his son, Philip Coleman, January 16, 1882.
He was the father of eleven children, seven of whom are now living; the grandfather of seventy-nine children, of whom fifty-five are now living; the great-grandlatlier of seventy-nine children, of whom seventy are now living; and the great-great-grandfather of four children, three of whom are now living. He filled the office of justice of the peace for Franklin Township for several years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883