James William Coleman was born in present-day West Virginia, a son of John L. and Mary Bane Harper Coleman. He married Ida Catherine Bruner on 15 Mar 1881 in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio. They were the parents of six children. In his youth, James labored on area farms. As he grew older, he began to follow his father's trade of miller, and followed the grain harvests in Ohio and other mid-west states. On one such trip, according to an article in August 1893 which appeared in the Champaign County (Ohio) Democrat, he suddenly became ill. The article gives no details about the cause of the illness, nor where he was living at the time, except for the cryptic notation that it was "out west." Family oral tradition places the location somewhere in Missouri. At any rate, James succumbed to his illness at the age of 33, leaving his spouse Ida to return to Ohio with six small children. No written family record exists to pinpoint the location of his burial. Extensive Internet research has led to the hopeful assumption that this gravesite here at Lot Number 63, with the simple "J.W. Coleman" stone, is his final resting place. There is no indication of his relationship, if any, to the other Colemans who are buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Information in support of this assumption...or information to the contrary...will be appreciated by the Ohio branch of the Coleman family.
James William Coleman was born in present-day West Virginia, a son of John L. and Mary Bane Harper Coleman. He married Ida Catherine Bruner on 15 Mar 1881 in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio. They were the parents of six children. In his youth, James labored on area farms. As he grew older, he began to follow his father's trade of miller, and followed the grain harvests in Ohio and other mid-west states. On one such trip, according to an article in August 1893 which appeared in the Champaign County (Ohio) Democrat, he suddenly became ill. The article gives no details about the cause of the illness, nor where he was living at the time, except for the cryptic notation that it was "out west." Family oral tradition places the location somewhere in Missouri. At any rate, James succumbed to his illness at the age of 33, leaving his spouse Ida to return to Ohio with six small children. No written family record exists to pinpoint the location of his burial. Extensive Internet research has led to the hopeful assumption that this gravesite here at Lot Number 63, with the simple "J.W. Coleman" stone, is his final resting place. There is no indication of his relationship, if any, to the other Colemans who are buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Information in support of this assumption...or information to the contrary...will be appreciated by the Ohio branch of the Coleman family.
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