"Ethelbert Algernon Coleman was born at Woodlawn in Halifax County, Virginia on 12-Feb-1812, ninth child of the twelve children of Colonel Henry Embry Coleman and Anne Gordon."
Misc notes from RootsWeb:
"Ethelbert Algernon Coleman received his A.B. degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1830, after which he studied medicine at the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1833. He was first married to Mary Elizabeth Sims at "Black Walnut." She died at their home, "Rose Hill" and is buried at "Black Walnut." Both homes being in Halifax County, Virginia. He was married secondly at "Riverside" to Martha Frances Ragsdale. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Ann Boswell Ragsdale of "Riverside." Dr and Mrs Coleman, parents of 12 children, made their home at "Rose Hill" until 1841, when it was replaced by the mansion they called "Creekside." Mrs Coleman is buried with her husband at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, News Ferry, Halifax County, Virginia. Mr Coleman attended Hampden-Sydney College with his friend, George W Dame, who later became the first rector of The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Danville, Virginia."
"Ethelbert Algernon Coleman was born at Woodlawn in Halifax County, Virginia on 12-Feb-1812, ninth child of the twelve children of Colonel Henry Embry Coleman and Anne Gordon."
Misc notes from RootsWeb:
"Ethelbert Algernon Coleman received his A.B. degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1830, after which he studied medicine at the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1833. He was first married to Mary Elizabeth Sims at "Black Walnut." She died at their home, "Rose Hill" and is buried at "Black Walnut." Both homes being in Halifax County, Virginia. He was married secondly at "Riverside" to Martha Frances Ragsdale. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Ann Boswell Ragsdale of "Riverside." Dr and Mrs Coleman, parents of 12 children, made their home at "Rose Hill" until 1841, when it was replaced by the mansion they called "Creekside." Mrs Coleman is buried with her husband at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, News Ferry, Halifax County, Virginia. Mr Coleman attended Hampden-Sydney College with his friend, George W Dame, who later became the first rector of The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in Danville, Virginia."
Family Members
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Elizabeth Ann Coleman Baskerville
1796–1821
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Mary Margaret Coleman Logan
1798–1869
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John Coleman
1800–1869
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Henry Embry Coleman II
1806–1878
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William Murray Coleman
1808–1821
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Sarah Embry Coleman Chalmers
1810–1852
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Charles Baskerville Coleman
1814–1849
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Virginia Frances Park Coleman
1816–1817
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Jane Catharine Coleman Hamilton
1820–1850
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Elizabeth Sims "Betty" Coleman Clark
1836–1936
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Nannie Coleman Edmunds
1842–1918
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Nathaniel Ragsdale Coleman
1843–1917
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Henry Embry Coleman
1845–1915
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John Mabrey Coleman
1848–1914
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Charles Bakersville Coleman
1851–1855
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Robert Leroy Coleman
1851–1923
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Francis Alan Coleman
1856–1927
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Arthur M Coleman
1859–1913
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Thomas Gordon Coleman
1862–1944
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