Well Folks, I am looking for information about a cousin of Jesse Coleman and any information about any of his children. I am a great great granddaughter of Joshua C. Coleman b. 1823 we think TN, 1840 he married a Sarah A. Byrd b. 1826, we think she was born in Bedford CO TN but as usual with my family there is no written proof just a thousand and 1 descendents looking for them. Well she died 1850, don't know why or how, are where she was buried. Well he wasted no time he upped and married the widow on the farm next to his, Jane Floyd b. 1818 widow of John Bearden d. 1850 well between his and Sarah's 4 and Jane and John's 4 and the 7? Joshua and Jane had I have "met" 1 cousin from one of their children other than my great grandfather William S. Coleman b. 1848 we know he was born on the farm in the 23rd district and he married Sarah A. Boone, a niece of his step mother. William and Sarah and alot of the Boone families moved to TX 1873. I know the Civil war and Court house fires damaged alot of records. Joshua [Jack] and Jane stayed in TN and died in the latter part of the 1800's decade. I was told they were buried in the Pisgah Cemetery in Bedford CO. Maybe there is still information about their deaths or the deaths of many of their children. Any help is welcome. I am on year 5 of this brickwall of Joshua C. [J. C. & Jack] and his 1st wife Sarah Ann [ Sallie] Bird/Byrd. AM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Williams" <shearmadness@cafes.net> To: <TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:09 PM Subject: RE: [TNBEDFOR] Jesse Coleman Obit > Did you go to the library and look thru the microfilm of the Shelbyville > Papers? Also you can go to the Times Gazette and go up in the attic and > look thru the actual old papers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathryn Hopkins [mailto:kathopkins@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 08:58 > To: TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] Jesse Coleman Obit > > > Hi Barb, > > I went to the library this weekend and found the obituary you > requested: > > > Shelbyville Gazette, Thursday, February 26th, 1891 > ================================================== > > Jessee Coleman Dead > > This well known and prominent citizen of the 23rd district died, > Monday last, and was buried Tuesday. Mr. Coleman was widely known > throughout the county as a man of means, all of which he had > accumulated by industry and economy. He was a worthy citizen and the > Gazette tenders its sympathies to the bereaved family, relatives and > friends. > > > Please email me personally <kathopkins@yahoo.com> and I will mail the > photocopies to you. > > Best regards, > Kathryn > > <snip> > The following was in the "Bedford Co TN Wills and Vital records from > Newspapers" by Marsh and Marsh on p. 175: "Jesse Coleman of 23rd > Dist, > died last Monday." This was in the Shelbyville Gazrtte, Feb 26,1891. > I sent to the TN State Lib. for a copy of the full Obit., and they > replied "not found, this is a weekly newspaper." It seems this Obit. > must exist if the Marshes found it . Can someone on the list please > tell me how I can get a copy of the full Obit for Jesse Coleman. > Thank you. Any help would be most appreciated. Peace. Barb in FL > <snip> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >