The children of Lewis W. and Jane Early Hughes Coleman
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By permission, the text below is excerpts from a book,
The Colemans of North Hamilton County Tennessee by Cy Yarborough.
Editor's notes are my additions based on reports people have given me or I have researched - Wes Coleman
(409) Lewis Washington Coleman, or Lute, was born 3/23/1844, in what was then Bledsoe County, TN, in the present county of Sequatchie somewhere in the vicinity of Lewis Chapel and Flat Top Mountain communities. He lived on the mountain as a boy moving with his family off the mountain and into the valley to Retro (now Bakewell), TN, in the 1850's.
Lewis Washington, known as Lute, lived in Bakewell with his family and helped farm until the outbreak of the Civil War.
He joined the Union Army with his father on 2/10/1862, at Flat Lick, Kentucky. He was a little over a month away from his 18th birthday when he enlisted for a period of three years.
Lute and his father were mustered in the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Company H. under the command of General J. O. Spears, and were transferred to Portland, Ohio where he remained with the company until they began a march through the Cumberland Gap in East Tennessee and fought in the battle of Pine Mountain, TN, on 09/08/1862.
His company evacuated Cumberland Clap and on 9/22/1862, Lute was reported as leaving sick at Manchester, Kentucky. This coincided with his father's departure due to illness the same day. His father was subsequently captured by Confederate forces but there are no records in Lute's service record that indicates anything other than he was sick.
His records indicate that he did not rejoin the company until 9/25/1863, at which time he was charged with being absent without leave and was brought before a court martial of which there are no records of any results of the court martial.
It should be stated in defense of Lute and other family members who fought in the Civil War, that records were not well kept during the Civil War and even though his service record states he was absent without leave for over a year apparently any discrepancies or absences were clarified and justified due to the fact that in Lute's obituary when he died it states that an honorable discharge from the U. S. Army for service in the Civil War was one of his most prized possessions.
After Lute rejoined his company he remained with them through late September and October and participated in maneuvers around Chattanooga, TN, and between Chattanooga and Sale Creek, TN. While encamped at Sale Creek Lute was given an authorized leave of absence by General Spears due to sickness on 10/28/1853. This coincides with an authorized leave of absence Lute's father received at the same time. It could have been that Lute's father was authorized a leave of absence due to Lute's illness. Nevertheless being close to home Lute and his father apparently went back to Bakewell for the winter.
Lute is shown as being absent on all the company muster sheets in 1864, however there must be a discrepancy somewhere as he is shown on a muster out sheet in Nashville, TN, on 2/23/1865. With no record of his whereabouts in 1864, it is impossible to tell what action he saw in the war during that year.
As mentioned Lute was mustered out of the Army at Nashville and the records indicate he was due $100 dollars pay. The records also indicate he was discharged due to expiration of term of service.
Lute and his father returned to Bakewell and farming when the war was over. Lute began several years of community service April of 1868, when he was elected Constable of the 12th District of Hamilton County, TN, a post which he held for 12 years.
He married Jane Early Hughes on 12/15/1868, in Hamilton County, TN. Jane was born 01/?/1842, in Tennessee. She was the daughter of J. F. and Sarah Early, residents of Soddy, TN. There is conflicting testimony conerning her. She was the widow of a man named Hughes when she married 'Lute' Coleman. However, there is one report that he was a confederate officer killed in the Civil War and another that he died in Andersonville Prison as a union soldier. Also, this man Hughes may have been William Hughes, who was the son of Lute Coleman's grandfather, Hezekiah Hughes, making him Lute's uncle.
On 02/15/1869, Lute's grandfather, Hezikiah Hughes, deeded him 350 acres of land in the "Old 12th District" of Hamilton County. I do not know exactly where this land was located but as far as I know, Lute lived near Soddy, TN most of his married life somewhere around the present site of Soddy Lake. He acquired one other large tract of land on 9/16/1892, when he bought 164 acres from J. W. Clift in Soddy. Most other transactions were of a minor nature involving small tracts of land, mostly with family members such as his brother Ben, and his father-in-law. He sold the 164 acres he bought from Clift on 12/09/1909.
Lute was a farmer most of his life while in Soddy. He also served as the Postmaster at Soddy for a number of years and was a Mason while there. He and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church; possibly the Soddy Presbyterian Church as he had two children buried in the Soddy Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Lute and his wife moved west to Post, Texas in 1916. Most of his children had already moved out there a few years before. They established a farm on the prairie of the Texas panhandle.
Jane died in Post, Texas in 1920 at the age of 78. She was buried in Post. Lute continued to farm for several years but eventually retired and established residence with a daughter-in-law and her family in Post.
Lute remained active up until he became ill about 4 months before he died. Lute passed away 12/30/1938, in Post, Texas, at the age of 94 years, 9 months and 7 days. He was buried in Terrace Cemetery, in Post, Texas.
The children of Lewis W. and Jane Early Hughes Coleman
(409) Lewis Washington "Lute" Coleman and Jane Early Coleman had these six children:
(1007) 1. Nancy Anne Coleman, b. 10/24/1869, in Soddy, TN (1008) 2. John Bruce Coleman, b. 9/17/1872, in Soddy, TN (1009) 3. James Franklin Coleman, b. 12/31/1875, in Soddy, TN (1010) 4. Mary Viola Coleman, b. 3/ ?/1877, in Soddy, TN (1011) 5. Joseph Allison Coleman, b. 9/13/1879, in Soddy, TN (1012) 6. Cokeland M. Coleman, b. 11/01/1882, in Soddy, TN
(1007) Nancy Anne Coleman was born 10/24/1869, in Soddy, TN. She died 11/1/1870, in Soddy at the age of 1 year and 7 days. She was buried in the Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery on Hixson Pike in Soddy.
(1008) John Bruce Coleman was born 9/17/1872, in Soddy, TN. John grew up in Soddy and attended school there. He graduated from the Soddy school on 12/7/1839 according to his diploma.
After graduation he began work with his father as an apprentice carpenter.
In 1892 John went to stay with two uncles, Al and Sam Early in Comanche County, Texas. He remained in Comanche County for a few years working at his uncle's cotton gin.
In 1895 or 1896 he moved to Scurry County, Texas to work as a carpenter building homes on farms as the area was just beginning to become well populated. He boarded with the Davis family of Snyder, Texas while residing in Scurry County.
John was set to enlist in the Army in 1898 when the Spanish-American War broke out but was stricken with typhoid fever and was unable to join. His mother had to come from Soddy and helped nurse him back to health. He returned to Soddy to complete his recovery and then returned to Snyder and met Maggie Mae Mason whom he married on 12/4/1901.
John and Maggie lived in Snyder, Texas until early 1907 when they moved back to Soddy, TN. They remained in Soddy for three years. During that time, John helped build a large, fine hotel on Lookout Mountain.
John and his family moved back to Texas in 1910 to a new prarie town called Post which was just being developed. Much building was going on at that time and carpenters were in demand. He built many of the homes in the town of Post and later several homes on the prarie after it was opened for settlement.
John and his family moved in 1912 to the plains near Double U Commissary and then bought a farm in the Graham community in 1914. John served as the Garza County Treasurer from 1916 to 1918.
John died in June of 1918 at the age of 45.
(1008) John Bruce Coleman and Maggie Mae Mason had these eight children:
(1013) 1. Lewis William Coleman, b. 10/27/1902, in Snyder, TX (1014) 2. James DeWitt Coleman, b. 11/26/1904, in Snyder, TX (1015) 3. Gwendolyn Mae Coleman, b. 11/09/1906, in Snyder, TX (1016) 4. Joseph Bruce Coleman, b. 01/26/1909, in Soddy, TN (1017) 5. Maurine Coleman, b. 09/17/1912, in Post, TX (1018) 6. Maurice Coleman, b. 09/17/1912, in Post, TX (1019) 7. Johnnie May Coleman, b. 12/05/1915, in Post, TX (1020) 8. Annie Laura Coleman, b. 11/25/1918, in Post, TX
(1013) Lewis William Coleman was born 10/27/1902, in Snyder, Texas. He grew up on the plains of the Texas panhandle except for 3 years in Soddy, TN. He married Catherine Watkins in San Antonio, Texas on 6/5/1947. Catherine was born 11/25/1900, in South Haven, Michigan. They have no children.
(1014) James DeWitt Coleman was born 11/26/1904, in Snyder, Texas. He also grew up in Texas except for a short stay in Soddy. He married Pauline Dodson on 11/23/1940. Pauline was born l/8/1910, in Jones County, Texas. Dee died on 2/17/1965, at the age of 60 years, 1 month and 21 days. He and Pauline had no children.
(1015) Gwendolyn Mae Coleman was born 11/9/1906, in Snyder, Texas, she also grew up in Texas except for the 3 years in Soddy. She married James Walter Boren on 12/23/1929, in Snyder, Texas. Walter was born 9/19/1900, in Snyder, Texas. Walter and Gwen have been very active in the civic affairs of the town of Post, Texas over the years and are some of the town's leading citizens. Gwen is also interested in her family history and has been instrumental in the procurement of information on her grandfather Lute Coleman's family. Gwen and Walter still reside in Post where they have 4 children.
(1016) Joseph Bruce Coleman was born 1/26/1909, in Soddy, TN. He moved to Texas with his family as a baby. He grew up on the Texas plains and died in Post, Texas, on 5/17/1928, at the age of 19 years, 3 months and 22 days.
(1017) Maurine Coleman (Griffin) was born 9/17/1912, in Post, Texas. She married Gilbert Lee Griffin on 11/7/1935, in Crane, Texas. Gilbert was born 8/14/1911, in Anderson County, Texas. No children.
(1018) Maurice Coleman (Bush) was born 9/17/1912, in Post, Texas. She married W. C. Bush on 4/8/1931, in Slaton, Texas. W. C. was born 2/13/1913, in James County, Tx. She is the twin sister of Maurine. They have no children.
(1019) Johnnie May Coleman (Francis) was born 12/5/1915, in Post, Texas. She married Burney Wayne Francis on 6/4/1942, in Slaton, Texas. Burney was born 11/19/1912, in Dallas County, Texas. They have 1 son.
(1020) Annie Laura Coleman (Francis) was born 11/25/1918, in Post, Texas. She was born six months after her father died. She married Thurman Charlie Francis on 10/16/1941, in Post, Texas. Charlie was born 7/25/1913, in Dallas, Texas. They have 1 daughter.
(1009) James Franklin Coleman was born 12/31/1875, in Soddy, TN. He grew up and was educated in Soddy. I am not sure when Jim left Soddy or if he went to Texas and lived near the rest of his family, but he became an ordained Presbyterian minister, a vocation which caused him to make his home in several southeastern states during his lifetime, but for the most part in Virginia.
He married Sara Morton Daniel on 6/5/1910, in Granville County, North Carolina. Sara was born 4/10/1878, in Granville County.
Jim and Sara moved to Marganfield, Ky., then to Tennessee, Georgia and finally to Virginia. They lived out the remaining years of their lives in the Shenandoah Valley town of Lexington, Virginia. Jim preached there for many years and retired from the ministry in Lexington.
Sara died 7/20/1956, in Lexington, Va., at the age of 78. Jim died in Lexington on 11/26/1961, just a month and 4 days before his 86th birthday.
(1009) James Franklin Coleman and wife Sara Morton Daniel had these seven children:
(1021) 1. Alice Jane Coleman, b. 08/29/1911, in Stovall, NC (1022) 2. Mary Venable Coleman, b. 12/05/1912, in Morganfield, KY (1023) 3. Sara Elliot Coleman, b. 05/21/1914, in Morganfield, KY (1024) 4. Frances (Beverly) Coleman, b. 09/03/1916, in Cornersville, TN (1025) 5. Wilma Daniel Coleman, b. 05/15/1918, in Roswell, GA (1026) 6. James Franklin Coleman, Jr., b. 02/11/1921, in Roswell, GA (1027) 7. Virqinia Bailey Coleman, b. 08/15/1922, in Millboro, VA
(1021) Alice Jane Coleman (Foltz) was born 8/29/1911, in Stovall, North Carolina. She lived in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia as a child but grew up mainly in Virginia. She married Wayne Lee Foltz on 8/25/1934, in Murat, Virginia. Wayne was born 6/26/1909, in Washington, Virginia. Alice and Wayne lived most of their married lives in Lexington, VA. Wayne died on 7/19/1967, at the age of 58. Alice now lives in Billings, Montana. They had 1 child.
(1022) Mary Venable Coleman (Jones) was born 12/5/1912, in Morganfield, Kentucky. She lived in Tennessee and Georgia but grew up mostly in Virginia. She married Martin Lee Jones on 6/16/1934, in Lexington, Virginia. Martin was born 4/29/1911, in Baltimore, Maryland. Mary died 6/14/1978, at the age of 65 years, 6 months and 9 days. 1 child.
(1023) Sara Elliot Coleman (Bull) was born 5/21/1914, in Morganfield, KY. She lived in Tennessee and Georgia as a child but grew up mainly in Lexington, VA. She married Robert Ira Bull on 7/16/1937, in Lexington, VA. Bob was born 4/28/19??, in Newark, N. J. They have 1 child.
(1024) Frances (Beverly) Coleman (Seay) was born 9/3/1916, in Cornersville, TN. She married William Marion Seay. Beverly died 12/22/1971, at the age of 55 years, 3 months and 19 days. They had 2 children.
(1025) Wilma Daniel Coleman was born 5/15/1918, in Roswell, Georgia, she died as an infant on 10/18/1918, in Roswell at the age of 5 months and 3 days.
(1026) James Franklin Coleman, Jr. was born 2/11/1921, in Roswell, GA. He moved to Lexington, VA as a boy with his family and grew up there. He married Jeanette Viar of Buena Vista, Virginia. They have 2 children.
(1027) Virqinia Bailey Coleman (Jeremias) was born 8/15/1922, in Millboro, Virginia. She grew up in Virginia and married Charles O. Jeremias. Charles was born 1/18/1922, in Baltimore, MD. They have 4 sons.
(1010) Mary Viola Coleman was born 03/?/1877 in Soddy, TN. She grew up in Soddy and married Luther LeRoy Wilson, who was born in Indiana. They were married on 4/4/1906, in Hamilton County, TN. Mary and Luther lived in Soddy during the early years of their marriage. They later moved to Texas where her brothers and parents had moved. Mary and Luther are now deceased, Luther dying in San Francisco, California.
(1010) Mary Viola Coleman and husband Luther LeRoy Wilson had these two children:
(1028) 1. Helen Narcissus Wilson (Richards), b. 03/21/1907, in Soddy, TN (1029) 2. James Clift Wilson, b. 10/19/1909, in Soddy, TN
(1028) Helen Narcissus Wilson (Richards) was born 03/21/1907, in Soddy, TN. She has lived in Dallas, Texas and Post, Texas most of her life. She married but had no children.
(1029) James Clift Wilson was born 10/19/1909, in Soddy, TN. His middle name came from Dr. Clift of Soddy who delivered him at birth. Jim also grew up in Texas, married but had no children.
(1011) Joseph Allison Coleman was born 9/13/1879, in Soddy, TN. He grew up in Soddy and was educated there. He married Lelia Emily Stone on 2/14/1997, in Chattanooga TN. Lelia was born 4/2/1882, in Anderson County, South Carolina.
Joe and Lelia spent the first several years of their married lives in North Hamilton County, TN, but later moved to Post, Texas after the birth of their last children.
Joe died on 4/2/1933, in Post at the age of 53 years, 6 months and 20 days. Lelia died 4/3/1969, at the age of 86.
(1011) Joseph Allison Coleman and wife Lelia Emily Stone had 6 children:
(1030) 1. Cokeland Benjamin Coleman, b. c1910 (1031) 2. Barbara Martha Coleman, b. 11/19/1911, in Soddy, TN. (1032) 3. Emily Jane Coleman, b. 10/10/1913, in Soddy, TN (1033) 4. Helen Virginia Coleman (Smith), b. 07/02/1916, in Soddy, TN (1034) 5. Joseph Lewis Coleman, (twin) b. 10/31/1919, in Graysville, TN (1035) 6. Mary Lelia Coleman (Marquez), (twin) b. 10/31/1919, in Graysville, TN
(1030) Cokeland Benjamin Coleman was born 5/30/1908, in Soddy, TN. He married Muriel Collins. They have 1 child.
(1031) Barbara Martha Coleman, b. 11/19/1911, in Soddy, TN.
(1032) Emily Jane Coleman was born 10/10/1913, in Soddy, TN. She died 8/16/1980, at the age of 66 years, 10 months and 6 days.
(1033) Helen Virginia Coleman (Smith) was born 7/2/1916, in Soddy, TN. She married George Ingle Smith. Virginia now lives in Pueblo, Colorado. She and George have 1 child.
(1034) Joseph Lewis Coleman was born 10/31/1919, in Graysville, Tennessee. He married Syble Unknown. No children.
(1035) Mary Lelia Coleman (Marquez) was born 10/31/1919, in Graysville, TN. She is the twin sister of Joseph Lewis Coleman. She married Peter Boulen Marquez. They had 1 son.
(1012) Cokeland M. Coleman was born 11/1/1882, in Soddy, TN, he was the youngest child of Lewis W. and Jane Early Coleman. Coke grew up in Soddy and was educated there also. He lived and worked in Soddy as a young man.
Coke was killed in an unfortunate accident on 7/19/1913. According to a niece, Coke hitched a team of mules to a wagon for a trip into Chattanooga on that warm summer day. She said he may have been drinking that day and when he left home he was driving the wagon in a wreckless manner. Not too far from his home while still in Soddy, Coke lost control of the wagon and it slammed into a large tree. On impact Coke was thrown from the seat of the wagon and into the tree, killing him.
Coke was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy, Tennessee. He was 30 years, 8 months and 13 days old at the time of his death. He never married.
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