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4618. Philip Wing Coleman
(362) was born on 24 Sep 1841 in
Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. He migrated to Michigan with his parents, and
received his education there, mostly.
He enlisted in company I. of the eighth Michigan Vol. Infantry on August 23,
1861 from Vernon, Shiawassee Co. and was mustered into the U. S. service on Sept.
23, 1861, in Ft. Wayne District, Michigan.
He was on duty at Beaufoet, South Carolina, in the winter of 1861-2. He took
part in the following engagements: Port Royal, S. C., Nov. 7, 1861; Coosaw River,
S. C., January 1, 1862; Ft. Pulaski, Ga., April 10, 1862, and James Island, S.
C., June 16, 1862. He was wounded four times in the last battle, viz: A gun shot
wound of the right thigh, and one of the top of the head that fractured the skull;
a canister shot wound of the left side, over the heart, and one of the left arm,
resulting in the loss of the arm near to the shoulder. He was discharged from
the service for disability, on October 28, 1862, and returned to his home in
Michigan. He attended the high school at Corunna two years, and then entered
the law school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in Jan., 1865, from which he graduated
March 28, 1867. He was made clerk of Shiawassee County in June, 1867, and held
the position until 1869. He was Assistant Door-Keeper of the U. S. House of Representatives
and manager from in Dec. 1869 to Feb. 5, 1877. Since then he has been employed
in the Bureau of Pensions: First as an examiner, and then from grade to grade
until he reached the position of Assistant Chief of the Board of Loyal Review,
which position he was holding March 28, 1903.
CHILDREN OF PHILIP WING COLEMAN AND SOPHIA A. HILDRETH.
Mabel, b. Oct. 27, 1869; Grace, b. April 12, 1872, d. Feb. 15, 1898; Philip H.,
b. Aug. 6, 1884, d. Dec. 24, 1891.
He was married to Sophia A. Hildreth on 12 Jan 1869 in Michigan.