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View Tree for Absolum Melton ColemanAbsolum Melton Coleman (b. February 26, 1840, d. March 07, 1908)

Absolum Melton Coleman (son of Robert Coleman and Eliza Calcote) was born February 26, 1840 in Mississippi, and died March 07, 1908 in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He married Lucy Hudson Brooks on October 18, 1860.

 Includes NotesNotes for Absolum Melton Coleman:
My 1st Cousin, Buster Lindsey, son of Myrtle Coleman Lindsey (Dad's oldest sister and also a granddaughter of Alsolum) sent me a copy of an application made by Martha Jewell Savage Gwin, granddaughter of Absolum Melton Coleman, who wished to join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The application lists him as a Private and Sergeant in Company E, 31st Regiment of Mississippi Infantry.

Absolum Melton Coleman, was a Confederate Veteran who enlisted April 26, 1862 at Pidgeon Roost, Mississippi. Absolum served as a Private and later as a Sergeant in Company E, 31st Mississippi Regiment. He fought at the Battle of Peachtree Creek and commanded his company after all of the officers had been killed. I believe this battle occurred near Atlanta in 1964. I had heard verbally that he was also at Vicksburg in 1863. I haven't confirmed this. He survived the war and fathered 11 children of which William was one of his 2 sons. He was a farmer. He died March 7, 1908 and is buried at the Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Choctaw County, Mississippi. There is a newspaper clipping from the Webster Progress which I assume was printed near the date of his death. I have a copy of his obituary. It recites his service in the Confederate Army. He was a farmer.








More About Absolum Melton Coleman and Lucy Hudson Brooks:
Marriage: October 18, 1860

Children of Absolum Melton Coleman and Lucy Hudson Brooks are:
  1. Loretta Coleman, b. June 25, 1862.
  2. +William Philip Coleman, b. December 05, 1865, d. June 27, 1946.
  3. Eliza Caroline Coleman, b. September 27, 1867.
  4. Alice Ella Coleman, b. February 07, 1870.
  5. Sarah Jane Coleman, b. October 12, 1871.
  6. Emma Darthula Coleman, b. March 29, 1873.
  7. Fannie Lealier Coleman, b. February 23, 1875.
  8. Mary Sue Coleman, b. October 06, 1876.
  9. Lucy Alma Coleman, b. January 08, 1879.
  10. Ada Lee Coleman, b. December 01, 1881.
  11. Robert Samuel Coleman, b. January 17, 1883.
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