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August Coleman (Louisville, Kentucky, stonecutter and marble worker)

b. 1828 d. 1912

Louisville, Kentucky, stonecutter and marble worker. Native of Hesse. Married to Henrietta Herder Coleman. Father of Caroline Coleman and Eliza Coleman. Stonecutter in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1858. Stonecutter in Louisville in 1860. Marble worker in Louisville in 1861. Stone yard operator in Louisville in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 2, p. 456.

"Eliza Coleman," Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950, Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records, Springfield, IL. Cook County, No. 20328.

Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 43.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 58.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 250.

"August Coleman (1828-1912)," Find A Grave, Memorial 138670403 , accessed July 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138670403 .

Citation

Coleman, August. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196926 (November 12, 2026).

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