John Alonzo Coleman
- Born: 21 Jan 1815, Pennsylvania, Usa
- Marriage (1): Sally Rice
- Died: 1880, Grandview, Lyon County, MN at age 65
- Buried: Marshall, Lyon County, MN
 General Notes:
IGI files
(Research of Pamela Clem on ancestry.com) John was a constable in Green Twps in the 1840s from Justice Peace records
In1855 John left Ohio for Hennepin Co. Minnesota Hamburg twps later called
Media. Johns parents came to Greene in 1821 from West Salem Twp Mercer
Pennsylvania. John was elected to the 6th Legislature of the state of Minn. He
was also appointed to the Hennepin Co. Grand Jury and was probably on the
school board inGreene . Was Postmaster inLong Lake. All 5 boys of Sally served
in the CivilWar. The 4 older boys signed up with the 3rd regiment of
Minn.Wilbur was only16 but lied and was in the 2nd regiment of sharpshooter
and was seriously wounded at two of the bloodiest battles of the war Antietam
and Gettysburg.They belonged to the Presbyterian church in Long Lake. John was
a trustee of the church 7 Oct 1871.John had a step sister Sarah Jane Cowden.
John died 4 Sept 1880 in Grandview, Lyon Minn. and is buried next to his grand daughter Viena Coleman daughter of son Wilbur Lot #7 of block# 18 in the city of Marshall.
John married Sally Rice. (Sally Rice was born on 20 Mar 1814 in New York, USA and died on 10 Feb 1854 in Greene Twp, Trumbull, Ohio,.)
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