John Compton Coleman (1894 - 1965)

Born 19 Oct 1894 in Pike County Kentucky

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1965 at age 70 in Buchanan County Virginia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Rebecca Coleman [send private message]

Biography

Birth name John C. Coleman per 1910 federal census West Virginia age 15 living w mother and step father. Middle name Compton per verbal account from his son John C Coleman recorded in 1980s by Rebecca S Coleman. Name listed as Jay Carruth Coleman in 1920 Fed census age 25 living w wife (name spelled wrong) mother and step father. Jay was an only child. Believe he changed his name in the Navy. Discharged 1919 Buried as Jay Carruth Coleman on head stone

Sources

• 1910 and 1920 Federal Census see coalexchange.com 1910 and 1920 census for Wyoming west Virginia listings in order: Robert L Ferrell head of household Pauline Perlina? A, John C. Coleman and Lillian (name should be Lelia, birthplace listed as Kentucky should be NC)
• Written notes from conversation with John C Coleman the son of Jay Carruth Coleman and Leila Ethel Thore
• Grave marker at Greenhills Memorial Gardens Tazewell county Virginia
  • "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K861-DWM : 8 December 2017), Lelia Thore in entry for Anthony Wayne Coleman and Ruth Christine Harrin, 16 Mar 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,135,954.