Jennie (Sherwood) Colman (1868-1934) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Jennie Colman formerly Sherwood aka Coleman

Born 1 Mar 1868 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of George E. Sherwood and Martha F. (Haley) Sherwood

Sister of George Spencer Sherwood, John W. Sherwood, Catura (Sherwood) Deal, James F. Sherwood and Mary Frances (Sherwood) Stone

Wife of John T. Coleman — married 20 Nov 1890 in Daviess County, Kentucky

Died 19 Dec 1934 at age 66 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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Profile last modified 8 Dec 2020 | Created 10 Oct 2011

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Biography

There are conflicting sources as to the year being 1868 or 1869, but on March 1st Jennie was the sixth and youngest child born to George Sherwood and Martha Haley. She married John Colman (or Coleman) shen she was about 21 or22 and they made their home in Paducah, Kentucky.

Jennie had no children known to have survived infancy. She died December 19 of 1934 and was buried the following day in Hayes-Hough Cemetery, Mc Cracken County, Kentucky. See Obituary on the Images Page for Jennie.

Sources

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX7B-SHL : accessed 21 June 2012), Jennie Sherwood in household of George Sherwood, Kentucky, United States.

"Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4S5-2L3 : accessed 02 May 2013), J. T. Coleman and Jennie Sherwood, 20 Nov 1890.

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M28R-1YY : accessed 30 May 2014), Jennie Coleman in household of John T Coleman, Owensboro Ward 2, Daviess, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 4B, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374485.

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMFQ-LYW : accessed 30 May 2014), Jennie Coleman in household of John Coleman, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0005, sheet 11A, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 768.

"Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-1955," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N9TQ-2XJ : accessed 25 Oct 2012), George Sherwood in entry for Jennie Colman, 1934.

Find-A-Grave Memorial #55752694 link.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jennie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jennie: