Elijah (Berry) Coleman is a part of US Black heritage.
Elijah was born about 1901.
Nancy was widowed when Elijah was born. She was living next door to the Berry family in 1900. It is possible one of the Berry family was Elijah's father.
Sources
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPD4-JC3 : accessed 12 December 2021), Elijah Berry in household of William Loman, Beat 2, Marshall, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 13A, family 238, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 751; FHL microfilm 1,374,764.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSF-11R : 4 January 2021), Eliza Coleman, Beat 2, Marshall, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-7, sheet 1B, line 72, family 14, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2049.
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