Major John T. Coleman Prime Favorite for Treasurer, Randolph, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/jtcoleman1.txt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb Project policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ALGenWeb Archives File Manager Carolyn Golowka, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by William Fischer, Jr., February 2001 ----------------------- MAJOR COLEMAN PRIME FAVORITE ----------------------- (Communicated) Much interest is being manifested by the many friends of Major John T. COLEMAN [26 Mar 1839--09 Jan 1919] in his race for [Randolph county] treasurer. Indeed, many of them are actively at work for him and are confident of his nomination in the primary of April 1st. While the Major, owing to his physical and financial condition, and his duties as city clerk of Roanoke, is prevented from seeing many of the voters in person, yet his friends are not idle. One loyal friend and good Democrat furnishes the following brief sketch of Major COLEMAN's career: He was born in Virginia 73 years ago yesterday. While in school at the Rappahanock Military Institute at the age of 17 years he took an active interest in the election of Franklin Pierce as president. The first man he ever voted for for president was Jefferson Davis, and he says he is prouder of it the longer he lives. Soon after the outbreak of the bloody Civil War young COLEMAN's home was inside the Union lines. His only brother enlisted promptly in the service of the Confederacy and was slain in the battle of the Wilderness. John T. made repeated efforts to join the army, but was turned down on account of having lost a leg. He states that he hung on, however, at his own expense, till he was finally accepted and given a position where he could do clerical work. After the war ended, Major COLEMAN came to Alabama and bore a noble part in the trying scenes of reconstruction times. He has taught school and kept books most of his life, and is eminently qualified for the duties of the office which his friends are asking for him. They claim that his record as a Democrat, a soldier and a citizen entitles him to this recognition at the hands of his party. [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 27 Mar 1912, p.1]