Carroll County GaArchives Photo person.....Cynthia Florence (Riggs) Coleman and William Forrest Coleman   
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Cynthia Florence (Riggs) Coleman and son William Forrest Coleman of Carroll 
county, Georgia.

BIOGRAPHY: Cynthia F. Riggs, d/o Reverend John and Jane (Florence)Riggs was 
born 27 Mar 1837 in Butts county, Georgia. Her parents were early settlers of 
Georgia. Her father, the Reverend John Riggs of South Carolina ran away from 
home as a youth and went to Georgia where he became a Baptist minister.   Her 
family eventually settled in the Villa Rica district of Carroll county, near 
present day Temple, Ga. 
 In 1858 Cynthia married William Allen Coleman, s/o Henry Allen and Sarah Ann 
(Barnes) Coleman, and the couple made their home in Carroll county. To them 
were born John W. and William F. Coleman. Following the War Between The States, 
the family moved to Spanish Honduras along with other Ex-Confederate soldiers 
and their families in order to escape the harsh era of Reconstruction. Many of 
the imigrants died due to the disease and primitive living conditions prevelant 
in Spanish Honduras at that time.  Cynthia was among the casualties.  She died 
in Honduras on February 3rd 1877.  Because of requirements incurred from the 
Honduran goverment, Wiliam A. Coleman and his eldest son, John W. Coleman were 
unable to escort Cynthia back to Carroll county for burial which was her wish. 
The task fell upon their youngest child William Forrest Coleman, who only about 
12 years old and unaided, escorted his mother's body back to Carroll county for 
burial. Cynthia was buried in the  Bethel Baptist Church cemetery, near presnt 
day Temple, Ga.,  where many other members of her family are laid to rest.
  Upon Cynthia's grave monument is written the following epitaph:
 
                 "Sleep my dearest sleep
                My sorrow can not disturb thee,
                  Altho I should ever weep,
                and ever sacred thy memory keep.

                    SACRED TO THE MEMORY
                           OF
                MRS CYNTHIA F. COLEMAN

                 Wife of W.A. Coleman
            and Mother of J.W. & W.F. Coleman
            Born March 27, 1837
            Died February 3rd, 1877
            Aged 39 years 10 months and 24 days

            Neighbor and devoted christian 21 years
            Member of the Missionary Baptist Church"

Postscript: While Cynthia's obituary states that she died in route from 
Honduras, family sources from Honduras state that she did in fact die at the 
family residence in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.  

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