BIO: Thomas Cooper Coleman, Bullitt County, KY

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Transcribed by: Jan West awest1@tampabay.rr.com
Date: 21 Jan 2000
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THOMAS COOPER COLEMAN

The late Thomas Cooper Coleman, widely known in railway circles throughout the country, 
succeeded his father as manager of the firm of T. C. Coleman & Son of Louisville, dealers in 
railway supplies, and continued at its head to the time of his death, which occurred 
November 22, 1926, when he was fifty-eight years of age. A worthy native son of Louisville, 
he resided during the greater part of his life in his country home "The Meadows," near 
Shepherdsville in Bullitt county. His birth occurred on the 6th of April, 1868, his parents 
being Captain Thomas Cooper and Dulcenia Payne (Johnson) Coleman, the former a native of 
Ireland, while the latter was born in Georgetown, Kentucky. A more complete history of the 
family will be found elsewhere in this publication. 

Thomas Cooper Coleman, whose name forms the caption of this article, gained an extensive 
acquaintance in railway supply circles throughout the country owing to the nature of his 
interests as head of the railway supply concern which was founded many years ago by his 
father and to the management of which he succeeded at the time of the latter's death in 
1901. The business is carried on under the name of T. C. Coleman & Son, with offices in the 
Starks building in Louisville, and is being successfully continued by his two sons, Thomas 
C., Jr., and William Z., who represent the third generation of the family conducting that 
particular business. Thomas Cooper Coleman was a member of the Pendennis Club and one of the 
best known men in the business life of Louisville. He also was a member of the vestry of St. 
Paul's Episcopal church. 

On May 20, 1896, Mr. Coleman was united in marriage to Miss Lily Belle Zazio, who was born 
September 13, 1870, to William Walker and Sarah Elizabeth (O'Brien) Zazio, representing old 
and honored families of Bullitt county and Kentucky. Her father was  born in Louisville, 
December 8, 1845, and her mother in Bullitt county, Kentucky, March 20, 1848. Mr. and Mrs. 
William W. Zazio became the parents of two daughters, Lily and Annie. The latter, who was 
born June 25, 1872, married George D. Lancaster  of Lexington, Kentucky, representing an old 
and respected family of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster are the parents of two daughters, 
Elizabeth and Linda, the latter the wife of H. B. Weeks, of Omaha, Nebraska. 

Thomas Cooper and Lily Belle (Zazio) Coleman became the parents of two sons. Thomas Cooper, 
Jr., whose birth occurred in Bullitt county, Kentucky, May 20, 1898, served overseas with 
the Fifth Signal Corps during the period of the World war. He married Edith Castleman 
Edmonds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Edmonds, and is the father of two children: 
Thomas Cooper Coleman, born August 25, 1920, he being the fourth generation in this country 
and sixth in direct line to bear that name; and Cornelia Roberts Coleman, born September 12, 
1924. William Zazio Coleman was born August 13, 1902, in Bullitt county, Kentucky. 
            
HISTORY of KENTUCKY The Blue Grass State
322886 VOLUME III ILLUSTRATED
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO - LOUISVILLE 1928
pp 984-987