RICHARD A. COLEMAN, Biography - Chariton County, MO
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RICHARD A. COLEMAN,  Of the many highly respected and influential citizen,
 of Keytesville township, none deserve more cedit for the worthy and
successful life he has led than the gentleman whose name heads this sketch.
He was born in Breckinridge county, Kentucky, April 22, 1854.
Capt. James A. Coleman, father of our subject, was born near Petersburg,
Va., February 1, 1811, and was a son of James H. and Elizabeth (Lewis)
Coleman, natives of the Old Dominion, who lived and died in the state of
their birth.  In 1831, the father of our subject emigrated to Kentucky and
there met and married Miss Dorcas E. Clarkson, in 1840, who bore him ten
children, of whom our subject was the fifth.  In 1856 Capt. Coleman located
upon Sec. 15-.54-18, of this county, where he resided until his death,
Sept. 19, 1893.  Richard A., our subject, was reared in this county, and in
youth received a practical English education in the ordinary schools of the
district.  At an early age he adopted farming as his occupation which he
has since followed, with stock raising, meeting with gratifying success.
His farm, the old homestead, consists of 80 acres of fine, well improved
land which never fails to produce an abundant yield.  On Nov. 20, '73 our
subject was married to Miss Sarah M. Grubbs, daughter of R. H. Grubbs, a
Virginian, who settled in this county sometime in the 30s.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Coleman was born one child, a son, Thomas, whose birth occurred August
29, '74, but alas, the poet has said: "All that's bright must fade-The
brightest still the fleetest” the wisdom of which was forcibly illustrated
by his death, March 25, 1895, while attending the Salisbury
Academy. In political affiliations, our subject is a democrat, and while
not a politician or office seeker, is interested in all local and national
issues and can always be found upon the side of right
and justice. Religiously, himself and wife are active and consistent
members of the C.P. church.