James W. Coleman of Newington, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 857

     JAMES W. COLEMAN, a well known and prosperous farmer and
stock raiser of the town of Newington, of which he has been a life long
resident, was born here October 22, 1839, a son of Nathaniel P. and
Dorothy (Mathes) Coleman.  The Colemans are one of the pioneer
families of this town, of which the grandfather of our subject, James
Coleman, was also a resident.  Nathaniel P., the father of James W.,
was born in Newington and here passed his life, dying in 1876.  He was
a well known and popular citizen and served three years in the state
legislature.  His wife Dorothy died in 1886.
     James W. Coleman acquired his literary education in the public
schools of this town.  When a young man he worked for a time at
ship building in Newburyport, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H.; but farm-
ing, of which he early acquired a practical knowledge, has been his real
life work, and in it he has prospered.  He owns a good farm of 150
acres, which he devotes to general farming.  Since reaching manhood
he has taken an active interest in local affairs.  For a number of years
he served as tax collector of the town, was selectman several years, and
in 1883 represented Newington in the New Hampshire legislature, serv-
ing efficiently in all these positions.  An honest and capable business
man, a good neighbor and a public spirited citizen, he is widely known
and universally popular.
     Mr. Coleman was married January 14, 1866, to Mary E. Nutter, who
was born in Newington, N. H., a daughter of Charles W. and Antoinette
E. F. A. (DeWitt) Nutter.  Mrs. Coleman's father was born in Ports-
mouth, N. H., her mother being a native of South America.  Her pa-
ternal grandfather, James Nutter, died in Newington, in which town he
had resided during the latter years of his life.  Mr. and Mrs. Coleman
have been the parents of three children, namely: Martha M.; Mary,
who is the widow of Charles A. Dame, late of Newington; and Charles
W., who is a resident of Newington.  The family are prominent mem-
bers of the best society of this town.