Mary Ellen COLEMAN1
F, b. November 1851, d. 17 November 1928
- Relationship
- 2nd cousin 2 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Mary Ellen COLEMAN, daughter of Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN, was born in November 1851 in Autauga County, Alabama.2
Mary Ellen COLEMAN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.1
Mary Ellen COLEMAN appeared on a census, enumerated 16 July 1870, in the household of her parents Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN in Beat 3, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. She was enumerated as Mary E. Coleman, age 20, without occupation.
Mary married Absalom Doster Jr., son of Dr. Edmund Absolom Doster and Katherine Lavinia Hutchings, on 11 September 1879 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. They were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South by the Rev. W. A. McCarly. The marraige bond was paid by C. S. G. Doster and A. Scoggins.3,4
Absalom died on 15 November 1896 in Montgomery, Alabama, at age 46 leaving Mary Ellen COLEMAN as a widow.
Mary Ellen COLEMAN died on 17 November 1928 in Montgomery, Alabama.5 She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
Her obituary appeared 18 November 1928 in the The Montgomery Advertiser, published in an unknown place , an unknown place . Mrs. Mary Doster Dies in Montgomery -- Mrs. Mary Ellen Doster, beloved Montgomerian, and mother of W. A. Doster, manager of the Grand Theatre, died yesterday morning at four o'clock, following an illness of a few weeks at the home of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. M. F. Barnes, 449 Eugene Street.
A native of Prattville, Mrs. Doster moved to Montgomery 36 years ago and has lived there ever since, the family residence being located at 17 North McDonough St. She was a devoted member of the Methodist church and took active interest in the work of the church up until the time of her illness.
During the years she made her home in Montgomery she made many friends who deeply and sincerely mourn her passing and whose heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family in their time of sorrow.
She is survived by three sons, W. A. Doster, E. S. Doster, and E. A. Doster, all of Montgomery; two sisters, Mrs. Maddox and Miss Kate Coleman, both of Birmingham; one brother, Claude Coleman, of Birmingham; also four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services conducted by Dr. I. W. Chalker, pastor of the Forest Avenue Methodist Church, will be held at Leak's Chapel, this morning at 9:30 o'clock. Internment will be at Greenwood.
Her obituary appeared 22 November 1928 in the The Prattville Progress, published in Prattville, Alabama. It was a reprint of the Montgomery Advertiser with the following addition: Mrs. Doster was Miss Mary Ellen Coleman, daughter of Stephen Coleman before her marriage and was born and reared in the Coleman place north of Prattville. In addition to her four sons, she leaves four grandsons, three of whom are married. All make their home in Montgomery. She leaves two great-grandchildren.
Deceased was unified in marriage to Absalom Doster more than 45 years ago and resided near Prattville until she and her family moved to Montgomery.
Mary Ellen COLEMAN appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1860, in the household of Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.1
Mary Ellen COLEMAN appeared on a census, enumerated 16 July 1870, in the household of her parents Stephen Wright COLEMAN and Elizabeth Susan McQUEEN in Beat 3, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. She was enumerated as Mary E. Coleman, age 20, without occupation.
Mary married Absalom Doster Jr., son of Dr. Edmund Absolom Doster and Katherine Lavinia Hutchings, on 11 September 1879 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. They were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church South by the Rev. W. A. McCarly. The marraige bond was paid by C. S. G. Doster and A. Scoggins.3,4
Absalom died on 15 November 1896 in Montgomery, Alabama, at age 46 leaving Mary Ellen COLEMAN as a widow.
Mary Ellen COLEMAN died on 17 November 1928 in Montgomery, Alabama.5 She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
Her obituary appeared 18 November 1928 in the The Montgomery Advertiser, published in an unknown place , an unknown place . Mrs. Mary Doster Dies in Montgomery -- Mrs. Mary Ellen Doster, beloved Montgomerian, and mother of W. A. Doster, manager of the Grand Theatre, died yesterday morning at four o'clock, following an illness of a few weeks at the home of her daughter-in-law. Mrs. M. F. Barnes, 449 Eugene Street.
A native of Prattville, Mrs. Doster moved to Montgomery 36 years ago and has lived there ever since, the family residence being located at 17 North McDonough St. She was a devoted member of the Methodist church and took active interest in the work of the church up until the time of her illness.
During the years she made her home in Montgomery she made many friends who deeply and sincerely mourn her passing and whose heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family in their time of sorrow.
She is survived by three sons, W. A. Doster, E. S. Doster, and E. A. Doster, all of Montgomery; two sisters, Mrs. Maddox and Miss Kate Coleman, both of Birmingham; one brother, Claude Coleman, of Birmingham; also four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services conducted by Dr. I. W. Chalker, pastor of the Forest Avenue Methodist Church, will be held at Leak's Chapel, this morning at 9:30 o'clock. Internment will be at Greenwood.
Her obituary appeared 22 November 1928 in the The Prattville Progress, published in Prattville, Alabama. It was a reprint of the Montgomery Advertiser with the following addition: Mrs. Doster was Miss Mary Ellen Coleman, daughter of Stephen Coleman before her marriage and was born and reared in the Coleman place north of Prattville. In addition to her four sons, she leaves four grandsons, three of whom are married. All make their home in Montgomery. She leaves two great-grandchildren.
Deceased was unified in marriage to Absalom Doster more than 45 years ago and resided near Prattville until she and her family moved to Montgomery.
Last Edited=14 Jan 2024
Children of Mary Ellen COLEMAN and Absalom Doster Jr.
Citations
- [S85] 1860 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, S. W. Coleman household #584, pg. 82.
- [S691] Ken Herren, "Watts, Herren, and Weaver Families," e-mail to John K. Brown, 24 Mar 2008.
- [S670] Linda C. Houston, "Mary Ellen Coleman," e-mail to John K. Brown, 9 Jan 2008.
- [S45] Autauga Genealogical Society, Marriage Records of Autauga, MB 7, pg. 298.
- [S670] Linda C. Houston, "Mary Ellen Coleman," e-mail to John K. Brown, 24 Mar 2008.
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