Laura Susan Nelson1

F, b. 12 May 1857, d. 3 April 1931
     Laura Susan Nelson was born on 12 May 1857 in Alabama.1 She was also known as Sudie.

Laura married Richard Stephen COLEMAN, son of Andrew Jackson COLEMAN and Lydia Ann BURT, on 15 September 1874 in Coosa County, Alabama.1,2

Laura Susan Nelson and Richard Stephen COLEMAN appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 7 June 1900 in Stewartville, Coosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Richard S. Colman, born March 1851, 49, married 25 years, farmer; Laura S. Colman, wife, born May 1857, 43, 11 children, 9 living; Mary S. Colman, daughter, born March 1876, 24, farm labor; James J. Colman, son, born July 1881, 18, farm labor; John Thomas Colman, son, born April 1883, 17, farm labor; Cathern E. Colman, daughter, born May 1885, 15, farm labor; Savanah B. Colman, daugther, born August 1887, 12; Jessy B. Colman, son, born October 1889, 10; Stephen N. Coleman, son, born June 1894, 5; George H. Colman, son, born January 1896, 4; and Vincent Coman, son, born November 1899, 6/12.

Laura Susan Nelson appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 23 January 1920 in Jordan, Coosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Susan Coleman, a 62-year-old widowed farmer, born in Alabama; her son Vincent, 20, a farm laborer; and Ora Abernathy, a 32-year-old boarder. Susan's son, James, lived in the next household.3

Laura Susan Nelson died on 3 April 1931 in Weogufka, Coosa County, Alabama, at age 73.1
Last Edited=24 Aug 2022

Children of Laura Susan Nelson and Richard Stephen COLEMAN

Citations

  1. [S11] , Tombstone Inscription, Author's Personal Collection, Prattville, Alabama.
  2. [S1100] Vera White Griffen, Mountain Climbers, pg. 223, Cites Coleman family Bible.
  3. [S791] 1920 U. S. Census, Coosa County, Alabama, Susan Coleman household 188, ED 60, pg. 15-B.

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