Major Coleman of St. Helena, Louisiana

Major Coleman
Photo Courtesy of
Gordon Richardson Deliverance C.O.G.I.C

Major Coleman was born  in 1893 in Chipola, St.Helena, Louisiana to James and Martha Robertson Coleman  Living in the house with his parents were his siblings Otis Coleman 21, Harry Coleman 15, and Britain Coleman. A granddaughter named Lillie Himes 4. was also living in the house. According to the 1940 United States Census, he owned his own land and worked as a farmer. He completed the 4th grade. Major died on May 25, 1961. He is buried in Gordon-Richardson Cemetery in Amite, Louisiana. 

His father James was born in Louisiana in 1868. He was a farmer and worked on his own account. James could read and write.