Coleman Trickett
(1837-1913)

Coleman, the son of James and Ann Maria Ferrell, was born on October 29, 1837. He married Sarah Steele on March 29, 1860, in Monongalia County, Virginia. Among the couple's 16 children was my great grandfather, Edson Trickett.

Coleman was born on his father's farm near Halleck, Monongalia County, Virginia. He spent his youth in pursuit of an education while tending to his farm duties. After reaching the age of majority, he became a stone mason.

The Rev. Eli F. Westfall officiated at the Trickett-Steele wedding which took place near Brown's Chapel, Virginia.

Coleman served in Company B, 4th West Virginia Cavalry, as a teamster, during the Civil War and was a pensioner during the remainder of his life.

He died on June 28, 1913 (age 75 years, 8 months) and is buried at Union Cemetery in Toronto, Ohio.

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Birth Year Events (1837)

Victoria accedes to the throne
Panic of 1837
Morse patents the telegraph
Michigan becomes 26th State
Louis Daguerre develops daguerreotype

Births

Grover Cleveland
Edward Gallaudet
Robert Giffen
William Hartzell
Wild Bill Hickok
J.P. Morgan
Wm. Quantrill
Washington Roebling

Deaths

King William IV

Military Battles

Ordnance

Politics

Martin van Buren succeeds A. Jackson

Perspective (1837-1861)

1859
Drake discovers oil in Penna.