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- photo 6/2000
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- This
stone with plaque sits at the front of this small Family Cemetery.
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- photo 6/2000
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- The
plaque reads:
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- "The
Head of the Coltman Family in this Township was Joseph Coltman
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came here from Virginia in 1820. He and his son built a saw mill
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a grist - mill on the bank of the creek opposite this spot. Four
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of his descendants rest with him in this ground."
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- John
W. Coltman, the 3rd- Great-grandson of Joseph Coltman (above)
- writes:
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- "The
plaque was made and installed by the well-known
- Cleveland
artist, Ora Coltman, the great grandson of the original Joseph.
- Ora
was born in Shelby in 1858, died in Cleveland in 1940."
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- "Incidently,
the cover story of the January-February (2002) issue of TIMELINE,
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publication of the Ohio Historical Society, is an excellent illustrated
- biography
of Ora Coltman."
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- "Also,
the proprietor of the Coltman Hotel (in Shelby) was Samuel Coltman
- (1818-1892),
one of the seven children of the Joseph Coltman who
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with his father in 1820 to build the sawmill."
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- photo 6/2000
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- "Gravestone
of the younger Joseph Coltman,
the son mentioned in the plaque above"
Died November 5, 1863 aged 68 years, 2 months
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- "Nearby
is that of his wife Mary, named as Polly
- Shepherd
in the Berkeley County (then Virginia)
marriage bond dated January 11, 1816."
Died December 26, 1863 aged 71 years, 9 months.
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- We
wish to thank John W. Coltman (Ora's Coltman's Grandson)
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his welcome addition to this page!!
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