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Collection Summary
Title
Coleman Correspondence Collection
Date
1854 - 1907
Extent
1 archival document box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 2019-CCC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2016; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2016.
Name of Creator
Coleman, Chester
Coleman, William C.
Stepheson, William W.
Biographical History
Chester Coleman was born about 1812 in Connecticut and married Hannah Stevenson in 1845 in Summit
County, Ohio. Hannah is the daughter of Thomas Stephenson. William C. Coleman, the son of Chester
and Hannah, was born in February of 1864 in Ohio. Between 1870 and 1875, after the death of Hannah,
the family moved to Sebetha, Nemaha, Kansas where the family farmed.
William W. Stephenson was born on November 5, 1831 in New York City. He graduated from the
University of New York City in 1854 and became a lawyer. He was a Civil War veteran and after the war
became active in politics.

Scope and Content
The correspondence from William C. Coleman is mainly business and includes orders, receipts, and other
letters related to his wool sock business in Sabetha Kansas. The correspondence to Reverend Chester
Coleman is personal letters from family members.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Letters
Folder 1, Letters from W.W. Stephenson to Thomas Stephenson
Item 1, Letter from W. W. Stephenson, New York to Thomas Stephenson,
Richfield, Ohio Jun 1854
Item2, Letter from W. W. Stephenson, New York to Thomas Stephenson,
Richfield, Ohio Nov 1858
Folder 2, Letters to Rev. Chester Coleman
Item 1, Undated envelope
Item 2, Letter dated 23 May 1852 from Austin Coleman
Item 3, Letter dated 27 May 1862 from J. M. Cruttenden
Item 4, Letter dated 22 Jul 1862 from J. M. Cruttenden
Item 5, Letter dated 29 Jul 1862 from J. M. Cruttenden
Item 6, Letter dated 7 Aug 1862 from A. N. Cruttenden
Item 7, Letter dated 14 Sep [1862] from J. M. Cruttenden
Item 8, Letter dated 16 Nov 1862 from J. M. Cruttenden
Item 9, Letter dated 27 Jan 1863 from A. Coleman
Item 10, Letter dated 8 Feb 1863 from J. Stephenson
Item 11, Letter dated 19 Mar 1863 from N. Stephenson
Item 12, Letter dated 14 Apr 1863 from J. M. Cruttenden
Item 13, Envelope postmarked 26 Oct 1863
Item 14, Letter dated Oct 1864 from M. J. S[tephenson]
Item 15, Letter dated 16 Dec 1864 from M. J. Stephenson
Item 16, Letter dated 21 Jul 1865 from M. J. S[tephenson]
Item 17, Letter dated 16 Feb 1866 from Mrs. Hannah Coleman
Item 18, Letter dated 10 Jul 1866 from M. J. Stephenson and letter dated 13 Jul
1866 from Nathan Stephenson
Item 19, Letter dated 21 Oct 1866 from Martha White
Item 20, Letter dated 1 Mar 1867 from N. Stephenson
Item 21, Letter dated 2 Sep 1867 from Mary Jane Stephenson
Item 22, Letter dated 7 Apr 1868 from W. B. Taggart
Item 23, Letter dated 26 Oct 1868 from M. J. Stephenson
Item 24, Letter dated 5 Jul 1870 from Arthur Coleman
Item 25, Letter dated 17 Nov 1870 from C. G. Denning
Item 26, Letter dated 29 Oct 1871 from Nancy
Item 27, Letter dated 09 Apr 1872 from J. H. Coleman
Item 28, Letter dated 16 Apr 1872 from J. H. Coleman
Item 29, Letter dated 24 Apr 1872 from J. Hobart Jackson
Item 30, Letter dated 12 Feb 1873 from R. C. Fielder
Item 31, Letter dated 15 Sep 1875 from M. J. Stephenson
Item 32, Letter dated 29 Dec 1876 from John Pettit
Item 33, Letter dated 07 Dec 1879 from unknown
Item 34, Letter dated 1885 form J. C.
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Folder 3, Letters to William C. Coleman
Item 1, Envelope, undated
Item 2, Letter dated 02 Aug 1881 from Edwin E. Slosson
Item 3, Letter dated 19 Sep 1882 from Lillie Hall
Item 4, Letter dated 12 Jul 1883 from Lillie Hall
Item 5, Letter dated 28 Feb 1887 from University of Kansas
Item 6, Invitation dated April 1883
Item 7, Letter dated 4 May 1889 from Creamery Package Mfg. Co.
Item 8, Letter dated Aug 1889 from L. Butter
Item 9, Letter dated 22 Aug 1889 from Dempsey & Butler
Item 10, Letter dated 31 Aug 1889 from Dempsey & Butler
Item 11, Letter dated 17 Nov 1889 from Ada King
Item 12, Letter dated 15 Sep 1890 from Putnam, Hooker & Co.
Item 13, Letter dated 24 Nov 1890 from Milwaukee Worsted Mills
Item 14, Letter dated 22 Oct 1891 from W. A. Anderson
Item 15, Letter dated 5 Oct 1892 from G. W. Ream
Item 16, Letter dated 24 Oct 1892 from F.H. Preston
Item 17, Letter dated 12 Nov 1892 from Mrs. Samuel Anderson
Item 18, Letter dated 21 Nov 1892 from Mrs. H. H. Hardy
Item 19, Letter dated 30 Nov 1892 from Anna R Dean
Item 20, Letter dated 4 Dec 1892 from Mrs. Samuel Anderson
Item 21, Letter dated 23 Dec 1893 from James Ainsworth
Item 22, Letter dated 11 Jan 1894 from J. Frazire Buck
Item 23, Letter dated 30 Jul 1894 from E. Hezrt
Item 24, Receipt dated 26 Oct 1894 from Milwaukee Worsted Mills
Item 25, Letter dated 30 Oct 1894 from Milwaukee Worsted Mills
Item 26, Envelope postmarked 13 Sep 1895 from Stephenson & Co.
Item 27, Letter dated 27 Jan 1896 from John D. Nagle
Item 28, Letter dated 30 Jun 1897 from S. Gray & Co.
Item 29, Letter dated 5 Jan 1898 from Edward Hills Son & Co.
Item 30, Letter dated 4 Sep 1899 from Newburger Cotton Co.
Item 31, Letter dated 7 May 1903 from Mrs. W. W. Thomas
Item 32, Letter dated 15 Feb 1904 from Eva Schueneman (cousin)
Item 32, Invoice dated 14 Sep 1904 from Burson Knitting Company
Item 33, Receipt dated 20 Jun 1905 from New England Cotton Yarn Co.
Item 34, Letter dated 31 Aug 1905 from Edward L Hyde Co.
Item 35, Catalog postmarked 27 Oct 1905 from Duckrow’s
Item 36, Letter dated 17 Feb 1906 from Milwaukee Worsted Mills
Item 37, Letter dated 29 Jun 1906 from Bierer, Shadel & Co.
Item 38, Letter dated 29 Sep 1906 from Mrs. Dilla Eberhart
Item 39, Letter dated 13 Nov 1906 from Quaker City Knitting Co.
Item 40, Letter dated 14 Jan 1907 from Pastor C. L. Fisk
Item 41, Letter dated 26 Feb 1907 from B. F. Boyer Co.
Item 42, Letter dated 2 Mar 1907 from Louis Miller
Item 43, Letter postmarked Jul 1907 from Skagit Logging and Boom Company
Item 44, Letter dated 29 Aug 1907 from Mrs. Celia B Gary
Item 45, Order dated 4 Nov 1907 from Ancil W Brooks
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Ramond Pardee.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
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Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census, Bath, Summit, Ohio; [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

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Ancestry.com. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

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Ancestry.com. Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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Shranks, Charles G., ed. The State Government for 1879: Memorial Volume of the New Capitol,
Being Sketches of the Old and New Capitols, and Biographies of the State Officers and Members
of the Legislature. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons, 1879. Google Book. Web. 7 October 2016.

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