Coleman, Thomas C.

Passed: 1936-05-20

Age: 64

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1936-05-29

Information: COLEMAN RITES HELD FRIDAY - Funeral services for Thomas C. Coleman, 64 year old Charleston lawyer, were held at Bartlett's chapel in that city last Friday and the body was brought to the Muses Bottom cemetery for burial.  The Coleman's were natives of that section of Jackson county.  Mr. Coleman died on Wednesday at his home in Charleston after an illness of nearly three years.  Mr. Coleman never married.  He is survived by his brothers, Wade H. Coleman of Charleston, John R. Coleman of Parkersburg, and Emmet L. Coleman of Corpus Christi, Texas; and by two sisters, Mrs. Frances C. Martin of Huntington Park, Calif., and Mrs. R. H. Silliman of Wheeling.  A sister-in-law, Mrs. Grace Coleman of Louisville, Ky., also survives.      He was born at Muses Bottom, March 28, 1872, and received his early education in the public schools of Jackson county.  He entered Marietta college at Marietta, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1893.  He then became a professor of Latin and English in Watson seminary, Missouri, where he remained three years before going to Columbia university.  He was graduated from Columbia with a degree of master of arts in 1897. While attending the New York university he made personal studies and investigations of the history, methods and administration of clearing houses in the United States and Canada in the Fourth National bank of Wall street.  Three years after leaving New York, Mr. Coleman graduated from the West Virginia university law school and in 1900 began practice at Parkersburg, joining a partnership with his brother under the firm name of Coleman and Coleman.  In 1918 he moved to Charleston and actively practiced his profession until about three years ago, when he became ill.  He was a member of the firm of Gore, Coleman and Simms.      Mr. Coleman, aside from being a student of the law, was also interested in philosophy, history and the Bible.  Until his health failed he taught a Bible class at the First M. E. church.  He had a large library on Biblical and philosophical subjects.  He also was an active member of the Charleston and West Virginia and American Bar associations.  In 1924 he was a West Virginia delegate to a meeting of the international bar association held in London, England.  He also was interested in many Charleston civic enterprises and gave freely of his time to matters of public interest.  He was a Democrat and at one time devoted much of his time to stump speaking for the party, although he never held public office.