Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-05-22
OBITUARY

Although not altogether Gnpr.parei for The sad event.
OpecauSe Of the :r"a; Isc Of ;lr venerable Az! 'chcrhtca
subject OF this mcrorinD OF ls eXi; from the stage # li-
man action, yet the death of The universally r"vrr-'i PAT.
riot nud sage, Col. DANIEL. COLEMAN, II l- man>i"n,
community with profound t:-"N and heath: r::rrt. He
was born in the county oil Cumberland. jan" IN. l'">, Hnt
departed this life Oh the 5;h day Of April, lH'', having bear
Is completed his niHcy .sccpnd year.
Few men have ever lived Of whom it c"ulib be more tr1.l''
FULLY sald that lie was an "Israelitr in wlInta there was no
guile, - who "frared God and cschewed evil, An! in Whose
holy life and godly conversation there "a' i "a;T beauty
that made vice ugly.
Col. CoIcmuu's youth was spent in the Giii;' o: the rYinS
scenes whirh Immediately preceded, and was c"":S"l with,
the revolutionary era. In his early youth liz iinhii'cl the
pure unsellslI patriotic Spir;: Of The Sons pi Liberty, and
BIZ. generous boo drilled with lis sacred impulses Ill the
moment in whist, L.: Drew hi last breath. Like Cato. FIRM;
Hike Aris,idr,. just; full Of years and fG! o: hor"r--ilic
grave Of this Christian gentleman i acdeweh by the tears
'sinceTcly she'd" no: b. the rt!racrOu- surviving Relatives,
the or- pr!ng OF his own blood Only, hi: by those Of The
whole community in the mid,t Of which M "Nprr'l. tol.
Coleman WAS 4 tender husband and father. n lind Gris!bor.
n generous and ~cOnnding friend. His dwelling during 4
long life, was the home Of the way-farcr and ihr stranger,
AMI there he dispensed that liberal hospitality, charnc'"ris'
tic Of the virginia gentleman Of tie Old Scool. He vas the
chevalirr Dayarl Of his section, and like him !isrd without
fear, and died without rrprraclL.
In temperance, Col. {. WAS literally y he'd and shoulders
above the average height. Ia FULL dress, either In The
drawing-room or in the neid, hut especially IN military
costume. in which he was arraye!. At the head u! lis reGi-
ment, when his old colarade. IN: wr!iCF. saw ii'A, for the
frs. time in 1914, h. was the 'LsdH .'6Gi cf IN officer, a
soldier and I gentleman.
The writer regrets shat ie is no: more fully Informed Of
he lnEllly HislpTE OF U li ana W N" 'IlOlANI.I!Cs HC
may have enjoyed, whilp in III: minority. for literary Ia.
Struc:ion and The acfui-i'ion OF knowledge. \. Il years
OF age he vas e'nri9ys! a; u" lATr rn ES '"t h.t.tal%
General Orders, forwarded tn him b. Gen. Lafayette, for
the commanlan, Of Ii;,-ylvania, ordering troop. 10 the
reH1e-r0us, near lrrius's Ferry, Tor the purpose Of aiding
Gen. Green, then actively rcircaIing before The advancing
columns OF CorDwallis. lie delivered the "rd"rs-;le
troops marcf,e! prGIrpily-Iirccn crossed the Dan in safe.
~. and Cornwaii.- cI.eriacd Il; biz escape. wlcc!r,! ah"ut
and returned into North Carolina.
It l. believed that ;hc Err; public employment ne held IN
-. 49, r l,,,,t.. Si...n 81. ,ni-n r ..-.
responsibility, rs l., well known In Il pecnniary point Of
view. Ills integrity and humanity. IN iisciarr!ng the 'iu-
ties OF that Office, made hi"' extensively "iio"n. ana Mt IN
| carly age, being generally popular among III" people. h"
was elected 10 the General Assembly. lie represented
Pitisylvanin in the House Of Delegates. it is believed, du.
ring seven sessions, and discharged The duties II tie ir'st
| with honor 10 himself and tn his constituents.
He was commissioned - J Justice f:he peace. In september,
1899, and was many years the presiding justice. such was
the hirh estimate put upon his services rs a magistrate,
that the Court had his portal! ia|rn. and placed Il in II
conspicuous position above the justices bench. Oh The wall
OF the Court House, where IL now re1aaiG. 4 high .:d last
ing compliment, sch rs it never Conferred "n aay other
citizen.
Pittsylyania Regiment. in July, 1873; Is Captain in the "a
Regimen. in December. lI.j. and sTcc.,sivcly Major and
Colonel Of that Regiment, whirh he comT'an!"d pr"rion.
to. and during the war Of isl2, duria. which he served
two torrs Of military duty. The Iir-t H. Col. Comniarlant
Of IL Regiment, stationed at Norfolk, Va, In Is. The
| second, ~ Col. Commandment of one Of thu Regiments in
Gen. James BrrcSinri6yes brigade Va. Militia. serving in
Maryiand; Mai. General John fcrrlia's Division. and
Mai. General Winfield SCOTS Military bi,, in 1874. liz
enjoyed in 4 high degree, the respect AMI confidence ~
those distinguished officers.
Col. Coleman had accumulated = large estate by success
fll farming and planting, TO which lcrsui; h- had devoted
the greater part Of Ills life.
In politics Col. c. was a consistent Democratic l!"pabli-
caa OF the JeErrsonian school. lie gave Il Uniform and
Jealous surport to each Successive IIcnUcratic AdILini.irl
ton, from Jefferson 10 H~srhanaH. liurin: the last ~ years
he was regarded ~ one Of the -afest coun>ei!nrs aud inli-
entail leaders Of the party in this county and district; hut
lie never, Cor = moment, permitted the asier:;i:s Of party
| 10 rinIi,trr ,l. b-nigni:y -! his TEMPER and cheerful.
ness Of disposition Characteristic q! III, social in'ercou Sc
With all men.
!!ut the crownin. glory o! his CScc:.n; mans lilr-tle
flushing touch Of his exemplary cllarac;e.-ls found In The
fact, that he had openly Prof-ssed ai"i u"iformly pract,sed
the prccrpt. Of thr religion 81 Chr;.: during III" las. thirty
years. Fur some cause mot understood bg vs. hc had not
connected liimsci. wiki any church. he believed in baptism
bv immersion. lie died with an unfa!irriEg faith In The eli.
cscy Of The a,onencn; made for him ~ i cIEc:Eel Saviour,
ami with the assured! hope Of i hii-:iui ::cs=or'afi?- Dan
fiNe tId.) appeal.
~ Index please copy.