page_title: John C. Coleman
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: John C. Coleman / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: A San Francisco Designated Landmark.
context_page_description: John Crisp Coleman was a California mining, railroad, and public utility magnate, and served in the California State Senate. He was the first President of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, President of the North Star Mine in Grass Valley, Vice President of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, and Vice President of California Street Cable. He also served as director of the Pacific Rolling Mills, the Contra Costa Gas Company, and the North Shore Railroad.
context_section_description: Coleman married Mary Lucretia Bush in 1856, and following her death in 1868, he was married in 1870 to Persis Hannah Sibley. Ten children survived him when he died. Coleman was a Freemason, and a Trustee of the Grass Valley Congregational church. The Wormser-Coleman House on 1834 California Street in San Francisco was owned by Coleman and is a San Francisco Designated Landmark. The Coleman Memorial Laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery is dedicated to John C. and Edward Coleman.
caption: Coleman's residence at 1834 California Street, San Francisco
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