F. Marion Coleman, a native of Park [Parke] county, Indiana, was born on the 15th of December, 1832. He came with his parents, Lemuel and Rosanna Coleman, to Beaver township, Guthrie county, in May 1852. On the 21st of August, 1853, he was married to Miss Deborah Haskins, a daughter of Hiram Haskins. They have five children--Sarah R., Lemuel T., Melinda J., Martha A. and Mary E. Mr. Coleman has held the offices of justice of the peace, constable, road supervisor, assessor, township clerk and school director. He owns one hundred and fifty-three acres of land, ninety acres of which are under cultivation, and has resided on this farm, on Section 34 (Beaver township), since 1859. Mr. Coleman follows farming and stock-raising, and his farm is known as one of the prettiest places in the township.
