Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with an introductory historical sketch . y operatedunder the name of Coleman and first located at No. no and afterwardsremoved to 212 Chestnut street, where theold house of Coleman and Brother still re-mains. Mr. Colemans experience in thestock markets of the country and especiallyin Wall street, New York, was verv valuableto him in the prosecution of his commissionenterprise, which enterprise he successfullvcon
Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with an introductory historical sketch . y operatedunder the name of Coleman and first located at No. no and afterwardsremoved to 212 Chestnut street, where theold house of Coleman and Brother still re-mains. Mr. Colemans experience in thestock markets of the country and especiallyin Wall street, New York, was verv valuableto him in the prosecution of his commissionenterprise, which enterprise he successfullvcontinued for twenty years. At the end ofthat time in 1893, on account of impairedhearing he retired from the firm and becameinterested in the manufacture of woolengoods, in which line of business he madelarge investments at Norristown and else-where. He was soon made president of theNorristown Woolen company, which posi-tion he still holds in addition to being adirector in the Conshohocken Woolen com-pany. On May 14, 1S60, Mr. Coleman was unitedin marriage with Josephine Aitkin, a daugh-ter of Joseph Aitkin, and a great-grand-daughter of Robert Aitkin, who publishedthe first Bible in the English language in.
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