Abstract Rev. Henry Root Colman, father of Charles, Elihu, Henry, and Julia, was born October 9th, 1800, in Northampton, New York. Colman became a Methodist minister who took charge of the Oneida Methodist mission near Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1840. Colman died February 7th, 1895. Of Colman’s three sons, Charles Lane Colman became a prominent citizen of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was head of the C. L. Colman Lumber Co.Records consist mainly of the personal correspondence of the Reverend...

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The Colman Family Scrapbook is comprised primarily of photographs taken by Geneva Wyckoff Colman of Colman family members and friends. Also included are images of residences at 422 West Avenue South, 207 West Avenue South, and 126 15th Street South (all located in La Crosse, Wisconsin).