Coleman, Margaretta du Pont, 1862-1938

Margaretta E. ("Meta") du Pont Coleman (1862-1938), the first child of Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Coleman du Pont, was born in Louisville, Ky. After the death of her mother in 1876, she briefly resided with her maternal grandmother in Wilmington, Del. and then attended boarding school in Philadelphia, Pa. from October 1878-May 1879. She returned to her father's home in Louisville, where she was responsible for running the household and had an active social life. Meta du Pont married a first cousin, Bannen Coleman, in 1888. They had three children. She apparently lived a conventional life of a married upper-middle class woman in the late nineteenth century.

After her husband's death in 1898, Meta Coleman continued to live in Louisville until approximately 1910 when she moved to the Boston, Mass. area where she lived until her death. Meta Coleman was interested in genealogy and collected family memorabilia.

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