Rowena Elizabeth and John moved to Alabama where they lived for the rest of their lives. John died 22 September 1918 and Rowena Elizabeth died 7 September 1922. Both were buried in Roanoke, Alabama. 51 Frank C. Merriman, the second child, was born 28 February 1849 and died 26 September 1866. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery where his brother and parents were buried. 52 Third child Ludie Merriman was born 15 July 1851 in Greenwood and died 20 July 1920 in Seneca. 53 She married Mathew W. Coleman in 1872. 54 He was born about 1840 in Edgefield District and died 23 November 1901 in Charleston. 55 In the Civil War, Mathew served from 1861 to 1865 primarily in a quartermaster capacity in the 7 th infantry regiment. This regiment fought in numerous Army of Northern Virginia campaigns ending the war in North Carolina. 56 51 Find A Grave , memorial 38868420, Rowena E. Merriman Oldham, gravestone photograph by L Easterwood. Also, Ancestry, Find A Grave , database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : 24 August 2020), memorial 38868418, John Hayden Oldham, Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama; gravestone photograph by L Easterwood. 52 Greenwood Co., S.C. Cemetery Records , 2:61. Also, Ancestry, Find A Grave , database with images (http://www.findagrave.com : 2 September 2020), memorial 120625687, Frank C. Merriman, Greenwood Cemetery, Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina; gravestone photograph by JTarasidis. 53 “South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965,” certificate no. 13819, Mrs. Ludie M. Coleman, 10 August 1920, database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 23 August 2020), citing South Carolina Department of Archives and History, “South Carolina Death Records, 1925-1949,” Oconee County, Seneca. 54 1900 U.S. census, Oconee County, South Carolina, population schedule, Seneca Town, p. 131B, enumeration district (ED) 73, dwelling 37, family 41, Mathew M. [W.] Coleman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 23 August 2020); FHL microfilm 1241537. 55 “Death of M.W. Coleman,” Greenwood (South Carolina) Daily Journal , 27 November 1901, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 22 August 2020), p. 7, col. 2. 56 Compiled service record, M.W. Coleman, QM Sgt., 7 South Carolina Infantry, Civil War; digital images, Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com : 18 September 2020), citing NARA microfilm publication M267, roll 216. Also, “7 th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry,” The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors : 18 September 2020).
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