Coleman, William A

Coleman, William A.

a Baptist minister, was born of Episcopal parentage, near St. John, New Brunswick, November 1816. He united with the Baptist Church at Portland, December 25, 1840; was ordained at North Esk in 1845; labored in several fields, baptized one thousand and fifty persons, and died at Sackville, March 7, 1877. He was characterized by executive ability, judgment, dignity, calmness, and humility. See Minutes of Baptist Convention of N.S., etc., 1877; Bill, Fifty Years with the Baptists, page 537.