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Katharine Ellis Coman

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Katharine Ellis Coman

Birth
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Death
11 Jan 1915 (aged 57)
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2 - Lot 207
Memorial ID
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Her parents were Levi Parsons Coman & Martha Seymour.

For 25 years, she lived with Katharine Lee Bates (Author of "America the Beautiful"), and died at her home.

Articles on her death: "New York Times", January 12, 1915 - Page 9 / "The Newark Advocate" - Newark, Ohio - Jan. 12, 1915 - Page 6, "Obituary"

"Burial will be made in Cedar Hill." (Page 5, "Obituary" - "The Newark Advocate" - Newark, Ohio - January 15, 1915 - Photocopy)

She was cremated at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 13, 1915. (Cemetery Records)

NOTE: On Page 533, of the book "Where They're Buried", by Thomas E. Spencer, c 1998, her year of death is given as 1917 and her burial-place as Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Famous author on economic subjects. Among her books are:
- "The Negro as a Peasant Farmer", 1904
- "The Industrial History of the United States", 1905
- "Economic Beginnings of the Far West", 1912
- "Unemployment Insurance: A Summary of European Systems", 1915
Her parents were Levi Parsons Coman & Martha Seymour.

For 25 years, she lived with Katharine Lee Bates (Author of "America the Beautiful"), and died at her home.

Articles on her death: "New York Times", January 12, 1915 - Page 9 / "The Newark Advocate" - Newark, Ohio - Jan. 12, 1915 - Page 6, "Obituary"

"Burial will be made in Cedar Hill." (Page 5, "Obituary" - "The Newark Advocate" - Newark, Ohio - January 15, 1915 - Photocopy)

She was cremated at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 13, 1915. (Cemetery Records)

NOTE: On Page 533, of the book "Where They're Buried", by Thomas E. Spencer, c 1998, her year of death is given as 1917 and her burial-place as Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Famous author on economic subjects. Among her books are:
- "The Negro as a Peasant Farmer", 1904
- "The Industrial History of the United States", 1905
- "Economic Beginnings of the Far West", 1912
- "Unemployment Insurance: A Summary of European Systems", 1915

Inscription


SCHOLAR, ECONOMIST, HISTORIAN
TEACHER AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE

I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE AND
DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD



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