Evaline (Love) Coleman's death certificate states that she was born in May of 1826 in Henry County, Tennessee. Evaline's father’s name was Robert Love and she was likely born into slavery. Evaline married a man named George Coleman and they had nine children together. Evaline and George moved to Missouri sometime before 1877, when heir daughter Maggie. By 1910, George had died and Evaline was living just outside Ash Grove, in the household of her son James Coleman. Evaline died just two years later, on December 13, 1912 (Russell 2012). Evaline's death certificate states that on eEcember 14, 1910, she was buried in Ash Grove, which necessarily refers to the Berry Cemetery.
Grave Marker: Evaline Coleman's specific place of burial within the Berry Cemetery is unknown and there is no individual headstone for her. However, Evaline is memorialized by the inscription of his name (shown below) on the new monument, installed in 2017, for individuals interred in unmarked graves in the Berry Cemetery.
