Edward Coleman (1792-1841)
Iron Founder, of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
His father died in 1825 and left the Cornwall Furnace to Edward and his brothers William and James, and the ore mines were also left to the three brothers plus their younger brother, Thomas. In 1825, they built a roasting oven (to roast the iron ore before burning off the sulfur) next to the coal-house. Edward and William sold their ownership of all of their iron properties to James and Thomas, and when James died in 1831, Thomas became sole owner of the Cornwall Ironworks.
