Henry R. Colman

Henry Root Colman was born October 9, 1800, in Northampton, New York.

His son Henry served as a trustee of Lawrence University for 60 years.

In 1840, he and his family moved to Wisconsin where he was a missionary among the Oneida tribe near Green Bay, and later near Fond du Lac.

He was commissioned by Amos Adams Lawrence to establish a frontier school and raise funds to build the school that would be known as Lawrence University.

[1] Colman died February 7, 1895, in Fond du Lac, aged 94.

Lawrence University, Class of 1857 - Henry R. Colman's son, Henry Colman (born 1834) is seated at left; his son's future wife, Lucinda Darling is seated at right.