Ann Crittenden Coleman

Ann Crittenden Coleman
Born	Ann Mary Butler Crittenden May 5, 1813 Russellville, Kentucky or Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. (sources vary)
Died	February 13, 1891 (aged 77) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Pen name	Mrs. Chapman Coleman
Occupation	author translator
Language	English
Nationality	USA
Spouse	Chapman Coleman ​ ​ (m. 1830; died 1850)​
Children	7 (including Florence, Eugenia, and Cornelia)
Relatives	John J. Crittenden (father) George B. Crittenden & Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (brothers) John Crittenden Sr. (grandfather) John C. Watson (nephew) Thomas Jefferson (direct ancestor)

Ann Crittenden Coleman (née, Crittenden; pen name, Mrs. Chapman Coleman; May 5, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a 19th-century American author and translator. Her parents were John J. Crittenden, the statesman, and Sarah O. (Lee) Crittenden, of the Lee family. After Coleman was widowed, she removed to Europe with her younger children, affording them a good education. She in turn learned French and German, and upon her return to the United States, published various translations. After her father's death, Coleman penned his biography. She met Lafayette as a child, and was personally acquainted during her life with many of the U.S. presidents. Alexander H. Stephens and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant were close friends.^[1]