When he was 5 years old his family moved south to Sandy Creek which runs between Barbour and Preston Counties. Two years later Jesse's father died. His brother Samuel Jr., age 18, stayed home and helped his mother run the farm.
Jesse met Mary Lohr (b. August 1841) at a box supper at the rural Colebank School #24. Jesse bid on a pretty box. "No one knew whose box it was," he said. It turned out to be Mary's. Jesse and Mary Lohr were married July 7, 1860. Jesse was 20 and Mary 18. Eleven children were
born to this marriage. As the Colebanks living along Sandy Creek became more numerous, the community came to be known as Colebank. At one time the hamlet had a post office, 3 stores, a blacksmith shop and a grain mill powered by water wheel. This is where Jesse and Mary raised their children and lived out their lives. Jesse was a farmer, gardener and shoe cobbler. When the 1870 census was taken he was making barrel staves. Mary was known for her knitting.
Her grand- daughter Nellie Colebank Knotts recalls how she loved her grandparents. She looked forward to Fall when Grandpa made her new shoes and Grandma made her new mittens, cap, sweater, stockings and a coat. Their social activities centered around the local churches at
Shiloh, Locust Grove, Sinclair and the rural Colebank School #24.
http://www.thecolebankfamily.com/Jesse_Colebank.html
When he was 5 years old his family moved south to Sandy Creek which runs between Barbour and Preston Counties. Two years later Jesse's father died. His brother Samuel Jr., age 18, stayed home and helped his mother run the farm.
Jesse met Mary Lohr (b. August 1841) at a box supper at the rural Colebank School #24. Jesse bid on a pretty box. "No one knew whose box it was," he said. It turned out to be Mary's. Jesse and Mary Lohr were married July 7, 1860. Jesse was 20 and Mary 18. Eleven children were
born to this marriage. As the Colebanks living along Sandy Creek became more numerous, the community came to be known as Colebank. At one time the hamlet had a post office, 3 stores, a blacksmith shop and a grain mill powered by water wheel. This is where Jesse and Mary raised their children and lived out their lives. Jesse was a farmer, gardener and shoe cobbler. When the 1870 census was taken he was making barrel staves. Mary was known for her knitting.
Her grand- daughter Nellie Colebank Knotts recalls how she loved her grandparents. She looked forward to Fall when Grandpa made her new shoes and Grandma made her new mittens, cap, sweater, stockings and a coat. Their social activities centered around the local churches at
Shiloh, Locust Grove, Sinclair and the rural Colebank School #24.
http://www.thecolebankfamily.com/Jesse_Colebank.html
Family Members
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Sarah Ann "Sallie" Colebank Hartsaw
1861–1932
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Andrew Jackson "A.J." Colebank
1863–1941
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Mary Katherine Colebank Phillips
1865–1935
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John H. Colebank
1867–1897
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Patrick Sylvester Colebank
1869–1951
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Anna Christine Colebank Hartsaw
1872–1957
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Charles Willis Colebank
1875–1947
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George Franklin "Frank" Colebank
1881–1918
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Dennis Bradford Colebank
1883–1955
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