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Anna <I>Fox</I> Colby

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Anna Fox Colby

Birth
Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
10 Oct 1897 (aged 81)
Fayetteville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Fayetteville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Anna Fox, daughter of Peter and Mary Catharine Oyler Fox, was born near Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland on June 24, 1816. According to the records at St. Peter's Rocky Hill Lutheran Church, Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland - Anna, daughter of Peter and Maria Catharina Fuchs, born 24 June 1816, baptized 25 Aug 1816. Sponsor: Anna M. Eiler

Anna moved north to Franklin County, Pennsylvania with her family in 1825. According to The History of Grindstone Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, on Saturday the 17th May, 1834, the Rev. Hoffman added a large class of catechumens to the church by confirmation, among them was Anna Fox.

Anna married George Colby in Franklin County in 1837. They had twelve children: Melinda, Catherine, Theodore F., George Burns, Anna Amelia, Mary Ellen, Sarah Rebecca, Margaret W., Susan Virginia, Charlotte Elizabeth, Charles Stewart and Harry Edwin Colby.

Anna died October 10, 1897 in Fayetteville, and was laid to rest next to her husband at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery.
Anna Fox, daughter of Peter and Mary Catharine Oyler Fox, was born near Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland on June 24, 1816. According to the records at St. Peter's Rocky Hill Lutheran Church, Woodsboro, Frederick County, Maryland - Anna, daughter of Peter and Maria Catharina Fuchs, born 24 June 1816, baptized 25 Aug 1816. Sponsor: Anna M. Eiler

Anna moved north to Franklin County, Pennsylvania with her family in 1825. According to The History of Grindstone Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church, on Saturday the 17th May, 1834, the Rev. Hoffman added a large class of catechumens to the church by confirmation, among them was Anna Fox.

Anna married George Colby in Franklin County in 1837. They had twelve children: Melinda, Catherine, Theodore F., George Burns, Anna Amelia, Mary Ellen, Sarah Rebecca, Margaret W., Susan Virginia, Charlotte Elizabeth, Charles Stewart and Harry Edwin Colby.

Anna died October 10, 1897 in Fayetteville, and was laid to rest next to her husband at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery.


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  • Created by: Roger and Sue Cramer
  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92787880/anna-colby: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Fox Colby (24 Jun 1816–10 Oct 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92787880, citing Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Roger and Sue Cramer (contributor 46098898).