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Jonathan E. Colby

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Jonathan E. Colby

Birth
Candia, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
23 Aug 1884 (aged 68)
Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Newfields, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.0357925, Longitude: -70.9446172
Memorial ID
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Carpenter/Pattern Maker. Son of Phineas and Sarah (Clay) Colby. Marr. Sarah Ann Foster in Williamstown, VT 12 Sept 1841. Three children known: Fannie Gertrude, Emma and Asa.

Fannie was b. in West Topsham, VT 21 July 1844; allegedly d. Ellendale, ND 26 October 1893 (not confirmed by me). She married Francis Voltaire Randall in S. Newmarket (now Newfields) on 6 Dec 1863 as his second wife, and they had three sons: Gurdie Colby b. 21 Dec 1867, d. 21 July 1868; Philip Sheridan, b. 7 May 1865 in Montpelier, VT; and Luther Volney b. 4 March 1875, d. 24 July 1953 in Seattle, WA.
Census
1870 - Montpelier, VT.
1880 - Brookfield, VT.

Francis V. Randall was a lawyer when not otherwise engaged in the Civil War. His first wife was Caroline E. Andrus, who he m. in Northfield, VT 5 July 1846. They had three children, but from other family trees it appears they divorced (not confirmed by me). Again, family trees allege she d. in CT in 1900.
Carpenter/Pattern Maker. Son of Phineas and Sarah (Clay) Colby. Marr. Sarah Ann Foster in Williamstown, VT 12 Sept 1841. Three children known: Fannie Gertrude, Emma and Asa.

Fannie was b. in West Topsham, VT 21 July 1844; allegedly d. Ellendale, ND 26 October 1893 (not confirmed by me). She married Francis Voltaire Randall in S. Newmarket (now Newfields) on 6 Dec 1863 as his second wife, and they had three sons: Gurdie Colby b. 21 Dec 1867, d. 21 July 1868; Philip Sheridan, b. 7 May 1865 in Montpelier, VT; and Luther Volney b. 4 March 1875, d. 24 July 1953 in Seattle, WA.
Census
1870 - Montpelier, VT.
1880 - Brookfield, VT.

Francis V. Randall was a lawyer when not otherwise engaged in the Civil War. His first wife was Caroline E. Andrus, who he m. in Northfield, VT 5 July 1846. They had three children, but from other family trees it appears they divorced (not confirmed by me). Again, family trees allege she d. in CT in 1900.


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