Fay Olin Colby was born to Clarence Colby and Minnie Moser Colby. The family homesteaded land outside of Maysdorf, Wyoming , a small settlement south of the Town of Gilette. They lived in a small cabin and hauled their water from a nearby pond. When Fay was about 5, his mother, Minnie passed away and his father Clarence moved his children back to their original home of Riverton, Nebraska. Fay was a natural musician, according to his brother Delmar. He was known to pick up a guitar and work out a tune easily. Fay married Miss Viola Beebe and had five daughters, establishing a dairy farm outside of Longview, Washington. Ater his daughters were grown, he moved the family into town.
Fay Olin Colby was born to Clarence Colby and Minnie Moser Colby. The family homesteaded land outside of Maysdorf, Wyoming , a small settlement south of the Town of Gilette. They lived in a small cabin and hauled their water from a nearby pond. When Fay was about 5, his mother, Minnie passed away and his father Clarence moved his children back to their original home of Riverton, Nebraska. Fay was a natural musician, according to his brother Delmar. He was known to pick up a guitar and work out a tune easily. Fay married Miss Viola Beebe and had five daughters, establishing a dairy farm outside of Longview, Washington. Ater his daughters were grown, he moved the family into town.
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