COLBY, Byron Eri 1853-1928
COLBY, LEWIS
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 3/16/2012 at 11:38:23
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OSAGE, IOWA - Dec. 31. — B. E. Colby, for many years a grain and coal merchant here, died Saturday at the age of 75 years.
He is survived by two sons and a daughter: Lloyd, Stanley and Hattie.
Mrs. Colby died three years ago.
Mr. Colby was born on April 1, 1853, in Randolph, Wisconsin.
He retired from business a few years ago.
[Waterloo Evening Courier, Monday, December 31, 1928] (SB)
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#2:Byron E. Colby
Birth: Apr. 1, 1853, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
Death: Dec. 31, 1928, Osage, Mitchell County,
Iowa.
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1900 US Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa:Byron E. Colby, 47, born April 1853, Wisconsin
Ida L., 45, born May 1855, New York
Stanley E., 22, born January 1878, Minnesota
Hattie E., 20, born August 1879, Minnesota
Lloyd G., 14, born June 1885, Minnesota
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Byron Colby; parents Eri Colby and Elizabeth Lewis.
Ida Colby: parents John Campbell and Harriet Shermerhorn.
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Ida Louise (Campbell) Colby (1855 - 1925)Children:
Harriet Elizabeth Colby (1879 - 1958)
Lloyd Guy Colby (1885 - 1963)Burial:
Osage Cemetery, Mitchell County, Iowa.(Credit: DM Scott)
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