Trying to identify this Ephraim Colby. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ron Descendants of Ephraim COLBY - 31 JUL 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST GENERATION 1. Ephraim COLBY was born in 1788 in Massachusetts. He was a Stone mason in 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was a Mason in 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on August 28, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He died before 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was buried in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Albion Riverside Cemetery.) He was married to Abigail (COLBY) about 1815. Abigail (COLBY) was born in 1795 in Vermont. She appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She appeared on the census on August 28, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She appeared on the census on June 29, 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living with son Edward.) She was buried in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Albion Riverside Cemetery.) She died in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. Ephraim COLBY and Abigail (COLBY) had the following children: +2 i. Alonzo H. COLBY (born about 1820). +3 ii. Edward A. COLBY (born in 1822). SECOND GENERATION 2. Alonzo H. COLBY was born about 1820 in New York. He died about 1849 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was married to Harriet FINCH on January 14, 1838 in Calhoun County, Michigan. Harriet FINCH was born on April 1, 1822 in New York. (Daughter of Asahel Finch and Julia Ann Wilcox.) She appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (her family living with her parents.) She appeared on the census on August 24, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She died on March 29, 1908 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She was buried on March 30, 1908 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Riverside Cemetery.) Alonzo H. COLBY and Harriet FINCH had the following children: +4 i. Alpheus A. COLBY (born in 1842). +5 ii. Theresa COLBY (born on February 11, 1844). 6 iii. James COLBY was born in 1846 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with mother.) He appeared on the census on August 24, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with step-father and mother.) 7 iv. William W. COLBY was born on September 25, 1848 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with mother.) He appeared on the census on August 24, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with step-father and mother.) He died on October 12, 1911 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was buried on October 14, 1911 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Albion Riverside Cemetery.) 3. Edward A. COLBY was born in 1822 in New York. He was a Cabinet maker in 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was a Cabinet Maker in 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on August 28, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (family living with Edward's parents.) He was a Cabinet maker in 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on June 29, 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was married to Betsy A. (COLBY) about 1844. Betsy A. (COLBY) was born in 1826 in New York. She appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She died before 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. Edward A. COLBY and Betsy A. (COLBY) had the following children: 8 i. Orlando COLBY was born in 1844 in Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with father and mother.) He appeared on the census on August 28, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with father.) 9 ii. Franklin COLBY was born in 1848 in Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with father and mother.) He died before 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. 10 iii. Harriet COLBY was born in May 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with father and mother.) She appeared on the census on August 28, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with father.) She appeared on the census on June 27, 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living with Willard Warner family.) He was married to Amelia WARNER on November 21, 1863 in Michigan. Amelia WARNER was born in 1840 in Michigan. She appeared on the census on June 29, 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. THIRD GENERATION 4. Alpheus A. COLBY was born in 1842 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with mother.) He was a farming in 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on August 24, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with step-father and mother.) He died on October 15, 1865 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He was buried in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Albion Riverside Cemetery.) He was married to Martha WADE about 1865 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. Martha WADE was born in 1844 in New York. She appeared on the census on June 27, 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She appeared on the census in 1880 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. Alpheus A. COLBY and Martha WADE had the following children: +11 i. Charles De Witt COLBY (born on October 23, 1865). 5. Theresa COLBY was born on February 11, 1844 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. She appeared on the census on September 21, 1850 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with mother.) She appeared on the census on August 24, 1860 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with step-father and mother.) She was married to Charles N. FAILING on May 16, 1866 in Calhoun County, Michigan. Charles N. FAILING was born on April 19, 1835 in Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan. History of Jackson Co., MI. Inter-State Pub. 1881. page 1011-2. Charles N. FAILING, son of Henry and Elizabeth (HONE) FAILING, was born near Marshall, Calhoun Co., Mich., April 19, 1835. His father was a native of New York, and mother of Vermont; they lived near Rockport, N.Y.; came to Michigan in the spring of 1832, settling near Marshall. They had 4 children--Wesley M., Charles N., James H. and Margaret. Mr. F. is now living at Homer, at the age of 83 years. Mr. FAILING, the subject of this sketch, lived near Marshall until he was 20 years old, when his family moved to Albion; he lived there three years, going to school and clerking; in the spring of 1858, they removed to the town of Parma, on the farm known as the old GRAHAM farm, and a few years later, he and his older brother bought their present farm. May 16, 1866, he married Theresa COLBY, daughter of Alonzo and Harriet COLBY, who was born in Albion, Mich., Feb. 11, 1844. They have 1 child--Henry A., born Jan. 22, 1868. Mr. F. is a farmer; both are members of the M.E. Church, of Albion. Theresa COLBY and Charles N. FAILING had the following children: 12 i. Henry A. FAILING was born on January 22, 1868 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. FOURTH GENERATION 11. Charles De Witt COLBY was born on October 23, 1865 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. He appeared on the census on June 27, 1870 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with mother.) He appeared on the census in 1880 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. (living at home with step-father and mother.) He was an Apprentice jewler in 1880 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. apprentice He died on September 23, 1941. COLBY, CHARLES DEWITT Oct. 23, 1865-Sept. 23, 1941 Physician; specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis; after Army career and wide practice became chief of staff at the Nose and Throat Clinic at the University of Michigan; practiced in Asheville, North Carolina for almost 30 years before his death and was active in the development of Asheville as a health center He was married to Mattie A. REYNOLDS on September 23, 1891 in Spring Arbor, Jackson County, Michigan. Mattie A. REYNOLDS was born in April 1865 in Michigan. Charles De Witt COLBY and Mattie A. REYNOLDS had the following children: 13 i. Martha COLBY was born in 1894 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. Prepared by: Ronald M. Colby 4814 South 4180 West Kearns, Utah 84118-4014 COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam