Bob, I would like to identify the parents of Lucy Colbert, born 1882, married Oliver Quigley in 1906, died 08 November 1979. Do you know of this person? Any help appreciated. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [ILGALLAT] Mary & James Colbert, Banks Cemetery > In a message dated 1/8/00 10:58:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << > Mary Elizabeth Colbert is an ancestor on my mother's side. She married a > Charles Richard Tarlton on June 15 1896. Her parents were a James Colbert, > born about 1827 in Illinois, and a Mary J. Unknown, born about 1830 in > Tennessee. By this information this could possibly be our Mary Elizabeth's > mother. Do you have any other information about this family or Mary's > children? > > 1870 Illinois Census, Gallatin County > Colbert, James 43 Farmer Illinois $1400 > Real estate > Mary J. 40 Housewife Tennessee > H55 page 3 Equality TW 10 Range 9 > > B. David Duncan > >> > > Hi David, > > Sorry for the delay in answering you. My mother (92) is just about dead and > I have been spending my time there. > > I don't find your Mary Elizabeth Colbert in the James T Colbert family. Are > you sure?, The 1870 Census shown by you does list James T and Mary J (Seets > or Seats) Colbert correctly. They had 12 children from that marriage and > Mary died in 1875. Their children were > > Lucy A 1847-1917 > Allen D 1849-1859 > Frances June 1851-1924 > Sarah F 1852-1921 > James T 1855-1926 (This son was often confused with his father-same name) > Mary Lucretia 1858-1901 > Aaron Stout 1860-1946 > Margaret Elizabeth 1863-1916 (This is the line of Bob Black) She m Isaac > Jennings) > Thomas Jefferson 1864-1942 > Isabelle F 1866-1895 > Prudence 1869-1939 > John B 1871-1893 > > Mary Seets Colbert died in 1875 and James T married Mary A Hull Frohock in > 1879 > > Mary Azubah Hull was the daughter of Josiah Hull of Big Eagle country-across > the county line and in Saline County. Mary married Lucian Polk Frohock. > Lucian was the brother to my G Grandfather Thomas J Frohock. Lucian and Mary > A had a daughter Phoebe Frohock and Lucian died. > > In 1879 widower James T Colbert married widow Mary A Frohock. They had 3 > children > Virgie b 1880 > Virgil b 1883 > Paul b 1892 > after James T and Mary A married they built a home between Goolsby School and > the Leamington Road (the Leamington Road was actually not a road then). James > T's son James T owned the home where the Kedron-Karbers Ridge Road intersects > the Leamington Road. That was called the Jame T corner (from the son's name) > and later was called the Eel Colbert (very distant relation) corner. The > more I explain the more complicated it gets. I just can't hardly give a > simple answer. My nature. Anyway, James T senior died in 1906 and Mary > continued to live in the home which was located at the foot of the largest > hill in the area and that hill became known as the Mary Colbert hill to > people of that time frame. Mary A died in 1943. > > Now, David, I don't find your Mary Elizabeth Colbert. There were many James, > Marys and Elizabeths. I just don't believe that the James Colbert in the > 1870 Census is your ancestor. My guess is that Mary Elizabeth is the dau of > a James Colbert living in Saline Co. I don't have those statistics. Sorry. > Do you have reason to disagree? I have been wrong before. It's easy to > overlook an important detail. > > Bob Black > descendent of James T Colbert, Margaret Colbert Jennings, Grace Jennings > Frohock, and Nigel Frohock Black(now 92 in 2000). > >