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Colley, William B.

Male Abt 1843 - 1918  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name Colley, William B. 
    Born Abt 1843  Washington Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 1918  Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I793  Colley-Garner Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2017 

    Father Colley, David L.,   b. 1810, Russell Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, Greenup Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 71 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Unknown, Spicey M.,   b. Abt 1812, Russell Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, Greenup Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married Between 1828 and 1834  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F120  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Meadows, Martha Ann,   b. Jan 1878, Carter Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1895 
    Children 
     1. Colley, Spicy Jane,   b. 20 Jan 1897, Grayson, Carter, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1930  (Age 33 years)
     2. Colley, Lucy Alice,   b. Apr 1898,   d. Abt 1911  (Age ~ 12 years)
     3. Colley, George Washington,   b. 28 Aug 1900, Carter Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1936, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     4. Colley, Walter,   b. Abt 1903, Guyandotte, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Colley, Clara Gladys,   b. Abt 1906,   d. 12 Aug 1976, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     6. Colley, N. P.,   b. Abt 1908
     7. Colley, Thomas Richard,   b. Aft 1910,   d. Oct 1946, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 34 years)
    Family ID F313  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Worley, Sarah Elizabeth,   b. 15 Aug 1849, Washington Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1882, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 34 years) 
    Married 9 Jul 1867  Washington Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Colley, Cora Belle,   b. Abt 1868, Greenup Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1949, Boyd, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     2. Colley, Ira J.,   b. Abt 1870, Greenup Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1910, Carter Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years)
     3. Colley, David,   b. Abt 1873, Greenup Co, KY or Carter Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1965, Carter Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years)
     4. Colley, William,   b. Abt 1874
     5. Colley, Martha Alice,   b. 15 Sep 1876, Carter Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1951, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet

    Family 3 Justice, Sarah Ann,   b. Abt 1870 
    Married 30 Oct 1886 
    Children 
     1. Colley, Edward B.,   b. 12 Mar 1888
    Family ID F311  Group Sheet

    Family 4 Music, Mariah 
    Married 14 Apr 1892 
    Family ID F312  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse, 12 May 1864.
      POW at Point Lookout, 18-20 May 1864.

      From Ashland Independent, Tuesday, March 16, 1882:
      Carter Co. News -- ... WILLIAM COLLEY decamped last week from Everman's Creek, taking with him the wife of ISAIAH RIFFLE [sic, Rife] and her child, leaving behind his own family. Colley's wife is in an asylum.

      Likely twins with Isabella