Alanson Colby (1813 - 1880)

Born 9 May 1813 in Sardonia, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Son of Abner Colby and Cynthia (Galpin) Colby

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1880 at age 67 in Holden, Millard, Utah, USA

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Biography

Confirmed with DNA by auDNA/FamilyFinder match in the FamilyTreeDNA.com database. Predicted test participant relationship is 5th to remote cousins, 39.10 cM shared. Anonymous and Kitty are 7th cousins once removed. Benjamin Bunnell is the seventh great grandfather of Kitty and sixth great grandfather of Anonymous.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Davis, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Fillmore City, Millard, Utah Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Holden, Millard, Utah Territory, United States

Research Notes

The birth date given in the Pioneer Database is 9 May 1812; in Find a Grave it is 9 May 1814. In the 1850 census, his birth year is estimated as 1803; in the 1860 census, it is 1815; in the 1870 census, it is 1810.

Sources

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-YVG : 4 April 2020), Alanson Colby, Davis county, Davis, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 138, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH27-BRL : 18 March 2020), A L Collig, 1860.

• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCT-SWQ : 19 March 2020), Lanson Colby, 1870.

• Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Z-GY9P : 4 June 2020), Alanson Colby, 1880; Burial, Holden, Millard, Utah, United States ; citing record ID 62434168, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find A Grave: Memorial #62434168.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 June 2020, 04:33), entry for Alanson Colby(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWJ8-5H1); contributed by various users.

• Pioneer Database: "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HFB8 : 10 February 2018), Alanson Colby, 19 Oct 1848; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).