Colysta Medulia (Smith) Hitt (1853 - 1881)

Born 25 Nov 1853 in Hustisford, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Lewis Hitt — married 1870 in Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri, United States

Died 22 Jul 1881 at age 27 in Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Ort Bachelor says that Colysta "died of consumption at 8 a.m. Fri. July 22nd 1881 at her farm residence near Tarkio, Atchison County, MIssouri. Aged 27 years, 7 Mo. and 27 days."

Note: Although all family records spell her name Colysta, with a "y", it is frequently spelled Colista by others.

• Fact: Census (1860) Clay Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States
• Fact: Census (1870) Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Census (1880) Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States

Sources

• 1860 Census:*"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82K-F11 : accessed 29 August 2015), C M Smith in household of E G Smith, Clay Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 52, household ID 358, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,323.

• 1870 Census:"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X3-GMX : accessed 30 August 2015), Colysta Hitt in household of Daniel Hitt, Missouri, United States; citing p. , family 100, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,255.

• 1880 Census:"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66C-DJF : accessed 30 August 2015), Collista Holt in household of Daniel L Holt, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 10, sheet 432C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0671; FHL microfilm 1,254,671.

• Burial:"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK6-4SPB : accessed 30 August 2015), Colista M Smith Hitt, 1881; Burial, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States of America, Prairie Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 44435043, Find A Grave: Memorial #44435043.

• Genealogy: Bachelor, Ort L. Taylor ~ Smith Family Record Property of Orra Burch This Record includes only the trees of the Taylors and Smith Families as given in my Record book. Undated.