John Calvin Colson

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John Calvin Colson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Yellow Creek Valley, Bell Co., KY
Death: August 30, 1882 (59)
Middlesboro, KY
Place of Burial: Colson Family Cemetary - now in the Middlesboro City Cemetary, Bell Co., KY
Immediate Family:

Son of James Madison Colson and Amelia Milly Tinsley
Husband of Mary Katherine Smith
Father of Cordelia Violet Colson; James Madison Colson; John W. Colson; John Calvin Colson Jr.; Margaret Amelia Colson and 7 others
Brother of William Tinsley Colson; Alfred Porter Colson; Leander Harrison Colson; Henry L. Colson; George Washington Colson and 5 others

Managed by: Thomas Allan Mecker
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About John Calvin Colson

GEDCOM Note

He was a Merchant and a Judge. He was considered the "Patriarch of Yellow Creek". There is a historical marker to him on the 19th street extension in Middlesboro, KY He built and lived in the oldest home in Middlesboro.

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John Calvin Colson's Timeline

1822
October 22, 1822
Yellow Creek Valley, Bell Co., KY
1844
December 3, 1844
Yellow Creek, Middlesboro, KY
1847
June 6, 1847
Yellow Creek, Middlesboro, KY
1850
1850
Middlesboro Bell Co., KY
1854
September 25, 1854
Yellow Creek, Middlesboro, KY
1856
August 11, 1856
Yellow Creek, Middlesboro, KY
1857
February 6, 1857
1859
February 15, 1859
Middlesboro, KY
1861
April 1, 1861
Yellow Creek, Knox Co., Kentucky