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Rev. Henry Francis Colby, DD

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: May 08, 1915 (72)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
Place of Burial: 118 Woodland Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, 45409, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Gardner Colby and Mary Low Colby
Husband of Mary Lizzie Colby
Father of Mary Low Thresher; Eleanor Thresher Little; Private; Private; Private and 2 others
Brother of Gardner Roberts Colby; Charles Lewis Colby, Jr.; Joseph Lincoln Colby; Mary Frances Walworth and Georgette Emiline Wolfe

Occupation: Minister
Managed by: Private User
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About Rev. Henry Francis Colby, DD

Rev Henry Francis Colby, DD

Henry was the son of phi­lan­thro­pist Gard­ner and Ma­ry Low Colby (Ro­berts), and hus­band of Ma­ry Liz­zie Colby (Chamberlin).

He was edu­cat­ed at Brown Uni­ver­si­ty, Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land (AB 1862, AM 1865, hon­or­ary DD 1882); and New­ton Theo­lo­gic­al In­sti­tu­tion, New­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, 1867.

He served as pre­si­dent of the Am­er­ican Bap­tist Mis­sion­ary Un­ion (1865–68); held a pas­tor­ate at Day­ton, Ohio (1868–1903); was pre­si­dent of the Board of Trust­ees, De­ni­son Uni­ver­si­ty; and served as pre­si­dent of the Ohio Bap­tist Con­ven­tion (1883–86).

His hymn Wait­ing on the Eve of La­bor was sung at the gra­du­ation of his class at New­ton Theo­lo­gic­al Institution, June 26, 1867.

Works

  • Restricted Com­mun­ion
  • A Trib­ute to the Me­mo­ry of Gard­ner Col­by, 1879
  • A Trib­ute to the Me­mo­ry of Eb­en­ezer Thresh­er, 1886
  • A sketch of Ca­leb Park­er
  • Under Cæ­sar’s Sha­dow (New York: Neale Pub­lish­ing, 1916

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He appeared in the census in 1900 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He died on 9 MAY 1915 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Name: Henry Francis Colby
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Death date: 08 May 1915
Death place: Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio
Birthdate: 25 Nov 1842
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Birthplace: Mass.
Age at death: 72 years 5 months 13 days
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
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Burial place: Ohio
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Father's name: Gardner Colby
Father's titles:
Father's birthplace: Maine
Mother's name: Mary L. Roberts
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Mother's birthplace: Mass.
GSU film number: 1983348
Digital GS number: 4095907
Image number: 1244
Reference number: fn 29941
Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953

Rev. H.F. Colby, pastor first Baptist Church, Dayton. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Boston Highlands, Massachusetts, in 1842. He is the son of Gardner Colby a merchant of Boston. Most of his early days were spent in Newton, mass. He graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1862. After studying law for some months and spending nearly a year in Europe, he took a full course of study in the Newton Theological Institution, from which he graduated in 1867. In the fall of the same year, he came to Datyon, Ohio, and was ordained to the ministry and became pastor of the First Baptist Church. In this position he has continued fourteen years and has been settled longer in Dayton as a pastor than any other of the ministers in the city. In 1870, he was married to Miss Mary Lizzie Chamberlain, daughter of Edward Chamberlain, Esq., of Boston. He has four children, one daughter and three sons.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 12 page 105
Mrs. Mary COLBY Thresher.
DAR ID Number: 11269
Born in Ohio.
Wife of Brainerd Bliss Thresher.
Descendant of Jesse Davidson, of New Hampshire.
Daughter of Henry Francis COLBY and Mary Lizzie Chamberlin, his wife.
Granddaughter of Gardner COLBY and Mary Low Roberts, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Josiah COLBY and Sarah Dividson, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Jesse Davidson and Mary Dinsmore, his wife.
Jesse Davidson, 1775, enlisted at seventeen in the first company from Windham, under Capt. James Gilmore.
Parents: Gardner COLBY and Mary Lou ROBERTS.
Spouse: Mary Lizza CHAMBERLAIN. Reverend Henry Francis COLBY and Mary Lizza CHAMBERLAIN were married on 5 MAY 1870 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: NEHGS, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.) Children were: Mary Low COLBY, Edward Chamberlain COLBY, Francis Gardner COLBY, Henry Roberts COLBY, Alfred Mansfield COLBY, Eleanor Thresher COLBY.

Pastor for 35 years of the venerable First Baptist Church of Dayton. He was from a prominent Eastern family and enjoyed a distinguished ministerial career. He ministered to many of Dayton's most influential families (Thresher, Barney, Huffman, McCann, Beaver, Deeds, to name a few) as well as the ordinary people of the town equally. He served on many denominational boards and leadership positions, including what is now Denison University. He is buried in a family lot along with his wife and children and their African-American butler, Julius Caesar Hays.

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Rev. Henry Francis Colby, DD's Timeline

1842
November 25, 1842
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1872
November 23, 1872
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
1915
May 8, 1915
Age 72
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
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