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About Rev. Henry Francis Colby, DD
Rev Henry Francis Colby, DD
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92366368/henry_francis_colby
- https://blogs.libraries.wright.edu/news/outofthebox/2014/10/27/she-...
- https://hymnary.org/person/Colby_HF
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
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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
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Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1872 |
November 23, 1872
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Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
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| 1915 |
May 8, 1915
Age 72
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Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
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