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137:. Abram was married to Anne Colby. He had three children: Ella Colby(died in 1833 in Atlanta, GA). Julia Colby(died in Greene County, GA) and Son William Colby (died March 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia). Abram son William married Emma Colby and they had 7 children. Samantha Colby (1893-1910) Cecil Colby (1894-1928) William Colby Jr (1895-1910) Keturah Colby (1899-1943) Amasa George Colby Sr (1902-1966) Henry Colby and Oliver Roy Colby.
149:, Colby was first elected in 1866. Colby could not read, so he kept his son close to him during all official legislative matters, to act as his secretary. In the election of 1868 under the "Reconstruction Constitution", roughly 1,200 of Greene County's 1,500 eligible black voters turned out to help elect two Republicans to the House. They were Colby and a former Confederate Major, moderate republican
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