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Sophronia Forbes

Born: 21 Feb 1795, Wilmington,  Windham Co., VT ( Gene Pool Births, Ancestry.com
LDS Site)

 

Parents: unkown, LDS site lists Stephan and Rebecca Forbes from Windham Co, VT, not confirmed

 

Siblings: unknown

 

Marriage: to Truman Colt, date unknown

 

Children: Stephan, Eunice Rebecca, George M., Mary Jane, Horace,

 

Death: 5 Sep 1870, Sheboygan Co., WI. Buried Swan Cemetery, Sheboygan Co, WI Headstone states she is widow of Truman,  aged 75 yrs, 6 months, 11 days. Buried next to Private Stephan Colt (son).

sephroniacolttombstone2.bmp 

Census:

1850 Otselic Township
Truman, age 55 (born 1795)
Sophronia, age 50 (born 1800)
NO children are listed! (Mary Jane is now married, but Adalisa should be listed)

 

1855 Otselic Township
Truman Colt, age 55,  from Ct, farmer
Sophronia, age 60 from VT, wife
Adalisa, age 14, from Chenango, child
Lived in a frame home, had been in the otselic area for 22 years (moved there 1833)

 

1860 Census, Milton WI
S. F. Colt, age 39  Farmer
Eliza, wife, age 30
Josephine, age 65  (indexed as Josephine, but I believe this is Sephronia. The name is written somewhat illegibly; the state of birth is CT and age matches that of Sephronia)
All born NY, value of land was $150

 

1870: Cannot locate; census was taken in July and she supposedly died in September
 



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