Joseph S. Colby
Joseph S. Colby was born in Butler County, Ohio, January 5, 1813. He is a son of Joseph and Permelia Colby. In the autumn of 1834, he, in company with his brother, came to Shelby County, and purchased a piece of land near where Thomas Skillen now lives in Loramie Township. The land is now owned by George M. Emert. After remaining in this county a few weeks Mr. Colby and his brother returned to Butler County, where he remained until the autumn of 1837, when he, in company with his father’s family, came to Shelby County, and located in Washington Township near Lockington.
On the 22d of March, 1838, he married Miss Abigail Johnston, who was born in Washington Township, Shelby County, Ohio, March 20, 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Colby settled on a farm in Washington Township, remained until the spring of 1845, when he purchased and moved on the farm in section 27, Loramie Township, on which they have since resided. They reared a family of five children, three of whom are now living, viz., Mary P., William H., and Samuel J., all of whom are now residing in Shelby County.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883