Christopher M. Colley
Christopher M. Colley was born on November 12, 1813, in Washington County, Virginia, to Shadrach and Mary Colley. His father was a waggoner. He married Mary McDaniel on April 2, 1835, and they had at least six children: Thomas, born on November 30, 1837; William, born on January 30, 1839; Mary, born around 1843; Elizabeth, born around 1846; Laura, born on October 2, 1850; and Susan, born around 1856. They lived in Washington County, and he worked as a waggoner. By 1860, he owned $700 of real estate and $400 of personal property.
 
According to an early biographer, he “served nine months with Gen. [John] Floyd as wagon-master in Northwest Virginia, but his age incapacitated him for field service.” He returned to Washington County after leaving the army, and he worked as a waggoner and farmer. By 1870, he owned $500 of personal property. His wife probably died in the late 1890s. He died on June 23, 1907, near Abingdon, Virginia, from “the infirmities due to old age.”
 
Image: Christopher M. Colley (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 21 October 1906) 
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(5094)Colley, Christopher M. ~ Colley, Christian M.1813-11-121907-06-23
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (13966) [recipient] ~ Thomas W. Colley to Christopher M. Colley, 7 July 1864

People - Records: 9

  • (5094) Colley, Christopher M. is the [parent of] (5078) Colley, Thomas Wesley
  • (5094) Colley, Christopher M. is the [husband of] (5079) Colley, Mary
  • (5094) Colley, Christopher M. is the [parent of] (5080) Colley, Mary Jane
  • (5094) Colley, Christopher M. is the [parent of] (5082) Colley, Laura
  • (5094) Colley, Christopher M. is the [parent of] (5090) Colley, William Lewis
  • (5094) Colley, Christopher M. is the [aunt/uncle of] (5095) (?), Sue
  • (5084) Morrell, William W. is the [cousin of] (5094) Colley, Christopher M.
  • (5446) Colley, Mary is the [grandparent of, parent of] (5094) Colley, Christopher M.
  • (5447) Morrell, Lewis is the [aunt/uncle of] (5094) Colley, Christopher M.

Places - Records: 2

  • (3133) [birth] ~ Washington County, Virginia
  • (358) [death] ~ Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available from Ancestry.com; Virginia Republican (Abingdon, VA), 28 June 1907; Richmond Times-Dispatch, 21 October 1906 and 20 January 1907; Virgil A. Lewis, Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians (Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888).