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MRS. FBANCIS COLGROVZ 



FRANCIS COLGROVE. 



FRANCIS COLGROVE, 



son of Samuel and Clarissa Colgrove, was born at 

 Painted Post, June 17, 1810. He is of English origin. 

 His parents came from Rhode Island, settled in 

 Steuben County at an early day, and continued to re- 

 side in the county until their death. Francis received 

 a common-school education; removed into Addison, 

 remained a few years, then settled at Arkport, more 

 than fifty years ago, where he remained following the 

 occupation of a farmer until his death, Nov. 26, 1878, 

 He was very successful as a farmer. He married 

 Amanda, daughter of John and Sibyl Pitts, of Ark- 

 port, Oct. 17, 1830. Mrs. Amanda Colgrove was born 

 in Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1815, and settled in 

 Arkport in 1818, in company with her parents, who 

 were among the early pioneer families of this part of 

 the county. 



As the result of the above union, ten children have 



been born, viz., John P., Henry, Newton, Samuel F., 

 James, Theodore, W. H., Mary A., Chas, A., and Frank 

 E., all of whom were born in the town of Hornellsville, 

 in the community where the widow and a portion of the 

 family now reside. 



Mr. Colgrove affiliated with the Republican party 

 until within a few years of his death. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Presbyterian Church at Hornellsville, and 

 his wife is a member at the present time. Their son, 

 Newton, was a soldier in the late war ; enlisted in Com- 

 pany E, 188th Regiment New York Volunteers; mus- 

 tered into service Oct. 4, 1864, and was honorably dis- 

 charged at the close of the war. \ 



Mrs. Colgrove^s mother, Mrs. John Pitts, is now living 

 in Arkport, and is in her ninety-first year ; has good 

 physical health, and has retained her faculties remark- 

 ably well for one so old. 



