Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Colby, Thaddeus S. 1823 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Thaddeus S. Colby, blacksmith, Newtown, was born near Oswego, New York,
August 1, 1823. He is the son of Samuel and Jemima {Northrup) Colby, and was
reared a farmer. At the age of nineteen he went to work to learn the
blacksmith's trade. In 1844 he came west and stopped in Ohio, where he worked
with his brother at his trade. About 1850 he came to Delphi, Indiana, and
remained there three years. He then went to Clinton county, and followed
black-smithing and farming till the war broke out. He then volunteered in
August, 1861, and went to the army in Co. K, 10th Ind. Vols., Col. M. D. Manson.
He was in the battles of North Fork, Mill Spring, Chickamauga, and Mission
Ridge. He served in the Atlanta campaign, and fought at Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain, and Atlanta. He served also on detail as blacksmith. He was mustered
out of the service in September 1864. Next spring he went to Nashville and
obtained government employment as a smith. In the fall he returned to Indiana.
In 1866 he settled in Newtown, and has since lived here working at his trade. He
was married in 1853, to Caroline Coleman, who died in 1856, leaving one living
child, Joseph. April 2, 1868, he celebrated his nuptials with Catharine P.
Black, daughter of Aaron Black, of Newtown. Both Mr. and Mrs. Colby belong to
the Baptist church, and the former is a Mason. He is also a republican in politics.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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