Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Colver, Robert O. 1851 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Robert O. Colver, of Ninnescah township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, is a native
of Ohio, where he was born in Union county, on February 13, 1851. His parents
were Dr. Charles S. and Addessa (Hamilton) Colver. Dr. Colver was born in Union
county, Ohio, on May 19, 1825, and his wife was born in Green county, Ohio, on
March 11, 1825. They were married in Ohio, on March 14, 1848, and were the
parents of eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The children were:
Robert O.; Olive H., deceased; Mark S.; Charles; B. D.; Abi H., deceased, and
Merle D. The mother of this family died January 28, 1891, and the father is
living with his son, Robert O. Colver. Prior to the Revolutionary War there were
eight brothers of the Colver family who came to America. Of this number,
Nathaniel Colver, the great-great-grandfather of Robert O. Colver, was one.
Nathaniel Colver served in the war against the French and Indians, and also
served the Colonies during the Revolutionary War. After the war he married and
settled in Spencer, N. Y., where his son Charles was born. Charles Colver
married Olive Callander, and moved to Union county, Ohio, where he died. The
next in direct line of descent was Standish Colver, grandfather of Robert O.,
who was born in Union county, Ohio, and married Elizabeth Lockwood. Dr. Charles
S. Colver, their son, graduated at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, O.,
in 1853, and practiced medicine both in Ohio and Illinois for fifty years. He
served two years as surgeon at Vicksburg, Miss., in the United States Army.
After a long and useful life Dr. Charles S. Colver died, September 20, 1910.
Robert O. Colver, his son, received his education in Monmouth College, at
Monmouth, Ill. After leaving school he devoted his time to farming, which he has
followed ever since, with the exception of two years, which he spent in mining
and prospecting in Colorado. In 1878 he located a claim in Rush county, Kansas,
which he sold in 1885. In the fall of 1882 Mr. Colver moved to Sedgwick county,
Kansas, and in 1883 bought 160 acres of land in Section 10, Ninnescah township.
He has added to his original purchase until he now has 590 acres, all in
Ninnescah township. He has improved the land and erected buildings until he now
has as fine a farm as there is in Sedgwick county. On January 10, 1884, Mr.
Colver married Miss Bessie Watt, who was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania,
July 25, 1854. Mrs. Colver is a daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Rudy) Watt, both
natives of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. The father of Mrs. Colver was born
September 4, 1804, and her mother September 17, 1817. They were married in
Huntingdon county, on October 30, 1844. After marriage their lives were spent in
Mifflin county. The mother died September 28, 1860, and the father March 30,
1864. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom died in infancy.
The others were: Andrew C., deceased; Mrs. William T. Likely, of Ninnescah
township, Sedgwick county; Hugh R., of Ninnescah township; Mrs. R. O. Colver, of
Ninnescah township, and John R., of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Colver have had three
children, viz.: Oken Watt, born December 1, 1886, died February 20, 1896;
Charles V., born October 1, 1888, died April 9, 1905; Merle R., born June 18,
1891. On December 29, 1909, Merle married Miss Bertha M. Harding, who was born
in Sedgwick county, Kansas, on April 22, 1887, a daughter of Charles A. and Mary
L. (Julien) Harding, both natives of Indiana. Mr. Harding was born August 30,
1848, and his wife was born September 16, 1854. Merle R. Colver attended the
Southwestern Academy at Win-field, Kan., for three years, devoting one year of
this time to the business course. His wife had taught school one year before
their marriage. They have one daughter, Bessie May. Robert O. Colver does
general farming and raises cattle, horses and hogs. Fraternally he is a member
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a Republican in politics and a
member of the Presbyterian Church.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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