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James was born about 1827 in Jay, Essex County, New York.  James' father is Blanchard Colby and his mother is Lydia Mace.  His paternal grandparents are Reuben Colby and Judith Webster Corliss. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Blanchard, Malcolm Edward, Judathon, John Clark, Eliza, Annette, Mary, Martha and Emma Jane.  He was the second oldest of the ten children.  He died after 1896.


James' first family with Sylvania Hammond Woodbury

‌James and Sylvania Hammond were married in a religious ceremony on March 22nd, 1857 in Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.  They had four sons named James Edwin, Ira L., George A. and Arthur Myron.


James' second family with Sylvania Hammond Woodbury

‌James and Sylvania Hammond were married in a religious ceremony on March 22nd, 1857 in Prob Bow, New Hampshire.  They had two sons named James Edwin and Arthur Myron.

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