Timeline: The George COLBURN Family 1836 - IN: George Colburn born 1838 - OH: Fannie George born 1857 - Nov 5: George and Fannie married in Kansas Territory, Doniphan Co, across the Missouri River from Andrew Co MO. 1858 - Aug 9: William Isaac Colburn born (in KS?) 1859 - Dec 12: Mary "Eva" Colburn born in MO 1859 - William died before the 1860 census 1861 - Jul 28: Elizabeth Jane Colburn born 1864 - Mar 16: Jessie Ann Colburn born 1865 - George was a private in Company C, 51st MO Regiment, Supply, from March to September 1865. He had neuralgia and was discharged by the chief of war, per the 1890 surviving soldier census list. 1866 - Mar 15: Thomas A. Colburn born 1870 - Mar 9: Emma Adella Colburn born 1873 - Aug 6: Margaret Ethel Colburn born 1876 - ?: Oscar N. Colburn born 1884 - Jan 16: first grandchild, Nellie Candice Deardorff, born 1887 - Nov 5: Mr. and Mrs. George Colburn spent the night with Tom Colburn, George's brother. They returned home to find 75 friends and relativews waiting for a surprise party for their 30th wedding anniversary. (Andrew County Newspaper Gleanings, pp 233-234) 1891 - Jan 22: George Colburn died 1898 - Jun 24: Fanny Colburn died

Family History According to the July 8, 1898 issue of the Savannah paper (per Newspaper Gleanings pages 480-481), Fannie George Colburn died at the residence of O. N. Colburn east of Savannah at 6 pm Friday June 24, 1898. She had been ill 4 months. Born near Cincinnati, OH [in Butler County, OH] on Nov 16, 1838, Fannie was 59 years 8 months and 18 days old at her death. Fannie was a member of the M. E. Church. She left 3 sisters, Mrs. Jesse Clemens, Mrs. T. G. Ashley, and Mrs. Retta St. Clair who were with her during her last illness. Other survivors at her death included Mrs. O. E. Paul, Jr. and her brothers I. N. George of Garden Plains, KS and Reuben George of Hopkins, MO. Fannie was buried at the McLaughlin Cemetery besider her deceased husband, George. Fannie came to Andrew County in 1849, and was married Oct 5, 1857. Fannie and George had 8 children, including 3 who died in infancy. [NOTE: Fannie's sister Mrs. Chalmers Eppler also survived her, but perhaps was not mentioned because the Epplers had moved often and at the time was living in East Ramah, El Paso Co, CO.]

On September 29, 1998 my husband Don and I drove around Andrew County looking for family history sites. Starting in Savannah, the county seat, we found Highway E. Highway E turns east in Savannah, MO at the school. We followed this road to its end at Highway D, turning north. Just after D turns right (east), we turned on a two lane gravel road, County Road 185, and continued north. The next road turning left (west) is County Road 190, a one lane gravel road leading into the Happy Holler Wildlife Area. Across the road from Wildlife Area, the wooded area to the northeast where this road turns north into County Road 186 is land (36-60-35) that Reuben GEORGE Jr. and his wife Nancy (MCCOTTER) GEORGE once owned. On February 21 1845, they bought the W half of the NE quarter of section 36 in Nodaway township (28.7 acres) from Jacob ADAMS.
Walnut Farm (click to enlarge)	The Walnut Farm house from the road (Andrew County Road #187) was once owned by William Jesse and Jessie Ann (Colburn) ELLIOTT, and perhaps Jessie's parents, George and Fannie (George) COLBURN, before them. Walnut Farm seems to have been deserted for several years. If there was a wrap-around porch on the house, which faces south, it has fallen down.
Looking south (click to enlarge)	Looking south from the Elliott's Walnut Farm over land Jessie (COLBURN) ELLIOTT's parents had once owned. The land on the west side of County Road 186 (25-60-34) was owned by John R. COLBURN until 1865, when he sold it to his son George and Fanny (GEORGE) COLBURN. This was the east half of the southwest and the east half of the northwest of the section, in Nodaway township.
The small McGlothlin Cemetery is a few miles north of Walnut Farm. This is where Jessie's grandfather, Enoch GEORGE, and some of his family are buried. This picture was taken from the south. The tall stone to the right is for Emma Kate George ASHLEY, who died in 1893. The stone for Enoch, her father, is several feet farther north, and pictured below.	McGlothlin Cemetery (click to enlarge)
McGlothlin Cemetery (click to enlarge)	Looking at McGlothlin Cemetery from the west on the road (Andrew County Road 182). The tall stone in the back is for someone in the Hobson family, and can also be seen from the previous cemetery picture.
This is what is left of Enoch George's tombstone. Three parts are piled on top of each other. When we visited before, several years ago, you could tell that cattle had gotten among the stones and knocked them over. Now (September 1998), the cemetery is fenced in to prevent that, and someone is mowing the open stretches between stones.	Enoch George's grave (click to enlarge)

* Enoch George

* Jane McCotter George

* Ezra George, their son