I have learn more information about my Great Grandfather Charley Colvin since
last I posted thanks to Irene.
Charley died June 12, 1930, in Greensburg and according to the death record
he was married to a Nancy. He was taken to the County Infirmary according to a
newspaper article four weeks before his death from Gastric Carcinoma. He was
taken to the Rankin mortuary and buried the next day at the South Park
Cemetery.
Now according to the South Park Cemetery record that Irene sent me he was at
the Decatur Co. Poor Farm. Is the County Infirmary and the Poor Farm one and
the same? Is this business still in existence? Is the Rankin Mortuary still
in existence?
She also sent me a marriage application for my Great Grandparents that I was
not aware of. (They were married in 1911 in Allen County, and divorced in
Ohio in December of 1922) They applied for a marriage license in Greensburg on
May 7th of 1924. Do not know if they ever remarried or not but would be
interested to see if they did.
According the 1930 census he was living with a Viola Colvin and 14 months
later when he died he was married to a Nancy. He was either a bigamist or he
really liked getting married and divorced, will have to see if I can find a
marriage for this Viola and Nancy to Charles and if there was ever and divorces
between any of the three.
Boy or boy can our relatives be something else or what. I have a letter that
was written by a Nellie Mallott (Nella Audru Cain, daughter of Laura Colvin
Cain), who was a niece to my Grandpa, who at the time was living in Jefferson
County, answering a few questions that my Grandmother had asked of her in 1930,
about the whereabouts of Charley. I think she knew all along, just wanted to
stir people up is all.
Guess I need to plan to make a trip down that way and get some of these
questions answered.
Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche
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