Merle C. Colaw
1907 - 1980 (73 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Merle C. Colaw was born on 20 Apr 1907 in Il (son of Alphous (Alpha) Colaw and Bertha Viola Ketterman); died in May 1980. Notes:
Married Lois Lee, one known child, Lee Colaw.
2. Alphous (Alpha) Colaw was born on 19 Sep 1868 (son of Dyer W. Colaw and Mary Jane Garr); died in 1939. Notes:
Same person as #3914 in Ketterman line.
Alphous married Bertha Viola Ketterman. Bertha was born on 30 Dec 1874; died on 4 Apr 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Bertha Viola Ketterman was born on 30 Dec 1874; died on 4 Apr 1942. Notes:
Same person as #3913. Daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Teter) Ketterman.
Children:
- Grace Colaw
- Wayne Colaw was born on 28 Jan 1897; died in Jul 1971.
- Glen Dyer Colaw was born on 24 Nov 1903 in Il; died in Jul 1970.
- 1. Merle C. Colaw was born on 20 Apr 1907 in Il; died in May 1980.
- Dorothy Colaw was born on 19 Jan 1909; died on 30 Jul 1984 in Yucca Valley, Ca.
- Thornton Colaw was born on 19 May 1914; died in Jan 1984 in Il.
Generation: 3
4. Dyer W. Colaw was born on 20 Feb 1846 (son of William Benjamin Colaw and Sabina Gum); died on 20 Jan 1923. Notes:
Farmer, P. O. Downs, IL, Mc Lean Co., IL, 1854.
Dyer married Mary Jane Garr on 15 Sep 1867. Mary was born on 30 Dec 1843; died on 29 Feb 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary Jane Garr was born on 30 Dec 1843; died on 29 Feb 1904. Notes:
Daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Galloway) Garr who were early settlers from
Kentucky, and located upon section 34, Old Town Twp., Mc Lean Co., IL, in 1836.Children:
- 2. Alphous (Alpha) Colaw was born on 19 Sep 1868; died in 1939.
- Lillian Colaw was born on 21 May 1872; died on 13 Apr 1947.
Generation: 4
8. William Benjamin Colaw was born on 30 Jan 1813 in Va; died on 30 Sep 1896 in Downs Twp., Mc Lean Co., Il; was buried in Hopewell Cem., Downs, Il. Notes:
Date of death from, Our Family, The Colaws of Virginia and Points West, by
Shirley Colaw Howell, 1985. This is the same William Benjamin Colaw, # 3520,
who subsequently married Phebe Wood. Their son, George Allen Colaw, # 3519.
William married 3rd, Sarah Ann Wilson, daughter of James and Barbara (Slafor)
Wilson. The 8 children and their descendants of his marriage to Sabina Gum are
from the above book. William is the son of George and Elizabeth (Wimer) Colaw,
of Crabbottom, Highland Co., VA, and grandson of Daniel Colaw of York Co., PA.
William was a farmer in Virginia, migrated to Downs Twp., Mc Lean Co., IL, in
Dec. 1854, where he was a successful farmer and stockman. The family was
buried in the Garr Cemetery, Old Town Twp., but were moved to Hopewell Cem. in
Downs, IL. Shirley Colaw Howell has a good picture of William and his son,
Amos, on page 16a of her book. She also has a picture of William in later
years with with seven of his children.William married Sabina Gum on 20 Mar 1834 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Sabina (daughter of Adam Gum and Susanna Lantz) was born in Aug 1814; died on 30 Jan 1859 in Mc Lean Co., Il; was buried in Hopewell Cem., Downs, Il. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Sabina Gum was born in Aug 1814 (daughter of Adam Gum and Susanna Lantz); died on 30 Jan 1859 in Mc Lean Co., Il; was buried in Hopewell Cem., Downs, Il. Notes:
Married by S. Zickafoose
Source is, Leaves From The Gum Tree, by Muriel Martens Hoffman, 1984, Cornbelt
Press, Fairbury, IL. Includes children, spouse and descendants.Children:
- Laban Colaw was born on 27 Nov 1834; died on 17 Dec 1858.
- Harmon Colaw was born on 14 Oct 1836; died on 22 Oct 1858.
- William Jr. Colaw was born on 19 Jul 1839; died on 4 Aug 1928.
- Benjamin Watters Colaw was born about 1840 in Nr. Downs, Il; died in 1898 in Ks.
- Sarah Ellen Colaw was born in Mar 1843; died on 5 Sep 1871.
- 4. Dyer W. Colaw was born on 20 Feb 1846; died on 20 Jan 1923.
- Martha Jane Colaw was born on 3 Sep 1850; died on 8 Feb 1897.
- Amos Kendall Colaw was born about 1856 in Il; and died.