Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 732-733 [Graves]

     CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS COLLEY, one of the prominent farmers of
Graves county, Kentucky, is of the second generation which has been
born and bred in this, one of the thriving counties of western
Kentucky.  During his life of more than sixty years he has enjoyed a
creditable degree of worldly prosperity, and as a citizen, friend
and head of a household has won the esteem of all with whom he has
come in contact.
     Mr. Colley is a son of Isaiah and Mary E. (Happy) Colley, the
former a native of Caldwell county, Kentucky, and the latter born
near Nashville, Tennessee.  David Colley, the paternal grandfather,
was a native of Virginia and of Irish descent, while the maternal
grandfather was of German ancestry.  Isaiah Colley was a prosperous
farmer of Graves county, and he lived near the village of Farmington
until his death, which occurred in 1864, when he was about sixty
years old.  In politics he was first a Whig, then a Democrat, but
was of independent views at the time of his death.  His wife
survived him until 1875, when she was seventy years old.  They had
the following children: James G.; William M., deceased, Benjamin F.,
and Mary N.
     Christopher C. Colley was born in Graves county, Kentucky,
August 30, 1840, and was reared and educated in this county.  He has
continued successfully in this line of endeavor to the present time. 
He owns a fine farm of two hundred and sixty acres, which is well
improved and equipped with excellent buildings and all necessary
facilities, and he takes a commendable pride in keeping his premises
in first class condition.
     Mr. Colley votes the Democratic ticket, and the religious views
of himself and his wife are those of the Christian church.  In 1868
he was married to Miss Eliza M. Williams, who lived only one year
after her marriage, and left one son, Charles H.  In 1875 he married
Miss Saba Flood, who was born in Graves county and has become the
mother of the following children: Lee T., Lannus, deceased, Louis,
deceased, and Alonzo.

Colley Happy Williams Flood
=
Caldwell-KY TN VA

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