Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameMartha Jane Colwell 
Birth4 Nov 1825, , Ross Co., OH
Death25 Oct 1894, , Logan Co., IL
Burial28 Oct 1894, Lake Bank Cem., Latham, Logan Co., IL
FatherWilliam Colwell (~1795-)
Misc. Notes
She is listed as Caldwell in Family Search. She's listed as the daughter of William Colwell in the Biographical Record of Logan County, published in 1901 Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Page 5O8. Bio of Son Nicholas P.
Ross County Marriage record:
Gasaway, James D., Colwell, Martha Jane, Feb 12, 1846
Colwell, Robert & Dorman, Ester, Sep 3, 1810
Colwell, Robert & Waddle, Elizabeth, Aug 22, 1844
Lake Bank Cemetery Transcription:
C-10-19 James D. Gasaway
Died Sept. 8, 1893
Aged 69 y 3m 9d
Martha J.-wife of J. D. Gasaway
Died Oct. 25, 1894
Aged 68y 11m 21d
Sacred to the memory of our father and mother-dear of the spot where
Christians sleep and sweet the strains that angels pour
Why should we in anguish weep the yard not lost but done before.
Ross County Marriage record:
Gasaway, James D., Colwell, Martha Jane, Feb 12, 1846
Colwell, Robert & Dorman, Ester, Sep 3, 1810
Colwell, Robert & Waddle, Elizabeth, Aug 22, 1844
Lake Bank Cemetery Transcription:
C-10-19 James D. Gasaway
Died Sept. 8, 1893
Aged 69 y 3m 9d
Martha J.-wife of J. D. Gasaway
Died Oct. 25, 1894
Aged 68y 11m 21d
Sacred to the memory of our father and mother-dear of the spot where
Christians sleep and sweet the strains that angels pour
Why should we in anguish weep the yard not lost but done before.
Spouses
Birth29 May 1824, , Ross Co., OH
Death8 Sep 1893, , Logan Co., IL
BurialSep 1893, Lake Bank Cem., Latham, Logan Co., IL
OccupationFarmer and stock raiser, Section 11, Lake Fork Twp
EducationAttended grammer school only in the winter months.
FatherNicholas Gasaway (1793-1878)
MotherSophia Denson (1802-1880)
Marriage12 Feb 1846, , Ross Co., OH
ChildrenNicholas P. (1848-1913)
Jane (1849-1885)
Sophia (1852-1917)
Sarah (1853-1892)
Mary F. (1855-)
Curtis H. (1857-1877)
Margaret "Estella" (1859-)
William Albert (1862-1930)
Thomas Abner (1865-1939)
Anna M. (1868-1935)