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The image used in the header is cropped from the original. The individuals are heirs of Hiram Jackson “Jack” Colvin (1840-1904) whose parentage is unknown. Hiram m. Elizabeth Margaret Devoire (1836–1909) c. 1862. The couple is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Some researchers have wrongfully ascribed to Hiram a father, Charles B. Colvin, born c. 1770 in Culpeper County, Virginia. Charles is believed to have died c. 1840 in Ohio — the same year Hiram was born.
Photo restoration by Alex Colvin
Moreover, Charles’ first known wife, Hanna “Nancy” Ann Routt, (1770– ~1810) whom he married c. 1790 in Kentucky, was the mother of their ten sons born between 1791 and 1805. Hannah is believed to have died by 1808, some three decades before Hiram was born. Her widower, Charles, married next to Peggy Mountjoy born in 1787 but who died a year after her marriage to him.