SAMUEL P. COLBURN, was born near where Loami now is, September 15, 1823. He worked in his father's mill until seventeen years of age, when his father sold his mill to David Phelps and Adna Colburn, when he began to work for himself; worked in this mill until October 23, 1845, when he was married to his cousin, Miss Malinda Colburn, October 23, 1845, at Springfield, Illinois, by Wm. Lavely, Esq.; she was a daughter of Abel Colburn, who was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, September 20, 1790; his wife, Debora Phelps, was born in Hebron, New Hampshire, July 1794; they were married at Hebron, in 1811. After Mr. S. P. Colburn was married, he worked in the mill some two years, then worked for his brother-in-law, Lewis Cotterman, until February, 1849, when he bought a stone quarry and forty acres of land, a quarter of a mile west of Springfield, Illinois. He sold out and returned to Loami, in 1856, and worked at the carpenter trade some two years, then began to work in a mill for his brother, Daniel W. Colburn, and H. S. Coley worked in this mill, as miller, for twelve years. His wife, Malinda Colburn, died December 25, 1865; she was the mother of one child, that died in infancy. Mr. Colburn was married to his wife's sister, Mrs. Isabella Lucas, November 14, 1866. Mr. Colburn owns sixteen acres of land, a store-house, and a nice residence in Loami, where he resides. He was appointed treasurer of Loami, in 1857, and has held the office since. In politics, he is a Republican, and cast his first vote for Winfield Scott. He is a Royal Arch Mason, member of Loami Lodge, A.F. and A.M.; was a delegate to the Grand Lodge at Springfield, in 1869, and to Chicago, in 1870.