ISAAC COLBURN, was born near the place where Loami is located, February 22, 1827; he worked in his father's mill and at the carpenter trade until twenty-seven years of age, when he married Miss Julia A. Ensley, August 17, 1854; she was born in Ohio, June 21, 1834, and was the mother of three children, two are living, Chloe E., and Charles E. She died December 25, 1859. September 20, 1863, Mr. Colburn was married to Miss Maudana Phelps, who was born in East Lebanon, New Hampshire, August 12, 1835; she was a daughter of Adna Phelps, born in Hebron, New Hampshire, April 30, 1792, and Elizabeth Gold, he was a stone cutter by trade, and died March 6, 1852. His wife, Mary (Colburn) Phelps born in Sterling, Massachusetts, February 23, 1792; she died in 1859. William Colburn was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, June 3, 1793; he was a member of the Christian Church; he died June 10, 1869. His wife, Achsa Phelps, born in Hebron, New Hampshire, July 9, 1796, was also a member of the Christian Church, and mother of fourteen children; she died January 31, 1878. Mr. Isaac Colburn and wife have had three children, all now dead. Mr. C. has held the offices of city trustee and school director. He has four acres of land and his residence in the southwest part of Loami, where he now resides.