Francis Marion Colly

birth: 1836
location: South Carolina
death:
location:

father:
mother:

spouse: Frances J Skeen

marriage to Frances J Skeen - 1860

1880 census

1880 agriculture census

children with Frances J Skeen:

Nancy C Colly - 1867 - Nancy C Colly Scott buried in Creagleville Cemetery, Fruitvale, VanZandt County, Texas
Sarah E Colly - 1869
John N Corley - 1871 - buried in Edom Cemetery.
Thomas Colly - 1874
James Jonathan Colley - 1878
Jesse Iverson Corley - 1879 - buried in Rose Hill, Tyler, Smith County, Texas

F M Coley and Francis J Skeen - marriage

location: Leake County, Mississippi
date: September 20, 1860

"Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZR-PTK : accessed 2 March 2016), F. M. Coley and Frances Skeen, 20 Sep 1860; citing Leake,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 891,454.

Francis M Colley - 1880 agriculture census

rents for shares
acres of land, improved, tilled: 25
acres of land, unimproved, woodland: 125
farm value of farm, buildings: $600
farm value of implements: $50
farm value of livestock: $150
mules or asses: 1

on hand June 1, 1880:
unreadable: 3
unreadable: 8

butter made on the farm in 1879 in lbs.: 20
on hand June 1, 1880:
swine: 6
poultry, other: 13

eggs produced in 1879 by doz.: 13

amount of wood cut in cords: 10
value of all forest products sold or consumed in dollars: 15

James J Carley - 1910 census

1910 census
location:
date: April 19-20, 1910

James J Corley  head  male  white  31  married - 3rd time   2 years  Mississippi  farmer
Rosa Corley  wife  female  white  29  married - 2nd time  2 years  6, 4  Texas
Sylvan Filand  step-son  male  white  12  single  Texas
Olen Filand  step-son  male  white  11  single  Texas
Trueheart Filand  step-son  male  white  10  single  Texas
Marjorie Filand  step-daughter  female  white  8  single  Texas

Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Van Zandt, Texas; Roll: T624_1596; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1375609

James J Colley - World War I draft card

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFM-F3P : accessed 1 March 2016), James Jonathon Colley, 1917-1918; citing Van Zandt County, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,983,677.

Francis M Colly - 1880 census

1880 census
location: Van Zandt County, Texas
date: June 8, 1880

Francis M Colly  white  male  44  married  farmer  South Carolina
Francis J Colly  white  female  37  wife  married  keeping house  Mississippi
Nancy C Colly  white  female  13  daughter  single  Missouri
Sarah E Colly  white  female  11  daughter  single  Mississippi
John V Colly  white  male  9  son  single  Mississippi
Thomas Colly  white  male  6  son  single  Mississippi
James Colly  white  male  4  son  single  Mississippi
Jessie Colly  white  male  1  son  single  Mississippi
Nathaniel Skeen  white  male  31  brother-in-law  single  Mississippi

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJN-WSK : accessed 1 March 2016), James Colly in household of Francis M Colly, Precinct 1, Van Zandt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 119, sheet 9D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1330; FHL microfilm 1,255,330.

James Jonathan Colley

birth: March 23, 1878
location: Mississippi
death: August 9, 1933
location: Van Zandt County, Texas

father: Francis Marion Colley
mother: Frances J Skeen

spouse: Rosa Adrian

1880 census

photo with J J Colley/Corley

1900 census

1910 census

World War I draft card

1920 census

1930 census

burial

children with Rose Adrian:

James Vardaman Colley

He was left-handed.

Annie Ruth Colley

birth: 1911

location: Texas

death: 1978

location:

father: James Jonathan Colley

mother: Rosa Adrian

spouse: Charles Archie Thompson

spouse: Robert Clarence West

spouse: Johnny L Fletcher

1920 census

1930 census

marriage to Robert Clarence West

1940 census

marriage to Johnny L Fletcher

burial

children with Charles Archie Thompson: 

Dorothy Nell Thompson - 1927

Jimmie Rose Thompson - 1928

Annie Ruth Colley Thompson marriage to Robert Clarence West

location: Van Zandt County, Texas

date: October 11, 1935

"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-P5FL : accessed 12 May 2015), R C West and Ruth Thompson, 11 Oct 1935, Marriage; citing Van Zandt, Texas, United States, Citing county clerk offices, Texas.

James J Colley - 1920 census

1920 census

location: Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Texas

date: January 20, 1920

J J Corley  head  male  white  41  married  Mississippi  farmer

Rosie Corley  wife  female  white  38  married  Texas

Ruth Corley  daughter  female  white  8  single  Texas

Jim V Corley  son  male  white  4 8/12  single  Texas
Sylvan Philen  stepson  male  white  22  single  Texas  farmer

"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9L-D1F : accessed 12 May 2015), J J Corley, Justice Precinct 7, Van Zandt, Texas, United States; citing sheet 10A, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,854.

Annie Ruth Colley and Johnny L Fletcher marriage

location: Van Zandt County, Texas
date: June 27, 1968

"Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT5Q-54M : accessed 12 May 2015), Johnny Loranzer Fletcher and Annie Ruth Colley, 27 Jun 1968; citing Van Zandt, Texas, United States, certificate number 061762, Vital Statistics Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin.

James Jonathan Colley - 1910 census

1910 census

location: Van Zandt County, Texas

date: April 19-20, 1910

James J Corley  head  male  white  31  married (3rd)  married 2 years  Mississippi  farmer

Rosa Corley  wife  female  white  29  married (2nd)  married 2 years  6, 4  Texas

Sylvan Filand  stepson  male  white  12  single  Texas

Olen Filand  stepson  male  white  11  single  Texas

Trueheart Filand  stepson  male  white  10  single  Texas

Marjorie Filand  stepdaughter  female  white  8  single  Texas

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MRQ3-YZW : accessed 13 March 2015), James J Carley, Justice Precinct 7, Van Zandt, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 3A, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,609.

James Jonathan Colley World War I draft card

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZFM-F3P : accessed 13 March 2015), James Jonathon Colley, 1917-1918; citing Van Zandt County, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,983,677.

James Jonathan Colley

birth: March 23, 1878

location: Mississippi

death: August 9, 1933

location: Van Zandt County, Texas

father: Francis Marion Colley

mother: Francis Skeen

spouse: Rosa Adrian

1910 census

World War I draft card

1920 census

burial

children with Rosa Adrian: 

Annie Ruth Colley

James Vardaman Colley

Mary Ellen Adrian obituary

Mrs. B. B. (Mary) Adrian, 83-year-old mother of C. C. Adrian of Athens, died at her home in Grand Saline Sunday following a three month illness. Mrs. Adrian, who had visited here on many occasions, was well-known in Athens. 
Funeral services were held at Grand Saline at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with interment following in the Ben Wheeler cemetery. Mrs. Adrian and her late husband had been residents of Ben Wheeler for forty years prior to his death seven years ago. 
The deceased, a native of Smith county, has been a member of the Methodist church for sixty years and was well known for her activity in religious work in Van Zandt county. She was the former Miss Mary Davidson. 
Five children survive. They are: C. C. Adrian, Athens; A. F. (Frank) Adrian, Grand Saline; Mrs. Rosie Corley [Colley], Ben Wheeler; Mrs. A. C. Shivers, Grand Saline, and Mrs. Omega Huddle, Goose Creek. 

James J Colley - 1930 census

1930 census

location: Van Zandt County, Texas

date: April 3, 1930

James J Colley  head  male  white  53  married - @ age 18  Mississippi  farmer

Romilda Colley  wife  female  white  49  married - @ age 16  Texas

Vardaman J Colley  son  male  white  14  single  Texas

Mary J Philen  granddaughter  female  white  7  single  Texas

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-10174-19780-75?cc=1810731 : accessed 02 May 2014), Texas > Van Zandt > Precinct 7 > 0025 > image 3 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication T626.

Rosa Adrian

Mrs. Rosie

birth: September 7, 1880
location:
death: November 9, 1953
location:

father: Buchanan Breckenridge Adrian
mother: Mary Davidson

spouse: J. B. Philen
spouse: James Jonathan Colley

1910 census

1920 census

1930 census

1940 census

burial

children with J. B. Philen:

Sylvan Philen - 1897
Olin W Philen - 1898
Franklin Truehart Philen - 1900
Margie Philen - 1901
Lillian Philen - 1904
Joe H Philen - 1905

children with James Jonathan Colley:

Annie Ruth Colley - 1911
James Vardaman Colley - 1915

James Vardaman Colley and Vivian Ophelia Brantley marriage

location: Athens, Henderson County, Texas
date: September 9, 1933

"Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F61L-KYY : accessed 01 Feb 2014), Vardaman Colley and Vivian Brantley, 09 Sep 1933.

James Vardaman Colley

James Vardaman Colley

birth: August 20, 1915
location:
death: January 10, 1998
location:

father: James Jonathan Colley
mother: Rosa Adrian

spouse: Vivian Ophelia Brantley

1920 census

marriage to Vivian Ophelia Brantley

1940 census

obituary

burial

children with Vivian Ophelia Brantley:

1. living - 1935
2. Marilyn Sue Colley - 1937
3. James Brantley Colley - 1938
4. Bobby Don Colley - 1939
living AJC
living LMC - 1944
living GC - 1947
living MJC -1951
living MKC - 1954

James Vardaman Colley - 1940 census

1940 census
location: Brownsboro, Henderson County, Texas
date: April 25, 1940

James V Cowley  head  male  white  24  married  Texas  farmer (rented farm)
Vivian Cowley  wife  female  white  22  married  Texas
Shirley Cowley  daughter  female  white  4  single  Texas
Marilyn Cowley  daughter  female  white  3  single  Texas
James Cowley  son  male  white  1  single  Texas
Bobbie Cowley  son  male  white  8/12  single  Texas

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWK6-LRP : accessed 01 Feb 2014), Marilyn Cowley in household of James V Cowley, Justice Precinct 4, Henderson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107-16, sheet 11B, family 208, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4061.