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Samuel W. Collom letter to Wife, Sarah Collom, Jersey Shore Pa. Talks about packet boats, Stage coaches, river "arks" loggers tied some of Their lumber together to make a boat. Talks about an accident or two on the river and makes mention of Williamsport and surrounding areas!  1st page:  2nd page:  info from Ancestry  |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 04/05/2013 04:05 am |
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I'm really enjoying this folded letter and it hasn't even arrived on my step as of yet! Anyways, I firmly believe that this is THE Samuel W Collom is the founder of Collomsville Pa., {a} which is just through "the gap" over the mountain and going towards Williamsport, Pa. Near Nesbit Pa. past both Antes Fort & Rauchtown (pronounced "rocktown"). {a}. I was happily corrected on this true founder of Collomsville, Pa. A Seth Collom takes the credit! Now to find out about him! more to come...hopefully  An ariel photo of Collomsville.  The old Grist mill in Collomsville.  |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 04/04/2013 11:10 am |
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Samuel W. Collom is the founder of Collomsville Pa. According to the History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, the town of Collomsville takes its name from Seth Collom, an early resident. If this reference is accurate, Samuel Collom could quite likely be a relative, but not THE founder of Collomsville. |
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See I looked furiously for that information and only came to that conclusion from the information that I had gathered up. I didn't want to post any wrongful information so I'll ammend my personal notations and go a looking for the Seth-Samuel connection in a bit. Are you able to provide where you obtained that info b chance? |
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Well since there was an obvious brood of Collom's in that area (Jersey Shore Pa.)at that time it stands to reason that there is the potential for a likely family association. The population for J.S. now is just over 4k and then, it was much much much lower. |
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Seth Collom (a/k/a Seth Q. Collom) predates many of the on-line census records as his birth dates back to the 18th century. Here's an excerpt from some genealogical research someone did on the family: Quote:
I can trace back to Seth Q. Collom (b. 22 July 1797 in Norristown, Pa). He served as a teacher at the Norristown Academy in Montgomery County, PA and later migrated to Bucks County. Seth married Eliza Sorver (b. 6 April 1807). Seth and Eliza both died in Danboro, PA during a cholera epidemic in 1846. |
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If he died in 1846, he should be in the 1840 census which unfortunately lists only head of house hold and then groups members of the household by age and gender, but with no names. |
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| Edited by rohumpy - 04/05/2013 05:39 am |
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Thank you! That was where it went afoul because I wasn't sure where he was from or what decade he was from. Thank you again! Also, I fixed the original post because I accidentally put the firs page twice instead of the second. I took care of it. Thanks again! -Jeff |
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Although I cant yet make a family connection there seems to be a lot of corresponding information to suggest that these people was related. Same sort of business', Same general locale. The hunt continues. The records dating that far back are few and far between and what does exist is very thin so I'll have to continue the hunt for the Samuel & Sarah Collom - Seth Q. Collom connection. Seth Q. Collom. (b. 22 July 1797 in Norristown, Pa).
 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...797&uidh=9e5 |
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Not to confuse the issue, but there was more than one Sarah Collom. There is a reference in an 1860 Census for Philadelphia, PA where a Sarah Collom (age 85) was documented:  |
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See, that makes sense to me because out in Oval is a small, what amounts to a village that is just called Collomsville and to the best of my knowledge there is no sign that says Collomsville in Limestone township but just called that by the locals.
I'll have to look through both family for a connection. |
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| Edited by I_Love_Stamps - 04/05/2013 11:13 am |
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