EBENEZER COLBURN was born in Loami, Illinois, April 9, 1833. He worked in his father's mill in this place until twenty years of age, when he married Nancy A. Huffmaster, August 10, 1854. She was a daughter of William Huffmaster; born in North Carolina, who died in 1861. His wife, Clarissa Smith, born in Kentucky; a member of the old school Baptist Church, and mother of eleven children, four boys and two girls living. She died in 1869. The father of Ebenezer Colburn, William Colburn, was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, June 3, 1793. He was a member of the Christian Church; died June 10, 1869. His wife, Achsa Phelps, was born in Hebron, new Hampshire, July 9, 1796. She was a member of the Christian Church, and the mother of fourteen children. She died January 31, 1878. The first wife of Ebenezer, Nancy Huffmaster, died August 10, 1859. She was the mother of two children, viz: Adna P. and Clarissa A. Ebenezer Colburn was married to his present wife, Elizabeth (Davis) Colburn, August, 1861. She was born near Salisbury, Illinois, and was a daughter of Henry Davis, born in Kentucky. He is living near Loami. His wife, Lucy McGlasson, was born in Kentucky. The old lady is still hale and hearty. Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Colburn have seven children, viz: Alpha D., Julia A., David W., Henry, Ina, Melvin O. and Ora I. Mrs. Colburn is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Ebenezer Colburn ran a saw mill from 1854 until six years ago; since that time he has run his grist mill, in Loami. In politics, he is a Republican.