| Frederick Myron Colby | |
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| Born | (1848-12-09)December 9, 1848 Warner, New Hampshire, US |
| Died | May 19, 1920(1920-05-19) (aged 71) Warner, New Hampshire |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, educator, politician |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse |
H. Maria George Colby
(m. 1882; died 1910) |
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Frederick Myron Colby (December 9, 1848 – May 19, 1920) was an American writer, educator and politician.
Biography
Frederick Myron Colby was born in Warner, New Hampshire on December 9, 1848.
He wrote for a variety of publications aimed at youths such as The Youth's Companion and St. Nicholas. He was also a regular contributor to Granite Monthly. He also wrote a series of historical books aimed primarily at children. He was the head of Simonds Free High School in his hometown of Warner, New Hampshire, from 1910 to 1915. He was a Democrat who held a variety of local offices in Warner and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Congress in 1908. He married the writer H. Maria George Colby on December 24, 1882.
Colby died at his home in Warner on May 19, 1920.
References
- ^ Stearns, Ezra S., ed. (1908). Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. Vol. IV. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 1570. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 190.
- "Frederick Myron Colby". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Warner, New Hampshire (published May 20, 1920). May 19, 1920. p. 12. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- Henry Harrison Metcalf and Frances M. Abbott. One Thousand New Hampshire Notables (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Printing Company, 1919), p. 4.
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN 9780722217139.