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LEONARD T. COLVIN was born in Scituate in 1853. His father, William R. COLVIN was born in 1815 and was married in 1836 to Cloe MATTESON. He died in 1886. He was a son of Moses COLVIN and he a son of Benoni COLVIN. Leonard T. is unmarried and lives with his mother on the homestead farm of William R. COLVIN.
LEWIS B. COLVIN, Born in Coventry in 1857, is a son of Henry B. COLVIN who was born in 1822, married in 1846 Almira W. KNIGHT, and died in 1877. Mr. COLVIN is a farmer and lives on the homestead of his father. He was married in 1882 to Lillie F. ANDREWS, daughter of Henry ANDREWS. They have two children: Bertha A. and Lena M. COLVIN
(taken from History Of Washington & Kent Counties By J. R. Cole C. 1889 page 1327)

A.W. COLVIN was born in Phenix, RI September 17, 1831. His father, Benjamin COLVIN, a farmer, was a son of Nathan COLVIN. Mr. COLVIN studied dentistry with a Doctor Ira Ingraham of Providence, prior to 1857. He located at Phenix in 1858, where he is still practicing. He has filled the offices of constable, deputy sheriff, and notary public. He has done and is still doing a considerable business in collecting for private individulas and for firms in this community. His first wife, Hannah, was the daughter of Hiram BURLINGAME of Coventry. The present Mrs. COLVIN is Harriet C., sister of Benjamin W. BURLINGAME.
(taken from History Of Washington & Kent Counties By J. R. Cole C. 1889 page 1285)

William COLVIN, a farmer on Warwick Plains, was born in 1821 in Cranston, where his father, George COLVIN, was a farmer. Until thirty-seven years of age William COLVIN worked as a farm hand, when he bought the farm where he now resides. His first wife Nancy TILLINGHAST, died, leaving two sons, Thomas W. and Loren D. COLVIN. His present wife was Maragret S. HUGHES. They have one daughter, Betsy S., now Mrs. Thomas LEONARD, who has one son, Irving LEONARD.
(taken from History Of Washington & Kent Counties By J. R. Cole C. 1889 page 1285)

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