Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMatilda Colopy 
Birth17 Dec 1817, Knox Co, OH
Census1880, Union Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1038, pg 211
Death5 Sep 1896, Gas City, Grant Co, IN
BurialRiverside Cem, Gas City, Grant Co, IN
FatherTimothy Colopy (1780-1846)
MotherSarah Adrian (1774-1850)
Misc. Notes
She was born December 17, 1817, a daughter of Timothy and Sarah Adrian Colopy.
She married Hugh Conley, Jr., who was born in Ireland in 1821, and was about four years old when the family came to America. He grew up in that locality and learned the trade of marble cutter, an occupation which he followed throughout his active years. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church.
He was married at Mount Vernon, Ohio, February 27, 1854, to Miss Matilda Colopy, who was born in Knox County, Ohio. In 1859 Hugh Conley and wife located at Columbus, Ohio, and in 1861 moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he died April 15, 1863. Matilda returned and lived with her son Hugh and daughter Anna in Knox County OH, then later moved to and died in Gas City, September 5, 1896.
Children: Mark, died February 14, 1866 in infancy; Dr. L. Hugh Conley born Mount Vernon, OH, April 27, 1857 and lived in Gas City, IN; and Anna b. 1860 in Iowa, who is the widow of Dr. A. E. Walker, and lives in Cincinnati, her children being Clary, who is married and lives in Dayton, and Hugh and Florence, who live at home.
(from Centennial History of Grant County Indiana 1812-1912. The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914)
She married Hugh Conley, Jr., who was born in Ireland in 1821, and was about four years old when the family came to America. He grew up in that locality and learned the trade of marble cutter, an occupation which he followed throughout his active years. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church.
He was married at Mount Vernon, Ohio, February 27, 1854, to Miss Matilda Colopy, who was born in Knox County, Ohio. In 1859 Hugh Conley and wife located at Columbus, Ohio, and in 1861 moved to Davenport, Iowa, where he died April 15, 1863. Matilda returned and lived with her son Hugh and daughter Anna in Knox County OH, then later moved to and died in Gas City, September 5, 1896.
Children: Mark, died February 14, 1866 in infancy; Dr. L. Hugh Conley born Mount Vernon, OH, April 27, 1857 and lived in Gas City, IN; and Anna b. 1860 in Iowa, who is the widow of Dr. A. E. Walker, and lives in Cincinnati, her children being Clary, who is married and lives in Dayton, and Hugh and Florence, who live at home.
(from Centennial History of Grant County Indiana 1812-1912. The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914)