Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Colley, Searight W. January 11, 1828 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 324
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Searight W Colley, a son of Abel Colley and Nancy Noland 
Colley, was born January 11, 1828, in Redstone township, 
Fayette county, Penna.  His grandfather, Peter Colley, was 
born on board the ship crossing the ocean from Ireland to 
America.  
    Abel Colley Sr was born March 11, 1792, in Redstone 
township, on what is now the Dempsey Woodward farm, was a 
well-to-do farmer, and owned one thousand acres of land.  On 
January 10, 1811, he married Nancy Noland, daughter of 
William Noland.  They had five children, three sons and two 
daughters, of whom but one, Searight W Colley, is living.
    Searight W Colley was reared on a farm, and received his 
education in the subscription schools.  On November 26, 
1858, he was married to Miss Catherine Smouse by the Rev 
Samuel Wilson.  They have two children: Laura Belle Colley, 
born February 12, 1860, married Hayden R Craft of Redstone. 
To their marriage were born Elizabeth and Ellen, at home.  
They were educated in the common schools and at the 
Pittsburgh Female College, at which Laura Belle carried away 
the honors at the musical contest.  
    Catherine Smouse Colley was born in Wills creek valley, 
Maryland, January 31, 1838, and is a daughter of Samuel 
Smouse of Brownsville township, who was born February 19, 
1810, in West Virginia and died May 24, 1884.  He married 
Elizabeth Troutman, born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, 
March 23, 1814, and died April 24, 1874.  They had six 
children: Ellen Smouse, wife of Colonel E Bierer of 
Hiawatha, Kansas; Catherine Smouse; Daniel T Smouse; Anna 
Smouse, wife of George W Seaman; John L Smouse of Texas; and 
Ada Smouse, wife of John Buckley.  
    Mr Colley is a farmer and owns 142 acres of valuable 
land in Menallen township.  He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity, and belongs to Fayette lodge No 228 of 
Uniontown.  He is a democrat and has served as jury 
commissioner for one term.  He is one of Menallen's esteemed 
citizens, and is a member of the Presbyterian church of New 
Salem, of which his wife is also a member. 

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