Elizabeth J. Colebank was born September 7, 1865 to Thomas Jefferson and Margaret Stewart Colebank in Stewartstown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. She married William Edward "Edward" Blosser, son of Henry Blosser and Mary Cunningham, in 1890. William listed himself as a general farmer in the1910 federal census and as a merchant in a general store in the 1930 federal census. William and Elizabeth lived in the Union District of Monongalia County, West Virginia for all their married lives. William died in 1939 and Elizabeth died in 1949 in Monongalia County. Both are buried in Mount Union Cemetery in Morgantown, West Virginia. The children of Elizabeth J. Colebank and William Edward Blosser were: William Elmer - born August 9, 1889. He married Nellie Zearley. He died August 20, 1955. According to his death record, he was "hung with a rope by neck." Olive Emma "Emma" Blosser - born in 1893 in Stewartstown, West Virginia. She married Charles Scherer. She died in 1925. Elwood Lewis Blosser - born March 31,1894 in Stewartstown, West Virginia. He worked in a mercantile store. He died June 9, 1924 at age 30 of tuberculosis. Thomas Wayne Blosser - born June 28, 1898 in Stewartstown. He married Hazel Zearley, sister of Nellie Zearley, in 1920. He died at age 30 on November 18, 1928 of a skull fracture. Oliver Andrew Blosser - born in 1901. He married Matilda Rothermal. He died in 1924 of shock due to an accident. Robert Franklin Blosser - born in 1903. He was a driver in the coal mines. He died in Stewartstown October 4, 1925 of tuberculosis. |
PETER COLEBANK, father of JAMES COALBANK, father of JANE COLEBANK HANEY, mother of THOMAS JEFFERSON COLEBANK, father of ELIZABETH J. COLEBANK BLOSSER |
Photo taken about 1915: L to R: Thomas Jefferson Colebank, William Elmer Blosser holding baby Mary Elizabeth Blosser Bertie , Elizabeth Blosser and Margaret Colebank. Photo courtesy of Ron Stewart |
The headstone of Elizabeth J. Colebank and William Edward Blosser in Mount Union Cemetery, Morgantown, West Virginia. Photo courtesy of Ron Stewart. |
William Edward Blosser Death Certificate (click to enlarge) |
Robert Blosser Death Certificate (cllick to enlarge) |
Elwood Blosser Death Certificate (click to enlarge) |
Oliver, Elwood, Thomas and Robert's Death Records (click to enlarge) |
Oliver A Blosser Birth Record (click to enlarge) |
Thomas Wayne Blosser Birth Record (click to enlarge) |
William Elmer Blosser Birth Record (click to enlarge) |