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Biographies of Kanawha County, WV

KANAHWA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: COLLY, Noah
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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 326

NOAH COLLY.

Noah Colly came to Kanawha about 1814. He was a tall, stout mulatto, and 
drove a dray in Charleston for a full half-century, or longer. He was the 
only undertaker in Charleston during about forty years.  The carpenters 
always made the burial cases, while uncle Noah drove the hearse, and laid the 
dead in their graves. He was sexton of the Presbyterian church for a great 
many years.  He was made free in early life, and prized his liberties very 
highly, although he was not overbearing or insulting in his nature or 
demeanor.  He died in 1869, at the age of seventy-six. His funeral took place 
from the Presbyterian church, and was largely attended, by both white and 
colored citizens.

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