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Biographies of Kanawha County, WV
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KANAHWA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: COLLY, Noah ****************************************************************** Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by: SSpradling@aol.com September 19, 1999 ******************************************************************
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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