Marriage of Edward D. Chapin and Hattie E. McColley

[Lisa in California]

...The paper is two paragraphs long and Edward D. Chapin and George ? (New,?), Marshall both bound to the the State of Delaware $200...

Looking at the 1870 census that has Robert, Hettie and Clayton, on the same page is
Wm Marshal, Physician (and family)
Could he be the same person as noted above?     Maybe "New" could be Wm?

[Lisa in California]

Looks like the marriage didn't last but he is a good candidate to be Clayton McColley's father inasamuch as his mother's name was Clayton.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01j3l/

Good find!

[Lisa in California]

I don't know if this is "your" Hiram or not, but there is a short paragraph about Hiram and his father, James.
http://www.coastalpoint.net/content/gone_winds_tara_replicated_milford
Apologies if it isn't the same family.

[Erato]

Interesting article.  I don't know if it's the same Hiram McColley but it looks like it must be the same family.  I'm related to the Chapins, not the McColleys.  Or, more correctly, I am related to Olive Stanford.

[Lisa in California]

One online site states that T. P. McColley was "at first" a hatter and then worked in the general mercantile business (dry goods, groceries, liquors and drugs).  The site also mentions Dr. George W. Marshall.

"Historical etchings of Milford and vicinity: some facts and..."

[Lisa in California]

I'll pop back over to researching Olive's side.     It was quite interesting finding the facts and material about the McColley's (I was hoping to find something about Olive while digging).  While I'm not American, I am interested in the American Civil War era.

I haven't yet found Olive's passing but I haven't exhausted all possibilities.

[Erato]

Olive was born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, 9 November 1842.  Her parents were Mary E. Mitchell and Isaiah Stanford.  Mary E. Mitchell was a sister of my gg-grandmother, Nancy Ann Mitchell.  Olive was the youngest of five children and her father died soon after her birth [20 May 1843 in Gardiner].  Mary Mitchell then married Daniel Johnson and they eventually moved from Maine to Boston and then later to Appleton, Wisconsin [where Daniel died].  I assume they went out to Wisconsin because several other Mitchells were already out there, including my gg-grandmother.

[Lisa in California]

Thank you for adding additional facts.   

Could this be Olive?
1878 Boston, MA Directory
Mrs. Olive E. Chapin boards 30 Worcester
(and, Edward D. Chapin (Gass, Doe & Chapin), 61 F. H. market, house at Brookline)

[Lisa in California]

Others living at 30 Worcester in 1878 (in case there might be a link):
Mrs. H M Richardson (boards)
Gardner F Sanderson (house)
Henry W Tenney (boards 30 Worcester square) Salesman
Nathaniel F Tenney (h 30 Worcester Sq) Tenney, Aldrich, & Co. (boots and shoes)
Charles G Bullard (boards 30 Worcester sq - Cambridgeport) merchadise broker

So, if this Olive is "yours", perhaps she left Edward's residence around the end of 1877/beginning of 1878?