Colburn, Nathan Pierce "N.P."

Spouse: Mary Jane Eames (married in April 1850; she died on July 9, 1874); Mrs. Helen M. Tinkham (remarried on September 16, 1877)
Children: Four children: Warren E. (son)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

He was of English ancetry on his father's side. He was of English and Irish ancestry on his mother's side.

He moved to Quincy, Massachusetts around 1840. He then lived in Reading and South Reading, Massachusetts. He came to Waukokee, Fillmore County, Minnesota in October 1855. He moved to Preston, Minnesota in June 1858. He moved to Rushford, Minnesota in September 1883.

"Mr. Colburn followed in the footsteps of his father and affiliated with the Democratic party when he first became a voter, but being opposed to the extension of slavery he left the party during the administration of Franklin Pierce. For a time he acted with the Free Soil party, but in the summer of 1855 he assisted in organizing the Republican party in Middlesex County, Massachusetts." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 71)

He was a Master Mason, a member of the Eastern Star and the Odd Fellows. He belonged to the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars.

Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897.