He married Alletta _____, who was born about 1846 in Norway.
David was the Clerk of Erie County, New York, in 1877-1879, and in 1884 was on the Angola Board of Education. He succeeded his father in the operation of a general store, which he was running in 1884.
Children of David Colburn and Alletta Oatman:
2300 Flora, b. ca 1867, NY
2301 Lilian Belle, b. ca 1870, NY (8 months old in 1870 census)
2302 Orlin, b. 1874, NY
2303 Winnie, b. ca 1876, NY
2304 May, b. ca 1879, NY
1870 census, 1880 soundex, Angola, Erie Co., NYBack to Oatman Home Page
Family records
Michigan DAR Bible & Pioneer Records, Vol. 10, p. 24, 25
History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, H. Perry Smith, Ed., 1884