reports by historians that Colby abused Marguerite. On June 4, 1906, he married Marie ("Maud") H. Moller, his longtime mistress, after she had inherited US$250,000; they had one son, Paul Livingston Colby. Colby had been a member of the Society of Foreign Wars, Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish-American War Veterans, the Blue Lodge and Royal Arch Masons, the Red Men, Knights of Pythias, Nebraska State Historical Society, Nebraska Pioneers, the Nebraska and American Bar Associations, the Republican Club, and the Christian church at Beatrice. He died in 1924, at Leavenworth, Kansas. References External links 1846 births 1924 deaths People from Freeport, Illinois People from Ashtabula County, Ohio People from Beatrice, Nebraska People of Illinois in the American Civil War People of Ohio in the American Civil War University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Nebraska state court judges Nebraska state senators Brigadier generals United States Army generals United States Assistant Attorneys General American military personnel of the Spanish–American War