FAMILY SEARCH. When Jane Dutcher was born on 12 November 1817, in Boylston, Oswego, New York, her father, Thomas Dutcher (1787-1850), was 30 and her mother, Betsey Hurlbut (1785-1846), was 32. She married Orlin Philander Colvin (1813-1856) on 31 March 1836, in Boylston, Oswego, New York. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah in 1870. She died on 28 May 1895, in Eden, Weber, Utah, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah.

Jane Dutcher was the daughter of Thomas Dutcher and Betsy Hurlbert- she came from an old Dutch family line. She married Orlin Philander Colvin (1813-1856) March 31, 1836 in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York. They had 9 children: Almond Philander, Lydia Betsy, Albert, William, Orlin Francis, James Philo, Sarah Jane, Maryett, and Eliza Jane. They were early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and pioneers of North Ogden, Utah. After the death of her first husband Jane married Joseph Edge (1811-1870) in 1859 at North Ogden, Utah and they had two daughters: Elizabeth Ellen and Julia Ann. They began a homestead in Eden, Utah about 1863, where Jane lived until her death. Joseph was killed by Indians while working away from home. Jane was a midwife called "Grandma Colvin" or "Old Lady Edge" by the pioneers of Eden, Liberty, and Huntsville, Utah. When asked where babies come from the old settlers of these areas told their children Grandma Colvin brought them with her in her little black satchel (medical bag).

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. The Colvin family was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration between 1847-1868.

Traveling with the Joseph Outhouse Company, the family are among the 230 individuals and 50 wagons when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) on June 10, 1852. About three or four weeks into the journey, the company experienced discord and broke apart. Some remained in their groups of tens (particularly the groups led by William Lang and Daniel Page), but other wagons traveled on independently for the duration of the journey to the Valley.

Tragedy struck the family when Sara Jane Colvin became ill and died. The assumption is she died and was buried in Natrona, Wyoming. However, the exact place of death and burial cannot be substantiated, except it was along the Mormon Trail.