Personal Life
Colhoun married the former Mary Ann Hays (15 July 1825-11 February 1916) in 1845. They had four children, among them Samuel Reed Colhoun (1846–1935), James Ross Colhoun 1848–1919), and Edda Florence Colhoun (1854–1873).
Colhoun died suddenly of heart failure in Washington, D.C., late on the evening of 17 February 1897. He is buried with his wife at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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