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About Moses French Colby
- Moses French Colby (July 2, 1795 – May 4, 1863) was a doctor and politician in Canada East. He was born in Thornton, New Hampshire in 1795 but moved to Derby, Vermont with his family in 1798.
- He studied medicine with the local doctor there, then went on to further medical studies at Yale College and Dartmouth College.
- He returned to Derby to practice.
- In 1828, he studied anatomy at Harvard College.
- In 1832, after qualifying as a physician in Lower Canada, Colby moved to Stanstead.
- Besides practicing medicine, he also contributed to medical journals and produced his own remedies.
- He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Stanstead in an 1837 by-election and served until March 27, 1838, when the province was put under the rule of a special council after the Lower Canada Rebellion.
- He ran unsuccessfully in 1841 for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
- In 1847, he was named surgeon for the local militia regiment.
- He died at Stanstead in 1863. His son, Charles Carroll Colby, later represented Stanstead in the Canadian House of Commons.
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