When Susan Rebecca Sherred was born on 31 October 1833, in Cussewago Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew Sherred, was 68 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 33. She married Amos Thomas Colvin on 1 February 1855. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Leroy Township, Benton, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Oakland Township, Cloud, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 September 1914, in Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Oakland Union Cemetery, Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas, United States.