Career
She was born at Andover, Ohio in 1836. They had one son, Schuyler Colfax III, in April 1870. She died at her home in South Bend, Indiana in 1911 after a period of poor health, on the 42nd anniversary of her husband"s assumption of the vice-presidency.
Her funeral was held March 7, 1911 at the Colfax home, and she was buried next to her husband.