Location of Marker: Iola City Cemetery, Colborn plot, Iola KS
Marker Erected by: The School Children of Iola
Marker Text:
When the town of IOLA was organized in January, 1859 Josiah F. Colborn was one of the founders who named the town after MRS. COLBORN whose given name was IOLA
She and her husband rest here
This tablet is provided by gifts from school children of Iola to record the origin of the city's name and, as a memorial to MR. AND MRS. COLBORN