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Philander Colton



Birth19 October 1811Clarence, Niagara, New York, United States
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    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 77; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 42, entry 538, FHL microfilm 183393.

    Provo Daily Enquirer, Provo Daily Enquirer (Provo, Utah: Enquirer Co., 1886-1897), Went Home Together, 27 August 1891, p. 4, column 5 ​.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Philander Colten, folder "Silas Richards company, 1849 September" (#88), image 4, line 6; and entry for Philander Colten, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 15, line 24.

    Mormon Battalion Company B return list (Salt Lake City, Utah), Entry for Philander Colton, page 1, line 26.

Death15 August 1891Vernal, Uintah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Philander Colton (1811-1891), memorial #12800050.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philander Colton, ID: KWJ1-NYZ ​.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Philander Colton (15 August 1891); citing Utah Territory, United States.

    Provo Daily Enquirer, Provo Daily Enquirer (Provo, Utah: Enquirer Co., 1886-1897), Went Home Together, 27 August 1891, p. 4, column 5 ​.

Burial16 August 1891Maeser Fairview Cemetery, Vernal, Uintah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Philander Colton (1811-1891), memorial #12800050.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch.

    Provo Daily Enquirer, Provo Daily Enquirer (Provo, Utah: Enquirer Co., 1886-1897), Went Home Together, 27 August 1891, p. 4, column 5 ​.

FatherCharles Colton
MotherPolly Jones

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   • Polly Matilda Merrill
Married3 July 1833Shelby, Macomb, Michigan Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Philander Colton and Polly Matilda Merrill, ID: KWJ1-NYZ and ID: KWJD-NWV.

    Provo Daily Enquirer, Provo Daily Enquirer (Provo, Utah: Enquirer Co., 1886-1897), Went Home Together, 27 August 1891, p. 4, column 5.

          Children:
               Charles Edwin Colton
               Harriet Emily Colton
               Eleanor Roseltha Colton
               Lamoni Andrew Colton
               George Philander Colton
               Sanford Lorenzo Colton
               Byron Oliver Colton
               Sterling Driggs Colton
               Phebe Albina Colton
               John Adelbert Colton
               Ernest Merrill Colton


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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

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Baptism

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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusProvo, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 3d Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusProvo City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Horace M. Alexander CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure24 Jul 1847
       Arrival16 Oct 1847
Silas Richards Company (1849)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure10 Jul 1849
       Arrival25-29 Oct 1849

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