Phineas Pelton ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LW1S-R1B.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Jones, IA. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded Phineas Pelten, lumber dealer, 51, living with wife Maranda, 49; sons Alneria P., railroad carpenter, 27; and David K., 13; and daughters Emma E., 10, and Nettie M., 7. Phineas and his sons were born in Canada. Maranda was born in New York and the daughters in Iowa. Phineas' father was born in Connecticut, his mother and Maranda's parents in Vermont.

Phineas married Maranda Goreham in 1851. (Maranda Goreham was born on 17 Mar 1832 in , , NY,⁵ died on 23 Sep 1892 in Persia, Harrison, IA ⁵ and was buried in Persia: Valley View Cemetery, Harrison, IA ⁵.)