Phineas Pelton
(1829-1899)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Maranda Goreham

Phineas Pelton 1 2 3

  • Born: 18 Feb 1829, South Gower, Leeds and Grenville, ON, CAN 1
  • Marriage (1): Maranda Goreham in 1851
  • Died: 16 Jun 1899, Persia, Harrison, IA, USA at age 70 1
  • Buried: Persia: Valley View Cemetery, Harrison, IA, USA 1

   FamilySearch ID: LW1S-R1B.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Jones, IA, USA. 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, USA 5 and was buried in Persia: Valley View Cemetery, Harrison, IA, USA 5.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134525748.

2 FamilySearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4D-Y53 Edward Pruitt and Nettie May Pelton, 23 Oct 1895, Persia, Harrison, Iowa.

3 FamilySearch.org, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-Z718 Emma E Pruitt, 8 Feb 1942, Clarinda, Page, Iowa.

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD25-VQ5 Phineas Pelten, Greenfield, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 338, sheet 463D.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204860265.


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