Maranda Goreham ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LW1S-T3M.

  Noted events in her 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.

Maranda married Phineas Pelton in 1851. (Phineas Pelton was born on 18 Feb 1829 in South Gower, Leeds and Grenville, ON, CAN,⁵ died on 16 Jun 1899 in Persia, Harrison, IA ⁵ and was buried in Persia: Valley View Cemetery, Harrison, IA ⁵.)