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Harlan Page PELTON

Male 1850 - 1937  (87 years)


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  • Name Harlan Page PELTON 
    Birth 14 Jul 1850  Litchfield, Medina, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 2819 
    _UID 8B56BEF573BA4605ACBA69C1239E6F8B575A 
    Death 22 Sep 1937  Citronelle, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2817  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Father Trowbridge PELTON,   b. 12 Aug 1816, Middlefield, Hampshire, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1878 (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Martha Melissa STRONG,   b. 31 May 1824, Medina Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891, Buffalo Grove, Buchanan, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage Feb 1843  Litchfield, Medina, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:22069
    Family ID F702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza Ann POND,   b. Abt 1852, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1875, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Marriage 22 Aug 1872  Sycamore, Dekalb Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Reference Number:41507
    Children 
     1. Erberd Frederick PELTON,   b. 28 Aug 1873, Lapeer, Lapeer, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

    Family 2 Harriette Flora ROBERTS,   b. 26 Sep 1865, Jefferson, Jefferson, WI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1936, Citronelle, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jul 1882  Friend, Salina, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reference Number:41512
    Children 
     1. Earle Wayne PELTON,   b. 7 May 1883, Maywood, Frontier, NE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1965, Danbury, Burnett, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     2. Roy Darrell PELTON,   b. 25 Dec 1884, Maywood, Frontier, NE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1938, Citronelle, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     3. Jasper Lynn PELTON,   b. 2 Sep 1886, Maywood, Frontier, NE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1919 (Age 32 years)
     4. Alice Rose PELTON,   b. 19 Mar 1888, Maywood, Frontier, NE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1979, Eight Mile, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     5. Hazel Dell PELTON,   b. 4 Apr 1890, Maywood, Frontier, NE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1980, Pensacola, Escambia, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     6. Glenn Smith PELTON,   b. 20 Mar 1893, Maywood, Frontier, NE Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1977, Citronelle, Mobile, AL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F1386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2017 

  • Notes 
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      He worked as a Lumberman.
      From a letter he wrote to the editor of the "Mobile Register" September 2 1, 1926 in response to an article by Dillon J. Spottswood, M.D. concerni ng prohibition and the Volstead Insanity Act: "Intemperance cuts down you th in its vigor, manhood in its strength and age in its weakness..."
      His letter of proposal dated May 18, 1882 to Hattie "Private":
      "...Let us always be friends... I have only one excuse in my hasts.. I lo ve your with an affection as strong as the current of life. I ho pe it is not in vail. Still I would not cause you one unhappy hour if I c ould avoid it. Let us always be the best of friends and if you love me gi ve me one welcome word.. just say to me come and I will come to you as fa st as steam and rail will carry me and hear the rest from your own sweet s elf."
      He went from Iowa to Maywood, Nebraska to Georgia and then to Citronell a, Alabama. He sold his Waywood, Nebraska farm the week of March 30, 18 93 to a Staple. he and a Jasper Twiss owned a store in Nebraska and he w as a candidate for the meanest man in the world.

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