Bertrand Nelson PELTON
1865 - 1920 (54 years)-
Name Bertrand Nelson PELTON Birth 24 Jul 1865 Anson, Somerset, ME 
Gender Male Census 1880 - Township 139 To 141, Cass, Dakota Territory
Reference Number 6901 _UID 509CDD0B812240E1A93C53FDC87855BE2073 Burial Mar 1920 Tenio, Thurston, WA Death 31 Mar 1920 Deschutes, Thurston, MA Person ID I6897 My Genealogy Last Modified 3 Apr 2017
Father Joshua Gray PELTON, b. 5 Aug 1825, Anson, Somerset, ME d. Yes, date unknown Mother Elsie J. BENNETT, b. Abt 1825, Anson, Somerset, ME d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Mar 1850 Anson, Somerset, ME - Reference Number:60109
Family ID F1956 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lizzie Alice BAXTER, b. 21 Sep 1873, Plymouth, Marshall, IN d. 5 Mar 1961, Seattle, King, WA (Age 87 years) Marriage Abt 1895 Cumberland, Barron, WI - Reference Number:93041
Children 1. Everett Boyd PELTON 2. Frances Georgia PELTON, b. 10 Jul 1896, Cumberland, Barron, WI d. Sep 1992, Sumner, WA (Age 96 years)3. Elsie Alice PELTON, b. 2 Aug 1898, Cumberland, Barron, WI d. 1928, Seattle, King, WA (Age 29 years)4. Vivian June PELTON, b. 11 Dec 1899, Cumberland, Barron, WI d. 17 Oct 1980, Seattle, King, WA (Age 80 years)5. Beryl Ardell PELTON, b. 26 Feb 1901, Cumberland, Barron, WI d. 1927, Seattle, King, WA (Age 25 years)6. John Bennett PELTON, b. 31 Oct 1903, Genessee, Latah, ID d. 28 Dec 1944, At Sea (Age 41 years)7. Florence Muriel PELTON, b. 25 Feb 1905, Sandpoint, Bonner, ID d. 9 Feb 1995, Englewood, Arapahoe, CO (Age 89 years)8. Ellsworth Fred PELTON, b. 5 Jul 1906, Sandpoint, Bonner, ID d. 29 Jul 1975, Tacoma, Pierce, WA (Age 69 years)9. Elwood Ray PELTON, b. 5 Jul 1906, Sandpoint, Bonner, ID d. 29 Jan 1974, Seattle, King, WA (Age 67 years)10. Evelyn Geraldine PELTON, b. 31 Aug 1909, Buckley, Pierce, WA d. 1936, Seattle, King, WA (Age 26 years)11. Charles Bertrand PELTON, b. 31 Aug 1911, Tacoma, Pierce, WA d. 1934, Redwood City, San Mateo, CA (Age 22 years)Family ID F2735 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2017
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Description: His death was caused by part of his clothing getting caug ht in a sawmill fly wheel gear on a cold windy morning.
He was a Stationary Engineer. Bertrand left home as a young man and work ed his way across the states doing odd jobs. Sometimes he slept in hay st acks and one morning he awoke with his hair frozen to the ground. He and h is wife Lizzie came to Buckley, WA from Sand Point, ID in 1907. He had bui lt his own violin and taught himself to play and was working on another vi olin at the time of his death.
A Poem written by Bertrand:
(To Lizzie) If You Should Paint A Picture
If you should paint a picture dear a picture grand and 1. With beautif ul golden clouds above and skies of heavenly blue.
A castle by the wooded hill a winding path where roses grow. A silvery br ook from the wildwood deep and the valley far below.
Would I be strolling by your side in the picture grand and gay. Wou ld I be mixed in the artists paint as you painted day to day.
In the magic lights and shadows that softly come and go. Will you dip yo ur brush in the rainbow for the sunsets after glow.
As the twilight shadows darken and you kneel to breath a prayer. Wi ll I be kneeling by your side in this most sacred hour?
-Bertrand Nelson Pelton (1865-1920)
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