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Joseph Kneeland PELTON

Male 1801 - 1873  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joseph Kneeland PELTON was born on 23 Nov 1801 in Portland, CT; died on 26 Jul 1873.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24278
    • _UID: 3735CBD42F9949DB9D0B61E69878F6816DEB

    Family/Spouse: Dolly Prescott BAKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Joseph married Harriet RAY on 27 Feb 1822 in Great Barrington, CT. Harriet died on 18 Mar 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Timothy PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1822 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died on 4 Oct 1879 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA.
    2. 3. Guy Ray PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1824 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died on 24 Jul 1890 in Yellowstone National Park.
    3. 4. Mary PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Feb 1827; and died.
    4. 5. Jane E. PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1829 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; and died.
    5. 6. Emily E. PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Apr 1831 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died on 22 Oct 1874 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Timothy PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 31 Dec 1822 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died on 4 Oct 1879 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24272
    • _UID: B3C8A0DAE0684D979B7EFC22AE6DBD22527A

    Notes:

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    [a.ged]

    He was educated at Suffield, Conn., and at Western Reserve College, Hudso n, O.; studied law, and practiced for a long time in New York as a memb er of the firm of Guy R. & T. D. Pelton, where he was honored as an abl e, upright man and a good lawyer. He died, October 4, 1879, of typhoid fev er, at Great Barrington, Mass., in the house in which he was born, on t he Pelton homestead, which he had bought from his father s estate, and fit ted up and improved for a summer home.

    Family/Spouse: Sarah B. ARNOLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth A. THOMPSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Guy Ray PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 3 Aug 1824 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died on 24 Jul 1890 in Yellowstone National Park.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24277
    • _UID: 15FA3D3185AE4E84A3F1025F593BE8564900

    Notes:

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    [a.ged]

    Still, in 1890, in active practice and recognized as an able member of h is profession. In 1857 he was elected to the thirty-fourth Congress from N ew York city. He served as a member of the House of Representatives to t he end of that Congress, and declined a second nomination. Residence, in 1 890, New York city. Died, suddenly, in the National (Yellowstone) Park, Ju ly 24, 1890, while on his way home from Alaska with Mrs. Pelton. Mr. Pelt on was educated at the public schools and at Sedg- wick Institution, Gre at Barrington, Mass., and at Oberlin College, Ohio; studied law at Kinderh ook, N. Y., and at other places, going to New York before 1856, where he h ad a long and honorable career as a lawyer in the law fi rm of G. R. & T. D. Pelton, of 167 Broadway. In Congress he served with ho nor on the Committee of Commerce; in New York he held a number of offic es of honor and trust, and at death was a member of the Cable Road Commiss ion; in all positions being a sound counsellor and a genial man. He w as a member of the Union League Club, a prominent Mason, and an officer a nd stockholder in a manufacturing rubber company. He left a competency.

    Guy married Mary Childs FRANKLIN on 20 Feb 1859 in New York, New York, NY. Mary died in Nov 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Franklin Dwight PELTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1861 in New York, New York, NY; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Angie SCOVILLE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Mary PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 10 Feb 1827; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24273
    • _UID: 288993E76DDF4987838F2E5BB15401A58DD9

    Mary married Reverand William H. GRISWOLD on 21 Apr 1858 in Great Barrington, CT. William died on 1 Jun 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Hiram HOUSTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Jane E. PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 14 Jul 1829 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24268
    • _UID: B1D5B444E3DB4314B3ADF1B67BED6C45B38D

    Jane married Doctor George LAWRENCE on 17 Sep 1851 in Great Barrington, CT. George died on 6 Jan 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. George Pelton LAWRENCE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1859; and died.
    2. 9. Fanny Harriet LAWRENCE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1863; and died.

  5. 6.  Emily E. PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 4 Apr 1831 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died on 22 Oct 1874 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24270
    • _UID: 7666D76BF6594E6C8A96A88A2C1F44737BD2

    Family/Spouse: Calvin ROOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Harriet Pelton ROOD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Nov 1857; and died.
    2. 11. Robert B. ROOD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1861; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Franklin Dwight PELTON Descendancy chart to this point (3.Guy2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 20 Aug 1861 in New York, New York, NY; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24269
    • _UID: 568EE06B366E47859931AEE4538CE2AB671C

    Franklin married Lucy Estelle CARTER on 15 Nov 1888 in Orange, NJ. Lucy was born on 17 Jan 1865 in Orange, NJ; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  George Pelton LAWRENCE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jane2, 1.Joseph1) was born in May 1859; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24267
    • _UID: A59ABE23BFE64D11B98106C802BA5E85CAC4


  3. 9.  Fanny Harriet LAWRENCE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jane2, 1.Joseph1) was born in Jan 1863; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24265
    • _UID: F79BEEE13505469792BF908F94435F607EDF


  4. 10.  Harriet Pelton ROOD Descendancy chart to this point (6.Emily2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 4 Nov 1857; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24263
    • _UID: 8520969DD3B6461F950FCFC7E34049C63258


  5. 11.  Robert B. ROOD Descendancy chart to this point (6.Emily2, 1.Joseph1) was born on 14 May 1861; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 24276
    • _UID: 5D21CB786C53495C9CBC8B6C370719824DAF