Brief Life History of Philander
When Philander Colton was born on 19 October 1811, in Clarence, Erie, New York, United States, his father, Charles Colton, was 31 and his mother, Polly Mary Jones, was 26. He married Polly Matilda Merrill on 3 July 1833, in Shelby, Shelby Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1854. His occupation is listed as brickmaker and brickmason, plasterer in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. He died on 15 August 1891, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Maesar-Fairview Cemetery, Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Filanda Coltrin, "United States Census, 1860"
- US Military pension file
- Philander Colton, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Erie, New York, United States
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire): habitational name from any of various places called Colton in England. Examples in Norfolk, Staffordshire, and North Yorkshire are from the Old English personal name Cola (or the cognate Old Norse Koli; see Cole 2) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. The place so named in Somerset has as its first element the Old English personal name Cūla (of uncertain origin). The one in Cumbria has a river name apparently derived from a Celtic word meaning ‘hazel’. This English name is also common in Ireland; it was the name of a bishop of Derry in 1397. There seems also to have been confusion with Culliton .
Scottish and Irish (Monaghan): shortened and altered form of Gaelic Mac Haldan, ‘son of Haldan’, see Haldane .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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