Charles Edwin Colton
Birth Date
On 1834 October 20 (Born)
Death Date
On 1916 November 23 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
1
Born
1834 October 20
Date Details
Occurred On 1834 October 20
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 11)
Members in Company
Role
Officer Servant
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Horace M. Alexander Company (1847)
1847 July 24 – October 16 (Age 12)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Philander Colton (Age 35)
Date Details
Started On 1847 July 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 16
Company Arrived
Died
1916 November 23 (Age 82)
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census.
1870 California Census
1870 California Census.
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
California Death Index, 1905-1939
California Death Index, 1905-1939.
Nauvoo Community Project
Nauvoo Community Project.
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
Pioneer
Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859
Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859, Item 15-415, Page 1-201.
Mormon Battalion
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 169.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Item 1290.
United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923.
United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923..