Don Byron Colton
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Clear AllBorn in Mona, Juab, Utah Territory, United States
1876 September 15
Date Details
Occurred On 1876 September 15
Birth
Relationships
Father
Mother
Nancy Adeline Wilkins
Baptized
1893 March 4 (Age 16)
Set Apart as Missionary
British Mission
1896 May 1 – 1898 July 2 (Age 19)
1896 May 1 – 1898 July 2 (Age 19)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1898 July 2
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
Sheffield Conference
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Media
Mission Photo
Married Grace Stringham
1908 June 17 (Age 31)
Set Apart as Mission President
Eastern States Mission
1933 July 20 – 1937 August 2 (Age 56)
1933 July 20 – 1937 August 2 (Age 56)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1937 August 2
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Heber J. Grant
Mission Companionship
Media
Sacred Grove - Eastern States Missionaries, 1935 July 24
President and Sister Colton
President Don Byron Colton
Set Apart as Mission President
Salt Lake Mission Home Mission
1938 September 10 – 1952 August 1 (Age 61)
1938 September 10 – 1952 August 1 (Age 61)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1952 August 1
Died in Position
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mission Companionship
Mission Companionship
1938 September – 1952 August
Grace Stringham (60)
Grace Stringham (60)
Media
SLC Mission Home - March 1939
Missionaries Entering the Mission Home December, 1944 December 4
Church Mission Presidents & Associates Attend Conference
Mission Home - 1945, 1945 November 6
The Mission Home Gang, 1940 September 11
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1952 August 1 (Age 75)
Date Details
Occurred On 1952 August 1
Died
Media
Don Byron Colton (1876 - 1952) Profile
Mission Photo
Sacred Grove - Eastern States Missionaries, 1935 July 24
President and Sister Colton
President Don Byron Colton
SLC Mission Home - March 1939
Missionaries Entering the Mission Home December, 1944 December 4
Church Mission Presidents & Associates Attend Conference
Mission Home - 1945, 1945 November 6
The Mission Home Gang, 1940 September 11