Philander Colton
Birth Date
On 1811 October 19 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 August 15 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Pioneer
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Born in Clarence, Erie, New York, United States
1811 October 19
Mother
Mary Jones
Father
Charles Colton
Date Details
Occurred On 1811 October 19
Married
Polly Matilda Merrill
1833 July 3 (Age 21)
Baptized by J. H. Johnson
1839 March (Age 27)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company B
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 34)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
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 35)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Charles Edwin Colton (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1847 July 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 16
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Silas Richards Company (1849)
1849 July 10 – October 29 (Age 37)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Lamoni Andrew Colton (Age 7)
Sanford Lorenzo Colton (Age 4)
Polly Matilda Merrill (Age 31)
Harriet Emily Colton (Age 12)
Eleanor Roseltha Colton (Age 10)
Byron Oliver Colton (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1849 July 10
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 October 25 – 29
Company Arrived
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1856 February 24 – 1857 March 23 (Age 44)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
To the Lamanites
Date Details
Started On 1856 February 24
Called
Ended On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
Died in Vernal, Uintah, Utah Territory, United States
1891 August 15 (Age 79)
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Philander Colton (1811 - 1891) Profile
Sources
Person
Nauvoo Community Project
Nauvoo Community Project.
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
Mission
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)
"William Bringhurst letter", Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877), (14 July 1856).
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959. Page 40.
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005. 2005.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877)
"Silas Richards letter", Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk 1844-1877), (24 August 1849).
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Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Silas Richards company", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (September), Page 5.
Consecration deeds, 1854-1867
Consecration deeds, 1854-1867.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1849: Page 5F.
Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859
Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859, Item 15-415, Page 1-201.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Item 17, Page 5.
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
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.