Mortimer Luther Colton (abt. 1880 - abt. 1953)

Born about 15 Aug 1880 in Polk, Iowa, United States

Husband of Maude Elizabeth (Pritchett) Colton — married 28 Nov 1900 in Polk, Iowa, United States

Husband of Mabel (Will) Colton — married 30 Jan 1937 in Ames, Story County, Iowa, United States

Died about 30 Sep 1953 at about age 73 in Ames, Story, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mortimer Luther Colton was born 15 August 1880 ^[1] in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, ^[2] the son of Luther (Lou) Colton and Agnes Masters.^[3] He married (1) Maude Elizabeth Pritchett and (2) Mabel Peabody (nee Will) on 30 January 1937 at Ames, Story County, Iowa.

Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, Iowa) 1 October 1953 p. 1

M.L. Colton, Napier, Dies. M.L. Colton of the Napier community died here Wednesday night at Mary Greeley hospital. He had been take to the hospital Wednesday afternoon with a heart ailment. He had been ill a year and a half. Mr. Colton was 73, born Aug. 15, 1880 in Des Moines. He had been a farmer in the Napier community since 1919. He was a member of the Napier Methodist church. He was married to Maude Pritchett Nov. 28, 1900. She died in 1935. He was then married to Mabel Peabody Jan. 30, 1937, here. Mrs. Mabel Colton survives. Other survivors are daughter, Mrs. Stephen Brooks of Napier, sister, Mrs. H.M. Houghhan of Des Moines, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Napier Methodist church with the Rev. Burton C. Collier officiating. Burial will be in Ames municipal cemetery. the body will lie in state at the Adams Chapel until the time of the funeral.

CENSUS HISTORY

1885 Iowa State Census - Des Moines, Polk, Iowa (in the household of his father, Lou Colton). Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

Sources

Colton/Pritchett Marriage Record - "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJF5-BK5 : 8 March 2016), Mortimer L. Colton and Maud E. Pritchett, 1900.

WW1 Draft Registration Card - "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ23-ZBC : 12 December 2014), Mortiemor Luther Colton, 1917-1918; citing Blackhawk County, Iowa, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,642,907.

Colton/Will-Peabody Marriage Record: Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937; Record Type: Microfilm Records. Description; Volume: 5. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

WW2 Draft Registration Card - "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCH-H25G : 9 April 2016), Mortimer Luther Colton, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1. ↑ WW2 Draft Registration Card. WWI Draft registration card states 15 August 1879.
2. ↑ Colton/Peabody Marriage Record.
3. ↑ Colton/ Peabody Marriage Record.

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