He passed away at 15 years old, in 1871, and was buried in the Johnson Grove Cemetery, DeKalb County, Illnois. [2]
Sources
↑ Colton, George Woolworth. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton. Wickersham Print. Company, 1912. pg 209.
↑ "Find A Grave, database and images https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 November 2018), memorial page for Chapman Colton (1855–1871), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40468015, citing Johnson Grove Cemetery, Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Kelly Summers (contributor 46923612) .
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67L-GDV : 12 April 2016), Samuel Colton in household of William Colton, Illinois, United States; citing p. 3, family 23, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,714.
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