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Fernando Cortez Kelton (1812 - 1866)

Fernando Cortez Kelton
Born in Calais, Washington, Vermont, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 54 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

Fernando Cortez was born in 1812, son of Ona Kelton and Betsey Boyden.[1] He passed away in 1866.[1][2]

He was "a merchant from Vermont who rose to prominence in Columbus as a drygoods wholesaler. He and his wife, Sophia Langdon Stone Kelton, built the Kelton House on Town Street in 1852. The Keltons were fervent abolitionists who used their home as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Fernando Kelton was so respected for his abolitionist work that he was selected to be a pallbearer at the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln when Lincoln's remains were brought to Columbus on their way to Illinois for burial."[3]

The Kelton house in Columbus is maintained as a museum.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kelton: Page 7, #17.
  2. ↑ Find a Grave
  3. ↑ Columbus Metropolitan Library, "Fernando Cortez Kelton" (from description of objects in the Library's collection)
  4. ↑ Wikipedia:Kelton House Museum and Garden
  • Kelton, Dwight H. Kelton Family Items (D.H. Kelton, Montpelier, Vt., 1895) (Link to copy online)
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQM-1ZW : 21 December 2020), F C Kelton, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGJ-GYT : 18 February 2021), F C Kelton, 1860.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 April 2021), memorial page for Fernando Cortez Kelton (11 Feb 1812–11 May 1866), Find A Grave: Memorial #78541039, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Preserving the Past (contributor 47480910). (includes photo of grave monument, altho from such a distance that inscription cannot be read)

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Kelton-306 and Kelton-151 appear to represent the same person because: same mother, father, and spouse
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