Fidelia (Reed) Colton (1819 - 1897)

Born 15 Jan 1819 in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Colton — married 30 Apr 1839 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1897 at age 78 in Bigelow, Marshall County, Kansas

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Biography

Fidelia was born in 1819, the daughter of Tillison Reed and Delia Byam.

She married Andrew Colton in 1839.^[1] They would have nine children.

In her older years Fidelia became quite deaf. One spring morning Andrew told her it was planting time and that he wanted her to help him grease the plow. He had to repeat it 3 times before she seemed to understand, and she answered, "Well, by jimmy jo, if I have to grease the sow, you'll have to hold her." ^[2]

Fidelia passed away in 1897 and is buried in the Antioch Cemetery, Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK3-6TV : 5 November 2017), Andrew Cotton and Fidelia Read, 30 Apr 1839; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 229,486.
2. ↑ Research of Donna Brockish including personal knowledge, family records, correspondence and interviews. Contact Snook-1459
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2018), memorial page for Fidelia Reed Colton (15 Jan 1819–7 Feb 1894), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24402618, citing Antioch Cemetery, Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by laura hughes (contributor 46960853) .

See also:

• "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-K6SL : 23 February 2018), Fidelia Reed, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
• "Kansas State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL68-CB31 : 12 November 2017), Fidelia Colton in entry for Andrew Colton, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF54-93Y : 29 August 2017), Fidelia Colton in household of Andrew Colton, Agnes City, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 104, sheet 222A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,387.
• "Kansas State Census, 1895", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8K-ZWWF : 12 March 2020), Fidelia Colton in entry for Andrew Colton, 1895.