Dewey Hanna Colton
Elsa F. Teeter
DEWEY HANNA COLTON, son of EDITH MAY HANNA and ABEL HILBOURNE COLTON, was born February 9, 1898 in Mena, Polk, Arkansas,7377 and died March 27, 1981 in San Diego County, California.250 He is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego, California.456
He married (1) ELSA FERN TEETER on January 17, 1919 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa.1853 She was born September 1, 1896 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa,456 and died January 26, 1988 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.456 She is buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana.456
He married (2) MABELLE PAULINE MORAN. She was born September 22, 1905 in Warren, Huntington, Indiana,456, 10158 and died April 20, 1998 in Escondido, San Diego, California.456, 10158 She is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego, California.456
Education
- Elsa Fern Teeter graduated from West High School, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, 1914.7920
- Yearbook Inscription: "And the best of all ways
To lengthen our days,
Is to steal a few hours from the night." - "Opened her bright eyes first on September 1, 1896, in Waterloo. She later went to Kansas, where she stayed till she had become pretty well tanned, and then came back to her native city. She gave her attention to the Latin course in High School, and belonged to the Delphian Society and Philomel Chorus. In her Freshman and Sophomore years she played center on the girls' class basket ball team."
- Yearbook Inscription:
Military Service
Dewey H. Colton
- was a US Army Veteran of World War I456
Marriage Announcements and News
Evening Courier and Reporter, June 18, 191912753
Colton-Teeter—In the pastor's study at First M. E. church at 9 o'clock this morning took place the marriage of Miss Elsa Fern Teeter and Dewey Hanna Colton. Dr. F. W. Court officiated in the presence of Mrs. Grace E. Teeter, mother of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Knapp, parents of the groom, and Mrs. Emily George. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the bride's home, 420 Sunnyside.
The couple left immediately for a trip to one of the lakes, at the conclusion of which they will reside with the groom's aunt, Mrs. Emily George.
The bride graduated from west high school with the class of 1914.
Obituaries
North County Times, April 23, 199810158
Mabelle Colton, 92
SAN MARCOS — Mabelle Pauline Colton, 92, died Monday, April 20, 1998, in Escondido.
Born Sept. 29, 1905, in Warren, Ind., she lived in San Marcos for seven years. She was a homemaker for 70 years.
There are no survivors and no services are planned.
Memorial donations are suggested to charity of choice.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 22, 19007273 | Mena, Polk, Arkansas | |
| April 18, 19107274 | Sherman, Grayson, Texas |
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| January 6, 1920793 | Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa |
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| April 4, 19402881 | Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri |
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| 195010157 | Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri |
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