Cora Shelton and Melzar Glenn Colton

MELZAR GLENN COLTON, son of PAULINA JANE MILLER and JOHN EDMUND COLTON, was born January 5, 1883 in Taopi, Minnehaha, South Dakota,⁶⁹⁶⁰ and died February 15, 1956 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.^{6962, 456} He is buried in Colton Cemetery, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.^{6962, 456}

He married CORA SHELTON on October 25, 1938 in Davison County, South Dakota.⁵⁰¹

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melzar G. Colton)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melzar G. Colton)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melzar G. Colton)

Obituaries

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, February 15, 1956⁶⁹⁶³

Melzar G. Colton Is Illness Victim

Melzar Glenn Colton, 73, of the Betheny Lutheran Home died this morning in a local hospital following a len[g]thy illness.

He was born Jan. 5, 1883 in Colton and farmed in this vicinity most of his life, except for brief periods when he lived in Oklahoma and California. The town of Colton was named for a branch of the Colton family.

Mr. Colton was married to Cora Sheldon in Mitchell on Oct. 25, 1938.

Survivors are five sisters Mrs. C. H. Peterson, Brandn; Mrs. C. H. Coxe, Eugene, Ore.; Mrs. J. L. Coutts, Yuba City, Calif.; Mrs. Louis Todnem, Mankata, Minn., and Miss Esther Colton, Britton.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, February 16, 1956⁶⁹⁶²

MELZAR COLTON

The Rev. R. Franklin Schwarm will officiate at funeral services for Melzar Glenn Colton, 73, at the Colton Methodist Church Saturday at 2 p.m. Mr. Colton, resident of the Bethany Lutheran Home, died Wednesday. Pallbearers will be Henry Mannes, Bernie Graff, Clarion and Meton Peterson, Percy Amundsen and Merle Willard. Burial will be in Colton Cemetery. Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 15, 19006965	Taopi, Minnehaha, South Dakota	John Edmund Colton Paulina Jane Miller Melzar Glenn Colton Clarence Henry Peterson Ethel Aurora Colton Ruth Ellen Colton Hattie Jane Colton Aura Vivian Colton Helen Paulina Colton Esther Melvina Colton
May 11, 19106966	Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota	John Edmund Colton Paulina Jane Miller Melzar Glenn Colton Ethel Aurora Colton Ruth Ellen Colton Hattie Jane Colton Aura Vivian Colton Helen Paulina Colton Esther Melvina Colton
February 2, 19206972	Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota	Paulina Jane Miller Melzar Glenn Colton Helen Paulina Colton Esther Melvina Colton
April 23, 19306971	Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota	Paulina Jane Miller Melzar Glenn Colton