Families of William Oscar Colton

WILLIAM OSCAR COLTON, son of MALVINA AMANDA WHEELER and MELZAR COLTON, was born February 26, 1859 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin,⁶⁹⁶⁰ and died June 22, 1937 in Oregon.⁷⁰⁸⁴ He is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.^{7084, 456}

He married (1) ELLEN AGNES SYLVESTER on February 28, 1880 in Albany, Green, Wisconsin,⁴⁸¹⁸ daughter of LUCINDA HARRIET SMITH and JOHN SUTHERLAND SYLVESTER. She was born September 8, 1858 in Athens, Fayette, Kentucky,⁶⁹⁶⁰ and died March 6, 1903 in Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Colton Cemetery, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶

He married (2) NINA L. SMEAD on January 28, 1904 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.²⁰⁸⁵ She died February 6, 1939 in Oregon.⁷⁰⁸⁵ She is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.⁷⁰⁸⁵

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of William O. Colton)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of William O. Colton)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of William O. Colton)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ellen A. Sylvester)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ellen A. Sylvester)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ellen A. Sylvester)

Children of NINA L. SMEAD and WILLIAM OSCAR COLTON:

1. AGNES LOUISE COLTON, b. November 25, 1905, Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota;^{456, 6979} d. June 24, 1992, Cheney, Spokane, Washington.^{756, 456}
2. WILLIAM E. COLTON, b. September 14, 1907, Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota;⁶⁹⁷⁹ d. March 1, 1920, Los Angeles County, California;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.⁴⁵⁶
3. SUMNER SMEAD COLTON, b. September 10, 1908, Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota;^{6979, 456} d. September 12, 1908, Colton, Minnehaha, South Dakota;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Colton Cemetery, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶

Obituaries

Daily Argus-Leader, March 7, 1903⁶⁹⁹¹

Word reached Sioux Falls Friday evening of the death Friday afternoon at Colton of Mrs. W. O. Colton. The lady was one of the old residents of the county and had a large acquaintance.

Albany Vindicator, March 12, 1903⁷⁶⁹³

Ellen Sylvester Colton died at her home near Colton, S.D. on the 6th inst. Deceased lived with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Sylvester, of the town of Sylvester, from infancy till she was married to W. Colton in 1880, going west with her husband the same spring. She leaves the husband and three sisters and one brother besides many other friends and relatives. She was in her 44th year.

Oregonian, June 25, 1937⁷⁰⁸⁴

COLTON—June 22, William Oscar, late of 6203 S. E. Clinton, beloved husband of Nina L. and father of Miss Agnes Colton of Portland. Friends are invted to attend funeral services Friday, June 25, at 1 P. M., at the Chapel of the Mt. Scott Funeral Home, Foster road at S. E. 59th Ave. Commitment Lincoln Memorial Park.

Oregonian, February 8, 1939⁷⁰⁸⁵

COLTON—Feb. 6, Nina Colton, late of 6203 S. E. Clinton, beloved mother of Miss Agnes Colton of Portland. Friends invted to attend funeral services Thursday, at 1:30 P. M., in the Chapel of the Mt. Scott Funeral Home, Foster road at S. E. 59th Ave. Concluding services and interment Lincoln Memorial Park.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 18607145	Athens, Fayette, Kentucky	Rachel Sutherland John Wesley Sylvester William Hills Sylvester Stephen Price Sylvester Frank Adelbert Sylvester Phiania Emily Sylvester Ellen Agnes Sylvester
August 21, 18604814	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Melzar Colton Malvina Amanda Wheeler John Edmund Colton William Oscar Colton
August 31, 18704815	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Melzar Colton Malvina Amanda Wheeler John Edmund Colton William Oscar Colton Mary Ellen Colton Melvina Jerusha Colton Harriet Louisa Colton
August 31, 18704815	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Amos Ralph Sylvester Loraine B. Rust Moses Wood Sylvester Frank Adelbert Sylvester Phiania Emily Sylvester Ellen Agnes Sylvester Rachel Sutherland
June 14, 18801050	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Ellen Agnes Sylvester William Oscar Colton
June 8, 19006965	Taopi, Minnehaha, South Dakota	Ellen Agnes Sylvester William Oscar Colton
January 4, 1920353	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	William Oscar Colton Nina L. Smead Agnes Louise Colton William E. Colton
April 9, 1930901	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon	William Oscar Colton Nina L. Smead Agnes Louise Colton