FROM THE KAY LASH COLLECTION, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF 
STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.  PUBLISHED IN THE STEUBEN 
REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1890, page 1.

LEMUEL COLTON SR., 30 Apr 1800 - 03 Jun 1890

   Died on June 3d, 1890, of old age at his home near 
Pleasant Lake, Steuben County, Indiana, Deacon Lemuel Colton, 
aged 90 years, 1 month and 3 days.
   The subject of this notice was born in New Hampshire, 
April 30, 1800.  In 1815 he moved to Vermont where he resided 
15 years; he then removed to Ohio where he remained 7 years.  
He came to Indiana in 1844, locating in Otsego township, 
where he was united in marriage to Mrs. Matilda Woodworth.  
Four years later he sought a home in Steuben township where 
he remained until death.  He survived his partner in life 
seven years and leaves three sons.
   At the age of 19 he was convinced by the Holy Spirit that 
he was a lost sinner; was led to see Christ as the sinner's 
Savior, and by faith took him as his sin-bearer and became a 
free man.  A few years after his conversion he was baptized 
by Elder Chaffee and joined a Baptist church in Ohio.  Coming 
to this state he joined the Baptist church in Otsego.  During 
the year 1850, he became one of the constituent members of 
the Pleasant Lake church, and at that time was made deacon of 
the church, which office he maintained until death.
   Our late brother had a clear head and a warm heart, full 
of the Holy Ghost and wisdom.  He was ever faithful to all 
the appointments of the church as far as health would permit.  
He was dearly loved by the church and held in high esteem by 
all the people of the community, hence his loss was deeply 
felt when the Head of the church took him to Himself.
   Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Lake Baptist 
church, June 5, his pastor officiating, assisted by Rev. 
Ward, of Auburn, his former pastor.
                                      H. A. McCONNELL.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Lemuel Colton Sr., 30 Apr 1800 - 03 Jun 1890, on 15 Dec 
1847, married Matilda (Irwin) Francis Woodworth Colton, 28 
Sep 1818 - 24 Feb 1883.  They are buried at Clark Cemetery, 
Steuben County, Indiana.  Matilda was married several times 
per the Cemetery Book.  On 06 Nov 1840, in Ithaca, NY, she 
married Barzilliel Woodworth, 20 Feb 1792 - 14 Sep 1846.  He 
is buried at North Otsego Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Lemuel was the son of Lemuel Colton, 22 Jun 1754 - 04 Mar 
1831, who married in Apr 1796 in Sharon, Vermont, Lydia S. 
(Shepard) Colton, 1767 - 1852.  Lemuel is buried in Vermont 
and Lydia is buried at Clark Cemetery.
   Lemuel's grandparents were Josiah Colton Jr., born 07 Oct 
1709 in Enfield, Hartford County, CT, and died Nov 1798 in 
Plainfield, Sullivan County, NH, 13 Jan 1743 in Enfield, 
Hartford County, CT., who married Ruth (Allen) Colton.  Place 
of burial unknown.

   Obituary states he was survived by three sons.  George 
Woodworth was six years old and Barzilla was eight months old 
when Lemuel married Matilda.

CHILDREN OF HIS MARRIAGE TO MATILDA:
   Lemuel C. Colton Jr., born about 1849, on 19 Oct 1872, 
married Martha (Crampton) Colton, born about 1855, burial 
place unknown.
   Carlos/Charles Colton, 1852 - 24 May 1854, buried at Clark 
Cemetery.

STEP-CHILDREN FROM MATILDA'S MARRIAGE TO BARZILLIEL 
WOODWORTH:
   George Woodworth, born 30 Oct 1841, no date of death, on 
17 Oct 1868, married 1st, Emeline (Field) Woodworth, 12 Mar 
1844 - 18 Apr 1893.  On 05 Dec 1894, he married Maria 
Josephine (McGown) Woodworth.  Burial places unknown.
   Edwin Woodworth, 07 Mar 1843 - 08 Jul 1843, buried in New 
York.
   Mary Elizabeth Woodworth, 25 Sep 1844 - 08 Jul 1857, 
buried at Clark Cemetery.
   Barzilliel/Barzilla Woodworth, 08 Apr 1847 - 19 Jun 1903, 
married Charlotte (Smith) Woodworth, 1848 - 1924, buried at 
Pleasant Lake Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

A BROTHER OF LEMUEL COLTON SR:
   Moses Shepard Colton, 16 Aug 1807 - 17 Mar 1868, buried at 
Clark Cemetery.  The Cemetery Book notes that information 
from the family states that his wife died in Vermont in 1832.

Items of interest: Steuben Republican, Wednesday, 13 Aug 
1890, "The Pioneers" Death List states, "At the time of his 
death he was probably the oldest man in the county."  An 
article in the Steuben Republican, Wednesday, 20 Jul 1904, 
page 7, column 7, "TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO", contains a list of 
people in the county who were over 75 years of age on the 
fist day of June, 1880, and Lemuel Colton (Sr) is listed in 
Steuben Township.

Steuben Republican,08 Nov 1893, "City of the Dead," lists 
Charles Colton, Mary Woodworth, Lemuel Colton, Matilda 
Colton.
"Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837 - 1899."
SCGS Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 2000, pages 3, 4, 
Samuel Woodworth Family.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, Page 391; Vol. 2, pages 1998, 1999.
www.familysearch.org - 1880 United States Census, Lemuel 
Colton Sr., Lemuel C. Colton, Jr., IGI Individual Record for  
Lemuel Colton (SR), Matilda Irwin; Individual Record for 
Lemuel Colton (father of our subject), Josiah Colton.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net