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Frank J Colton

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Frank J Colton

Birth
Keating, Baker County, Oregon, USA
Death
28 May 1991 (aged 79)
Baker County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon, USA
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"Frank J and Lilliefae Colton". Frank James Colton was born to John J and Nora A Colton July 3, 1911, at the home of his grandparents, William H and Caroline Thrasher Colton in lower Powder Valley. Grandmother Caroline named baby Frank. She remembered the two young men who rode with the Thrasher 1879 wagon train and upon parting in the Grande Ronde Valley, introduced themselves as Frank and Jesse James, the notorious outlaws.
After Frank James Colton was born, John left with a band of sheep to Summer Range on the Minam River, Wallowa Mountains. The three-month allotment was on the south side of the Minam, Trail Creek and Lowry Gulch area. Less than a month later, Nora saddled her horse, laid her son on a pillow in front of the saddle and joined John on the second day out. The following summer, Frank was learning to walk at the same herding site.
Grandfather William H Colton was a prominent rancher and sheepman. (Baker County History, pg 123)"
I'm related through a "step-cousin" marriage to grandmother Caroline Thrasher.
Regards,
Karen Lansing

"Frank J and Lilliefae Colton". Frank James Colton was born to John J and Nora A Colton July 3, 1911, at the home of his grandparents, William H and Caroline Thrasher Colton in lower Powder Valley. Grandmother Caroline named baby Frank. She remembered the two young men who rode with the Thrasher 1879 wagon train and upon parting in the Grande Ronde Valley, introduced themselves as Frank and Jesse James, the notorious outlaws.
After Frank James Colton was born, John left with a band of sheep to Summer Range on the Minam River, Wallowa Mountains. The three-month allotment was on the south side of the Minam, Trail Creek and Lowry Gulch area. Less than a month later, Nora saddled her horse, laid her son on a pillow in front of the saddle and joined John on the second day out. The following summer, Frank was learning to walk at the same herding site.
Grandfather William H Colton was a prominent rancher and sheepman. (Baker County History, pg 123)"
I'm related through a "step-cousin" marriage to grandmother Caroline Thrasher.
Regards,
Karen Lansing

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