Ruth L. Pelton
1912 - 1992 (79 years)
1. Ruth L. Pelton was born on 18 Dec 1912 in Creston, Adair County, IA (daughter of James Abner Pelton and Lillian Frances Detering); died in Oct 1992 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. Ruth married James D. Essington on 14 Mar 1942. James was born on 25 Dec 1914 in Burchinal, Cerro Gordo County, IA; died on 26 Feb 1976 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Pauline E. Pelton died on 15 Mar 1997 in Omaha, Douglas County, NE.
2. James Abner Pelton was born on 9 Feb 1887 in Creston, Adair County, IA (son of William Hopkins Pelton and Ida Miller); died on 8 Dec 1968 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. James married Lillian Frances Detering about 1910 in Creston, Adair County, IA. Lillian was born on 14 Nov 1888 in Creston, Adair County, IA; died in June 1925 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Lillian Frances Detering was born on 14 Nov 1888 in Creston, Adair County, IA; died in June 1925 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. Children:
- Doris Ida Pelton
- 1. Ruth L. Pelton was born on 18 Dec 1912 in Creston, Adair County, IA; died in Oct 1992 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA.
Generation: 3
4. William Hopkins Pelton was born on 12 Jul 1846 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT (son of William Clark Pelton and Hannah Eliza Hopkins); died in Feb 1939 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. William married Ida Miller on 13 Jun 1881 in Greene County, IA. Ida was born in 1861 in Iowa; died in 1896 in Creston, Adair County, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Ida Miller was born in 1861 in Iowa; died in 1896 in Creston, Adair County, IA. Children:
- Ada Jean Pelton was born on 25 Dec 1882 in Iowa; died in in Orange County, CA.
- William Miller Pelton was born about 1885; died on 30 May 1960.
- 2. James Abner Pelton was born on 9 Feb 1887 in Creston, Adair County, IA; died on 8 Dec 1968 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA.
- Frederick Leander Pelton was born about 1890 in Iowa; died on 9 Aug 1930 in Omaha, Douglas County, NE.
- Helen Mary Ida Pelton was born on 20 Oct 1892 in Creston, Adair County, IA; died on 23 Dec 1975 in Darby, Delaware County, PA.
- Ross Herbert Pelton was born on 8 Dec 1894 in Iowa; died on 3 Apr 1983 in California.
Generation: 4
8. William Clark Pelton was born on 13 Aug 1817 in Chatham, Middlesex County, CT (son of Abner Penfield Pelton, Jr. and Esther Hamlin); died in 1904 in Creston, Adair County, IA. William married Hannah Eliza Hopkins on 7 Apr 1843 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT. Hannah (daughter of Russell Hopkins) was born on 6 Jul 1821 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT; died on 3 Feb 1868 in Wallingford, New Haven County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Hannah Eliza Hopkins was born on 6 Jul 1821 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT (daughter of Russell Hopkins); died on 3 Feb 1868 in Wallingford, New Haven County, CT. Children:
- 4. William Hopkins Pelton was born on 12 Jul 1846 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT; died in Feb 1939 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA.
- Mary Pelton was born on 10 Jul 1849 in Middletown, Middlesex County, CT.
- Leander Pelton was born on 8 Jan 1853 in Wallingford, New Haven County, CT.
- Warren Pelton was born on 17 Sep 1856 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT; died on 1 Jun 1857 in Portland, Middlesex County, CT.
- Herbert Pelton was born on 28 Apr 1858 in Middletown, Middlesex County, CT.
- George B. Pelton was born on 16 Apr 1861 in Middletown, Middlesex County, CT.