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Reuben Collett
1839 - 1920 (80 years)
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Name Reuben Collett Born 19 Jul 1839 Pendock, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Christened 21 Jul 1839 Pendock, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Gender Male Died 21 Jan 1920 Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Buried 25 Jan 1920 Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Person ID I2150 My Family Tree | Collett-Williams Last Modified 21 Jul 2015
Father Daniel Collett, b. 12 Dec 1808, Corse, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom , d. 8 Jun 1894, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States (Age 85 years) Mother Esther Jones, b. 10 Oct 1814, Bullingham, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 4 Jun 1857, Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States (Age 42 years) Married 14 Apr 1833 Corse, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Family ID F770 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elthura Roseltha Merrill, b. 13 Sep 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA , d. 13 Jul 1915, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) Married 17 Jan 1861 Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States Children 1. Phoebe Theresa Collett, b. 24 Jul 1862, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States , d. 16 Jan 1863 (Age 0 years)2. Reuben Samuel Collett, b. 26 May 1864, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States , d. 20 Sep 1946, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 82 years)3. Sylvester Daniel Collett, b. 15 Dec 1866, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States , d. 5 May 1889, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (Age 22 years)+ 4. Sylvanus Collett, b. 15 Dec 1866, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States , d. 29 Apr 1932, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 65 years)5. Julia Ann Collett, b. 20 Feb 1869, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States , d. 17 Sep 1961, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 92 years)6. Adelbert Teancum Collett, b. 3 Nov 1872, Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States , d. 23 Mar 1959 (Age 86 years)7. Charles Merrill Collett, b. 4 Jun 1875, Bennington, Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States , d. 27 Feb 1969 (Age 93 years)8. Princetta Collett, b. 11 Jan 1878, Escalante, Iron, Utah Territory, United States , d. 7 Apr 1939, Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA (Age 61 years)9. Orrin Collett, b. 16 Jul 1882, Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States , d. 22 Dec 1888, Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States (Age 6 years)10. Roseltha May Collett, b. 29 Apr 1884, Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States , d. 18 Oct 1967, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 83 years)11. Clarence James Collett, b. 5 May 1886, Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States , d. 27 Jun 1973, Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 87 years)12. George Collett, b. 15 Sep 1888, Naples, Uintah, Utah Territory, United States , d. 6 Nov 1982, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 94 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2015 Family ID F769 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 19 Jul 1839 - Pendock, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Christened - 21 Jul 1839 - Pendock, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom 
Married - 17 Jan 1861 - Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States 
Died - 21 Jan 1920 - Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States Buried - 25 Jan 1920 - Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 
The Children of Daniel Collett (and his wives Esther, Elizabeth, and Martha)
(from left back) James Jones Collett; Rhoda Sylvia Collett (Merrill); Mary Ann Collett (Wamsley);
(middle) Reuben Collett; Charles Albert Capper Collett; Sylvanus Collett;
Elizabeth Matilda Collett (Merrill)
Eliza Ann Collett (Jones); Julia Ann Collett (Cantwell)
(front left) Thomas Ward Collett; Daniel Ward Collett
Documents Last Will and Testament of Reuben Collett
Dated 13 August 1913
Histories 
A Biography of Reuben Collett
Compiled and printed by Wells and Carol Collett, 1971
The Ancestral Chart from Adam to Elthura
This chart shows the lineage from Adam through the Collett and Merrill linesAn Excerpt from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah by Frank Esshom
Containing family information on Daniel Collett who married Esther Jones; Reuben Collett who married Elthurah Roseltha Merrill; Samuel Merrill who married Phoebe Odell.Biography of Sylvanus Collett
Written by his brother, Charles M. Collett in 1965 at the age of ninety.
An Excerpt:
"Father sold his sheep and bought cattle, so he had 300 head. So RS and Vest became the cowboys. They drove all those cattle for six months thru desert infested Indian land. The water was so scarce, they had to keep a sharp lookout for water signs made by the Indians. The water holes often had a scum on it filled with wigglers, so it had to be strained thru a cloth, then boiled. ...
One day the water sign was missed, so we had to travel two days and one night to find water, the cattle became crazy, one cow chased Vean and on the edge of a steep gully he managed to dodge her, she went down the hill to her death, he barely escaped."
Sylvanus Collett Biography
A 1952 account of the life of Sylvanus Collett by his son Orin.
An Excerpt:
"In the month of April 1881, they (the family) answered the call to move to a new place. This time it was Arizona. At this time my father was fourteen years old and his brother Ruben was sixteen. They left Escalante with 200 head of cattle, 100 head of horses and three wagons and one thousand dollars in cash. Father and his brothers Ruben and Sylvester had to drive the loose cattle and horses. The country was rough and there were no roads for the wagons. It was slow and hard work. Many times the wagons had to be lowered down over the steep banks and sandstone ledges with ropes and saddle horses." - See more at: http://www.myfamilyonline.com/getperson.php?personID=I37&tree=T6#sthash.8LDbF6cI.dpuf
Daniel Collett and His Five Wives
A Pedigree showing his wives and their children.