Princetta Collett

1878 - 1939  (61 years)

• Name	Princetta Collett
  Born	11 Jan 1878	Escalante, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
  	Family Search has Princetta's birth in Escalante, Garfield, Utah in 1878 but there was no Garfield county in 1878. That would have been in the Iron County territory. Garfield County was not organized until 1882 and Utah was still a territory at that time.
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Apr 1939	Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA
  Buried	10 Apr 1939	Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA
  Person ID	I2158	My Family Tree | Collett-Williams
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Reuben Collett,   b. 19 Jul 1839, Pendock, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 21 Jan 1920, Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Albert Bills,   b. 19 Apr 1876, Clover Valley, Lincoln, Nevada, United States ,   d. 15 Jun 1931, Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1897	Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jan 1878 - Escalante, Iron, Utah Territory, United States Married - 12 Aug 1897 - Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States Died - 7 Apr 1939 - Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA Buried - 10 Apr 1939 - Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories		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