Adeline Clarisse (Blake) Panton was the daughter of NYC dentist Elihu Blake, Jr and his wife, Adeline Nancy Mix. Born ~ 1830, Adeline married George Bryan Panton, Jr on 13 Nov 1850 at Hamden in New Haven County, Connecticut. The couple soon relocated to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where George Panton's brother-in-law, Major Edmund Augustus Ogden (for whom Fort Ogden, UT was named) was in command.
While in Kansas, Adeline and George Panton had four children in four years. It is not clear whether their only son, William Panton, was the first-born, or if his sister, Alice C (probably Alice Clarisse) was born first (It's possible they were twins). What is known is that both William and Alice died at Fort Leavenworth where their headstones are arranged in the oldest section of the fort's cemetery.** The Panton's other children were Adele Anna Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1853) and Emma Louise Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1854--probably 23 Aug 1854).
In September 1854, the New York Evening Post reported the death of Adele C Panton, 24, the daughter of Dr (dentist) Elihu Blake, and wife of George B Panton, at Fort Leavenworth on 23 Aug 1854. Her husband would survive her by only 2 1/2 years. He died at the New York home of her father on 13 Feb 1857. At the 1860 & 1870 censuses, the couple's two surviving daughters, Adele and Emma, lived with George's mother, MaryAnn Thomasine "Annie" (Codrington) Panton Loomis, and her second husband, Colonel Gustavas Loomis. Adele would die in 1872 at the age of 19, leaving only the future of Emma, who was not found on the 1880 census, in question.
** In August, 1954--exactly 100 years after the death of Adeline Clarisse (Blake) Panton--the US Army surveyed the Fort Leavenworth cemetery, noting the headstones found for William & Alice Panton as being private memorials which had become illegible. These were replaced with US National Cemetery markers, reflecting the only information at hand -- the names of William & Alice Panton. No doubt, their mother was buried beside them, but her stone was either lost or had become so illegible, that even her name could not be determined. When contacted, the cemetery declined to add Adeline's name to her children's markers. As a result, there is no marker at Fort Leavenworth to commemorate the sacrifice this "Army-bride" made on behalf of her husband's contribution to our country.
While in Kansas, Adeline and George Panton had four children in four years. It is not clear whether their only son, William Panton, was the first-born, or if his sister, Alice C (probably Alice Clarisse) was born first (It's possible they were twins). What is known is that both William and Alice died at Fort Leavenworth where their headstones are arranged in the oldest section of the fort's cemetery.** The Panton's other children were Adele Anna Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1853) and Emma Louise Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1854--probably 23 Aug 1854).
In September 1854, the New York Evening Post reported the death of Adele C Panton, 24, the daughter of Dr (dentist) Elihu Blake, and wife of George B Panton, at Fort Leavenworth on 23 Aug 1854. Her husband would survive her by only 2 1/2 years. He died at the New York home of her father on 13 Feb 1857. At the 1860 & 1870 censuses, the couple's two surviving daughters, Adele and Emma, lived with George's mother, MaryAnn Thomasine "Annie" (Codrington) Panton Loomis, and her second husband, Colonel Gustavas Loomis. Adele would die in 1872 at the age of 19, leaving only the future of Emma, who was not found on the 1880 census, in question.
** In August, 1954--exactly 100 years after the death of Adeline Clarisse (Blake) Panton--the US Army surveyed the Fort Leavenworth cemetery, noting the headstones found for William & Alice Panton as being private memorials which had become illegible. These were replaced with US National Cemetery markers, reflecting the only information at hand -- the names of William & Alice Panton. No doubt, their mother was buried beside them, but her stone was either lost or had become so illegible, that even her name could not be determined. When contacted, the cemetery declined to add Adeline's name to her children's markers. As a result, there is no marker at Fort Leavenworth to commemorate the sacrifice this "Army-bride" made on behalf of her husband's contribution to our country.
Adeline Clarisse (Blake) Panton was the daughter of NYC dentist Elihu Blake, Jr and his wife, Adeline Nancy Mix. Born ~ 1830, Adeline married George Bryan Panton, Jr on 13 Nov 1850 at Hamden in New Haven County, Connecticut. The couple soon relocated to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where George Panton's brother-in-law, Major Edmund Augustus Ogden (for whom Fort Ogden, UT was named) was in command.
While in Kansas, Adeline and George Panton had four children in four years. It is not clear whether their only son, William Panton, was the first-born, or if his sister, Alice C (probably Alice Clarisse) was born first (It's possible they were twins). What is known is that both William and Alice died at Fort Leavenworth where their headstones are arranged in the oldest section of the fort's cemetery.** The Panton's other children were Adele Anna Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1853) and Emma Louise Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1854--probably 23 Aug 1854).
In September 1854, the New York Evening Post reported the death of Adele C Panton, 24, the daughter of Dr (dentist) Elihu Blake, and wife of George B Panton, at Fort Leavenworth on 23 Aug 1854. Her husband would survive her by only 2 1/2 years. He died at the New York home of her father on 13 Feb 1857. At the 1860 & 1870 censuses, the couple's two surviving daughters, Adele and Emma, lived with George's mother, MaryAnn Thomasine "Annie" (Codrington) Panton Loomis, and her second husband, Colonel Gustavas Loomis. Adele would die in 1872 at the age of 19, leaving only the future of Emma, who was not found on the 1880 census, in question.
** In August, 1954--exactly 100 years after the death of Adeline Clarisse (Blake) Panton--the US Army surveyed the Fort Leavenworth cemetery, noting the headstones found for William & Alice Panton as being private memorials which had become illegible. These were replaced with US National Cemetery markers, reflecting the only information at hand -- the names of William & Alice Panton. No doubt, their mother was buried beside them, but her stone was either lost or had become so illegible, that even her name could not be determined. When contacted, the cemetery declined to add Adeline's name to her children's markers. As a result, there is no marker at Fort Leavenworth to commemorate the sacrifice this "Army-bride" made on behalf of her husband's contribution to our country.
While in Kansas, Adeline and George Panton had four children in four years. It is not clear whether their only son, William Panton, was the first-born, or if his sister, Alice C (probably Alice Clarisse) was born first (It's possible they were twins). What is known is that both William and Alice died at Fort Leavenworth where their headstones are arranged in the oldest section of the fort's cemetery.** The Panton's other children were Adele Anna Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1853) and Emma Louise Panton (b @ Ft Leavenworth in 1854--probably 23 Aug 1854).
In September 1854, the New York Evening Post reported the death of Adele C Panton, 24, the daughter of Dr (dentist) Elihu Blake, and wife of George B Panton, at Fort Leavenworth on 23 Aug 1854. Her husband would survive her by only 2 1/2 years. He died at the New York home of her father on 13 Feb 1857. At the 1860 & 1870 censuses, the couple's two surviving daughters, Adele and Emma, lived with George's mother, MaryAnn Thomasine "Annie" (Codrington) Panton Loomis, and her second husband, Colonel Gustavas Loomis. Adele would die in 1872 at the age of 19, leaving only the future of Emma, who was not found on the 1880 census, in question.
** In August, 1954--exactly 100 years after the death of Adeline Clarisse (Blake) Panton--the US Army surveyed the Fort Leavenworth cemetery, noting the headstones found for William & Alice Panton as being private memorials which had become illegible. These were replaced with US National Cemetery markers, reflecting the only information at hand -- the names of William & Alice Panton. No doubt, their mother was buried beside them, but her stone was either lost or had become so illegible, that even her name could not be determined. When contacted, the cemetery declined to add Adeline's name to her children's markers. As a result, there is no marker at Fort Leavenworth to commemorate the sacrifice this "Army-bride" made on behalf of her husband's contribution to our country.
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