Guy R. Pelton

Guy Ray Pelton (August 3, 1824 – July 24, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served as a U.S. Representative to the 34th United States Congress (1855 to 1857).

Biography Pelton was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on August 3, 1824, the second son of Joseph Kneeland Pelton and Harriet Ray. He attended the public schools, the Sedgwick Institution in Great Barrington, and the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suffield, Connecticut. in 1854 Pelton was elected to the Thirty-fourth Congress, March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857. He was buried at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Family In 1859, Pelton married Mary Childs Franklin, who died in 1866. In 1879, he married Angelina Scoville. With his first wife, Pelton was the father of a son, Franklin Dwight Pelton.