Guy R. Pelton
Guy Ray Pelton (August 3, 1824 – July 24, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.[1] He later attended Oberlin College, after which he studied law in Kinderhook, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and commenced practice in New York City with his older brother, Timothy Dwight Pelton[1][2] He was a member of the Union League Club and Freemasons, and was active in business ventures including a rubber manufacturing company.[1] Pelton died while climbing Mary Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming on July 24, 1890; he had visited the park while en route to his home in Massachusetts after a trip to Alaska.[3] He was buried at Mahaiwe Cemetery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.[4] In 1859, Pelton married Mary Childs Franklin, who died in 1866.