Branch No. 23

No Branch Captain at this time.

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LAST NUMBER USED: 42
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                                                                                     1 COLIN (1) LATTA
Lived in Scotland, m. Mary Muir and Janet Bauch.

Children:
2    THOMAS (2).
3    JOHN (2).
8    HUE (2) d. young.
9    COLIN (2) by second wife.
10  JANET (2) m.
11  HELEN (2) m.
12  SOPHIA (2) m.
13  ELIZABETH (2) m.

                                                                                     2 THOMAS (2) LATTA
Colin (1). Born Brinton, Sterlingshire, Scotland; d. 48 years of age. Coal miner. Injured in the mine near Glasgow then kept store. Married Margaret Kiddie at Liberton Parish, Scotland, about three miles from Edinburgh.

Children:
4   COLIN (3) Born at Gilberton Parish of Liberton near Glasgow, Scotland on October 15, 1822; d. at Inkerman, Luzerne Co., Pa. October 25, 1852. Killed in coal mine.
14  ROBERT (3) When three years in America was drowned in the Ohio River. Born April 23, 1823; d. 1850.
5   THOMAS (3) Born March 19, 1826; d. about 1876..
15 JANET (3) twin with Thomas b. March 19, 1826; m. Robert Simpson, brother of the wife of Thomas. Lived in Pittston, Pa. Her daughter married Dr. D. Thompson and lived in Denver, Colo.
16  MARY (3) died at age of 5 years.
17 MARGARET (3) d. April 1887 in New Zealand where she went for her health; m. John Atkins in Falkirk, Scotland.
18 GEORGE (3) twin with John. Went to Melbourn, Australia when 20 years old.
6   JOHN (3) twin with George.
19 DAVID (3) died at age of 18 years.

                                                                                   3 JOHN (2) LATTA
Colin (1). Married and had two children:
20 Unknown (3).
21 Unknown (3).

                                                                                  4 COLIN (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Colin (1). Born at Gilberton Parish of Liberton near Glasgow, Scotland October 15, 1822; d. at Inkerman, Jenkins Township, Luzerne Co., Pa. October 25, 1852. Came to American in May, 1848, and was killed in a coal mine at the age of thirty; m. Jeanette McGregor, daughter of Alexander and Ellen (Henderson) McGregor, of Falkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. Her people were Highlanders. After Colin's death, Jeanette married John Black, a fire-boss in the mines at Inkerman on March 8, 1854. They had 4 children, two of whom were Ellen (Mrs. John B. Evans), and John P. Black, of the firm of Doyle & Black, proprietors of the Metropolitan Theater, Cooper Avenue, Aspen, Colorado. Jeanette's husband, John Black, was a member of the IOOF and the K. of H., a Republican and a member of the Board of Mine Examiners. 

Children:
22 THOMAS (4) b. in Falkirk, Scotland February 27, 1846; d. 1847.
23 ALEXANDER (4) b. April 14, 1849 in Schuylkill County, PA.
24 THOMAS (4) b. December 2, 1850 in Pa. Was a hotel keeper in Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colo. In 1906 lived at Glenwood, Colo. Single. (See story of the "Red Onion" in Aspen)
25 COLIN (4) b. January 5, 1853; d. July 9, 1854 in Pa.

"History of Luzerne County, PA"

JOHN BLACK, fire-boss at the No. 5 Colliery, Pennsylvania Coal Company, Inkerman, Jenkins township, was born in the County of Northumberland, England, May 13, 1832, a son of Pearson and Margaret (Atkinson) Black. His father, who was an outside stable-boss at the mines, reared a family of six children, three of whom are still living, viz.: Mary (Mrs. Henry Heffern, Colo.), John, and Jacob, who is a retired railroad accountant in England. Our subject embarked in life, working about the mines, at the age of eleven years, and this has been the occupation of his life. He came to America in 1852, and was engaged in mining for six months at each of the following places: St. Clair, Gold Mine Gap and Sweet Aaron, Pa. He then came to Inkerman, where he followed mining till 1880. From 1880 to 1890 he was fire-boss and miner, and since 1890 he has been fire-boss alone. Mr. Black was married March 8, 1854, to Mrs. Jeanette Latta, daughter of Alexander and Ellen (Henderson) McGregor, natives of Scotland, and widow of Colin Latta, by whom she had four children, two of whom are living. This happy union has been blessed with four children, two of whom are living, viz.: Ellen (Mrs. John B. Evans, Plains), and John P., of the firm of Doyle & Black, proprietors of the Metropolitan theater, Cooper Avenue, Aspen, Colo. Mr. Black is a member of the I.O.O.F. and the K. of H. He is a Republican in his political views, and is at present a member of the board of miner examiners.

                                                                                5 THOMAS (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Colin (1). Born March 19, 1826; d. about 1876. Twin with Janet. Married Elizabeth Simpson. They lived near Glasgow, Scotland in 1890. Ten children, Thomas is the only one whose name is known. Born 1851.

Children:
26 THOMAS (4) Born: 1851
27 Unknown (4)
28 Unknown (4)
29 Unknown (4)
30 Unknown (4)
31 Unknown (4)
32 Unknown (4)
33 Unknown (4)
34 Unknown (4)
35 Unknown (4)


                                                                                        6 JOHN (3) LATTA
Thomas (2) Colin (1). Twin with George. Married Mary Lang, who died on voyage to New England. In 1890 he lived in New Zealand.

Children:
36 THOMAS (4) born about 1866.
37 Unknown (4) died when her father landed in New Zealand.

                                                                               7 ALEXANDER (4) LATTA
Colin (3) Thomas (2) Colin (1). Born in Pa. April 14, 1849; m. Jane Robertson August 17, 1878. In 1890 lived at Inkerman, Pa.

Children:
38 JESSIE (5) b. March 30, 1879; at Inkerman, Pa.
39 MAY (5) b. May 20, 1880 at Inkerman, Pa.; d. July 16, 1880.

                                                                             23 ALEXANDER (4) LATTA
Colin (3) Thomas (2) Colin (1). born in Schuylkill County, PA on April 14, 1949 to Colon Latta and Jeanette (McGregor) Latta, natives of Scotland. Alexander was a miner in Jenkins Township. Educated in the public school, and in the select school of Benjamin Evans, Pittston, and at the age of eleven years began working about the mines, which vocation he has since followed, including twenty-one years mining. He built his residence in 1887. Mr. Latta was married August 17, 1878, to Miss Jane Robertson, daughter of William and Barbara (Laird) Robertson, natives of Scotland. He and his wife attended the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Latta was a member. Mr. Latta was a member of the K. of P. and was a Republican in his political views.

Children:
40 JESSIE (5) b. _________.
41 unknown (5) b. _______________.

"History of Luzerne County, PA" shows the biography of Alexander Latta:

ALEXANDER LATTA, miner, P.O. Inkerman, Jenkins township, was born in Schuylkill county, Pa., April 14, 1849, a son of Colon and Jeanette (McGregor) Latta, natives of Scotland. His father, who was a miner, came to America in May, 1848, and died October 25, 1852, at the age of thirty years. The family consisted of four children, two of whom are living: Alexander, and Thomas, a hotel keeper in Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colo. Our subject was educated in the public school, and in the select school of Benjamin Evans, Pittston, and at the age of eleven years began working about the mines, which vocation he has since followed, including twenty-one years mining. He built his present residence in 1887. Mr Latta was married August 17, 1878, to Miss Jane, daughter of William and Barbara (Laird) Robertson, natives of Scotland. They have two children, one of whom is living, Jessie. He and his wife attend the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Latta is a member. He is a member of the K. of P., and is a Republican in his political views.

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, who in his lifetime was a prominent citizen of Inkerman, Jenkins township, and who had worked in the mines in Scotland and America for forty years without receiving any injury, died at his residence, October 7, 1874, at the age of fifty-two years. He came to America in 1854, and followed mining till the time of his death. Mr. Robertson was married September 30, 1841, to Miss Barbara, daughter of Edward and Jane (Beverage) Laird, natives of Scotland, and the fruit of this union was as follows: William; Jane, married to Alexander Latta, a miner, of Inkerman; John, engaged in mining, and living at home; Barbara (Mrs. William Jones), who died at the age of twenty-six years; Marion, married to William F. McIntyre, a boiler maker, in Ohio; Alexander, engaged in mining, and living with his mother; Edward, who died at the age of five years; Edward (second), engaged in gold and silver mining in Colorado; and David, living at home. This family have been identified with the Presbyterian Church, and are Republican in their political views. [Since the above was written, information has been received of the death of Mrs. Barbara Robertson. Ed.]

                                                                                    24 THOMAS (4) LATTA
Colon (3) Thomas (2) Colin (1). b. December 2, 1850 in PA; married Laura _________; was a hotel keeper and saloonkeeper in Aspen, Colorado; 1900 Federal Census of Pitkin County, CO lists Thomas, 49, his wife Laura, 40, and a stepdaughter Grace, 16, at 313 East Hopkins St, Aspen. Laura was born in England, as were her parents, and Grace was born in Kansas. (See story of the "Red Onion" in Aspen)

Children:
42 GRACE (4) b. _________

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NOTES:

Colon Latta was a member of Company E, 155th PA Vol. Infantry in the Civil War. Company E was recruited from Allegheny County, PA. The 155th PA Vol. Infantry served at Antietam at Sharpsburg, MD, in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Pursuit of Lee, were on duty at the line between the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October of 1863, were in the Bristoe Campaign, the Mine Run Campaign, the Rapidan Campaign, which consisted of the Battle of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Spottsylvania Court House, the Siege of Petersburg, and the Appoxmattox Campaign, where they were at the Appomattox Court House during the surrender of Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. They also participated in Washington D.C. at the Grand Review of May 23, 1865, and were mustered out on June 2, 1865. Colon Latta's dates of service are unknown at this time, but of the total enrollment of 149 when they were mustered into service, 5 were not on muster out or never joined, 16 were killed, 14 died of disease, 44 were discharged for wounds and disabilities, 7 were transferred to V.R.C., 18 were transferred to other units, 3 were discharged for various reasons, 4 were discharged by G.O. or expiration of terms, 21 were wounded, and only 38 were mustered out with the Regiment.