Susan Emeline Dameron Coldiron Allphin was born 26 August 1833 in Dresden, Weakley County, Tennessee, United States to Constantine Ladd Damron (1801-1849) and Sarah Emeline McCormick (1803-1845) and died 10 January 1879 Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married William Coldiron (1831-1857) 2 December 1850 in Lawrence County, Missouri. She married Israel Dodge Allphin (1814-1903) 28 February 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
1863 : A Mother's Anguish
Monument to the Stoneless Graves of Pine Valley
In Memory of :
- Hyrum Allphin (1862-1863)
- Joseph Warren Allphin (1859-1863)
- Mary Matilda Coldiron (1855-1863)
- Sarah Ellen Coldiron (1853-1863)
- See Also Pine Valley Cemetery (Utah) - Stoneless Graves Monument:
History - July 16, 1863, a cloudburst in Pine Valley sent a flood down the gorge (7 miles south). Susan Allphin was putting her baby to bed when she heard the roar. Holding tightly to baby Hyrum and Susan Emeline in each arm with her other three children, little Joe Allpin, Sarah and Martha Coldiron clinging to her skirts she rushed down the stream to Burnetta Allphin's house.
Israel Dodge Allphin (Burnetta and Susan's husband) took Susan from her arm just moments before a floating log struck her other arm and knocked baby Hyrum into the roaring current. The other three children at her heels were also swept away. Susan clung to a protruding log on Burnetta's house as she wept for her stolen children.
Israel helped his remaining family members to safety, then swam all night in the cold stream trying to locate the children. The bodies were found hanging naked in the tops of the cottonwood trees farther down the creek. All that was left of their clothing on their torn and bruised bodies were the cuffs and neck band of baby Hyrum's little red flannel nightgown.
Their bodies were taken to Pine Valley and buried in the same grave in the Old Pine Valley Cemetery. Later a flood came down and washed away all but four of the graves in that cemetery. The bodies of Joseph, Hyrum, Sarah and Mary were never found.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Henry Harrison Coldiron (1851-1857) | 1 March 1851 Tennessee, United States | 1857 Near Missouri River, Nebraska, United States | |
| Sarah Ellen Coldiron (1853-1863) | 4 October 1853 Josephville, St. Charles County, Missouri, United States | 16 July 1863 Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah, United States | |
| Mary Matilda Coldiron (1855-1863) | 23 October 1855 Five Points, Ellis County, Texas, United States | 16 July 1863 Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah, United States | |
| William Wesley Coldiron (1858-1858) | 1 January 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 28 February 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | |
Siblings
Residences
Vital Records
- Location : Panguitch City Cemetery (Utah), Garfield County, Utah
- Susan Allphin at Find A Grave
See Also
- Susan Dameron
- Damron in Weakley County, Tennessee
- Coldiron in Washington County, Utah