John Melvin Dalton (1854-1915) - Find a Grave Memorial

John Melvin Dalton

Birth

30 Oct 1854

Centerville, Davis County, Utah, USA

Death

31 Oct 1915 (aged 61)

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Burial

Evergreen Cemetery

Springville, Utah County, Utah, USA Add to Map

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John-8 Melvin Dalton was the son of Elnora-7 Lucretia Warner and her husband 2) Simon Cooker Dalton, b. 31 Aug. 1854, Centerville, Davis, Utah, d. 31 Oct. 1915, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, buried in Springville, Utah, Utah; m. Adelaide Chase, daughter of Solomon Drake and Lydia Ann (Thorn) Chase on 1/20/1879 in Springville, Utah, Utah.

John Melvin Dalton's mother, Elnora Lucretia (Warner) Berry-Dalton, died when he was just nine years old and his father shortly afterwards married Louisa (Durham) Bowen (widow of Israel Bowen). The family then moved to Springville on a farm. Here he grew to be a mature, versatile young man, and not only engaged in farming, but he and his brother Eugene established their own freighting company, running between Utah and Nevada.

While living in Springville, he met Adelaide Chase and they were married there 1/20/1879. Taking his bride to a small wooden structure located on a few acres of ground near the center of town, Adelaide and John began their happy life together, and they had fourteen children (five boys and nine girls). He was a good father, an honorable missionary, a businessman with sharp acumen, and taught his children to get the most out of their lives.

14 DALTON children:

1. Miriam Dalton B-11/2/1879, Springville, Utah; m. 1) Levi Snow, m. 2) William H. Tobin, m. 3) James Drew.

2. Beulah Dalton B-3/17/1881, Springville, Utah, D-12/19/1937; m. 1)Charles Allen Bagley, m. 2) James Tanser Burrup.

3. Lydia Elnora Dalton 3/13/1883, Springville, Utah; m. James Riley Shupe.

4. Adelaide Dalton B-8/29/1884, Springville, Utah; md. 1) Percy Bishop Patterson, m. 2) Riley Boren House.

5. Melvin Emmett Dalton B-1/4/1887, Springville, Utah; m. Edna Hyde.

6. Sterling Dalton B-11/16/1888, Springville, Utah, D-3/30/1891.

7. Estella Dalton B-11/16/1888, Springville, Utah, D-5/13/1917; m.
Richard Zaccheus Howard.

8. Joseph Clifford Dalton B-11/5/1890, Springville, Utah, D-9/2/1891.

9. Roberta Dalton B-6/14/1893, Springville, Utah; m. 1) Lynne P. Wilcox, m. 2) Floyd Collins Brundage.

10. Lawrence Dalton B-11/28/1896, Springville, Utah, D-4/4/1905.

11. Lois Dalton B-3/24/1898, Springville, Utah; m. Dr. Munn Quayle Cannon.

12. Audrey Dalton 3/4/1900, Montpelier, Ida.; m. Theodore Magnus Sorensen.

13. Edward Stanton Dalton B-1/14/1904, Salt Lake City, Utah, D-3/30/1904.

14. Helen Lamar Dalton B-3/13/1905, Salt Lake City, Utah; m. Lowell Smith Palmer.
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Source: "The John Dalton Book of Genealogy," by Mark Ardath Dalton. Online.
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Research: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
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WARNER Lineage: John-7 Melvin Dalton, Elnora Lucretia (Warner) Berry and Dalton, Luther-6 Warner, David-5 Sr., Jesse-4, Samuel-3, Daniel-2, Andrew-1 WARNER, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.