Baltus Dayton

Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, 21 November 1917, Page 3. "Baltus Dayton, aged 83 years, passed away at the family home, 1021 Routt avenue, early yesterday morning. The body was forwarded last evening by the McCarthy Undertaking company to Anthon, Iowa, accompanied by relatives."

Father of possibly 17 children: six who died young (as per son Samuel's obit), names unknown; & Sarah Ann Caroline Dayton who married William Isaac Hinds; Charles H. Dayton who married Sarah "Sadie" Ann Hinds; Howard B. Dayton; Frank W. Dayton who married Grace Ella Luddington; Emily Jane Dayton who married John William Hicok; Hattie M. Dayton; Reuben(Albert Reuben) Dayton who married Sarah "Sallie" Rose; Ervis Earl Dayton who married Estella Rebecca Winchell; Anna Mariah "Maria" Dayton who married William F. Groffy; Samuel Dayton; and Polly Dayton who married 1) James P. Wright & 2) John Gossett.

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Land Patent #OKNMAA 034790 in Harper, Okahoma was issued on December 30, 1904 to Baltus Dayton. A map and Satellite view are available here:

http://thelandpatents.com/patents/oknmaa-034790/map

The land patented by Baltus Dayton lies directly adjacent to and between the land patents of his sons-in-law, William F. Groffy and John W. Hicok.