Bea Elizabeth Dalton

This person, "Bea Elizabeth Dalton", is not on the 1860, 1870 or 1880 censuses with the family of James L. and Adeline (Younger) Dalton. While she may have lived, evidence suggests someone wanted to be related to the Dalton gang and purposely fabricated her relationship to this family.

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• from http://www.geni.com/discussions/115488?msg=834869

This is an example of genealogical fraud and it is well documented at: http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/getperson.php?personID=I186034&tree=m...

We will be fighting this fraud until more people start doing more due diligence in researching family trees. The truth matters.

From the website:

Dalton Gang Outlaw Research - The Day Coffeyville Bled

"... there does exist a brand of individual who is willing to produce a hoax, even at great expense to himself, in an attempt to prolong the illusion of being a Dalton descendant."

"Many years ago, Jeremiah Franklin Dalton did this very thing. He professed loud enough and long enough to create an image that he was the true "Jesse James." It was not until after his death, in the early 1950s, that the accepted fact that he was not who he had claimed to be was registered and is now duly noted. Through his work on the subject, Jeremiah Franklin Dalton spawned a large number of imitators of sorts. ..."