Joseph Alvin Dalton

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Joseph A. Dalton

I am requested to send you the following account of the life of Joseph A. Dalton whose funeral services were held Sunday in the 8th ward, Salt Lake City.

Joseph Alvin Dalton was born Dec. 12, 1860, at Centerville, Utah. He was the son of Simon C. and Elnora Warner Dalton, Utah pioneers. His mother died when Joseph was six years of age and he was placed in the home of Mrs. Rosetts Robison, who later went to Montpelier, Idaho, where he served as bishop for many years. On Sept. 22, 1881, he married Mary Pauline. Holmes, daughter of James and Harriet Holmes of Montpelier. Nine children were born to them, six sons and three daughters. His wife and children all preceded him in death. His last son, Kenneth, who was auditor for the Amalgamated Sugar company at Twin Falls, Idaho, died in Salt Lake City four years ago.

To Joseph Dalton, by a second marriage, was born three sons and three daughters, four of whom are still living. During his early life Mr. Dalton located on a ranch in Thomas Fork valley, Bear Lake county, where he resided for several years. In 1902 he moved his family to Raymond, Canada, where they resided for a few years and then moved to Union, Oregon, where he served as counselor to Bishop Hammond for about six years. In 1912 he moved his family to Salt Lake City.

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