From Mike Dalton, Oregon, USA
Author’s Note: Research on this photograph began with a request for information on a Martha Cardwell Dalton of Portland, Oregon, whose husband Frank Dalton came from Kentucky. This Martha A. Dalton was an Oregon Suffrage activist. November 30, 2012 will be the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in Oregon. This right became nationwide with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution on August 16. 1920.
The notation on the photograph "Carrie, a relative of Martha Dalton's husband's relative," piqued my interest as a Dalton researcher. This article is the result of that research.
A Robert Hunter Dalton of North Carolina ancestry connected with a George Dalton of English ancestry, by marrying one of his in law nieces. The following article documents a time-honored tradition of marrying into influential families.
1850 Census of Circleville,
Ohio |
1860 Census of Los Angeles,
California |
| Name | Age | Name | Age | Born In |
| George Dalton | 43 | 54 | England | |
| Elizabeth Dalton | 37 | 45 | Ohio | |
| Ann C. Jenkins | 16 | Caroline Hereford | 25 | Ohio |
| William H. Jenkins | 15 | England | ||
| Charles Jenkins | 11 | Ohio | ||
| Medora A. Hereford | 5 | California | ||
| Caroline A Hereford | 4 | California | ||
| George Dalton | 14 | 23 | England | |
| Winnal T. Dalton | 5 | 14 | Ohio | |
| Edwin H. Dalton | 2 | 12 | Ohio | |
| Josephine Dalton | 7 | California | ||
| Mathias Dalton | 5 | California |
July 21, 1873(8): Dated photograph of: “Carrie – Martha Dalton’s husband’s relative” taken by Bradley & Rolofson of 420 Montgomery St., San Francisco, California. This is a photograph of a pregnant* young woman. It is found in the Jeanette Barlow photograph collection at Oregon Historical Society Research Library in Portland, Oregon. Jeanette Barlow was the granddaughter of Martha A. Cardwell (an Oregon Pioneer) of Illinois and Frank Dalton of Kentucky. They lived in Portland, Oregon. The photograph indicates a circumstantial link between Frank Dalton and Robert Hunter Dalton.
April 25, 1877: Robert Hunter Dalton, age 31 (1846) of Mississippi marries Carrie A. Hereford, age 20 (1856) of California in Los Angeles, California. The marriage was reported in the Sacramento Bee newspaper on April 30, 1877.
BIOGRAPHY NOTES:
Ann Caroline Jenkins, daughter of widowed Elizabeth Jenkins, who married widowed George Dalton, married a Hereford of Alabama, had his two daughters Medora and Caroline A. (Carrie) and was widowed by him.
References: Above 1850 Census of Ohio and 1860 Census of California; "Daltons in History" articles of August, 2000 about the Daltons in Los Angeles, California.
Robert Hunter Dalton, Jr. was the son of Dr. Robert Hunter Dalton, who was born in Rockingham, North Carolina and corresponded from Los Angeles, CA from circa 1875 to 1877. Dr. Robert Hunter Dalton had an avid interest in genealogy. In 1877 Robert Sr. wrote that Henry Dalton, brother of the above George Dalton, remarked that his father in England had bankrupted the family by litigating for a contested Dalton Estate in Yorkshire, England. In later years, one of Robert’s relatives in North Carolina remarked that there were Daltons “scattered from London to Los Angeles.” Dr. Robert H. Dalton died and was buried in Tacoma, Washington in early 1900.
References: Mary Hunter Kennedy papers 1759 – 1905 donated to University of North Carolina Library (unc.edu); A Brief history of the Dalton Family and the Hunters by Robert H. Dalton, M.D. - January 15, 1878 Neosho, MO. and donated to Missouri Historical Society (mohistory.org) in St. Louis, MO by his granddaughter Mary Louise Dalton, the State Librarian.
Robert Hunter Dalton, Jr. lived in Portland, Oregon from circa 1880 to circa 1886. He and his wife Carrie lived at 271 Eleventh St., near Clay in the 1880 Census. The family of widowed Martha A. Dalton lived nearby at 451 Alder St. near Eleventh, a mere distance of about half a mile uphill, in present day downtown Portland, Oregon.
References: Portland City Directory of 1880 to 1886; 1880 Census of Portland, Oregon.
Robert and Carrie moved to San Diego, California to be near Carrie’s sister Medora Howard. They lived at 1957 4th St. in San Diego. Robert and Carrie were buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, California with her mother Caroline Ann Hereford. George Dalton of England is also buried within the cemetery grounds.
* The 1910 Census of San Diego, CA shows one child born/ none living for widowed Carrie Dalton; the 1880 Census of Portland, OR shows no children for the couple.
References: 1900 and 1910 Census of San Diego, California; Dalton Databank – USA - California - Cemeteries; California Voter’s Registration Lists - San Diego 1900-06.
