Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

JOHN EMERY DALTON was born in Allen County, Ky., and is the third in a 
family of eight children born to Daniel and Nancy (Kelly) Dalton, who 
were natives of Allen County.  Both are living, aged seventy and sixty-
three years, respectively.  Daniel Dalton during the early part of his 
life was engaged in agriculture.  He is a member of the Methodist 
Church, in which he has been a local minister for forty years.  He was a 
colonel of State militia, and has been a man of considerable local 
prominence.  He is a son of William and Winea Dalton, who were of 
English lineage, and natives of the Old Dominion, and pioneers of Allen 
County.  Nancy (Kelly) Dalton is a daugher of John Kelly, who at an 
early age emigrated from Virginia and settled in Simpson County, where 
he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death.  John E. Dalton 
was born October 15, 1844.  He was reared on a farm, where he worked 
during the summer months and attended school for a short time each 
winter until he attained his nineteenth year.  On the 6th of December, 
1863, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Mahaley and 
Henry Mayhew, of Allen County.  To them have been born nine children, 
all of whom are living:  Julia B., Alfred P., Ella R., Ollie B., Pearl, 
Harvey, Effie, Emma and Ruth.  Mr. Dalton joined the Federal Army on the 
30th of August, 1863; enlisted in Company B, Fifty-second Kentucky 
Mounted Infantry, in which command he served until January 17, 1865.  
After receiving his discharge he returned home, but soon after removed 
to Warren County, where he leased land and farmed until 1870, when he 
returned to Allen County, where he bought a farm and continued in 
agricultural pursuits up to the present time.  He has been very 
successful in business, and is now the proprietor of 300 acres of 
excellent farming land, all of which is enclosed and one-half in a high 
state of cultivation, and improved with large frame dwelling, spacious 
barns and good orchards.  He gives some attention to stock farming and 
owns some very fine stock.  In 1885 he made a prospecting trip to 
Florida, traversed the length and breadth of the State, and finally 
purchased a tract of land near Charlotte Harbor, but does not like the 
prospect well enough to locate there.  Mr. Dalton is a Democrat, but has 
no political aspirations.  His time is devoted to his farming interests 
and to the culture and education of his children.  He and wife and two 
children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a 
steward.  Mr. Dalton is a Master Mason, and his membership is in Graham 
Lodge, No. 208.

Dalton Kelly Mayhew
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FL Simpson-KY VA Warren-KY

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