Brief Life History of Smallwood Jefferson
When Smallwood Jefferson Dalton Sr. was born on 16 June 1815, in Piedmont, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Burwell Smallwood Dalton Sr, was 25 and his mother, Lucy Booth Clardy, was 21. He married Rebecca Eskew on 19 August 1832, in Anderson, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Grove Station Church, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1860. He died on 1 March 1894, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Grove Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Small Dalton, "United States Census, 1880"
- Smallwood Dalton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Smal... Dalton in entry for Robert Augustus Dalton, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
Spouse and Children
1815–1894 Male
1812–1896 Female
Children (15)
1833–1863 Male
1835–1847 Male
1838–1925 Female
1839– Male
1840– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1790–1850 Male
1794–1856 Female
Siblings (12)
1811–1887 Female
1813–1875 Male
1814– Female
1815–1894 Male
1818–1893 Female
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 4
1822 · Slave Rebellion
Age 7
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 21
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Dalton in Westmorland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English dæl ‘valley’ (see Dale ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The surname was taken to Ireland by English traders in the early 13th century .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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