Brief Life History of Amos Harrison
When Amos Harrison Dalton was born in 1839, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Smallwood Jefferson Dalton, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Eskew, was 27. He lived in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Grove Station Church, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Harrison Dolton in household of S Dolton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Amos Harrison Dalton - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Amos Harrison Dalton
- Amos H Dalton in household of J Dalton, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1815–1894 Male
1812–1896 Female
Siblings (15)
1833–1863 Male
1835–1847 Male
1838–1925 Female
1839– Male
1840– Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 7
1860
Age 21
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 31
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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