Christenia Frances Dalton

Brief Life History of Christenia Frances

When Christenia Frances Dalton was born on 2 August 1829, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Absalom Bostick Dalton, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Poindexter, was 23. She married Rufus Hix Massey in 1850, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Tebo Township, Henry, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 11 February 1896, in Henry, Missouri, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton Township, Henry, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Hix Massey
1818–1898
Christenia Frances Dalton
1829–1896
Marriage: 1850
Nathan A. Massey
1851–
David N. Massey
1853–
Malissia Massey
1855–
John Dudley Massey
1856–1920
Robert Johnson Massey
1857–1937
Amy Susan Massey
1858–1933
Rufus Hopkins Massey
1860–
Louisa S. Massey
1862–1898
George William Massey
1864–1915
Ida Lee Massey
1866–1952
Mary Frances Josephine Massey
1869–1952

Sources (13)

  • Christena Dalton in household of Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
  • Christenia F Dalton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Christina F. Dalton Massey, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

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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Thomas Ogg bio with Massey info

Missouri, the Center State. Page 85 Under the heading THOMAS W. OGG: Thomas W. Ogg, now living retired in Clinton, was for many years actively engaged in general agricultural pursuits in Henry county …

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