Simon Cooker Dalton

Brief Life History of Simon Cooker

When Simon Cooker Dalton was born on 1 January 1806, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Dalton, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Cooker, was 38. He married Anna Annibal on 11 August 1825, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 14 November 1885, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Simon Cooker Dalton
1806–1885
Elnora Lucretia Warner
1822–1865
Marriage: 4 February 1846
Don Carlos Warner Dalton
1846–1846
Frances Dalton
1847–1957
Frances Elnora Dalton
1848–1918
Maryann Turza Warner Dalton
1850–1858
Simon Eugene Dalton Sr.
1852–1933
John Melvin Dalton
1854–1915
Frank Heber Dalton
1856–1933
Ianthus Dalton
1858–1859
Joseph Alvin Dalton
1860–1933
Alonzo Maylon Dalton
1862–1928
Son Dalton
1865–1865

Sources (76)

  • Simon C Dolten, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Simon C., "BillionGraves Index"
  • Simon Cook Dalton in entry for Charles Wakeman Dalton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810

Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, New Jersey, United States 1812: Bradford, New Jersey, United States

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.

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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Simon Cooker Dalton

SIMON COOKER DALTON (DOLTEN) Much of this was compiled by:Helen LaMar Dalton Palmer Simon Cooker Dalton or (Dolten) was the sixth child and the third son of …

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