DFH Volume 1 Issue 11 Much has already been written in previous publications of this newsletter about the Rev. Charles A. “Chop” Dayton, long-time pastor and administrator in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. However very little has been written about the rest of his family. Charles married Gladys MacDonald Feb 3, […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 11 In 1998, Daytons from throughout the USA, gathered in Corinth New York for a reunion celebration. A portrait was taken of the descendants of each child of the Wilber T Dayton family, Here is the Charles Alexander Dayton family. Back Row: John “Jack” and Camilla […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 10 by Jim Dayton The scariest moment of my life was about 1958 near the height of the cold war with Russia (U.S.S.R.). I was about 10 years old. We used to have bomb drills at school, a getting-down-on-all-fours spell under our desks. I guess the […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 10 by Cammie Luckey When I lived in the Corinth parsonage, my parents were often away on church business at the time I should arrive home from the little K-1st brick school house on Main St. I was no older than seven, probably six. It was […]
During the 1998 reunion, we photographed the offspring of each of the children of Wilber and Jessie Belle Dayton who attended the reunion. The following is the Florence “Flossie” Gertrude Denton family. Flossie [Dayton] Denton’s husband was married twice. He and his first wife (Mary E Palmer) gave birth to […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 9 This is the Corinth, New York Wesleyan church, completed in 1968, to replace the old church which was shown in last week’s newsletter. Most of you are familiar with it because we held our 1998 Dayton Reunion there. Chester Dayton and Paul Dayton were the […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 9 In 1998, we Daytons attended a reunion at the Wesleyan Church in Corinth, NY. There were 128 descendants and spouses from all over the USA. I won’t attempt to name the people in this photo, but do you recognize anyone? Seated left to right are […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 9 Regarding the Shanty Man article, Mark commented, “Grampa (Chip) loved to whittle as well. Now we may know why! Over the years he and I made several “tree-branch” whistles. (Actually, he made them and I used them!)” EDITORS NOTE: The following are Chip’s words […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 9 By Jim Dayton “How in the world could the stoically proper Dayton family have a wild side?” one might ask. The answer is, we may not, but my dad got as close as it gets. In 1956, my dad, Paul, bought a new “two tone” […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 8 Last week I asked you to identify the building and tell a story about it. It was the old Corinth Wesleyan Methodist Church located at 292 River St. in Corinth, NY. The church was built around 1900 and was last used in 1968 when it […]
