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 […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 7 Jessie [White] Dayton, my grandma and wife of Wilber Thomas Dayton, Sr., was a very attractive young woman. In 1902, she was a 22 year old, single, and working in a nearby hotel (see news article at above). A dam was being built in the […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 7 Most of you are familiar with the book which Steve and I collaborated on a few years ago. In case you didn’t get a copy, you can find it on Amazon.com. The paperback is $19.95. The book title is the headline above. We also have […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 7 By Jim Dayton My sister, Mary, got me interested in stamp collecting when I was about eight. By the time I was ten, I was passionate about it. I even knew when the new issues were coming out, and I went to the local post […]
DFH Volume 1 Issue 7 by Priscilla (daughter of Paul Dayton) You know how important our family altar time was to Dad and Mom [Paul and Ruth Dayton], and we all had to take turns praying. Honestly, at the time, I didn’t appreciate it. I really liked those rare times […]
