Marshall Oliver Dalton

Marshall was born on April 6th, 1872.  Marshall's father was David Nicholas Dalton and his mother was Rebecca Jane Westmoreland.  His paternal grandparents were Absolom Bostic Dalton and Nancy Poindexter; his maternal grandparents were Alexander Westmoreland and Frances Marshall. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Thomas, Charles, John, Oscar, Alfred, Georgia, Cora and Bertha.  He was the fourth oldest of the nine children. He had six half-brothers and three half-sisters, named William, John, Robert, Rufus, David, Walter, Frances, Nancy and Margaret.  He died at the age of 34 on September 9th, 1906.