E. D. Dalton    

E. D. DALTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Corry, was born in Cloneen, County Kilkenny, Ireland, July 13, 1826; son of Peter and Anna (Durney) Dalton, the former of whom died in Ireland in 1837, aged fifty-two years, and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1871, aged seventy-three years. A brother of our subject died at the age of thirteen. E. D. was educated in Ireland, and came to America at the age of twenty-four. He was married in Ireland in 1846 to Ellen Grant, born there January 1, 1819, daughter of James and Joanna (Grant) Grant, both deceased, the former in 1870 and the latter in 1853. They were the parents of twelve children, six living. Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Dalton are the parents of six children— Anna, widow of Thomas Bates; Joanna, wife of Addison Patterson; Peter (deceased), Stachie, Mary (deceased), and James, married to Estella Kennedy, of Wayne. Our subject owns ninety-two and a half acres of land within the city limits. He makes a specialty of blooded stock. In politics, he is a Republican.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.