Review. Updates? Corrections? During an attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1892, two of the brothers and two other gang members were killed; Emmett Dalton survived, was captured, and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder,[1] although he later asserted that he never fired a shot during the robbery. Left to right: Bill Powers; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "DALTON Family History: Old West Kansas Dalton Gang KS Heritage Group www.kansasheritage.org", "The Dalton Gang Train Robbery at Adair, I.T. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. Emmett married Julia Johnson Lewis on September 1, 1908 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Bill went to Paso Robles and bought a saddle, but after that could not afford anything else as he was broke. It had been raining for several days prior, and it was so cold the ground was covered in ice. Hello!". In the midst of the shooting, Powers told Grat he had been hit in the arm. Kay did not think much of this until later, when Perry Byrd mentioned Chris breaking Grat out of jail. When approached by Kay, Bill told him, "The boys were there when I went to sleep, and when I awakened they had unlocked and gone. Isham passed away on month day 1811, at age 71 at death place, Virginia. It has been speculated by those seeking to answer the confusion that Bill Powers possibly escaped and it was Tom Evans who was killed, as originally reported, or that Tom Evans was just an alias of Bill Powers. Tom Evans, on the other hand, was reported to be the fraternal twin of outlaw Chris Evans, who at the time of the Coffeyville raid was a fugitive hiding out in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. Grat rode away from the house, jumped the horse over an old rock fence, and began yelling and firing his revolver in the air so that Dean would know that he had escaped. Lit noticed that Grat's horse was indeed limp and agreed to help Grat sell it. Emmett was then hit in the back with a load of buckshot. At the station, the gang took what they could find in the express and baggage rooms. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. The second train robbery by the Dalton Gang in Oklahoma was at a small station called Lelietta on September 15, 1891, about four miles north of Wagoner, Oklahoma. . He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. On the morning of October 5, the gang emerged from the alley onto the plaza of Coffeyville. Kay believed they did this to throw him off by going south instead of east. In 1840 there were 39 Dalton families living in Virginia. Then, noticing the vault door was open, Grat ordered both of them into the vault, where the safe with the gold was. Joining afterwards were Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and Charley Pierce. Grat then shot him in the head and killed him. Charles Dalton 18 Oct 1850 Little Catalina, Newfoundland - 10 Oct 1904 managed by Stan Vardy. People . Some years later, Lit Dalton asserted that Bob and Emmett had told him many times that they had robbed the train. He is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. The deep canyons of the area, covered with dwarf cedar and blackjack oaks, made it an ideal hiding place. There were three Dalton brothers in the gang: Emmett "Em" Dalton, born in 1871; Robert "Bob" Renick Dalton, born 1869; and Gratton "Grat" Dalton, born 1861. Outside of a drug store across from the First National, George Cubine was standing with his Winchester aimed at the front door of the bank, awaiting the exit of Bob and Emmett. Southern Pacific detective Will Smith visited Grat's cell almost every day during the trial trying to get a confession out of him and Grat began to despise Smith. On June 8, 1894, while he was playing with his daughter on the front porch of his farm home in Ardmore, Okla., lawmen crept up on him from behind and shot him dead. The Daltons resided first in Cass county, Mo., then Coffeyville, Kan., then back in Missouri, and finally in the wild Oklahoma Indian Territory. Beckenridge showed up to the trial late and drunk, and neither the defense, nor the prosecution mentioned that the fireman had been accidentally killed by the expressman. Dalton family history shows that the name has two possible derivations. The family will receive friends at the Willis Funeral Home on Saturday from 6:00 - 7:30 P. M. Interment will be Monday, March 6, 2023, at 12:30 P. M. at the Chattanooga National Cemetery. The Dalton brothers were descendents of Timothy and Elizabeth Dalton of Bedford Co., Virginia and "Lighthorse" Harry Lee and Charles Younger through their parents, James Lewis Dalton (1826-1890) and Adeline Lee Younger (1835-1925). Littleton "Litt" Dalton, who was a good and hard-working citizen, believed that his younger siblings became lawless because of the bad influence of . Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Dalton Hatcher to show support. The three then rode to the ranch of Clovis Cole, northeast of Fresno, and asked Lit if he could furnish them a horse and saddle. 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. She was born on April 10, 1956, in Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of the late John M. & Eliza Jane (Isaacs) Webb. The Journal reported that, "no one has yet been found who knows him or anything of his antecedents or history." This was a date that Grat had no intention on making. When they entered the cell, Bill took out his guitar, sat on a soap box, leaned against the bars of the corridor and began to play a popular song he put his own words to and titled, "You'll Never Miss My Brother Till He's Gone". Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. detective Will Smith, and Wells Fargo detectives Hume and Thacker arrived to bring the two men to Modesto to stand trial for the Ceres robbery. This family hails from Tennessee, but eventually ends up in Montana by 1883's end. By the time Grat reached his mother's he had lost forty pounds. The Dalton Chronicles consists of articles contributed by the late DGS Member Rodney Garth Dalton of Utah who passed away on August 28th, 2012. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. Emmett Dalton survived the raid but received 23 gunshot wounds. Doolin quit the gang, along with Newcomb and Pierce, due to the mismanagement of finances. By 1882, the family lived in northeast Oklahoma and by 1886 they had moved to Coffeyville in southeast Kansas. Bob and Emmett then took a train headed back to Needles before stopping at Kingman. While their older brother "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists, he served as their spy and informant. Kay decided to place both men under arrest and took them to Visalia. They played poker all night in Traver and then traveled to Tulare to do the same. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. Bob and Emmett returned fire and left Ayres on the sidewalk. Smith, escaped from the Tulare County jail in Visalia while Sheriff Kay was in San Francisco. After having a deputy watch Middleton's place, he learned that Middleton was buying enough groceries to last three months and was seen driving east of Sanger. Though much of the evidence showed that Grat was in Fresno the night of the Alila robbery, including the testimony of several witnesses, the influence of the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad caused him to receive an unfair trial. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers. In August 1891, Charlie Bryant was spotted in Hennessey, Oklahoma, after leaving the gang's hideout to visit his brother in Mulhall. One of the bars had been cut out and replaced with a broom handle blackened by soot. Marshals Service, but it was quickly becoming fragmented due to power struggles between newly formed district courts and jealousy between marshals over their different jurisdictions. Riley would feed the outlaws, and would do the same for any passing officers, but he would never reveal each other's whereabouts to either parties. The man was Riley Dean and he did as he was told. Expecting there to be an escape, and because none of the other deputies would listen to him, Wagy decided to quit. The first look into the Dutton family technically began with Yellowstone, but the first branch of the family tree is filled out with the characters we met in its prequel, 1883. Emmett was sentenced to life in the state prison at Lansing, Kansas, by Judge J.D. Short then turned and the two shot each other to death. Even though Sheriff Kay had given up his pursuit of the boys, they still had a $3000 bounty on their heads posted by Wells Fargo and the Southern Pacific Railroad, encouraging lawmen in the area to pick up where Kay had left off. Emmet's grave is pictured in the final panel of the story alongside his brothers and a sign that says "The Daltons died without taking their boots off" Each grave has the hat of the respective owner placed on the Crucifix with Bob Dalton's being shredded with bullet holes. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. Genealogy for James Lewis Dalton (1826 - 1890) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Henry Coleman "cole" Dalton, Bea Elizabeth "lelia" Dalton, Franklin "frank" (U.s. Marshall) Dalton, Willia Dennis and Heather, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8861394, OkieSeeker, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25161106, Dennis Pleau, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86873301, Cas Co, Belton, Cass County, Missouri, United States, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States, Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States, Bill Dalton (co-leader of the Wild Bunch), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. Kay decided to pursue them with his deputy, Jim Ford, and to capture them if possible. Late in the afternoon, Kay and Witty were about four hundred yards from the station when they saw two men crouching as they crossed the road from the old stage barn to the station. Bob saw Ayres from about 200ft away and quickly shot him in the head. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dalton. In 1918, he portrayed himself in the movie version of his book Beyond the Law.[3]. One night, Jim Wagy heard a noise in the basement and upon investigation discovered that someone had tried to break the lock to the grated window. However, four of the 15 children loom large in western outlaw folklore: Grat, Bob, Bill and Emmett Dalton. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. Hello!". On October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang attempted this feat when they set out to rob the C.M. The Dalton family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. James is also a Civil War veteran, one who suffers from PTSD in a time long before we knew what it was. Sterling, MontgomeryCO, KY Died: 16 Jul 1890 in Dearing, KS Father: Benjamin DALTON Mother: Nancy RABOURN Generations earlier, James Lewis Dalton's (D'Alton) forbears had left France for Ireland. In her unpublished novella, Grat Dalton's Ride, Eva Evans, the daughter of the famous California outlaw Chris Evans, tells the story of Grat Dalton's escape from California after the Alila robbery. A posse assembled by U.S. The remaining years of Emmetts life were spent on the stage, writing a book on the family and the Raid "When the Daltons Rode" in 1931 and as a real estate developer in California. Notes from Obituaries. After he left, the judge asked Yoes who the man was, as he seemed educated and well-informed. Grat was taken back to jail to await his sentence. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Ayres was not killed, but he remained paralyzed for life. Kay assumed that they were probably headed to El Paso, so he and Ford reentered the United States at Douglas. They used the bar they had cut out to pry open the grating in the wood room window and, instead of risking going and putting it back, left the broom handle in its place. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. When told to open the safe, the manager lied, telling Grat it was a time lock and that it would not open for another 10 minutes. Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! The brother of James Dutton, Jacob (Harrison Ford) became the family patriarch in his brother's stead in the early 1900s. He soon discovered a worn place in the carpet and found a trap door hidden underneath. While Bill was playing his guitar, Wagy noticed that he was trying to cover up where the break had been made. But that is not known. Thinking it might be Bob, Kay demanded that Bill tell him where he was. 6 July 1879, d. 6 Jul 1879 in MO. The three rode so hard down the valley that Owen's horse soon gave out, so they roped and saddled one of Henry Miller's horses. As Doolin and Dalton were accepted as leaders of the gang, it became known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, and also as the Wild Bunch. Kay knew that, besides Beckenridge's sabotage of the case, Grat would probably be found innocent and their case against Bob and Emmett would fall through. Soon after, Jim Ford noticed Emmett exit a department store, who quickly ducked back inside upon noticing Kay. Kay sent Ford after Bob and Emmett while he went to the Ogden police to get them to begin searching the city. After making the opening, they ran around the corridors, kitchen, and basement for several nights. When Bill left Barstow by train towards Needles, he decided the boys could not make the trip by horseback so he stopped in Ludlow to intercept them. Right before the deputy ordered Grat to drop his weapon, a dog appeared ten feet from Grat and began barking at the lawman. Re: The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. Kay talked to their mother for several hours and she even invited him in for breakfast. Brothers Lit and Bill Dalton were also visiting their mother, and Doolin proposed that they join his group to avenge their brothers. Neither was he in Merced or Livingston. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. Elizabeth was born on January 13 1715, in Baltimore, Prince George's, Maryland, USA,. Ignoring the advice of the people in Hennessy, he also took the prisoner without a guard. Afraid to go near them, Bill left out supplies and food, while there were several times the boys visited Bill's house at night. This Section of the Data Bank contains anecdotes, short stories and whimsical tales of Daltons throughout history. McCardle's bullet flew straight over Dalton, but Grat's bullet struck the tree within inches of McCardle's face and filled his eyes with bark. In the gunfight, 200 shots were fired. When Kay returned to Visalia, he immediately went with detective Smith to the tailor of the coat found at the Ceres robbery. The last night they dug a hole in the brickwall of the woodroom, but found heavy iron bars embedded in the wall that they couldn't get in between. Richard Henry Dick Dalton, 85, of Columbia City, died peacefully at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2021, at his home. Bill arrived in Paso Robles and was arrested by Sheriff Kay fifteen minutes after getting off the train and was taken to Visalia. Lewis Dalton came west from Kentucky to Missouri during the late 1840s and in the 1850s, he was trading horses and running a saloon in Westport, Missouri (now Kansas City) when he married Adeline. (UP) , Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, USA, May 3 1871 - Belton, Comt De Cass, Missouri, tats-Unis, July 13 1937 - Comt De Los Angeles, Californie, tats-Unis. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. Kay was given a white card from Mexican officials as well as offered a military escort. Both men were hit several times by stray shots; Dr Goff was fatally wounded. Numerous myths were published about the gang. One of the brothers moved to oklahoma yet died in California. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Beatrice Devonna Dalton, please visit our flower store . Very soon, half the businessmen around the plaza knew what was going on, and the message quickly passed throughout the town. There have been several other nominees suggested to be the sixth man seen riding into Coffeyville, including Bill Dalton, George Newcomb, and Bill Doolin, all of which have never been confirmed. He then decided the sack bag was too heavy to carry, and ordered the silver taken out, then stashed what cash he could fit into his coat pockets. Since the horse was lame, they could only get $60 for it and Grat was unable to find another horse afterwards. He then ordered the bags of silver on the vault floor into his bag, containing $1000 and weighing about 200lb. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. He asked Latta not to publish the information until after his death.[13]. Bill Dalton and Bill Doolin had been waiting several miles away with extra horses to aid the gang's escape. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was a train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Wagy told him that he must've slept in a draft, to which Grat replied, "Yes, it must have been pretty cold in the yard over there last night." This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery.
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