Notes for JOHN R DAYTON:
Son of Smith and Unknown Wife Dayton.
Born: 1849 in Unknown.
Died: 1913 in Unknown.
Buried: Plot: 35; Union Cemetery, Middle Island, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
Married: (1) Amelia A Davis Before 1885 in Unknown.
(2) Ada Davis About 1897 in Unknown.
Amelia and Ada were sisters.
Obituary
Port Jefferson Echo Feb 1, 1913
In the death of John R Dayton of Port Jefferson Station on Friday last this section loses one of its most highly respected citizens, Mr Dayton, who at the time of his demise, was 65 years old, was born in Port Jefferson, his father being the late Smith Dayton. When a lad he went to Yaphank where he resided for some time with his bachelor uncles, James and William Dayton, on a large farm, which he inherited after their death, and conducted the farm for a number of years, making a specialty of sheep raising. Later he married Miss Amelia Davis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester H Davis, of Coram, and upon her death which occurred a short time after their marriage, he went to the Pacific coast, where he traveled extensively. Later he located in Salt Lake City, where he engaged in real estate and also conducted a dairy for a number of years, when he disposed of his intrests there and returned to Yaphank. About fifteen years ago he married Miss Ada Davis, a sister of his first wife, by whom he is survived. About this time, he purchased the Nathaniel Dickerson place near Poet Jefferson railroad station, where he has carried on truck farming until last fall, when failing health compelled him to retire from active work.
Funeral services were conducted at the late home of the deceased on Monday afternoon, attended by a large number of relatives and friends. The officiating clergymen were Rev A. M. Elliot, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this village, and Rev A J Norris, pastor of the Middle Island Presbyterian church, of which latter Mr. Dayton was a member. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful and included pieces from School Dist. No. 25, the teachers and pupils of the Port Jefferson Station and Terryville school, and the Balley Democratic Club of Port Jefferson Station. Interment was in the Presbyterian churchyard at Middle Island. The carriers were all nephews of the deceased.
John R Dayton was a man who enjoyed the highest confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends. A sincere christian gentleman of the highest moral character, generous to a fault, square in all his dealings, it can truthfully be said, "a good man has been taken from us." The relatives of the deceased have the deep sympathy of the public in their bereavement.
