Show W DALTON GOES TO REWARD yesterday morning al W dalton of willard closed lifs his eyes in that final sleep which knows no awakening in this life for a number of days the aged man had been unable to speak to those about him and ills his family realized that the end was rapidly approaching mr air dalton was inas born in madrid st lawrence county new york on nov NOT 1st ast 1828 and came west in 1850 he was bound tor for california and arrived in utah on the bill of september lie he remained in ogden that winter and became interested in mormonism he also became acquainted with his first wife rozilla whitaker whom he married on the ath day of december that same year A short time after his marriage he joined the mormon church which act directly changed his course in life for instead of going on to california to seek for gold he and his wife removed to willard in 1853 and fiere the subject of this sketch has resided continuously since all during his life sir air dalton has been an active man in church affairs and has filled a number of missions ile he labored as a missionary in europe and mexico and four times served as a missionary to various parts of the united states ile he presided over the quorum of seventy tor for forty nine years and yas was released to become a bishops counselor lie he served as justice of the peace was a delegate to the territorial convention tor for one term and served as a captain to in the territorial militia he Is reputed to have built one orr of the first two houses erected in ogden and during lis its residence in willard he has divided his attention between farming studying astronomy writing in working out various inventions on which he has secured patents his most notable literary work is the little book key to this earth in which lie he discusses the planetary system and the travels tra vels of the tribes as well as the travels of the Nep hites lus his book gal gained ined wide circulation mr dalton has been an assiduous temple worker and is credited wivi shaving having done dohe ordinance work for persons ills faith in the gospel was waa firm and because of his wide study of astronomy lie he could talk most interestingly es upon the prophesies contained in the scriptures as he ha endeavored to harmonize his theories with them to show that all things are done in a a perfectly natural manner and in strict accordance cor dance to law mr air dalton had three wives vie fie second being alice ophelia miller whom he married in 1868 and the third being sarah ann hymas chom he married in 1899 by his first wife lie he had nine children by the second one and by the third two there are 47 grand children and 54 great grand el children ildren the funeral services will be held on monday at I 1 in the willard tabernacle |