Biography

Don DcCarroll Dalton (1895-1979) was a latter-day saint rancher, lawyer, and mission president.

Don McCarroll Dalton was born on May 12, 1895 in Manassa, Colorado to John C. Dalton and Hannah Daphne Smith. He served as a missionary in the Central States mission from 1914-1016. On Decenber 28, 1917 he married Myrtle Geneva Jorgensen. He then enlisted in the army and was stationed in Paris from 1918-1919 during World War I. He served another mission in the Eastern States mission from 1927-1928. In 1929, he was called to serve as the mission president of the South Africa mission of the Church, a calling which he filled from 1929-1935.

Dalton was an attorney by profession, practicing law in the state of Utah. He also was active in politics. He died on January 6, 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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familysearch.org, via WWW, April 8, 2020 (born on May 12, 1895 in Colorado, son of Jahn C. Dalton and Hannah Daphne Smith, missionary in Central States mission, marriage to Mytle Geneva Jorgensen,service in WWI, mission in Eastern States Mission, mission president in South Africa, attorney profession, politician, death on January 6, 1979 in Salt Lake City).

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