Dalton, Don McCarroll
Person
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.
Citation:
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).Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Don McCarroll Dalton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1059
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates:
1906-1965
Don McCarroll Dalton articles, 1938-1957
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Articles written by Don McCarroll Dalton, dated 1938 to 1957.
Dates:
1938-1957
Don McCarroll Dalton correspondence, 1905-1963
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates:
1905-1963
Don McCarroll Dalton diaries, 1910-1935
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Don McCarroll Dalton's diaries from his mission in the central states (1910-1916), service during World War I (1918), and his mission in South Africa (1930-1932 and 1933-1935).
Dates:
1910-1935
Don McCarroll Dalton family papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates:
1906-1965
Don McCarroll Dalton personal papers, 1909-1965
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates:
1909-1965
Don McCarroll Dalton South Africa Mission papers, 1906-1935
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates:
1906-1935
Miscellaneous
Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates:
1906-1965
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 7
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 5
- Latter Day Saints -- South Africa -- History 5
- Lawyers -- Utah -- History 5
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- History 5
- Certificates 4
- Immigration and American Expansion 4
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Apostles 4
- Letters 4
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American 4
- Diaries 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Articles 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- South Africa 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- South Africa -- Diaries 1
- Mormon missionaries -- Central States -- Diaries 1
- Religious literature, American 1
- Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries 1
- Utah -- Politics and government 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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