Catahoula County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Dayton, Edward Walker April 6, 1867 - January 29, 1941

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Edward Walker Dayton was the son of Johnathan Wesley Dayton and Mary Alice 
Stone Dayton. He was born April 6, 1867 in Catahoula Parish, LA. He married 
April 13, 1892, Rosa May Routh, daughter of Francis Routh and Emeline Gibson 
Routh. He was President of the Catahoula Parish School Board in 1918 and signed 
many High School Diplomas including his own daughter's, Emeline Dayton. He was 
later Superintendent of the Schools in Catahoula Parish and his portrait hangs 
in the School Board. He owned Pecan Grove Plantation known also as Ogden 
Plantation. His grandmother, Sarah Dayton Morris owned Frogmore Plantation. He 
enjoyed having large barbecues with many people attending from all over. Upon 
his death on the 29th of January 1941, his funeral was held at Block High 
School and was attended by many. 

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