Homestead in Mustang
This is a picture of the farm in Mustang, Oklahoma, where Elza Dolton raised his family. He originally had something
less than a quarter section, but over time sold it off. He farmed and raised fruit and melons of all kinds that he took
to the farmers market in Oklahoma City and sold it wholesale at the dock. Uncle Thomas had a retail booth there and
he sold produce retail. I assume they did business when they could agree on the price. Grandpa Elza built a car wash on the
North side of his home which was an excellent source of income for many years. He sold the car wash when he could no
longer maintain it. It's still in operation there.
Isham Dalton
The Dolton family represented on this web site is descended from Isham Dalton who was born in 1763 and first appears in histories and documents in Virginia. We don't know if he was born in Virginia or came there from somewhere else. We have no documentation that he was related to any of the other better known Virginia Dalton's like Soloman or James. The best evidence would indicate that he was the son of William Dalton who lived in Virginia and then moved in succession to West Virginia and North Carolina.
Kinfolk
Most of the history, that I know, of the Dolton in-laws occurred in Oklahoma Territory which later became the state of Oklahoma. None of our kinfolk were Sooners. They all came to the Territory after the runs and purchased land from those early settlers. The Dolton's and Mohr's were farmers in Mustang. The Londons and Kirby's were carpenters and built homes all over central Oklahoma. But, they went where the work was and so they also built homes in Texas and other surrounding states. The Johnson's owned property in Guthrie (the Territorial capital) and made money from selling their mineral rights to oil companies.
Then I met a beautiful girl whose family is mostly in Northwestern Pennsylvania. They live in towns like Brooksville, Dent's Run, Reynoldsville, and Erie. They worked with coal, glass, the railroad, and a variety of other local enterprises. So you see her families listed here too.
