Build your family tree online ; Share photos and videos ; Smart Matching technology For the film based on them, see, Dalton gang following the 1892 Coffeyville, Kansas raid. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Afraid to go near them, Bill left out supplies and food, while there were several times the boys visited Bill's house at night. As Emmett reviewed the roles of the various participants, he concluded by saying, "Then there was Tom Evans down tending the horses." He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. He was found 2 miles away, dead. They played poker all night in Traver and then traveled to Tulare to do the same. Bob and Emmett were hiding out in a ranch barn a mile west of Malaga, and after arriving the brothers talked until morning. Most officers believed that Grat immediately escaped the county, but Sheriff Kay thought otherwise. na Randolph Dalton, Emma Dalton, Robert Rennick Dalton, Eva May Dalton, Mason Dalton, Henry Coleman Coleman Dalton, Gratton Hanley Dalton July 13 1937 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. A storekeeper who was sweeping the sidewalk a few feet away noticed Bob, Emmett, and even Grat, who was wearing a fake mustache, and ran inside his store. In January 1889, Grat and Bob both became deputies first under Marshal Jones and later under Marshal R.L. Threatened with prison time, Smith told Kay that Middleton could be followed to Dalton's camp when he carried him supplies. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. Emmett Dalton - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage Dalton took part in several robberies with the Wild Bunch, including a gun battle on September 1, 1893, at Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, where three deputy U. S. marshals were killed. Wagy said, "Here is your hole", and kicked the broom handle onto the floor. Lit said that Emmett's book, When the Daltons Rode (1931), was largely fabrication. Some years later, Lit Dalton asserted that Bob and Emmett had told him many times that they had robbed the train. As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. For the four months that Bob and Emmett spent trying to lose Sheriff Kay in the desert, Grat sat in the Tulare County jail in Visalia awaiting his trial. Emmett reappears on a wanted poster in Les Cousins Dalton his character of tallest of the Dalton Brothers being taken over by Averell Dalton. The Dutton Family Tree - Yellowstone, 1883, 1923 Characters The plan was that Bob and Emmett were to rob the First National Bank while Grat, Broadwell, and Powers robbed the Condon Bank across the street. Joining afterwards were Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and Charley Pierce. He would, he claimed, "beat anything Jesse James ever didrob two banks at once, in broad daylight." They waited until the heavy bearded, two-hundred and thirty pound man was thirty feet from them. The posse reached Dalton's camp at nine and split into two groups in order to surround the camp, Kay leading one and Hensley the other. Bill escaped through a window at the back of the house, but as he ran through a patch of corn he was shot and killed by the deputy marshals. Ken Haas 4/22/12. Kay found out that, before they had arrived, Bob and Emmett had got into a fight at one of the saloons there and badly beat up two cowboys before leaving for Topeka. Married to Cara, he worked the Dutton homestead alongside his nephew,. The deputy handed the message to Judge Burford, who read it aloud to the audience. They had no children. Bill arrived for breakfast like he said, and the four of them took the same table. The actor Tyler MacDuff portrayed Emmett Dalton in the 1957 episode of the CBS documentary drama series You Are There entitled "The End of the Dalton Gang (October 5, 1892). In 189091 they took to robbing gambling houses, trains, and banks and were joined by their brother Bill, until then a married, respectable citizen, whose career had been wrecked by his being linked to his brothers. Eddie Milton Payne, age 78, of Dalton, Georgia, passed away Monday February 27, 2023 at Hamilton Medical Center. Though much of the evidence showed that Grat was in Fresno the night of the Alila robbery, including the testimony of several witnesses, the influence of the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad caused him to receive an unfair trial. [2] He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison.[3]. Two hardware stores in the town had, meanwhile, begun passing out guns to the local civilians, who began firing through the windows at the Condon Bank. The Dalton Chronicles consists of articles contributed by the late DGS Member Rodney Garth Dalton of Utah who passed away on August 28th, 2012. Kay decided to pursue them with his deputy, Jim Ford, and to capture them if possible. Sometime before the Alila robbery, but after Grat, Bob and Emmett had all arrived at Bill's ranch in 1890, Grat had been rumored to have been in possession of rare two dollar bills. Henry Coleman "cole" Dalton, Bea Elizabeth "lelia" Dalton, Franklin "frank" (U.s. Marshall) Dalton, Willia Dennis and Heather, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8861394, OkieSeeker, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25161106, Dennis Pleau, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86873301, Cas Co, Belton, Cass County, Missouri, United States, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States, Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States, Bill Dalton (co-leader of the Wild Bunch), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 - July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. After a hearing, Bill was held for trial for the Alila robbery, but he quickly secured bondsmen and was released. After securing bondsmen, Bill immediately went to Merced and hired John W. Beckenridge, the best attorney in the San Joaquin Valley, to defend Grat. At about 8am, a telegraph messenger came into the room and handed the deputy marshal a telegram, reporting the robbery at Red Rock by the Daltons at 10pm the previous night. Four of the gang were killed in the ensuing gun fight. While in jail, a train robbery occurred near Ceres, on September 3, 1891, but was unsuccessful with no money being taken. The Dalton Gang family tree or - Genealogy.com The next day, Christmas Eve, 1891, the posse of both Sheriff Kay and Sheriff Hensley woke up at three in the morning and ascended the mountain to Dalton's camp. He moved to Hollywood, California, and became a real estate agent, author, and actor, and died in 1937 at age 66. He is the cowboy in charge of it all, and now current governor of Montana. After having a deputy watch Middleton's place, he learned that Middleton was buying enough groceries to last three months and was seen driving east of Sanger. Kay talked to their mother for several hours and she even invited him in for breakfast. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. Simon Noel Dalton (a twin) b. Updates? While the Indian Nations had their own tribal law enforcement, these agencies had no jurisdiction over non-Indians. Walker in Wichita. Grat rode away from the house, jumped the horse over an old rock fence, and began yelling and firing his revolver in the air so that Dean would know that he had escaped. He then rode away with the dog running ahead of him. Powers tried to mount his horse, but shots from the store also killed him. Emmet's grave is pictured in the final panel of the story alongside his brothers and a sign that says "The Daltons died without taking their boots off" Each grave has the hat of the respective owner placed on the Crucifix with Bob Dalton's being shredded with bullet holes. Bob ordered him to drop the gun, and when he failed to answer, shot him with his Winchester, killing him. Bob also hired Emmett under him to guard prisoners. The last night they dug a hole in the brickwall of the woodroom, but found heavy iron bars embedded in the wall that they couldn't get in between. Very soon, half the businessmen around the plaza knew what was going on, and the message quickly passed throughout the town. Maggie Rucker, the woman who once ran the Cross Creek Overland station, was sitting with another girl alone in the front room, silently making dresses. Four of the gang were killed in the ensuing gun fight. Emmett married Julia Johnson Lewis on September 1, 1908 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Henry Starr was arrested in 1893 and held for trial at Fort Smith. Son of James Lewis Dalton and Adeline Lee Dalton This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery. There have been several other nominees suggested to be the sixth man seen riding into Coffeyville, including Bill Dalton, George Newcomb, and Bill Doolin, all of which have never been confirmed. There were three Dalton brothers in the gang: Emmett "Em" Dalton, born in 1871; Robert "Bob" Renick Dalton, born 1869; and Gratton "Grat" Dalton, born 1861. He was afraid some of his friends would be hurt, but Bob assured him there would not be any shooting, and that it would all be over before anyone knew what happened. Their mother also came to California from Kingfisher to pay Beckenridge after she mortgaged her home and borrowed money from neighbors. The most Dalton families were found in USA in 1880. Knowing Grat must've sold or hired a horse, Kay sent Witty to investigate while he kept Grat in sight. The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. After Bill and Riley Dean were brought to the Visalia jail, Sheriff Pervis of Stanislaus County, S.P. Looking to earn more money, Bob also became part of the Osage Nation police force in addition to his job as a deputy. The posse tried firing at Grat through the brush, but he managed to run the mile back to Elwood's ranch. With Bob as the leader, the boys recruited mostly men who had grown up with them in Oklahoma. The Dutton family tree from '1883', '1923', and 'Yellowstone', explained -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Kay asked Rucker if there was anyone else around and she replied that there wasn't. On May 23, 1894, Dalton and his new gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. This mountain would later be known as Dalton Mountain. Doolin, Newcomb, and Pierce visited the Daltons' mother in Kingfisher to console her after her sons' deaths. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. Re: The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. William was born on March 24 1690, in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA. Dalton Brothers, four train and bank robbers famous in U.S. Western history: Grattan ("Grat"; 1861-92), William ("Bill"; 1863-94), Robert ("Bob"; 1870-92), and Emmett (1871-1937). Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. As Witty entered the room, he heard a noise come from somewhere inside. None of the Dalton gang was hit. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. The Dalton's couldn't sell their horses in Ludlow and they didn't have enough money for all three of them to take the train to Indian territory, so Bill took the train back to Paso Robles while Bob and Emmett took the train to Salt Lake where they would meet Cole. Bill, thrown off his guard, quickly turned around and mimicked the greeting, "Kay! James Dalton Hatcher Obituary. The Entire Dutton Family Tree In Yellowstone Explained - Looper.com Elizabeth was born on January 13 1715, in Baltimore, Prince George's, Maryland, USA,. Bill Dalton came into the hotel lobby and began to speak to deputy Yoes in a loud voice, so everyone around them could hear. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. In 1840 there were 39 Dalton families living in Virginia. John III leads what is known as the Dutton Ranch today. Corrections? Emmett had denied accompanying Bob to California. With his revolver in hand, Kay dropped to the ground as they passed the door and slowly entered the station. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary (1956 - 2023) | Bono, Arkansas Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Dalton Hatcher to show support. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. This resulted in the first robbery at Whorton, May 1891, where the gang stole $1200. After Bob and Grat were killed at Coffeyville, Bill Dalton formed another gang with Bill Doolin, known as the Wild Bunch or the Dalton-Doolin Gang. A very large portion in the Oregon Area as well! She was born on April 10, 1956, in Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of the late John M. & Eliza Jane (Isaacs) Webb. This was about 13% of all the recorded Dalton's in USA. This is now known as Dalton Alley. When The Daltons Were Here - 209 Magazine For some reason, however, the body was buried as Bill Powers. My grandfather & great grandfather are both from the US but that's where my knowledge stops. When Jim approached Bill said, "Jim, the birds have flown." William Dalton (1650 - 1722) - Genealogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dalton. Brothers Lit and Bill Dalton were also visiting their mother, and Doolin proposed that they join his group to avenge their brothers. Years after the robberies and his release from prison, Emmett Dalton said that the relentless pressure put on them by Deputy US Marshal Heck Thomas as he hunted for them was a key factor in his gang's decision to commit the robberies. The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish) surname Lw (Loeb) to the German . In order to persuade the townsfolk not to hang him, he agreed to tell them everything they wanted to know. When approached by Kay, Bill told him, "The boys were there when I went to sleep, and when I awakened they had unlocked and gone. The three rode so hard down the valley that Owen's horse soon gave out, so they roped and saddled one of Henry Miller's horses. Family Tree. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. Chris had continually attested his innocence and any confirmation of his already rumored association with the Dalton Gang would have damaged his case. He decided to watch the outside of the place at night to see if he could catch in the act whoever was trying to open the grating. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). In 1931, he published When the Daltons Rode, which was later made into a 1940 movie starring Randolph Scott. Dalton Name Meaning & Dalton Family History at Ancestry.com He also said that Grat was accompanied by Riley Dean, the man who had been arrested with Bill for the Ceres robbery, as well as a dog. Emmett was then hit in the back with a load of buckshot. As Doolin and Dalton were accepted as leaders of the gang, it became known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, and also as the Wild Bunch. [18] No one then or later asked him about the horse tending remark, but it couldn't have referred to Bill Powers because his role as an active participant is well recorded. They had been following the Southern Pacific pay car as it made its way down the valley from Oakland to Bakersfield to pay railroad employees. Gratton Dalton, called "Grat" Dalton, (March 30, 1861 to October 5, 1892) was an outlaw of the Old West, and leader of the Dalton Gang. McCue of the Montgomery County District Court for second degree murder. Short took the prisoner back and placed him in the baggage car. There has been much debate over the identity of the, "sixth man at Coffeyville" reported by witnesses who claimed was accompanying the gang as they arrived in town right before the robbery. He spotted Bob just as he had killed Brown and aimed his rifle at him from behind the store window. Rumors had circulated for months that Bob had planned to come and liberate Grat, so two of sheriff Kay's deputies, Jim Wagy and Bob Hockett, had been hired by Wells Fargo to guard Grat's cell until he was sentenced and sent to San Quentin. He then went to Fresno to check on Lit and Cole Dalton, and was convinced of the same. Grat entered the Condon Bank and pointed his Winchester at the cashier, ordering his hands up, while Powers and Broadwell took positions at the door. Timothy Peter Dalton (born 21 March 1946) is a Welsh actor of film and television. In it she implied that her father was the one who helped Grat Dalton escape from the Visalia Jail, lending credibility to an earlier claim made by Sheriff Gene Kay of this being true. Kay apologized to Grat and let him go, but upon visiting the Sol Sweet store Kay learned that Evans had received gold instead of two dollar bills when cashing his check. Left to right: Bill Powers; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "DALTON Family History: Old West Kansas Dalton Gang KS Heritage Group www.kansasheritage.org", "The Dalton Gang Train Robbery at Adair, I.T. Some time later, the three dissatisfied members also returned and new plans began to form. Bob and Emmett then made their way to the end of the back alley onto Eighth Street, where they could hear the townspeople shooting at the Condon Bank. Kay believed Chris was either protecting himself by helping Grat break from jail or returning the favor for Grat protecting him. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. He attended Irving elementary school and he graduated from Morton East High School in. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett (1994), an original sequel to Gone with the Wind. When they entered the cell, Bill took out his guitar, sat on a soap box, leaned against the bars of the corridor and began to play a popular song he put his own words to and titled, "You'll Never Miss My Brother Till He's Gone". He was John Dutton III's brother but he died only hours after he was born. Grat believed him and decided he would wait until it opened. Even though Sheriff Kay had given up his pursuit of the boys, they still had a $3000 bounty on their heads posted by Wells Fargo and the Southern Pacific Railroad, encouraging lawmen in the area to pick up where Kay had left off. Lindsey in Ardmore, Oklahoma, tracked him to the cabin and surrounded it on June 8, 1894. Almost all of Beckenridge's witnesses were bar keepers, gamblers, saloon hanger-ons, or pimps. The three then rode to the ranch of Clovis Cole, northeast of Fresno, and asked Lit if he could furnish them a horse and saddle. Many members of the gang, including Emmett, complained that the $3500 each was not enough to meet their needs. Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. In 1883, viewers meet the Duttons who settle in Montana near Yellowstone National Park and found the Yellowstone Ranch.James Dutton (Tim McGraw) is the patriarch of the family, a Civil War veteran . Bob and Emmett then took a train headed back to Needles before stopping at Kingman. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. Grat was taken back to jail to await his sentence. The Journal acknowledged witnesses statements then and in a later article that there were two major unanswered questions: who was the sixth man seen riding into town with the gang, and what happened to him? Angered by the charges against Grat and Bill which he knew to be false, Bob decided that the best way to help his brothers would be to acquire enough money to pay for their bail and defense. Since Grat's location was in Fresno County, Kay telegraphed Sheriff Hensley in Fresno, and the two made plans to assemble a posse in Centerville. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. Leading the pursuit was Bob's old friend, Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas, whose renown skills as a deputy kept the gang constantly on the move and in hiding. Grat and Bob Dalton, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers were all killed. Witty had gone to the livery stable in Modesto, at the time being jointly run by Chris Evans and John Sontag, and learned that Grat had sold the horse to Evans who in turn gave him the two dollar bills. Bob and Emmett ran through the back door and ducked into a saloon across the alley. The Journal then went to state that, "The other dead body proved to be that of Tom Evans" and marked number six on their map of the shooting area as "Where Tom Evans fell" and in three other references to him The Journal called him Tom. Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! By Stephanie Dalton March 03, 2008 at 03:10:47 Hello, I am trying to find a family tree for the Dalton family of which 2 members of the Dalton gang are from. Unclaimed. Review. He told Kay that Grat's camp was on a steep mountain in the Sierra Nevada, close to the Kings River and about fifteen miles northeast of Sanger, but that they would never find the place. The Daltons were also featured in yet another Randolph Scott Western, Randolph Scott himself plays Bill Doolin in the film, "The Dalton Gang" is a half-hour, 1954 episode of the American TV series, The Dalton Gang appears in the Italian comic book, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:01. Kay and Ford traveled the fifty miles to Guthrie, but soon came into problems when dealing with different tribal jurisdictions. By that time, Bill had been moved downstairs into what was Grat's cell. From their position, Kay and his deputies were fifty yards from Dalton and Dean, who were both discussing their plan to hunt one of Elwood's hogs for Christmas dinner. Chris Evans and Grat Dalton had become friends while working together in Tulare County during the summer of 1888, at the Grangers Bank of California's wheat warehouses in Tipton and Pixley. Eventually, Bill Dalton left Doolin to form his own Dalton Gang. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was a train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped.