Background
Dayton, George Draper was born on March 6, 1857 in Clifton Springs, New York, United States. Son of David Day (Doctor of Medicine and Caroline (Draper) D.
Dayton, George Draper was born on March 6, 1857 in Clifton Springs, New York, United States. Son of David Day (Doctor of Medicine and Caroline (Draper) D.
Doctor of Laws, Macalester College, St. Paul, 1932. Doctor of Literature Jamestown College, 1933.
F. H. Blair). Settled in Minnesota, 1883. Founder, 1902, since president The Dayton Company, Minneapolis, department store, employing 2800 persons. President Dayton Investment Company, Dayton Foundation, and J. B. Hudson, Inc.
Active in promoting diversified farming in the Northwest, also in land reclamation.
Member Capital Issues Committee World War. Director or trustee Macalester College (St. Paul), Biddle University (North Carolina), Presbyterian Board of National Missions, Presbyterian Church in United States of America, Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Chicago), Union City Mission, Goodwill Industries, Board of Church Extension, the Young Women's Christian Association Republican.
Married Emma Willard Chadwick, December 17, 1878. Children: David Draper (deceased), Caroline (Mistress.