Background
Dayton lived with his family on a farm in Grand Blanc Township after he was born on October 28, 1837.
Dayton lived with his family on a farm in Grand Blanc Township after he was born on October 28, 1837.
At age 22, he worked a sharecropper farm. Jenny East. Wolverton of Saratoga County, New York married Dayton on October 20, 1859 in Grand Blanc. Moving to Saint Johns in 1865, he joined J. M. Frisbie in the manufacture of crackers.
He purchased his partner"s share three years later.
After selling his business in 1872, he moved to Flint. He was a dealer in horses until October 1880.
At that time, he purchased the Brotherton House, a hotel and renamed it Dayton House. While in Saint Johns, he served two terms as Village Trustee.
He was elected as the Mayor of the City of Flint in 1887 for a single 1-year term.