"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8L-M1L : 12 April 2016), Calvin Dayton, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 2, family 12, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,019.
"Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N91Y-MG7 : 25 May 2014), Calvin Dayton in entry for John Dayton, 28 Sep 1918; citing Cemetery, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, v 7 cn 58, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,680.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: