Dayton R Scranton (1840 - abt. 1863)

Born 22 Jan 1840 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Dayton was born 22 Jan 1840.^[1] He was the son of Martin Scranton and Sally Thomas.

He was living with his parents in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut in 1850.^[2]

He enlisted as a Private in Company H, Connecticut 2nd Infantry Regiment on 7 May 1861, and mustered out on 7 Aug 1861.^[3] He enlisted in Company F, Connecticut 12th Infantry Regiment on 4 Nov 1861.^[4] He mustered out on 10 Dec 1863, and did not survive the war.^[5] He died of disease on 10 Dec1863.^[5] Per Talcott,^[6] he died on 18 Dec 1863.

His name, along with his brother James, is engraved on the Soldiers' Monument on the North Branford, Connecticut village green, the first monument in the United States erected to the defenders of the Union in the war of rebellion.^[7]

North Branford, Connecticut Soldiers' Monument

Dayton Scranton on Soldiers' Monument

Sources

1. ↑ Scranton: Page 33, Page 53
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M68P-W4P : 12 April 2016), Dayton R Scranton in household of Martin Scranton, North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 659, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9GS-BPF : 4 December 2014), Dayton Scranton, Private, Company K, 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M535 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 821,922.
4. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS53-CJZ : 4 December 2014), Dayton H. Scranton, Sergeant, Company F, 12th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M535 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 821,922.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865," database on-line, Ancestry.com (: accessed 23 November 2017), Dayton Scranton; Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works.; Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009
6. ↑ Talcott: Page 1054
7. ↑ Rockey: Volume 2, Page 95

• Scranton, Erastus. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., who died in the year 1671 (Case, Tiffany and Co., Hartford, 1955)

• Talcott, Alvan. Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1984)

• Rockey, J.L., History of New Haven County, Connecticut (W.W. Preston & Co., New York, 1892)