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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Charles E. Dayton
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Charles E. Dayton
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| LAST NAME: Dayton
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FIRST NAME: Charles
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MIDDLE NAME: E.
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GENDER: M
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MILITARY: Civil War - Union
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| BORN: 15 Apr 1838
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DIED: 8 Sep 1894
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BURIED: 10 Sep 1894
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OCCUPATION: Real estate speculator
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| BIRTH PLACE: Michigan
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
IOOF - C. E. Dayton, age 56, died in Salem of suicidal shooting.
Civil War - 7th Ill Infantry
PHOTOGRAPHS - The picture of Charles Dayton is shown courtesy of Alan Robertson.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY:
BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN
THE LIFE OF A PROMINENT SALEM MAN ENDED BY HIS OWN HANDS.
His Mind Was Unbalanced by the Sufferings Occasioned from Stomach Troubles.
Charles E. Dayton, the husband and father of a family, lies dead at their home, corner of Court and Thirteenth streets, the immediate result of a pistol shot by his own hand.
Mr. Dayton has been prostrated by illness since the last of August, his sickness being the culmination of a stomach disorder which has troubled him for some years and from which he has suffered a great deal. He did not think medical aid could afford him much relief and was averse to having it called in, but a physician waited on him a portion of the time the past week and rendered him such aid as his case seemed to indicate.
His friends and the family can now fully realize what has been apparent to the physician from the first, that Mr. Dayton’s mind was affected from the beginning of his illness, and the expressions which when uttered appeared slight vagaries are now know to have been the creatures of a disordered brain.
Several times he spoke to wife and children about the likelihood of their starving and the necessity of taking steps to avoid financial disaster. These were laughed aside without serious thought, but they are full of meaning now. He allowed himself to fret about his physical condition and over imaginary financial difficulties until he determined to leave them, and this he planned to do with the shrewdness dictated by such condition. His eldest daughter had been holding nightly watch and care over him and was in the habit of lying down to rest occasionally through the night in his room so as to miss no opportunity to be of service. Friday night he told them he could rest much better if left alone; that his daughter’s presence and breathing made him nervous and disturbed him so he requested that she remain in a neighboring room. His request was acceded to without suspicion. He was always in the habit of keeping a revolver in his room within easy reach, but it had been removed a few days ago, and this he had them put back in place upon the plea that he had heard burglars around the previous night.
About 1:30 yesterday morning a pistol report was heard in the room and an investigation found Mr. Dayton lying unconscious, breathing very heavily and the pillow covered with blood. He had shot himself with a 32-calibre Smith & Wesson revolver, the ball entering above and back of the right ear, going through a part of the brain and lodging immediately back of the left eye. He had thrown the pistol on another bed close to his own in the same room. The alarm was given immediately and Dr. John Shaw was the first to arrive. Everything was done that skill could suggest, but to no purpose. Mr. Dayton lived seven hours, but did not speak or recover consciousness. The facts were so well known that no inquest was deemed necessary. Charles E. Dayton was born in Southern Michigan, April 15, 1838 and later moved to Illinois where he lived when the civil war began. He enlisted in the Seventh Ill. Infantry and served until honorably discharged on account of injuries received. He was wounded before Fort Donelson and lay a long time in the hospital, the belief being that he would lose his leg if not his life, but he survived and was sent home with an excellent record. He afterward moved to Michigan and had been a resident of Lansing when the family came west in 1890, getting here in July of that year.
They have lived here since and all have endeared themselves to their social and business acquaintances in such a manner as now insures the most intense grief for Mr. Dayton’s decease and the most sincere sympathy for the survivors. Of the latter there are Mrs. Dayton, Howard, the eldest, who lives at Stockton, Cal.; Winnie, Arthur, Floyd and Adah, the latter a girl of 13 years. Howard was telegraphed for and is expected on Monday morning’s overland.
Mr. Dayton’s business was that of a real estate speculator and general investor, not as a dealer, but as private owners and by thrift, industry and an upright life he had amassed considerable wealth and property. He owned several valuable pieces of Salem property. Deceased was not united with any church organization, but was a Mason and Knight Templar, also a member of the G.A.R. He took no more interest in politics than to keep well informed and to vote, and always refused office of any kind. His funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. A. L. Hutchison officiating, and interment will take place in Rural cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 9 Sep 1894 4:1
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INSCRIPTION:
Charles E. Dayton
Born
Apr. 15, 1838
Died
Sept. 8, 894
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
IOOF Register of Burials
DAR pg 73
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OS 9 Sept 1894 4:1
Alan Robertson
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| LOT: 856
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SPACE: 1 SW S½
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