His death certificate records Henry Clay Dalton, age 79 years 11 months, born 27 Jan 1845 in Virginia, died 6 Jan 1925 in Smile, Brushy precinct, Rowan Co., Ky, married, farmer, father Thos Dalton, mother’s maiden name Polly Jennings, both born in Virginia, cause of death blank, informant Mary E. Dalton, Smile, Ky, burial in Mabry Cemetery, Cranston, Ky.

His gravestone also says that he was born Jan 27, 1845. But census records for the family of Thomas Dalton and Polly Jennings are more consistent with a birth year of 1844. (Henry is listed as 16 in 1860, and 6 in 1850, with a sister age 5.)

1870 census of Carroll Co., Virginia, Laurel Fork district, p. 64, lists as family #179/180:
Dalton, Henry C., 25; Tabitha, 26; Chesterfield, 3; Isippa (female), 2; Missouri, 7/12, b. Jan.

(Not in the 1880 census of Carroll Co. Probably in Wythe Co., Virginia, since his son Wiley was born there on 19 Nov 1881.)

1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, p. 259a, Brushy Fork prec., family #74/75:
Dalton, Henry C., 66, 2nd marriage, married 13 years; Mary, wife, 44, 1st marriage, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Willie, son, 13; Tira, son, 9; Flutina, dau, 7; Leonard, son, 5. All born Va Va Va.

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, p. 260B, Brushy precinct, lists as family #73:
Daulton, Henry C., 74,Va; Mary E., wife, 51, Va; Tyree, son, 17, Va; Leonard, son, 15, Va; Roscoe, son, 9, Ky.

Her death certificate records Mary Ellen Dalton, age 84, born 27 June 1867 in Virginia, died 20 Apr 1952 in Clermont Co., Ohio, residence R.F.D. 2, Bethel, widowed, no record of parents, cause of death coronary thrombosis, informant Tyree Dalton, burial in Mabry Cem, Cranston, Ky.

She is buried in Rowan Co., as Mary E. Dalton, with the years 1867 - 1952 on her stone.

Carroll Co. marriage records list marriage of Henry Clay Dalton, 55, widowed, b. Carroll Co., son of Thomas J. & Polly, to Mollie E. McCormack, 30, single, b. Washington Co., VA, daughter of Edwon (sic) & Mary, on 3 Dec 1899.