Vol.3 p.664 - Alexander Dayton. Committed by C. W. Langdon Judge of Sonoma Co. April 12th 1867. Age 34 years; native of Missouri; is married and has 4 children, the youngest 2 1/2 years old; was last from Illinois; occupation, farmer. The evidence of insanity is sleeplessness and loss of appetite - talks wild. This is the first attack and first appeared two weeks since; is most rational during the early part of the night; has no hallucination; has attempted to kill his wife from sudden passion; is suicidal but the propensity is not active; is not filthy or destructive; has no insane relations. Before the attack he was temperate and industrious, but got drunk a month since; has not suffered from disease or injury; bowels constipated and sleepless; cause of insanity not known; class, Homicidal and Suicidal. Admitted April 14th 1867. Has no property. Discharged December 19th 1867.
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Vol.4 p.161 - Alexander Dayton. Committed by C. W. Langdon Judge of Sonoma Co., April 20th 1868. Age 33 years; native of Missouri; married and has 3 children, the youngest 4 years old; was last from Illinois; has been in California 12 years; occupation, farmer. The evidence of insanity is sleeplessness - talks wildly. This attack appeared about five weeks since and is the second, the first appeared over a year ago. (He has been in this Asylum before see Commitment no.2729 Vol.3 page 664.) Disease increasing with no rational intervals since the last attack - no hallucination. He has attempted to kill his wife; is disposed to injure others from sudden passion; is not suicidal; is very destructive; has no insane relatives; had no peculiarities; has been somewhat intemperate with Tobacco; has not suffered from disease or injury; no change in physical health; cause of insanity unknown; class, homicidal and suicidal; no treatment. Admitted April 22nd 1868. Has no property. Died December 17th 1870 of chronic disease of brain.

[Register Volumes 3 & 4; 1862-1870,
Volume 3 page 664 and Volume 4 page 161]
California State Hospital Records, 1856-1923. Stockton State Hospital, Commitment Registers. [Ancestry.com]
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Alexander Dayton was the son of Noel Datin and Nancy McDonall. He was the husband of Catherine Gurl and had four children; John Joseph, William Albert, Henry and Anna "Annie" Dayton.

1860
Salt Twp., Sonoma Co., California
A. Dayton 26 (M) 300/2000 U.States
C. ---- " - 24 (F) N. York
John - " -- 6 (M) Illinos
A. --- " 11/12 (F) California
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1870
Duncan's Mill P.O. Salt Point Twp, Sonoma Co., CA
Dayton,Alexander 36 Farmer 1200/2900 Missouri Insane
-------- Catherine 33 New York
-------- John ----- 15 Illinois
-------- Albert --- 10 Cal
-------- Annie ----- 6 Cal