From Kent Parsons, Los Alamos, NM
Obituary of Lucinda Lee Dalton
from the Deseret Evening News, 1 December 1925—Section 2, p. 14.
"Pioneer School Teacher is buried at Manti"
Manti, Dec. 1—(Special)—Funeral services for Mrs. Lucinda Lee Dalton were held in the North ward chapel Sunday under the direction of Bishop E. T. Reid. Speakers were; Bishop N. R. Peterson, Ezra Billings and L. H. Hoogard. Bishop Reid read some of Mrs. Dalton's poems. The choir furnished the music. Mrs. Dalton was born Feb. 9 1847 in Coosa County Alabama. She came to Utah in 1849 with her parents, John P. Lee and Eliza F. Lee. John P. Lee was called with others by Brigham Young to go to California to settle the town of San Bernardino.
Mrs. Dalton started to teach school when 15 years old and taught 35 years in Manti, Beaver, Payson, Ferron and Ogden. She was a writer of both prose and poetry. She was married to Charles Wakeman Dalton in 1868. Six children were born to her, two of whom survive; C. W. Dalton, Salt Lake City and Belle D. Robbins of Los Angeles Calif; Also four sisters; Mrs. Mary Black, Fruita; Colo. Mrs. Emma Sutherland, San Francisco; Mrs. Ellen Sanders, Salt Lake City; Mrs Rose Sutherland, Washington D. C. and a brother, Charles A Lee.
From Kent Parsons, Los Alamos, NM
Obituary of Lucinda Lee Dalton
from the Deseret Evening News, 1 December 1925—Section 2, p. 14.
"Pioneer School Teacher is buried at Manti"
Manti, Dec. 1—(Special)—Funeral services for Mrs. Lucinda Lee Dalton were held in the North ward chapel Sunday under the direction of Bishop E. T. Reid. Speakers were; Bishop N. R. Peterson, Ezra Billings and L. H. Hoogard. Bishop Reid read some of Mrs. Dalton's poems. The choir furnished the music. Mrs. Dalton was born Feb. 9 1847 in Coosa County Alabama. She came to Utah in 1849 with her parents, John P. Lee and Eliza F. Lee. John P. Lee was called with others by Brigham Young to go to California to settle the town of San Bernardino.
Mrs. Dalton started to teach school when 15 years old and taught 35 years in Manti, Beaver, Payson, Ferron and Ogden. She was a writer of both prose and poetry. She was married to Charles Wakeman Dalton in 1868. Six children were born to her, two of whom survive; C. W. Dalton, Salt Lake City and Belle D. Robbins of Los Angeles Calif; Also four sisters; Mrs. Mary Black, Fruita; Colo. Mrs. Emma Sutherland, San Francisco; Mrs. Ellen Sanders, Salt Lake City; Mrs Rose Sutherland, Washington D. C. and a brother, Charles A Lee.
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John Rupert Lee
1845–1913
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Ann Eliza Lee Wixom
1849–1908
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Mary Caroline Lee Black
1850–1935
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Margaret Lee
1852–1853
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Emma Roberta Lee Sutherland
1854–1940
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Edna Lee
1854–1854
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Charles Andrew "Charlie" Lee
1856–1933
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Ellen Lee Sanders
1859–1937
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Victor Percival Lee
1861–1861
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Walton Skurlock Lee
1863–1864
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Rosamond "Rose" Lee Sutherland
1865–1946
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Frederick Montgomery Lee
1867–1869
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