Daughton, James P. Family

DAUGHTON, GRIFFIN, SCHWALBE, STOGDILL

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/29/2019 at 12:55:14

The James P. Daughton Family
"Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981"
Page 183, Clarke Pub. Co. Osceola IA. 1981.

James Daughton was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1849. At the age of three years, he came with his parents Maurice and Ellen Daughton to New York City. They moved to Trenton, New Jersey, in May, 1852, and to Columbus, Ohio, in June 1854, where they resided until September, 1856, at which time they moved from Ohio and settled in Decatur County, ten miles southeast of Leon.

On September 26, 1876, he was united in marriage, at Woodland Township Church to Hannah Griffin, daughter of Michael and Margaret Griffin, who was born in New Jersey in 1851. To this union nine children were born: William, Amy, James, Margaret, Walter, Emmett, Fred, Ralph and Leo. In 1878, the family moved to a farm three miles west of Grand River. The remainder of their lives was spent in and near Grand River.

Hannah Daughton died July 31, 1993; and James Daughton died November 23, 1938. Both are buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Woodland Township.

The only surviving member of the family pictured above is Fred Daughton, age 92, who now lives at Mt. Ayr, Iowa.

Several descendants of this pioneer family still live in and near Grand River. Third generation members living here include Dwain Daughton, son of Emmett; Irene Schwalbe and Arlene Stogdill, daughters of Amy; and John Daughton, son of Ralph.

Copied from Reflections of Grand River, Iowa1881-1981 by Stacey McDowell Dietiker, May 23, 2001