Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
Family Card 9/13/21 - Person Sheet
NameCaroline Freelove Dalton
Birth19 Nov 1862, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death6 Jun 1929, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
BurialRutherfordton City Cem., Rutherford Co., North Carolina
FatherBradley Dalton (ca1827->1875)
MotherDicey Ann Johnson (ca1828->1875)
Spouses
Birth3 Oct 1862, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Death8 Jan 1950, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
BurialRutherfordton City Cem., Rutherford Co., North Carolina
FatherDoctor Miller Smith (1838-1925)
Misc. Notes
For more detail on this family line see Dalton file.

From "The History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties" by Clarence W. Griffin, page 374, Footnote No. 8
Thomas C. Smith was born October 3, 1860, four miles northeast of Rutherfordton, a son of D. M. and Margaret (Goode) Smith. His education was received in subscription and common schools of the county and at Rutherfordton Academy. He remained on his father's farm untill he was 17 years old,then followed a varied buisness career. He was operator and superintendent of a shoe factory in Rutherfordton and Asheville untill 1888, and was engaged in the manufacturing and retail shoe buisness fron 1889 to 1895 and from 1899 to 1909. During this interval he served four years as clerk of superior cort of Rutherford County, being elected in 1884 on the Repubilcan ticket. He served two years, 1903-05, as mayor of Rutherfordton, and was postmaster at Rutherfordton from May, 1908, to June,1913. He was married in 1881 to Miss Caroline F. Dalton. He joined the Baptist church when a young man and has served many years as church clerk, superintendent of the Sunday School and as a member of the board of deacons. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Jr. O. U. A. M., and held offices in both orders.
Marriage25 Dec 1881, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Last Modified 5 Feb 2004Created 13 Sep 2021 using Reunion for Macintosh
Revised September 13, 2021