Early life

Dayton lived with his family on a farm in Grand Blanc Township

Grand Blanc Township, Michigan

Grand Blanc Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 35,705 at the 2010 census. The city of Grand Blanc is situated within the township, but is administratively autonomous...

 after he was born on October 28, 1837. At age 22, he work a sharecropper farm. Jenny E. Wolverton of Saratoga County, N. Y. married Dayton on October 20, 1859 in Grand Blanc. Moving to St. Johns

St. Johns, Michigan

As of the census of 2000, there were 7,485 people, 2,994 households, and 1,999 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,909.1 per square mile . There were 3,148 housing units at an average density of 802.9 per square mile...

 in 18later. After selling his business in 1872, he moved to Flint. He was a dealetober 1880. At that time, purchased the Brotherton House, a hotel and renamed

Political life

While in St. Johns, he served two terms as Village Trustee. He was elected as the Mayor

Mayor

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 of the City of Flint

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 in 1887 for a single 1 year term.

Post-political life