Dan Alonzo MOULTON
Biography

Dan Alonzo Moulton was born in Randolph, Vermont, January 9, 1806. In 1828 he emigrated to Richfield, Ohio, where he married Adaline Wallace, November 9, 1829, his uncle, Rev. James Miles performing the ceremony. Mr. Moulton was a carpenter and bridge contractor, and built many of these structures at an early date in his state.

A staunch Whig in politics, he took an active part in the political campaigns of his party. He was a great admirer of Clay and Webster, and later as an abolitionist he voted for Abraham Lincoln and against the Fugitive Slave Law.

He was of the best informed men of his day, possessing a memory for dates and events that was truly remarkable. He lived to see his six children honorably settled in life, some of whom are connected by marriage with families of national note.. One of his sisters, Caroline, married Russell A. Alger, father of General Russell A. Alger, present Secretary of War (1898). His son Charles married Frances, youngest sister of General W. T. and Senator John Sherman. His daughter Sara, married Hoyt Sherman, brother of the above.

He served a year in the Quartermaster's Department in West Virginia, with his son Colonel C. W.. Moulton, during the Civil War. He died May 11, 1875, in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Moulton was a descendant of Robert, of the eighth generation.

Title Moulton Annals
Author Henry William Moulton
Editor Claribel Moulton
Publisher Edward A. Claypool, 1906




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