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Dayton
became a teacher and moved to Belleville, Ohio where he was a high school
principal from 1866 to 1873. During that
time, his sister Eliza Douglass came to live with him bringing her son
Beach. Her marriage to William Douglass had
ended in divorce.
Dayton
married Sarah Ordway on December 27, 1871 in Richland, Ohio. That marriage seems to have ended with each
one going their own way. Sarah was
living with her widowed father in Belleville, Ohio in 1880.
Dayton
moved to Los Angeles, California around 1873 where he continued to teach for 12
years. He then moved to Arizona where he
became principal for the Phoenix Public Schools in 1885. He resigned that position in 1887 to enter
into the more lucrative real estate and banking business in Phoenix.
On
June 28, 1890, Dayton became the third principal of the Arizona Territorial
Normal School (Arizona State University) where he taught language, mathematics
and pedagogy.During his short ten month tenure as principal, he supervised
improving the appearance of the campus by having fencing, trees and plumbing
installed. His salary was $200 a month.
Dayton
was forced to resign his position because he was suffering from consumption. A long-time member of the Masons, he was
elevated to Grand Master of the Phoenix lodge prior to his death. He died July 12, 1894 and is buried in the
Masons Cemetery of Phoenix Military and Memorial Park.
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