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Note: d on son Jack's death certificate.
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* (Listing her parents as James Lewis DALTON and Adeline YOUNGER is an example of genealogical fraud.)
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For a detailed examination of the fraud, please see:
http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/BeaElizabethDaltonHoax/
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Identified by various researchers as B. Elizabeth, Bea Elizabeth and Beatrice Elizabeth with some adding in the name of the Dalton twin that died in infancy, Lelia.
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Even her grave stone has been replaced with another containing the false inscription about her parents:
http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/BeaElizabethDaltonHoax/Tombstone.php
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The available evidence does not support her surname being DALTON. In fact, there are NO (legitimate) records showing she ever existed, anywhere! This is a strong indication her name was not Dalton. Perhaps she could be found were we looking for the right person using her real name.
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This person, "Bea Elizabeth Dalton", is not on the 1860 (when she was 4), 1870 (when she was 14) or 1880 censuses with the family of James L. and Adeline (Younger) Dalton. While she may have lived, evidence suggests someone wanted to be related to the Dalton gang and purposely fabricated her relationship to this family.
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As her surname is listed as HARRISON on two of her son's death certificates, a search for a Bea/Beatrice Elizabeth HARRISON b. circa 1856 finds:
Elizabeth HARRISON, ca 1855 MS, living in Dallas cty, TX on 1870 census.
Elizabeth HARRISON, ca 1857 TX, living in Houston cty, TX on 1870 census, d/o Sam and Amanda HARRISON.
Elizabeth HARRISON, ca 1857 TN, living in Coryell cty, TX on 1870 census.
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From "The Day Coffeyville Bled" by Mark S. Pannill, P. O. Box 372, Waxahachie, Texas 75168; http://www.Pannill.com
"... there does exist a brand of individual who is willing to produce a hoax, even at great expense to himself, in an attempt to prolong the illusion of being a Dalton descendant."
"Many years ago, Jeremiah Franklin Dalton did this very thing. He professed loud enough and long enough to create an image that he was the true "Jesse James." It was not until after his death, in the early 1950s, that the accepted fact that he was not who he had claimed to be was registered and is now duly noted. Through his work on the subject, Jeremiah Franklin Dalton spawned a large number of imitators of sorts. This is felt no more heartily than with the subject of one William "Bill" Phillips of Wynnewood, Oklahoma."
"Bill Phillips has tried for years to produce documents that draw a direct line from his family to that of the infamous Daltons of the late 1800s. The simple reason is that he has apparently wished for the instant fame recognized through this lineage. In his attempts at this deception, he has failed miserably to produce what could be considered accurate informational documentation. During the process, he has had several original records and official documents altered to provide what he wishes to show, which is merely something that does not exist."
"... Phillips first submitted a series of newspaper articles that depicted the name of his grandmother as being the child of Louis and Adeline Dalton. The information supplied by Phillips first came in the form of a computer-generated copy of an interview with the wife of the dead "Bill" Dalton who had been slain in a gun battle with authorities. According to the Phillips version, Mrs. Dalton is quoted in the Saturday, June 9, 1894, edition of the Daily Ardmorite, from Ardmore, Indian Territory. ..."
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"The passage of concern was reviewed and found to contain information contrary to that of the Phillips document. ... No mention was made of a Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips at any point in the original newspaper article."
"In later detailed information, Phillips provides researchers with a chronological history of the births of all known Dalton children. In this presentation, Bea Elizabeth Dalton Phillips is depicted as being the fourth child of Louis and Adeline Dalton. She was apparently born in 1856 and died at the age of thirty-eight in 1894. ..."
"A death certificate bearing the official seals of the State of Oklahoma was then provided by Phillips ... the date of death was stated as December 28, 1894 ..."
"The informant listed at the time of this supposed 1894 death was none other than Bill Phillips of Wynnewood, Oklahoma. The address provided is the same mailing address used to contact him. This would mean that Bill Phillips was on hand at the time of the death of his grandmother in 1894 and was then old enough to provide accurate information regarding her death. Today, Phillips would be approaching 150 years of age or better."
"The most blatantly obvious error in the address was the inclusion of a zip code. Was the U.S. Postal Service implementing zip codes in 1894? The official signature of the Oklahoma State Department of Health registrar was given. This was also an impossibility since the state of Oklahoma was not founded until November 1907. Again, the mailing address exhibited a zip code for his office."
"Undaunted by the obvious mistakes, Phillips then began to circulate photocopies of a page from a family Bible. The inscriptions were made in two or three styles of signatures, which in itself was not unusual. The point to be made here is that the dates are listed as being in the mid to late 1800s. While several of the notations were made in an aged style, some were written in ink from a ballpoint-styled pen."
"... Phillips then began a crusade to erect tombstones in particular sections of the state of Oklahoma. A monument was placed at a gravesite in Elmore City, Oklahoma. There in the granite are chiseled the names of all children relating to Thomas Louis Phillips and his wife, Bea Elizabeth. On the reverse side of the stone is a notice that Bea Elizabeth was the daughter of Louis and Adeline Dalton. For all the world to now see, the information must therefore be correct if it were erected as such."
"Phillips then began to work on the citizenry of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He had intentions of correcting the historical wrongs recorded with the Dalton families there and volunteered to place appropriate markers in the city�s cemetery. Again, the intention was to confirm his proclamation that he was a true Dalton. Once having swayed several knowledgeable folks on the subject, he gained their trust and created a meager following."
"Later, Phillips was to introduce a series of documents, which he stated were the true and correct versions of the first articles he had released. One of these was a newly formulated death certificate. Several items from the original Phillips death certificate had been eliminated on the new photocopy through the use of typing correction fluid. A signature had been removed that was proven to be of the same hand as was generally accepted as that of Phillips himself. By doing so, he had attempted to correct his original notation flaws."
"Other researchers began to destroy the idea that Phillips was a true Dalton. The first target of this deception was, of course, the falsified death certificate and the altered newspaper story. Many pointed out that there were not sixteen children in the Dalton clan, as Phillips had tried to show. Continued efforts resulted in not being able to locate and accurately document this Bea Elizabeth Dalton Phillips as a member of the Louis and Adeline Dalton family. The matter was soon dropped as a legitimate concern of Dalton/Johnson research material."
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In 1918, Emmett listed the 15 children in chronological order:
1. Ben, alive
2. Cole, alive
3. Louis, dead
4. Littleton, alive
5. Lelia, dead
6. Frank, dead
7. Gratton, dead
8. William, dead
9. Eva, alive
10. Robert, dead
11. myself (Emmett)
12. Leona, alive
13. Nammie, dead
14. Adeline, dead
15. Simon, alive
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Some say that Lelia, from Emmett's list of 1918, is Bea, but the list is in perfect chronological order for all the other children, and so it seems reasonable to assume that Leila was born after Littleton and before Frank, i.e. about 1858, not 1856.
The DALTON family tells of a daughter that died young and it thus appears that Lelia was born 1858 died sometime before the 1870 census and could not have had children.
The PHILLIPS family do not have a record of their Bea Elizabeth PHILLIPS being called Lelia, so how could one conclude she is the Leila in Emmett's list?
A relative of the DALTONs was a pall bearer at a PHILLIPS funeral and this has been posited as proof of Bea's descendance from Lewis and Adeline DALTON. The pall bearers at a funeral indicate acquaintance, and neither prove nor imply a relationship.
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Recap:
- There is no (legitimate) evidence of Bea being a member of this family.
- There is proof of evidence being falsified to prove her being a member of the family.
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Note: Her surname listed as HARRISON on son John's California death record an
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