The Dalton Cemetery is located 1/2 mile east and 1/4 mile south of the first National Bank, Dalton, Nebraska.  This cemetery is on the west side of the road.  In the Cheyenne County Clerks office in Sidney, Nebraska a deed is recorded pertaining to the beginning of the dalton Cemetery.  It is located in Deed book 10, page 550.  On October 18, 1910 Albert H. Carow and Wife conveyed 2 acres to the Village of dalton, Nebraska (Incorporated) for $150.00.  The deed reads as follows: 2 acres of land situated in the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section number thirty three (33) in township number seventeen (17), north range forty-nine (49), west of the sixth p.m. and described as follows:
                Commencing at the southeast government corner of the northeast quarter of section number thirty three, township seventeen, range forty nine, west of the sixth p.m.  This to be the starting point of said land, thence north three hundred feet, thence west three hundred feet, thence south three hundred feet, thence east three hundred feet to the starting point.

The oldest marked grave appears to be that of William H. Ravert.  He was born September 23, 1846 and died October 25, 1893.
     The Beulah Reinmuth grave was moved to the Dalton Cemetery from the Hoffman Cemetery August 3, 1951.  Cause of death was appendicitis.  The Hoffman Cemetery is presently known as Sanders Cemetery.
     On May 24, 1967 the graves of George Henry Ruhter and Joseph Herman Ruhter were moved from the Dalton Cemetery to the Greenwood Cemetery, Sidney, Nebraska.
      In Section B there is a white cement cross.  Time has erased the inscription.  Please call me, Faetta Schreinert at 308-377-2582, if you know anything about this burial.
       In Section A there is an "Infant Grandson"  marker.  No other identification.
     The present cemetery board are Ron Devier, Leon "Bud" Gillispei, Dennis Ravert, Dorwin Reimers, Jim Troidl and Connie Winkelman.