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| name | Mathew William Dalton |
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| birth_date | November 1 1828 |
| birth_place | Madrid, St. Lawrence, New York |
| death_date | Interwiki: Death date and age 1918041418281101++ |
| death_place | Willard |
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| resting_place | Willard City Cemetery |
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By the time Mathew William Dalton reached manhood, he was a skilled carpenter and owned his own business with his brother. When Mathew heard about the gold rush in California, he left his home in New York and headed West.
Along the way, Mathew traveled through areas known today as Brigham City and Perry. He eventually stopped at a spring in Willard where he met a man traveling with a wheelbarrow. The stranger shared his hard tack and bacon with Mathew. On Sept. 5, 1850, Mathew reached Ogden and immediately went to work for David Moore, a Mormon. They became friends, and ultimately Mathew was baptized. He decided to remain in Ogden.
Five days after Mathew arrived in Ogden, surveyors laid out city lots. Mathew was the first man to build a house on one of the lots. When it was completed, the young people asked him if they could hold a dance at his house even though it had dirt floors. Mathew consented. At the dance, he fell in love with Rozilla Whitaker. They were married Dec.15, 1850. In the fall of 1853 or 1854, the couple moved to Willard.
Always industrious, Mathew built a nine-room adobe house for his family, erected saw and molasses mills, mined iron, planted the first fruit trees in the area, ran a hotel and raised flax. He also constructed a sailboat for family outings and even sewed moccasins for his children.
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