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George Draper Dayton (March 6, 1857 – February 18, 1938) was an American businessman and philanthropist, most famous for being the founder of Dayton's department store, which later became Target Corporation.
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George Dayton (October 2, 1827 – November 1902) was a New Jersey merchant and politician. Dayton lived in Union Township in what is now Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was a successful hardware merchant. [2] He was elected as a Democrat to represent Bergen County in the New Jersey Senate for one term from 1875 to 1877.
George Draper Dayton. George Dayton (1857-1938) came to Minnesota from New York in 1883. His family was one of average means, and he had hoped to become a minister, but was lured by the urge to be in the business world. He married Emma Chadwick in 1878 and began buying farm mortgages in southwest Minnesota. In 1883 he and his family moved to ...
In 1918, Dayton, who donated most of his money to charity, founded the Dayton Foundation with $1 million. [2] By the 1920s, the Dayton Company was a multimillion-dollar business that had filled the entire six-story building. Dayton began transferring parts of the business to his son Nelson after an earlier 43-year-old son, David, died in 1923.
Bruce Bliss Dayton (August 16, 1918 – November 13, 2015) was an American retail executive, businessman, heir to the Dayton's Company fortune, and philanthropist.. Dayton was the last surviving member of the five Dayton brothers – all grandsons of George Dayton, the founder of The Dayton Company – who expanded Dayton's department store founded by their grandfather in downtown Minneapolis ...
George Cheek Dayton (October 30, 1911 – December 26, 1993) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He also served as a member for the 38th district of the Florida Senate .
Douglas James Dayton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 2, 1924. He was youngest of five brothers. His father, George N. Dayton, became the president of the family business, Dayton Dry Goods Company, in 1938. The business, which evolved into Dayton's department store, was founded by Douglas' grandfather, George D. Dayton. [1]