The Benge Detachment of Cherokees on the Trail of Tears Tales of the Trail, Trail of Tears Alongside a busy intersection in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a small park has been set aside to remember the Cherokees of the Benge detachment who passednear here on their way to Indian Territory in January 1839.
John Dalton: John Dalton, English meteorologist and chemist, a pioneer in the development of modern atomic theory. Dalton was born into a Quaker family of tradesmen; his grandfather
John Dalton Biography. 1  John Dalton was born in the small settlement of Eaglesfield in Cumberland, England to Joseph Dalton, a poor weaver and Deborah Greenup, who belonged to a prosperous Quaker family in England. 2  His family was âQuakerâ, a member of a Christian Movement, whose ideology was derived from a verse in the New Testament.