John Walton

As printed in 1902

JOHN WALTON, Deceased.

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John Walton was a native of the Buckeye state, was born December 17. 1833. in Ross county, and was a son of Matthew and Kate Walton, natives of the same county, but early settlers in the county of Wyandot, having purchased a farm in Tymochtee township, which they cleared up and resided upon the remainder of their lives. The late John Walton grew to manhood on his father's homestead in Tymochtee township, and at the government land sale bought an eighty-acre tract in Eden township, in section 1. This land was the wildest of the wild, but by dint of hard labor he converted

' it into a profitable farm, on which the surviving members of his family still make their home.

John Walton was twice married. His first wife bore the maiden name of Lovina Arrowsmith, and to this union were born six children, who were named, in order of birth: Madison, Mark, John R., Andrew

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Mrs. Sarah Walton was the mother of one child by her first marriage. Jeremiah, who died in 1888, aged thirty years. To the union of John and Sarah (Corfman) Walton were born four children, namely: Viola, who is the wife of Aaron Corfman, a farmer in Eden township: Minnie, deceased wife of Sherman I. Poole, who left one child, Craig; Sheridan and Sherman, twins; both the latter are still unmarried, live with their mother and farm the old home piece.

May 2. 1864, the late John Walton enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but really had no opportunity to display on the battlefield his devotion to the flag in the face of the enemy. The seeds of disease were sown in his system in the early part of his enlistment and he was honorably discharged in September, 1864. But the insidious disorder finally resulted in his death about twenty years later, on May 2t. 1883. in the midst of his family, who had the sorrowful consolation of witnessing his departure to the unknown real beyond. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Protestant church and in politics was a stanch Republican. He was a loving husband and a kind and indulgent father, as well as a steadfast friend, and never lost the respect of any person who once formed his acquaintance. PI is amiable widow, as has been intimated above still resides on the old homestead, and is one of the most highly respected ladies of Eden township and whose many warm friends are devotedly attached to her, won by her many womanly graces of head and heart.

As printed in Biographical memoirs of Wyandot County, Ohio : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... embellished with portraits of many national characters and well known residents (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.