Lemar Walton

As printed in 1884

LEMAR WALTON was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 8, 1822. His parents were John and Casander (Ritter) Walton, natives of New Jersey and Kentucky respectively. They were married in Ross County, September 19, 1819, and removed to this county in 1833, where the father died August 25, 1835. They had nine children: Henry, Lemar, William H. and John W (twins), Samuel A., Melinda A., Eleanor, Nancy and Nelson. Lemar, Samuel A. and Melinda A. are the only ones living; the mother died August 5, 1849. Lemar Walton was married April 3, 1849, to Magdalene Huflford, daughter of Christopher and Catharine (Corfman) Hufford, of Tymochtee Township; her parents were natives of Maryland and Ohio respectively. They settled in this county in 1828, where Mr. Hufford still resides; his wife died August 20, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Hufford ara the parents of nine <;children — Magdalene, George W., Catharine, Barbara, Conrad, Mary, Lydia, Elizabeth and Sarah M. Elizabeth is deceased. Mr. Walton has always engaged in farming: he purchased his present farm of eighty acres in 1851, and has reared a family of ten children: Samuel A., Isaiah W., Mary E. and Sarah E. (twins), Willis C, Eliza Ann, Levi F., Jasper N., Allen L., and Florence J. Sarah E. is deceased, died September 26, 1872. Mr. Walton owns 218 acres in this county, and in 1873 purchased 160 acres in Kansas, which he gave to his sons; he and wife are members of the Evangelical Church, of which faith their son, S, A. Walton, is a minister in Madison County, Iowa.

As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.