Simeon Walton (1805 - 1862)

Born 14 Apr 1805 in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary S. (Blackwell) Walton — married 4 Sep 1843 in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 1862 at about age 56 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Simeon was born 14 Apr 1805 in Canton, Maine, the son of Jonathan and Susan (Walton) Walton (cousins). He married Mary Blackwell in 1843 in Canton, Maine.

He is listed as a shoemaker on the 1860 census, and according to the Walton genealogy written by Hattie Walton Heninger, he traveled from farm to farm with his ox team and cart making shoes.

He died unexpectedly in 1862, leaving his widow Mary S. Blackwell Walton with five children. The oldest, Susan was just 17 and the youngest, Edward Curtis just three.

He is often confused in family trees with his uncle Simeon who lived in the Paris, Maine area, also married to a Mary.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-SR2 : 1 March 2020), Simeon Walton, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family 33, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC7-ZY2 : 7 March 2020), Simeon Walton, 1860