Charles Walls (1792 - 1854)

Born 3 Nov 1792 in Sussex, Delaware, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1854 at age 61 in Indiana, United States

Biography

Monongalia Mirror.
Morgantown, (Va.) Saturday, February 18, 1854.
Volume V.---Whole No. 235.
Page 3, Column 1
DIED:
In the State of Indiana, on the 27th of January last, Mr. CHARLES WALLS, aged 61 years and 2 months. The deceased resided near Brandonville, Preston county, and went to Indiana to visit his son, where he was taken with typhoid fever, and died after a short illness. He had been a consistent member of the M. E. church about 38 years.

Pittsburgh Christian Advocate.
Pittsburgh, Tuesday, March 7, 1854.
Vol. XXI.---No. 9. Whole No. 1047.
Page 36, Column 4
Biographical.
CHARLES WALLS, the subject of this memoir, was born in Sussex county, Delaware, Nov. 3, 1792. His parents emigrated to Virginia when he was but three years of age. In 1812 he settled in what is now Preston county, Va., but was then Monongalia county.–– In the year 1819 he was united in marriage to his now bereft and afflicted wife. In the year 1828 he embraced religion and united with the M. E. Church, in which Church he lived a faithful and consistent member until his death. Bro. Mills [sic], some time in November, started to pay his son a visit, who is residing in Indiana. Shortly after his arrival there, he was taken with typhoid fever. The disease increased until Jan. 25th, when his happy spirit took its flight to the paradise of God. The summons of death found our aged brother ready. For some days before his death he was enabled to praise God, and say “All is well.” When he was so far gone that he could not speak, he was asked if Jesus was precious; he waved his hand in token of victory. Bro. Walls’ age at the time of his death was 62; he had been a member of the Church of his choice for about 35 years, and was beloved by all who knew him. He has left many friends to mourn their loss, but they mourn not as those who have no hope. May the Lord sustain them by grace and bring them all to meet in heaven.
A. C. HIGGINS.
[Western Christian Advocate please copy.]

1820 residence unable to locate; 1830 residence Preston County, VA (now WV); 1840 residence Preston County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 45, Preston County, VA (now WV)

Census

"United States Census, 1850," ^[1]

Charles Walls Male 57 Delaware

Sarah Walls Female 54 Virginia

Laomi Walls Female 22 Virginia

George Walls Male 20 Virginia

Mary M Walls Female 18 Virginia

Jeremiah Walls Male 14 Virginia

Charles Gold Walls Male 10 Virginia

Sources

“History of Preston County West Virginia Volume I,” Oren F. Morton, 1914

.Charles Walls obituaries

U.S. census returns

1. ↑ database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-3P8 : 12 April 2016), Mary M Walls in household of Charles Walls, Preston county, part of, Preston, Virginia, United States; citing family 616, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).