Orville T. Walton (1868 - 1965)

Born 6 Nov 1868 in Marion County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Florence C. (Chance) Walton — married 17 Mar 1892 in Marion County, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1965 at age 97 in Marion County, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Orville was born in 1868. He was the son of Iredill Walton and Louisa Foster. He passed away in 1965.

The subject of this sketch has passed his life in Marion county, and as a representative of one of the honored families early settled in this section he is well entitled to representation in this volume. Orville T. Walton was born in Patoka township, Marion County, November 6, 1868, the son of Iradell and Louisa (Foster) Walton, both natives of Illinois. They lived mostly in Patoka and Foster townships, having come to the latter in 1869 and settled in section 19. He first purchased sixty acres and later sixty acres more were added and then another sixty acres, still later, forty-eight acres, all in Foster township and twenty acres in Patoka township, having always been a farmer, well known and highly respected by all; an active Democrat, having served as Town Clerk and Treasurer, and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred April 17, 1897, and his wife passed to her rest April 27, 1900. The subject's grandfather and grandmother Walton both died of cholera in 1849. Iradell Walton and wife were the parents of eleven children, namely: Monroe, a farmer in Foster township, who married Harriet Friend, the latter dying January, 1908; Rosie Maud, now deceased, married Arthur Irvin; Rachel married Marshall Livesay, of Foley, Missouri; Lillian married Thomas Bundy, of Fayette county, Illinois; Orville T., our subject ; Effie married Leonard Arnold, of Foster township; Abbie is the wife of David M. Giddeon, of Slater, Missouri; William A., who married Annie Grouse, of Patoka, this county; Edna is the wife of Charles Meadows, of Patoka; Delia is a nurse, living in Foster township ; Robert lives on the old home place in Foster township and married Lizzie Ballance. The subject of this sketch had only a limited education, attending the home schools for a short time. He remained a member of the family circle until he was twenty-three years old. Orville T. Walton was united in marriage March 17, 1891, with Florence Chance, of Foster Township, daughter of Willis J. and Matilda (Foster) Chance. They were both born in Marion County and lived in Foster Township. They are farmers and have four children, namely: Florence, the subject's wife; Mary, the wife of Eli Logan, of Patoka township; Elza is a traveling salesman with headquarters at Clay Center, Kansas; John is living at home. The subject and wife are the parents of two sons, Charles Addis, born December 27, 1895, and Kenneth O., born March 31, 1899. After the subject's marriage he located on the George McHeny place in Foster Township, where he remained for one year, also one year on the Chance place and one on the Foster place. He then bought forty acres in section 18, the J. H. Walker place, where he lived for five years and then moved to Harvey, Illinois, where he lived two years, when he moved back to Foster township in the fall of 1907, locating where he now lives. He bought the John Chick place, consisting of forty acres. He was always a hard worker and thrifty, consequently he has been enabled to add on to his place until he now has ninety acres of as good land as can be found in this locality, which is well improved and managed so that abundant harvests are reaped from year to year. He raises good horses, cattle and hogs and carries on a general farming business. He has ii comfortable dwelling and convenient out buildings. He has always been a public-spirited man and has ably served as school director and Town Clerk. He is a loyal Democrat and a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is regarded by his neighbors as among the leading young farmers of Foster Township.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68615151/orville-t.-walton
• “BIOGRAPHICAL and REMINISCENT HISTORY OF HIGHLAND, CLAY and MARION COUNTIES, ILLINOIS”. B. F. Bowen and Company. Indianapolis, Indiana. 1909.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HC-PG3 : 2 January 2021), Orville Walton in entry for Ira Walton, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVP-YKC : 19 February 2021), Orvill T Walton in household of Iredille Walton, Foster, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 120, sheet 138D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,234.
• "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-5KSW : 19 February 2021), Orville T Walton and Florence Chance, 17 Mar 1892; citing Marion, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,010,516.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7V-BQ3 : accessed 1 March 2021), Orville T Walton, Thornton Township Harvey city (part), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1193, sheet 15A, family 294, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,295.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6D-9JJ : accessed 1 March 2021), Orville T Walton, Foster Township, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 8B, family 171, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 306; FHL microfilm 1,374,319.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJHF-2TH : 1 February 2021), Orville T Walton, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS1C-T3D : accessed 1 March 2021), Orville Walton, Foster, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 2B, line 100, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 543; FHL microfilm 2,340,278.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCX-4BJ : 8 January 2021), Orville T Walton, Foster Township, Marion, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-18, sheet 8B, line 48, family 154, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 852.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3C5-N61 : 8 March 2018), O.T. Walton in entry for Florence C. Walton, 18 Jan 1946; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,235.