William Jacob Walters - I24404 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

William Jacob Walters (I24404)

Surname: Walters
Given Names: William Jacob

Gender: Male

Birth: 15 August 1844 -- , Mercer, Ohio
Death: 12 November 1931 -- , Fulton, IN

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Rochester Sentinel - Thursday, November 12, 1931

William J. WALTERS, 87, Civil War veteran and pioneer resident of Liberty township, died Wednesday evening at 5:30 at his home three miles west of Fulton. Death was due to complicatios of diseases incident to advanced years and followed an illness of eight months.

The deceased was born Aug. 15, 1844, in Mercer county, Ohio, the son of Henry and Elizabeth WALTERS and moved to Fulton county when a child. In 1870 he was married to Lida GRABLE and following her death he was married to Emma CATON on June 13, 1877. He was a member of the Olive Branch church and during the Civil war served in Company I, 46th regiment, Ind. Vol.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Maurice LOWMAN, Birmingham, Mich., and Mrs. Stella BENNETT, at home; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Fanny DILL and Mrs. J. F. KLINE, of Fulton.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Fulton United Brethren church. Rev. CHAPLIN will officiate and burial will be made in the Fulton I.O.O.F. cemetery.

per obit his father is Henry. Census data and marriage records show William and Susanna to be his parents.

1850 - Richland, Fulton, Indiana
1900 - Liberty, Fulton, Indiana

marriage B-586, C-469

WALTERS, William J., of Liberty Twp., Fulton Co., Ind. ‎‎‎‎(WR “G” 247)‎‎‎‎
Date: 15 July 1925; probate 2 Dec. 1931, Fulton Co., Ind.
Heirs: to daughter, Stella May BENNETT, “to her two children, Arlene C.
BENNETT and William Russell BENNETT...among all of my children, to-wit:
Stella May BENNETT and Fannie S. LOWMAN, who are now living, and Omer
WALTERS ad Francis WALTERS, children of my deceased son, Julius M.
WALTERS; and Paul JULIAN, Fay EASTERDAY, formerly JULIAN, and Mabel
JULIAN, children of my deceased daughter, Ada A. JULIAN...
Gdn: ‎‎‎‎(and if gdn need be)‎‎‎‎ “appointed for my daughter, Stella May BENNETT,
or for her children, Arlene C. BENNETT or William Russell BENNETT ‎‎‎‎(then
Maurice LOWMAN, Gdn.)‎‎‎‎
Exr: son-in-law, Maurice LOWMAN.
Wits: Nellie BRYANT, Peter M. BUCHANAN.


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	Events of close relatives
Birth	15 August 1844 2927 ,Mercer, Ohio
Marriage	17 January 1870 (Age 25) Lydia A Grable - ‎[View Family ‎(F9745)‎‎] Fulton, in
Marriage	3 June 1877 (Age 32) Emma J. Caton - ‎[View Family ‎(F9647)‎‎] Fulton, in
Death of father	25 February 1894 (Age 49) Henry Walters (I24383) (Age 78) - [Relationship Chart]
Death of mother	15 December 1901 (Age 57) Elizabeth Laughbrige (I37520) (Age 84) - [Relationship Chart]
Death	12 November 1931 (Age 87) ,Fulton, IN
Universal Identifier	B32FC3DEB2253D4588E4E0912ED4EB30D66A
Burial	Fulton I.O.O.F. Cem, Fulton, IN
Last Change	5 February 2007 - 11:23:05 Last changed by: dcoplien