My Genealogy Hound
Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
* * * *
JOHN E. WALTON was born in Bracken County, Ky., April 8, 1826, and was the fifth of seven children born to Josiah and Margaret (Humlong) Walton. Josiah H. Walton was born in Virginia in 1787, and was an early settler in Bracken County, where he lived and died; His occupation was farming and tanning. Margaret Humlong was born in 1799. She married Mr. Walton January 9, 1817, in Bracken County, and had seven children, viz.: Eliza A., Simeon H., Susana M., Katherine R., John E., George H. H. and Josiah H. Josiah H. Walton, Sr., died September 28, 1830, and his widow died in 1847. John E. Walton was brought up in Bracken County on the farm, and received his education in the same county. In 1845 he moved to Boone County, and settled a few miles west of Burlington, where he lived until 1871, when he moved to where he now resides, two miles west of Erlanger. February 5, 1852, he married Missouri McGlasson, a daughter of William and Alice (Barton) McGlasson, of Boone County. To this union nine children have been born — four daughters and five sons — viz.: Laura V., George F., William M., John J., Thomas J. J., Napoleon B., Daisy, Margaret H. and Alice C. The family are members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Walton is a Democrat.
* * * *
This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
View additional Kenton County, Kentucky family biographies here: Kenton County, Kentucky Biographies
Use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of other family biographies.