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CHARLES W. WALTER, owner of a feed mill and a valuable tract of farming land in Palmer Township, Northampton County, was born in Warren County, N. J., July 19, 1848, being a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wolverton) Walter, natives respectively of Williams Township, Northampton County, Pa., and New Jersey. The family is one of prominence in this locality, and a sketch of our subject’s uncle, George Walter, appears upon another page of this volume.

In the fall of 1848, when Charles W. was an infant, the family removed from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, and settled in what is now known as Palmer Township. The father, who was a miller by occupation, operated various gristmills along the Bushkill Creek until 1862, and then purchased what is now known as Walter’s Upper Mill. This he conducted until his death, in September, 1890. He was one of the most enterprising millers of the county, was a man well and favorably known in his community, and in politics always adhered to the Republican party. For some time he served as School Director of Forks Township. In religious belief he was an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time of his death he owned and was conducting two flour and grist mills on Bushkill Creek.

Of the children of Jacob and Elizabeth Walter, the following named survive: Samuel, a resident of Easton; Charles W., the subject ofthis notice; Edwin P., who lives in New York City; John T., residing in Northampton County; William H., of Easton; Jacob R., who makes his home in Northampton County; Lizzie, wife of Rev. J. P. Uhler, of St. Peter, Minn.; and Jennie W., who married M. W. Schneebeli, of Easton. The family is an honorable one, and the sons and daughters are held in high regard in their various localities.

Beginning his studies in the common schools of Palmer Township, pur subject was for two years thereafter a student in a private school in Easton. From boyhood he was accustomed to assist his father in the flour and grist mill business, in which way he acquired a thorough knowledge of the occupation and was prepared to enter upon it for himself. In the spring of 1890 he purchased the Waller’s Upper Mill, which has since been concerted into a feedmill and is still run under his able supervision. In addition to the mill, he is the owner of seventy acres of farming land, the cultivation of which he superintends.

Miss Martha A. Hixon, who in 1869 became the wife of Mr. Walter, is a native of Virginia and a daughter of Noah Hixon, deceased, formerly of Prince William County, Va. They are the parents of three sons, William W., Harry E. and Earl W. It is due to the industrious and persevering manner in which Mr. Walter has conducted his business affairs that he has risen to such a prominent position in Palmer Township. His life, with the exception of a few months, has been spent within the confines of Northampton County, and as a natural result he is greatly interested in the progress and development of this section. Though not active in public affairs, preferring to devote his attention to personal matters, he is nevertheless a firm champion of the Republican party, and always supports its candidates.