John Foy Walton

Brief Life History of John Foy

When John Foy Walton was born on 28 March 1858, in Indiana, United States, his father, William Harris Walton, was 40 and his mother, Susan Kelley, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Jane Greathouse on 2 August 1891. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Union Township, Webster, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 May 1918, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Niangua, Webster, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Foy Walton
1858–1918
Mary Elizabeth Jane Greathouse
1869–1961
Marriage: 2 August 1891
Virgie Velee Walton
1892–1978
Burlie Edgar Walton
1893–1927
Walter Andrew Walton
1896–1952
William Hershel Walton
1896–1955
Eula Vay Walton
1899–1975
Nora Ann Walton
1901–1902
Mabel Grace Walton
1905–1955
Evalena Walton
1909–1994
Chester Arthur Walton
1911–1982

Sources (12)

  • John F Walton in household of William Walton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • John F Walton, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • John Foy Walton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Webster, Missouri, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton, which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala), wald ‘woodland’, wall ‘wall’, or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

History: George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward County, VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Story Highlight

from papers found in Verda Blunt Walton's estate

John Foy Walton, the eldest son of Thomas Jefferson and Susan Kelly Walton, was born in Webster county near the Wright county line. When he was a young farmer he had cut cord wood to sell. One mornin …

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