Darrell Owen Walton

Male27 July 1935–15 June 1992

Brief Life History of Darrell Owen

When Darrell Owen Walton was born on 27 July 1935, in Fayette, Kentucky, United States, his father, Darrell Owen Walton Sr, was 27 and his mother, Anna Grace Jeffries, was 25. He lived in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States in 1940. He died on 15 June 1992, in Jessamine, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Darrell Owen Walton Sr
1908–1990
Anna Grace Jeffries
1910–2002
Joann Walton
1930–2005
Gerald W Walton
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Darrell Owen Walton
1935–1992

Sources (6)

  • Darrell Walton in household of Darrell Walton, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Darrell O Walton, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Darrel Walton Or Buzz in entry for Jo Ann Walton Blevins, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky

Age 1

The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.

1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II

Age 6

Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.

1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

Age 16

Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

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.

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