James Major Walter and Susannah A. Hovis

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Husband James Major Walter ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Walters 3
           Born: 1827 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1894 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Peter Walter (1801-1883) 5
         Mother: Sarah Major (1805-1880) 2 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Susannah A. Hovis ^{2 3}

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           Born: 29 Jan 1830 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Feb 1918 2
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: John Cogan Hovis (1798-1872) 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Walter (1796-1879) 10

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Children

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1 M William James Walter ²

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           Born: 1856 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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2 M John Wesley Walter ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Sep 1860 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1940 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: Melinda Hannah Jackson (1863-1929) 2 12
           Marr: 29 Dec 1881 2

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3 F Sarah Jane Walter ¹³

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           Born: 1863 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Peter Jackson Walter ^{1 14}

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            AKA: Porter Jackson Walter 14
           Born: 1865 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Nov 1918 - Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Eli Hovis Walter ¹

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           Born: 1867 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec 1924 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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6 M Henry Albert Walter ¹⁴

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           Born: 1871 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - James Major Walter

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He spent all his life in farming, removing to the tract in Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsyvania, later owned and operated by his son John W. Walter, when the latter was just seven years old. For a few years he had lived in part of the house of John C. Hovis, his father-in-law, in Irwin Township, until he built the old house on the farm. He built the barn about ten or eleven years before his death, which occurred on the farm in 1894, when he was sixty-seven years old. Mr. Walter not only attended capably to his own affairs, but also gave considerable thought to general matters, supporting the Democratic Party in his early years, but later becoming a Prohibitionist, and taking part in the administration of the local government as the incumbent of some township offices. With his wife he held membership in the Peter's Chapel M. E. Church, which stands but a quarter of a mile from his home, on Pone Hill. [CAB, 985]

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General Notes: Wife - Susannah A. Hovis

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Another source gives her date of death as Feb 10.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 985.

2 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 32.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 91.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968, 985.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1006.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 968.

9 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 24.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968.

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 92.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 986.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 34.

14 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 35.