Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob Walter and Elizabeth Hoffman


Husband Jacob Walter 1 

           Born: 3 May 1800 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1884 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2


         Father: Johannes Walter (1772-1862)
         Mother: Mary Magdalena Chrispen (1768-1840)


       Marriage: Abt 1827

Wife Elizabeth Hoffman 1 

           Born: Abt 1808 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1877 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA


         Father: Jacob Hoffman, Jr. (1783-Bet 1850/1860) 3 4
         Mother: Eva Maria Baker (Abt 1784-Bef 1850) 3


Children
1 F Mary Walter 1 5 

           Born: Abt 1829 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Iowa
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sebastian "Boss" Ayres (1825-1854) 1 5
           Marr: 29 Aug 1846 - Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: David Martin (1830-      ) 6

2 F Sarah Walter 1 

           Born: Abt 1830 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1847 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 






3  F  Eveline Walter 1





            AKA: Evaline Walter, Evelyn Walter
           Born: 24 Jun 1831 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 



         Spouse: George McKinley, Jr. (1835-Aft 1918) 1
           Marr: 3 Mar 1855 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7






4  F  Elizabeth Walter 1 8





           Born: Abt 1833 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1886 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA



         Spouse: Findley Preston Surrena (1834-1908) 1 8 9 10
           Marr: 1856 8






5  M  John Walter 1





           Born: Abt 1836 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1876 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 








6  F  Catherine "Kate" Walter 11





           Born: 31 May 1838 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jul 1896 - Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12



         Spouse: Joseph Gilmore (1841-1905) 11






7  F  Matilda Walter 13





           Born: Abt 1841 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1923
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14



         Spouse: Philip Ghost McFadden (1833-1919) 13
           Marr: Aug 1858 15






8  F  Phebe Ann Walter 1





           Born: Abt 1843 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919 - Iowa
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Samuel H. Foreman (Abt 1838-Bef 1919) 1






9  M  Jacob Hoffman Walter 16





           Born: 5 Oct 1846 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Jun 1918 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA



         Spouse: Nancy Jane Adams (1847-1888) 17
           Marr: 1870 17



         Spouse: Margaret McBride (1854-1937) 17
           Marr: 6 Jun 1889 - ? Venango Co, PA 17






10  F  Emily Walter 1





           Born: Abt 8 Dec 1848 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Aug 1865 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 18



         Spouse: Did Not Marry









General Notes: Husband - Jacob Walter




  He was a young child when the family settled in Irwin Township, Venango County, PA. Here he was reared amid the rude surroundings then customary in this region, acquiring what education he could in the irregularly conducted schools of the locality, but getting plenty of experience in practical duties. When he married he moved to the farm owned and occupied by his son Jacob until his death, then a wild tract, on which he even had to clear the ground for his log house. He had 250 acres, and succeeded in putting half of it under cultivation, farming throughout his active years and remaining there until his death. In 1850, he built a house which forms the larger part of the present residence on the farm, and made other substantial improvements which greatly enhanced the value of the property.
  He was a well known man of his day, filling a number of township offices, including that of school director, and taking an active part in the workings of the Democratic Party, which practically all the Walters have supported. He attended the Church of God at Barkeyville, four and a half miles from his home, but is buried at the Peter's Chapel M. E. Church, whose cemetery site was bought from him. The church stands on the farm of J. W. Walter on a site bought from his father, J. M. Walter, being land which he had formerly purchased from Jacob Walter.  [CAB, 968]



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Sources






1
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968.

2
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.

3
Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 956.

4
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1085.

5
Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 15.

6
Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 2, 15.

7
J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

8
J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

9
James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1436.

10
Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 194.

11
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968, 1039.

12
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 70.

13
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968, 1059.

14
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 90.

15
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1059.

16
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 967.

17
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 969.

18
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 81.







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