Joseph Walter and Alma Smail

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Husband Joseph Walter ¹

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           Born: 28 Dec 1839 1
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         Father: Michael Walter (1812-1857) 2
         Mother: Catherine Yost (1818-1894) 1

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       Marriage: 1882 1

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Wife Alma Smail ¹

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1 M Robert Walter ¹

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2 F Viola Walter ¹

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3 M Anson Walter ¹

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4 M Curtis Walter ¹

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5 F Dona Walter ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Walter

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He received his early education in the public schools, and then learned the trade of a cab­inetmaker and also the trade of a wagon-maker, and in 1861, on the outbreak of the civil war, enlisted in Company F, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war, taking part in all of the battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was captured and confined for five months in An­dersonville prison and five days in Libby prison and later exchanged and rejoined his regiment. After the war he was for fourteen years in the Golinza Mills, then removed to Tionesta, Pennsylvania, finally settling in Tylersburg, where he lived retired from active business. He was a Republican in poli­tics. He was a member of John Martin Bow­man Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 335.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 334.