De Soto Weekly facts De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri THURSDAY, 26 JANUARY 1899 CAPTAIN JOSEPH WALTHER - Captain Joseph WALTHER, who was born at Muenster, Westpfhalen, Germany, on April 26, 1831, died of heart failure at De Soto, Mo., at 9:15 p.m., January 23, 1899. Mr. WALTHER lived in Germany until June, 1860, when he emigrated to the United States and settled in .P.New York;. He served in the German army for several years and left that army with the rank of Lieutenant. On February 5, 1855, he married the wife who survives him. In June, 1861, Mr. WALTHER enlisted in the Union army with the rank of First Lieutenant, which he held about one year, when he was promoted Captain and served as such until mustered out at the close of the war. He was in Co. D, 41st New York regiment and was in the thick of the fighting until peace was declared. Three times he was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. In 1864 Captain WALTHER moved with his family from New York to New Jersey, where he remained till December, 1866, when he located on a farm in Jefferson county, Mo., about three miles east of De Soto. In 1884 Captain WALTHER came to De Soto and embarked in the feed and fuel business. His business transactions were strictly honest and his word as good as his bond. He was appointed postmaster at De Soto by President HARRISON, which office he held four years, and in 1894 he was elected county collector. Nine children, eight boys and a girl, are the fruits of his marriage, and all survive him. Captain WALTHER was buried to-day in the city cemetery. Short services were conducted at the house by Rev. WENDT, and the remains were taken in charge by the members of the Grand Army and tenderly laid at rest. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man