This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WALTER/SCHEID/MAUER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1VB.2ACE/586.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: My GGGrandfather is Jacob Walter. He was first married to Margaretha Hofmann on 3/30/1856 at Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio. They had four children while living in Monroe County Ohio. 1) Emilie (Amelia) born 10/9/1856 2) George Wilhelm (William) born 07/27/1858 3) Mary Salome (Sally) born 3/23/1860 4) Elizabeth (Lizzy) born 3/31/1862. Jacob entered the military service 8/15/1862 and served the Union forces in the Civil War. He was a prisoner at Andersonville Prison. He was discharged on 5/30/1865. In early 1866, the Jacob Walter family moved to Little York, Washington County, Indiana and stayed there only one year. One child was born to them in Indiana 5) Albert Jacob born 05/04/1866. In the spring of 1867 the family moved to Scott County, Missouri and lived on a farm near Kelso. Jacob Walter was the overseer of a sawmill at New Hamburg. Two of the children died in 1867, apparently of typhoid fever. Albert died 05/11/1867 and Amelia died 08/30/1867. There were both buried in the old Eisleben Lutheran Church cemetery of Illmo, Missouri. Six additional children were born to them in Scott County: 6) Ottillia (Tillie) Louisa born 03/20/1868 7) Magdalena (Lena) born 07/22/1870 8) Anna born 12/07/1872 9) Louis David (Louie) born 02/13/1875 (my ggrandfather) 10) Emma Julia born 07/26/1877 11) Louisa (Louise) Barbara born 01/09/1881. The family lost the farm in Scott County and moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1883. In September of 1888, Jacob Walter deserted his family and moved to Ansonia, Darke County, Ohio. His father, brother, and sister Barbara had moved to this place sometime around 1885. In April of 1889 Jacob Walter moved to Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio and lived there until April 16, 1895 when he entered the Old Soldiers and Sailors Home at Sandusky, Ohio. Margaret Hofmann Walter and her children who were still living at home moved to St. Louis, MO in 1890 and she moved back to Cape Girardeau in late July or early August 1902. Jacob Walter moved to Saulsburg, Wood County, West Virginia in 1904. He obtained a divorce from Margaretha Hofmann Walter on June 19, 1905 at Parkersburg, Marshall County, West Virginia. On July 6, 1905 he married Mary Scheid Mauer, a widow with 5 young children. The marriage took place at Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. He and his second wife had 3 children: Louisa, Theodore, and Lena (must be Alice). Alice and Theodore were twins. Mrs. Mary Walter filed for divorce from Jacob Walter on April 16, 1910. He left her the same day. However, the divorce was not granted. A record shows that they were finally divorced on January 15, 1921. Jacob Walter died April 13, 1928 at Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia at the age of 92 years, 8 months, and 18 days. He is buried at Dayton National Cemetery, 4100 W. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio (grave 40/row 19, section M). I was just trying to find his second family and find out who the children were for sure. Hope to hear from you and hope this helps you out. Sincerely, Dana Hutchings