Can anyone help me with this family? Jim Miller, Osceola, IA W1 - George Walton1 - born in 1791 in Pennsylvania and died on 8 MAR 1865 in Decatur County, Iowa. He married MRS. MARTHA (-----) THORPE, who was born in 1783 in New Jersey and died on 11 MAY 1857 in Decatur County, Iowa. They are both buried in Leon Cemetery, Leon, Decatur County, Iowa. George & Martha are known to have resided in Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA in 1816, and about 1821-2 the family removed to Marion County, Ohio.. After son Henry married in 1838 he removed to Jasper Co., Indiana and George & Martha Walton may have also moved their with their son, before finally removing to Decatur County, Iowa sometime after October 1853. In the 1830 census for Tully Twsp., Marrion Co., OH, George (30-40) & Martha (20-30) Walton are listed with 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, and 1 female 40-50. In the 1840 Census for Tully Twsp., Marrion Co., OH, George (50-60) & Martha (40-50?) Walton are listed with 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, & 1 male 15-20, 2 females 10-15, & 1 female 60-70. Son Henry Lenhart Walton was alread married and living in his own household. WALTON children2: 1. Henry Lenhart b. 5 APR 1816, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA 2. Simon B. b. abt. 1824, OH rem. to Center Twsp., Decatur Co., IA in OCT 1853 and res. in KS in 1887. He pos. m. SUSAN (-----), b.1832, IN 3. Martha S. b. abt. 1828, OH 4. George W. b. abt. 1829-34, OH rem. to Decatur Co., IA in OCT 1853 and res. in KS in 1887 5. Jane b. abt. 1832, OH THARP child2: Supposed child of Martha (-----) (Tharp) Walton... a. John "Half brother of Henry Lenhart Walton", removed to Decatur Co., IA in OCT 1853 and res. Leon, Decatur Co., IA in 1887. SOURCES: 1850 Fed. Cen. Marion Twsp., Jasper Co., IN; Ringold & Decatur Co.'s, IA Hist. 653; W1-1 Henry Lenhart Walton2 - George Walton1 - son of George & Martha Walton, born 5 APR 1816 at Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania and removed with his parents about 1821/2 to Marion County, Ohio where he grew to manhood on his parents farm. In 1838 he was married to ELIZABETH CLARK, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, who was born on 22 MAY 1815. They removed to Jasper County, Indiana in 1847 and then in 1853 removed to Decatur County, Iowa with his brothers, Simon & George, and his half-brother, John Thorp. Henry settled there in Eden Twsp. and immediately returned to Indiana for his wife and eight children (2 sons & 6 daughters). He remained on this farm for 22 years & purchased a claim on sections 3 & 4 of 320 acres, for which he paid $660. It was a very desirable location, consisting of both prairie and timberland. Here in this pleasant home his children grew to maturity. In 1875 he exchanged his farm for one in Center Twsp. and in 1886 rented out his farm and moved into the town of Leon, in Decatur County. Elizabeth (Clark) Walton died at her home in Center Twsp., Decatur Co., IA on 23 OCT 1884. Funeral services were held for at her late residence by W. H. Shipman and she was buried at Chastain Cemetery. Henry L. Walton married secondly in 1885 to LIZZIE (LUCY?) LOVING, daughter of John Loving, who lived but a short time afterwards. He died suddenly early in the morning of Friday, 9 AUG 1894, near the residence of his son-in-law, Henry Oney, in Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA. While engaged in watering a horse at a well which was located about a quarter mile fromthe house, he was seized with hemorrhage of the lungs and died almost instantly. Mrs. William Fletcher saw his fall, but it was when the neighbors reached him it was too late. He had been in poor helth for some time, but had shown some improvement and had gone to town the day before hid death. Funeral services for Henry Lenhart Walton were held by Rev. G. M. Hughes at the home of Henry Oney after which he was laid to rest by the Masonic Fraternity, of which he had long been a member, at Chastain Cemetery. WALTON children3: 1. Martha Ann b. 7 OCT 1838, Marrion Co., OH 2. Joseph Willis b. 30 OCT 1841, OH 3. Sarah J. b. abt. 1841,OH 4. Ida b. 1846, OH 5. Margaret b. 1848, OH 6. Henrietta/Harrietta b. 1851, IN 7. Lucinda b. 1851, IN 8. Archibald b. 1853, IN SOURCES: Obits. of Elizabeth (Clark) Walton & Henry Lenhart Walton from Decatur County Journal, 6 NOV 1884 & 16 AUG 1894, respectively; 1840 Fed. Cen. Tully Twsp., Marrion Co., OH; 1860 Fed. Cen. Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; Biographical And Historical Record Of Ringold And Decatur Counties, Iowa, 653; W1-1-1 Martha Ann Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - d/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. 7 OCT 1738, Marrion Co., OH d. of "senility" at her home in Greenbay Twsp., Clarke Co., IA at 2:00 a.m., Tuesday, 12 SEP 1917. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. on 13 SEP 1917 by the Rev. Mr. Barr of the Christian Church of Weldon. She m. 14 DEC 1855, Decatur Co., IA to BENJAMIN F. HALL, s/o Warren Hall & Cynthia H. Parks, b. 28 NOV 1834, Monroe Co., IN. He d. of the effects of a malignant carbuncle which created preasure on the nerves and brain inducing coma & death, on Monday, 23 JUL 1900, at his home in Greenbay Twsp., Clarke Co., IA. Funeral services for him were conducted at 11:00 a.m. on 24 JUL 1900 by Rev. Dyer of the Christian Church. They are both bur. in Greenbay Cem., Greenbay Twsp., Clarke Co., IA In 1860 Benjamin & Martha Hall, removed to Greenbay Twsp., Clarke Co., IA, where they purchased 160.53 acres of land from Willim McLvaine, for the sum of $900. By 1886 the farm had grown to 545 acres and is reported to have been "one of the best stock frams in Clarke County." They belonged to the Christian Church and in politics, Benjamin Hall aligned himself with the Republican Party. HALL children4: 1. Edmond Parks b. 8 JAN 1859, near Leon, Decatur Co., IA 2. Charles Elmer b. 28 OCT 1873, Clarke Co., IA 3. Della Mae b. 3 SEP 1878, Clarke Co., IA SOURCES: 1850 Fed. Cen., Marrion Twsp., Jasper Co., IN; 1850 Fed. Warren Twsp., Putnam Co., IN; 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 Fed. Cen. Greenbay, Twsp., Clarke Co., IA; 1885 & 1895 IA St. Cen. Greenbay Twsp., Clarke Co., IA; Clarke Co., IA Hist., 75-6; Obit. of Benjamin F. Hall from OD, 26 JUL 1900 & OS, 26 JUL 1900, p. 5 c. 4; Obit. of Mrs. Martha Hall from OS, 13 SEP 1917, p. 1 c. 3; Clarke Co., IA Death Recs. 2:104, 3:24; Clarke Co., IA Misc. Recs.13:101; Clarke Co., IA Deed Recs. E:90-1; Weldon, IA Cent., 103 on which photographs of Benjamin F. Hall & Martha (Walton) Hall appear; W1-1-2 Joseph Willis Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - s/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. 30 OCT 1841, IN d. of typhoid fever, 4 NOV 1868, Decatur Co., IA m. 1 OCT 1868, Decatur Co., IA to MARY E. CHASTAIN, d/o Levi Chastain & Louisa Martin, WALTON child4: 1. Joseph Willis, a.k.a. "Willie" b. 8 MAY 1869, Decatur Co., IA SOURCES: Decatur Co., IA Hist., 187-9; Ringold & Decatur Co.'s, IA Hist. 653; 1850 Fed. Cen., Marrion Twsp., Jasper Co., IN; 1860 & 1880 Fed. Cen., Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; W1-1-3 Sarah J. Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - d/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. abt. 1841, OH m. LICIOUS RANE CHASTAIN, s/o Levi Chastain & Louisa Martin. SOURCES: 1850 Fed. Cen. Marrion Twsp., Jasper Co., IN; Decatur Co., IA Hist., 188 W1-1-4 Ida L. Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - d/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b.1846, OH SOURCES: 1850 Fed. Cen., Marrion Twsp., Jasper Co., IN; 1860 Fed. Cen., Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; W1-1-5 Margaret E. Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - d/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. 1848, OH SOURCES: 1850 Fed. Cen., Marrion Twsp., Jasper Co., IN; 1860 Fed. Cen., Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; W1-1-6 Henrietta / Harrietta Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - d/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. 1851, IN m. HENRY ONEY, b. 1849, IA d. "5-6-1937" bur. Leon Cem., Leon, Decatur Co., IA occ. Farm Laborer ONEY children4: All b. IA... 1. Pocahontas b. 1870 2. Ellen b. 1872 3. Loui b. 1873 4. Elizabeth b. 1877 SOURCES: Decatur Co., IA Hist., 187; 1860 Fed. Cen., Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; 1880 Fed. Cen. Center Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; W1-1-7 Lucinda Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - d/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. 1851, IN SOURCES: 1860 Fed. Cen., Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA; W1-1-8 Archibald Walton3 - Henry Walton2 George Walton1 - s/o Henry Walton & Elizabeth Clark, b. 1853, IN d. 18 DEC 1868, Decatur Co., IA SOURCES: Ringold & Decatur Co.'s, IA Hist. 653; 1860 Fed. Cen., Eden Twsp., Decatur Co., IA;