Aged: 87 Years, 7 Months, 17 Days, Wife of J.
"WALTERS, LYDIA, (widow of James Walters), was born in December 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner. She was sister to George and Jacob Donner. Her parents moved to Jessamine county, Kentucky, about 1811. She was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, Indiana. James Walters died there in June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved her family to Sangamon county and settled in Auburn township. Of her children -
NOBLE married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Davis, moved to Sangamon county, and died in 1859.
GEORGE went to Texas and died there.
MATILDA is a cripple and blind, and lives at the family homestead, in care of her brother, Pollard K. - 1873.
POLLARD K. is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead in Auburn township, near the line of Macoupin county - 1876. He lost a leg by a reaping machine many years ago.
JOHN went to California and died there.
JAMES married Nancy Baldwin, and lived in Virden, Illinois.
WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 1858, to Sarah Green. They have four living children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CARROLL, and live two and one-half miles southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, Illinois- 1874.
MARY ANN married James Clack, and lives in Virden, Illinois.
Mrs. Lydia Walters died July 1, 1871, in Auburn township, in the eighty-eighth year of her age."
From the "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" by John Carroll Powers, 1876, p. 750.
"WALTERS, LYDIA, (widow of James Walters), was born in December 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner. She was sister to George and Jacob Donner. Her parents moved to Jessamine county, Kentucky, about 1811. She was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, Indiana. James Walters died there in June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved her family to Sangamon county and settled in Auburn township. Of her children -
NOBLE married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Davis, moved to Sangamon county, and died in 1859.
GEORGE went to Texas and died there.
MATILDA is a cripple and blind, and lives at the family homestead, in care of her brother, Pollard K. - 1873.
POLLARD K. is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead in Auburn township, near the line of Macoupin county - 1876. He lost a leg by a reaping machine many years ago.
JOHN went to California and died there.
JAMES married Nancy Baldwin, and lived in Virden, Illinois.
WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 1858, to Sarah Green. They have four living children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CARROLL, and live two and one-half miles southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, Illinois- 1874.
MARY ANN married James Clack, and lives in Virden, Illinois.
Mrs. Lydia Walters died July 1, 1871, in Auburn township, in the eighty-eighth year of her age."
From the "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" by John Carroll Powers, 1876, p. 750.
Aged: 87 Years, 7 Months, 17 Days, Wife of J.
"WALTERS, LYDIA, (widow of James Walters), was born in December 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner. She was sister to George and Jacob Donner. Her parents moved to Jessamine county, Kentucky, about 1811. She was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, Indiana. James Walters died there in June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved her family to Sangamon county and settled in Auburn township. Of her children -
NOBLE married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Davis, moved to Sangamon county, and died in 1859.
GEORGE went to Texas and died there.
MATILDA is a cripple and blind, and lives at the family homestead, in care of her brother, Pollard K. - 1873.
POLLARD K. is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead in Auburn township, near the line of Macoupin county - 1876. He lost a leg by a reaping machine many years ago.
JOHN went to California and died there.
JAMES married Nancy Baldwin, and lived in Virden, Illinois.
WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 1858, to Sarah Green. They have four living children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CARROLL, and live two and one-half miles southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, Illinois- 1874.
MARY ANN married James Clack, and lives in Virden, Illinois.
Mrs. Lydia Walters died July 1, 1871, in Auburn township, in the eighty-eighth year of her age."
From the "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" by John Carroll Powers, 1876, p. 750.
"WALTERS, LYDIA, (widow of James Walters), was born in December 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner. She was sister to George and Jacob Donner. Her parents moved to Jessamine county, Kentucky, about 1811. She was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, Indiana. James Walters died there in June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved her family to Sangamon county and settled in Auburn township. Of her children -
NOBLE married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Davis, moved to Sangamon county, and died in 1859.
GEORGE went to Texas and died there.
MATILDA is a cripple and blind, and lives at the family homestead, in care of her brother, Pollard K. - 1873.
POLLARD K. is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead in Auburn township, near the line of Macoupin county - 1876. He lost a leg by a reaping machine many years ago.
JOHN went to California and died there.
JAMES married Nancy Baldwin, and lived in Virden, Illinois.
WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 1858, to Sarah Green. They have four living children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CARROLL, and live two and one-half miles southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, Illinois- 1874.
MARY ANN married James Clack, and lives in Virden, Illinois.
Mrs. Lydia Walters died July 1, 1871, in Auburn township, in the eighty-eighth year of her age."
From the "History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois" by John Carroll Powers, 1876, p. 750.
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