JACOB WALTERS
PRIVATE
COMPANY " H "
152ND ILLINOIS INFANTRY
UNION ARMY
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SOLDIER HISTORY :

JACOB WALTERS

Residence : Robinson, IL
Enlisted on 2/11/1865 as a Private.

On 2/11/1865 he mustered into " H " Co. IL. 152nd. Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 9/11/1865 at Memphis, TN

SOURCE :
-- Illinois : Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

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Married Mahala ( Tracy ) Perine in Crawford County, Illinois on 8 October 1866.

Her first husband David Perrine was killed in the Civil War. He died from disease on 12 January 1865 while serving with Company " F " , 5th Illinois Cavalry.

David and Mahala were married 28 April 1864 in Crawford County, Illinois

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U.S. CENSUS - 1870
Robinson
Crawford Co.
Illinois
Dwelling # 80

JACOB WALTERS, 24, White, Male, Illinois, Farmer
MAHALA WALTERS, 27, White, Female, Ohio, Keeping House
FRANCES C. WALTERS, 11/12, White, Male, Illinois, At Home

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Sometime between 1870 and 1880, Jacob and Mahala Walters Divorced

They had three children, Francis Collins Walters ( 131008782 ), Rosy E. Walters ( 75113082 ) , and Sarah Elizabeth Walters. ( 200370889 )
Rosy E. died at a young age in 1868, 5 months and 11 days old.

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U. S. CENSUS - 1880
Ness County
Kansas

JACOB WALTERS, 30, White , Male, Single, Illinois, No Occupation

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Married a woman named Sarah J. in 1887.

Jacob Walters applied for a military pension in 1888

Had one child, a son James A. Walters, born in 1889

First wife Mahala Tracy passed away before 1891 as her father applied for a pension for her son.

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KANSAS STATE CENSUS - 1895
Green
Harper County
Kansas
Family # 2

JACOB WALTERS, 47, Male, White, Illinois
SARAH WALTERS, 27, White, Female, Maine
JAMES A. WALTERS, 6, White, Male, Kansas
SAM HAMILTON, 28, Iowa
PERRY KEPHART, 27, Tennessee

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U. S. CENSUS - 1900
Ward 3
Wichita
Sedgwick
Kansas
House # 418

JACOB WALTERS, 51, White, Male, Head, Married, Illinois, Day Laborer, Dec 1848
SADIE J. WALTERS, 30, White Female, Wife, Married, Maine, July 1870
JAMES A. WALTERS, 11, White, Male, Son, Kanss, At School, November 1888

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Sarah J. applied for a widow's pension in 1903.

NOTE: Member of GAR Sherman Post, Ness City, Ness County, Kansas.