FRED WALTER

WALTER

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/22/2020 at 19:28:50

FRED WALTER, deceased, late an honored resident of Nodaway township, was born in Berne, Switzerland, October 17, 1835, a son of Jacob Walter, who was a son of Jacob Walter, Sr. The name of his mother before marriage was Susanna Tymon. His ancestors were all natives of Switzerland.

At the age of eighteen years Mr. Walter came to America, settling in Monroe county, Ohio. In 1868 he came to Adams county and rented land for six years, and then purchased the place which he occupied the remainder of his days, dying in 1886, a believer in the Reformed Protestant Church and in politics a Democrat. The homestead is a fine, well equipped farm, containing 135 acres of rich land, well adapted for stock and grain raising. Mrs. Walter has nine children, namely: Mary Louisa, now the wife of Ezra O. Tapert of Nodaway township; Amelia, now Mrs. Joseph Shields of Brooks, Iowa; Matilda, who lives at Denver, Colorado; Mary Ann, at home; Susanna, now the wife of Alfred Moser of Nodaway township; and Franklin, Effie, Rodalle and Charlie, - all at home. One child, John Frederick, died in February, 1887, at the age of twenty-three years. Mrs. Walter and six of the children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.