Elias Walter

WALTER, BILLHIMER, WAMSLEY, PARKER

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/27/2004 at 22:18:43

Elias Walter is a pioneer of October, 1853, and has therefore witnessed the settlement of the county from its infancy. Mr. Walter is a mason by trade. Upon his arrival here he located at Shell Rock, purchased property, and then erected the first frame house in the village. On the 12th day of February, 1854, he married Miss Rachel Billhimer. The ceremony was performed by M. B. Wamsley, Esq., and was the first in Butler county. Mrs. Walters is a daughter of John and Barbara Billhimer, is a native of Pennsylvania, born on the 28th day of October, 1831. Elias Walter has followed his trade most of the time until 1880, since then his health has not permitted him to perform manual labor.
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter reared a family of eleven children, eight of whom are now living - James F., Ruvira, George W., Henry E., Clara B., Charley, Lucinda, Fred and Elias B. Mr. Walter is a native of Ohio, born in Muskingum county, June 26, 1831. His parents, Ebenezer and Martha (Parker) Walter, came to Butler county in 1855. Here the father died in 1858. The mother still resides at Shell Rock, at the advanced age of seventy-five years. He is a republican in politics, and a member of the Christian Church.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 520