Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Columbus Walton    
       Also known as: Christopher Columbus Walton 1
                Born: May-  -1878          in Lewis Co, WV  2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Jun-13-1926          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,4
              Buried:                      in Pigott-Hiley Cemetery, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1920                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1912                 in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      blacksmith  6
              Father: Henderson Walton   (1864 - 1935) 
              Mother: Alice A. Ocheltree   (1860 - 1948) 
                Wife: Laura Mae Hiley     
             Married: Sep- 8-1912          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: Aug-31-1888          in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  7,3 (see note 2)
                Died: Nov- 2-1968          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8,7
              Buried:                      in Pigott-Hiley Cemetery, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV  9,8,5
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  7,10
              Census: 1940                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920, 1930           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: (abt 1907-1912)      waitress at Columbia Hotel in West Union  1
              Father: Jesse Isaac Hiley   (1864 - 1927) 
              Mother: Sarah Savilla Swiger   (1864 - 1931) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Wilbur Kinney [adopted]       
                Born: 1909                  11
                Died: bef Jan 1999          12
              Census: 1910, 1920           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 3)
           F Child 2: Ernestine Walton      
       Also known as: Ruby Ernestine Walton 1
                Born: Sep-19-1915           1,6
                Died: bef Apr 2012          12
             Resided: 1968                 in Washington, DC  13
              Census: 1920, 1930           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Orland Kenneth "Pete" Dotson  b. ca 1899  d. Feb- 7-1963  
             Married: Nov-10-1937          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: ___ Stipp  
           F Child 3: Sarah Alice Walton      
                Born: Jul-18-1918           1,6
             Resided: 2012                 in Pleasant Gap, Centre Co, PA  12
             Resided: 1968                 in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  13
              Census: 1940                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920, 1930           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Gerald Martin Pernell  b. Mar-27-1917  d. Dec-31-1972  
             Married: Sep-11-1937          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
           M Child 4: Raymond Rex Walton      
       Also known as: Rex Walton 14
                Born: Sep-21-1922          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  15
                Died: Apr-23-2012          in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  16
              Buried:                      in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  9
             Resided:                      in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV  9,15,13
             Resided: 1945                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  15
              Census: 1940                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Consol’s Four States mine (28 yrs), clock collector (hobby)  9
            Military: (enlisted 3/30/1943) U.S. Army, World War II  17
                Wife: Evelyn Virginia Scott  b. Feb-11-1927  d. Sep- 9-1997  
             Married: Jan-25-1945          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  15
             Married: Sep-12-1970          in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  15
           F Child 5: Helen Mae Walton      
                Born: Jul-23-1924           7
                Died: Aug-  -1990           7
             Resided: 1968                 in Silver Spring, Montgomery Co, MD  13
              Census: 1940                 in Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: John Clifton Dowdy  b. Apr-11-1922  
             Married: Nov-26-1949          in Washington, DC  1

Sources:
(1) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(2) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Headstone (year only) 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Obituary. 
(10) Death record of sister. 
(11) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(12) Obituary of brother. 
(13) Obituary of mother. 
(14) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(16) Obituary - United Hospital Center. 
(17) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date in headstone is 1879, but 1900 Census shows it as May
1878.
Note (2) Obituary states birth date as Aug 31 1887, age 81.
Note (3) In 1920, listed as adopted son in household of Columbus & Laura (Hiley)
Walton.







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