Valentine Walter and Susannah Shaffer

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Husband Valentine Walter ¹

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           Born: 14 Feb 1834 - Union Twp, Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: David H. Walter (Abt 1801-1864) 3
         Mother: Catherine Phillips (1807-1895) 4

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       Marriage: 22 Feb 1858 2

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Wife Susannah Shaffer ⁵

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           Born: 1832 - Limestone Twp, Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: Jacob Shaffer (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Susanna Frock (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Savilla Walter ⁷

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            AKA: Sevilla Walter 6
           Born: 11 Jul 1860 - Limestone Twp, Union Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: C. Morris Showers (1854-      ) 8
           Marr: 24 Feb 1881 7

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2 F Ella Walter ⁹

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           Born: 3 Feb 1863 - Limestone Twp, Union Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: Dr. D. Rosswell Rothrock (1861-      ) 11
           Marr: 16 Jun 1885 - Centreville, Snyder Co, PA 10

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3 F Alice Walter ⁶

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         Spouse: J. J. Rowland (      -      ) 6

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4 F Sadie Walter ⁶

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         Spouse: J. D. Dreese (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Valentine Walter

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His father valued education very highly, and he was prepared at an early age to teach. His first school was in Center township, and for three years he taught in country schools during the winter terms for seventeen dollars per month, boarding himself, and for the next two years he taught for twenty dollars per month. From seventeen to twenty-two years of age his time was thus employed during the winter seasons, and in summer he would assist his father on the farm. He also attended Freeburg Academy for two quarters. After he was twenty-one years of age his father paid him wages for his farm work, and he remained at home until the age of twenty-four. He then married and located on his father's farm in Limestone township, Union County, which he rented for several years, but in 1867 he removed to Centerville where for four years he followed agricultural pursuits. He then went into mercantile business, and spent twelve years, at times with partners, and sometimes alone. In 1882, he retired from this line of business with a handsome competence. He owned two farms near Centerville, containing in all 250 acres of farm land, sixty-eight acres of woodland, and eighty-eight acres of mountain land. His saw mill and planing mill at Centerville were both operated by steam and he did a large business in lumber.
In politics he was a Republican, and, although he never sought office, he was elected to a number of positions, serving sixteen years as overseer of the poor, and two terms as triennial assessor. At one time he was a member of the I. O. O. F., and he and his wife were prominent workers in the Lutheran Church, in which he held the office of trustee.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 885, 899, 1127.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1127.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 885, 1018.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 886, 1018.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 899, 1127.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1128.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1051.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1050.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 899, 1128.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 899.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 896.