Joseph L. Walter and Elizabeth "Betsey" Sherrick

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Husband Joseph L. Walter ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Joseph Walters 3
           Born:  - Lebanon Co, PA
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         Father: Peter Walter (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Sherrick ⁴

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1855 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: Abraham Sherrick (      -1870) 6 7 8
         Mother: Anna Overholt (1804-1855/1905) 6 9

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Children

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1 F Annie S. Walter ^{1 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1906
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         Spouse: Irving H. Cottom (1840-      ) 5
           Marr: 30 Jan 1862 1

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2 F Mary E. Walter ^{5 10}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: David M. Newcomer (Abt 1838-1903) 5 10

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3 M Abraham S. Walter ²

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           Born: 7 Feb 1849 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Rebecca Hutchinson (      -1886) 5
           Marr: 1878 5

         Spouse: Pearl Gallatin (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1888 5

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4 F Sarah Catharine Walter ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: in childhood
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph L. Walter

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He was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, and was still a child when the family moved to Westmoreland County. He made farming the business of his life, and after his marriage purchased a farm where his son, Abraham S., later lived. The property consisted of one hundred and ten acres, which he improved and cultivated successfully. He was the owner of another farm of one hundred and twenty acres as well. He was a member of the Church of God.
He died at the age of seventy-three.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 329.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 395.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 64.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 64, 396.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 396.

6 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 685.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 347.

8 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 72.

9 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 568.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 240.