Person:William Walston (3)

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William R. Walston
b.19 Apr 1824 Pickaway, Ohio, United States
d.24 Apr 1895 Pleasant Hill, Pike, Illinois, United States
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m. 30 Jan 1848
  1. David Walston1852 - 1912
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m. 29 Jan 1855
  1. Caroline Walston1856 - 1913
  2. Louisa WalstonAbt 1858 - 1880
  3. James P. Walston1860 - 1909
  4. Margaret Walston1862 - 1862
  5. Harriet M. Walston1863 - 1936
  6. William R. Walston, Jr.1865 - 1948
  7. Nancy Walston1867 - 1886
  8. Ulysses S. Grant Walston1869 - 1891
  9. Elizabeth J. Walston1872 - 1926
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Name William R. Walston
Gender Male
Birth? 19 Apr 1824 Pickaway, Ohio, United States
Marriage 30 Jan 1848 Pike, Illinois, United Statesto Lovena Roberts
Marriage 29 Jan 1855 Pike, Illinois, United Statesto Elizabeth K. Duncan
Death? 24 Apr 1895 Pleasant Hill, Pike, Illinois, United States
Burial? Pleasant Hill, Pike, Illinois, United StatesCrescent Heights cemetery

William R. Walston said consistently that he was born in Ohio and reported to the 1880 census that his parents were both from Maryland. He and almost all of the children of Josiah Walston and Margaret 'Peggy' Ford went west eventually to Pike County, Illinois. Whether he was also one of Josiah and Peggy's children is not established fact, but seems likely.

Josiah and Peggy were both from Somerset County, Maryland, where Josiah was born to 'Obed' Walston, the son of William Wallstone. Obed and his wife Molly and children William, Josiah, James P., Sophia, Leven and Ann Marie and their families all traveled to Fleming County, Kentucky. Obed, his sons William and Josiah and a man named Charles Walston, possibly Obed's brother Charles, were all in the 1810 census of Fleming County. About 1815, Obed and his large extended family moved to Pickaway County, Ohio. His son Leven settled in Ross County, Ohio. The rest of the Walston family located in Deer Creek township, Pickaway County, just north of Ross County.

'Peggy', Margaret Ford Walston is buried in Burbridge cemetery, Martinsburg township, Pike, Illinois. She died in 1867. Her husband Josiah died in 1857 in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is thought to have been buried in the "Old Walston Farm cemetery".

References
  1.   Http://findagrave.com.
  2.   1800 federal census, Somerset County, Maryland, U.S.
  3.   1810 federal census, Fleming County, Kentucky, U.S.
  4.   1820 federal census, Pickaway County, Ohio, U.S.
  5.   1830 federal census, Pickaway County, Ohio, U.S.
  6.   1840 federal census, Pickaway County, Ohio, U.S.
  7.   1850 federal census, Pickaway County, Ohio, U.S.
  8.   1778 Will of William Walston/Wallstone, Somerset, MD. Archives of Maryland.
  9.   Secretary of State, Illinois, online marriage database.
  10.   Familysearch.org "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths".
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