Jonathan Walden’s obituary states that his parents died when he was young and he converted to the Baptist faith, shortly before moving to Ohio. It gives no other indication to his family. The earliest records located for Jonathan show that he married Sarah Millikin in Jackson County, Ohio in 1832 (Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993Continue reading “Jonathan Walden | Brother, Lewis”
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John Walden | Morgan’s Raid
In 1867, William A. Walden posted an Executor’s notice in the Jackson Standard that he had been appointed as the executor of John Walden’s last will and testament. His will was recorded in the Probate Office of Jackson County, where his mother and most of his siblings were residing. He bequeathed “all the interest IContinue reading “John Walden | Morgan’s Raid”
Sarah Millikin | Ohio Bride
Sarah Millikin married Jonathan Walden in the winter of 1832 in Jackson County, Ohio. Their daughter, Mary Jane Walden, born the next fall, would marry Oliver C. Crookham (I) and migrate to Greenwood County, Kansas after the Civil War. Sarah was born in 1810 in Pennsylvania according to the census records of 1850-1880. She diedContinue reading “Sarah Millikin | Ohio Bride”
Jonathan Walden, Baptist
Jonathan Walden’s obituary, written by H. Adams, extolled the virtuous life of Walden as a Baptist.
Finding the Yellow Bricks 