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(The Starr Line).
(I) Dr. Comfort Starr, immigrant ances- tor, was born at Ashford, county Kent, Eng- land, about forty-five miles southeast of Lou- don. He practiced there as a physician and surgeon before he came to America, in March, 1634. in the ship "Hercules," with three chil- (Iren and three servants. He was warden of the church at Ashford, St. Mary's. His brother, Jehosephat Starr, lived and died there : his brother. Joyful Starr, married Mar- garet -- -: his sister, Suretrust Starr, mar- ried Faithful Rouse and lived at Charlestown,
Massachusetts; his sister, Constant Starr, married John Morly and lived at Charlestown. The family name is now extinct at Ashford. Dr. Comfort Starr settled first at Cambridge. Massachusetts, and bought land, June 19. 1638, at Duxbury, of Jonathan Brewster, re- moving there soon afterward. He was re- ported as able to bear arms in 1643 at Dux- bury. He deeded his house there to his son John afterward and moved to Boston again, where he lived at the north end near the Charlestown ferry. After 1649 his name often appears in the Boston records, especially in the probate records. His wife died June 25, 1658, aged sixty-three, and he died January 2. 1659. his will being proved February 3 fol- lowing ; he mentioned property at Boston and Ashford in Kent, England. Children : Thom- as; Elizabeth, born 1621: Comfort, 1624; Mary : John, mentioned below : Samuel, bap- tized March 2, 1628: Hannah, July 22, 1632: Lydia, March 22, 1634.
( II) John, son of Dr. Comfort Starr, was born in England, doubtless one of the three children who came over with their father in 1634. The first mention of him is on the Plymouth Colony records, in the list of males at Duxbury between sixteen and sixty years of age able to bear arms. In 1645 he signed the petition for land in Bridgewater, a part of Duxbury. He lived as a neighbor of his father in Boston. He was a carpenter and housewright. He married Martha, daughter of George and Judith Bunker. of Charles- town: George Bunker owned Bunker Hill. Children : Elizabeth, living in 1659: Judith. living in 1659: Lydia, died February 20, 1712, adopted by her uncle, Eleazer Lusher: Elea- zer: Comfort, mentioned below; John, born December, 1664: Benjamin, August 19, 1667.
(III) Comfort (2), son of John Starr, was born February 4. 1661-62. in Boston, died June 9, 1729. He inherited the estate of his aunt, Mary Bunker, in Dedham, where he settled and became a prominent and wealthy citizen. He held many offices. He was dea- con of the church. He married. November 14. 1683. Mary, born January 6. 1664-65. died April 20, 1735, daughter of Simon and Mary ( Whipple ) Stone, of Watertown, Massachu- setts. Children : Mary, born November 23. 1685: Abiah, February 8, 1688: Hannah, January 13. 1690: Sarah, February 13, 1691- 02: Josiah. September 4. 1693, died Novem- ber 26. 1693: Susannah, November 24. 1694:
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Comfort, mentioned below; Judith, Septem- ber 2, 1698; Martha and Ruth, twins, Octo- ber 5. 1700, first died December 13, 1700; Elizabeth, October 2, 1702: Jonathan. Decem- ber 8, 1704: Martha, April 27. 1708.
(IV) Comfort (3), son of Comfort (2) Starr, was born August 9, 1696. He lived in Dedham for a time. In 1723 he bought a thousand acres of land in the north parish of Killingly, Connecticut, part of which he sold, and settling on the remainder, near Brandy Hill, now in Thompson, Connecticut. He was a prominent man there, and a husbandman. He married ( first ) Elizabeth, who died March 4, 1742. He married ( second ), November 3, 1763, Mrs. Sarah Knapp, of Killingly. Chil- dren by first wife: Comfort, mentioned be- low ; Isaac, born June 24. 1733. died July 22. 1733: Elizabeth, September 13, 1734; Isaac. October 25, 1736: Frances, baptized and died December 3. 1737. or 1738; Josiah, baptized August 3, 1740, probably died young ; Sally, married Jesse Woodward, of Thompson ; Eb- enezer, February 24, 1741-42.
(V) Captain Comfort (4) Starr, son of Comfort (3) Starr, was born in Thompson, Connecticut, Angust 10, 1731, died November 30, 1812. He sold his farm in Thompson about 1771 intending to settle elsewhere, but his continental money received in payment de- preciated so in value that he lost much. He went to Vermont where he commanded a company in 1773 that went to break up an English court in session in Westminster. He bought land in Guilford, Windham county, Vermont, April 17. 1777, and settled there in 1780. He married Judith Cooper, of Thompson : she was admitted to the church, June 26, 1768, and died September 15, 1815. Children: Farley, born October 14. 1755: Sarah, November 28, 1760; Abigail, Novem- ber 24. 1763: Comfort, May 30, 1766; Judith. November 27, 1768: Mary, May 27. 1772: Timothy, December 22, 1773: Martha, May 28, 1776; Ephraim, mentioned below.
(VI) Ephraim, son of Captain Comfort (4) Starr, was born in Guilford, Vermont, May II, 1780, died December 29, 1862. He lived at Guilford, Halifax. Readsborough, Ver- mont, South Onondaga. New York, about 1819. Michigan, 1843, and Illinois, 1860. He was a wheelwright and mechanic. He served in the war of 1812. He married ( first ) Han- nah Gore, born in September, 1782. He mar- ried (second ) in South Onondaga, Dorcas,
daughter of John Eggleston, and she died October 17, 1825, in Onondaga. Children by first wife: Sally, born December 19, 1802, married David Wilcox (see Wilcox VII-p. 500) ; Lyman, June 28, 1804: Sophia, Febru- ary 5, 1807 : Licy, July 20, 1810, in Guilford ; Martha Marietta, September 28, 1812, in IIali- fax : Darius Comfort. May 22, 1815: Polly Almira, February 14, 1818, at Readsborough. By second wife: Charles, March 29, 1824.
Henry Glover, immigrant an-
GLOVER cestor, was born in England, and was a settler in New
Haven, Connecticut, as early as 1647. He was presumably the Henry Glover, aged twenty-four years, who came to Boston in the ship "Elizabeth" from Ipswich, England. in 1634. He married Elinor (or Helena, as sometimes spelled ) Wakeman, sister of John Wakeman, of Hartford, Connecticut. Henry Glover was admitted a freeman in 1662 and was a proprietor of New Haven in 1685. He was a prominent citizen "who was at once a supporter and critic of the governmental sys- tem." His name with that of his wife ap- pears on many wills, agreements, etc., as trus- tee and guardian. He died in 1680. . His will was proved in October, 1689. His widow died May 1, 1607. Children, born at New Haven : Mary, baptized June, 1641 ; Mercy, baptized Angust, 1643: Hannah, baptized May. 1646, married. November 21, 1663, David AAshley: John, mentioned below : Abi- gail, born April 29. 1651, baptized July, 1652, died young : Abigail, born August 31, 1652; Sarah, baptized December 3 or 5, 1655.
( II) John. son of Henry Glover, was born in New Haven and baptized there October 8. 1648. Ile died before his father, who died in 1689. and his children are legatees in his father's will. He married, December 7, 1671, Joanna Daniles. Among the children was John. mentioned below.
(111) John (2), son of John (1) Glover, was born in New Haven, about 1672-75. He married (first ) Mrs. Margery Hubbard ( mar- ried by Israel Channcy). November 27, 1700, at New Haven. He settled in Stratford. Con- necticut, about the time of marriage. His first wife died March. 1703-04, and he mar- ried ( second ) Bethia Bickley, widow of Ben- jamin Bickley. in July. 1707. He removed to Newtown and became a prominent citizen there. He was selectman in 1712-17-18. He
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was warden of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1724. He was among the first set- tlers of the town. Children by first wife, born at Stratford : I. John. mentioned below. 2. Henry, October 3, 1703; captain ; deputy to the general assembly from 1749 to 1771, nearly every session ; selectman in 1749 and several other years. Child of second wife. born at Newtown: 3. Benjamin, May, 1708, father of Christopher, born December 9, 1750; resided in Danbury, Connecticut, and Wil- liamstown, New York, where he died May 18. 1845. having had seventeen children.
(IV) John (3). son of John (2) Glover. was born at New Haven. December 30, 1701. He was a prominent citizen of Newtown, deputy to the general court, selectman from 1733 to 1749, nearly every year.
(\) James, son or nephew of John (3) Glover, was born about 1735 in Newtown, Fairfield county, Connecticut. He married there. November 15. 1759, Eunice Booth. In 1790, according to the first federal census. he was living at Newtown and had in his family four males over sixteen and two fe- males.
.At the time, the other heads of fam- ilies of this name were Daniel, Elias, Henry, John. Solomon and Benjamin. all of New- town. sons. nephews or cousins of James. There were only a few others of this family in the state at that time, and none in Ver- mont. The marriage records of Newtown show the marriages of Daniel, Rebecca and Elizabeth, between 1751 and 1767. Captain Jeremiah Glover, probably son of James, was born in 1763 and died at Essex, Connecticut. April 18. 1850.
(\I) James ( 2). son of James ( 1) Glover. was born in Newtown about 1760. He re- moved after the revolution to Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. He married and had one son. Jeremiah, mentioned below. (VII) Jeremiah, son of James (2) Glover, was in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. during his boyhood. In 1825 he settled at Apalachin. township of Owego, Tioga count- ty. New York, and built a saw mill. IIe bought large tracts of timber land, and in addition to his mill and lumber business con- ducted a large farm. He spent his last years at Pine Creek, Lycoming county, Pennsyl- vania, where he died about 1865. He mar- ried Tamar Buffum, who was of English de- scent. Children: Anson Buffum. mentioned
below : Chauncy. George Washington, Maria, Sally, Betsey.
(VIII) Anson Buffum, son of Jeremiah Glover, was born in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1815, died in Apala- chin, New York, August 10, 1889. He came to Apalachin with his parents when ten years old. attended the public schools there, and all his active years were spent in that town. He followed farming and conducted the saw mill that his father built. He was a member of the Baptist church. He married Lois Mer- rill Burton, born in Vermont, March 6, 1820, died in 1898, daughter of Stephen and Han- nah (Merrill) Burton. Children, born at Ap- alachin : 1. Martha, May 23, 1842; married John S. Giles, of Apalachin. 2. Lucy A., Au- gust 4. 1843, died June 21, 1894; married George Sherwood. 3. Mary A., November 19. 1844, died in infancy. 4. Hannah E., July 23. 1846, died March 9, 1861. 5. Maria L., August 7, 1847 : married Charles Douglass. 6. Stephen B .. mentioned below. 7. Henry A., mentioned below. 8. George W., Febru- ary 27, 1853 : a farmer in Apalachin, living on the homestead. 9. Sarah M., December 24, 1854, died December 25, 1854. 10. Charles E., February 21, 1856, died August 2, 1876. II. Eber J., January 22, 1860, died June 24, 1862.
(IX) Stephen Burton, son of Anson Buf- fim Glover, was born at Apalachin, Tioga county, New York, September 21, 1849. He attended the public schools of his native town, and during youth and early manhood fol- lowed farming for an occupation, living on the homestead. He afterward bought an ad- joining farm, on which he has since lived. He has been a successful and prosperous farmer and is a useful and prominent citizen. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the election board and pathmas- ter of the town. In religion he is a Baptist.
He married, March 2, 1884, Susan ( Wiltse) Clinton, born at Owego, May 5. 1845, daugh- ter of Otis and Louisa (Coffin) Wiltse, and widow of Frank Clinton, of Waverly, New York. By her first marriage she had chil- dren : Louise Clinton, who married George Schmack and has Eleanor, Agnes, Lillie, An- son and Lloyd: Flora Clinton, married Al- hert M. Osterhout and has one child, Clyde Lincoln, born September 4, 1911 : Oscar Shel- den Clinton. Children of Stephen B. and Susan Glover : 1. Florence Lillian, born Feb-
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ruary 25, 1887: married LeRoy Tuttle, of Apalachin, and has one child, Alfreda Redina, born July 20, 1911. 2. Anson Buffum, born September 8, 1888.
(IX) Henry Anson, son of Anson Buffum Glover, was born June 10, 1851, at Apala- chin, Tioga county, New York. He was edu- cated there in the public schools and at Owe- go Academy. He studied medicine under the instruction of Dr. H. W. Eastman and at the University of Buffalo, from which he was graduated in 1882 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He located at Wind- ham, Pennsylvania, where he was in active general practice for a period of twenty-eight years. Since 1910 he has practiced at Nich- ols, New York. He is a member of the Bradford County Medical Society, Pennsyl- vania; the Tioga County Medical Society of New York; the New York State Medical So- ciety, and American Medical Association. He is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of Westbrook Lodge, No. 333, Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he is a Republican.
He married (first). January 3, 1884. Lot- tie Belle (Hand) Knapp, widow of Dr. H. L. Knapp. By her first marriage she had one child. Theresa, who married Floyd I. Mosher. He married ( second), October 11, 1893, Bertha Shoemaker, of Windham. Bradford county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Lott and Delphine (Ellsbree) Shoemaker. Children by first wife: Mary Lois, died aged six months, and two died in infancy. Children by sec- ond wife: Laura Ellsbree, born November 5, 1896; Lois Delphine, May 22, 1899; Henry Anson Jr., February 18, 1902; Bertha Pau- line, March 16, 1903: Dora Catherine, May 24, 1906: Louise Christine, March 13, 1910 ..
The name of WALTER-WALTERS Walter or Wal- ters is said to have come from Lancashire, England, whence representatives of the name removed to Youghall, Ireland. Thence came about 1679 an attorney named Thomas Walter, who set- tled in Boston and whose descendants for two generations were very conspicuous in the ecclesiastical history of New England, but the family died out and has no known repre- sentative in this country today. Another fam- ily presumably of the same origin is repre- sented in the following annals.
(I) Thomas Walter, a mariner, with his wife Hannah resided in Salem, Massachu- setts, whence he removed in 1682 to Fal- mouth, now Portland, Maine, where he died before 1732. His wife Hannah was born about 1657.
(II) William, son of Thomas and Han- nah Walter, was residing in Boston, in 1732, at which time he sold his father's property at Falmouth, describing himself as the son heir. There were several people bearing the name about that time in Boston, where are recorded the marriages of Thomas, Richard, Seward and John Walter and the births of some of their children. It is probable that William Walter was twice married and pos- sibly three times as the birth records of Bos- ton show the children of William and Loise, and William and Mary. William Walter married, in Boston, March 29, 1732, Eliza- beth, born 1713, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Devereux) Mower, of Lynn. He died before 1752, in which year his wife is described as a widow.
(III) William (2), son of William (I) and Elizabeth (Mower) Walter, was born Octo- ber 4, 1733, in Boston, and removed early in life to Connecticut. After residing a short time in Goshen he settled in Norfolk, Con- necticut, where he was the possessor of one proprietor's right in 1755. He was appointed to take care of the timber of the town and in 1756 had collected from trespassers thirty pounds and fourteen shillings. By vote of the town this money was applied for preach- ing of the gospel in Norfolk. William Wal- ter was elected first representative from Nor- folk to the general court in October, 1777 (one of the two first deputies), and again in January, 1778. He settled on the south side of Haystack Mountain in Norfolk and is de- scribed as a man of great piety and large in- fluence in the community. He died in 1796. The history of Norfolk states that he had two wives, but does not give the name of either. Children : William, Joel, Stephen, Heman, Elijah, Hannah.
(IV) Elijah, fifth son of William (2) Wal- ter, was born July 27, 1757, in Norfolk, and died in Newark Valley, Tioga county, New York, November 10, 1836. He was a soldier of the revolution in 1777, serving as a private in Colonel Giles Pettibone's company of Con- necticut state troops, and was subsequently a member of Captain Isaac Holt's company.
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About 1801 he removed to Tyringham, Mas- sachusetts, and resided there thirteen years. In June, 1814, he settled at Newark Valley, and was a deacon of the Congregational church at West Newark. He cleared up land and was a successful farmer. He married Mary Field, born October 2, 1761, died De- cember 29, 1841, daughter of Ebenezer Field, of East Guilford, Connecticut. The latter was born April 18, 1736; was a soldier of the revolution, and died at Danbury. Con- necticut, in 1777. He married Rachel Scran- ton, born January 2, 1739, died 1813. Chil- dren of Elijah Walter : I. Rachel Maria, born September 30, 1781; married Gleason ; died January 23, 1853. 2. Polly Silina, April 3, 1783; married (first) Hale, (second) Stratton. 3. Lucy, February 26, 1785, died December 30, 1806, unmarried. 4. Elijah, mentioned below. 5. Horace, August 12, 1790, died June, 1870. 6. Joseph, mentioned below. 7. Benjamin, July 24, 1795, died in Coopersville, Ottawa county, Michigan, February 22, 1867. 8. Ja- son, July 26, 1797, died September 26, 1870. 9. Thomas Leveritt, June 3, 1799, died Feb- ruary 21, 1850. 10. Rosanna, March 23, 1801 ; married Philo Green, and died April 19, 1881, at Whitney Point. II. Miranda, April 1, 1803; married David Schoonover, and died June 12, 1835, at West Newark. 12. Harriet, June 10, 1805 : married James Clif- ford, and died May 21, 1839, at Berkshire. 13. Lucy (2), February 19, 1807, died De- cember 5, 1865, in Canton, Ohio.
(V) Elijah (2) Walters (as he spelled the name), eldest son of Elijah (1) and Mary (Field) Walter, was born December 7, 1788, in Norfolk, died November 2, 1838, in Owe- go, Tioga county, New York. He grew up on the paternal farm in his native town, re- ceiving his education in the public schools. He was in his twelfth year when the family removed to Tyringham, Massachusetts. and his education was supplied by the public schools of his native town and of Tyring- ham. Soon after his marriage he removed to the town of Owego, where he cleared up land and engaged in farming, continuing to reside there until his death. He married Abigail Gifford, of Tyringham. Children : Alonzo. Artemas. William. Sarah, married George R. Curtis : Caroline, wife of William Ingersoll.
(VI) William, third son of Elijah (2) and
Abigail (Gifford) Walters, was born Octo- ber 18, 1827, in Owego, died in that town, June 29, 1887. He received a common school education, and spent his life in his native town. where he was a successful farmer and lumberman. His farm comprised some three hundred acres of arable land and about the same area of timber land. In connection with the farm he operated a creamery, thus aiding many of his neighbors in disposing of their dairy product. He was three times assessor of the town, and served as postmaster at Gaskill. in the town of Owego. In re- ligious belief he was a Universalist; in poli- tics he was always a staunch Republican. He married, January 1, 1849, Margaret Phillips, born December 12, 1829, in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York, died in Owego, December 20. 1895. Children: I. Elizabeth C., born January 4, 1850; married Leonard Foster, of Owego, and has children : Lelia, wife of Bert J. Livermore, of Newark Valley: Walter R., of Owego. Tioga county, New York: Harold, graduated from Syra- cuse University, a physician of Tuscarora, New York. 2. James P., born August 20, 1852, died in Portland, Oregon, February 9, 1909; he married Martha McHenry and had children : Mabel Ethel and LeRoy, twins; Mabel Ethel married Arthur W. Dee and re- sides at Cleveland, Ohio. 3. Ezra S., died eight months old. 4. Callie R., born June 20, 1861 ; married Chester J. Bennett, of Athens, Pennsylvania, and died at Bradford, Penn- sylvania, in June, 1904. Children: William Walter and Marguerite. 5. William A., born August 26. 1863, died in Empire, Pennsyl- vania, December 25. 1897: he married Ger- trude La Suer, and had children : Mildred and Edna. 6. Herman Duane, mentioned be- low.
(VII) Herman Duane, youngest child of William and Margaret ( Phillips) Walters, was born November 3, 1868. in Owego, and was educated in the public schools and Owego Free Academy. He studied law in the of- fice of Judge George F. Andrews, of Owego, and was admitted to the bar in 1890. He began the practice of his profession in his native town. where he continued until 1895, when he removed to Lestershire, Broome county, where he remained fifteen years. Since 1910 he has been in practice at Bing- hamton, New York, engaging also in the real estate and insurance business. He is the
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owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land near Tampa, Florida, and is interested in real estate operations in that state. For two terms he served as town clerk of Owego and also one term as clerk of the village, and was trustee of the village of Lestershire, be- sides serving there as treasurer, school trus- tee and village clerk. He is now a member of the Binghamton chamber of commerce and is an enterprising and progressive man of that growing city. For many years he has been very active in the work of the Methodist church and served as a member of the official board of stewards of that church in Owego, and was also active in the church at Lester- shire. He was one of the founders of the Boulevard Methodist Church at West End in the city of Binghamton, and is a member of Golden Scepter Lodge, No. 693, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Lestershire. He married. October 15, 1890, Laura Electa, daughter of David W. and Therza (Howard) Andrews, of Owego. Children : Laura Edith, born October 25, 1895; Herman Dewey, June 3, 1898: Albert, January 26, 1901, died March 6, 1903: Allen Andrews. June 18, 1903: Marion Francelia, January 3. 1906: Robert Sterling, March 3. 1910.
(V) Joseph Walter, son of Elijah and Mary (Field) Walter, was born September 6, 1792, in Norfolk, died at Whitney Point, Broome county, New York, August 14, 1871. He resided in Marlboro, Massachusetts, until 1830, when he removed to Newark Valley, and later settled at Whitney Point, where he engaged in farming until his death. He was supervisor of the town of Nanticoke, Broome county, at one time. He married (first) March 8. 1815. Abigail B. Manley, born De- cember 10, 1794, died December 28, 1831. He married (second) November 6, 1832. Hannah Schoonover, born May 20, 1809, died December 4. 1858, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Decker) Schoonover. Children of first marriage : 1. Maria. born March 9, 1816, died February 25. 1871. in Tunkhan- nock, Pennsylvania. 2. John Turner, August 22. 1818. died in the west. 3. George Man- ley. April 26, 1820, died the following day. 4. George, October 11. 1822, died March 12, 1899. in Newark Valley, where he was a farmer. 5. Elizabeth. December 14. 1826: married Stephen Walling, and died February 3. 1884. in Windsor, New York. 6 and 7. Oliver and Olive (twins). November 5. 1828.
The former died September 28, 1844, and the latter June 24, 1830. Children of second marriage : 8. Olive Artemisia, January 28, 1835; wife of Joseph C. Green, living in Berkshire, New York. 9. Joseph Schoonover. November 3, 1839; resides in Berkshire, New York. 10. Benjamin Franklin, mentioned be- low. II. William Wallace, July 9. 1843; re- sided at Whitney Point, and died April 2, 1908. in Berkshire, New York. 12. and 13. Margaret Ophelia and Mary Fidelia (twins), March 15, 1849, both died ten days old. 14. James Pumpelly, October 3, 1850: resides in Rochester, New York.
(VI) Benjamin Franklin, sixth son of Jo- seph and third child of his second wife, Han- nah ( Schoonover) Walter, was born Novem- ber 16, 1840, at West Newark, and removed when a child with his parents to Whitney Point. He received his education in the pub- lic schools there and at Cortland Academy, Homer, New York, and when a young man engaged in teaching, alternating with the farm work during the summer. In his twenty-third year he enlisted, September 3. 1864, as a sol- dier in the civil war and served as a non-com- missioned officer in Company M. First New York Veteran Cavalry, under Captain John C. Freeman, and was discharged June 8, 1865, at Camp Piatt, West Virginia. He served chiefly in the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, and was one of one hundred picked men sent to capture eight hundred rebels at Lewisburg on the Greenbrier river. This expedition was successful and three days were consumed in making out the paroles of the captives. At the close of the war Mr. Walter returned to Whitney Point, where he engaged in farming until 1889 on the pa- ternal homestead in the town of Nanticoke, which he still owns. This farm comprises one hundred and eighty acres of land in the fertile valley at the head of Nanticoke creek. In the year just mentioned he removed to the village of Whitney Point, where he has since dealt in agricultural implements and fertilizer. Mr. Walter is identified with the Presbyterian church in which he has served as a trustee, and has been several years adju- tant of Eldridge Post. No. 199, Grand Army of the Republic, of Whitney Point. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and served as town clerk of the town of Nanticoke.
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