Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Charles A. WALTERS
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 707, 708, 
Polk County Biographies Section


Charles A. Walters, one of the proprietors and managers of the 
Brighton Flouring Mills, was born in Berks County, Penn., in
June, 1838, and is the son of John W. and Margaret (Tyler)
Walters, the father born in Germany, and the mother in 
Switzerland.  John W. Walters was a machinest by trade, and when
a young man went to Switzerland, where he met and married Miss
Tyler.  Soon afterward they came to America, and after living
for some time in Philadelphia, moved to Berks County, where he
ran a farm in connection with his shop.  In 1870 they came to
this county and here spent their last days.  In their family
were seven children, five sons and two daughters, the second
child being Charles A. Walters.  He assisted his father with
the duties on the farm, received a common school ecucation, and 
when seventeen years of age learned the miller's trade, but, 
as trade was dull, he helped repair several mills, and thus 
took up the mill-wright business.  In 1858 he came to Illinois;
and milled there until 1870, when he moved to Springfield, and
worked at carpentering for about two years, after which he came
to this county.  He then worked on the farm and at the carpenter
trade until 1875, when he and two brothers built a saw-mill, and,
about two years later, put up a flour-mill, with a capacity of
thirty barrels per day. His brothers having withdrawn from the 
business, the firm took the present title.  In addition to the 
mill, Mr. Walters is the owner of 147 acres of land.  In 1876 he
married Miss Ellen Emlet, who bore him two children: George and 
Blanche.  Mrs. Walters is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.  Although Mr. Walters has met with reverses in business,
he is now in a prosperous condition and has a good property.
When President Lincoln made the first call for troops, Mr. Walters
enlisted, but as there were to many, his company was not taken for
some time, and so he returned to his work.  Politically he has
been a Democrat until 1888, when he voted for Gen. Harrison.  He
is a Mason.
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