BIO:  SAMUEL WALTER, Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 448

SAMUEL WALTER, farmer, P.O. Fairfield.  The grandfathers of the subject of this 
sketch were George Walter and Jacob Lady, both of this county, the former of 
whom lived and died in Franklin Township, this county; his wife was a Miss 
Settle.  They had six sons and several daughters.  One of the sons, William, the 
father of Samuel, was born in Franklin Township, this county, and died June 25, 
1882, on our subject’s farm.  He married Mary Lady, who died in 1854, and they 
had eleven children:  Jacob, married to Lucinda Stover (now living in Fairfield 
Township); George, married to Catherine Herring (living in Nebraska); Eliza, 
wife of Daniel Mickley, of Fairfield, this county; Hetty, wife of John Pitzer, 
of Gettysburg; Daniel and Catherine, both deceased; Samuel; Mary, wife of John 
B. Weikert, of Highland Township; William, deceased; Harriet R., wife of Charles 
Weikert, and Martha Jane, who died young.  Our subject was born February 22, 
1842, and worked for his father until November, 1864, when he was drafted into 
the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  He took part with his 
regiment in several battles, including the siege of Petersburg, and a few days 
after that, at a place near there, called Sailor Creek, he was wounded in the 
left arm by a minie ball; was in hospital until the close of the war, and did 
not recover until long after.  December 10, 1869, he was married to Regina 
Ellen, daughter of Henry Walter, of Arendtsville, Franklin Township, this 
county.  They had three children:  Minnie Myrtle, born September 5, 1869, at 
home; Mary Blanche, born August 2, 1872, at home, and William Henry Harrison, 
born January 29, 1881, died in infancy.  For eight years after their marriage 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter lived on his father’s farm, when he and his father bought 
the farm, on which he now lives, he afterward buying his father’s share.  It 
comprises 202 acres of fine land, with excellent buildings.  He and his wife and 
eldest daughter are members of the Lutheran Church.