Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Walter, Lincoln S. 1862 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 7, 2005, 9:08 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. LINCOLN S. WALTER, an influential citizen of Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., whose recent portrait is shown on the opposite page, is a lawyer of recognized ability. He is a son of Solomon B. and Catherine (Mark) Walter, and was born in Chillisquaque township, Northumberland County, July 1, 1862. He is of Scotch descent and is a grandson of George Walter, a native of Scotland, who, upon coming to this country, located in Union County, Pa., where he lived until his death. Solomon B. Walter, the father of our subject, was born in Union County in 1822 and resided there until he was twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, when he moved to Chillisquaque township. He was a man of superior educational attainments, being well versed in both the English and German languages, and taught school in Union County for a number of years. At the outbreak of the Civil War he offered his services in behalf of the Union but they were rejected on the ground of physical disability. He was deeply interested in politics, being a supporter of the Republican party, and he served for several years as school director in his township. In religious attachments he was a member of the Evangelical Church. He was joined in the holy bonds of wedlock with Catherine Mark, who was born in 1827 and is now enjoying life at an advanced age; her father was of German ancestry and a well known resident of Snyder County. The union resulted in the following offspring: Cyrus F., a merchant of Lewisburg, Pa.; George M., a farmer of Chillisquaque township; Lincoln S., the subject of this personal sketch; Chester V., who is engaged in mercantile pursuits in Chillisquaque township; Mary, the wife of Abram Grove, a farmer of Union County; Lillian, the wife of Dr. G. W. Furey of Sunbury; Joanna, the wife of Rev. F. H. Shermer, a minister of the Baptist Church at Cape May Courthouse, N. J.; Lavina, who resides at home; and Maggie, deceased, who was the wife of Wesley U. Herr of Clinton County, Pa. Lincoln S. Walter received his primary education in the public schools of Chillisquaque township, after which he entered Bucknell University, from which institution he was graduated in 1886, having completed a full classical course. After teaching school for two years in Pottsgrove Academy, he began to prepare for his chosen profession, that of law, entering the office of J. Nevin Hill of Sunbury. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1889, and at once located at Mount Carmel, where in a short time he rose to a position of prominence as a lawyer. Our subject is shrewd and possessed of more than an ordinary amount of energy and, having undertaken a case for his client, he fights it stubbornly to the end. His knowledge of the principles of law is extensive and he has the happy faculty of applying them to the intricate questions which arise in every-day business affairs. In politics Mr. Walter is affiliated with the Republican party and enters actively into the workings of that organization. He has been a delegate to state conventions and has been frequently called upon to place candidates in nomination. On June 26, 1890, our subject was united in marriage with Carrie R. McNinch, a daughter of Samuel McNinch, who for many years was a leading citizen and tanner of Pottsgrove, and they are the parents of two sons: Mark M., born December 21, 1891; and Stuart M., born July 17, 1895. Fraternally our subject is a member of Washington Camp, No. 35, P. O. S. of A.; Lodge No. 256, B. P. O. E.; and the Commandery, Knights of Malta, having passed through all of the chairs, being at present past commander. Mr. Walter was a passenger on the train which was wrecked on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Dunellen, N. J., on January 9, 1899, and was seriously injured. He sustained a compound fracture of his left leg. Seventeen persons in the car in which Mr. Walter rode were killed, and Mr. Walter's escape from death appears almost miraculous. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb