Charles D. Walton and Mary Ann

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Husband Charles D. Walton

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           Born: Abt 1814 - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 30 Aug 1855 - St. Louis, Missouri
         Buried:  - Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo

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         Father: Joseph Walton (1777-1856)
         Mother: Anne Delaney (Abt 1781-1862)

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Ann

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           Born: Abt 1920 - Pennsylvania
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Children

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Had no children

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General Notes: Husband - Charles D. Walton

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CENSUS:

<pre>1840 St. Louis Township and City, Missouri
Charles D. Walton 0003(11)(20) -- 000111; no slaves; 30 in manufactures and trades
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
3 15-20 1
11 20-30 1
20 30-40 1
40-50
50-60 </pre>

<pre>1850 St. Louis Co., Mo, the 4th Ward City of St. Louis; Sept 7; pg 241
1122/1408
Charles D. Walton 44 M Pa $6000 Walton House and Livery Stables
Mary Ann " 30 F Pa
Charles Crutsinger 7 M Mo </pre>

Additionally in the census entry there are 59 staff and guests of the Walton House Hotel. In the Slave Schedule C. D. Walton of the 4th Ward is the owner of 3 slaves (black male, 30; black male, 28; black male, 19).

<pre>1850 St. Louis Co., Mo, 3rd Ward City of St. Louis; Oct 28
1579/1512
Charles D. Walton 40 M Pa $9225 Walton House
Mary A. " 30 F Mo
Charles Crutsinger 9 M Mo </pre>

Additionally in the census entry there are 76 staff and guests.

<pre>1860 St. Louis Co., Missouri, (Eighth Ward) St. Louis, p.o. St. Louis; July 23; pg 293
1198/2483
Mary E. Walton 41 FW Mo $2500/$4000
Chas. Crutzinger 18 MW Mo $--/$-- Printer
Anna V. Pollen 4 FW Mo </pre>

She is not in the Slave Schedule.

PARTNERSHIP:

See deeds C2/209 and D2/280 in the notes under Joseph Walton, father of Charles D. Walton.

The following is a summary of a case brought before the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri by Samuel D. Walton, plaintiff, against Charles D. Walton, defendant. See

http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/judiciary/supremecourt/detail.asp?rID=5172

In about 1836 Charles D. Walton and Samuel D. Walton entered into a partnership for the purpose of operating a livery stable in St. Louis. They were equal partners; each one contributed the same amount of capital and intended to participate equally in the running of the business and to share equally in the profits or losses. They agreed to dissolve the partnership January 27, 1843, but it continued to function until February 1844. To effectuate the dissolution it was agreed that Charles D. Walton would undertake the task of collecting all monies owed to the firm and of paying its debts, and accordingly he retained possession of all account books, ledgers, and other records.

Samuel did not feel that his brother had dealt with him fairly in the distribution of the firm's assets and on May 4, 1850 he initiated a lawsuit againt him in the Court of Common Pleas in St. Louis. He had various complaints including that he had been denied access to the records of the firm, but his principal complaint involved a lot with 45 feet of frontage on Second Street and 96.5 feet deep. On September 1, 1840 the firm had lent $744 to Jonathan Bigelow to be repaid within 12 months and as security had taken a deed of trust on the lot. Bigelow did not repay the money and in March, 1843 Charles D. Walton had the trustee sell the lot. Charles bought it for the firm for $300. According to him, he and Samuel entered into a verbal agreement in accordance with which he would pay Samuel $30 (10% of the purchase price) per year in rent and would improve the lot at his own expense, which expenditures would be reimbursed to him in the final settlement. He says that he spent about $600 on improvements. Samuel complained that he had not received any of the rents and profits generated by the lot and its improvements; Charles acknowledged that he had not paid any of the rents and profits to Samuel but denied that Samuel was entitled to any of them. A referee was appointed by the court. He examined the books of the firm and interviewed witnesses. One of them stated that the improvements on the lot were appropriate for a livery stable and that William Walton operated a livery stable there. Another witness expressed the opinion that the lot and improvements were worth about $300 per year in rent.

The referee in his report did not deal extensively with the lot and concluded that the plaintiff was entitled to $331.68 from the defendant. The plaintiff objected to the referee's report stating that he was entitled to half of the profits from the lot. He alleged that a reasonable rent for the improved lot was $300/year and that he was entitled to one half of that amount over a period of 8 years, or $1200. The court overuled the objections to the referee's report, but pointed out that the referee failed to take into account that the plaintiff would owe the defendant one half of the $600 that he had invested in the lot, and so concluded that the defendant Charles D. Walton owed the plaintiff Samuel D. Walton $31.68. During the course of the partnership each of the parties had taken for his own use more than $6000 from the profits of the firm. In comparison $31.68 is a very small amount.

Samuel D. Walton appealed the verdict to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. The case was considered in the October 1852 term, and it appears to me that the Supreme Court declined to alter the decision of the lower court.

HOTELS and LIVERY STABLES:

In 1834 Joseph Walton leased a lot on the NE corner of Locust and 4th for a period of 10 years. The lot was relatively large with 120 feet of frontage on 4th. See deeds C2/209 and D2/280 in the notes under Joseph Walton. He established there a livery stable and in Charles Keemle's 1836-37 St. Louis Directory Joseph Walton has a livery stable at 79 Locust and resides at 43 Chestnut. He is the only Walton in the directory.

In Keemle's 1838-39 directory Joseph Walton is not present, but S. D. and C. D. Walton have a livery stable at the corner of 4th and Locust. Both of them live on Locust between 3rd and 4th.

In Keemle's 1840-41 directory S. D. and C. D. Walton continue to have a livery stable at the corner of 4th and Locust. Samuel D. continues to reside on Locust between 3rd and 4th. C. D.'s entry reads "Walton, C. D., Mansion House, c Fourth & Locust". The Mansion House is a hotel; it is probably on the leased lot; and C. D. probably resides in the hotel. Joseph Walton has reappeared and resides at 33 St. Charles.

In the 1842 directory of Chambers & Knapp Joseph Walton is again not present. Samuel D. and C. D. continue to have a livery stable at the corner of Locust and 4th, and C. D. continues to have the Mansion House.

Green's 1845 directory has a list of the principal hotels in St. Louis. The Mansion House at the corner of Fourth and Locust is among them, and C. Walton is the proprietor. He resides at the Mansion House at 127 N. Fourth. Samuel D. is not present, but his father Joseph now has a livery stable at 33 St. Charles, west of 5th, and he resides on the south side of Morgan, west of 9th. Another brother George has a livery stable on the east side of 2nd, north of Hazel.

In Green's 1847 directory Charles D. Walton is the proprietor of another hotel, the Walton House, at 93 N 3rd. It is on the east side of the street between Locust & Olive. At the same address is a livery stable. (He had bought the property in 1841 (V2/41)). There is no mention of the Mansion House or of a livery stable at 4th & Locust. The 10-year lease that Joseph Walton signed in 1834 has, of course, expired. Joseph has a livery stable, and he resides at 196 N 5th. Samuel D. has a game depot and resides at 166 S 5th. William has a livery stable at 264 S 2nd.

Today in St. Louis there is a large (30 stories) luxury apartment building called the Mansion House located on the east side of 4th Street between Locust and Olive.

There are city directories available for 1848, 1851, 1852, 1854-55, 1857, and 1859. Until 1855 Charles D. Walton continues to operate the Walton House and livery stable at 93 N 3rd. In 1848 Walton and Eberle have a livery stable at 264 S 2nd, and Joseph, Joseph, Jr., and George Walton are associated with livery stables at 33 and 35 St. Charles. In 1851 George has a livery at 27 St. Charles, and William has one at 38 Hazel. He lives at the SE corner of 3rd & Hazel. In 1852 William's widow lives at the same place, and George has a livery stable and residence on St. Charles between 5th & 6th. After 1855 no Walton is associated with a livery stable, although in 1857 there are 51 of them in St. Louis. The 1857 directory does not seem to have a list of hotels, but the 1859 directory has a list of 37. Neither the Mansion House nor the Walton House appear there.

In the 19th century there were 2 distinct hotels in St. Louis called the Mansion House. The following description is on page 397 of Frederic L. Billion's Annals of St. Louis in its Territorial Days from 1804 to 1821 (St. Louis, 1888). Opposite page 397 is a print of the hotel.

"Built in 1816 by Gen'l Wm. Rector, U. S. Surveyor General for Illinois and Missouri, for his office and residence, at the northeast corner of 3d and Vine. Enlarged by him early in 1819 for William Bennett's Hotel, who opened the house in the summer of 1819 . . .

"The Convention that framed the Constitution of the State of Missouri, held its sittings in June, 1820, in the same long dining room, and it was for many years our principal ball room."

Vine was one block north of Locust; it no longer exists. A letter in the collection of the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center (Frank H. Dugan, 5/3/1957) says that the hotel's name was changed in 1823 to City Hotel. In Keemle's 1836-37 city directory the City Hotel is at the corner of Vine and Third, and there is no mention of a Mansion House. The "Mansion House, by A. L. Corson, Corner of Fourth and Locust streets" is mentioned for the first time in 1838-39. In 1840-41 it is referred to as "Mansion House -- by C. D. Walton -- corner of Fourth and Locust streets".

WALTON HOUSE:

The following notice appears multiple times in November and December 1853 in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat:

LARGE SALE.
The Lease of the Walton House and Livery Stable, Fur-
niture, Horses, Carriages, Buggies, &c., at Auction.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20th, 1853, at 10 o'clock, on the Premises, east side of Third, between Locust and Olive streets, will be leased for five years, with the privilege of renewal for five years longer at valuation, the large and well known WALTON HOUSE, containing, besides two large store rooms, 31 rooms and kitchen, dining room, wash house, &c., being four stories high; also, the Livery Stable attached--terms made known at sale. Also, immediately after the above, the buildings and lease of lots in the rear of the above, fronting 47 feet on Locust street, by 60 deep, on which there is no tax to pay except the ground rent. Terms for the last mentioned property, $500 cash, balance in 3, 6 and 9 months. Also, after the above is concluded, the entire FURNITURE of said Walton House, consisting of bureaus, bedsteads, chairs, card, centre and dining tables, sofas, loungers, washstands and ware, carpets, beds, matresses and bedding, dining ware, cutlery, kitchen furniture, stoves &c. Also, the entire stock of said large Livery Stable, consisting of 25 fine riding, buggy and harness horses, 6 double carriages, 1 barouche, 1 rockaway, 12 buggies, 1 hunting wagon, 1 sawdust wagon, 3 sleighs, harness, saddles, bridles, &c.
TERMS--Sums of $100 and under, Cash; sums of more than $100, and not exceeding $200, sixty days; sums of $200, and not exceeding $300, ninety days; sums of $300, and not exceeding $400, four months; sums of $400 or over, six months.
For further particulars, inquire of C. D. WALTON, on the premises, or of
JOHN RIGGIN, Auctioneer


The following notice appears multiple times in January 1854 in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat:

NOTICE.
The well known WALTON HOUSE and stables are not yet leased. The old proprietor and owner will continue the place until further notice. It is still for lease, if there can be found any person or persons that have the wherewith. The old proprietor has it in view of altering and repairing, and invites persons that want to go to work and have got a tact for the business, and more particularly the wherewith or responsibility, being he is tired of laboring.
Further, the Stables fronting on Locust street will be leased, that is, connected with the house, if there is any person wanting them, and will take the entire stock.
CHAS. D. WALTON.


The following notice appears three times in March 1854 in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat:

NOTICE.
The Lease for Five Years, with the privilege of renewal for five years longer at valuation; also, the large stock and fixtures of the well known Walton House and Stables, situated on Third street, near the new Custom House, (which is about being built,) were offered for sale on the 20th of December last at auction, but the proprietor and owner not succeeding in disposing of it, still offers it for lease, if there can be found any person or persons who have the wherewith or responsibility, and who wish to go into this kind of business. He has it in view of altering and repairing the building, and invites those who have a tact for the business, and more particularly the wherewith or responsibility, to call and see him, being tired of laboring, and feeling himself able to retire upon the profits realized therefrom, wishes to dispose of it.
CHAS. D. WALTON


The following two notices appear multiple times in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from January through March, 1855.

To the Public.
FRIENDS and public, thanks for former patronage, and solicit further. Permit me to ask you all to call and see my NEW ESTABLISHMENT, the "WALTON HOUSE," which is rebuilt in a new style, with rooms suitable for Ladies and Gents, fitted up in the most comfortable manner. Also, my cooking and laundry rooms. The proprietor owns the property and has spared no expense to have every thing complete, and means to put his bills at the low rate of $1.50 per day, and day board $3.00 per week; and have the best of a table kept. Come and see, and I know that you will stay with me.
C. D. WALTON
N. B.--A No. 1 Livery Stable attached to the house. Carriages and horses for hire, and bought and sold at all times.

Oyster Saloon.
BULFINS' OYSTER SALOON,
(Situated under the Walton House,)
is now open, and where he can be found at all hours ready to supply his friends and customers, either wholesale or retail. Also, in connection, a Bar supplied with the best of wines and liquors.
The Walton House, C. D. Walton proprietor, is now fully repaired, and open for the accommodation of his friends and the traveling public.
Livery Stable attached to the house, and supplied with various kinds of vehicles.


In April and May of 1955 Charles D. Walton is again trying to lease the hotel.
Notice.
To the Public and Business Men.
THE WALTON HOUSE is doing a good business, and has a good Livery Stable, well stocked attached, and which the proprietor offers to sell an interset in. If there are any person or persons, who wish to take charge of the in door business. He (on account of bad health of self and wife) wishing to retire; and will give the parties a good chance--will either keep an interest, or sell and lease the whole, or such part as may suit. The house has a new addition to it, and fitted up throughout.
C. D. WALTON, Proprietor


The livery stable business was liquidated in July. The following notice appears July 26, 1855:

Large Sale of Stock and Buildings.
WISHING to close out my Livery Stable business, I will offer my entire stock at public sale on TURSDAY, the 10th day of July, 1855, consisting as follows: 3 fine double carriages, 4 top buggies, 2 open do, 1 barouche, 2 covered spring wagons, 1 large sawdust wagon, sleighs, &c.; some fine carriage, buggy and saddle horses, harness, saddles, and bridles, and a variety of articles used in livery stables. Also, the buildings on Locust street (standing on leasehold estate) with good will of lease.
The house and a portion of the stable will still be kept open for the accommodation of friends and the traveling public.
C. D. WALTON, Proprietor.


The following notice appears multiple times in July and August 1855:

Valuable City Property
WILL be sold at auction on the premises, on WEDNESDAY, August 15th, at 12 o'clock, that valauble property known as the WALTON HOUSE situtate on Third street, near the corner of Locust street. The lot is forty-five feet front on Third street, and runs back 150 feet to an alley. Large warehouses are already built on the alley, which will make this property equal to two fronts, and it on the adjoining square to the new Custom House. The property, as it is, without any alteration whatever, will yield a rent of $3,000 a year, and with a very little expense may be made to yield much more. Title perfect, and warrantee deed will be given.
Terms--One-third cash; one-third in one year, and one-third in two years -- notes at six per cent, and deed of trust to secure deferred payments.

Another notice in August announces that all the furnishings of the Walton House will be sold at auction on August 28, 1855 at 9 o'clock. The hotel has 65 furnished rooms.

BY P. W. JOHNSTONE & Co.,
No. 42 Second Street.
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Tuesday, August 28, 1865, 9 o'clock,
FURNITURE OF THE WALTON HOUSE.
WILL be sold at auction, the whole of the Furniture in the above House, which is in excellent order; consisting of pier and centre Tables, Sideboards, Bureaus, Carpets, extension Tables, card Tables, Stands, looking Glasses, mahogany Chairs, cane seat, wood and arm Chairs, Bedsteads and Bedding, curtains, glass and China Ware. In fact, there is a large assortment of well kept Furniture. There is about sixty-five furnished rooms. The sale will commence at 9 o'clock and be continued until the whole is sold.
Also, a few sets double and single Harness.
Terms cash, specie funds.

The above notices appeared in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Similar notices appeared in the Missouri Republican.

DEED RECORDS in ST. LOUIS CO.:

On September 14, 1840 Jotham Bigelow of St. Louis executes a deed of trust to Joseph G. Shands of St. Louis for the north half of a lot fronting 45 feet on the west side of Second Street and being 91 feet 6 inches deep to secure a promissory note for $744 from Bigelow to Samuel D. Walton and Charles D. Walton due and payable with 10% interest 12 months from date. (Bk O2, pg 59) See D5/325 and F6/492.

The note mentioned in O2/59 was not paid in full. A credit of $144 on the original amount of $744 left a balance of $600 plus interest, and on March 11, 1843 Joseph G. Shands sold the lot at public auction at the court house door in St. Louis. Samuel D. Walton and Charles D. Walton paid $300 for it. (D5/325) See O2/59 and F6/492.

On November 25, 1841 Charles D. Walton buys a lot in St. Louis City at a sheriff's sale for $2960. It is 150 feet deep and has 40 feet of frontage on 3rd Street. (Bk V2, pg 41)

On April 9, 1842 Joseph G. Shands and Clarissa, his wife, of St. Louis Co. sell to Samuel D. Walton and Charles D. Walton, also of St. Louis Co., for $500 a tract about 2 miles from the City of St. Louis "containing 2 arpents fronting south by 5 arpents westerly". (Bk V2, pg 481) On October 2, 1844 the buyers, joined by their wives, resell the tract to Shands for the same amount ($500). It is a tract of 10 arpents bought by Joseph G. Shands and William O. Shands from John O'Fallon and wife by deed recorded in A2/288. (L3/166)

On September 13, 1844 Charles D. Walton and Noah M. Ludlow, both of St. Louis, make the following agreement. Whereas Charles D. Walton is about to erect a building on a lot in block 63 in St. Louis fronting on Third Street between Locust and Olive, and whereas the said lot adjoins on the north a lot owned by Noah M. Ludlow, the parties agree that the wall of Walton's building will be 14 inches wide and will occupy 7 inches on each side of the property line. It will be 44 feet long and about 32 feet high. Once Ludlow begins to use the wall, he is to pay one half of its value to Walton, the wall having been previously appraised by two disinterested persons. (T3/286)

On February 3, 1845 Charles D. Walton and Mary Ann, his wife, convey to Joseph Walton, trustee for Louis Yosté, all of whom are of St. Louis, the lot on Third Street which Charles D. Walton bought in November 1841 at a sheriff's sale. It is on the east side of Third and is said to have 40 feet of frontage. Charles D. Walton has given Yosté two promissory notes, one for $1000 and the other for $2000, at 10% interest, both payable 3 years from date. A note in the margin dated August 9, 1851 indicates that the debt has been fully paid. (O3/314) See A4/91.


On May 27, 1845 Charles D. Walton and Mary Ann, his wife, convey to Joseph Walton, trustee for Louis Yosti, all of whom are of St. Louis, the lot on Third Street which Charles D. Walton bought in November 1841 at a sheriff's sale. It is on the east side of Third and is said to have 40 feet of frontage. Charles D. Walton has given Yosti two promissory notes of $1000 each, at 10% interest, both payable 3 years from date. A note in the margin dated August 9, 1850 or 1851 indicates that the debt has been fully paid. (A4/91) See O3/314.

David Marsh, the master and owner of the steamboat Little Dove, has been arrested, probably related to a civil matter, and on February 15, 1848 Charles D. Walton pays $3000 bail and as security the Little Dove is conveyed to a trustee acting on his behalf. (P4/437)

On November 1, 1849 Louis A. Benont, residing in St. Louis, leases a lot in St. Louis in block 63 to Charles D. Walton, residing in St. Louis, for 5 years at an annual rent of $100 payable quarterly. The lot has 20 feet of frontage on the south side of Locust Street and is 64 feet deep. On the south it adjoins property of Charles D. Walton, on the east property of George A. Colton, and on the west property formerly of Frederick Straybuck. (G5/536) Also in November 1849 George A. Colton of St. Louis leases to Charles D. Walton of St. Louis a lot in block 63 for 5 years at an annual rent of $250 to be paid quarterly. The rental period is to begin November 16. The lot has 24 feet of frontage on the south side of Locust Street and is 44'4'' deep. On the south it adjoins property of Charles D. Walton, on the east a lot now occupied by Bland and Brother, and on the west property formerly of Benjamin Ames. (G5/507) The two lots just mentioned may or may not be contiguous, and it is not clear why they are of different depths. Charles D. Walton's property is the Walton House.

On January 6, 1850 Charles D. Walton conveys to a trustee his lot which fronts 40 feet on Third Street and is 150 feet deep. He is a surety in a lawsuit against David Marsh and in another lawsuit. A note in the margin releases the property. (R5/297)

On November 20, 1851 Augustus G. Pratt owes $309.45 to Charles D. Walton on account of board, lodging, and horse and carriage hire, and he conveys certain personal property to Walton. If he pays the debt within 4 months, the deed will be void. The personal property includes one blacksmith's shop and its lumber; one dwelling house and office and the lumber therein; and various tools and furniture. Walton can sell the property to the highest bidder in accordance with standard procedures. There is no indication that the debt was paid. (C6/423)

Whereas on September 20, 1849 the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas issued a judgment in favor of John F. Darby, administrator of James R. McDonald, dec'd, against Samuel D. Walton, Samuel Wood, and Benjamin L. Shaw for the sum of $701.77 for debt and costs and whereas the clerk's office issued an execution March 7, 1852 directed to the sheriff, on April 14, 1852 the sheriff levied on the interest of Samuel D. Walton in the north 1/2 of a lot fronting 45' on Second Street by 91'6" deep bounded on the east by Second Street, on the south by property owned by Victoire Dabbin, on the west by John Harvey, and on the north by one Mausen and conveyed by Victor Dabbin to Jotham Bigelow December 3, 1839. On May 5, 1852 the sheriff sold all the interest of Samuel D. Walton in the said lot at the door of the courthouse at public outcry. Charles D. Walton was the last and highest bidder. He paid $710 and received a deed from the sheriff May 7, 1852. (F6/492)

On September 16, 1852 Charles D. Walton and Richard J. Byron, both of St. Louis, enter into an agreement. Walton is to train to harness a bay horse belonging to Byron and to return to him a buggy and harness which Walton has sold to him according to contract for $110, $50 of which has been paid. At the end of 6 months Walton is to return horse, buggy, and harness in whatever condition they are in. Some of the terms of the agreement are difficult to understand. (K6/487) On February 6, 1853 the same two parties make a further agreement. The document recites the previous agreement and then stipulates that Walton sells a certain black horse to Byron and in payment keeps the bay horse and receives $75 which Byron agrees to pay by May 1, 1853. "In lieu of payment thereof the horse buggy and all herein mentioned" remain the property of Walton. (O6/137)

On October 1, 1854 Charles D. Walton and Mary Ann, his wife, of St. Louis convey to John M. Krum, trustee, a lot fronting 40 feet on Third Street and running back eastwardly 150 feet and being the same property on which the Walton House stands. Charles D. Walton has given 6 promissory notes, each for $1000 and each of them payable with interest 1 year from date. A note in the margin indicates that the debt was fully paid. (152/419)

On June 2, 1856 Mary A. P. Walton and John M. Krum, administrators of the estate of Charles D. Walton, dec'd, sell to George Partridge of St. Louis for $19,246.87 a lot in St. Louis with 40 feet of frontage on Third Street and running back of the same width 150 feet eastwardly. On petition of the administrators the Probate Court in its March 1856 term ordered that the property be sold at public outcry the first Monday in June in order to pay debts owed by the estate. The terms were 1/3 in cash and the remainder in two equal payments one and two years from date of sale. It was sold at the east front door of the St. Louis courthouse, and George Partridge was the last and highest bidder. (173/492) The property sold was the Walton House.

On June 2, 1856 Mary A. P. Walton and John M. Krum, administrators of the estate of Charles D. Walton, dec'd, sell to Dolney C. Musick for $1293 the lot on Second Street (north 21 feet of a lot with 45 feet of frontage). On petition of the administrators the Probate Court in its March 1856 term ordered that the property be sold at public outcry the first Monday in June in order to pay debts owed by the estate. The terms were 1/3 in cash and the remainder in two equal payments one and two years from date of sale. It was sold at the east front door of the St. Louis courthouse, and Dolney C. Musick was the last and highest bidder. There is a deed of trust on the lot to secure the payment to the City of St. Louis of a bond in the amount of $1000 dated September 24, 1854 and due in 1 year thereafter with interest at 8%. (176/210) See O2/59, D5/325, and F6/492.

DEATH:

St. Louis, Missouri REGISTRY OF DEATHS FOR THE WEEK ENDING September 3, 1855 ("Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910", ancestry.com):
Charles D. Walton, white male, age: 40 years
Born: Pennsylvania
Time of residence in St. Louis: 30 years
Locality where death occurred: Third Street
Cause: decline
Buried: Calvary

August 31, 1855 -- Died. On the 30th inst., at 5 o'clock p.m., Charles D. Walton, in the 40th year of his age. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral this p.m., at 2 o'clock, from the Walton House to Calvary Cemetery. (Missouri Historical Society Vertical File, transcribed from the Missouri Republican)

WILL:

I, Charles D. Walton residing in the City of St. Louis in the State of Missouri being of Sound & disposeing mind do make & ordain this my last will & testament.

First. I desire that all my just debts shall be paid & satisfied.

Second. I give & bequeath to my wife Mary Ann P. Walton the sum of two hundred & seventy seven dollars and fifty cnets, which is money that belonged to her in her own right, but which came to my use.

Third. I give & bequeath to my nephew Charles Crutsinger, who now lives with me & is under my charge the sum of one thousand dollars which sum I desire shall be expended under the direction of my wife if living for the purpose of educating my said nephew, provided he conduct himself properly & submit to the proper control of my said wife. If she shall die before the said one thousand dollars shall be expended for the education of said Charles, then I desire that this legacy to him shall be expended for his benefit as aforesaid by whomsoever shall have charge of the administration of my estate.

Fourth. I give & bequeath to my wife the said Mary Ann the sum of ten thousand dollars for her own separate use & to be her absolute property.

Fifth. After satisfying the foregoing legacies & paying my just debts I give & bequeath one half of all the rest & residue of my estate to my said wife Mary Ann.

Lastly. After paying & satisfying all of my just debts & all of the foregoing legacies I give & bequeath all the rest & residue of my estate to my nephews & neices to be distributed to them in equal parts share & share alike

I nominate & appoint my wife Mary Ann to be my executrix of this my last will & testament & I hereby revoke any will or wills heretofore made by me.

In witness whereof I hereto set my hand & seal & publish & declare this to be my last will & testament
C. D. Walton

Signed sealed published & declared by the above named Charles D. Walton as & for his last will & testament in the presence of us the undersigned witnesses, who at his request & in his presence have subscribed our names hereunto this 13th day of April AD 1855
John M. Krum
Thomas Noonan

On September 3, 1855 the two witnesses, John M. Krum and Thomas Noonan, appeared before the Clerk of the Probate Court for St. Louis County and swore that Charles D. Walton had signed the foregoing instrument in their presence and had declared it to be his last will and testament.

PROBATE:

Documents, including the above will, for case 04609, estate of Charles D. Walton, dec'd, can be seen at

http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/mojudicial/images.asp?id=3506&party=Walton,%20Charles%20D&case=04609&date=1855&County=St.%20Louis&courtType=Probate%20Court&reel=C%2030933

An invoice from George N. Lynch, undertaker, for funeral expenses (washing, dressing, and shaving body; casket; hearse and 20 carriages; 12 pair silk gloves and 3 1/2 pieces crape) is dated August 31, 1855; presumably Charles D. Walton died a day or so before then.

On September 5, 1855 the widow Mary A. P. Walton relinquished her right to be the executrix of the estate of her husband. On September 8 she and John M. Krum and 5 securities became bound unto the State of Missouri in the amount of $40000 for the faithful administration of the estate by the widow and John M. Krum.

On September 10, 1855 an inventory of the personal property of the deceased and also an appraisement of its value were presented to the court. Charles D. Walton was the proprietor of a hotel called the Walton House and he resided there. The inventory includes 55 items in his own residence worth $272.24 and all items in the hotel. The hotel had 45 rooms, an office, a stable, a parlor, a barroom, and a bedroom. Each inventoried item is in one of these specific locations. For example, the contents of room 64 are 1 bedstead ($4), 1 straw bed ($.75), 1 feather bed ($2.50), 1 bolster ($.75), 3 pillows ($1.50), 2 sheets ($.80), 1 counterpane ($.50), 1 shuck mattress ($2.50), 1 mosquito bar ($.50), 1 carpet ($5), 1 curtain ($.25), 1 stand ($1), 1 looking glass ($.25), 1 table ($1.50), 1 wash bowl and pitcher ($.75), 1 stove and pipe ($5), 1 rocking chair ($1), and 2 chairs ($.50); and the contents of room 16 are 1 bunk ($.30), 2 straw beds ($.50), 4 chairs ($1), 1 stand ($.25), 1 table ($.25), and 1 rocking chair ($.50). The hotel must have had at least 3 stories since an item in the 3rd story hallway is mentioned. The total value of the personal property is $1818.99. Additionally the deceased owned one horse named "Barnum" which was sold privately for $175.

On September 17 the administrators submitted a petition to the court. In Schedule A they list all of the due bills, notes and accounts owed to the estate. The total amount is $4764.96 including 5 shares of stock in Pacific Rail Road Co. worth $500, and they express the opinion that more than 2/3 of the due bills, notes, and accounts are uncollectable. In Schedule B they list all of the debts owed by the estate. The total amount is $12,207.96. Schedule C is a list of all personal property, the appraised value of which is $1818.99. Finally Schedule D lists the real estate owned by the deceased. Since the value of the debts owed to the estate plus the value of the personal property is far less than the debts owed by the estate, the administrators petition the court for authority to sell the real property.

The widow retained various items of personal property worth $163.25 and then on October 15, 1855 the remaining personal property was sold at auction at the residence of the deceased, the Walton House. Gross proceeds were $1569.13. Expenses were $83.70, so that the net proceeds were $1485.43. The contents of the printed notice advertising the sale follow:



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Administrators' Sale OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON MONDAY, October 15, 1855,

The undersigned, administrators of the Estate of Charles D. Walton, deceased, will proceed to sell at public auction, the personal property belonging to said Estate, consisting of Carpets, beds, bedding, chairs, tables, wash stands, Kitchen utensils & furniture, knives, forks, table furniture, stoves, desks, &c. &c., being the entire furniture of the "Walton House".
The sale to take place at the "Walton House" on Third street below Locust street, in the city of St. Louis, and to commence at 9 o'clock A. M.
Terms of Sale -- All purchases amounting to $100 or under, Cash -- Exceeding $100 and not over $250, a credit of sixty days; exceeding $250 and not over $500, ninety days; all sums over $500, four months.
All sales on credit to be secured by the note of the purchaser, with satisfactory endorsements.
Mary A. P. Walton, John M. Krum, Administrators of Charles D. Walton, dec'd
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Charles D. Walton owned two lots in St. Louis. One of them had 40 feet of frontage on Third Street and was 150 feet deep toward the east (French measure). It was part of block 63 and was bounded on the north by property formerly owned by Bartholemy Arnould, on the south by property of Ludlow, and on the east by a lot formerly of Margaret Laguaisse. It was purchased by Charles D. Walton at a partition sale, under a judgement of partition, in the St. Louis Circuit Court, among the heirs of Joseph Salois. Charles D. Walton received a sheriff's deed dated November 25, 1841 which is recorded on page 41 of Book V2. There is a deed of trust recorded on page 419 of Book 152 from Walton to John M. Krum, trustee for Chester Hardington, to secure 6 promissory notes dated October 1, 1854 and payable one year from date. Three of the notes are outstanding.

The second lot owned by Charles D. Walton is the north part (about 21 feet) of a lot having 45 feet of frontage on Second Street and being 91 feet 6 inches deep. It is bounded on the east by Second Street, on the south by property owned by Victoria Dobbins, on the west by John Harvey and on the north by one Minsen. Jonathan Bigelow conveyed the lot in an undated deed to Samuel D. Walton and Charles D. Walton (D5/325) and the interest of Samuel D. Walton was conveyed to Charles D. Walton by sheriff's deed dated May 7, 1852 (F6/492). There is a deed of trust (154/497) made by Charles D. Walton and wife dated September 12, 1854 to secure the payment of a bond of $1000 made by Charles D. Walton to the County of St. Louis payable in 12 months from date and bearing interest at 8%.

On May 31, 1856 three appraisers appointed by the administrators of the estate made an appraisal of the two lots. The value of the lot on Third Street is $18000, and the value of the lot on Second Street is $1785. They were sold at auction on the first Monday in June, the widow having relinquished her rights of dower. George Partridge bought the first lot for $15,811.62 and Volney C. Musick bought the second for $147.05. George Partridge had rented the basement of the Walton House from September 24, 1855 to June 1, 1856. In the 1860 census he is a wholesale grocer. In the 1850 census Volney C. Musick is a merchant living in District 82. He probably lived in Florissant.

The following is the public notice of the sale of Charles D. Walton's real property. It is signed by Mary A. P. Walton and John M. Krum, administrators. It was published in the Missouri Republican for 4 successive weeks and ten copies were posted in prominent places.

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ADMINISTRATORS' SALE
The undersigned, administrators with the will annexed, of the estate of Charles D. Walton, deceased, hereby give public notice, that, in pursuance of an order of the St. Louis Probate Court, made at the March Term, 1856, of said Court, we will offer for sale, at public vendue or outcry, at the eastern door of the court house, in the city and county of St. Louis, on THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE NEXT, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, and during the session of the Circuit or Probate Court or Court of Common Please [sic] of said county, all the right, title and interest of the said estate in and to a lot of land, containing forty feet in front, on Third street, in the city of St. Louis and running back westwardly, of the same width, one hundred and fifty feet in depth, all French measure, bounded west by Third street, north by property formerly owned by Barthelemy Annould, east by Margaret Laguaisse and south by property of Ludlow, being part of block 63 of said city, sold under a judgment in partition, in the St. Louis Circuit Court, among the heirs of Joseph Salvis, deed from Sheriff to said Walton, dated 25th of November, 1841, recorded in book V, No. 2, page 41, of the Recorder's office of St. Louis county, on which lot there is a deed of trust, made by Charles D. Walton and wife, to John M. Krum, trustee for Chester Harding, jr., recorded in book 152, page 417, to secure the payment of six promissory notes, for one thousand dollars each made by said Walton to the order of said Harding, dated 1st October, 1854, due one year from date with interest, three of which said notes are now outstanding. ALSO all the right, title and interest of the estate of said deceased, in and to twenty-one feet, or thereabouts, being all the north part of a certain lot of ground, fronting forty feet on Second street, in the city of St. Louis, by ninety-one feet six inches deep, bounded east by Second street, south by property owned by Victoire Dobbin, west by John Harvey, north by one Minsen, on which is a deed of trust made by said Walton and wife, to secure to the county of St. Louis, the payment of a bond, for one thousand dollars, dated 24th September, 1854, due in one year thereafter, with interest, at the rate of eight percent per annum from date.
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Various invoices presented to the administrators of Charles D. Waltons's estate suggest that the Walton House was a functioning business at the time of his death. For example, Antoine Savignac presented an invoice for $765.46. He was presumbly a butcher since most of the items were for beef. On 24 of the 28 days in February 1855 he delivered a large amount of beef to the hotel. Amounts varied considerably, but the average amount was about 50 lbs. The price was 6 cents/lb. On 27 of the 31 days of August he delivered similar amounts at 7 cents/lb. His last sale was 34 lbs on September 5, 1855. On January 6, 1856 he was paid $229.63 = 30% of the amount billed. Later he was paid $382.75, which is 50% of the bill. Then on October 8, 1858 he was paid $248.30, which was the remainder of what he was owed plus interest.

The contents of the hotel were sold at auction on October 15, 1855. Many items were bought by Abel S. Merritt, who in the 1860 census is a hotel keeper and the proprietor of the Everett House. It was located at 81 N 4th near the Walton House, which had been at 93 N 4th. George Partridge, who purchased the Walton House, is a wholesale grocer in the 1860 census. Presumably the building never again functioned as a hotel.

The fact that the hotel was closed almost immediately after Charles D. Walton's death and the contents were sold suggests that at the time of his death it was not a thriving business. That the butcher had not been paid for February deliveries suggests the same. On October 1,1854 Charles D. Walton borrowed money and as security gave a deed of trust on the hotel property. He signed 6 promissory notes of $1000 apiece due 1 year from date. At the time of his death 3 of them remained outstanding. On August 8, 1855 he borrowed $135 from Samuel Turner and gave him a promissory note payable in 90 days. These and other borrowings also suggest that his business was not thriving. In the case of Samuel Turner, he was paid 30% ($40.73) on December 31, 1856 and the remainder plus interest ($118.54) on December 1, 1858.

It appears to me that Charles D. Walton's creditors were all fully paid with interest. The final payment was typically in 1858.

A final settlement of the estate was approved by the Probate Court at its December 1860 term. It appears that $11,941.85 remained in the hands of the widow after all the debts were paid. That amount included uncollectable notes and accounts. Earlier the amount of due bills, notes and accounts was estimated to be about $4200 and 2/3 were deemed uncollectable. If the uncollectable amount was $2800, then the widow had about $9000 at the end of the day. She had kept personal property worth $162.30 before the auction.