Newton Wichita "Newt" Walton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1886 - Wichita Falls, Texas
Christening:
Death: 27 Oct 1977 2
Burial: in Quanah Mem. Park, Quanah, Hardeman Co., Texas
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Frederick P. Walton (1841-1914) 3
Mother: Alice Reese (1863-1920) 3 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Catherine Rae Branham (7 Dec 1886 - 20 Jun 1953) 1
Marriage: 25 Dec 1912 - Quanah, Hardeman Co., Texas 5
2. Hattie Mae Anderson (4 Oct 1903 - 5 May 2004) 1
Marriage: 28 Jan 1954 - Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas 6
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1920 Hardeman Co., Tx, Quanah, Ward: West of Main, ED 119; Jan 8; sheet 9A
169/182 W. Eighth
Newton W. Walton 33 Tx Mo Tx Commercial Salesman/Wholesale Grocery
Ray " wife 33 Tx Va Ms Manager/Millinary Store </pre>
<pre>1930 Hardeman Co., Texas, Quanah, Ward 1, ED 99-1; Apr 3; sheet 2B
42/49 901 3rd St.
Newt W. Walton 42 M25 Tx Mo Tx Traveling/Luggage
Rae " wife 42 M25 Tx Ky Ms none </pre>
They own a home worth $10,000 and have no radio. There are 4 roomers and 2 servants in the household.
<pre>1940 Hardeman Co., Texas, Quanah, Ward 1, ED 99-1; Apr 13; sheet 12B
294 507 Hughes
Newton Walton 53 Tx operator/gasoline filling sta O$8000
Rae " 53 Tx </pre>
They lived in the same house on April 1, 1935. There are 5 lodgers in the household.
OBITUARY:
Thursday, November 3, 1977, "Quanah Tribune-Chief", page 6
Funeral services were held Saturday, October 29, at Trinity Espiscopal Church at 4 p.m. for Newton Wichita Walton, 90, who died Thursday in Memorial Hospital.
Rev. Charles McIntyre, vicar of Trinity Church, was assisted by the Rev. Forrest Sheffield, pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial was at the Quanah Memorial Park under direction of Knowles Funeral Home.
Mr. Walton was born Dec. 25, 1886 in Wichita Falls and came to Hardeman County in 1910 from Claude, Texas.
In the 1920s and early 1930s he was a sales representative for a Quanah wholesale grocery company. In more recent years he served the city of Quanah as corporation court judge.
He was married to Hattie Anderson at Vernon in 1954.
Survivors are his wife Hattie of Quanah; threee daughters, Mrs. Juanita Garry of Lake George, N. Y., Mrs. Norveline Donafhey, Tyler, Texas, and Mrs. Hattie Huff of Buena Park, Calif.; one son, James Brooks, Welbourne, Florida; twelve grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Harold Wey, Arthur Wey, Foster Fitzpatrick, Neil Eggleston, Logan Hysmith, and L. E. Rose.
TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 83799:
Newton Wichita Walton died October 27, 1977 at age 90 yrs in Quanah, Hardeman Co., Texas
Residence: 901 W. 3rd
Usual occupation: farming
Born: December 24, 1886 in Wichita Falls, Texas
Father: Fredrick Pyant Walton
Mother: Alice Reese
Informant: Mrs. Hattie Walton
