John Oliver Walton, Pvt, Co G, 193rd New York Infantry, was born December 22, 1842, to Rufus Walton and Jane Rork in Keene, Essex County, New York. He married Sarah Mussen, (1845 – 3 Oct 1896), on September 8, 1864, in Bloomingdale, Essex County, New York.
John and Sarah had a child, Frank Grant Walton (1868-1923), and this child descends this line to a member of Laura Belle Stoddard Tent 22, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865.
John Walton died on May 27, 1924, at Lake Placid, Essex County, New York. He is buried along with his wife Sarah and his parents in Brookside Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Essex County, New York. His obituary stated that he was a member of the local GAR Post, perhaps in Lake Placid.
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