Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden
1888 · Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888)
Citation: "John Butler Walden," in Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham: Smith & De Land, 1888), 132–133 (Cherokee County); Internet Archive item northernalabamah00birm, scan n136, https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n136/mode/1up?q=Walden.
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From the archive.org text layer ("181G" read as 1816, "3Ir." as Mr.):
JOHN BUTLER WALDEN, Attorney-at law, was born in Jasper County, Ga., September 1, 1816, and is a son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, natives of South Carolina.
He was reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty years, at Wetumpka, Ala., began the study of the law, and at Talladega was admitted to the bar. […] In 1864 he came to Centre, and has here since that time given his whole attention to his profession.
Mr. Walden was married in December, 1812 [sic], to Catharine O. Chambliss, daughter of John and Sarah (Pierce) Chambliss, who came from Darlington District, S. C., to Talladega County in 1841. […]
The senior Mr. Walden, in about 1800, moved to Green County, Ga., and from thence to Jasper. He was a lieutenant under General Floyd in the War of 1812. He came into Alabama in 1819, and located in Autauga County, near old Fort Jackson. He died in 1832. Of his seven sons John B. is the only one now living.
His wife was one of those excellent pioneer Christian women. She was a member of the Baptist Church over fifty years, and many of her ancestors and kinsmen were noted divines. She died in 1854, at the age of seventy years. Her father, Jeremiah Walker, a Virginian by birth, and a gallant old Revolutionary soldier, was a farmer in South Carolina. His paternal ancestors came from England.
What it says, against the tree
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Sparks Walden | Birthplace | "native of South Carolina" | 1772, Spotsylvania, Virginia | conflicts |
| Charles Sparks Walden | Residences | Greene County, Ga., about 1800; then Jasper County; Autauga County, Ala., 1819, near old Fort Jackson | Married 1803 Greene, Georgia; died Autauga | agrees; Jasper and 1819 new |
| Charles Sparks Walden | War of 1812 | Lieutenant under General Floyd | — | new |
| Charles Sparks Walden | Death | 1832 | 8 November 1833, Autauga | conflicts (year) |
| Charles Sparks Walden | Sons | Seven sons; only John B. living in 1888 | Sons in tree: Thomas W, Charles S, George S, John Butler, Westley D | context (two sons missing from tree, if seven is right) |
| Sarah Walker | Birthplace, father | Native of South Carolina; daughter of Jeremiah Walker, Virginia-born Revolutionary soldier, a farmer in South Carolina | Born 5 June 1783, Virginia; no parents | conflicts (birthplace); father new |
| Sarah Walker | Death | 1854, aged seventy | 1 July 1854, Autauga (born 1783) | agrees |
| Sarah Walker | Church | Baptist for over fifty years | — | new |
| John Butler Walden | Birth | 1 September 1816, Jasper County, Ga. | 1 September 1816, Jasper, Georgia | agrees |