Wade & Webb Family History

John Butler Walden1816–1896

Jasper · DeKalb · Centre · Garrett Cemetery

John Butler Walden was born in Jasper County, Georgia, in 1816, a son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden; his father settled in Autauga County, Alabama, in 1819. Reared on a farm, he studied law at Wetumpka, was admitted to the bar at Talladega and married Catharine O. Chambliss there. After some years in DeKalb County he settled at Centre, Cherokee County, in 1864 and practised law there. He died at Centre in 1896.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. 1 Sep 1816 Jasper, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. Dec 1842 Catherine O Chambliss, at Talladega, Alabama

Death and burial

  1. 1896 Burial: Garrett Cemetery, Turkey Town, Cherokee, Alabama
  2. 18 Feb 1896 Death: Centre, Cherokee, Alabama 14

Family

Parents
Charles Sparks Walden 1772–1833
Sarah Walker 1783–1854
Spouse, Dec 1842
Catherine O Chambliss 1824–1889
Children
Charles S. Walden 1862–1945
Emma Walden 1858–?
Joseph Alexander Walden 1854–1891
Emily Walden 1857–1913
John Sparks Walden 1850–1912
Lewis Walden
Minnie Lee Walden 1864–1951

Line of descent Webb line

  1. John Butler Walden
  2. Brother of Westley D Walden
  3. William Walker Walden, son
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

2nd great-granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

John Butler Walden was born on 1 September 1816 in Jasper County, Georgia, a son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, according to both the FamilySearch tree and a sketch of his life published in Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical in 1888, while he was living at Centre, Alabama.1 Inference Sketches in such subscription histories were usually written from what the subject told the compilers, so this is probably his own account of his family.1 The tree names his parents as Charles Sparks Walden (1772–1833) and Sarah Walker (1783–1854).2

According to the sketch, his parents were natives of South Carolina; the tree, without a source, has his father born in Spotsylvania, Virginia, and his mother in Virginia.3 The sketch says that Charles Walden moved about 1800 to Greene County, Georgia, and from there to Jasper County; that he was a lieutenant under General Floyd in the War of 1812; and that in 1819 he came into Alabama and settled in Autauga County, near old Fort Jackson.4 It gives his death as 1832, a year earlier than the tree's 8 November 1833, and says that of his seven sons John B. was the only one still living in 1888.5 His mother, the sketch says, was a member of the Baptist Church for more than fifty years, died in 1854 at the age of seventy, as the tree also has it, and was a daughter of Jeremiah Walker, a Virginian by birth and a Revolutionary soldier, who farmed in South Carolina.6

Walden was reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty, at Wetumpka, Alabama, he began the study of law; he was admitted to the bar at Talladega.7 He married Catharine O. Chambliss, whom the tree calls Catherine, a daughter of John and Sarah (Pierce) Chambliss, who had come from Darlington District, South Carolina, to Talladega County in 1841.8 The sketch prints the date of the marriage as December 1812, which cannot be right for a man born in 1816; the tree has December 1842 in Talladega County, though no record of the marriage is attached.8 The federal censuses of 1850 and 1860 found John B. Walden and his family in DeKalb County, Alabama, and those of 1870 and 1880 in Cherokee County, Alabama, at Centre in 1870.9 The sketch says that he came to Centre in 1864 and from then on gave "his whole attention to his profession."10

The tree names seven children: John Sparks (1850–1912), Joseph Alexander (1854–1891), Emily (1857–1913), Emma (born 1858), Charles S. (1862–1945), Minnie Lee (1864–1951) and Lewis, who is undated.11 He is named as the father in the Alabama death records of his son Charles, in 1945 (as "John Waldon"), and of his daughter Minnie Lee, in 1951, and in Charles's Social Security file.12 Catherine died on 12 May 1889 and was buried at Centre.13 He died at Centre on 18 February 1896 and is buried in the Garrett Cemetery at Turkey Town, Cherokee County, where the tree also places the burials of his parents.14 The Find a Grave index, an index to the volunteer-built memorial website, names him "Judge John Butler Walden"; the sketch of 1888 calls him an attorney-at-law, and no record found says what court he served or when.15

Documents

  1. 1888 Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888) · book

Places

  1. 1816Jasper
  2. 1842Talladega
  3. 1850–1860DeKalb
  4. 1870–1896Centre
  5. 1880Cherokee
  6. 1896Garrett Cemetery

Timeline

  1. 1 Sep 1816BirthJasper, Georgia
  2. Dec 1842Marriage, Catherine O ChamblissTalladega, Alabama
  3. 1850ResidenceDe Kalb county, De Kalb, Alabama
  4. 1860Residence: CensusDivision 2, DeKalb, Alabama
  5. 1870ResidenceCentre, Cherokee, Alabama
  6. 1880ResidenceCherokee, Alabama
  7. 1896BurialGarrett Cemetery, Turkey Town, Cherokee, Alabama
  8. 18 Feb 1896DeathCentre, Cherokee, Alabama

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K85G-FCW: birth 1 Sep 1816, Jasper, Georgia, no source for the birth Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): 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 … In 1864 he came to Centre back to the text
  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K85G-FCW: parents Charles Sparks Walden and Sarah Walker FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K2FG-GXD (their page): 1772–1833 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L83Y-7R8 (their page): 1783–1854 back to the text
  3. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, natives of South Carolina FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K2FG-GXD (their page): birth 1772, Spotsylvania, Virginia FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L83Y-7R8 (their page): birth 5 Jun 1783, Virginia back to the text
  4. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): 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 back to the text
  5. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): He died in 1832. Of his seven sons John B. is the only one now living FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K2FG-GXD (their page): death 8 Nov 1833, Autauga back to the text
  6. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): She was a member of the Baptist Church over fifty years … 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 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L83Y-7R8 (their page): death 1 Jul 1854, Autauga back to the text
  7. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): 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 back to the text
  8. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): 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 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K85G-FCW: marriage Dec 1842, Talladega, Alabama, no source attached FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M569-FP3 (their page): Catherine O. Chambliss back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, John B Walden, 1850. Record: John B Walden, 1850 census "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, John B Walden, 1860. Record: John B Walden, 1860 census "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, J B Walden, 1870. Record: J B Walden, 1870 census "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, J. B. Walden, 1880. Record: J. B. Walden, 1880 census FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K85G-FCW: residences 1850 De Kalb county; 1860 Division 2, DeKalb; 1870 Centre, Cherokee; 1880 Cherokee back to the text
  10. Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): In 1864 he came to Centre, and has here since that time given his whole attention to his profession back to the text
  11. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K85G-FCW: seven children, with the years given back to the text
  12. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Waldon in entry for Charles Walden, 1945. Record: John Waldon in entry for Charles Walden, Alabama, Deaths, 1945 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John B. Walden in entry for Minnie Lee Walden, 1951. Record: John B. Walden in entry for Minnie Lee Walden, 1951 "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", FamilySearch, John B Walden in entry for Charles Walden. Record: John B Walden in entry for Charles Walden, NUMIDENT back to the text
  13. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile M569-FP3 (their page): death 12 May 1889, burial Centre, Cherokee, Alabama back to the text
  14. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K85G-FCW: death 18 Feb 1896, Centre, Cherokee, Alabama; burial Garrett Cemetery, Turkey Town, Cherokee FamilySearch Family Tree, profile K2FG-GXD (their page): burial Garrett Cemetery, Cherokee FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L83Y-7R8 (their page): burial Garrett Cemetery, Turkey Town, Cherokee back to the text
  15. "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, Judge John Butler Walden. Record: Judge John Butler Walden, Find a Grave Index Northern Alabama: John Butler Walden, son of Charles and Sarah (Walker) Walden, Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, Alabama: Smith & De Land, 1888): Attorney-at law back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to John Butler Walden (8)
  1. 1850John B Walden, "United States, Census, 1850"
  2. 1860John B Walden, "United States, Census, 1860"
  3. 1870J B Walden, "United States, Census, 1870"
  4. 1880J. B. Walden, "United States, Census, 1880"
  5. 1945John Waldon, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  6. 1951John B. Walden, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  7. John B Walden, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  8. Judge John Butler Walden, "Find a Grave Index"