The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-08-11
DAMN. WALTONDEAD.
Old Time and Well Known Resident
Called to His Reward.

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Died, Of old age and hamilton, at |
his home, No. 313 South Market
street, at $40 o'clock a. m, Saturday, |
August 6, 1904, after an illness ex-
tending over period of many
months, Daniel NJ Walton, aged COL
years and days.
An aged patriarch has gone. Dan
tel M. Walton, Oskaloosa's most aged
and highly respected, and for many
years most prominent business man,
passed peacefully away in the quiet
of his beautiful home in the central
part Of the city at $40 this morning,
honored, loved and respected by all
who knew him, and the number was
legion.
Although his death was hourly ex-
pected for some days, when the an
nouncement came in the early hours
Of the morning, the whole city was
touched and as the word so reverent- |
ly passed from lip to lip that Father
Walton was dead, the expressions of
respect and sorrow became universal. |
One of his neighbors was heard to
remark: Il have known Father Wal
ton intimately for more than thirty
five years, and that he had died as he
had lived, full Of years, honored and
respected by all, and without an en-
envy in the world" Another was
heard to say: Father Walton was
the most remarkable man of my ac-
quaintance. He more frequently
knew what was right and came more
nearly doing it, than any man that /
have known" Another made use Of
this expression: Few have lived
uonger, and no one has lived a better
or more exemplary life in our midst,
than has Father Walton"
The death of this old.time business
man and pioneer of Oskaloosa has
been anticipated for some time and |
he was surrounded by his wife and
two sons at the time of his passing |
away.
The funeral will be held Monday. |
August 8, 1904 from the late resi-l
dence on South Market street, and
interment will be made in Forest
cemetery. The deceased was one oil
the oldest residents Of the city, and
his hosts of friends and many citizens
will pay tributes of respect to the
memory of the old gentleman.
Daniel M. Walton was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania,
August 4, 1914, and is directly de-
scended from the old Walton family |
of Scottish fame. He came of sturdy,
long-lived set of men and has himself
borne out family traits of this char
acter. Back in the colonial days of
he country before statsbood bad dig.
nifled Pennsylvania, four fearless
SCOTS, brothers, came to the wilder
ness and established claims in the
Monongahela valley on the border of
Washington county. The brothers
were driven away on account of the
general unfriendliness of the Indians. |
The quartette went into Virginia, |
settled there, and became F. +. VS.. |
Later George went into Georgia and |
became a citizen of that state. |
He was made member of the Contl- |
mental congress and signed the Dec
laration of independence.
John Walton, grandfather of the
deceased together with the fourth |
brother, eventually returned toI
Pennsylvania and re-established their
rights and settled upon the
lands. A portion of the lands of |
this estate remain in the family to
this day, never having been transfer |
red from the family ownership. And
out of this family came Daniel M. |
Walton. He was quite prominent in |
the east during the earlier part of his |
career and had accumulated consid-
cradle means in milling, merchandis- |
ing and farming. He was engaged as |
a merchant in Pittsburg and in the
year 1916 he lost all of his property
in the great conflagration of that year. |
He later came west and stopped at |
Oskaloosa where he settled and has
since lived. He at once entered in
to the life and spirit of the new coun-
try. He came to take a prominent
place in the little city and set up the
first department store Oskaloosa ever
had. He had large dry goods, cloth
ing, boots and shoes, queensware and
grocery stock and the store was To-
Gated at the northwest corner of the |
square where now stands the Nation,
al bank and the Green &c Bentley
buildings. He took the brick resi- |
dence building built by DR.. Hopkins |
and this one place has been his home
constantly since he entered it. About |
the year '72 failing eye.sight com.
PEELED the man to retire from bust
ness and seek to preserve his vision.
An operation on one eye proved a |
failure, and in short time the other
eye failed and the man has since that
time spent his life in almost total
darkness. The trouble was contract
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