Noah N. Walter, one of Jay county's well known and substantial
agriculturists and
landowners, proprietor of an excellent farm in Greene
township, where he makes his
home, rural mail route No. 7 out of
Portland, has been a resident of this county for
many years. Mr. Walter
was born on a farm in Hancock county, Ohio, August 29,
1853, and is a
son of Frederick and Melvina (Deal) Walter, the latter of whom was
born
in Fairfield county, that same state.
Frederick Walter was born in Germany and remained there
until he was past his majority when he came to America and located in
Fairfield county, Ohio, where he not long afterward was married. After his
marriage he bought an eighty-acre tract of unimproved land in Hancock
county, Ohio, built a cabin
on the place and proceeded to clear and
develop it. He made a good farm there and
came to have other land
holdings as time went on, these including a quarter section of
land in
Jay county, which he took on as an investment. He and his wife were the
parents of eleven children, those besides the subject of this sketch being
John, Samuel,
Peter, Catherine, Mary, Caroline, Sophia, George, Joseph
and Sarah.
Reared on the home farm in Hancock county, Ohio, Noah N.
Walter received his schooling in the
schools of that county and remained
at home until his marriage when he assumed the
management of the home
farm and there remained until he came to Indiana and bought
the place on
which he is now living in Greene township, this county. Mr. Walter's
original purchase there was of a tract of eighty acres, but this he has
increased and now
has 100 acres, which he has improved in admirable
shape and has an excellent farm
plant. He is a Democrat and is a member
of the United Brethren church, a member of
the board of trustees of the
same, and also has served as class leader and steward. It was
while
living in Ohio that Noah N. Walter was united in marriage to Nancy Jane
Fellers a daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Bergman) Fellers, and who died at
her home in this county in June, 1909. To that union, were born four
children, Floyd E.,
Elma Pearl, Eva and Clara, all of whom are living.
Floyd E. Walter married Anna
Dennisand has had six children, four of
whom are living, Orlett W., Inez, Emmet and
Ima. Elma Pearl Walter
married Harry Brunson and has six children, Donald,
Laurence, Gladys,
Ethel, Rozann and Earl. Eva Walter married William Barnett
and has one
child, a son, Herbert, and Clara Walter married Orville Myromand
has one
child, a daughter, Ruby Jeannette.
Biographical &
Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana, Lewis Publishing Company, 1887