James
Alfred WALTON(1–3) was born on 11 June 1890 in Afton, Wyoming
Territory to James Walton and Letitia Mable ARNOLD.(2,4–7,10) He appeared in the
census in 1900 in Star Valley, Wyoming living with his parents and two sisters.(2) Living with his
parents and two sisters, nineteen year old James appeared in the census in 1910
in Afton, Wyoming where he was a laborer on a farm.(8) James submitted
draft registration cards for WWI on 5 June 1917 in Lincoln County, Wyoming
where he was self-employed as a farmer in Afton, Wyoming.(7) AT that time, James was also responsible for
his “aged” mother and “sickly” sister.(7)
James was described
as tall and slender with gray eyes and dark brown hair.(7) James married Ella Vietta BRUCE in Paris,
Idaho on 19 February 1918.(10-11) He appeared in the census in 1920 in Afton, Wyoming,
where he was living with his wife, daughter and sister Elizabeth H.(9) In 1920 James was employed as a laborer on a farm.(9) In addition to farm work, James was the floor
manager of a dance hall, a floor manager of the Welch hall, he drove the mail
coach for the Hale Brothers, and drove the stage to Montpelier.(6) A day or two after James began working for
the Kemmerer Coal Company as a coal miner, he died in a gas explosion in
Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 33 in Frontier, Wyoming.(4–6) James’ body was
shipped to Cokeville and then on to Afton where he was buried on 19 August 1923.(4–6) In
his obituary, James was described as, “… a devoted husband and a kind and
indulgent father, to his sisters a tender brother.”(6) Surviving James was his widow, and three children,
one daughter and two sons, ranging in age from 4 to 1 years old.(6)
1. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer,
Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library,
519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.
2. 1900, population
schedules, Year: 1900; Census Place: Star Valley, Uinta, Wyoming; Page: 15; Enumeration
District: 0064, James Walton; digital images, Ancestry.com (online :
online digital 4 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..
3. Sneddon Robert T. Inspector (Dist 1) & Robert V. Hotchkiss
Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of Wyoming, Districts No. 1
and 2," year: 1923; report, 1923; ,
Wyoming State Archives on microfilm, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
4. James Alfred
Walton, death certificate file no. 1475
(14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central
Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.
5. Findagrave
(Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming), Findagrave.com, , digital online (: online 4 March
2018), James Alfred Walton Find A Grave Memorial# 33388478.
6. James A. Walton
Victim of Explosion, unknown [Lincoln County Historical Societies],
online Star Valley Obituaries, .
http://lchs.zenfolio.com/p138025479/haa0a94e#haa0a94e.
7. "United
States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with
images, FamilySearch," digital, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org (:
online 4 March 2018), James Alfred Walton; citing United States World War I
Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, "United States World War I Draft
Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K687-DZZ : 12 December 2014), James
Alfred Walton, 1917-1918; citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States, NARA
microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,022,242..
8. 1910, ,
population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Afton, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll:
T624_1747; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0137; FHL microfilm: 1375760, James
A Walton; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online/digital 4 March 2018);
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..
9. 1920, , population schedule, Year:
1920; Census Place: Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2027; Page: 1A;
Enumeration District: 101, James Walton; digital images, Ancestry.com (:
online digital 4 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images
reproduced by FamilySearch.
10.
James A. Walton Victim of Explosion, unknown
[Lincoln County Historical Societies], online Star Valley Obituaries, http://lchs.zenfolio.com/p138025479/haa0a94e#haa0a94e.
11.
Marriage Records, Western States Marriage
Record Index, BYU/Idaho Special Collections, Rexberg, Idaho, online.
familyhistory@byui.edu, volume #, page 164, ID#44523.
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