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Note: N52 This age based on his affidavit in homestead applications papers. John was found as a child in the1860 census in Santa Rosa Co., FL. He was found with his own family in 1880 census (SR Co., FL.), and in the 1900 census for Escambia Co., AL, with his family. 9 children were born, but just 6 survived. He was in the1910 SR Co. FL census,farming, laborer, no r/w, living with wife Dicie, and daughter, Emma. John and Dicey were divorced in 1914. He was a farmer, owned his own farm, could not read or write, but his wife and children could. They went to school. In 1906, George and Nancy Walther’s children (called heirs of John A. Roberts), with the exception of John Henry Walther, sold Roberts’ land to R. R. Campbell. Then, in 1909, all of the other heirs gave John H. Walther their power of attorney to sue for the recovery of the same property. In 1911, all of the heirs of John Robertssold to John H. Walther, for one dollar, their share of the same piece of property as listed above.
His tombstone indicates 1844 as birthyear, but the 1860 census listed him as being 12 years old, making it about 1848 which is probably more accurate. 1880 census showed him as 28, making the year about1851. 1900 shows him to be 52, so I'll go with 1848. Divorce hearing in 2/27/1915. Married Sellers in July 20, 1915, minister William A. West. Divorce final in March 27,1917. Remarried Sellers in April 2, 1917 He died in the home of Robert C. Haveard. My mother, Carrie Lee, has fond memories of time spent with John, her grandfather, when she was a child. They took walks frequently and he told her family stories. Her favorite is the one of his daddy, George, coming to America as a stowaway on a boat from Europe. He was from France. Mamma also tells that every Sunday afternoon, her daddy, Will, would hitch up the horse and buggy at their home south of Brewton, and ride down to Florida, about 3 miles away, to visit Pa and Ma Walther, John and Dicey, their grandparents.
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