Romeo Asbury Walton

1878 - 1912  (33 years)

• Name	Romeo Asbury Walton  [1]
  Born	4 Oct 1878	Oscar, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Occupation Street 12 225 Wm. T. Walton Self Male White 1848 32 Married West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Farm Laborer 13 225 Delilah Walton Wife Female White 1849 31 Married West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Keeping house 14 225 Norvell Walton Son Male White 1871 9 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 15 225 Hassel A. Walton Son Male White 1873 7 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 16 225 Roy Walton Son Male White 1875 5 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 17 225 Lena R. Walton Daughter Female White 1877 3 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 18 225 Romeo A. Walton Son Male White 1879 1 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia  NARA Pub:  T9  Roll:  1402  Page:  301D  ED:  33  Enumerated:  14 Jun 1880   Transcript ID is  dbid=6742&iid=4244687-00609
  Census	1900	Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 38 109 Delila A Walton Head Female White 1848 52 Widowed West Virginia Virginia West Virginia Farmer 39 109 Nowel E Walton Son Male White 1872 28 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia School teacher 40 109 Hassal A Walton Son Male White 1873 27 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia School teacher 41 109 Roy M Walton Son Male White 1874 26 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia Farmer 42 109 Romer A Walton Son Male White 1879 21 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia Laborer 43 109 Lula E Walton Daughter Female White 1882 18 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia 44 109 Laura B Walton Daughter Female White 1884 16 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia 45 109 Samuel I Walton Son Male White 1886 14 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia 46 109 Ira F Walton Son Male White 1889 11 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia 47 109 George L Walton Son Male White 1892 8 Single West Virginia Virginia West Virginia  NARA Pub:  T623  Roll:  1759  Page:  7B  ED:  28  Enumerated:  11 Jun 1900   Transcript ID is  dbid=7602&iid=004123453_00128
  Census	4 May 1910	Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 36 251 Romeo A Walton Head Male White 1878 32 Married West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Farmer 37 251 Forest H Walton Wife Female White 1885 25 Married West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 38 251 Harry A Walton Son Male White 1904 6 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 39 251 Emily E Walton Daughter Female White 1906 4 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia 40 251 Oscar H Walton Son Male White 1909 1/12 Single West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia  NARA Pub:  T624  Roll:  1681  Page:  15B  ED:  31  Enumerated:  4 May 1910   Transcript ID is  dbid=7884&iid=4454891_00140
  Died	20 Apr 1912	Renick, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  	Probable Murder and Suicide At his home in Renick's Valley, this county, last Saturday morning, Romeo Walton, son of the late Taylor Walton, and Robert Agnew, late of Pennsylvania, who had been working for Walton for about eight months, had a quarrel or a disagreement about a settlement. It was not considered serious, however. Romeo then went to his field to plow. About 11 o'clock Agnew went to the house and got the gun, making some excuse for taking it. As neither party came in at the dinner hour a son of Mr. Walton went to the field to ascertain the cause. His father was found lying dead in the field with a hole in his breast, having been shot through the heart, and 28 feet away Agnew was also lying dead with a gunshot wound in the head which was powder burned, showing that the muzzle of the gun was very close to his head when fired. It is believed that the men renewed the quarrel in the field; that Agnew shot Walton and then committed suicide by shooting himself. Mr. Walton leaves a wife and four children. Agnew was unmarried. The gun was found near Agnew. Greenbrier Independant - Thursday, 25 Apr 1912, p.3
  Buried	Kellison Cemetery, Jacox, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  		Romeo Walton hs
  Siblings	9 siblings
  + 1. Norval E Walton,   b. 3 Oct 1871, Esty, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1956, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 84 years) + 2. Hassel A Walton,   b. 15 Mar 1873, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 18 Jul 1911  (Age 38 years) + 3. Roy Mason Walton,   b. 2 Dec 1874, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1920, Williamsburg , Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 45 years)   4. Lena R Walton,   b. 16 Mar 1877, West Virginia, USA   5. Lula E Walton,   b. 25 Oct 1881, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 04 Jul 1924  (Age 42 years)   6. Laura Belle Walton,   b. 25 Feb 1884, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 14 Apr 1932, Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  (Age 48 years)   7. Samuel Oakey Walton,   b. 21 Apr 1886, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 26 Aug 1967, Lobelia, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 81 years) + 8. Ira Forest Walton,   b. 12 Dec 1888, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1945, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 56 years) + 9. George Lester Walton,   b. 17 Apr 1892, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 May 1969, Renick, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Person ID	I949	schnetzka
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	William Taylor Walton,   b. 19 May 1847, Little Levels, Pocahontas County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 1897, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Delila Ann Mann,   b. 21 Apr 1848, Monroe County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1926  (Age 78 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1870	Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Forest Hill Blake,   b. 2 Apr 1884, Brushy Flat, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 15 May 1968, Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1902	Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA   [6]
  	Rev. George W Richardson
  Children	+ 1. Harry Asbury Walton,   b. 10 Aug 1903, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 11 Jul 1962, Renick, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 58 years) + 2. Emily Ethel Walton,   b. 23 Aug 1905, Brushy Flat, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 14 May 1952, Hanover Hospital, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 46 years) + 3. Oscar Custer Walton,   b. 30 May 1908, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1954, Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 46 years) + 4. Mattie Ann Walton,   b. 18 Nov 1910, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 10 Jan 1991, Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2010
  Family ID	F491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 4 Oct 1878 - Oscar, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Census - 1880 - Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Census - 1900 - Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Married - 12 Nov 1902 - Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Census - 4 May 1910 - Falling Spring, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Died - 20 Apr 1912 - Renick, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Buried - - Kellison Cemetery, Jacox, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S107] GEDCOM File WALTON. [S82] Birth Certificate. [S40] Obituary, Gunshot wound. [S8] Find-a-grave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com). [S37] Marriage Certificate, Greenbrier County, WV Marriage Book 1b, p52. [S113] Greenbrier Marriage Book, Larry G Shuck, (Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA, 1991), Greenbrier County, WV Marriage Book 1b, p153.