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- "Walter Wharton, born in 1833, was the second oldest of Benjamin's sons. ...On August 6, 1862, he enlisted in Company I 83rd OVI. He was in a number of campaigns - Battle of Arkansas Post, siege and capture of Vicksburg, Battle of New Orleans, and Battle of Blakely, Alabama. He was discharged from Camp Dennison, Ohio in 1865.
...he never married...
Walter Wharton, being an enthusiastic and loyal member of the gAR, planned elaborate memorial day ceremonies....ceremonies continued at Wharton's home which he had decorated quite festively for the occasion. Door frames and window frames were painted red, white, and blue as were the ig boulders which lined the edge of the yard...
The last time Walter Wharton was able to celebrate in this fashion was on Sunday following Decoration Day, 1903. Over a hundred people came, and the events included a picnic feast for all. When he was no longer able to sponsor these events at his home, the ceremonies were held at Union Township Cemetery (Brookside Cemetery), where he was buried when he died in 1907
On a slight rise of the ground is a monument with a round marble cylinder lying sideways across the top. The American flag is etched on the side, or end, of the cylinder. This monument marks the grave of Walter W. Wharton, a Civil War veteran, who was quite patriotic and founded the Memorial Day ceremonies of Union Township. (Now West Chester Township). The wharton family had a flagpole placed by his grave. It was the first flagpole installed in the cemetery."
- excerpt from A History of Union Township Butler County, Ohio by Virginia Shewalter. 1979
Walter served in the Civil War : CO I 83rd OVI
residing next door to Benj. P. 1880 Lake Creek, Williamson, IL with sister Mary J. and uncle Zadoch 81
1880 United States Federal Census
about Walter W. Wharton
Name: Walter W. Wharton
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Lake Creek, Williamson, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Delaware
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
Walter W. Wharton 46
Mary J. Wharton 51 sister
Zadok Wharton 81 uncle
1900 United States Federal Census
about Walter Whorton
Name: Walter Whorton [Walter Wharton]
Age: 66
Birth Date: Jul 1833
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Union, Butler, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Delaware
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Co I 83rd OVI
Overview:
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August and September, 1862. Moved to Covington September 3, 1862, to repel Kirby Smith's threatened attack on Cincinnati, Ohio. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Gulf, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. Post of Natchez, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), to July, 1865.
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1833 - 1907 (73 years)
