Monroe County PA Archives Obituaries.....Walton, James H October 31, 1874 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 March 28, 2022, 4:06 am Jeffersonian Republican. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911: November 05, 1874 At his residence in Stroudsburg, on the 31st ult., Hon. James H. Walton, aged 54 years, 4 months and 19 days. Mr. Walton was, for a long time, a prominent and honored citizen of this place. In 1854 he was elected State Senator, which office he held three years. After the election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency, Mr. Walton was appointed in 1857 Treasurer of the mint at Philadelphia, which position he acceptably filled until 1861, when he was superseded by an appointee under Mr. Lincoln's administration. After this, Mr. W. entered into a co-partnership in the broker business with a gentleman by the name of Yost... File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/monroe/obits/w/walton17274gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb