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Walton Cemetery, Grand Traverse County Michigan

October 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (5 Comments)
This entry is part 57 of 60 in the series Cemeteries

This cemetery is just west of US 131, about 2 20 miles south of Kalkaska. Walton Junction is a ghost town, little remains of the once thriving logging community. I consulted a book of cemetery transcriptions at the library in Kalkaska, which listed lot

A lot was listed on the index as that of containing burials for Zachariah C. Smith and his wife Harriet Filson Smith. No stones visible, but this planter on the lot.

Lot 3 was indexed as containing burials for several Smith family members, including Zachariah C. Smith and his wife Harriet Filson Smith. No stones visible, but this planter on the lot. Zachariah and Harriet were the parents of Hiram Smith.
flowers on z smith lot walton

Hiram H. and Eunice I. (Fellows) Smith, Eunice was Papa’s grandaunt.
hiram eunice fellows smith walton

Henry and Esther (Marquart) Smith; Henry was Papa’s first cousin, once removed.
henry esther smith walton

David Smith, Papa’s second cousin
david smith walton

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Belle’s Box – 3-41

July 15th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 291 of 342 in the series Belle's Box

Read about this series of posts, regarding items in a box originally owned by Belle (Lamunion) Fellows Tinker here. The cast of characters is located here. And, there is an accounting of people about whom I have little information here.

The numbering of these posts had been modified to signify that I am posting items from my archival book three, a three precedes the item number.

Here is a nice photo, which appears to be a woman and her daughter. The back gives a name, but I do not recognize it as a member of our family.

3-41a

3-41b

Perhaps Annie Witherell was another logging camp acquaintances of Belle and Charlie. Another possibility is that Annie Witherell was acquainted with Eunice Fellows Smith and her husband Hiram Smith. Uncle Hi and Aunt Eunice lived in or near Walton early in their marriage. There are many Smiths in Walton, and most are related to Eunice’s husband’s family.

If you know Annie, or can identify the people in this photo, please contact me.

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Belle’s Box – 112

January 18th, 2009 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 113 of 342 in the series Belle's Box

Read about this series of posts, regarding items in a box originally owned by Belle (Lamunion) Fellows Tinker here. The cast of characters is located here. And, there is an accounting of people about whom I have little information here.

Rock Island Depot, Topeka, Kans.

112f

ROCK ISLAND DEPOT, TOPEKA, KAN–Topeka is one of the large railway centers of the southwest, being entered by four of the principal western railroads. There are also large railway shops in the capital city of Kansas.

Addressed to:
Mrs. Charley Tinker
Walton
Mich
The date postmark is illegible, except I can make out, “MICH”

112b

Dear mother
Hie got your
grass seed to
Manton
it rains every
day we got in
your corn
Eunice

There are photos of a bridge among the items in the box. One of Papa’s uncles remembers that Charlie worked on the bridge, which was north of Manton. I’m not sure if it was a far north as Walton, but it seems that Belle and Charlie were at Walton for some reason, and Hiram and Eunice were doing some work on Belle’s land in Charlie’s absence.

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