Individual Details

Robert Alexander Walters

(14 Jan 1838 - 15 Jun 1917)



Walters, Robert Alexander: Co. A (11 Jul 1861) born Caswell Co., NC, 14 Jan 1838, 5'7", gray eyes, brown hair, light complexion; apptd Cpl. 23 Apr 1862, wounded 1 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines; returned to duty in Aug; wounded 17 Sep 1862 , at Antietam Creek, captured at Sayler's Creek 6 Apr 1865; paroled 22 Jun 1865, at Point Lookout Prison; postwar tobacconist in Danville, died 1917. Buried Green Hill Cemetery, Danville. Source: Virginia Regiments 18th Virginia Infantry


1870 Census. Pittsylvania Co, VA, Subdivision North of Dan River, Chatham P.O.
Hh 1157
Robert A. Walters, age 32, b. North Carolina
Nannie R., age 21, b. VA
Annie Lee, age 5. Mary S. age 3. Kate, age 1

1880 Census. Pittsylvania Co VA, Danville, Hh 60
Robert A. Walters, age 41, buying tobacco, b. NC
Nannie R., age 33, wife.
Annie L., age 14, daughter. Mary R. age 12, daughter.

Virginia Death Certificate #15391
R. A. Walters of S. Main, Danville, VA died of ilio colitis and senility, 15 Jun 1917. He was married, age 79, retired. Father was Azariah Graves Walters; bother was Bettie Payne Richardson, both born in Virginia. O. M. Flinn of Danville was the informant. Buried Green Hill, June 16th.

Events

Birth14 Jan 1838Caswell County, North Carolina
Death15 Jun 1917Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
MarriageAnna Miller "Nannie" Redd

Families

SpouseAnna Miller "Nannie" Redd (1848 - )
ChildAnnie Lee Walters (1865 - 1964)
ChildMary Walters (1867 - 1961)
ChildKate Walters (1869 - )
FatherAzariah Graves Walters (1810 - 1899)
MotherEliza Ann Payne Richardson (1812 - 1844)
SiblingWilliam Felix Walters (1834 - 1909)
SiblingMary Catherine Walters (1835 - 1906)
SiblingElizabeth P. "Bettie" Walters (1840 - 1901)
SiblingArchibald Edmund Walters (1842 - 1919)

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