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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Arkansas County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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John H. Walton, M. D., who ranks among the representative physicians of Arkansas County, was born and reared here, and at the age of twenty-one commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Morgan, a graduate of the Louisville Medical University, and a very successful physician. In 1875 he entered the Louisville Medical College, from which he graduated in 1882, subsequently returning to this county, where he has since practiced with encouraging success. Dr. Walton married Miss Ada Butler, a native of Mississippi, who died in 1884, leaving one daughter, Mary J. In politics the Doctor is Democratic. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Dr. Walton was born on March 24, 1853, within five miles of the place where he now lives, being the son of J. R. Walton, a resident of Austin, Lonoke County. The latter was born in Burke County, Ga., in 1813, and moved to Arkansas County, Ark., in 1835. He has lived in this State ever since and is a citizen of acknowledged worth and influence. He is a Royal Arch Mason.
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