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John R. Walton, a prosperous citizen of his adopted State, was born in Burke County, Ga., February 7, 1814, and is a son of William Walton and Nancy (Wammuch) Walton, formerly of Virginia and Florida, respectively. William Walton was a planter and miller. He and his wife died when John R. was a child. John R. Walton immigrated to Arkansas in 1835, and located in Arkansas County, on a farm, where he found employment in farming and rafting timber on the Mississippi. Here he was made a justice of the peace, serving for eight years. In 1880 he removed to Lonoke County. He has been wedded four times. His first marriage was to Nancy Rodgers, a widow, May 28, 1843. Two children were born to this union: Mrs. Fannie Maguire and Dr. J. H. Walton, now of Arkansas County. He was again married, December 2, 1860, to Jennette Davidson, who died February, 1880, leaving two children, both of whom are living, Matthew O. and Maggie. Mr. Walton took for his third wife Sophrono Davidson, also a widow. His fourth wife was Mrs. Kate Marshall, to whom he was married in January, 1886. He fellowships with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, while his wife and daughter, Maggie, are members of the Baptist Church. In 1840 our subject was initiated into the Masonic fraternity, of which order he has been a faithful member ever since.