William Walton
WILLIAM WALTON was born in Philadelphia on June 11, 1887. His parents Franklin M. Walton and Mary G. Walton, brought him and his brother Harry F. Walton to Camden when they were quite young. The family was living at 520 Bailey Street in North Camden by 1892. A sister, Irene, was born in 1894.
Franklin Walton had been one of the organizers of the Pyne Poynt Athletic Association, and following in his father’s footsteps, Harry F. Walton helped organize and was the first president of the Pyne Poynt Social Club, which had its headquarters at 939 North 5th Street. He later became custodian of the building and was serving as the groups treasurer when he died. He also served as financial secretary of the Pyne Poynt Athletic Association, which shared the building. Harry F. Walton served as a Camden County Freeholder from Camden’s Tenth Ward from 1925 to 1928.
William Walton served with the Camden Fire Department from February 1, 1913, replacing veteran firefighter Peter S. Gray, who had retired on pension. Walton served with Ladder Company 1 until December of 1917, when he resigned and enlisted in the United States Army. When he returned from the war he returned briefly to the Fire Department. By January of 1920 he had taken a job as a fireman at the Victor Talking Machine plant. He later took a position with the city highway department.
Despondent over the recent death of his mother and his own poor health, Harry F. Walton shot himself at his Bailey Street home on December 27, 1939. William Walton was then living at 633 Pearl Street. By 1942 he had moved to Westmont and worked as a machinist for the SKF Corporation. He later moved to Philadelphia, where he died of lung cancer on February 19, 1949.
William Walton’s sister Irene married James Bruce in the 1940s. They were still residing at 520 Bailey Street as late as 1953.
Final Honors for Mrs. Jos. Maxwell
Camden Post-Telegram —
From the residence of her husband, 620 North Third street, the funeral of Mrs. Katherine Maxwell, wife of Fire Captain Joseph Maxwell, who died on Saturday from pneumonia, was held this afternoon. Rev. Rudolph B. Brestell, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, conducted services, and interment was made in New Camden Cemetery. The pallbearers were Harry Green and William Walton, of Engine Company No. 1, of which house Mr. Maxwell was captain, and Rollo Jones and Joseph Daly, of Engine Company No. 4. The floral designs were in abundance and very beautiful. Pretty floral tokens were received from members of the Camden Fire Department and Engine Companies Nos. 1 and 4.
WWI Draft Registration Card
WWI Draft Registration Card, Form 1, No. 88
Name: William Walton Age: 29 Home address: 520 Bailey St, Camden, NJ Date of birth: June 11, 1887 Citizenship: Natural born Born: Philadelphia, PA, USA Occupation: Fireman Employer: Camden Fire Dept., Camden, NJ Dependents: None Marital status: Single Race: Caucasian Military service: Sergeant, Field Artillery, 3 years, Camden, NJ Physical description: Medium, stout; gray eyes; brown hair Date of registration: June 5, 1917
Here and There in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association has elected these officers: President, Daniel Leach; vice presidents, William Walton and Howard Curry, Jr.; financial secretary, Horace Cairns; recording secretary, John Plum; treasurer, Harry Gerke; trustees, Andrew Miller; State Representative, William Walton.
These officers have been elected by the Associated Charities: President, William L. Cooper; vice presidents, Charles K. Haddon, Mrs. Sarah M. Lacy; secretary, Miss Abbie Davall; treasurer, Elias Davis.
Theodore Sipe, 5 years old, of 405 Market street, is in Cooper Hospital under observation, it being thought he swallowed a marble.
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Camden Post-Telegram —
North Camden Boys Are Responding to the Colors
North Camden boys are responding to the colors. Those who enlisted yesterday include Fred Bihn, of 211 Vine street; Johnny Engel, 416 Erie street; Wayne Gardner, of 618 State street; Lewis B. Todd, of 518 York street; Jas. E. Murray, of 817 Kimber street; Harry Burke, of 710 North Sixth street; Dick Callahan, 319 North Sixth street, and Fireman William Walton, of 520 Bailey street. Walton was located at No. 1 Truck Company. Lewis Todd is the son of Policeman Todd, and Mr. Engel is quitting a fine position at the Castle Kid Company to enlist.
North Camden boys are responding to the colors. Those who enlisted yesterday include Fred Bihn, of 211 Vine street; Johnny Engel, 416 Erie street; Wayne Gardner, of 618 State street; Lewis B. Todd, of 518 York street; Jas. E. Murray, of 317 Kimber street; Harry Burke, of 710 North Sixth street; Dick Callahan, 319 North Sixth street, and Fireman William Walton, of 520 Bailey street. Walton was located at No. 1 Truck Company. Lewis Todd is the son of Policeman Todd, and Mr. Engel is quitting a fine position at the Castle Kid Company to enlist.
Firemen Organize
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden firemen have organized a branch of the International Fire Fighters of America, with the following officers: President, Howard Currie; vice president, William Judge; recording secretary, William Walton; financial secretary, William Rose; treasurer, John Plum; sergeant-at-arms, Charles Gladney; trustees, Roy Saunders, James Howell and Earl Vansant.
One of the objects of the organization is the securing of adequate remuneration for duty, and the union is considering the advisability of joining the American Federation of Labor.
Franklin M. Walton Dies at Age of 61
Camden Daily Courier —
Franklin M. Walton, 61 years, 520 Baily street, died last night from a complication of diseases. He was one of North Camden’s most widely known residents.
Together with Oscar Behm and George W. Evans, he founded the Pyne Poynt Athletic Association twenty-five years ago. He had been an officer in that organization for 23 years.
For more than 30 years Walton was chief clerk in the West Jersey Wagon Works. He had been ailing for the last two years.
He is survived by his sons, Freeholder Harry F. Walton and William Walton, a foreman in the City Highway Department. A daughter, Irene, and his wife, Mrs. Mary Walton.
Pyne Poynt Club Fete Set Tomorrow
Camden Courier-Post —
When members of the Pyne Poynt Social Club gather in the club’s headquarters, southwest corner of Fifth and Erie streets, tomorrow night it will be to mark the twenty-seventh annual get-together which will be observed with a banquet.
Harry F. Walton, first president of the organization, which was formed in the latter part of January, 1911, will be toastmaster. He served as head of the club in 1911 and 1912.
Gordon Mackay, member of the news staff of the Courier-Post newspapers and an authority on sports, will be the speaker. Mackay will give highlights on sporting activities with which he has become so familiar in his 40 years of newspaper work. Frank H. Ryan, managing editor of the Courier-Post, will be a guest.
“Many of the members of the club have gone far afield from Camden,” said Walton, “but on the occasion of the annual dinner they all try to get back home and rekindle the friendships made when they were kids up here in North Camden.”
Served As Freeholder:
Walton, elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Camden county as an independent Republican from the Tenth ward, served on the board in 1923 and 1924. Born in Philadelphia, his parents brought him to Camden at an early age and he has lived in North Camden ever since. He has taken an active interest in civic affairs of the community.
“We believe that this year will be the best banquet that we have ever had,” he said.
Present officers of the club are: Ed H. Winters, president; A. S. Kahnweiler, vice president; Hamilton J. Batten, recording secretary; Frank Kelley, financial secretary; Walton, treasurer; Alfred J. Rose, Jr., house chairman, and George Ash, trustee-at-large.
Kelley heads the banquet committee with the following members: Ash, Batten, Walton, Richard Barry, Kahnweiler, E. Caskey, Jacob Dreher and Nick Adezio. Rose is chairman of the entertainment committee, with Robert Johnson, William X. Huber, Jr. and Ellery Caskey as other members.
Club’s Wide Membership
Other members of the club are Herman Brandt, Victor J. Paxson, Herbert Schaeffer, William N. Cann, Harry G. McKinney, Louis Schwaiger, David E. Barry, Thomas Kerr, Ren Plum, Ronald K. Lawrinson, William Brandt, William Walton, George A. E. Rheinbold.
Charles Seybold, Fred Schwaiger, J. Allen Brown, George Greene; J. Russell Taylor, Harry Edginton, Samuel Payne, Trester W. Vissell, George H. Schwaiger; George W. Muschlet; Arthur Messler; R. Thornton Greene, William C. Pommerer, Charles Glendenning, William E. Smith, Walter T. Adams, John T. Beal, Otto E. Braun, John Deardon, James Selby, William T. Steele, William Begg and Alfred Huber.
Also Samuel Burrows, William J. Denham, Thomas R. Peacock, Frank H. Haines, Clarence Rudolph, Albert R. Heap, Herbert C. Battle, William Oberst, Fred Stahl; John Begg, Charles Stahl, Charles E. Packer, Paul E. Mount, City Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann Jr., Raymond Rickley, Ralph T. Githens, Howard Hurlock, Martin Steer, Harry Kerr, William Reimer, Curtis O. Sangtinette and Einar Odergaard. John LaRue, Jr., is president of the junior club of the Pyne Poynt Social.
Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound
Camden Courier-Post —
Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound
HARRY F. WALTON DIES FROM WOUND
Former Freeholder's Death Pronounced Suicide; Ill Health Blamed
Former Freeholder Harry F. Walton, 52, died in Cooper Hospital last night from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the temple.
Walton shot himself at his home, 520 Bailey street, last Wednesday. Coroner Murray issued a certificate of death by suicide.
“He was melancholy over ill health,” Murray said.
Walton was the first president of the Pyne Poynt Social Club and was its treasurer at the time of his death. He was employed as a bookkeeper in the stock room of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for nearly 25 years. Two weeks ago he suffered a nervous breakdown. He partially recovered and returned to work, relatives said. But he was again stricken.
Walton was alone in his home when he shot himself. He was unconscious when his sister, Irene M. Walton, found him. He never regained consciousness. Miss Walton found the gun beneath a radiator near his hand.
Walton became president of the social club when it was organized in 1911 at 939 North Fifth street. He served two years and became treasurer. He was custodian of the building and spent all of his leisure time there seeing to it that the younger members had a good time and maintained order.
The Pyne Poynt Athletic Association, of which he was financial secretary for years, met in the same building. His father, the late Franklin M. Walton, was one of the organizers of the athletic association 40 years ago.
Former Freeholder Harry F. Walton, 52, died in Cooper Hospital last night from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the temple.
Walton shot himself at his home, 520 Bailey street, last Wednesday. Coroner Murray issued a certificate of death by suicide. “He was melancholy over ill health,” Murray said.
Walton was the first president of the Pyne Poynt Social Club and was its treasurer at the time of his death. He was employed as a bookkeeper in the stock room of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for nearly 25 years. Two weeks ago he suffered a nervous breakdown. He partially recovered and returned to work, relatives said. But he was again stricken.
Walton was alone in his home when he shot himself. He was unconscious when his sister, Irene M. Walton, found him. He never regained consciousness. Miss Walton found the gun beneath a radiator near his hand.
Walton became president of the social club when it was organized in 1911 at 939 North Fifth street. He served two years and became treasurer. He was custodian of the building and spent all of his leisure time there seeing to it that the younger members had a good time and maintained order. The Pyne Poynt Athletic Association, of which he was financial secretary for years, met in the same building. His father, the late Franklin M. Walton, was one of the organizers of the athletic association 40 years ago.
Walton was elected in 1925 as Tenth ward freeholder and served three years. He was born in Philadelphia and when he was a boy his parents moved here. His mother, Mrs. Mary G. Walton, died six months ago. A brother, William, of 633 Pearl street, and his sister are the only other survivors.
Services will be held at 11 a. m., Wednesday at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray and Son, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
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1942
WWII Registration Card
Serial Number: 267 Name: William M. Walton Residence: 230 Virginia Ave, Westmont, Camden, NJ Age: 54 Date of birth: June 11, 1887 Place of birth: Philadelphia, PA Contact: Ida M. Walton — wife — same address Employer: SKF Industries, Inc., Front & Erie, Philadelphia Place of employment: No. 2 Plant, Torresdale & Aramingo, Philadelphia, PA
William Walton (obituary)
Camden Courier-Post —
William Walton (obituary)
WILLIAM WALTON
William Walton, 61, a former resident of Camden, died Saturday in his home, 5213 Burton street, Philadelphia. He was a veteran of War I and was a member of Trimble Lodge 117, F.A.M. Surviving are his widow, Ida M.; and a sister, Mrs. James Bruce, Camden. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a. m. in the Murray funeral home, 408 Cooper street, where friends may call tomorrow night. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
William Walton, 61, a former resident of Camden, died Saturday in his home, 5213 Burton street, Philadelphia. He was a veteran of War I and was a member of Trimble Lodge 117, F.A.M. Surviving are his widow, Ida M.; and a sister, Mrs. James Bruce, Camden. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a. m. in the Murray funeral home, 408 Cooper street, where friends may call tomorrow night. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
Certificate of Death
Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania Certificate of Death, File No. 18148
Full name: William Walton
Place of death: 5213 Burton St, Philadelphia (in community)
Date of death: February 19, 1949
Age: 61 years
Date of birth: June 11, 1887
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Father: Franklyn M. [Walton]
Mother: Mary G. [Outsel/Gutsel]
Burial: Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ
Cause of death: Carcinoma of lung
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Social Security No.: 160-09-6358