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Husband of Elizabeth Frances (Burfoot)
Walthall, age 71 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Madison Walthall, son of John and Catherine,
was born October 19, 1793, in Prince Edward
County, Virginia.
He married his first wife, Mary Ann Wilson
of Southampton County, on December 4, 1823.
She died after the birth of their first child.
He then married his second wife, Elizabeth
Frances Burfoot, on February 28, 1834.
She was the daughter of Colonel Lawson
Burfoot of Chesterfield County, Virginia.
He settled in Richmond Virginia and in 1828
purchased from his father the 209 acre tract
which his father had inherited. He then sold
this property the following year.
In 1834, he removed to Columbus, Mississippi
and became president of the Real Estate Bank
of Mississippi. In the Mexican War he served
as captain of a regiment raised by Jefferson
Davis.
After the war he went to California, settling
in Stockton in 1848 and representing San
Joaquin County in the first legislature where
he served as speaker pro tem.
He was one of the three assemblymen to sign
the petition to congress requesting admission
of the territory as a state.
He was first collector of the Port of Stockton
and practiced as a land attorney until about
1860 when he retired to his farm near Stockton.
On June 15, 1868, while working at his farm,
he fell from a windmill and was killed.
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Husband of Elizabeth Frances (Burfoot)
Walthall, age 71 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Madison Walthall, son of John and Catherine,
was born October 19, 1793, in Prince Edward
County, Virginia.
He married his first wife, Mary Ann Wilson
of Southampton County, on December 4, 1823.
She died after the birth of their first child.
He then married his second wife, Elizabeth
Frances Burfoot, on February 28, 1834.
She was the daughter of Colonel Lawson
Burfoot of Chesterfield County, Virginia.
He settled in Richmond Virginia and in 1828
purchased from his father the 209 acre tract
which his father had inherited. He then sold
this property the following year.
In 1834, he removed to Columbus, Mississippi
and became president of the Real Estate Bank
of Mississippi. In the Mexican War he served
as captain of a regiment raised by Jefferson
Davis.
After the war he went to California, settling
in Stockton in 1848 and representing San
Joaquin County in the first legislature where
he served as speaker pro tem.
He was one of the three assemblymen to sign
the petition to congress requesting admission
of the territory as a state.
He was first collector of the Port of Stockton
and practiced as a land attorney until about
1860 when he retired to his farm near Stockton.
On June 15, 1868, while working at his farm,
he fell from a windmill and was killed.
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Husband of Elizabeth Frances (Burfoot)
Walthall, age 71 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Madison Walthall, son of John and Catherine,
was born October 19, 1793, in Prince Edward
County, Virginia.
He married his first wife, Mary Ann Wilson
of Southampton County, on December 4, 1823.
She died after the birth of their first child.
He then married his second wife, Elizabeth
Frances Burfoot, on February 28, 1834.
She was the daughter of Colonel Lawson
Burfoot of Chesterfield County, Virginia.
He settled in Richmond Virginia and in 1828
purchased from his father the 209 acre tract
which his father had inherited. He then sold
this property the following year.
In 1834, he removed to Columbus, Mississippi
and became president of the Real Estate Bank
of Mississippi. In the Mexican War he served
as captain of a regiment raised by Jefferson
Davis.
After the war he went to California, settling
in Stockton in 1848 and representing San
Joaquin County in the first legislature where
he served as speaker pro tem.
He was one of the three assemblymen to sign
the petition to congress requesting admission
of the territory as a state.
He was first collector of the Port of Stockton
and practiced as a land attorney until about
1860 when he retired to his farm near Stockton.
On June 15, 1868, while working at his farm,
he fell from a windmill and was killed.
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Husband of Elizabeth Frances (Burfoot)
Walthall, age 71 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Madison Walthall, son of John and Catherine,
was born October 19, 1793, in Prince Edward
County, Virginia.
He married his first wife, Mary Ann Wilson
of Southampton County, on December 4, 1823.
She died after the birth of their first child.
He then married his second wife, Elizabeth
Frances Burfoot, on February 28, 1834.
She was the daughter of Colonel Lawson
Burfoot of Chesterfield County, Virginia.
He settled in Richmond Virginia and in 1828
purchased from his father the 209 acre tract
which his father had inherited. He then sold
this property the following year.
In 1834, he removed to Columbus, Mississippi
and became president of the Real Estate Bank
of Mississippi. In the Mexican War he served
as captain of a regiment raised by Jefferson
Davis.
After the war he went to California, settling
in Stockton in 1848 and representing San
Joaquin County in the first legislature where
he served as speaker pro tem.
He was one of the three assemblymen to sign
the petition to congress requesting admission
of the territory as a state.
He was first collector of the Port of Stockton
and practiced as a land attorney until about
1860 when he retired to his farm near Stockton.
On June 15, 1868, while working at his farm,
he fell from a windmill and was killed.
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