Son of Benjamin Franklin and Alice Monroe Jones, Walter grew up in Essex County and served in the Confederate Cavalry from King William County, Virginia from late 1861-1863. After the Civil War, he moved first to Arkansas and then to Jack County, Texas, marrying Drucilla Daniel Oliver, widow of Colonel(C.S.A) Asa Thompson Oliver in 1877. Drucilla had moved back to the United States from Brazil with three children in March of 1876 after the untimely demise of her first husband. Walter and Drucilla had two children of their own: Laura, born in 1879 and Annie, born in 1883. Walter became a step-father to Drucilla's two children by her first husband: Asa Thompson Oliver, Jr. and Catherine Meriwether Oliver, as well as to Zimri Shelton Oliver, Drucilla's step-son. Drucilla died in 1889. After that, Walter reared his two daughters until they married.
Son of Benjamin Franklin and Alice Monroe Jones, Walter grew up in Essex County and served in the Confederate Cavalry from King William County, Virginia from late 1861-1863. After the Civil War, he moved first to Arkansas and then to Jack County, Texas, marrying Drucilla Daniel Oliver, widow of Colonel(C.S.A) Asa Thompson Oliver in 1877. Drucilla had moved back to the United States from Brazil with three children in March of 1876 after the untimely demise of her first husband. Walter and Drucilla had two children of their own: Laura, born in 1879 and Annie, born in 1883. Walter became a step-father to Drucilla's two children by her first husband: Asa Thompson Oliver, Jr. and Catherine Meriwether Oliver, as well as to Zimri Shelton Oliver, Drucilla's step-son. Drucilla died in 1889. After that, Walter reared his two daughters until they married.
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