Mary Lu,
I checked the divorce records on line via the Muncie Public Library and did
not find a divorce for William Walling and Mary Hamilton. If only we could
find the 1850 census info. I went page by page in Center Twp. to look for
them and they weren't there (thought maybe Ancestry just didn't have them
indexed correctly) I also checked for each of the four girls in the 1850
census and didn't find them either. Looked under their grandfather's
listing to see if somehow there last names were listed as Hamilton and not
Walling. Not having any luck with the 1850!
Sandy
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From: "MaryLu" <mmcclure(a)lakesplus.com>
To: <indelawa(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: [INDELAWA] Hamilton-Walling-Smith
Well, folks you have been doing a great job ( the pieces are falling
into
place). But we have one problem.
Yes, I received the information that William Walling married Mary A.
Hamilton on December 16, 1843.
And the 1860 Center Township census and the will of Stephen A. Hamilton
confirm that the four daughters Irene Walling mentioned in 1986, were
Salina, Ellen, Ann, and Mary.
I was told by another researcher that Mary Ann (Hamilton) Walling died on
December 1, 1858, in Muncie.
And thus, John D. Walling born in about 1854, was her son.
But then I checked the Delaware County GenWeb Marriage Index and learned
that William Walling married Lusetta (sic) Smith on October 3, 1852 C2
page 587. (Six years before his wife died? Were they divorced?)
Now if William Walling married Lucetta Smith in "1852" to care for his
four daughters, and William's first wife was still live, we have a
problem! (Maybe he divorced her?)
Did someone make a mistake, or were there two William Walling families and
someone has combined the two families to make one family?
I do note with interest that another researcher indicates that William's
father, Joseph Walling, was buried at the Beech Grove Cemetery. Is that
the "large cemetery" that was never entered on the Delaware County, IN,
GenWeb Burial Index?
Thank you to everyone who has been sending information.
MaryLu in Minnesota
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