Thomas Arthur Walthall

Thomas Arthur Walthall

• Mother: Margaret (?) b. circa 1829

• Thomas Arthur Walthall was born in June 1847 in Alabama.
• He married Mary LeGrand Weaver, daughter of LeRoy Gardner Weaver and Margaret Deborah LeGrand, on 4 February 1875 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, at Mr. Weaver's residence, with M. S. Andrews, MG, officiating. Bondsman was Edward K. Carlisle.
• Thomas Arthur Walthall and Mary LeGrand Weaver appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Margaret LeGrand Walthall, Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr. and Margaret (?)
• He was a clerk, according to the 1880 census.
• Thomas Arthur Walthall and Mary LeGrand Weaver appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr., Robert Kennon Walthall, Mary LeGrand Walthall, Milton Paul Walthall, Margaret LeGrand Cameron, Natalie R. Cameron and Eugenia LeGrand Cameron.
• He was a cotton dealer, according to the 1900 census.
• Thomas Arthur Walthall and Mary LeGrand Weaver appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary LeGrand Walthall and Milton Paul Walthall.
• Thomas Arthur Walthall and Mary LeGrand Weaver appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary LeGrand Walthall, Milton Paul Walthall and Luciile Boggan.
• He was self-employed as a cotton buyer, according to the 1920 census.
• Thomas Arthur Walthall died on 19 May 1924 at age 76 in Alabama.
• His wife Mary LeGrand Weaver became a widow at his death.
• See "T. A. Walthall and Sons Records, 1912-1971," W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
       Biographical/Historical Note: Thomas Arthur Walthall, Jr., the son of Thomas Arthur and Mary LeGrand Weaver Walthall, was born September 12, 1878, in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. As a prominent member of the agricultural sector, he built a cotton gin in 1912, which served farmers from Hale and surrounding counties. T.A. Walthall, Jr. married Melanie Pollard in 1901 and produced three sons: T.A. Walthall III, George Pollard Walthall and Robert LeRoy Walthall. After T.A. Walthall, Jr. died in 1937, his three sons continued the family’s agricultural role in the community by operating, at different periods, two cotton gins and a dairy farm. Beyond these activities, the family sold cotton seed and fertilizer and provided cotton storage in their warehouse.

• Last Edited: 15 Jan 2014

• Charts: Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers