John Walthall

b. 14 June 1844, d. 11 September 1881
  • John Walthall was born on 14 June 1844 in Alabama.
  • He married Fanny Grey Pegues, daughter of Christopher Claudius Pegues and Caroline A. Coleman, on 18 October 1871 in Dallas County, Alabama.
  • John Walthall became a widower at the 1879 death of his wife Fanny Grey Pegues.
  • John Walthall appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at Dwyer Avenue.
  • He was a lawyer, according to the 1880 census.
  • John Walthall died on 11 September 1881 at age 37 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
  • He was interred at Saint Mary's Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 7 October 1914 in The Dallas Morning News: (San Antonio, Oct. 6) Miss Sallie Walthall, 58 years old, daughter of Judge and Mrs. L. N. Walthall, died at her home in San Antonio this morning. Miss Walthall was widely known in this vicinity. She was called "mother" by the children of John Walthall, her brother, because she reared them after his death. They are John Walthall of El Paso, Mrs. George J. Pancoast and Mrs. Mattie Walthall Lehman, both of San Antonio, and Madam Christine Walthall of the Sacred Heart Convent, New Orleans.
  • Last Edited: 12 Aug 2015

Family: Fanny Grey Pegues b. circa 1847, d. 1879