 Thomas Walden, son of Unknown Walden and UNKNOWN Mary.Born between 1818 and 1819 at Balscott/Balstcott, Oxfordshire, England, died Jun 13, 1873 at Panola, Woodford County, Illinois. Occupation: at Blacksmith and farmer; According to John Hirons (john@@hirons.fsbusiness.co.uk): "Sarah Hirons & her children were born in the Northend part of Burton Dassett, Warwickshire. Thomas Walden was born in the village of Balstcott, Oxfordshire (I suspect this is actually Balscott which is about 6 miles from BD-Burton Dassett). " Married before 1843 (at least 28 years married) to:  Sarah A. Hirons, daughter of John Hirons and Sarah Freeman.Born Dec 10, 1815 at Northend, Burton Dasset, Warwickshire, England, died Oct 8, 1871 at Panola, Woodford County, Illinois, 55 years Sarah may have died after 1903 since there is a civil war pension request made on January 19, 1903 application 5559.7.1. in Illinois for wido, Sarah A. Walden widow of Civil War soldier, Thomas Walden. More research is needed to learn for certain Sarah's date and place of death. Some sources list her birth on October 12, 1815 (but believe this is be incorrect based on Christening records in England): note there are two Sarah's listed as born to John & Sarah Hirons one christened December 10, 1815 and another christened January 14, 1821. Were there two Sarahs in their family? Or first one died and "our" Sarah's birth date should be in 1821? Children: 1. Ann WaldenBorn 1843 at Northend, Burton Dasset, Warwickshire, England, died after 1900 at Iowa, at least 57 years Alias: 2. Mary WaldenBorn Mar 10, 1844 at Northend, Burton Dasset, Warwickshire, England, died Dec 1929 at 630 Park Avenue home in Peoria, Illinois, 85 years, buried Dec 1929 at Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, Illinois. Occupation: at Homemaker and seamstress; Alias: According to Janet Schnurr (127 Sandpiper Ct., Florence, OR 97439-9043): "After Jesse's death Mary Walden Plackett lived at the home of her grandaughter, Lora Byrd Grundy, at 630 Park Avenue, Peoria. Family legend tells that Mary used to sip whisky every day. When prohibition came, she had a bootlegger who came to the front steps with a "newspaper" for her. She would give anyone around a dirty look and run upstairs with it. Mary lost nearly everything in the stock market crash of 1929 and walked around the house in a dazed condition, worried about her dividends. She died at this same location in December 1929 and was probably buried in El Paso with Jesse. She was 85." 3. Joseph WaldenBorn ± 1847 at Northend, Burton Dasset, Warwickshire, England, died after 1900 at Kansas or Tazewell County, Illinois. Occupation: at Farmer; The 1880 Morton, Tazewell County, Illinois census lists his parents as both born in England and Joseph as age 33 years old, a farmer, born in England 4. Sarah Ellen WaldenBorn Jun 8, 1851 at Stratford Upon the Avon, Warwickshire, England, died Mar 6, 1888 at Washington, Woodford County, Illinois, 36 years, buried at Buckeye Cemetery near Morton, Illinois Alias: Some family sources list her birth on June 6, 1851. | |||