Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Washington:

Walter Walling (deceased); was the son of Charles and Clara Walling; was born in Otsego Co., N.Y., in 1821; while quite young went with his parents to the town of Orwell, Ohio. Was married at Hartford, Ohio, in 1843, to Phebe Huntley, daughter of Seldon and Lavisa (Peck) Huntley; Mrs. Walling was born in the town of New Lyme, Ohio; they have six children - S. Maria (now Mrs. George Jaquish, Living at Ithaca, Wis.) Riley (living in O'Brien Co., Iowa), Gaus (deceased), Selden (married to Mary Donahoe, living in the town of Washington), Sarah L. (deceased), Bion H. (living at home) Mr. Walling and family came West in 1862, settled on Sec. 30, town of Washington, Sauk Co., Wis., where Mrs. W. and her sons still reside. Mr. Walling enlisted Feb. 24, 1864, in Co. A, 36th W.V.I. and died in hospital at Petersburg, Va., July 19, 1864. Mrs. Walling's P.O. is Sandusky.

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