History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr,
American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. IV, p.143,
Fayette County

     SAMUEL B. WALTON.  An enumeration of those men of the present
generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves, and
at the same time have honored the locality to which they belong, would
be incomplete were there failure to make mention of the one whose name
forms the caption to this sketch.  He has sustained a very enviable
reputation in business circles and today is conducting one of the
leading insurance agencies in this section of the state.
     Samuel B. Walton was born in Germantown, Kentucky on the 5th day of
December, 1886, and is the son of Joseph F. and Lillie Dale (Savage)
Walton, both of whom were natives of Kentucky.  The father was born on
May 5, 1865, and died on July 30, 1918, while the mother was born on
September 11, 1869, and died on September 10, 1916.  They were the
parents of four children, namely: Hervy B., Matt S., Mary S. who died
when thirteen years of age, and Samuel B.
     Joseph F. Walton received his educational training in Bethany
College, at Bethany, Virginia, after which he engaged in farming in
Mason County, Kentucky, which vocation he followed up to 1906.  In the
latter year he moved to Fayette County.  For a number of years while
residing in Mason County he had been a breeder of high-class saddle
horses.  He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights
of Pythias.  His religious faith was that of the Christian Church, while
in politics he gave his support to the democratic party.
     Samuel B. Walton attended the public schools of his native county
and completed his education in old Kentucky University, now Transylvania
University.  His first employment was as paying teller in the Union Bank
and Trust Company, from 1907 to 1909, when he became assistant cashier
of the Phoenix and Third National Bank, where he remained until 1913,
when he engaged in the general insurance business.  He has during the
subsequent years built up a large and representative clientele and
commands as large a business in his line as any insurance house in this
section of the state.  Mr. Walton is a man of fine business
qualifications, possessing a soundness of judgment, a nicety of
discrimination and an integrity of motive which have not only won for
him the prosperity which he enjoys, but, what is more important, the
honor and esteem of his fellow citizens.
     On November 8, 1916, Mr. Walton was married to Laura Kinkead, who
was born and reared in Lexington, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. George
B. Kinkead.  To Mr. and Mrs. Walton have been born two children, Samuel
B., Jr., and Laura Stone.  In all that constitutes true manhood and good
citizenship, Mr. Walton is a notable example, his career having been
characterized by duty faithfully performed, and by industry, thrift and
wisely directed effort.  He is a public-spirited, unassuming,
conservative gentleman whom to know is to respect and admire.

Kinkead Savage Walton
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Mason-KY

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