Nathan B. Walden

    Nathan B. Walden, a well known old settler of Ohio Township, was born January 22, 1813, in Henderson County, Kentucky. He is the third in a family of ten children born to Nathan and Sarah (Lambert) Walden, who are natives of Virginia, from whence they removed to the Blue Grass State at an early day.

    Our subject was reared to years of maturity in his native county, receiving but a limited education. In 1828 he visited a half-sister in Indiana and in the fall of 1838 came to Warrick County to reside permanently. The year following he entered eighty acres of land and shortly thereafter made an addition of eighty acres.

    October 11, 1836, Maria Hines became his wife and the following named of the three children born to them are yet living: Sarah (Mrs. William Matthews) and Amanda (Mrs. William Donaldson. The mother dying September 8, 1843, Mr. Walden married Martha J. (Le Masters) Martin December 3, 1845, and the following of their seven children are now living: Ruth A. (Mrs, Wesley Duncan), Eli L. (who married Lucy Purdue) Jordan L. (wedded Elizabeth Summers), Martha jJ (Mrs. James Purdue) and Eva

    Mr. Walden is a Republican, formerly a Whig, and belongs to the Baptist Church.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.