IN MEMORY OF WANDA BOYD:  THIS SITE IS DEDICATED WHOLLY TO HER MEMORY AS SHE 
WAS THE DRIVING FORCE IN THIS RESEARCH AND SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO 
KNEW HER.

ABOUT ME:  MY NAME IS MICHAEL SHEAFFER I AM THE GREAT GRANDSON TO SADIE WALTON-
SHEAFFER.  I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS TREE WITH WANDA BOYD FOR SOME TIME AND 
OUR EFFORTS WERE CONCENTRATED ON THE FRANK WALTON CLAN.  WE RESEARCHED THAT 
FAMILY MOSTLY BY OBITUARIES OF PERSONS WE KNEW AND WENT FROM THERE. I AM 
CURRENTLY ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR MORE MEMBERS TO ADD TO THIS TREE AND WILL 
UPDATE ACCORDINGLY.  I DO MY RESEARCH BY VERIFYING EXISTANCE BY OBITUARY, 
WEDDING APPLICATION, PHOTOS, AND ANY OTHER MEANS OF MATERIALS THAT VERIFY 
PERSON .  I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS AND AM STILL ACTIVELY 
SEARCHING FOR MORE MEMBERS.  PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN AS I WILL TRY TO UPDATE 
ON A DAILY BASIS OR AS MUCH AS I CAN.  


NEW TREE MEMBERS: AS SOME MY KNOW FRANK WALTON HAD ONE FULL BLODED SISTER CORA 
J. WALTON WHO LIKE FRANK NEVER CARRIED SPROUSE LAST NAME.  I HAVE JUST ADDED 
HER AND HER FAMILY .... HUSBAND, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. I HAVE BEEN IN 
CONTACT WHI A 2ND GREAT GRANDSON BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO PHOTOGRAPHS OR 
OTHER INFO THAT HE CAN SUPPLY AT THIS POINT. i WILL STILL ACTIVELY PURSUE SOME 
KIND OF PHOTOGRAPH OF HER. STAY TUNED

UPDATE:  HAVE LOCATED CEMETERY WHERE COARA J. WALTON-PRESSLEY IS BURIED. SHE  
IS BURIED AT EAST HARRISBURG CEMETERY WHERE HER BROTHER FRANK WALTON IS BURIED 
AND HER MOTHER TAMAR WALTON-PEFFLEY IS BURIED. IN FACT SHE IS BURIED WITH NO 
VISIBLE TOMBSTONE WITHIN A FEW FEET OF WHERE FRANK IS BURIED AND WITHIN ABOUT 
A 100 YARDS OF WHERE TAMAR IS BURIED. WILL GET DEATH DATE IN THE NEXT DAY OR 
TWO AS CEMETERY CHARGES FOR THAT INFO AND I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH ON ME 
WHILE I WAS THERE. PLAN ON GOING BACK TOMORROW OR SATURDAY FOR REST OF INFO.

DAVID SPROUSE:  AS MANY IN THIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY ME DAVID SPROUSE 
WAS THE FATHER OF FRANK WALTON.  I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING BEYOND DAVID BUT I 
JUST RECEIVED HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE AND IT LISTS HIS PARENTS AS BENJAMIN 
SPROUSE AND SARAH ????  LAST NAME IS HARD TO READ BUT I HAVE BEEN LED TO 
BELIEVE IT IS EITHER STOPES OR STOKES.  I BELIEVE SHE MAY BE THE INDIAN LINK 
TO OUR INDIAN HERITAGE.  I WILL TRY AND RESEARCH HER AS MUCH AS IS AVAILABLE 
BUT WILL BE HARD AS WE ARE TALKING BEFORE 1833 SO HOPEFULLY ONEDAY I WILL BE 
ABLE TO SAY WHAT RIBE WE CAME FROM.

DAVID SPROUSE: I HAVE RECENTLY VISITED NORRISTOWN, PA WHERE DAVID LIVED THE 
LAST 30 OR SO YEARS OF HIS LIFE. I VISITED LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 
NORRISTOWN AND PULLED SOME USEFUL INFORMATION ON HIM. I VISITED CEMETERY WHERE 
HE IS BURIED AND TOOK PHOTOGRAPH OF TOMBSTONE. WHILE THERE I ALSO FOUND 
TOMBSTONES OF 3 STEP-SON WHO CARRIED SPROUSE LAST NAME. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO GET 
OBITUARY FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHICH IS WHAT THE MAIN GOAL OF MY TRIP WAS 
FOR. I ALSO TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF HOME WHERE HE DIED IN 1921.



-MIKE