John Walters, M.D.

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John Walters, M.D.

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

This family is of Welsh ancestry, William WALTERS, the first member coming to this country, having been born at Cardiff, Wales. He came over, accompanied by his wife, Diana (POWELL) WALTERS, and son William, and settled first in Port Oram, and entered the employ of the Thomas Iron Company; soon after was transferred to Schooleys Mountain, thence to High Bridge, and later to Pennsylvania, becoming superintendent of mines and mining operations. Their first home was near South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but after remaining there for a few years, the family removed to Wharton, then known as Port Oram, Morris county, New Jersey, and he became superintendent of one of the mines. Mr. WALTERS died in Wharton in the year 1871, at the age of forty-two years; his wife, Diana WALTERS, died there also, in November, 1906, being sixty-nine years old. Mr. and Mrs. WALTERS were the parents of five sons (two of whom are now living) as follows:

William, deceased;
John, of further mention;
James, residing at Wharton;
Daniel, a practicing physician of Wharton, who died there in 1905 at the age of thirty-six, having been educated at the public schools of Wharton, the C. C. I. Of Hackettstown, and Long Island Medical College, from which latter he was graduated in the class of 1897;
Joseph, died in infancy.

John Walters, M. D., son of William and Diana (POWELL) WALTERS, was born near South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1864. His childhood years were passed in Wharton, where he attended the public schools until the year 1877. He then took a special course in a private school at Dover, after which he entered the medical department of Columbia University, in 1886. Pursuing the full four years’ course at this institution, he was graduated in the class of 1890, receiving his degree of M. D. Since that time he has been in the active practice of his profession; and with the exception of a very brief period in Rockaway, his entire professional life has been spent in Wharton, New Jersey, where he has become one of the most prominent and successful physicians of Morris county.

Dr. WALTERS is not only well known and esteemed in professional circles, but in social and public life has also attained a high degree of distinction. He is a member of the Morris County Medical Society, the New Jersey State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association, in all of which bodies he holds positions of prominence. He is also a member of the Tri-county Medical Society, covering Sussex, Warren, and Morris counties, whose members are the leading practitioners in this section of New Jersey. In public matters, Dr. WALTERS takes the keenest interest, using his influence for the good of the community in every way, civic, political, and educational. In politics he is a Republican, and is liberal in his religious views. He has a beautiful home in Wharton and is most fortunate in his domestic environments, and his wide circle of friends and acquaintances. In 1902 Dr. WALTERS undertook to have the borough name changed from Port Oram to its present name Wharton, and through his individual efforts he succeeded in having the matter brought before the legislature and enacted, the same bearing date March 27, 1902.

In the year 1896 he was married to Clara B. RICHARDS, of this city, and they have two promising sons:

Joseph, now fifteen years of age, a student in Morris Academy, and
Willard, a child of five years.

This biography was transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003).