Walton John Kinney

Walton John Kinney, son of Dr John J. Kinney and his wife Anna B. Walton, born 11 Sep 1898 Wooster, Wayne CO, OH, died 17 May 1968, Bunnell General Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, married 01 Aug 1925, Courthouse, Palatka, Putnam CO, FL by the Clerk of the Court, to Grace Kathleen Davis, dau of Mathew (Mack) Davis and Frances E (Fannie) Burnsed, born 19 Mar 1905, Omega, St Johns now Flagler CO, FL, died 24 Mar 1991, Volusia CO, FL. Both are buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.

John Kinney's father, Dr. John J. Kinney, was a frequent visitor at the St. Johns Park Hotel and in Mar 1922 he bought some land at St. Johns Park, one tract containing the Davis home, and John came to reside at the Park.

John and Grace Kinney continued to live there and he planted orange and tangerine groves. After the winter freezes destroyed the groves he was engaged in the cattle business and farming. He operated a fish camp at Dead Lake also He was a retired farmer (1968), a veteran of WW I, a former member of the Flagler CO School Board, a 30-year member of American Legion Post 115, and a member of the Flagler CO Farm Bureau.

After his death, Grace sold the house and built a house in Bunnell. Issue;

1. Walton Matthew Kinney, born 22 Sep 1935, Palatka, Putnam CO, FL, died 03 Jun 2023, Flagler CO, FL, married 24 Dec 1953, Folkston, Charlton CO, GA, Marjorie Ann Durrance, dau of Nathan Omega (Bud) Durrance and Lucille B Davison, born 03 Sep 1937, Flagler Beach, Flagler CO, FL (Div-14 Oct 1975). Walt is buried in Espanola Cemetery, Flagler CO, FL.

In Nov 1955 he was assigned to the Aggressor Forces in Exercise Sage Brush - he was a member of the 285th Battalion's Battery C and was stationed at Fort Bragg. He was been a cattleman and a farmer. Issue;

(1) Cheryl Elaine Kinney, born 20 Sep 1955, Flagler Clinic and Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL married 20 Sep 1982, John Graves Shedd IV, MD, born Aug 1952. In May 1975, she graduated with honors from Daytona Beach Community College and was a registered nurse.

(2) Elissa Joann Kinney, born 13 Apr 1958, Halifax Hospital, Daytona Beach, Volusia CO, FL, married 26 Nov 1976, First Baptist Church, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, Gail Lloyd Cox, son of Lloyd Cox and Frances LNU. Issue;

A. Walton Matthew Cox

B. Gail Michele Cox

(3) Walton John Kinney II, born 26 Jun 1960, Flagler Clinic and Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, married 20 Jan 1978, Kathryn Ann Smith, born 04 De 1961 (Div-2 Sep 1994). Issue;

A. Tabatha Grace Kinney

B. Tiffany Brooke Kinney

Walton John Kinney II, married 2nd, 26 Jun 1999, Flagler CO, FL (Unknown)

(4) Dalton Matthew Kinney, born 11 Sep 1963, Flagler Clinic & Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, married 05 Aug 1989, Flagler CO, FL, Dawn A LNU, born Aug 1963

Majorie Ann (Margie) Durrance married 2nd, 01 May 1976, Volusia CO, FL, Jack Francis Burger II (Div-25May1984)

Majorie Ann (Margie) Durrance married 3rd, Charles Hansford (Hance) McCraney, son of Marion Leonidas McCraney and Clara Annalee Revels, born about 1944

2. Anna Marie Kinney, born 18 Jul 1939, Palatka, Putnam CO, FL, married 22 Nov 1958 Horace Arthur Spaulding, Jr, son of Horace Arthur Spaulding and Madeline F Frost, born 17 June 1937 (Div-Mar1961). Issue;

(1) Wayne Arthur Spaulding, born 01 Apr 1960 and died 08 Apr 1960, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.

 

Source: The First Families of Flagler by Mary Ketus Deen Holland who cites as her sources, Published Articles.

Additional sources used by the compiler were: the Florida Death Index, 1877-1998; Florida Marriage Collection, 1927-2001; Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001; The Flagler Tribune, Bunnell, FL, 27 Jul 1939, 31 Dec 1953, 07 Jul 1960, 24 Sep 1964, 25 Nov 1976, 09 Dec1976; The Bulldog’s Growl, Vol XIII, No, 4, Summer Issue (Bunnell High School newspaper) and the U.S. Public Records Index.

Please send questions, corrections or additions to Sisco Deen, P.O. Box 637, Flagler Beach, FL 32136 or email him at Sisco_Deen@hotmail.com