The Marriage of Walter John(s) and Blanche Scott

Walter Joseph Johns was born 2 Aug 1883, a son of Joseph Henry Johns and Laura Driggers.

He was married 3 times. With his first wife Arletha Quick he had 7 children;  but, Arletha died shortly after the birth of their 7th child. The child also died about 6 months later.

After the death of Arletha Quick Johns on 22 April 1927; Joseph married Blanche Scott on 10 August 1927. The marriage took place in Marlboro county, South Carolina.

This was a short-lived marriage. By 1930 Walter was reporting that he was a widow.

I haven’t found a death certificate or tombstone for Blanche Scott Johns. When she died and where she is buried is unknown. After her death, Walter married Ellen Grooms on 22 August 1933.

Walter died 30 January 1964 and is buried in the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Walter Joseph Johns is my Granduncle.



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[1] https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91V-MS72-9?i=447&cat=1040233

Chesterfield County Military Veterans~Walter Joseph Johns, Jr.

In Honor of our Chesterfield County Military Veterans 

WWII Victory Medal

Walter J. Johns, Jr. served in World War II. Walter was born on 7 September 1918, a child of Walter Joseph Johns, Sr. and his wife Arletha Quick. Like most young men of this time, coming out of the Great Depression in 1929 and entering the 1930 as a teenager, Walter worked as a farm hand. There wasn’t much else left to do within the County. 

By 1935 when Walter was a young man, age 17, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration. This agency created millions of job throughout the United States putting the idle workers of the depression back to work. Then a few short years later we entered the War raging in Europe.

As shown by the chart below, Walter J. Johns, single, age 22 joined the US Army as a Private on 14 January 1941. 

Walter returned home and married Kathleen in June 1954. Walter Joseph Johns, Jr. died 8 July 1985 in Chesterfield, South Carolina and was buried at Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina.  

Walter Joseph Johns, Jr. is my 1st cousin once removed.










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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_%28United_States%29
[2] "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," on-line digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 2 May 2014), Walter Johns; citing Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: Department of Veterans Affairs.; Enlistment Date 1: 14 Jan 1941; Release Date 1: 3 Jul 1945.