John is the son of Elizabeth Bishop from Powell Valley,Scott,Virginia and Jesse Walling from Powell Valley,Scott,Virginia.


John had nine brothers and sisters.
Fanny H WALLING Farris
Martha Jane WALLING Bowen
Louisa WALLING Farris
David Robert Walling
Sarah Walling
James Walling [1846]
Mary Walling
Ellen Walling
James Walling [1866]

John is the father of twenty-six children and one step daughter.

John married Serena Ellen ''Renie'' Adams from Rockcastle,Kentucky on 05 Sep 1858 in Somerset,Kentucky.

They had atleast eight children.
Elias ''Boss' Wallen
James Thomas ''Big Jim'' Waldon
William G ''Will'' Walden
Mary Elizabeth ''Sis'' WALDEN Burke
George Alfred ''Alf'' Waldon
Permelia Jane WALDON Weaver
Elisha Wallin
John G ''Tude'' Waldon

John married Malvina Todd from Rockcastle,Kentucky on 21 Jan 1885 in Mount Vernon,Rockcastle,Kentucky. She appeared as Linzy Todd on the marriage record.

They had atleast fifteen children.
Frederick Wallin
Ruben Alexander Waldon [my great grandpa] *
Elijah Allen ''Lige'' Walden [twin of Ruben]
Cyntha Mae WALLIN Farris, Mink
David ''Dave'' Waldon
Andrew Johnson ''Andy'' Wallin
Dudley ''Dudd'' Wallin
Robert H Waldon
Nancy Elizabeth ''Nanny'' WALDEN Poynter, Lasure, Schmitz
? Wallin
? Wallin
? Wallin
? Wallin
? Wallin
? Wallin

The six unknown children are On the 1900 Federal Census, it states that Malvina is the mother of 13 children and 7 are living. She had two more Children after 1900.

There are also three more children that are unknown to which mother they born,either Serena Ellen Adams or Malvina Todd.

Amanda ''Mandy'' Todd Bishop is Malvina's daughter before she married John. Her father is unknown.

The family name appears many different ways such as Walling,Wallen,Wallin,Walden and Waldon.

James Thomas was the first to move to Crawfordsville,Indiana and when asked how to spell his name he didn't know,so they spelled it for him ''Walden''. later more followed and my Great Grandfather Ruben arrived and was a Walden but later changed to Waldon. There are family stories of a fued about the way the name was spelled. Most of the family that remained in Kentucky are Wallin's. While growing up I only knew as far as my Great Grandparents Ruben and Edith Waldon because of the name variation.

John is my Great Great Grandfather.