Walter Nathanial Derby

Walter Nathanial Derby was born on 24 November 1858.¹ He was the son of Alvin Hovey Derby and Catherine Elizabeth May.¹ Walter Nathanial Derby married Vell May Webb, daughter of (?) Webb, in Charleston, New Hampshire; Eloped.¹ Walter Nathanial Derby married Jennie May Sloan, daughter of Joseph Sloan and Jessie Small.¹ Walter Nathanial Derby died on 26 February 1926 at age 67.¹
He was a hired hand to (?) Webb.¹ Walter Nathanial Derby became a widower when his wife, Vell May Webb died inflamation of the bowels (apendicitis.)¹ Walter Nathanial Derby was a ladder maker and inventor.¹ He became the father of Mildred Vell Derby on 20 December 1895.¹ As of June 1896, Walter Nathanial Derby and Jennie May Sloan lived at Webb Farm with Mildred Vell Derby; To care for his first in-laws and to inherit the farm (now the Bent's.)¹ Walter Nathanial's father Alvin Hovey Derby died on 18 January 1919.¹