History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr, American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. IV, p.143, Fayette County

SAMUEL B. WALTON. An enumeration of those men of the present generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves, and at the same time have honored the locality to which they belong, would be incomplete were there failure to make mention of the one whose name forms the caption to this sketch. He has sustained a very enviable reputation in business circles and today is conducting one of the leading insurance agencies in this section of the state. Samuel B. Walton was born in Germantown, Kentucky on the 5th day of December, 1886, and is the son of Joseph F. and Lillie Dale (Savage)
Walton, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. The father was born on May 5, 1865, and died on July 30, 1918, while the mother was born on September 11, 1869, and died on September 10, 1916. They were the parents of four children, namely: Hervy B., Matt S., Mary S. who died
when thirteen years of age, and Samuel B. Joseph F. Walton received his educational training in Bethany College, at Bethany, Virginia, after which he engaged in farming in
Mason County, Kentucky, which vocation he followed up to 1906. In the latter year he moved to Fayette County. For a number of years while residing in Mason County he had been a breeder of high-class saddle horses. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights
of Pythias. His religious faith was that of the Christian Church, while in politics he gave his support to the democratic party. Samuel B. Walton attended the public schools of his native county and completed his education in old Kentucky University, now Transylvania University. His first employment was as paying teller in the Union Bank
and Trust Company, from 1907 to 1909, when he became assistant cashier of the Phoenix and Third National Bank, where he remained until 1913, when he engaged in the general insurance business. He has during the
subsequent years built up a large and representative clientele and commands as large a business in his line as any insurance house in this section of the state. Mr. Walton is a man of fine business qualifications, possessing a soundness of judgment, a nicety of discrimination and an integrity of motive which have not only won for him the prosperity which he enjoys, but, what is more important, the
honor and esteem of his fellow citizens. On November 8, 1916, Mr. Walton was married to Laura Kinkead, who was born and reared in Lexington, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. George B. Kinkead. To Mr. and Mrs. Walton have been born two children, Samuel B., Jr., and Laura Stone. In all that constitutes true manhood and good citizenship, Mr. Walton is a notable example, his career having been characterized by duty faithfully performed, and by industry, thrift and
wisely directed effort. He is a public-spirited, unassuming, conservative gentleman whom to know is to respect and admire.