Changes: Zebulon Walton

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Grandpa Zeb Walton is the patriarch of the Walton family. He is John Walton's father and is husband to Esther Walton . He works with John in the family timber mill, and has a knack distilling his decades of wisdom & dispensing it to them as need it as avuncular good advice, through the stories he tells.

Personality

Zeb's personality is good humoured & even tempered. He is a very hard worker, despite his age and health problems, to the point of arguing with his son over his well being. Zeb can be found around the mountains doing a variety of different things, such as fishing, admiring the scenery, gathering wood & hunting. At home Grandpa is the acknowledged expert on smoking meats.

Zebulon has an appreciation & fondness for the Baldwin Sisters' "recipe". Zebulon will always stand up for what is right, especially when it comes to his family and the mountains. He is hard-headed and stubborn, but not irrational or unreasonable & only does so out of love for his family.

Death & Legacy

Will Geer died on April 22, 1978, due to respiratory failure. His character's death was also written into the show, no replacements were ever made. The cast was no-doubt heartbroken. The actors who played the children often referred to him being a real "grandfather" to them. After his death, the show continued to air new episodes some of which featured some flashbacks/voice clips of Will Geer as Zebulon.

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-{{Character
+{{Character infobox
-|image = [[Image:Zebwalton.jpg|260px]]
-|main (use this for main characters)
 |name = Zebulon Walton
+|image = [[Image:Zebwalton.jpg|260px]]
-|family = [[Esther Walton]], (wife) [[Benjamin Walton]], [[John Walton]], (Sons) [[John-Boy Walton]], [[Jason Walton]], [[Ben Walton]], [[James Robert Walton]], [[Joseph Walton]], [[Mary-Ellen Walton]], [[Erin Walton]], [[Elizabeth Walton]] (Grandchildren)
-|job = Lumber
+|gender = Male
+|debut = [[The Homecoming]]
+|family = [[Esther Walton]] (wife), [[Benjamin Walton]], [[John Walton]] (sons), <br>
+[[John-Boy Walton]], [[Jason Walton]], [[Ben Walton]], [[James Robert Walton]], [[Joseph Walton]], [[Mary Ellen Walton]], [[Erin Walton]], [[Elizabeth Walton]] (grandchildren),
+|occupation = Works at the Walton's Lumber Mill
 |birthday = 1865
-|actor = [[Will Geer]]
+|actor = Edgar Bergen ([[The Homecoming]]) <br> [[Will Geer]] ([[Season 1]] - [[Season 6]] (until his death))
+|status = Deceased
-|first appared = [[The Founding]]
+}}
-|status = Deceased}}
+'''Grandpa Zeb Walton''' is the patriarch of the Walton family. He is [[John Walton]]'s father and is husband to [[Esther Walton]] . He works with John in the family timber mill, and has a knack distilling his decades of wisdom & dispensing it to them as need it as avuncular good advice, through the stories he tells.
-==General Information==
-'''Grandpa Zeb Walton''' is the patriarch of the Walton family. He is [[John Walton]]'s father and has been married to [[Esther Walton]] for over 50 years. As Esther says, he has a gruff exterior, but a soft heart. He works with John in the family timber mill, and has a knack of being able to give good advice to everyone who asks, through the stories he tells. He spends alot of time up in the mountains, doing a variety of things.
 == Personality ==
-Zeb's personality is that of a child, often laughing at innapropriate things and crude humor. He is a very hard worker, despite his age and health problems. He is the homestead of the family. Zeb can be found around the mountains doing a variety of different things, such as fishing, admiring the scenery, gathering wood, etc. Zebulon has a profound love for the Baldwin Sisters' "recipe", it makes him feel really good. Zebulon will always stand up for what is right, specially when it comes to his family and the mountains. He is definately hard-headed and stubborn, but he only does this out of love for his family. Zebulon told stories about Spanish-American War where he charged San Juan Hill with Theodore Roosevelt but they turned out to be fake.
+Zeb's personality is good humoured & even tempered. He is a very hard worker, despite his age and health problems, to the point of arguing with his son over his well being.  Zeb can be found around the mountains doing a variety of different things, such as fishing, admiring the scenery, gathering wood & hunting. At home Grandpa is the acknowledged expert on smoking meats.
+Zebulon has an appreciation & fondness for the Baldwin Sisters' "recipe".  Zebulon will always stand up for what is right, especially when it comes to his family and the mountains. He is hard-headed and stubborn, but not irrational or unreasonable & only does so out of love for his family.
 == Death & Legacy ==
-Will Geer died on April 22, 1978 due to respitory failure. His character's death was also written into the show, no replacements were ever made. The cast was no-doubt heartbroken. The actors who played the children often referred to him being a real "grandfather" to them. Since his death, the show countinued to air new episodes some of which have featured some flashbacks/voice clips of Will Geer as Zebulon.
+Will Geer died on April 22, 1978, due to respiratory failure. His character's death was also written into the show, no replacements were ever made. The cast was no-doubt heartbroken. The actors who played the children often referred to him being a real "grandfather" to them. After his death, the show continued to air new episodes some of which featured some flashbacks/voice clips of Will Geer as Zebulon.
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