Donald Earl Walker

Other Events:

• Directory: 1937, 60 Zane, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA;

  "Walker, Donald E r60 Zane" Don was not listed with any employment, may have recently arrived? In 1935 and 1938 Claude and Lena (Walker) Yocky were listed at this address. Donald was living with them,

• NEWS: 7 Oct 1943, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; West Plains Journal-Gazette: "Donald Walker, who has been working in California for several years, is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walker, ad other relatives."

Notes:

Birth:
Donald was born on the old Crowder homestead.

Donald married Ruth Muriel Larsen [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Donna Jane Walker
2. Deborah May Walker, DNA
3. Denise Grace "Tink" Walker

Other Events:

• Medical: As a young man, Earl had had his first physical for WWI. He was working with a steel mallet and a metal splinter went into his eye. The eye healed and looked nearly normal--just a little scar/milkiness, not really noticeable. But he was always blind in that eye. He learned to compensate for depth perception because he was an excellent shot and he could hit a nail squarely on the head. [Per my dad.] May have kept him out of WWI.
• Medical: From my father: Earl was born with a very short tongue. It was \"clipped\" by their doctor when he was an infant, to give it more motion. He could never stick his tongue out of his mouth very far--just far enough to see it.
• Residence: Note written by Bill Walker (my father, and the son of Grace & Earl Walker): "In Oct 1917 they were married. They lived until Jan 1919 in the old Crowder Place. When it burned, my folks moved to Liberal MO In 1930 they moved to the new (present) farm house. During the 10 intervening years they must have lived SOMEWHERE. That somewhere included the Maw place, the home place, Brandsville, West Plains, Brushy Knob, Koonce Place, Sedgewick place and finally 'the farm.' "
• NEWS: 13 Sep 1918, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In the Mountain View Standard: \"Public Sale I will sell at my place, known as the Tom Walker farm, 4 1/2 miles south-west of Mountain View, on the old Willow Springs Road, on Tuesday, September 17 The Following Property To-wit: 3 horses consisting of sorrel mare, 5 years old, weigh 1100, in foal by jack; bay mare, 5 years old, weigh 1100, in foal by jack; bay mare, 4 years old, weigh 1000, not bred; 13 head of cattle consisting of 5 milk cows, yearling heifer, yearling steer, 6 calves, crop in field, 9 acres corn, 2 acres beans, about 3 tons good hay in barn, good set double harness, and good set single harness. Sale Begins Promptly at 10 O\'clock Terms of Sale?On all sums of $5 and under, cash; on all sums over $5 a note with approved security will be taken for 8 months, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of sale; four per cent off for cash on all sums over $5. All accounts must be settled before goods are removed. Earl Walker W. M. Robbins, Auctioneer\"
• NEWS: 4 Jul 1919, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In the Mountain View Standard: \"Earl Walker and family have moved back from Liberal, Mo. They will go to housekeeping soon, on his brother\'s farm, we understand.\"
• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205 2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205 3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

• Residence: 13 May 1920, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mary Walker was born in a shed located in the area of the present-day Bill Walker farmhouse - before the house was built there. It belonged to Tom Walker, and was part of the original Crowder homestead. The shed was used for various purposes later, including a chicken house. Living in it together were Earl, Grace, their two children, and Earl's father Tom.
• Newspaper Article: 31 Dec 1920, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; From the Mountain View Standard: \"Earl Walker and family of Brandsville spent Christmas here with relatives.\"),(
• NEWS: 9 Jun 1921, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Excerpt of article about a retiring mail carrier:

  \"When the government changed the mail route it was necessary to re-advertise the contract. Earl Walker of Mountain View, was the lowest bidder getting the contract for $1500 a year. Over the new route it is 60 miles from West Plains to Bakersfield and return . . . .\"

• Land: 1922, Near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Earl bought 44 acres [extra 4 due to correction line] of the original Crowder place from his dad.

• Residence: Abt 1923, Brushy Knob, Douglas County, Missouri, USA; Grace and Earl were living around Brushy Knob in Oregon Co MO. Earl was working off a $200 debt - probably doing some building for Harold Sauer, his sister Elsie's husband.
• Residence: Abt 1926, Collier Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Doyne lost at Collier Place, _____-_____-1926, Howell County, Missouri.
• Residence: Abt 1927, Floyd Koonce Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Grace and Earl and family lived for at least two years on the Floyd Koonce place while Floyd was in Oklahoma. Jack was born on the place, helping to fix the date.
• Residence: Abt 1929, Sedgwick Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Event-Misc: 1930, Walker farm, near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Built the present house on the farm in this year, completed prior to Dad's birth. Daddy was born there that September. They may have lived in a little chicken house on the place prior to that.

• Census: 24 Apr 1930, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Walker, Earl T., head, owns, farm, male, white, 36, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farming, general farm, employed, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 196 2. _____, Grace M., wife, female, whtie, 32, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, no occupation 3. _____, Donald E., son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Mary O., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Phyllis W., daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Dora [Doyne] E., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. _____, Newel [Newell] B., son, male, white, 3 years 9 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

• Anecdote: Abt 1935, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Family story about Earl Walker getting work on a road building crew during the Depression, as dictated by his son Bill to his son Scott, Christmas break, 2014:

  "In 1938, the state went to work on Highway 17 through Mountain View, Missouri, about a mile south of the farm. It was the middle of the depression and jobs were VERY hard to come by, and Earl T went to see if he could get work on the road crew. He approached the men where they worked, asked who was in charge, and was directed to the foreman, who was standing nearby. "I have a family to support and I'm looking for some work," he said. The work was extremely difficult physical labor, using picks and shovels and pure manpower to create the roadway. Earl T was about 5' 6" and weighed no more than 135 pounds. The foreman looked him up and down. "We already have plenty of good men on this crew," he sniffed, and turned away. Earl T walked away and watched a bit. He noticed a better dressed man also watching, and asked one of the crew who he was. "That's the head man for the whole road. He don't usually come down here." Earl walked up to this boss and repeated his request for work. The boss pointed at the foreman and said "You'll have to talk to him. He's the foreman." "I already talked to him, and that son of a bitch don't know a good man when he sees one," Earl answered. The boss grinned. "All right, why don't you get down there with them boys clearing rocks and let's see what you can do." They did not have to watch long to learn that Earl T was as tough as anyone one on the crew, and he stuck. As time went on, they needed more trained horse teams and wagons and they hired Earl to bring his team in. His team did not even need a driver, responding perfectly to voice commands from Earl. This meant Earl got a good raise, being paid for his team as well as his own labor. Earl T spent the rest of the summer finishing the road into town with the crew. When the job was over, Earl was voted "best man on the road" and given a new hat in recognition of his efforts. It was something he was always proud of. (In another variation of this story, Earl got the job by challenging the boss, saying "I'll go to work over there breaking rocks for nothing, and if I don't outwork the rest of them, you don't have to keep me or pay me.")

• Census: 25 Apr 1940, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Walker, Earl, head, male, white, 46, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935, employed for pay, 60 hours, farmer, farm, own account, 52 weeks, income $250, no other income 2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935 3. _____, Phyllis, daughter, female, white, 18, single, attending school, completed high school, Missouri, same house 1935, not employed 4. _____, Doyne daughter, female, white, 15, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, same house 1935 5. _____, Newell, son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house 1935 6. _____, William, son, male, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 5, Missouri, same house 1935 7. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house 1935 8. _____, Maxwell, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, Missouri, same house 1935 9. _____, Leon, son, male, white, 3, Missouri, same house 1935 10. _____, Norman, son, male, white, 1, Missouri, same house 1935 11. _____, Tom N., father, male, whtie, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house 1935, not employed, retired farmer, income $180

Notes:

See attached sources.

Earl married Grace Milicene Campbell on 11 Oct 1917 in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Grace (daughter of James Boyd Campbell and Lucy Wesley Deboard) was born on 18 Jan 1898 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 May 1983 in Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Newspaper Article: 21 Jul 1927, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Undoubtedly Grace\'s appendix removal.

  \"Barbara Walker is the guest of her uncle, Earl Walker near Mountain View, while her aunt is in the hospital at West Plains.\"

• Obituary: 28 May 1983, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Obituary, Mountain View Standard

  "Mrs. Grace Walker passed away recently. She was the wife of Earl Walker who is a patient at Willow Care Nursing Home. She is survived by four daughters, Mary Wells, Diane Smith, Phyllis Easton, Irene Hansen; six sons, Donald Walker, Newell B. (Jack) Walker, William Walker, Leon Walker, Max Walker, and Paul Walker, many grandchildren, great grandchildren, other relates and friends. She attended the Nazarene Church many years. We extend sympathy to the husband and children and other relatives. 'Earth holds no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.' "

Notes:

Census:

1. Campbell, James B., head, white, male, August 1870, 29, married, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farmer, can read and write, renting, farm, farm schedule no. 154
2. _____, Lucy, wife, white, female, August 1876, 23, married, 2 years 2 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write
3. _____, Gracie, daughter, white, female, January 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois
4. Bolerjack, Henry, step son, white, male, July 1894, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois

Notes:

Married:
Earl and Grace were married in a hotel lobby in West Plains, in a double ceremony with Lee and Bertha Flood.

Children: 1. Donald Earl Walker was born on 9 Jul 1918 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 13 May 2006 in Upland, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Mary Odessa Walker was born on 13 May 1920 in Missouri, USA; died on 1 Jan 2006 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Phyllis Westley Tennessee Walker was born on 16 Feb 1922 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 28 Nov 2008 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 1 Dec 2008 in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. Doyne Elizabeth Walker Newell Boyd "Jack" Walker William Dewey "Bill" Walker was born on 28 Sep 1930 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 5 Sep 2021 in Hearthstone Beaverton, Hart Road, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA. Grace Irene "Irene" Walker Maxwell Henry "Max" Walker Julius Leon "Leon" Walker was born on 19 Jul 1936 in Missouri, USA; died on 27 Dec 2020 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA. Norman Paul "Paul" Walker

Other Events:

• Anecdote:

  "Ash hoe. Ash hopper. Ash bank." Really sneezing, but finishing with the word.

• Anecdote:

  "Lord bless these table comforts to the nourishment of our bodies and our bodies to thy service. Amen."

• Anecdote:

  Tom's grandson, William D. Walker tells about his (Tom's) sneezes, which were always in threes:

  "It was "sneeze...ASH HOE...sneeze...ASH HOPPER...sneeze...ASH BANK...This was usually followed by a "nose blow" one nostril at a time, using only his finger. Then a final blow or two of both nostrils to make sure the passages were open. These are good things to know. I'd like to see you demonstrate the process except that he often ended the process by wiping his fingers on the cuff of his overalls!"

• Anecdote: Tom usually slept with one or two of the boys. In the morning Tom would pull on his overalls just far enough to get a plug of chewing tobacco out of his pocket. Before the need to spit he would go outside--his spitting wasn't allowed in the house. He grew his own tobacco in a little tobacco patch.
• Anecdote: Tom Walker's usual mealtime prayer: "Lord bless these table comforts to the nourishment of our bodies, and our lives to thy service. Amen."
• Land: Jan 1851, Howell County, Missouri, USA; In January 1881 Thomas N. Walker filed a homestead patent, the NW 1/4 of Sec 12, Twp 26N, Rg 8W, 40 acres. This is probably where they lived in an older log cabin, and where the bobcat got in and tore up the cabin while they were away (see the stories of Della (Walker) Warren Lonnem.
• Census: 9 Jul 1860, Danielsville, Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
• Census: 13 Jun 1870, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: After March 1879, Crowder homestead, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Tom Walker and his wife Tennie Crowder assumed responsibility for the Crowder homestead (his wife's family place) after the death in March 1879 of his father-in-law, Bluford A. Crowder, and his brother-in-law Joshua Crowder. The present-day Walker farm is a portion of the original Crowder homestead. The original house, which was located closer to hwy 17, and around the corner from the present farm, burned.

• Anecdote: 30 Dec 1879, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Della Evaline Walker: "My dad [Thomas Newell Walker] had taken a homestead where I was born in a log cabin and while they went to care for sickness at Grand Pa's and Uncle Josh Crowder, the wildcats tore the chinks out of a crack and went in and tore a piece cloth out of the loom."

• Census: 17 Jun 1880, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Deed: 13 Oct 1888, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Thomas E. Newell purchased the Crowder homestead from Jane E. Crowder, his widowed mother in law. Described as "the SW1/4 of Sec 31, Twp 27, Rg 7W." Subject to "the support of the said Jane E. Crowder during her natural life time and all her right and title to vest in the said Thomas N. Walker."

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• NEWS: Apr 1914, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Item in West Plains (Missouri) Journal, 16 April 1914

  "Mr. T.N. Walker and daughter Lena left Tuesday evening for California. We are sorry to lose them." This may have been when Tom Walker went to California and worked in San Diego for a while. Lena probably kept house for him.

• Residence: Mar 1917, Mountain View, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  References in the letters of Earl Walker to Grace Campbell in the spring of 1917 indicate that he and his younger sister Lena were both at home with their father, Tom.

• Note: Jan 1919;

  Crowder place burned January 1919, when Donald was a baby. Tom was away. Afterward, Earl and Grace and baby lived in a shed on the place for a while. "Mama carried Don out & Dad carried out the organ [on his back]." Also: "The old Crowder house, located across the fields from the present-day Bill Walker farm (which was once a part of the original Crowder homestead), caught fire one winter. Grace and Earl and baby Donald were living there with Earl's father, Thomas N. Walker. It was a very cold winter; the ponds had frozen over, and they couldn't get water from the cistern to fight the blaze. Grace Walker described it: "And all we did was walk out of there with the clothes on our back and little Donald, except that Daddy went in and brought out the organ on his back." Tom Walker was, at the time, somewhere out of state; there is some dispute about where, but Donald Walker (the baby at the time) says that Tom Walker was in California."

• Census: 20 Jan 1920, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Missing Census: 1930;

  Tom has not been located in the 1930 census.

• Residence: Before 1935;

  If the 1940 census is right, Tom was living with his son Earl's family by 1935.

• Census: 25 Apr 1940, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Obituary: 10 Sep 1942, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Obituary, Mountain View Standard

  "Thomas Newell Walker was born in Hickman county, Tenn January 29, 1858. He came to Missouri with his parents at the age of 14 years. They took up their home near Walker?s Chapel, where he grew into manhood. They were among the pioneer families who settled this part of the country. He was married to Phoebe Tennessee Crowder in the year 1877. To this union 11 children were born, four of whom died in infancy. The seven surviving children are Mrs. Della Lonnem of Lincoln, California; Mrs. Ida Johnson of Mountain View; Neal Walker of Lawton, Okla., Luther Walker of Lawton, Okla.; Roay Walker of Gainesville, Florida; Earl Walker of Mountain View; Mrs. Lena Yocky of Long Beach, california. Uncle Tom Walker as he was known throughout the country, was converted and joined the Methodist Church in early life, in which faith he remained throughout his life until God called him to his eternal home September 5, 1942, at the age of 84 years, seven months and seven days. He will be greatly missed by his children and other relatives and many friends as he had spent most of his life in this community and was known the country over."

• Email: 19 Feb 2013;

  Email from Angela McGhie:

  Janis, I was able to go to the BLM office in Virginia last week and read the tract books for Howell County, Missouri. I had just made a note for my tract book lecture to remind people to not only read the name column, but also the pencil notations in all the columns -- then one of those tiny little pencil notations read "NW4 SE 3,033 Thomas N. Walker Jan. 10 & 14, 1881 offd." I believe it is referencing land offered that Thomas N. Walker filed a claim for, but it never went to patent. I was not in a regular row in the volume, so does not give a date of cancellation or relinquishment, but I hope to be able to follow the 3,033 number to an application or other documentation in the land entry papers at NARA. I will let you know when I am able to get there or get someone to search for the file. This pencil notation was on page 114 in volume 6 of the "Missouri Ironton N & W" Tract Book. It was written along the entry for Section 12, Township 26 North, Range 8 West. The only two other Walker entries in T 26 & 27 N, R 8 & 9 W were the one for William E. Walker in Sec. 20, T 27 N, R 8 W for 80 acres, and one for William J. Walker, a homestead in Sec. 21, T 27 N, R 8 W for 160 acres. I will get back to you as soon as I find more... Angela

Notes:

See attached sources.

Tom's brother William

He must have been a hard worker. In the twenty years between their move from Tennessee to his death in 1893, he did quite a lot.

He homesteaded his own place in Hutton Valley. Due to illness, he was absent for all of one spring planting, early in his homesteading process. As soon as he got better he went away and worked hauling dirt for the railroad for two months, presumably to make up for the lack of income that year. By 1888 he had a "box house" which was "comfortable to live in" year-round, and had a stone fireplace and chimney. It was furnished with two bedsteads, a cupboard, a sewing machine, a clock, table and chairs, and a cookstove. He had planted 167 fruit trees and cultivated 25 acres in corn, wheat, oats, and vegetables. They had 2 mules, 1 cow, 21 hogs, 4 sheep, and some chickens. Part of the place was "too rough and stony to be cultivated."

He was just 37 when he died. We don't know his cause of death, but we do know that he had the earlier illness that didn't allow him to plant. When the Civil War started he was age 5 and when it ended he was 9, and he was the oldest boy in the family, with his father away from home. Privations of the war years may have left him with poor health.

William was just two years older than your granddad Tom. They suffered the Civil War together as boys, made the move to Missouri together as adolescents, and married about the same time as young men. Their first children were born just six months apart, Della in December 1878 and Henderson in June 1879.

Tom's next closest brother was Bob, 13 years younger. (Five girls between Tom and Bob.)

Anecdote:
Always returned thanks at lunch, but not dinner.

Census:

1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee
2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee
3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee
4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee
5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee
6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee

[Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]

Census:

1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee
2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee
4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee
8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee
9, _____, Coantha L., white, female, white, Tennessee
10. _____, Martha J., white, female, 5 months, Tennessee, born in January
11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, N. Thomas, white, male, 22, married farming, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
2. _____, F. Tennissee [Phoebe Tennessee], white, female, 22, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Alabama, Tennessee
3. _____, D. Eveline, white, female, 1, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
4. Crowder, J. Eveline, white, female, 47, mother in law, widowed, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 42, married 22 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 145
2. _____, Tennessee, wife, white, female, January 1858, 42, married 22 years, 10 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Neal, son, white, male, March 1883, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
4. _____, Luther, son, white, male, May 1886, 14, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, can read and write
5. _____, Roy, son, white, male, September 1891, 8, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, attended school 5 months
6. _____, Earl, son, white, male, March 1894, 6, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, attended school 5 months
7. _____, Lena A., daughter, white, female, November 1897, 2, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, Thomas N., head, white, male, born January 1858, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tennessee, farmer, home farm, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 84
2. _____, Phoeba T., wife, female, white, 52, first marriage, married 32 years, 11 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 16, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write, attending school
4. _____, Lena, daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school

Note:
Note found in Dad's handwriting in a book of genealogy notes, says that his mother (Grace) told him that the old home place burned 10 December 1919. Mary was born in the shed 13 Msy 1919.

Census:

1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205
3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Walker, Earl, owns, value $1000, farm, head, male, white, 46, married, completed 8th grade, born Missouri, lived in same house in 1935, worked for pay this year, worked 60 hours the week of March 24-30, farmer, farm, own account, made $250, has other income, farm schedule no. 155
2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house, worked for pay, at home, 60 hours
3. _____, Phyllis, daughter, female, white, 18, single, attended school this year, completed 4 years of high school, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
4. _____, Doyne, daughter, female, white, 15, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
5. _____, Newell, son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house, did not work for pay
6. _____, William son, male, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 5, Missouri, same house
7. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house
8. _____, Maxwell, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, Missouri
9. _____, Leon, son, male, white, 3, Missouri
10. _____, Norman, son, male, white, 1, Missouri
11. _____, Tom N., father, male, white, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house, not working for pay, retired farmer, income $180

Thomas married Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder on 30 Dec 1877 in T. C. Bolerjack's home, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Phoebe (daughter of Bluford Azeri Crowder and Jane Eveline Tidwell) was born on 11 Jan 1858 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Apr 1913 in Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 9 Apr 1913 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Obituary: 18 Apr 1913, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  From the Mountain View Standard

  Mrs. T. N. Walker Phoebe Tennessee Crowder was born in Giles county, Tenn. January 11, 1858, died at her home near Mountain View, Mo., April 7, 1913, age 55 years, 2 months and 27 days. She was married to T. N. Walker December 30, 1877. To this union were born eleven children - seven boys and four girls. Three boys and one girl died in infancy. She leaves a husband and four boys and three girls to mourn their loss. She professed faith in Christ in the year 1878 at Walker Chapel church in Howell county, Mo., in services conducted by Rev. J. B. Rice and H. R. Walker, sanctified in the year 1901 at West Plains, Mo., in services conducted by REv. J. M. Robinson, presiding elder of the South Missouri and Arkansas conference of the Free Methodist church. Her children were all at her bedside except one daughter, Mrs. Della E. Warren of Oxnard, Cal. She was a great sufferer from tuberculosis but endured with great patience, ever mindful of others through all of her sufferings as she was in health. She like Paul of old, has fought a good fight, kept the faith and has gone to the reward of the faithful. Regardless of the rainfall she was followed by a large concourse of friends to Walker Chapel, where after a short service conducted by Bro. A. J. Koonce, the body was laid to rest to await the resurrection morn. A Friend

Notes:

Buried:
Tom Walker and his wife Phoebe Crowder have a headstone at Walker Chapel, where both of their parents are buried. However, Phoebe's death certificate indicates her intended burial at Center Hill. Her husband was the informant, and the family had history at both churches, so possibly he misspoke, or he later changed his mind.

Her obituary clearly states that "regardless of the rainfall, she was followed by a large coucourse of friends to Walker Chapel, where after a short service conducted by Bro. A.J. Koonce, the body was laid to rest to await the resurrection morn."

Notes:

Married:
Aunt Della's story of Tom and Tennie's marriage: "Phoebe Tennessee Crowder and Thomas Newell Walker were married Dec 31 of 1877 near Mt. View Missouri. They were married at their home by Grandpa Walker (he lived on a farm two miles west of them). They got on horseback and went to Jimmy Durnell's and Bud Hope and Mary Durnell were married the same day. They were a witness at this wedding."

Other Events:

• Parents:

  His 1959 death certificate names his parents as John Campbell and Nancy Smith.

• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Pierce township, Texas County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, A. J. [J. J.], white, male, 41, married, tends grist mill, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary J., white, female, 28, wife, married, keeping house, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri 3. _____, James, white, male, 8, son, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Lewis M., white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri [same page with James M. Campbell, age 27]

• Note: Abt 1884, Arkansas, USA;

  James Boyd Campbell left home about age 13, went to work on a farm in Arkansas. He slept at his mill on the creek one night and took a "congestive chill" and did not recover. James Boyd Campbell was the first child in the county to get shoes.

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, white, male, August 1870, 29, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farmer, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 154 2. _____, Lucy, wife, white, female, August 1876, 23, married 2 years, 2 children 2 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Gracie, daughter, white, female, January 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. Bolerjack, Henry, stepson, white, male, July 1894, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois

• Census: 22 Apr 1910, Chappel [Chapel] township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, male, white, 38, married 12 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farming, own account, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 32 2. _____, Lucy W., wife, female, white, 34, married 12 years, 5 children 5 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Henry J., son, male, white, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 4. _____, Gracie, M., daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 5. _____, Irene, daunter, female, white, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Armer J., son, male, white, 6, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, attending school, can red and write 7. _____, Clarence D., son, male, white, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois

• NEWS: 5 Apr 1912, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Mountain View Standard: "PUBLIC SALE I will sell at my farm, known as the Iva Deboard farm, six miles south-west of Mountain View on the West Plains road, on MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1912 The following Property To=Wit: Four young milk cows, four yearling heifers, two-year old heifer, two-year old steer, work horse, weighs about 1,000; Poland China brood sow, four hives of bees, two-horse corn planter, Imperial breaking plow, cultivator, 1-horse five-tooth cultivator, double A smoothing harrow, household and kitchen furniture, other articles. Sale Begins Promptly at 10 O'Clock a.m. TERMS OF SALE?on all sums of $5 and under, cash; on all sums over $5 a note with approved security will be taken for 9 months, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of sale; four per cent off for cash on all sums over $5. All accounts must be settled before goods are removed. J. B. CAMPBELL W. M. ROBBINS, Auctioneer"
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Capbell, James R. [Campbell, James B.], head, owns with mortgage, male, white, 48, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farm schedule 48 2. _____, Lucy, wife, female, white, 43, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, Elsie, daughter, female, white, 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. _____, Ormer [Armour], son, male, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 5. _____, Clarance [Clarence], son, male, white, 16, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 6. _____, Clide, son, male, white, 6, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois

• Census: 21 Apr 1930, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, owns, farm, male, white, 58, married, first married age 25, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farming, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 88 2. _____, Lucy W., wife, female, white, 53, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Illinois, Virginia, Illinois 3. _____, Clyde C., son, male, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois

• Census: 11 Apr 1940, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

"Papa [JB CAMPBELL] left home when he was 13 and went to work on a farm in Arkansas." Quote from his daughter, Grace M. CAMPBELL, to her son, [my father] William D. Walker.

Birth:

His death certificate records his birth as 22 August 1871. (Informant his son Clarence Campbell.) The Bible entry, recorded nearer the time of his death is more likely to be correct.

The death certificate also gives his birthplace as Mountain View, (Howell County), Missouri. Unlikely, but possible.

Census:

1. Campbell, James B., head, owns, value [$2000 with $500 written above it], male, white, 68, married, completed grade 4, Missouri, same place in 1935, farmer, farm, own account, other sources of income, farm schedule no. 46
2. _____, Stella A., wife, female, white, 45, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place in 1935, working at home, other source of income
3. Corbett, Tommy H., step son, male, white, 19, single, completed grade 8, Missouri, same place, employed, farmer, farm, income $72

Died:
He died in a nursing home - afflicted with what was known at the time as "hardening of the arteries." My father, William D. Walker was in college in Rolla at the time, and visited him on occasion.

James married Lucy Wesley Deboard on 1 Apr 1898 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Lucy (daughter of Iva Gerome Deboard and Martha Louisa Davis) was born on 24 Aug 1876 in Illinois, USA; died on 5 Jul 1935 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Jul 1935 in Center Hill Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, James B., head, white, male, August 1870, 29, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas, farmer, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule no. 154 2. _____, Lucy, wife, white, female, August 1876, 23, married 2 years, 2 children 2 living, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Gracie, daughter, white, female, January 1898, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois 4. Bolerjack, Henry, stepson, white, male, July 1894, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois

Notes:

Name:

Sometimes seen as "Westley" instead of "Wesley."

Children: 3. Grace Milicene Campbell was born on 18 Jan 1898 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 May 1983 in Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Elsie Irene Campbell was born on 29 Jun 1900 in Missouri, USA; died in May 1981 in Elma, Grays Harbor County, Washington. James Armour Campbell was born on 9 Oct 1904 in Missouri, USA; died in Aug 1976 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Clarence Dewey Campbell was born on 17 Apr 1909 in Missouri, USA; died on 23 Feb 1967 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. Clyde Caleb Campbell was born on 5 Feb 1914 in Oklahoma, USA; died in Apr 1987 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

Other Events:

• Land Patent: Walker, H. R., land patent, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1830, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
• Census: 1840, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA
• Negative evidence: 1848, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA;

  A line by line search of the 1848 personal property tax rolls for Marshall County does not locate Helton Rutherford Walker (or variants).

• Possible Census: 25 Sep 1850, Southern Division, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
• Tax Record: 1851, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA;

  Taxed only for 1 white poll.

• Tax Record: 1851, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA; 1 white poll tax Two enumerations "Rutherford H." on p. 122 and "Helton R." on p. 124.
• Religion: 1853;

  "Professed faith in Christ and joined the M. E. Church South."

• Negative evidence: 1856, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA;

  Helton Rutherford Walker was not located in the 1856 Marshall County, Mississippi, personal tax assessments.

• Census, Agriculture: 4 Jul 1860, Danielsville (post office), Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; 12 acres improved [blank] acres unimproved [blank] cash value of farm 10 value of farming implements and machinery 1 horses [blank] [? and mules] 2 milch cow [blank] working oxen 2 other cattle 4 sheep - not everyone had, but wasn't that unusual 1 swine 150 value of livestock wheat rye 300 Indian corn, bushels of - more than most [blank] oats - others in neighborhood did [blank] rice - none in neighborhood [blank] tobacco ? others in neighborhood [blank] ginned cotton, bushels of [blank] wool, lbs of 1 peas and beans, bushels of 8 bushels Irish potatoes 20 sweet potatoes [blank] barley, bushels of [blank] Ruckwheat? Huckwheat? [blank] value of orchard products, in dollars [blank] wine [blank] market gardens 40 butter, lbs of [blank] molasses, gallons of and from what made [blank] [blank] 20 value of home-made manufactures 60 value of animals slaughtered
• Census: 9 Jul 1860, Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
• Census: 13 Jun 1870, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
• Deed: 24 Dec 1879, Walker from Morgan, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  On this date H. R. bought about 11 acres from George Morgan.

• Census: 19 Jun 1880, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Court: 7 Feb 1881, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  "H. R. Walker was allowed $235.07 for his service as County Assessor." For more info on duties of assessor and compensation: The Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, 1879, vol. 2 (Jefferson City: Carter & Regan, State Printers and Binders, 1879), 1309-1320, Article II, "Assessors and the Assessment of Property," particularly Sec. 6685, "Time of making assessment and what the lists shall contain," and Sec. 6725 "Compensation of assessor."

• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Hutton Valley township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Obituary: 1901, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Obituary of Helton Rutherford Walker [unidentified newspaper]
• NEWS: 30 Aug 1901, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; The Journal-Gazette (West Plains): "T. W. Walker left today for Mtn. View, where he was summoned to the bedside of his father, H. R. Walker, who is very low. The elder Mr. Walker is well and favorably known all over this section, having at one time been assessor of this county."

Notes:

(Research):GOSSETT connection?
Lafayette GOSSETT in the same CSA unit as HR WALKER. There was a John W. GOSSETT living in the home of Josiah THORNTON at the time of the 1850 Hickman Co TN census. Possibly indicative of some relationship?

Marriage of Philip Walker to Susannah Hilton, 26 Sept 1759, Goochland, VA; found on WorldVitalRecords.com

Name:

Also known as "Rutherford," but probably not ever called "Helton."

Census:

Elijah Walker household
1 male under 5 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 2]
1 male 5-10 [J. M. Walker, abt 6]
1 male 20-30 [Elijah Walker, abt 28]
1 female under 5 [Elizabeth M. Walker, abt 4]
1 female 20-30 [Matilda (???) Walker
No slaves

Census:

Elijah Walker
2 males 0-5 [James abt 2 & Levi abt 4]
1 male 5 - 10 [William K., abt 6]
1 male 10-15 [Helton Rutherford Walker, abt 12]
1 male 15-20 [John M. Walker, abt 16]
1 male 30-40 [Elijah Walker, abt 38]
1 female 0 -5 [Matilda J, b in June]
1 female 5-10 [Sarah C., abt 9 ]
1 female 10-15 [Elizabeth M., about 14]
1 female 20-30 [wife, Mary Polly (McMillan) Walker, abt 27]
0 slaves
3 engaged in agriculture
0 engaged in other occupations
10 total

Possible Census:

[R. Walker seems to be a good candidate to be Helton Rutherford Walker, who was often called "Rutherford." In support of this possibility:

• Birthplace of Tennessee, is correct
  
• On the following page is George H. Walker, HR's uncle, just a year or so older than HR's father Elijah. It is likely that "R. Walker" and "Geo H. Walker" were quite close in proximity.
  
• Also on the page following "R. Walker" is "Jno M. Walker," a likely candidate to be HR's oldest brother "J. M. Walker." While the eldest brother is often named as "James Monroe Walker," the Bible data refers to him only as "J. M. Walker." Additionally, when this John M. Walker of Marshall County, Mississippi, is followed in census to his subsequent home in White County, Arkansas, his burial at Center Hill Baptist Cemetery, states his birth date as 18 September 1824--the exact date given for the birth of Elijah's eldest son "J. M. Walker."
  
• HR was not married in 1850 and may have been trying out the possibility of moving to Marshall County, near his family.
  
• HR is not found in his parents' household in Tennessee in this census, nor elsewhere in Humphreys or Dickson County
  
• HR was enumerated in the next (1860) census as "R. Walker."
  
• HR was commonly known later in life as "Rutherford Walker," lending further strength to the references to him as "R. Walker."
  
• In conflict with the above, "R. Rutherford" is enumerated as age 20, calculating to a birth year of 1830. However, in terms of census age errors, that is minimal, particularly considering that William Pace may have guessed at his age for the enumerator.
  

Census:

1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee
2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee
3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee
4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee
5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee
6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee

[Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]

Census:

1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee
2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee
4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee
8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee
9, _____, Coantha L., 2, white, female, white, Tennessee
10. _____, Martha J., 5 months, white, female, Tennessee, born in January
11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee

Deed:

"SW 1/4 of Section No. 35 Township No 27 N Range No 8 West. Runing thence East on the Township line 20 chains thence North 5o 50' West 711 links thence South 77[deg] 43' West 20 chains thence South 5[deg] 50' East 464 links to the place of beginning. Containing eleven acres and sixty four hundredth [sic] of an acres, Being a part of the south west 1/4 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35 T.27 R.8."

Census:

1. Walker, R. Helton, white, male, 51, married, farmer, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
2. _____, E. Easter, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, Alabama, North Carolina, North Carolina
3. _____, B. Etta, white, female, 14, daughter, at home, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
4. _____, C. Lenora, white, female, 12, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
5. _____, J. Martha, white, female, 10, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
6. _____, R. More, white, male, 9, son, at home, attending school, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
7. _____, A. Helton, white, male, 6, son, at home, cannot read or write, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama
8. _____, T. W. Theodore, white, male, 4, son, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri

Census:

1. Walker, Rutherford, head, white, male, October 1829, 71, married, married 46 years, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 142
2. _____, Elizabeth, wife, white, female, October 1837, 64, married, 46 years, 12 children 10 living, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, can read and write
3. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, October 1880, 19, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, farm labor, can read and write
4. _____, Claude, grandson, whtie, male, February 1887, 13, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, farm labor, can read, cannot write

Obituary:

The Reverend H. R. Walker was born October 21, 1828; professed faith in Christ and joined the M. E. Church South in 1853. He was married to Elizabeth Thornton on January 26, 1854, and died at his home near Trask, Aug 29 1901 after an illness of ten months during which time his suffering was constant.
He was perfectly resigned to God's will. For forty years he had stood as a watch-man on the walls of Zion and in his last illness he said he had reviewed his ministerial life over and not one word would he change if he had it to preach over. He was faithful in all his official relations. The writer has known him as trustee, steward, and preacher. He was S. S. Supt. for many years. He performed the duties of each office with conscientious care.
In his family relations as a husband he was true and affectionate; as a father he was provident and kind. His pure Christian life, his noble character, his high sense of honor and his Godly council is a heritage greater and richer to his children than any amount of gold. The writer can remember forty years acquaintance with him and never knew him to step aside or do a willful wrong. The writer has known him when so afflicted with rheumatism that he could not stand alone, sit and preach lengthy sermons.
He was laid to rest in Chapple graveyard amidst weeping wife and children and sympathising friends, but his sainted spirit had taken its flight, swept through the gates of the New Jerusalem [illegible] triumphant. He leaves a faithful, loving wife, ten devoted children and a host of grand-children and friends to mourn his loss. But we mourn not as those who have no hope.

We shall sleep but not forever
There will be a glorious dawn;
We shall meet to part, no never
On the Resurrection morn.
- His Daughter

Helton married Esther Elizabeth Thornton on 26 Jan 1854 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA. Esther (daughter of Ewin K. Thornton and Obedience "Bedie" Clark) was born on 1 Oct 1837 in Alabama, USA; died on 22 Apr 1908 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 23 Apr 1908 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
• Census: 29 Oct 1850, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Census:

Ewin Thornton household
1 male under 5 [??]
1 male of 20 and under 30 [Ewin Thornton]
1 female under 5 [Esther Elizabeth, about 2 or 3
1 female of 20 and under 30 [Obedience "Bedie" Clark]

Census:

1. Thornton, Beda, 36, female, N. Carolina, cannot read or write
2. _____, Elizabeth, 13, female, Alabama, attending school
3. _____, Benjamin, 9, male, Tennessee, attending school
4. _____, Howell, 7, male, Tennessee
5. _____, Polena, female, Tennessee

Children: Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker was born on 15 Dec 1854 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Sep 1945 in Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1945 in Glencoe-I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA. William E. "Bud" Walker was born on 31 Jan 1856 in Tennessee, USA; died on 15 Feb 1893 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Moffitt Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. 4. Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 Sep 1942 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1942 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker was born on 29 Jan 1860 in Dickson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 26 Feb 1920 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 27 Feb 1920 in I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri. Sarah A. Walker was born on 24 May 1862 in Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Jul 1881 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Bedy Etta Walker was born on 22 Feb 1866 in Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Feb 1941 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico; was buried in Albuquerque-Sunset Memorial Park, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker was born on 25 Jan 1868 in Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Nov 1957 in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA. Martha Jane "Matt" Walker was born on 2 Jan 1870 in Pine Wood [Pinewood], Hickman County, Tennessee; died on 16 Mar 1947 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 18 Mar 1947 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Robert Moore "Bob" Walker was born on 6 Mar 1871 in Hickman County, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Nov 1954 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1954 in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker was born on 10 Aug 1874 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 25 Nov 1957 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri; was buried in Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA. Theodore Hardman "The" Whitfield Walker was born on 3 Mar 1876 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Apr 1962; was buried in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. Minnie Bertrude Walker was born on 22 Oct 1880 in Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Aug 1941 in Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Simla Cemetery, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA.

Other Events:

• Court: War Reparations. In the words of Aunt Della Walker: "The Union army was camped 1/2 mile from the place and had run out of provisions and they took 40 head of fattening hogs and sheep and geese and cattle and long years after Grandpa was gone (I was 10 yr or so) Grand Ma got $500 in gold collected from the Govt by a lawyer A.W. Wills for collecting it. Grand Pa would have used some to keep well if he'd been paid earlier...."
• Religion: Bluford had taught Sunday School, and was a believer before the war; after the War, he had become embittered, and often said, "All the heaven and hell we have is right here on earth."
• Census: 1830, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Robt Crowder household 2 males 5 to 10 [Bluford abt 5, Jephtha abt 6] 2 males 10 to 15 [Terrill T. abt 10, unknown male] 1 male 20 to 30 [John Crowder abt 24] 1 male 50 to 60 [Robert Crowder abt 52] 1 female under 5 [Faithy Jane abt 3] 3 females 15 to 20 [Temperance, Lydia, Kearney] 1 female 40 to 50 [wife]
• Census: 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Robt Crowder 1 male 5 to 10 [Robert Wesley abt 7] 1 male 10 to 15 [Bluford abt 15, Jeptha abt 15] 2 males 15 to 20 [Terrill and unknown male] 1 male 60 to 70 [Robert Crowder abt 62] 1 female 10 to 15 [Faithy Jane abt 13] 1 female 20 to 30 [Temperance - age uncertain] 2 females 30 to 40 [Lydia, Kerney - ages unknown] 1 female 50 to 60 [wife] 0 slaves 4 persons engaged in agriculture
• Census: 15 Nov 1850, District 18, Giles County, Tennessee, USA;

  1. Crowder, Bluford A., 25, male, farmer, [no real estate value], Alabama 2. _____, Jane, 23, female, Tennessee 3. _____, Martha Ann, 4, female, Tennessee 4. _____, Joshua T., 1 male, Tennessee

• Census: 13 Sep 1860, Hammonds Store, Southern Division, Giles County, Tennessee, USA;

  1. Crowder, Bluford A., 35, married, farmer, real estate $1200, personal $408, Alabama 2. _____, Jane E., 38, female,Tennessee 3. _____, Joshua T., 11, male, Tennessee, attending school 4. _____, Elizabeth J., 9, female, Tennessee, attending school 5. _____, Faithy M., 8, female, Tennessee, attending school 6. _____, Phebea T., 2, female, Tennessee 7. Tacker, Martha A., [15? 16?], female, Tennessee

• MILITARY: 18 Oct 1862, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Enlisted by Capt. Jim Rivers for a period of 3 years of during the war. Private, Co K, 11 Reg't Tennessee Cavalry (Holman's). Testimony in his war reparations record indicates that he was an unwilling soldier, who was in fact conscripted into Confederate service, but had always sympathized with the Union cause. This may be true, or it may have been so stated to assist his case, to obtain reimbursement for horses, mules and other items take from him by the Union forces in Oct and Dec of 1864.
• Military: Feb 1863; Taken prisoner; remarks in Military record: "Captured at Fort Donalson, Feb'y 3rd 1863. Deserted - " Sent 6 Feb 1863 from Fort Donelson to Louisville, KY. Sent 11 Feb 1863 from Louisville, KY to Citi Point, James River, VA. Feb 15 "appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Fort McHenry, Md., sent to Fortress Monroe, Va., for exchange by order of Major General Schenck, Feb'y 15, 1863." [This is the final entry in his service record.]
• Military: 3 Feb 1863, Fort Donelson, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA; Taken prisoner; remarks in Military record: "Captured at Fort Donalson, Feb'y 3rd 1863. Deserted - " Sent 6 Feb 1863 from Fort Donelson to Louisville, KY. Sent 11 Feb 1863 from Louisville, KY to Citi Point, James River, VA. Feb 15 "appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Fort McHenry, Md., sent to Fortress Monroe, Va., for exchange by order of Major General Schenck, Feb'y 15, 1863." [This is the final entry in his service record.]
• Military: 1 Mar 1864, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Bluford took the Federal Oath of Allegiance in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee; it was administered by the Provost Marshall, L.D. Bennett, of the 38th Iowa.
• Anecdote: Oct 1864, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Another of the stories that came to us from Della is the story of the Union soldier and the syrup pail. In her words, again (written to her daughter, Fartha Lonnem): "That syrup pail row you spoke of was between Grandma Crowder and a Union soldier. She had seen them take every vessel they could find to carry out maple syrup in, even the soap pail. But when they started with the last water pail she held on and in the struggle grabbed syrup and rubbed in his face and eyes then upset the pail pouring part of it on him, and was crying on the step as he went away with the pail. Then a Union soldier she had made a chicken soup dinner for when he came to her near sick and asked for it, came and asked what's the matter and she told him 'that man is carrying away the last pail I have to carry water from the spring'; and right away he called to the guy 'Bring that pail back to her or (drawing his 45) I'll shoot your damned brains out,' and he turned and brought it back. The Union army was camped 1/2 mile from the place and had run out of provisions and they took 40 head of fattening hogs and sheep and geese and cattle and long years after Grandpa was gone (I was 10 yr or so) Grand Ma got $500 in gold collected from the Govt by a lawyer A.W. Wills for collecting it. Grand Pa would have used some to keep well if he'd been paid earlier...."
• Military: 18 Oct 1864, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; General Croxton's troops passed through the area, camping for a time on or near the Crowder farm in Giles County, Tennessee. They took a gray horse, and a bay mule, among other things.
• Military: 27 Dec 1864, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; General Hatch requisitions property, 27 Dec 1864, Giles County, Tennessee. 133 General Hatch's troops passed through the area, at the time of what was known as "Hood's Raid," taking from the Crowder farm a yellow horse and a dun colored mule. 125 bushels of corn, 4000 pounds fodder, 15 bushels of oats.
• Court: 7 Aug 1865, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; James G. Marbut elected Constable in District Number Four, gave Bond of $8,000. Securities: Thomas H. Noblett, Bluford A. Crowder and John Q. Gibbons.
• Census: 10 Jul 1870, Cane Creek, Epps township, Butler County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Crowder, Clifford [Bluford] A., male, white, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $579, Alabama 2. _____, Jane E., 47, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee 3. Tacker, Martha, 26, female, white, house servant, Tennessee 4. _____ [Crowder], Joshua, 21, male, white, laborer, Tennessee 5. _____ [Crowder], Elizabeth, 18, female, white, at home, Tennessee 6. _____ [Crowder], Faith, 15, female, white, at home, Tennessee 7. _____ [Crowder], Pheeby, 12, female, white, at home, Tennessee 8. Tidewell [Tidwell], John, 21, male, white, laborer, Tennessee [The enumerator's surname marks appear to indicate that the next four children following Martha Tacker share her surname. They are, however, actually the children of Bluford Crowder and their surname should be Crowder. Possibly that was the enumerator's intention with the dashes, or possibly he believed their names to be Tacker.]

• Homestead Application: 2 Nov 1872, Howell County, Missouri, USA; The claim was finished after his death by his wife, Jane E. (Tidwell) Crowder. Legal description: Southwest quarter Section 31, Township 27, Range 7 west, in Howell County, Missouri.
• Homestead: 7 Nov 1872, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; Bluford and Jane Crowder moved onto their homestead claim on this date; the property had a log cabin which had been built in 1869, according the the homestead proof testimony; since they were living in Butler County, Missouri, in 1869, it was probably not built by them, but by someone who had lived there previously.
• Census: 17 Jun 1880, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Bluford's wife, after his death 1. Walker, N. Thomas, white, male, 22, married farming, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, F. Tennissee [Phoebe Tennessee], white, female, 22, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Alabama, Tennessee 3. _____, D. Eveline, white, female, 1, daughter, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 4. Crowder, J. Eveline, white, female, 47, mother in law, widowed, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina

• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"

Notes:

His eldest granddaughter, Della Eveline Walker, states that his middle name was "Azeri" - but she makes a note that she isn't sure how it was spelled.

What a sadness it must have been for Bluford and Jane Crowder; they moved to Howell County, Missouri shortly before 1875. Within four years, three of their four children were dead. Only Phoebe Tennessee was left, which explains why she and her husband, Tom Walker, were the ones to assume the Crowder homestead.

Reasons for leaving Tennessee.

In Butler County, Missouri Moved to Howell Co? Joshua married Martha TAYLOR in Howell Co in Jan 1874, so they must have lived there for a few months, at least. Appears on Personal Property Tax Rolls for Howell Co MO in 1875, pg 15. In the 1874 Howell Co MO Personal Property Tax records, B.A. CROWDER was in possession of 3 horses, 0 mules, 7 cows, 2 hogs.

Bluford married Jane Eveline Tidwell about 1845 in Giles County, Tennessee, USA. Jane (daughter of Vincent Tidwell and Phebe Ann Rackley) was born on 18 Nov 1822 in Tennessee, USA; died on 18 Aug 1889 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Vince Tidwell 1 male under 5 [Charles Wesley Tidwell abt 1] 2 males 5 to 10 [Callaway Hardin Tidwell abt 10, Silas Tidwell abt 6] 1 male 30 to 40 [Vincent Tidwell abt 31] 1 female under 5 [Elizabeth Tidwell abt 3] 1 female 5 to 10 [Jane Eveline Tidwell abt 8] 1 female 40 to 50 [Phebe Rackley abt 31] 0 slaves
• Census: 1840, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; Wm H. Tacker household 1 male under 5 [possibly William, the son of Jane and Will Tacker?] 2 males 5 to 10 2 males 20 to 30 [Will Tacker, husband of Jane Tidwell Tacker] 2 females under 5 1 female 15 to 18 [Jane E. (Tidwell) Tacker, abt 18] 1 female 20 to 30
• Newspaper Article: 5 Jul 1888, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, USA; From The Pulaski Citizen: \"Under Richardson\'s 4th of July claims bill which passed the houseSaturday and went to the senate, Giles county gets $2,875.87. Following is a list of claims from Giles county mentioned in the bill: . . . Thomas N. Walker, adm\'r of Bluford Crowder dec\'d, $520 . . . .\"
• Land Patent: 12 Dec 1891, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  Land patent granted to Jane E. Crowder, widow of B. A. Crowder. Originally dated 6 October 1881, conveying:

  "The SW1/4 of Sec. 31, Twp. 27, Rage 7 West of the 5th P.M. in Mo. Contg. 169 88/100 acres."

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Ripley County, Missouri, USA;

  Boyd Campbell household 1 male under 5 [John Jasper, born December 1838] 1 male 20-30 [Boyd, about 23] 1 female 20-30 [unknown first wife] 2 total 1 employed in agriculture

• Census: 11 Dec 1850, District 98, Texas County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, Boyd, 33, male, farmer, Tennessee 2. _____, Matilda, 20, female, Virginia, cannot read or write 3. _____, John, 11, male, Missouri, attending school 4. _____, Franka Jane, 9, female, Missouri, attending school 5. _____, Catherine, 9, female, Missouri, attending school [Same page with heads of household: Lewis Campbell, John B. Campbell, Susan Fox, and James Campbell]

• MILITARY: 7 Aug 1862, Shannon County, Missouri, USA;

  Age 24, he enlisted as a private for Confederate service, in the Missouri 8th Infantry.

• Military: 1862-1864; Carded record of from Adjutant General's office, of John Jasper's military service (Confederate), Co. C, 8th Mo. Inf. Pvt until April 1862, then a Sgt. Note states "Last appears on a list of men who were with the cavalry without authority, Jan 26, 1864, Cp. Bragg, Ark." Probably indicative of guerilla activity.
• Deed: 17 Dec 1877, Campbell, John J deed to Humphreys, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  On this date John J. Campbell and Mary Jane (Griffith) Campbell sold 40 acres to J. F. Humphrey for the sum of $32. Described as:

  The SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 27, Twp 27, Rg 7W

• Census: 2 Jun 1880, Pierce township, Texas County, Missouri, USA;

  1. Campbell, A. J. [J. J.], white, male, 41, married, tends grist mill, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary J., white, female, 28, wife, married, keeping house, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri 3. _____, James, white, male, 8, son, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Lewis M., white, male, 2 months, born in April, son, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri [same page with James M. Campbell, age 27]

Notes:

1876 Started selling goods to neighbors in Old Town in Mountain View (Mountain View Standard Anniversary Edition, p 22) 1878 Partnership with John Goldsberry, opened store in Old Town; formal beginning of Mountain View

(Research):Missouri Adjutant General Service Cards, Civil War
NOT him:
Jasper Campbell, enrolled 21 May 1863, at Richmond MO, in 4th Prov Regiment (there is a Jasper Campbell in the 1860 Ray Co MO census, age 20, born Missouri, married to Milly. age 18. This is unlikely to be our Jasper Campbell.

Buried:
Buried next to his first wife, Nancy Smith, in Chapel Hill Cemetery, near Mountain View, Howell County, MIssouri.

John married Nancy Marie Smith on 14 Apr 1867 in Randolph County, Arkansas, USA. Nancy (daughter of Peter W. Smith and Jane McCarroll) was born on 18 Nov 1847 in Arkansas, USA; died on 24 Sep 1871 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane's father, Peter W. SMITH may have been the son of David SMITH of Lawrence co ARK - or at least a nephew. Facts supporting this: 1. The widow Nancy McCARROLL (grandmother of Nancy and mother of Jane) is found on the same page of the 1840 Lawrence Co AR census with the David SMITH family. 2. The David SMITH family is found in 1850 Lawrence Co AR, with wife Mariah. There is no Peter in the home, but Peter was already married. 3. David and Mariah were married in Caldwell Co KY 3 June 1824. 4. Peter W. SMITH was born ca 1824. David and Mariah's oldest child in the 1850 census was born ca 1826 KY. 5. Nancy (mother of Jane, grandmother of my Nancy) was married to John McCARROLL in either Spartanburg SC or Caldwell Co KY.

(Research):E-mail to Janice Mock, Randolph Co Clerk, requesting procedure for ordering a copy of the marriage record of John Jasper Campbell and Nancy M. Smith, book 2, p. 233. Email rcoclerk@suddenlinkmail.com

Birth:
Birth date from JB CAMPBELL's Bible, in possession of my father, William D. Walker. Birthplace from her son, James Boyds Campbell, in census documents.

Name:

The Campbell Bible calls her "Nancy Maries Campbell," never mentioning Smith as her maiden name. Her name is written twice in the Bible, and in both cases it appears to have an 's' on the end of "Marie,' though that is not usual, and the writing is not clear enough to be definitive.

Children: 6. James Boyd Campbell was born on 16 Aug 1871 in Missouri, USA; died on 22 Mar 1959 in Memorial Hospital, Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Center Hill Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri.

Other Events:

• Census: 7 Sep 1850, 25th Subdivision East Tennessee, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA; 1. Debord, John, 41, male, farmer, North Carolina 2. _____, Emily, 37, female, North Carolina 3. _____, Washington, 18, male, farmer, Virginia 4. _____, Louisa, 16, female, Virginia 5. _____, John C., 14, male, Virginia 6. _____, Morgan, 13, male, Virginia 7. _____, Hamilton, 11, male, Virginia 8. _____, Jane, 7, female, Tennessee 9. _____, Mary E., 3, female, Tennessee 10. _____, Jerome, 2 months, male, Tennessee
• Census: 12 Jun 1860, Black River township, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA; 1. Debode [Debord], John, 50, male, farmer, real estate $240, personal $145, North Carolina 2. _____, Emily, 42, female, North Carolina, cannot read or write 3. _____, John C., 24, male, laborer, Virginia 4. _____, Margarett J., 17, femele, Tennessee 5. _____. Mary E., 13, female, Tennessee 6. _____, Iva G., 9, male, Tennessee 7. _____, Wiley J., 8, male, Illinois
• Census: 19 Jul 1870, Indian Creek precinct, White County, Illinois, USA; 1.Deboard, Ivy, 20, male, white, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $100, Tennessee 2. _____, Martha, 19, female, white, keeping house, Illinois, cannot write 3. Deboard, Martha, 1, female, white, Illinois 4. Allen, Laura, 6, female, white, Illinois 5. Bolerjack, George, 21, farmer, Illinois
• Census: 24 Jun 1880, Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri, USA; 1. Deboard, Ivy J., white, male, 30, married, farmer, Tennessee, Norh Carolina, North Carolina 2. _____, Martha L., white, female, 29, wife, keeping house, Illinois, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. Deboard, Laura J., white, female, 14, daughter, at home, attended school within the year, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 4. Deboard, Martha P., white, 10, daughter, at home, attended school within the year, [can read, implied], cannot write, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 5. Deboard, Sarah E., white, female, 8, daughter, attended school within the year, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 6. Deboard, Bettie, white, female, 5, daughter, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 7. Deboard, Lucy, white, female, 3, daughter, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 8. Deboard, Mary, white, female, 1, daughter, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois
• NEWS: 5 Oct 1905, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; From the West Plains Journal: Sheriff's Sale Under School Fund Mortgage Whereas, Ivy G. Deboard and M. L. Deboard, his wife, by their certain mortgage deed dated June 22, 1898, and recorded in the recorder's office of Howell county, Missouri, in book one, at page 318 conveyed to Howell county, Missouri, all their right, title, and interest of, in, and to the northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section 19 and west half of southeast quarter of section 19 in township 26, range 7 west, Howell county, Missouri, to sure the payment to said county for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of township 26, range 7, a certain school fund bond in said mortgage deed described. And whereas, default has been made in the payment of the debt and interest in said mortgaged deed described, now, therefore by virtue of an order of the county court made and entered o record on the 10th day of August, 1905, I, Wm. S. Morgan, sheriff of Howell county, Mo., will on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1905, at the east door of the court-house in West Plains, Mo., between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 5 o'clock P. M. of that day sell the above-described real estate to the highest bidder for cash in hand, to satisfy said mortgage and costs. WM. S. MORGAN, Sheriff

Iva married Martha Louisa Davis on 9 Sep 1868 in White County, Illinois, USA. Martha (daughter of Isaac Sebastian Davis and Martha Joyner) was born on 12 Jun 1850 in Illinois, USA; died on 15 Mar 1917 in Iron County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 17 Mar 1917 in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 30 Jul 1860, Township 6S, Range 8W, White County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 19 Jul 1870, Sacramento (post office), Indian Creek Precinct, White County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 24 Jun 1880, Mountain Grove township, Wright County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

See attached sources.

Birth:
Some sources (cemetery stone?) cite her birth year as 1848. However, I believe 1850 must be correct. She is not listed in the 1850 census with her parents in White Co IL, although her brother is. Her mother was probably pregnant at the time.

J. B. Campbell Bible gives her birth as 12 June 1850.

Census:

1. Davis, Isaac, 50, male, farmer, real estate value $1800, personal $400, Tennessee
2. _____, Wm. H., 14, male, Illinois, attending school
3. _____, Martha L., 10, female, Illinois, attending school
4. _____, Polly, 71, female, North Carolina, cannot read or write

Census:

1. Deboard, Ivy, 20, male, white, farmer, real estate value $1000, value $100, Tennessee
2. _____, Martha, 19, female, keeping house, Illinois, cannot read or write
3. _____, Martha, 1, female, Illinois
4. Allen, Laura, 6, female, white, Illinois
5. Bolerjack, George, 21, male, white, farmer, Illinois, attending school


Census:

1. Debord, Ivy J., white, male, 30, married, farmer, Tennessee, North Carolina, North Carolina
2. _____, Martha L., white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Tennessee, Tennessee
3. _____, Laura J., white, female, 14, daughter, at home, attending school, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois
4. _____, Martha P., white, female, 10, daughter, at home, attending school, [can read], cannot write, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois
5. _____, Sarah E., white, female, 8, daughter, attending school
6. _____, Bettie, white, female, 5, daughter, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois
7. _____, Lucy, white, female, 3, daughter, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois
8. _____, Mary, white, female, 1, daughter, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois

Died:
Was apparently living with her son, Caleb, at the time of her death. He was the informant on the death certificate, and his place of residence was Des Arc, MO, which is in Iron County, Missouri.

Notes:

Married:
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2G-MZ3 : 19 February 2021), Ivy G. Deboard and Martha L. Allen, 09 Sep 1868; citing White, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 977,069.

Marriage record clearly calls her "Miss" Martha L. Allen, though she was divorced.

Children: Martha Armelia Deboard was born about 1869 in Illinois, USA; died on 1 Feb 1949 in Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA. Sarah Emma Deboard was born about 1872 in Illinois, USA; and died. Cora Elizabeth "Bettie" Deboard was born on 24 Jul 1874 in White County, Illinois, USA; died on 21 Nov 1965 in Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA; was buried in Panhandle Cemetery, Panhandle, Carson County, Texas, USA. 7. Lucy Wesley Deboard was born on 24 Aug 1876 in Illinois, USA; died on 5 Jul 1935 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Jul 1935 in Center Hill Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Mary Louise Deboard was born about 1879 in Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri, USA; died in 1967 in Merced County, California, USA. Margaret Deboard was born in Feb 1881 in Missouri, USA; died about 1907 in Missouri, USA. William Isaac Deboard was born on 2 Feb 1883 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 2 Jan 1972 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California; was buried on 6 Jan 1972 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Ira Lyman Deboard was born in Apr 1885 in Missouri, USA; died on 24 Sep 1886 in Missouri, USA. Caleb Isaac Deboard was born on 22 Mar 1889 in Missouri, USA; died in Aug 1962. John Calvin Deboard was born in Dec 1891 in Missouri, USA; and died.