Trent Everett Walker

Family/Spouse: Monica [Inknown]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Norman married Mildred Laverne Crawford [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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: 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. 2. 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: 5. 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.