J. Neal Smith

Notes:

My Dad: Nice, but a "sharpy." Sharp with a dollar, came out on top with trades, etc. Jack would probably tell a story of Neal never returning something.

Died:

Neal, his wife Hazel, and their grandson were killed in a car accident on their way to church for Wednesday evening services,

J. married Hazel Irene Smith on 8 May 1936 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Hazel was born on 25 Aug 1913 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 4 Feb 1981 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

License only; presumed married that day. Note on license said," Publish May 11."

Children:

1. Dawn Smith was born on 15 Aug 1941 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

• Occupation:

  Ewell's FindAGrave entry indicates that he was a "retired oil rig builder."

• Residence: Abt 1837, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA;

  Ewell's FindAGrave entry indicates that he had been in Clovis for about 25 years at the time of his death.

Notes:

Ewell SMITH was in New Mexico.

Ewell married Ida Elizabeth Walker on 15 Jun 1905 in Sepulpa, Muskogee County, Indian Territory, USA, and was divorced about 1913-1915. Ida (daughter of Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker and Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder) was born on 27 Nov 1880 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 15 Jul 1966 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 15 Apr 1910, Agency township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 13 Jan 1920, Chalybeate township, Stone County, Arkansas, USA
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, Stella township, Alfafa County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 4 Apr 1940, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Lived in Oklahoma and around Mtn View MO. Maybe ARK. Lived in the old Crowder house while Roy and Blanch Walker were in MO - until Roy returned divorced. Lived in the 'old Sedgewick' place down the road from the farmhouse.

Census:

1. Smith, Ewell, head, male, white, 26, first marriage, married 4 years, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, carpenter, house, can read and write, owns home with mortgage
2. _____, Walker, Ida E., wife, female, white, 29, first marriage, married 4 years, 1 child 1 living, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
3. _____, Neal, son, male, white, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Corbet, brother, male, white, 17, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, carpenter, house, can read and write
5. Walker, Luther, brother in law, male, white, 23, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, carpenter, house, can read and write
6. Walker, Roy H., brother in law, male, white, 18, single, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, teacher, school, can read and write

Census:

1. Johnson, Wm F., head, owns free of mortgage, male, white, 50, married, can read and write, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, laborer, timber
2. _____, Ida E., wife, female, white, 38, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
3. _____, Neil J., son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri
4. _____, Paul W., son, male, white, 9, attending school, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri
5. _____, Ruth E., daughter, female, white, 6, attending school, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri

[In this enumeration, Neil, Paul and Ruth appear to be the children of "Frank" Johnson, but they were actually the children of Ewell Smith, Ida's previous husband.]

Census:

1. Johnson, Frank, head, renting, farm, male, white, 60, married, first married age 3, can read and write, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, farmer, [line] stock farm, farm schedule no. 88
2. _____, Ida, wife, female, white, 49, married, first married age 24, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee
3. _____, Willis, son, male, white, 9, attending school, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri
4. Smith, Paul, step-son, male, white, 19,, single, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Ruth, step-daughter, female, white, 15, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
6. Perrin Malcomb, lodger, male, white, 17, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, USA, USA, farm laborer, stock farm

Census:

1. Johnson, William Franklin, head, owns home, value $700, farm, male, white, 70, married, completed grade 6, Kentucky, same house (1935), farmer, farm, own account, earned $0, other income
2. _____, Ida E., wife, female, white, 59, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house (1935)
3. Johnson, William Franklin, son, male, white, 19, single, completed grade 8, Arkansas, in 1935 lived in rural Stone County, Arkansas, farmer, farm

[Data supplied by Frank.]

Died:
Social Security Death Index gives her date of death as 15 December 1966, as does FindAGrave (though stone gives year only)

But Missouri death cert states clearly that her death was on 15 July 1966.

Notes:

Married:
First marriage

Divorced:

History handed down in the family tells us that Ewell Smith was unfaithful to Ida, and after a separation, when Ewell wanted to reconcile with Ida, her brother Neal said something like "If you go back to her after giving her that disease, I'll kill you." While this may not be strictly accurate, it is likely that it is some version of the truth.

Children: 1. J. Neal Smith was born on 1 Apr 1908 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 4 Feb 1981 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. Paul Corbett Smith was born on 19 Jan 1911 in Oklahoma, USA; died on 24 Jun 1990 in Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Wright County, Missouri, USA. Ruth E. Smith was born on 13 Jul 1913 in Missouri, USA; died on 2 Apr 1996 in Benton County, Arkansas, USA.

John married Elizabeth Alabam Polk about 10 Oct 1883 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Elias W. Polk and Sarah Bessler) was born in Mar 1863 in Tennessee, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Marriage license issued this date.

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."

Notes:

Father of Elias was probably George POLK, found next door to Elias in the 1870 Hardin Co TN census. George H. POLK, b ca 1818 NC.

Elias married Sarah Bessler before 1862. Sarah was born about 1843 in Dent County, Missouri, USA; died on 24 Aug 1924 in Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 24 Aug 1924 in Hutton Valley-Rowe Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):See attached sources.

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. 6. 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."