Mary Maybelle "Mollie" Polk

Other Events:

• Census: 12 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• NEWS: 6 Nov 1903, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA;

  "Miss Mary Polk" went to Birch Tree to visit friends for a few weeks.

• NEWS: 16 Sep 1904, Mountain View, Howell County, MIssouri, USA;

  Newspaper item states that "Miss Mary Polk has gone to Summersville and is engaged in the millinery business, having put in a new stock of goods there.

• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Obituary: 19 Oct 1973, Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

Notes:

granddaughter of James K. Polk the president, and quite proud of it.

Name:

Neal Walker's 1970 Lawton, Oklahoma, obituary gives his wife's maiden name as "Mary Crowder." Neal's mother was Phoebe Tennessee Crowder, and this was probably an error on the informant's part--probably Neal's son James K. Walker. Mary's maiden name was clearly "Mary M. Polk."

Census:

1. Fuller, Oliver, head, white, male, December 1880, 19, married 0 years, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 129
2. _____, Mary, wife, white, female, March 1882, 18, married, 0 years, 0 children, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, can read and write

Census:

1. Polk, Mary, head, female, white, 61, widowed, 10 children 8 living, West Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, farmer, home farm, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule, no. 16
2. _____, William E., son, male, white, 38, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write
3. _____, John, son, male, white, 36, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm labor, at home, can read and write
4. _____, Mary N, daughter, female, white, 28, divorced, no children, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, no occupation, can read and write
5. _____, Rena, daughter, female, white, 23, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, teacher, public school, can read and write

Obituary:

Obituary, Mary M. Walker, Lawton, Oklahoma
Funeral Rites: Mary M. Walker
Mrs. Mary M. Walker, 91, resident of Cedar Crest Manor since 1968, died there at 6:45 p.m. Thursday after a brief illness.
Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. N. N. Anderson, pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Walker was born on March 7, 1882 in Howell County, Mo. She and Neal Walker were married on July 9, 1913, in Mountain View, Mo. They moved to Oklahoma in 1926 and lived first in Enid until 1932 when they moved here. Mr. Walker died in 1968. Mrs. Walker attended the Baptist church.
Survivors include one son, James, 1913 Dearborn; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Mary married Oliver C. Fuller on 11 Mar 1900 in Howell County, Missouri, USA, and was divorced between 1900-1910. Oliver was born in Dec 1880 in Ohio, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Divorced:

No children.

Married:

License issued 8 March 1900. [Howell Co marriage license, Ancestry]
Marriage 11 March 1900. [Howell Co Gen Soc'y publication]

Mary married Thomas Neal "Neal" Walker on 4 Jul 1913 in Howell County, Missouri, USA. Thomas (son of Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker and Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder) was born on 19 Mar 1882 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri; died on 8 Nov 1970 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Lawton-Sunset Memorial Gardens, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Neal Walker's obit states that they were married on 11 June 1914. Molly's obit states that they were married on 9 July 1913. Their Howell County marriage license was issued on 4 July 1913, indicating that their marriage probably took place between 4-9 July 1913.
The 1900 Howell Co MO census reflects a Mary Polk, born in West Virginia, shows her with several children - but no daughter Mary.
The 1910 census for the same individual, however, shows a Mary Polk in the household, age 28, divorced. There is a Howell County marriage recorded between Mary M. Polk and Oliver Fuller on 11 March 1900, and the couple appears in the 1900 Howell County, Missouri, census. Mary Polk Fuller indicates her mother was born in West Virginia, which is a clear indication that this is the correct Mary Polk.

Children:

1. James K. Walker was born on 5 Mar 1916 in Liberal, Barton County, Missouri; died on 17 Dec 2003 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Lawton-Sunset Memorial Gardens, Comanche County, Oklahoma.

James married Mary Robinson on 21 Jun 1868 in Madison County, Illinois, USA. Mary was born on 2 May 1846 in West Virginia, USA; died on 9 Feb 1915 in Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 10 Feb 1915 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 17 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Census:

1. Polk, Mary F., head, white, female, MAy 1848, 52, widowed, 10 children 9 living, West Virginia, West Virginia, Pensylvania, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 116
2. _____, William E., son, white, male, June 1871, 28, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm laborer, can read and write
3. _____, John, son, white, male, May 1873, 27, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm laborer, can read and write
4. _____, Dallas, son, white, male, January 1881, 19, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm labor, can read and write
5. _____, Lucy, daughter, white, female, January 1885, 15, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, attended school 4 months
6. _____, Martha, daughter, white, female, February 1887, 13, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, attended school 5 months
7. _____, Rachel, daughter, white, female, February 1889, 11, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia

Census:

1. Polk, Mary, head, female, white, 61, widowed, 10 children 8 living, West Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, farmer, home farm, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule, no. 16
2. _____, William E., son, male, white, 38, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write
3. _____, John, son, male, white, 36, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, farm labor, at home, can read and write
4. _____, Mary N, daughter, female, white, 28, divorced, no children, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, no occupation, can read and write
5. _____, Rena, daughter, female, white, 23, single, Missouri, Missouri, West Virginia, teacher, public school, can read and write

Children: 1. Mary Maybelle "Mollie" Polk was born on 7 Mar 1882 in Howell County, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Oct 1973 in Cedar Crest Manor, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Lawton-Sunset Memorial Gardens, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Lucy Albina Polk was born on 7 Jan 1885 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA; and died.