Eva Louise Henry

Notes:

Name:

My father William D. Walker, remembers that she was married to a Henry and lived around West Plains in Howell County, MIssouri.

Glenn married Ida Mae Walker [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 15 Apr 1910, Agency township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
• Medical: 1918;

  Identified by his draft registration as "tuberculosis physique."

• Occupation: Sep 1918, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA;

  Luther was working as a carpenter at the time of his 1918 draft registration. His employer was Fred Payne,

• Residence: Sep 1918, 1609 N. Addams [Adams], Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: Jan 1920, Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, North Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 29 Apr 1940, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

His next older brother Neal road all night from OK to try to stop him from marrying what he thought of as "an Indian squaw". However, the marriage took place. Neal seemed to be prone to think he should be responsible for his siblings in this way, as he did the same thing to stop Aunt Ida from re-uniting with her first husband.

The Social Security Death Index on ancestry.com shows a William Walker, b 19 Jan 1886, died April 1960. These are the right birth and death year for our William Luther Walker. It indicates that the social security number was issued in TX in 1956, and the number was 449-64-5169. There is a good chance that this is our Lute. It does not offer a last place of residence.

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. 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. Walker, William, head, renting, male, white, 34, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, carpenter, house
2. _____, Nellie, wife, female, white, 24, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
3. _____, Rosa, daughter, female, white, 6, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, William L., son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Lola M., daughter, female, white, 2, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
6. Warren, Della, sister, female, white, 41, divorced, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, teacher, public school
7. _____, William, nephew, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee
8. _____, Gae, niece, female, white, 8, attending school, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee

Census:

1. Walker, William L., head, renting, farm, male, white, 42, married, first married age 25, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, carpenter, house, farm schedule no. 9
2. _____, Nellie, wife, female, white, 31, married, first married age 17, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
3. _____, Lawrence, son, male white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
4. _____, Idamae [Ida Mae], daughter, female, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
5. _____, Jaunita, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
6. _____, Bertha Ann, daughter, female, white, 5 3/12, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri
7. _____, Ruby, daughter, female, white, 2 10/12, Oklahoma, Missouri, Missouri

Census:

1. Walker, W. L., head, male, white, 53, married, completed 8th grade, Missouri, in 1935 lived elsewhere in Howell Co, carpenter, building industry, annual income $780
2. _____, Nellie, wife, female, white, 45, married, completed 4th grade, Missouri, 1935 lived elsewhere in Howell Co
3. _____, Janita [Jaunita], daughter, female, white, 17, single, 1 year high school, Oklahoma
4. _____, Bertha, daughter, female, white, 15, Arkansas
5. _____, Ruby June, daughter, female, white, 12, Kansas

Died:

Cause of death: coronary occlusion

William married Nellie D. Gale on 2 Feb 1912 in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Nellie (daughter of William Milford Gale and Elizabeth Perina Stark) was born on 29 Jan 1895 in Hartshorn, Texas County, Missouri; died on 1 Nov 1985 in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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."

William married Elizabeth Perina Stark. Elizabeth was born on 25 Apr 1855 in Missouri, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]