Notes

In her family's 1900 census, Flossie's birth is given as November 1895. However, her cemetery marker gives the birthdate 18 September 1896. Her birth in the fall of 1895 or 1896 is likely. Only one census points to the possibility of 1897. 

In his divorce Record, in two places, Roy states that his marriage to Blanche occurred in May 1913 in Joplin, Missouri. He never states the day. The marriage has not been located among the digital marriage records for Missouri on Ancestry.com. It may have been indexed incorrectly (though variants have been searched). 

In same dwelling:]
1. King, Wilber, 30, male, white, farmer, real estate $500, personal $850, Texas
2. _____, Josephine, 24, female, white, housekeeping, Mississippi
3. _____, [Jerry? Terry?], 4, male, Texas
4. _____, John A., 2, male, white, Texas
5. _____, Salina, 5 months, female, white, Texas
[then in separate family, same dwelling:]
6. Walker, Rufus, 15, male, white, school boy, real estate $3000, personal $245, Texas, attending school
7. _____, Mary, 13, female, white, school girl, [included in real estate value], Texas, attending school
8. _____, Walter, 11, male, white, school boy, [included in real estate], Texas, attending school
9. _____, Charles, 9, male, white, school boy, Texas, attending school 

In the 1850 census, Chaney is found in her father's home. It appears that her surname may be something other than "Hartley," as her brothers, above her, have ditto marks to indicate their surname is same as head of household, but Chaney appears not to have ditto marks. Her middle name was "Ann"--could the second name be "Ann" rather than a surname? If so, there should be ditto marks following it.

It appears to me that it could be Quinn or Guinn. Other researchers have named her husband as "Irwin" (surname or given name?) and have offered a death date of 1898, but with no citations.

Chaney is, with effort, however, located in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census for Cedar County as "Chaney Sherrill." The 1860 census lists her as a widow [there is no column for this information, but it is inserted under Occupation], and she has two apparent children, Sarah J., age 8, and James M., age 6. Both children appear in the 1870 census, ages 17 and 16, respectively.

In the 1880 census, Chaney Sherrill is mother in law in the home of Lewis and Sarah J. Gravely. Marriage records locate the marriage of Lewis Gravely to Sarah J. Sherrill in 1874.

Chaney is not found in the 1900 census, and it is likely that she died between 1880 and 1900, possibly in 1898, as some researchers have indicated. No grave for her has been found on FindAGrave.com in either Cedar or Polk counties.

Supporting the likelihood that Chaney Sherrill was the same person as Chaney A. Hartley:

• Chaney A. Hartley, according to the family Bible, was born on 18 February 1828 in Tennessee. Chaney Sherrill's census data consistently calculates to a birth year of 1828 and states her birthplace as Tennessee.
  
• The Hartley Bible names her as "Chany Ann." The 1870 census enumerates Chaney Sherrill as "Chaney A. Sherrill."
  
• Chaney Ann Hartley's father was James Hartley. Chaney Sherill named her son James.

 

In the 1850 enumeration "Aaron." In the 1860 enumeration "Henry." 

In the 1900 census her name appears to be "Panis."
In the 1920 census, it seems likely that she is the "A. L. O'Rourke" listed as head of household for a boarding house in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as Bettie Wright is listed as "mother."
Bettie Wright's 1930 obituary names among her children "Mrs. Ray Jacobs, of San Francisco." A search of 1930 census for San Francisco County reveals a Ray G. Jacobs married to Hattie--born about 1890 in Arkansas.
However, voter's registration and her death registration name her as "Hallie W." 

In the 1900 census his birth state was listed as Alabama. 

In the 1920 census daughter Jaunita was a little over 2 years old; in the 1930 census, it stated that Mabel was first married at age 24, and she was 37, calculating to approximate marriage date of 1916-1917. It is likely that they were married in Colorado. 

In this census, Jacob's age appears to be recorded as 37 rather than 27; an error.

The Alhousens were probably somehow related to the Charles N. Alhousen/Ohlhausen that Susan Walker (known daughter of Samuel A. Walker) married; Susan's daughter by Charles, Missouri Ahlhousen, married Anthony Green Walker, a known son of Phillip V. Walker. 

Indicators that this might be the son of Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker

• Henry, age 11, born abt 1849, appears in the Aaron Walker home in 1860; he also appears, age 21, in the household next to Aaron Walker in 1870. This Henry Walker calculates to a birth year of 1850, a close approximation.
  
• This Henry Walker reports a father born in Kentucky and a mother born in Tennessee, matching the birthplaces of Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker.

Conflicting:

• In the 1870 census, Henry Walker was married to "Ann," born abt 1854, Illinois (no marriage record located), while this Henry is married to "Mary E." born about 1859. An 1873 St. Louis marriage record has been located for Henry F. Walker to Mary E. Mur, both of Macoupin County. Could Henry's first wife have died between 1870 and 1873, and he remarried? 

Indirect evidence demonstrates the likelihood, though not the certainty, that the John R. Walker who married Blanche McCann in Jasper County was the John R. Walker from Howell County who was the son of William E. Walker and Cynthia Cox.

• John R. Walker's 1912 Howell County death certificate states that he was married at the time of his death, though it does not name his wife
  
• A John R. Walker "of Willow Springs" married Blanche McCann in April 1909, in Jasper County, Missouri
  
• John R. Walker and his new wife Blanche were enumerated in 1910, in Jasper County, Missouri
  
• The John R. Walker enumerated with Blanche in 1910 Jasper County was within two years of the age of the John R. Walker of Howell County. The census informant did not know John R. Walker's parents' birthplaces and probably did not know his precise age.
  
• The middle initial of "R" is shared by both
  
• Although John R. Walker died in Howell County in 1912, he does not appear in Howell County in the 1910 enumeration.
  

In conclusion, it is likely that the John R. Walker of the 1910 Jasper County census enumeration, and the husband of Blanche McCann, is the same person as the John R. Walker who died in 1912, in Howell County, Missouri.

The 1920 census fails to find Blanche (McCann) Walker or Francis Walker.
A search of Missouri marriage records fails to find a second marriage for Blanche (McCann) Walker.
A search of the 1930 census fails to find a John Walker and wife Blanche anywhere.
 

Informant for death certificate was "H. J. Walker," probably Girtie's older brother Hardin Jefferson Walker. 

Informant for death certificate, son George Murie. 

Informant on death certificate, and identified as "son." 

Information entered here after William's residence in his family home is speculation. IF the Louise Page wife is correct, THEN this may be the right William Walker. Ongoing research in gathering death certs, etc, will allow better evaluation. 

Initials of husband in the death index, "J. F." 

Internet source states his date of death as 28 February 1878.
[One World Tree, Ancestry.com, for George H. Walker 

Internet tree gives a date of marriage (bride's name withheld) as 3 December 1932, no place of marriage stated. 

Interview, telephone, 9 April 2014. No interest in family history, but gave me her line of descent from Anthony Green Walker, and agreed to DNA test.

Descendant of Anthony Green Walker, through son Chester Philip Walker and his son Garold Chester Walker

Rosalie Kurtright
(660) 783-2961
205 N. Alanthus Ave
Apt 8,
Stanberry, MO 64489 

Iowa birth records states name as "Earnest W. Reeves." 

It appears likely that Julia (Vaughan) Music died either in childbirth or within a few short years of the birth of her only known child, Wallace Frank Music. Julia is not found in census after 1880. Her husband Elijah Music is said to have remarried and died in 1901. There were two men named Elijah Music in the county at around the same time; both are buried in the Auxier Relocation Cemetery in Floyd County. One is listed as "Lige Music," no birth date, died 1888. The other is "Elijah Music," no birth date, died 13 September 1901. The latter has a notation in the FindAGrave record that states: "Note: S/O Andrew J Musick & Emily Bowen Musick, H/O Julia Vaughn Music."

Julia's son is found in her parents' 1900 census home. Julia's mother Cynthia (Hill) Music is enumerated as having borne 8 children of whom only six are living. 

It appears to have been not unusual for couples from Macoupin and Madison County to marry in St. Louis.

An Eliza Ann Ward is listed among the congregation of Round Prairie Church, Macoupin County; she joined the church "by letter" on 18 May 1853, and "removed her membership to Dorchester." Joining by letter on the same date were "J. G. Ward" and "Sarah Ward."

Additionally, the Illinois death index for John M. Walker states that his parents were Samuel Walker and Eliza Ann Ward. John M. was born 29 May 1858, in Dorchester, Illinois, and died on 19 November 1937 in Montgomery County, Illinois.

This is strong evidence that the St. Louis marriage was that of the subject Samuel Walker. 

It initially seemed unlikely that this was the same Anna Lee/Annalee Patten. However, a search of Clay A. Patten turns up the 1880 census for Bates County, Missouri, of the Matthias Patten family which includes Andy C. Patten, age 18, and John H. Patten, age 16.

Additionally, the California death index reflects the death of Clay A. Patten in 1943, San Bernardino County, and states his mother's surname as Copeland.

His birthplace is Illinois, as in the 1880, and as in the death index. 

It is commonly accepted that Hardy Lasater is the son of Canon and Nancy Lasater. However, his listing in this census sends up a tiny warning flag. Why was he not listed in birth order? His listing suggests to me that although this could have been an anomaly, the simple act of the census enumerator, it could also indicate another close relationship, such as nephew. 

It is interesting to note that the informant on Mary E. (Hartley) Delozier Kelly's death certificate was Mary M. (Hartley) Montgomery--who was possibly raised by her aunt, and appeared in her home in 1880, along with brother George W. Hartley. 

It is likely that Charles was actually born on 5 October 1886, and that he was a twin. Mary E. "Bogure" and Edward W. Walker had twins on that date in Gentry County. The 1900 census offers a birth date for Charles of September 1886, and they could not have had children on both dates. Either the 1900 census or the recorded birth record is in error. 

It is likely that Mary was born in Bond County since the family moved from there to Missouri. The death cert does not specify Bond Co. 

It is likely that Sally died sometime after the birth of her second son in October 1888 and prior to William's remarriage to Ophelia in 1892.  

It is not certain that this George Brazzell is the subject George Brazzell.  

It is not clear how the bride in this article relates to the family of Thomas J. and Cleopatra (Walker) Jones. However, several things point to a relationship.

The bride's name, Josephine Jones, is the same as the daughter of Cleopatra (Walker) Jones. However, a check of California marriage records indicates that this Josephine Jones who married Charles M. Smith was only 21 years old.

Guests at the wedding were "Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jones" (probably Thomas J. and Cleopatra), and also included people with the surname Ashurst, including a Josie M. Ashurst. Present in the 1900 Mariposa County census enumeration of Thomas J. and Cleopatra Jones was their granddaughter Josephine M. Ashurst.

Confusingly, Thomas J. Jones' 1918 obit refers to his daughter "Mrs. C. M. Smith" though his daughter Alice Bertha did not lose her Ashurst husband until 1919 and did not marry Charles Richard Smith until 1921.

I think the Josephine being married in this article is probably the Josephine who was named as granddaughter Josephine Ashurst, in their 1900 census home. Possibly they adopted their granddaughter? Her parents must have been the Alice Bertha (Jones) Ashurst and her husband, living next door in 1900.  

It is not clear if he was adopted by Hunt or just took his name. 

It is possible that there were sons Julius E. and Ephraim, one of whom died young.

However, "Ephraim" appears age 6 in 1870 in the family home, "Julius E." appears age 15 in 1880 with his widowed mother, and "Julius E." is listed as a living heir of Aaron Walker in March 1880.

It is more than likely that Julius E. and Ephraim were the same individual. 

It is possible there is another William Donald/Donnet married to an Elizabeth Smith. The profession of William here appears to be "Carter" (difficult to read), which doesn't seem right. But later he was a coal merchant, so perhaps he tried several occupations.

Supporting the likelihood, John's usual residence was Maxwelltown. 

It is unlikely that John's birth date was known--just his approximate age, since his WWI draft registration gives his age as 18 (on 12 September 1918), but for birth date says "don't know." 

It seems likely that Fred Stokes had no middle name, as not even his WWI draft registration nor his cemetery stone offered a name, nor even a middle initial. 

It seems likely that there was some estrangement between Levi's first family and his second. James Fred "Fred" Walker, a son of his second marriage died in 1958 and his obituary named his living full siblings, stated that he had two sisters that died before him, and even stated that he had two half-brothers who died before him. The two step-brothers referenced must have been Charles and Norman Holmes, the sons of Winnie's first marriage. No mention was made of any of his half-siblings from Levi's first marriage. 

It was difficult to follow John's progress due to his inconsistent name in census. He appears as Jonathan (1860), Johnathan G. (1900), John (1910), John G. (1920), John (1930), and as "John M. Walker" in his death record.

He is not found in his family home in 1880, when he would have been about 20, and has not been located elsewhere, raising the question of possible death.

His death record offers a birth of May 1858, inconsistent with the birth of Jacob in September 1857, and inconsistent with the birth year of "Jonathan" just 3 months old in the 1860 census.

These inconsistencies, however, can be resolved by the common threads of 1) his employment as a painter in census of 1900, 1920, 1930, and in his death record; and 2) consistency in his wife and children's names.

The death record was likely wrong about both his middle initial, which does not appear as an "M" in any other record, and about his birth date, which was probably 1859 or 1860, not 1858. 

It would appear likely that Barbara is still living in October 2013, or at least the Veromi report does not indicate her death. 

It would appear that Earnest and his wife Grace Tipton were divorced sometime after 1940 and before 1956, when she is said to have married Ambrose Weber. She is probably the Grace W. Weber who died on 9 July 2001, probably in King County, Washington, though her last residence was Snohomish, Snohomish Co WA. SSN 524-18-6215

 

J. H. Walker household
1 male under 5 [George, abt 3]
1 male 5-10 [John, abt 8]
1 male 15-20 [James, abt 14/15]
1 male 40-50 [Joseph H. Walker]
1 female under 5 [Mary, abt 5]
3 females 10-15 [Elizabeth, age 11; and ??]
1 female 15-20 [??]
1 female 40-50 [Mahaley, abt 41] 

Jackson does not appear in any known record after the 1880 census. It is likely that he remained in Dickson County, having lived there all of his life. 

Jacob A. Walker's 1921 McLean County death certificate actually states his birthplace as "Bunkerville," but this was overwhelmingly likely to have been recorded in error for "Bunker Hill." 

Jacob Walker, George Brazeal [Brazzell], James Hartley, William Roy, and William Dunnigan appointed, under the direction of William B. Dodson, to oversee the road from Dodson's house to Contrary Pond. 

Jacob's birthdate in this census is in conflict with the Jacob R. Walker, son of Elijah Walker. However, the Izard County Jacob R. Walker has a cemetery stone with the 7 April 1852 birthdate, indicating that this census data is erroneous.

It appears that the Jacob Walker family may have been enumerated as a separate family within the household of the previous family, that of George W. Ferguson, age 55, born in North Carolina--the likely father of Jacob's wife, Mary A. Ferguson.

The household and dwelling numbers have been crossed out and re-entered in this section, so their status in the same dwelling is not clear. If not in the same household, they are certainly living next to one another. 

Jacob's bounty land warrant file (the portion after Agnes was applying as widow) states that Jacob and Agnes had ten children together and near;y 50 years of marriage. 

James "Hartley", Jr., household
2 males under 5 [John W. abt 2; James W., infant]
2 males 20-30 [James Hartley, Jr., abt 26; and Willis Hartley, abt 22?]
1 female under 5 [Mary E., abt 4]
1 female 20-30 [Jane Wyley (Carson) Hartley, abt 22]
6 total
1 engaged in agriculture

[enumerated next to Richard and Lavinia (Hartley) Tatum, and one household before his father, James Hartley, Sr.]  

James L. Walker died in a cholera epidemic. His father, Abram S. Walker administered his estate. 

James M. Clark's 1926 Hickman County, Tennessee, death certificate names his parents as "Tohmas W. Clark" [Thomas] and "Emiline Howell."