Notes

This marriage, which probably occurred around 1804 or 1805, when Mary "Polly" Walker was about 14 or 15, has been suggested to have occurred in Middle Tennessee. I suspect it may have actually occurred in Georgia, however, since George and Mary's first known child was Mary "Polly" Brazzell, born about 1805 Georgia.

Their second known child was Allen Brazzell, born in 1812, Tennessee, probably Dickson County.

Three additional females were born to George and Mary "Polly" (Walker) Brazzell between Mary and Allen, according to evidence from the 1820 census enumeration, which shows the family with four females between the ages of 10 and 16, or born between 1804-1810. 

This military detachment served for 10 days in May 1812, and were probably among the Tennessee militia raised in response to the Duck River Massacre--in which Indians killed several people and abducted Martha Crawley. Also known as the Martha Crawley incident.

This seminal event inflamed westerners against the Indians and the British were suspected of inciting them, thus making it one of the events leading to the War of 1812. 

This Samuel A. is close to the age of the Samuel A. who was a son of Phillip V. Walker. The two should not be confused. Phillip's Samuel moved to Gentry County, Missouri, with the rest of his family, and is found there in census from 1860 onward. 

Thomas and Rachel were married only about nine months when their first child was born. Rachel died three days later. 

Thomas's aunt, Eudocia (Walker) Stokes, had sons living in Pawnee. Was Thomas in Pawnee when he enlisted because he was living with or visiting them? 

Though Allen's 1900 census, his cemetery marker, and his death certificate agree that he was born in September 1870, the 1870 census indicates that he is a year old. The date of the 1900 census was August, so even if the enumeration intended to indicate that he was one month old instead of one year, it would have meant his birth was not in September. It seems likely that Allen was born in September 1869, despite what he may have believed to be his birth year. 

Though clearly spelled "Christian" in the 1850 census, Christian was designated female. I think this was an error and should have been "Christina." In the 1870 census, Elvin Best (only known child of Joseph and Susan) was residing with Josiah and Christina Cullaron--the right age to be the female child in the 1850 household of Joseph and Susan Best. 

Though Flossie Fern Smith is said to have married Everett Beal and George Purcell, neither marriage was located among Kansas marriage records (FamilySearch) nor Missouri marriage records (Ancestry). Nor has she been located in census after 1920, or in any census as a married person.

Nothing further is known of Flossie Fern Smith 

Though Joanna's cemetery record gives a birthdate of 19 January 1869, her 1870 census enumeration marks her as three years old. It is likely that the day and month are correct in the cemetery listing, but the year wrong. 

Though Lillie May is not present in the 1880 census, she was born just four months or so later, and it serves to place her family in Macoupin County at the time of her birth. 

Though listed as "Mary" in her parents' 1900 enumeration, and in most family histories since that time, she was named as "May E." in her marriage record (Hoop), and in the 1910 and 1920 census. 

Though named as "Alice" in the 1860 census, the sound is much like "Annis." The 1870 census names an "Ann F." in the same child position. By 1880 she was missing from the household.

The death index, census data, and FindAGrave, taken together, indicate the likelihood that it was "Annis Walker." 

Though no birth record has been discovered for Mary A. Gray, the record for her sister Anna Elizabeth, two years prior, lists no father. Since both Anna and Mary carry their mother's maiden surname, it is likely that they were born out of wedlock to an unknown father or fathers. 

Though no death certificate nor marriage record has yet been located, these circumstances render it more than likely that this is the correct Mary M. Hartley, married to John C. Montgomery.

• The Mary M. in the home of parents James Hartley and Margretta Delozier for the 1870 census was born about 1868. The Mary enumerated in 1900 as the wife of John C. Montgomery was born in March 1868
  
• Additionally the Hartley Cemetery lists her birth as 25 March 1868 and gives her maiden name as Hartley
  
• Mary Montgomery named her daughter Margaret G., probably for her mother Margretta G. (Delozier) Hartley
  

 

Though no grave record has been located on FindAGrave, Jerome's death certificate indicates his burial in Malden, Dunklin County, just a few miles away. 

Though not living with John Kelly/Kelley in either the 1900 or the 1910 census, Mary's status is given as "married." If the 1920 census is indeed her, she was listed as widowed by 1920, and as widowed on the death certificate.  

Though undoubtedly named for his grandfather, Helton Rutherford Walker, William spelled his own middle name "Retherford" on his World War I draft registration. 

To Do:

Obtain Black Hawk War records for:

• Phillip V. Walker (pvt, S. Pruitt Co., Regt. 1, Whiteside Brigade; enrolled in Edwardsville.[Black Hawk War veterans database. Illinois Archives online]
  
• John L. Walker (married Elizabeth Scroggins)
  
  Both listed on the Macoupin County GenWeb archives as Black Hawk War veterans.
  
  Possibly both children of Jacob?
  
  Transcribe Jacob's bounty land file
   

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.)  

Tom's marriage record gives middle initial "N." 

Transcription of stone:

Memory of
Harriet Ann,
wife of
Evan Williams
Died
April 11, 1855
Ages 28 yrs 

Transcription/abstraction of Edith's obit appears in her FindAGrave listing. It states that they were married at Fort Cobb on this date. 

Trees on Ancestry.com indicate that Abraham Music and Margaret Clark moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where they both died. 

Two families 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, the children of her brother Elijah M. Walker:]
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 

Two families 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, the children of her brother Elijah M. Walker:]
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 

Two families 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, the children of her brother Elijah M. Walker:]
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 

Two families 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, the children of her brother Elijah M. Walker:]
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 

Two families 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, the children of her brother Elijah M. Walker:]
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 

Unsourced internet sites seem to agree that Andrew J. Hartley died in 1888. He and his wife Sarah have not been located in the 1880 census in Cedar County or elsewhere. Nothing further is known of his life. 

Variants "Teeter' or "Teters" 

Variants: Cleeta, Cleda, etc. 

Various spellings of given name. 

Velma was the informant for her mother's death certificate; her place of death was listed as Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

Verna's obituary states that she was married "forty five years ago" to "Bert McBride, who survives." 

Veromi background check offered birth date of 18 February 1922. 

Very likely the son of Jacob Walker and Agnes McLean, since he had children named Jacob and Agnes and was born 1818 in Tennessee. Working assumption at the moment, while continuing research. 

Vivian is named as his daughter in his 1971 obituary, but she did not appear in his 1940 census enumeration. 

Ward and Goldie did not marry. 

Was Blennerhassett her maiden or first marriage name? 

Was living in August 2005 at the time of her husband's death. No entry in SSDI, may still be living.  

Was single, died in a tunnel explosion "about 40 years ago." 

Wesley's WWI draft registration gave his birth as 4 March 1878. 

West Family Tree offers no citation for this death date. 

When Archalus C. Walker died on 10 June 1887 his age was recorded as 68 years, 6 months, and 1 day, calculating to this birthdate, or close to it. 

When her mother married William Herbert, they gave Garnet his surname. They do not believe Garnet's father's name appeared on her birth certificate, but the family knows who he was. 

While FindAGrave reflects Lovell's burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Bowen's typescript indicates his burial at Ashland City, Tennessee. The two sources also conflict on the year, the former giving it as 1973 and the latter as 1972. Both give the month as September. 

While in early census he is seen as Elias S. (1870 and 1880 with his family), he is seen in 1900 as Elias Adams.

He was married in 1910 as "S. E. Adams" and is seen is later census as "Stephen E. Adams." His obituary in the Fordyce newspaper, 1936, names him "S. E. Adams," but confirms his identity by listing his siblings. 

While it is possible that Newton Canon Lasater was born outside of Dade County, his parents' and his own consistent presence in Newton County census beginning 1860 make it overwhelmingly likely that his birth was in Dade County.