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Ritha Salina Walker

Ritha Salina Walker

Female 1843 - 1922  (79 years)

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  • Name Ritha Salina Walker  [1] 
    Born 9 Jan 1843  Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Both the Collins Walker and McMillan Gaelic Bibles record Ritha's birth as 9 January 1843. The Illinois death index offers the same day and month but gives 1840 as her birth year.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1 Nov 1850  Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    1. Elijah Walker, 48, male, farmer, Georgia, cannot read or write
    2. Mary Walker, 37, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. Sarah Walker, 19, female, Tennessee
    4. William Walker, 16, male, farmer, Tennessee
    5. Levi Walker, 14, male, Tennessee
    6. James, 12, male, Tennessee
    7. Matilda, 10, female, Tennessee
    8. Ritha, 9, female, Tennessee
    9. Margaret, 7, female, Tennessee
    10. George, 5, male, Tennessee
    11. Calvin, 3, male, Tennessee
    12. Archalus, 1, male, Tennessee  
    Census 11 Jul 1860  Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    1. Elijah Walker, 57, male, farmer, real estate $600, personal $800, Georgia
    2. Mary Walker, 47, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. James Walker, 22, male, farmer, personal $400, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    4. Ritha S. Walker, 17, female, Tennessee
    5. Margret M. Walker, 15, female, Tennessee
    6. Geo. R. Walker, 14, male, Tennessee
    7. Calvin M. Walker, 12, male, Tennessee
    8. R.M. Walker, 10, male, Tennessee
    9. Jacob R. Walker, 8, male, Tennessee
    10. L.D. [Alonzo Denson] Walker, 6, male, Tennessee 
    Military 7 Feb 1866 
    Ritha applied for widow's and minor's pension payment, based on her husband's Union service in Co. A, 155th Ill. Inf. 
    Military 23 May 1868  [8] 
    On this date guardian "J. M. Journey" applied for a pension for his step-daughter Louisa A. Woollums, based on the service of her father, Alexander H. Woollums, Co. A, 155th Illinois Infantry. 
    Missing Census 1870 
    Ritha had married John M. Journey in Clinton County, Illinois, in 1866. In 1873 they were living in Marshall County, Mississippi (see chrnonological events for documentation). They have not been located in the 1870 census. 
    Residence 1873  Wall Hill, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    John M. Journey's pension file contains a document regarding his stepdaughter, Louisa A. Woollums, stating that her present guardian is John M. Journey of Wall Hill, Marshall County, Mississippi. Ritha's uncle, George H. Walker, and his large family lived in the Wall Hill area, which may explain their presence. 
    Residence 12 Dec 1875  Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    John M. Journey's pension file states that he filed about this date for a transfer from his employment in Pulaski County, Arkansas. [Obtain more detail from pension file.] 
    Census 9 Jun 1880  Carlyle, Carlyle township, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    1. Journey, J. M., white, male, 47, married, cooper, Illinois, Alabama, Alabama
    2. _____, R. S., white, female, 31, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    3. Woollums, E., white, female, 15, daughter, single, at home, attending school, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee 
    Census 11 Jun 1900  Carlyle, Carlyle township, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    1. Journey, Salina, head, white, female, January 1845, 55, widowed, 1 child 1 living, Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee
    [Ritha's husband had died in April, just two months earlier] 
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Washington Street, Carlyle, Carlyle township, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    1. Journey, "Celia" [Salina], head, female, white, 66, widowed, 1 child 1 living, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 
    Census 8 Jan 1920  Methodist Street, Carlyle, Carlyle township, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    1. Journey, Ritha S., head, owns home free of mortgage, female, white, 76, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, U.S., Tennessee, no occupation 
    Note
    Ritha S. Walker's death certificate states her father as Elijah Walker, born in Tennessee (clearly the last is in error). It does not name her mother. It offers her specific birthdate as 9 January 1840.  [2] 
    RESEARCH
    Ritha's daughter Louise married a Sharp first, with whom she had one daughter, Frank Beauchamp Sharp. "Bea" as she was known married briefly to Harold H. Heno in New Orleans, a marriage ending in divorce.

    However, Bea was enumerated with her husband in New Orleans in 1910. Living next door to them was George "Journy," born abt 1862 in California, parents born in Illinois. This must have been some relation to her step grandfather, John Journey, Ritha's second husband?   [14] 
    RESEARCH
    Fieldon Woollums would appear to be the son of an elder Fieldon Woollums, found in Highland Co OH in 1860, with son Fieldon. A few families before them is George Walker, age 43, born OH. Connected with Elijah Walker and Mary Magdelen Diehl of Highland Co OH? 
    Died 23 Feb 1922  Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Carlyle Cemetery, Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I2757  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2013 

    Father Elijah Walker,   b. 14 Sep 1802, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1872, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" McMillan,   b. 17 Mar 1813, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1835  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 15, 16] 
    • Esther Pratt states: "The record of Elijah to Polly McMillan was blown from the marriage book, but the original was in a drawer in the courthouse, was saved, and I have a copy."
    Family ID F569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alexander H. Woollums,   b. 1843, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1865, General Hospital No. 1, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 28 Dec 1862  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Children 
    +1. Louisa Alexandria Woollums,   b. 16 May 1865, Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1953, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John M. Journey,   b. Abt 1832, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1900, Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 7 Jun 1866  Clinton County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 19] 
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F1201  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Elijah Walker, 1850 Humphreys County, Tennessee, census    		Elijah Walker, 1850 Humphreys County, Tennessee, census
    1850 U.S. census, Humphreys County, Tennessee, population schedule, [township not stated], p. 290 (penned), p. 145 (stamped, verso), dwelling 754, family 754, Elijah Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 884.
    Ritha S. Walker, marriage to Alexander Woollums, December 1862, Dickson County, Tennessee    		Ritha S. Walker, marriage to Alexander Woollums, December 1862, Dickson County, Tennessee
    "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011), for Alexander Woollums-Ritha S. Walker, Dickson County, [book not stated]: 45, license no. 1499, 27 December 1852, and return, 28 December 1852; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and…

    1860 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Middle Division, Danielsville, p. 49 (penned), p. 226 (stamped), dwelling 347, family 347, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2007); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247.
    John M. Journey and wife Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1880 Clinton County, Illinois, census    		John M. Journey and wife Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1880 Clinton County, Illinois, census
    1880 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 28 (penned), p. 522 (stamped, verso), dwelling 19, family 19, J. M. Journey household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 182; FHL…
    Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1900 Clinton County, Illinois, census    		Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1900 Clinton County, Illinois, census
    1900 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED)4, sheet 15B, p. 168 (stamped, verso), dwelling 307, family 328, Salina Journey household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 243.
    Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1910 Clinton County, Illinois, census    		Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1910 Clinton County, Illinois, census
    1910 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 4A, p. 58 (stamped, recto), dwelling 87, family 87, Celia [Salina] Journey household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll…
    Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1920 Clinton County, Illinois, census    		Ritha S. (Walker) Woollums Journey, 1920 Clinton County, Illinois, census
    1920 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 7A, p. 85 (stamped, recto), dwelling 165, family 170, Ritha S. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 304.
    Hardin Franklin Sharp biographical entry in book about Henry Sharp and descendants. Includes material on Ritha S. Walker and her daughter Louisa Woollums.    		Hardin Franklin Sharp biographical entry in book about Henry Sharp and descendants. Includes material on Ritha S. Walker and her daughter Louisa Woollums.
    Elizabeth Cobb Steward Eastwood and Helen Sharp Wickliffe, comp., Henry Sharp (c. 1737-1800) of Sussex County New Jersey and Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Lydia Morgan and some of their Descendants. . . . (Cleveland, Oh.: n.p., 1975), 68, for Hardin Franklin "Frank" Sharp.

  • Notes 
    • Research avenue:

      In searching for Louisa Woollums I ran onto a Fieldon/Fielding/Field Woolums who had a son Elijah Walker Woollums. His wife's name was Matilda J. Walker. Both born in Ohio of Elijah Walker and Magdelen Dial/Diehl.

      Interesting research path?

  • Sources 
    1. [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.

    2. [S1850] "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 20 April 2013), entry for Ritha Journey, certificate no. 11, Clinton County, 9 January 1840; FHL film no. 1,570,831; Illinois Department of Health, Division of Vital Records, Springfield.

    3. [S1851] John M. Journey (Pvt., Co. F, 49th Ill. Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 262,224, certificate no. 186,802, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C. .
      [My page no. 62]

    4. [S1129] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 35, for the Collins Walker Bible.

    5. [S1131] Louise Gillespie Lynch, Bible Records Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee: Lynch, 1970), 40, for the McMillan Gaelic Bible.

    6. [S1348] 1850 U. S. census, Humphreys County, Tennessee, population schedule, [no township], p. 289 (verso, penned), p. 145 (verso, stamped), dwelling 754, family 754, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Nov 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 884.

    7. [S1358] 1860 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Middle Division, Danielsville, p. 49 (penned), p. 226 (stamped), dwelling 347, family 347, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2007); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247. .

    8. [S3337] "U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 22 April 2013), entry for soldier Alexander H. Woolums (pvt., Co. A, Illinois Inf., Union, Civil War), dependent minor's application no. 161203, certificate no. 123455, filed 23 May 1868, for guardian J. M. Journey [Louise A. Woollums, minor, not named]; citing General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA, microfilm publication T288, 546 rolls [specific roll not cited].

    9. [S1851] John M. Journey (Pvt., Co. F, 49th Ill. Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 262,224, certificate no. 186,802, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C. .

    10. [S1852] 1880 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED) 84, p. 28 (penned), p. 522 (stamped, verso), dwelling 19, family 19, J. M. Journey household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 182; FHL film no. 1,254,182.

    11. [S1853] 1900 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED)4, sheet 15B, p. 168 (stamped, verso), dwelling 307, family 328, Salina Journey household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 243.

    12. [S1854] 1910 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 4A, p. 58 (stamped, recto), dwelling 87, family 87, Celia [Salina] Journey household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 236.

    13. [S1855] 1920 U.S. census, Clinton County, Illinois, population schedule, Carlyle, Carlyle township, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 7A, p. 85 (stamped, recto), dwelling 165, family 170, Ritha S. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 304.

    14. [S3327] 1910 U.S. census, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, 14th Precinct (320 S. Olympia St.), enumeration district (ED) 55, sheet 4A (penned), p. 231 (stamped, recto), dwelling 81, family 81, Harold H. Heno household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 520.

    15. [S108] Sherry J. Kilgore, comp., Dickson County, Tennessee: Marriages 1817-1856 (Nashville, Tn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987), entry for Elijah Walker and Polly McMillian, p. 30 (1835).

    16. [S5085] FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619127) > Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 > Dickson > Marriage records, 1817-1836 > images 1134-37, Elijah Walker-Polly McMillan [McMillan], licensed 30 March 1835, marriage 2 April 1835; FHL film 497,399; [Courthouse Annex, Charlotte.].

    17. [S1847] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011), for Alexander Woollums-Ritha S. Walker, Dickson County, [book not stated]: 45, license no. 1499, 27 December 1852, and return, 28 December 1852; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

    18. [S1851] John M. Journey (Pvt., Co. F, 49th Ill. Inf., Civil War), pension application no. 262,224, certificate no. 186,802, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D. C. , Declaration of Minor Children for Pension (18 May 1868).
      [My page 8, stating that Alexander Woollums died in Nashville, Tennessee, of measles on 7 April 1865, and Ritha married John M. Journey on 7 June 1866.]

    19. [S1849] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 6 December 2011), entry for John W. "Journay" [John M. Journey]-"Eratha Woolums" [Ritha (Walker) Woollums], Clinton County (1866); citing Clinton County, marriage book 2: 19, license no. 11.


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