Iva Lena Walker

1881 - 1959  (78 years)

• Name	Iva Lena Walker  [1, 2]
  	Enumerated as "Alvah L." in the 1900 census.
  Born	4 Mar 1881	Illinois, USA   [3]
  	1900 Jefferson Co IL census.
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Nov 1959  [3]
  Obituary	21 Nov 1959	Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	"Iva L. Gossett Dies At 78; Rites At Centralia "Mrs Iva Lena Gossett, 78, of 521 E. 11th, Centralia died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday after an illness of five years. "Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. today at Garnier & Sons Funeral Home in Centralia and burial will follow in the Boyd cemetery. Mrs. Gossett was the daughter of Levi V. and Winnie Louise (Parker) Walker. On October 30, 1901 she was married to John Wesley Gossett, who preceded her in death in 1949. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Iris Warner of Centralia; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Vena Hawkins of Dix."
  Buried	Boyd Cemetery, Rome township, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I3043	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Levi V. Walker,   b. 11 Apr 1836, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Mar 1923, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Winifred Louise "Winnie" Parker,   b. Feb 1851, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1937, Dix, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1880	Illinois, USA   [1]
  	1900 Jefferson County IL census states the couple has been married 20 yrs. Winnie first appears as his wife in the 1880 Jefferson Co IL census.
  Family ID	F792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Wesley Gossitt,   b. 30 Mar 1857,   d. 24 Dec 1949  (Age 92 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  	This is a tentative identification of the husband of Iva L. Walker. His name was taken from the Boyd Cemetery listing--he was the right age to be her husband.
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F1447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cannot be located in any census, except John W. after her death. Cannot be located in marriage records. Do not show up as most people would in general searches leading me to wonder if they were childless. He died two years too late for the present death index for Illinois on FamilySearch. A search of their names as parents turns up no child of theirs who died. Nothing further is known of Iva L. Walker.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3195] Jenny Ridenour, submitter, "Jefferson County, Illinois, Obituaries" transcriptions, Welcome to Jefferson County, Illinois (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ : accessed 7 March 2013), for Mrs. Winnifred Walker; no publication information. [S3241] "Iva L. Gossett Dies At 78; Rites At Centralia," The Register-News (Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois), 21 November 1959, p. 2, col. 1; digital image, NewspaperArchive (http://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 17 March 2013). [S3223] Steven Mays and Tracy L. Wright, compilers, "Jefferson County, Illinois, Boyd Cemetery," database, Genealogy Trails: Jefferson County, Illinois (http://genealogytrails.com/ill/jefferson : accessed 13 March 2013), entry for Ida L. Gossett (19 November 1959); cemetery located in Rome Township.