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Roy Helton Walker

Roy Helton Walker

Male 1891 - 1969  (78 years)

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  • Name Roy Helton Walker  [1, 2] 
    Born 9 Sep 1891  Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 14 Jun 1900  Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 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
    Occupation Abt 1908  [6] 
    Began teaching in rural schools at age 17. His first school may have been Trask, in Howell County.

    Taught schools and farmed in Missouri North Dakota between 1908-1919.
    1919-1936 lived in Brandsville as mail carrier.
    1936-1944 carried mail in Gainesville FL, rural route no. 3.
    1944-1955 Lake Park, GA carried mail
    Lifelong democrat.
    Died 26 Sept 1969 [conflicts] 
    Census 15 Apr 1910  Agency township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 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
    NEWS 18 Nov 1910  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mountain View Standard:

    "Roy Walker called at James Campbell's Sunday." 
    Residence 9 Mar 1917  Powers Lake, Burke County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11] 
    Birth of daughter Margaret in North Dakota. 
    Newspaper Article 11 May 1917  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Mountain View Standard:

    "Mr. and Mrs. Roy Walker returned from North Dakota, Tuesday. Roy has taught school up there the past winter." 
    World War I Draft Registration 5 Jun 1917  Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    NEWS 8 Aug 1919  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Mountain View Standard:

    "Roy Walker of Hutton Valley, has been appointed a rural carrier at Brandsville and began his duties a few days ago. He was in this city the first of the week. Mr. Walker, who is a prominent teacher of this county, was employed in North Dakota for the summer when notified of his appointment as rural carrier at Brandsville. Gazette." 
    Census 3 Jan 1920  North Main St., Brandsville, Howell township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 1. Walker, Roy H., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 28, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, mail clerk, rural route
      2. _____, Emma B., wife, female, white, 26, married, can read and write, Missouri, Pennsylvania, U.S., housewife, own home
      3. _____, Barbara, daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Byron H., son, male, white, 4 4/12, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      5. _____, Margaret, daughter, female, white 2 9/12, North Dakota, Missouri, Missouri
      6. _____, Gordon L., son, male, white, 7/12, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri

      [the following were also in the home, with no new dwelling or family number, but enumerated as "head" and "wife"; this is clearly an error since he also owns his own home with a mortgage, unless they both purchased it together]
      7. Forester, Manuel, head, owns, mortgage, male, white, 24, married can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, laborer, railroad station
      8. _____, Verna, wife, female, white, 24, married can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, house wife, own house
    Census 2 Apr 1930  Brandsville, Howell township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • 1. Walker, Roy , head, owns, value $2000, has a radio set, not a farm, male, white, 38, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, mail carrier, rural route, not a veteran
      2. _____, Blanche, wife, female, white, 37, married, first married age 20, attended school his year, can read and write, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Missouri
      3. _____, Barbara, daughter, female, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      4. _____, Byron, son, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      5. _____, Margaret, daughter, female, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, North Dakota, Missouri, Missouri
      6. _____, Thomas, male, white, 9, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      7. _____, Katherine, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
      8. _____, Jean, daughter, female, white, 2 3/12, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
    Newspaper Article 15 Oct 1936  West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    In the \"Shady Grove\" column:
    \"Mrs. Roy Walker had a sale Thursday and she and her children are leaving soon to join her husband, Roy Walker, who has been mail carrier at Brandsville for several years, but has recently traded for a route in Florida and is there working. We We regret to lose them from our community, however we can only wish them success in their new home.\" 
    Residence 16 Oct 1936  Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Moved to Gainesville on this date. 
    Directory 1942  Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Roy H. and Blanche Walker listed together in one household. Roy was a rural mail carrier on post office route RD3. 
    Court Jul 1942  [15] 
    According to Roy in his divorce suit, the month and year that Blanche "deserted" him in Gainesville to return to Mountain View. However, Blanche's letter to the court, 5 August 1944, was sent from Corpus Christi, Texas. Daughter Jean obtained her doctorate there, possibly Blanche was visiting her. 
    Directory 1944  2950 N. 6th (Oak Park), Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    In 1944, the year of their divorce, Roy was listed alone, without Blanche in Gainesville, and was still a mail carrier on a rural route 
    Residence 1955  Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Roy's SSDI record indicates that his Social Security Number was issued in 1955 in Georgia. 
    Died 21 Sep 1969  Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 18] 
    Obituary 27 Sep 1969  Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • Obituary, Roy Helton Walker, Gainesville (Florida) Sun
      Roy Helton Walker, 78, 2130 NW 23rd Blvd., died Friday in Alachua General Hospital.
      A native of Missouri, Walker was a retired mail carrier, and a member of the Unitarian Church.
      He is survived by his widow, Vera; five daughters, Mrs. Barbara Herring, Miami; Mrs. Margaret Libertus, Cabool, Mo.; Mrs. Katherin Grisham, Cabool; Dr. Jean Walker, Roll, Mo; and Mrs. Leona Epstein, New Orleans; three sons, Biron H. Walker, Gainesville; Thomas Walker, Ironton, Mo; and Roscoe Cruce, Gainesville; 20 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
    Person ID I3425  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2022 

    Father Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1858, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1942, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder,   b. 11 Jan 1858, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1913, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1877  T. C. Bolerjack's home, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 23] 
    • 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."
    Family ID F1036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emma Blanche Sipe,   b. 8 Mar 1893,   d. 19 Mar 1969  (Age 76 years) 
    Married May 1913  Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 24] 
    • 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).
    Divorced 25 Sep 1944  Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [25, 26] 
    Children 
    +1. Barbara Walker,   b. 10 Feb 1914, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1999, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Biron Helton Walker,   b. 31 Aug 1915, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1994, Alachua County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +3. Margaret Paulena Walker
     4. Gordon Lee Walker,   b. 21 May 1919, Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1921, Brandsville, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +5. John Thomas "Thomas" Walker
    +6. Kathryn Walker
     7. Dr. Emma Jean Walker
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F1162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Vera Ellison,   b. 8 Feb 1912, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1979, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married After 1944  [25, 27] 
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F1229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Ewell Smith household, 1910 census, Muskogee, Oklahoma, including Ida, Luther, and Roy.    		Ewell Smith household, 1910 census, Muskogee, Oklahoma, including Ida, Luther, and Roy.
    1910 U.S. census, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Agency township, enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 18A, p. 156 (stamped, recto), dwelling 28, family 28, Ewell Smith household; digital images, _Ancestry.com_ (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1263.

  • Notes 
    • Blanche and Roy were given the old Trask School to teach together for the school year 1913/1914. County school records in the county courthouse in West Plains contain a loose note for that year, which Roy signed - it indicated a future commitment to either Roy or Blanche staying with the children through the lunch hour. This is probably indicative of the fact that Roy and Blanche, newly wed, or about to be, disappeared together during the lunch hour.

  • Sources 
    1. [S325] Walker, Roy H. - interview with dau Kathryn Grisham, (Interview with Kathryn (Walker) Grisham (PO Box 305, Cabool, MO), by William D. Walker, at the coffee shop in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, in the 1990's; regarding her father, Roy Helton Walker, and family.).

    2. [S4077] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 January 2014), Roy Helton Walker, serial no. 1148, order no. 11, Hutton Valley no. 2, Howell County, Missouri; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,683,220.

    3. [S360] Walker - Roy Helton (e-mail gr grandaughter Jordan Lee Dupree), (Jordan Lee Dupree [e-mail for private use], to the author, e-mail, 10 May 2007; regarding her great grandfather, Roy Helton Walker, grandfather, John Thomas Walker, and families).

    4. [S4083] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 January 2014), entry for Roy Walker, September 1969, SS no. 254-258-3009.

    5. [S2651] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 9B (penned), p. 31 (stamped, verso), dwelling 176, household 177, Thomas N. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.

    6. [S73] Walker, William D. Walker (memories), (Informal conversations and interviews with William D. Walker (Beaverton, Oregon), by his daughter, Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 to the present (2007); regarding the history of the Walker, Campbell, Crowder, and DeBoard families.).

    7. [S2668] 1910 U.S. census, Muskokee County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Agency township, enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 18A, p. 156 (stamped, recto), dwelling 28, family 28, Ewell Smith household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1263.

    8. [S6627] "Pond District" Mountain View Standard (Mountain View, Mo.), 18 November 1910, p. 3, col. 1, item for Roy Walker; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 3 June 2022).

    9. [S2688] 1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Brandsville, enumeration district (ED) 92, sheet 2B (penned), p. 20, (stamped, verso), dwelling 35, family 35, Roy H. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.

    10. [S2689] 1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Howell township, enumeration district (ED) 46-7, sheet 1A, p. 52 (stamped, recto), dwelling 5, family 5, Roy Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1191.

    11. [S2694] Margaret Walker Libertus, obituary, 1 April 1987, The Gainesville (Florida) Sun, p. 28, col. 5; digital image, Google News (http://news.google.com/newspapers : accessed 6 Oct 2012).

    12. [S6624] "Center Hill" Mountain View Standard (Mountain View, Mo.), 11 May 1917, p. 2, col. 6; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 3 June 2022).

    13. [S6625] "Appointed A Rural Carrier" Mountain View Standard (Mountain View, Mo.), 8 August 1919, p. 6, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 3 June 2022).

    14. [S5564] ?Center Hill,? The West Plains Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), 15 October 1936, p. 4, col. 4, item regarding the Roy Walker family; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 February 2019).

    15. [S4099] Alachua County, Florida, Eighth Judicial Circuit in Chancery, divorce file no. 2146 NC 000002 (1944), Roy H. Walker vs. Blanche Walker, final decree; filed in Book EE:454; Circuit and County Court, Gainesville.

    16. [S4075] Miller's Gainesville, Fla., City Directory (Ashville, N.C.: Southern Directory Co., June 1942), Vol. V (1942-1943), 324, entry for Roy H. Walker and wife Blanche; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2014). .

    17. [S4076] Miller's Gainesville, Fla., City Directory (Ashville, N.C.: Southern Directory Co., Sept. 1942), Vol. VI (1944-1945), 341, entry for Roy H. Walker [no wife]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2014). .

    18. [S325] Walker, Roy H. - interview with dau Kathryn Grisham, (Interview with Kathryn (Walker) Grisham (PO Box 305, Cabool, MO), by William D. Walker, at the coffee shop in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, in the 1990's; regarding her father, Roy Helton Walker, and family.).
      «i»
      Kathryn, his daughter, gave the year of his death as 21 Sept 1970. The Social Security Death Index gives his death as Sept 1969. I am guessing that the day (the 21st) may be correct.«/i»

    19. [S2687] "Obituaries: Roy Helton Walker," Gainesville (Florida) Sun, 27 September 1969, p. 4, col. 4. [Digital image provided by Alachua County, Florida, library system.] .

    20. [S309] Missouri, Howell - Mountain View Standard Newspaper, Missouri.
      «b»Mrs. T.N. Walker«/b»
      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. Shel 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

    21. [S2262] The collected letters and documents of Della Eveline (Walker) Warren Lonnem (now deceased); these documents passed from Della Lonnem to her daughter, Faith (Lonnem) Quick; from Faith to her niece, Jesse Keenon (granddaughter of Della Lonnem); photocopied, 1996, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC); original documents in the possession of Jesse Keenon (Muskogee, Oklahoma), 2007.

    22. [S2649] Howell County, Missouri, marriage certificate, Marriage Book [1877]: 105, D. A. Thomas Walker-Tennessee Crowder, 30 December 1877; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

    23. [S4370] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book B:155, Thomas Walker-Tennessee Crowder, 1877, certificate and return; Recorder’s Office, West Plains.

    24. [S75] Missouri, Howell - 1930 U.S. Census, (1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Brandsville (city), Howell township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 46-7, Sheet 1A, Dwelling 5, Family 5, Roy Walker household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).
      «i»The 1930 census indicates that Roy was age 21 at the time of his marriage, and Blanche was age 20. This, together with the birth of their first child in February 1914, would indicate a marriage year of 1913.]«/i»

    25. [S2690] "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 January 2014), entry for Roy H. Walker-Blanche Walker, 1944, Alachua Florida, vol. 270, certificate no. 13209; citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville; index provided to FamilySearch by Ancestry.com.

    26. [S4084] Jim Ballard (Health Services Manager, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jacksonville, Fla.) to author (address for private use), email, 9 January 2014, subject "RE: HPEVS 01 2014 #060 (divorce record req: Roy H. Walker-Blanche (née Sipes) Walker, 1944, Alachua Co, FL.".

    27. [S4081] "Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 6 December 2014), Marion County, divorce vol. 272, certificate no. 14169, for Vera Cruce and C. J. Cruce (1944).


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