Earl Theodore Walker b. 31 Mar 1894 Howell County, Missouri, USA d. 21 Sep 1983 Howell County, Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1894 - 1983 (89 years)

Name	Earl Theodore Walker [1, 2]
Born	31 Mar 1894	Howell County, Missouri, USA [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
NEWS	13 Sep 1918	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA [5]
	In the Mountain View Standard: \"Public Sale I will sell at my place, known as the Tom Walker farm, 4 1/2 miles south-west of Mountain View, on the old Willow Springs Road, on Tuesday, September 17 The Following Property To-wit: 3 horses consisting of sorrel mare, 5 years old, weigh 1100, in foal by jack; bay mare, 5 years old, weigh 1100, in foal by jack; bay mare, 4 years old, weigh 1000, not bred; 13 head of cattle consisting of 5 milk cows, yearling heifer, yearling steer, 6 calves, crop in field, 9 acres corn, 2 acres beans, about 3 tons good hay in barn, good set double harness, and good set single harness. Sale Begins Promptly at 10 O\'clock Terms of Sale?On all sums of $5 and under, cash; on all sums over $5 a note with approved security will be taken for 8 months, bearing interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of sale; four per cent off for cash on all sums over $5. All accounts must be settled before goods are removed. Earl Walker W. M. Robbins, Auctioneer\"
NEWS	4 Jul 1919	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA [6]
	In the Mountain View Standard: \"Earl Walker and family have moved back from Liberal, Mo. They will go to housekeeping soon, on his brother\'s farm, we understand.\"
Census	20 Jan 1920	Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [7]
	1. Walker, T. N., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205 2. _____, Earl, son, male, white, 25, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, own account, farm schedule no. 205 3. _____, Grace, daughter [daughter in law], female, white, 22, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Lenah [Lena], daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 5. _____, Donald, grandson, male, white, 1 year [8] months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Residence	13 May 1920	Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Mary Walker was born in a shed located in the area of the present-day Bill Walker farmhouse - before the house was built there. It belonged to Tom Walker, and was part of the original Crowder homestead. The shed was used for various purposes later, including a chicken house. Living in it together were Earl, Grace, their two children, and Earl's father Tom.
Newspaper Article	31 Dec 1920	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
	From the Mountain View Standard: \"Earl Walker and family of Brandsville spent Christmas here with relatives.\"),(
NEWS	9 Jun 1921	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [9]
	Excerpt of article about a retiring mail carrier: \"When the government changed the mail route it was necessary to re-advertise the contract. Earl Walker of Mountain View, was the lowest bidder getting the contract for $1500 a year. Over the new route it is 60 miles from West Plains to Bakersfield and return . . . .\"
Land	1922	Near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Earl bought 44 acres [extra 4 due to correction line] of the original Crowder place from his dad.
Residence	Abt 1923	Brushy Knob, Douglas County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Grace and Earl were living around Brushy Knob in Oregon Co MO. Earl was working off a $200 debt - probably doing some building for Harold Sauer, his sister Elsie's husband.
Residence	Abt 1926	Collier Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Doyne lost at Collier Place, _____-_____-1926, Howell County, Missouri.
Residence	Abt 1927	Floyd Koonce Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Grace and Earl and family lived for at least two years on the Floyd Koonce place while Floyd was in Oklahoma. Jack was born on the place, helping to fix the date.
Residence	Abt 1929	Sedgwick Place, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
Event-Misc	1930	Walker farm, near Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Built the present house on the farm in this year, completed prior to Dad's birth. Daddy was born there that September. They may have lived in a little chicken house on the place prior to that.
Census	24 Apr 1930	Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [10]
	1. Walker, Earl T., head, owns, farm, male, white, 36, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, farming, general farm, employed, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 196 2. _____, Grace M., wife, female, whtie, 32, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, no occupation 3. _____, Donald E., son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Mary O., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Phyllis W., daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Dora [Doyne] E., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. _____, Newel [Newell] B., son, male, white, 3 years 9 months, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Anecdote	Abt 1935	Howell County, Missouri, USA
	Family story about Earl Walker getting work on a road building crew during the Depression, as dictated by his son Bill to his son Scott, Christmas break, 2014: "In 1938, the state went to work on Highway 17 through Mountain View, Missouri, about a mile south of the farm. It was the middle of the depression and jobs were VERY hard to come by, and Earl T went to see if he could get work on the road crew. He approached the men where they worked, asked who was in charge, and was directed to the foreman, who was standing nearby. "I have a family to support and I'm looking for some work," he said. The work was extremely difficult physical labor, using picks and shovels and pure manpower to create the roadway. Earl T was about 5' 6" and weighed no more than 135 pounds. The foreman looked him up and down. "We already have plenty of good men on this crew," he sniffed, and turned away. Earl T walked away and watched a bit. He noticed a better dressed man also watching, and asked one of the crew who he was. "That's the head man for the whole road. He don't usually come down here." Earl walked up to this boss and repeated his request for work. The boss pointed at the foreman and said "You'll have to talk to him. He's the foreman." "I already talked to him, and that son of a bitch don't know a good man when he sees one," Earl answered. The boss grinned. "All right, why don't you get down there with them boys clearing rocks and let's see what you can do." They did not have to watch long to learn that Earl T was as tough as anyone one on the crew, and he stuck. As time went on, they needed more trained horse teams and wagons and they hired Earl to bring his team in. His team did not even need a driver, responding perfectly to voice commands from Earl. This meant Earl got a good raise, being paid for his team as well as his own labor. Earl T spent the rest of the summer finishing the road into town with the crew. When the job was over, Earl was voted "best man on the road" and given a new hat in recognition of his efforts. It was something he was always proud of. (In another variation of this story, Earl got the job by challenging the boss, saying "I'll go to work over there breaking rocks for nothing, and if I don't outwork the rest of them, you don't have to keep me or pay me.")
Census	25 Apr 1940	Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [11]
	1. Walker, Earl, head, male, white, 46, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935, employed for pay, 60 hours, farmer, farm, own account, 52 weeks, income $250, no other income 2. _____, Grace, wife, female, white, 42, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, same house 1935 3. _____, Phyllis, daughter, female, white, 18, single, attending school, completed high school, Missouri, same house 1935, not employed 4. _____, Doyne daughter, female, white, 15, single, attending school, completed 1 year high school, Missouri, same house 1935 5. _____, Newell, son, male, white, 13, attending school, completed grade 7, Missouri, same house 1935 6. _____, William, son, male, white, 9, attending school, completed grade 5, Missouri, same house 1935 7. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, completed grade 1, Missouri, same house 1935 8. _____, Maxwell, son, male, white, 5, not attending school, Missouri, same house 1935 9. _____, Leon, son, male, white, 3, Missouri, same house 1935 10. _____, Norman, son, male, white, 1, Missouri, same house 1935 11. _____, Tom N., father, male, whtie, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same house 1935, not employed, retired farmer, income $180
Medical	As a young man, Earl had had his first physical for WWI. He was working with a steel mallet and a metal splinter went into his eye. The eye healed and looked nearly normal--just a little scar/milkiness, not really noticeable. But he was always blind in that eye. He learned to compensate for depth perception because he was an excellent shot and he could hit a nail squarely on the head. [Per my dad.] May have kept him out of WWI.
Medical	From my father: Earl was born with a very short tongue. It was \"clipped\" by their doctor when he was an infant, to give it more motion. He could never stick his tongue out of his mouth very far--just far enough to see it.
Residence	Note written by Bill Walker (my father, and the son of Grace & Earl Walker): "In Oct 1917 they were married. They lived until Jan 1919 in the old Crowder Place. When it burned, my folks moved to Liberal MO In 1930 they moved to the new (present) farm house. During the 10 intervening years they must have lived SOMEWHERE. That somewhere included the Maw place, the home place, Brandsville, West Plains, Brushy Knob, Koonce Place, Sedgewick place and finally 'the farm.' " [8]
Died	21 Sep 1983	Howell County, Missouri, USA [2, 12]
Buried	Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA [2]
Person ID	I3430	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	2 Mar 2019

Father	Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker, b. 29 Jan 1858, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 5 Sep 1942, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
Mother	Phoebe Tennessee "Tennie" Crowder, b. 11 Jan 1858, Giles County, Tennessee, USA , d. 7 Apr 1913, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 55 years)
Married	30 Dec 1877	T. C. Bolerjack's home, Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [13, 14, 15, 16]
	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 Grace Milicene Campbell, b. 18 Jan 1898, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 14 May 1983, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)

Married 11 Oct 1917 West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [1, 18]

Earl and Grace were married in a hotel lobby in West Plains, in a double ceremony with Lee and Bertha Flood. [17]

Children

+	1. Donald Earl Walker, b. 9 Jul 1918, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 13 May 2006, Upland, San Bernardino County, California, USA (Age 87 years)
+	2. Mary Odessa Walker, b. 13 May 1920, Missouri, USA , d. 1 Jan 2006, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years)
+	3. Phyllis Westley Tennessee Walker, b. 16 Feb 1922, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 28 Nov 2008, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 86 years)
+	4. Doyne Elizabeth Walker
+	5. Newell Boyd "Jack" Walker
+	6. William Dewey "Bill" Walker, b. 28 Sep 1930, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 5 Sep 2021, Hearthstone Beaverton, Hart Road, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA (Age 90 years)
+	7. Grace Irene "Irene" Walker
+	8. Maxwell Henry "Max" Walker
+	9. Julius Leon "Leon" Walker, b. 19 Jul 1936, Missouri, USA , d. 27 Dec 2020, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
+	10. Norman Paul "Paul" Walker

Last Modified 27 Oct 2013

Family ID F1104 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Earl Theodore Walker, born 31 March 1884, Howell County, Missouri.
Earl in front of his farmhouse in Howell County, probably in the early 1940s.
Notes
See attached sources. [8]

Sources

[S314] Walker, Earl - marriage license, (Marriage license, Earl T. Walker and Grace M. Campbell, Howell County, Missouri, Howell County Recorder's Office, West Plains, Missouri (11 Oct 1917); licenses filed chronologically.).
[S41] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Walker Chapel, (County Road 2980, near Trask, Howell County, Missouri), marker for Earl T. Walker (31 March 1894 - 21 Sept 1983) (Reliability: 3).
Earl T. Walker, 31 March 1894 - 21 Sept 1983
[S4116] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 January 2014), Earl Walker, serial no. [illegible], order no. 57, Local Board for Howell County, West Plains, 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.
[S4119] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 January 2014), entry for Earl Walker, September 1983, SS no. 445-18-0056.
[S5591] \"Public Sale,\" Mountain View (Missouri) Standard, 13 September 1918, p. 2, cols. 4-5; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 March 2019).
[S5592] \"Pond District,\" Mountain View (Missouri) Standard, 4 July 1919, p. 2, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 March 2019).
[S2653] 1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 90, sheet 18A, p. 281, (stamped, recto), dwelling 370, family 385, T. N. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.
[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.).
[S5567] ?15 Years a Star Route Carrier: Sam Endecott to Retire the Last of June,? The West Plains Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), 9 June 1921, p. 1, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 February 2019).
[S4117] 1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 46-6, sheets 1A-B, pp. 50a-b (stamped), dwelling 210, family 211, Earl T. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1191.
[S4118] 1940 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 46-6, sheet 9B, p. 63 (stamped, verso), household no. 192, Earl Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 January 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2113.
[S457] SSDI - Ancestry.com, (Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Index," database, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com/)), entry for Earl Walker, SS no. 445-18-0056 (September 1983) (Reliability: 3).
Name: Earl Walker
SSN: 445-18-0056
Last Residence: 65548 Mountain View, Howell, Missouri, United States of America
Born: 31 Mar 1894
Died: Sep 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951 )
[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
[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.
[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.
[S4370] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book B:155, Thomas Walker-Tennessee Crowder, 1877, certificate and return; Recorder’s Office, West Plains.
[S315] Walker, Grace (Campbell) - Oral History, (Informal conversations with Grace M. (Campbell) Walker, the author's grandmother, from 1960 until her death in 1983).
[S3974] Howell County, Missouri, application and affidavit for marriage license, license no. 192, Earl T. Walker-Grace M. Campbell, 11 October 1917; digital images, "Missouri, County Marriage Records, 1819-1969," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 October 2013).