William E. "Bud" Walker^[1]

1856 - 1893  (37 years)

• Name	William E. "Bud" Walker  [2, 3]
  Born	31 Jan 1856	Tennessee, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	9 Jul 1860	Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  	1. Walker, R., 31, male, school teacher, [no real estate value], personal $200, Tennessee 2. _____, Easter E., 22, female, Tennessee 3. _____, E. J. [Eudocia J.], 5, female, Tennessee 4. _____, Wm, 4, male, Tennessee 5. _____, "Ann T." [see note below], 2, female, Tennessee 6. _____, Mary C., 5 months, female, Tennessee [Living next door to Esther's mother, Bedie (Clark) Thornton. "Ann T." listed in census was doubtless a misinterpretation. Son Thomas Newell was the right age for this position in the family, all of the other children are correctly named. It is possible that the initials "T. N." were reversed to "N. T." which sounds very like "Ann T."]
  Census	13 Jun 1870	Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  	1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee 2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee 3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee 4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write 5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write 6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write 7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee 8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee 9, _____, Coantha L., white, female, white, Tennessee 10. _____, Martha J., white, female, 5 months, Tennessee, born in January 11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Hutton Valley township, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  	1. Walker, Wm. U., white, male, 24, married, tanner, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 2. _____, Cinthy J., white, female, 19, wife, married, keeping house, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Levi H., white, male, 11/12, son, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri [William's middle initial in this enumeration was interpreted by Ancestry.com as a "W." However, a study of the enumerator's handwriting makes it more likely that it was intended as a "U." Since William's middle name was "Euen," this is an understandable error on the part of the recorder.
  Land Entry	Nov 1881	Hutton Valley, Howell County, MIssouri, USA   [8]
  	William entered for 80 acres in the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 20, Twp 27N, R 8W.
  Illness	March-June 1887	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	Bud's homestead proof states that he was away from his land from March to June of 1887 when he was "unable to work the land," returning when he was "better." Could this illness have been related to his early death in 1893?
  Occupation	July-August 1887  [8]
  	Bud's homestead proof states that he was away from his land for July and August of 1887 to haul dirt for the railroad. Presumably this work was necessary for the support of his family, to make up for the crops that he was unable plant in the spring.
  Land Entry	Nov 1888	Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [8]
  	From his own statements in November 1888, William E. Walker's home was "comfortable to live in the year around." It was a "box house," with rooms 14 x 16 and 10 x 12, and had a stone chimney worth $65. It was furnished with two bedsteads, a cupboard, a sewing machine, a clock, table and chairs, and a cookstove. The farm, which had about about 167 fruit trees, and 25 cultivated acres where every season since 1879 he had raised corn, wheat, oats, and vegetables. Trees on the place were black jack, black hickory, post oak, and brush. The family kept 2 mules, 1 cow, 21 hogs, 4 sheep, and chickens. Part of the place, he stated, was "too rough and stony" to be cultivated.
  Died	15 Feb 1893	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	I have also read this stone in person. Photos of the grave are attached with the permission of the poster to FindAGrave.
  SON	8 Dec 1912	Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [9]
  	John R. Walker died 8 December 1912, Willow Springs, Howell County, MIssouri male, white, married born 1 August 1884, Willow Springs, Missouri Father: Bud Walker, born in Tennessee Mother: Jane Cox, born in Missouri Informant: Nola Kelley, Willow Springs, Missouri Cause of death: Pulmonary tuberculosis, duration 2 years Burial: Moffitt Cemetery Undertaker: E. M. Rollins, Willow Springs
  Buried	Moffitt Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri   [3]
  Person ID	I3452	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Helton Rutherford Walker,   b. 21 Oct 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1901, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Esther Elizabeth Thornton,   b. 1 Oct 1837, Alabama, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	26 Jan 1854	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F1072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cynthia Jane Cox,   b. Abt 1861, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1910-1920, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	Between 1877 and 1879  [7]
  	estimate based on her age, and age of son
  Children	1. Levi Henderson Walker,   b. 16 Jun 1879, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1936, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington  (Age 57 years)   2. Mary Walker,   b. Jun 1881, Missouri, USA ,   d. Between 1900-1910  (Age ~ 28 years) + 3. John R. Walker,   b. 1 Aug 1884, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 8 Dec 1912, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 28 years)   4. Claude Walker,   b. Feb 1887, Missouri, USA ,   d. Between 1900-1910, South Dakota, USA  (Age ~ 22 years) + 5. Nola Walker,   b. 15 Mar 1889, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 26 Oct 1948, Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi  (Age 59 years)   6. Thomas Walker,   b. 14 Apr 1891, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 3 Oct 1918, Camp Cody, Luna County, New Mexico, USA  (Age 27 years)   7. Goldie Walker,   b. 15 Sep 1892, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 12 May 1916, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 23 years)
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2012
  Family ID	F1173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William E. "Bud" Walker, photo detail of inscription on cemetery stone, Moffitt Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. "Moffitt Cemetery, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 Sept 2012), entry for William Ewin "Bud" Walker (1856-1893), memorial no. 25552223, posted by John Carroll (bluebuck70@gmail.com), 16 September 2008.
  		William E. "Bud" Walker, cemetery stone, Moffitt Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri "Moffitt Cemetery, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 Sept 2012), entry for William Ewin "Bud" Walker (1856-1893), memorial no. 25552223, posted by John Carroll (bluebuck70@gmail.com), 16 September 2008.
  		Cemetery marker, William Euan "Bud" Walker (1856-1893, Moffitt Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri.

  
  

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  [S327] Wilda (Phipps) Beasley (Gainesville, MO) to author, letters and e-mail, from the mid-1980's to 2000; Wilda Beasley was the daughter of Martha Jane Walker and James Thomas Phipps; Mrs. Beasley is now deceased. . [S940] Helton Rutherford Walker Family Bible Records, Holy Bible (publication data unavailable), loose page of family data, held by Pat Simmons [address and phone number for private use] and the Bible from which they were removed privately held by her sister, Mona; the Bible was left to Rutherford's eldest daughter, Eudocia (Walker) Stokes; from Eudocia it passed to her son, William Earnest Stokes; from William Earnest to his daughter, Clarice Marie (Stokes), who left it to her daughters, Pat and Mona (continued in their possession Jan 2008). H.R. WALKER's Bible was given to his eldest daughter, Eudocia, and down that line it came to Mona, the sister of Pat Simmons. The page of family data is our first knowledge that William had the middle initial "E." [S2614] "Moffitt Cemetery, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 Sept 2012), entry for William Ewin "Bud" Walker (1856-1893), memorial no. 25552223, posted by John Carroll (bluebuck70@gmail.com), 16 September 2008. [S940] Helton Rutherford Walker Family Bible Records, Holy Bible (publication data unavailable), loose page of family data, held by Pat Simmons [address and phone number for private use] and the Bible from which they were removed privately held by her sister, Mona; the Bible was left to Rutherford's eldest daughter, Eudocia (Walker) Stokes; from Eudocia it passed to her son, William Earnest Stokes; from William Earnest to his daughter, Clarice Marie (Stokes), who left it to her daughters, Pat and Mona (continued in their possession Jan 2008). [S2561] 1870 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, pp. 18-19 (penned), p. 531B-532A (stamped), dwelling 135, family 133, H. R. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1538. . [S2560] 1860 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Danielsville (post office), Middle Division, p. 42 (penned), p. 222 (stamped, verso), dwelling 290, family 290, R. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247. [S2612] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Hutton Valley township, enumeration district (ED) 48, p. 7 (penned), p. 387 (stamped, recto), dwelling 58, family 59, Wm U. Walker [William E. Walker] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no. 1,254,691. [S2613] William E. Walker, homestead certificate no. 3364, Ironton, Missouri, Land Office, Land Entry Files, Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. . [S2615] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 18 March 2012), for John R. Walker, certificate no. 39127, Howell County, Missouri (1912). . [S311] Helton Rutherford Walker obituary, photo copy of undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, sent to the author by Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1990. Mr. Reeves is now deceased. The State Historical Society of Missouri has searched their microfilm collection of West Plains and Mountain View (Howell County) newspapers for the obituary without success. [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.