Edith Walker

1895 - 1974  (78 years)

• Name	Edith Walker
  Born	31 Oct 1895	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	15 Apr 1940	Garland Election #6, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [3]
  	1. Hart, James A., head, male, white, 32, married's, completed 4 years high school, born Nebraska, rural Park County Wyoming in 1935, farmer, farm, farm schedule 67 2. _____, Margaret Edith, wife, female, white, 44, married, attended 7 years college, born Missouri, not employed
  Education	Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming, has an Edith Walker Hart scholarship endowment, funded by the estate of Edith's husband, James A. Hart.  [4]
  Residence	Nov-Dec 1957	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [5]
  	Her father's obituary of about this date states that daughter "Mrs. James Hart" resided in Powell, Wyoming.
  Obituary	6-7 Jun 1974	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [2]
  	Obituary, Margaret Edith (Walker) Hart, Powell, Wyoming Rites for Mrs. James Hart Held Saturday at Powell Funeral services were conducted Saturday for Mrs. James (Margaret E. Hart, 78, at the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Hart, a retired school teacher and former school superintendent at Deaver, died Wednesday in Billings' St. Vincent's Hospital. Mrs. Hart was born Oct. 31, 1895, in Mountain View, Mo., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Helton A. Walker. She married James A. Hart on June 5, 1931, in Billings. She had attended schools in Missouri and Colorado and was a graduate of Greeley State Teachers College. She came to Deaver in 1926. She was a member of the American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters, Shoshone Rock Club, and a past president of East End Club. The Harts have lived many years in the Garland area.
  Died	5 Jun 1974	St. Vincent's Hospital, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA   [1]
  Buried	Crown Hill Cemetery, Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I3562	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker,   b. 10 Aug 1874, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1957, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Cora Ellen Burke,   b. 16 Apr 1878, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1969, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1894	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7, 8]
  	Lance was just 20 and Cora just 15 at the time of their marriage. Lance had the consent of his father and Cora of her guardian, illegible name, appears to be David Hicks, her maternal grandfather.
  Family ID	F1190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James A. Hart,   b. 8 Nov 1907, Brunswick, Antelope County, Nebraska, USA ,   d. 8 Jun 2002, Powell Nursing Home, Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Married	5 Jun 1931	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA   [1, 2]
  Narrative	No apparent issue. First married in 1932, no children in the 1940 census when she would have been 42, and no children mentioned in her obituary.
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F1238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker and wife Cora Burke, abt 1901 Probably about 1901, eldest three children Edith, Othal Thomas, Myrtle Annis.

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother). [S3821] "Rites for Mrs. James Hart Held Saturday at Powell," The Powell Tribune (Powell, Park County, Wyoming), June 1974; digital copy of undated clipping, sent to the author by the Park County Archives, Cody, Wyoming. Margaret Edith (nee Walker) Hart died on 5 June 1974, in Powell. Internal evidence dates the obituary to 5 or 6 June 1974. [S6467] 1940 U.S. census, Park County, Wyoming, population schedule, Garland Election #6, enumeration district (ED) 52-6, sheet 6A (penned, recto), p. 64 (stamped, recto), visited no. 113, James A. Hart household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 4574. [S3825] "Scholarships/Programs: Edith Walker Hart Scholarship Endowment," Northwest College (Powell, Wyoming) (http://www.northwestcollege.edu/ : accessed 17 September 2013); funded by the estate of James A. Hart, her husband. [S4281] “Helton A. Walker Dies Monday Night,” Liberal (Missouri) News, [n.d., after 25 November 1957], [n.p., n. col]; [likely reel no. 31257], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S3826] Rose Wenstrom, contributor, "Edith Walker Hart" database and digital image of marker, Crown Hill Cemetery (Powell, Park County, Wyoming), memorial no. 99158442, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 17 September 2013). [S3811] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1894]: 102, license and return, H. A. Walker-Cory E. Burk[e], 18 January 1894; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S3810] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license application no. 2141, H. A. Walker-Cory E. Burk, issued 9 January 1894; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.