Othal Thomas Walker b. 16 Jul 1897 Summersville, Texas County, Missouri, USA d. 8 Aug 1977 American Fork Hospital, American Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA: Our Family History

1897 - 1977 (80 years)

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Name	Othal Thomas Walker [1]
Born	16 Jul 1897	Summersville, Texas County, Missouri, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Physical Description	24 Aug 1918 [1]
	Brown eyes, red hair
Residence	24 Aug 1918	Dallas Center, Dallas County, Iowa, USA [1]
	Employed on the Walker McElvey farm.
Census	16 Jan 1920	Carroll township, Texas County, Missouri, USA [3]
	1. Walker, Lance H., head, owns, farm, male, white, 45, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 27 2. _____, Cora, wife, female, white, 41, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee 3. _____, Edith, daughter, female, white, 24, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, teacher, public school 4. _____, Othal, son, male, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, bookkeeper, bank 5. _____, Hollis, son, male, white, 17, single, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, laborer, general farm 6. _____. Sylvester, son, male, white, 15, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 7. _____, Clyde, son, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 8. _____, Everett, son, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 9. _____, Wilma, daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 10. _____, Howard, son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 11. _____, Raymond, son, male, white, 1 [7/12?], Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
Census	15 Mar 1920	Ree Heights township, Hand County, South Dakota, USA [4]
	1. Walker, Othal T., head, [obscure notation in category for "rent or own"?possibly "un" for "unknown?"], male, white, 22, single, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, asst cashier, bank [Living circumstance not clear. Defined as a single-person household, in a list of several single-person households, many employed in town, a few farm labor. Likely an apartment/boarding situation.]
Residence	1935	9th and H Ave., Carter Lake, Iowa, USA [5]
Census	2 May 1940	9th and H. Ave., Carter Lake, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA [5]
	1. Walker, Otho T., head, male, white, 44, divorced, completed 4 years of high school, Missouri, same house 1935, employed for pay, 48 hours, contractor/carpenter, building construction, own account, employed 52 weeks, has other income 2. Deichmann, Elsie, housekeeper, female, white, 23, married, completed grade 8, Nebraska, lived in rural Merrick, Nebraska in 1935, employed for pay, 84 hours per week, housekeeper, private family, private work, $200, has other source of income 3. _____, Jimmie, housekeeper son, male, white, 4, Nebraska
Residence	Nov 1957	Powell, Park County, Wyoming, USA [6]
	His father's obituary, about November or December 1957, stated that Othal was a resident of Powell, Wyoming.
Residence	4 Oct 1968	Liberal, Barton County, Kansas, USA [7]
	When on this date Othal married Beth Compton in Joplin, the license state that he was "of Liberal in the County of Barton," as was the bride.
SSDI	Aug 1977	Orem, Utah County, Utah, USA [8]
	Name: Othal Walker SSN: 508-20-3941 Last Residence: Orem, Utah, Utah, USA (84057) Born: 16 Jul 1897 Last Benefit: 84601 Provo, Utah, Utah, United States of America Died: Aug 1977 State (Year) SSN issued: Nebraska (Before 1951)
Died	8 Aug 1977	American Fork Hospital, American Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA [9]
Residence	Abt 1992-1997	Orem, Utah County, Idaho, USA [9]
	Othal's obituary states that he had lived in Orem for five years.
Obituary	8 Aug 1997	Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA [9]
	Obituary of Othal Thomas Walker, The Daily Herald (Provo) Othol T. Walker Othol Thomas Walker, 86, of 697 N. State, Orem, died Monday, Aug. 9, 1977 at American Fork Hospital following a heart attack. Born July 16, 1897 in Summersville, Mo., to Helton Alance and Cora Ellen Burke Walker, he married Elsie Pieper in 1941 in Rockport, Mo. She died in August 1946. He had lived in Orem for five years and was a member of the Orem 36th LDS Ward. Survivors include one son, James J. Walker, Pittsburg, Kan.; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; six brothers and two sisters, Hollis Walker, Clyde Walker, Kenneth Walker, all of Liberal, Mo., Everett Walker, St. Joseph, Mo.; Howard Walker, Riverton, Wyo.; E. S. "Vees" Walker, Powell Wyo.; Mrs. Mrtle Reeder, Mulburry, Kans.; Wilma Abbiel, Phoenix, Ariz. He was preceded in death by a sister, Edith Hart, and two grandchildren. Funeral services and burial will be Thursday in Powell, Wyo. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Orem Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
RESEARCH	Ancestry sources indicate that Othal had a son with Carrie Clark, Kirksville, who later married William Moots. The child was "Matthew Billy William Owen Walker Moots" according to the file. He went by his step-father's name of Moots. See poster Brenda King Hanson, Walker/Martin/Westbrook Family Tree (Old), at https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7181612/person/402044460373/facts
RESEARCH	Othal's relationship with Elsie Mae Peiper is not completely clear: August 1935, Elsie Mae Pieper marries Hans Deichmann. 13 March 1936, "Mrs. Elsie Deichmann is rejoicing" at the birth of her son, Jimmie Joe, presumably in Merrick County, NE, where the birth notice was published in Central City. 19 May 1937 Othel marries "Elsie Mae Beebe," in Richardson Co NE July 1938, article stating Elsie Deichman is remarrying Hans Deichmann, article appears in Leigh, Colfax Co NE 1940 census, Pottawattamie Co IA shows Othal Walker's household with housekeeper Elsie Deichmann and "housekeeper son," apparent name Jimmie Deichmann, age 4, born Nebraska. Othal's 1997 obit states he has one son, "James J. Walker," living in Pittsburg KS
Person ID	I3563	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	27 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 [10, 11]
	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 1 Carrie Mae Clark, POSSIBLE

Children

1. Matthew William "Billie" Owen Walker, Moots, b. 7 Jan 1927, Kirksville, Missouri

, d. 27 Jun 2015, Camden County, Missouri, USA

(Age 88 years)

Last Modified 27 Jan 2022

Family ID F3272 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Elsie Mae Pieper, b. Abt 1910, Nebraska, USA

Married 19 May 1937 Richardson County, Nebraska, USA [2, 12]

Divorced Y [13]

Divorced or separated before July 1938? Newspaper article stating that Elsie Deichmann of Omaha is remarrying Hans Deickmann (citing an Omaha paper).

"Deichmanns Re-married

A notice of a marriage license granted to Hans Deichmann, of Leigh, and Elsie Deichmann, of Omaha, was published in the Omaha World Herald on Wednesday."

Narrative Newspaper article mentioning Elsie, but about her father, helps to clarify name:

"Herman Pieper is Victim of Many Ailments

Herman Pieper, who was seriously hurt November 5, 1935, spent six months in the Bailey Hospital at Lincoln. Mrs. Pieper moved her family to Omaha so that she might find work. Mr. Pieper has been getting around by the use of a cane, but his condition has gotten steadily worse. He has again entered the Baily Hospital to undergo treatment. He had a crushed pelvis, a double fracture of the right knee and a split tibia. A portion of the leg has never come back to normal, being paralyzed. His daughter, Mrs. Elsie Deichmann, and grandson, Jimmie Joe, have returned home from Sioux City. They will make their home for the time being with Mrs. Pieper and children. The Piepers were residents of Merrick county for 19 years, and resided ten years in Central City." [14]

Narrative Othal's obit states that he has a son, James J. Walker, of Pittsburg KS. Was he Othal's son, born into the Deichmann marriage, but later took the name Walker?

Children

1. James J. "Jimmie Joe" Deichmann, POSSIBLE

Last Modified 22 Jan 2022

Family ID F1239 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	Beth L. Compton, b. Abt 1898
Married	4 Oct 1968	Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA [7]
	The groom was 71 and the bride was 70.
Last Modified	18 Sep 2013
Family ID	F1996	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

[S3827] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2013), Othal Thomas Walker, serial no. 7-A, reg. no. 207, Local Board for Dallas County, Iowa; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509 (4,582 rolls); FHL roll no. 1,642,995.
[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).
[S3814] 1920 U.S. census, Texas County, Missouri, population schedule, Carroll township, enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 5A (penned), p. 35 (stamped, recto), dwelling 31, family 31, Lance H. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 965.
[S6475] 1920 U.S. census, Hand County, South Dakota, population schedule, Ree Heights township, enumeration district (ED) 178, sheet 11B (penned, recto), p. 250 (stamped, verso), dwelling 177, family 206, Othal T. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/53054317:6061 : accessed 23 December 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1718.
[S3829] 1940 U.S. census, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, population schedule, Carter Lake (9th and Avenue H), enumeration district (ED) 78-14A, sheet 1A, p. 122 (stamped, recto), household no. 4, Otho T. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1198.
[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.
[S3828] Jasper County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1968]: 524, license no. 805 and return, Othal T. Walker-Beth L. Compton, 4 October 1968; 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.
[S3830] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2013), entry for Othal Walker, August 1977, SS no. 508-30-3941.
[S3831] "Local Obituaries: Othal T. Walker," The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), 8 August 1977, p. 4. col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 18 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.
[S6468] "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-YFT4 : 8 June 2021), Otho Thomas Walker,-Elsie Mae Beebe (1937)..
[S6470] "Deichmanns Re-married" The Leigh World (Leigh, Neb.), 15 July 1938, p. 1, col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 22 January 2022).
[S6469] "Herman Pieper is Victim of Many Ailments" Central City Republican-Nonpareil (Central City, Neb.), 18 February 1937, p. 8, col. 5; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 19 January 2022).