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Angelica Walker

Angelica Walker

Female Abt 1836 - 1877  (~ 41 years)

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  • Name Angelica Walker  [1] 
    Born Abt 1836  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Female 
    Alt. Birth 27 Dec 1836  [3] 
    Census 1840  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Phillip V. Walker household
    1 male 5-10 [Samuel A., abt 6]
    1 male 20-30 [Philip V. Walker, abt 26-28]
    1 female under 5 [Angelica, abt 4]
    1 female 20-30 [Frances (Best) Walker, abt 23]
    4 total
    2 persons who cannot read or write 
    Census 2 Nov 1850  Township 7N Range 6W, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    1. Walker, Philip "B." [V.], 36, male, farmer, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    2. _____, Fances [Frances], 33, female, North Carolina
    3. _____, Saml [Samuel] A., 16, male, laborer, Illinois
    4. _____, Angilico, 14, female, Illinois
    5. _____, Fetna, 10, female, Illinois
    6. _____, Anthon G., 5, male, Illinois  
    Census 27 Sep 1860  Staunton, Township 7 Range 6, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    1. Best, Elbert, 24, male, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $370, Illinois, cannot read or write
    2. _____, Angelica, 24, female, Illinois
    3. _____, Charles, 3, male, Illinois 
    Migration Between 1864-1870  [6] 
    Son James was born about 1864 in Illinois (probably Macoupin County), and the family was enumerated in 1870 in Gentry County, Missouri. 
    Census 25 Jul 1870  Albany, Bogle township, Gentry County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    1. Best, Elbert, 34, male, white, farmer, real estate value $4000, personal $1125, Illinois, cannot read or write
    2. _____, Angelica, 33, female, white, keeping house, Illinois
    3. _____, Charles, 12, male, white, Illinois, attending school
    4. _____, James W., 6, male, white, Illinois
    5. _____, Stephen, 36, male, white, farm hand, [no real estate value], personal $275, Illinois, cannot read or write 
    Alt. Name
    "Angilico"  [5] 
    Died Between 1870-1877  Gentry County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    • Elbert Best, Angelica's husband, was enumerated in 1880 as a widower, with a two-year-old son, suggesting that Angelica may have died in childbirth in 1878. In conflict with this, numerous unsourced internet sources offer a death year for Angelica of 1874. Supporting her earlier death, Stephen Best's 1954 death certificate states that his parents were Elbert Best and Ruth Davis, and he was born on 25 October 1877. No Missouri or Illinois marriage record has been located for Elbert Best and Ruth Davis, but it is likely that Angelica died prior to 1877, possibly in 1874, as purported, and that Elbert had a brief marriage or liaison with a Ruth Davis, resulting in the birth of Stephen L. Best. [7]
    • A specific death date of 31 March 1874 is offered by the Norma Jeane Bell family group sheet. this fits with known evidence. [3]
    Person ID I4191  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2011 

    Father Phillip V. Walker, [Possible son],   b. Abt 1812, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1862 and 1869, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Frances Best,   b. Abt 1815, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1880  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Alt. Marriage 14 May 1833  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Married 19 May 1833  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F1464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elbert Best,   b. Abt 1836, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1880  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married 6 Oct 1856  Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • 6 OCtober is technically the licensing date. A marriage date of 9 October 1856 is offered by the Norma Jeane Bell family group sheet for Philip V. and Frances (Best) Walker, and may be the correct date. [3]
    Children 
     1. Charles Edward Best,   b. 25 Dec 1857, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1931, Wilson township, Gentry County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. James Wesley Best,   b. 20 Jul 1864, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1918, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F1531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Angelica (Walker) Best, daughter of Philip V. Walker, 1860 Macoupin Co IL census    		Angelica (Walker) Best, daughter of Philip V. Walker, 1860 Macoupin Co IL census
    1860 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton, Township 7 Range 6, p. 253 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 1853, family 1826, Elbert Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206; FHL film no. 803,206.
    Angelica (Walker) Best, daughter of Philip V., 1870 Gentry Co MO census    		Angelica (Walker) Best, daughter of Philip V., 1870 Gentry Co MO census
    1870 U.S. census, Gentry County, Missouri, population schedule, Albany, Bogle township, p. 16-17 (penned), p. 559-600 (stamped), dwelling 114, family 119, Elbert Best household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 776.
    Elbert Best, widower of Angelica Walker, 1880 Gentry County, Missouri, census    		Elbert Best, widower of Angelica Walker, 1880 Gentry County, Missouri, census
    1880 U. S. census, Gentry County, Missouri, population schedule, Huggins township, enumeration district (ED) 277, p. 7 (penned), p. 519 (stamped), dwelling 57, family 57, Elbert Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 687; FHL film no.…
    Death certificate of Stephen L. Walker, son of Elbert Walker, 1954, Gentry County, Missouri.    		Death certificate of Stephen L. Walker, son of Elbert Walker, 1954, Gentry County, Missouri.
    Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 30 October 2011), for Stephen L. Best, certificate no. 851, Gentry County (1954).
    James Wesley Best, son of Elbert and Angelica (Walker) Best, death certificate, 1918, Buchanan County, Missouri    		James Wesley Best, son of Elbert and Angelica (Walker) Best, death certificate, 1918, Buchanan County, Missouri
    Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 30 October 2011), for James Wesley Best, certificate no. 31759, Buchanan County (1918).
    Philip V. Walker, 1840 Macoupin County, Illinois, census    		Philip V. Walker, 1840 Macoupin County, Illinois, census
    1840 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, [township not stated], [no penned p. no.], p. 39 (stamped), line 12, Phillip V. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 64.
    Family group sheet of Philip V. Walker and his wife Frances Best, prepared by descendant Norma Jean Bell.    		Family group sheet of Philip V. Walker and his wife Frances Best, prepared by descendant Norma Jean Bell.
    Family group sheet, Phillip V. Walker (1812-1865) and Frances Best (1815-1899); compiled by Norma Jeane Belle (address for private use), 1986; digital image, sent to the author by David Walker (davidwalker@juno.com), December 2011. Both Ms. Belle and Mr. Walker are direct line descendants of Anthony Green Walker, son of Phillip V. and Frances…

  • Sources 
    1. [S1689] 1860 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton, Township 7 Range 6, p. 253 (penned), [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 1853, family 1826, Elbert Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206; FHL film no. 803,206.

    2. [S1240] Illinois, Macoupin - census 1850 (Ancestry), Illinois, Macoupin County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    3. [S1912] Family group sheet, Phillip V. Walker (1812-1865) and Frances Best (1815-1899); compiled by Norma Jeane Belle (address for private use), 1986; digital image, sent to the author by David Walker (davidwalker@juno.com), December 2011. Both Ms. Belle and Mr. Walker are direct line descendants of Anthony Green Walker, son of Phillip V. and Frances (Best) Walker.

    4. [S1697] 1840 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, [township not stated], [no penned p. no.], p. 39 (stamped), line 12, Phillip V. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 64.

    5. [S1676] 1850 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 7N Range 6W," p. [no penned no.], p. 317 (stamped, recto), dwelling 1, family 1, Philip B. [V.] Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 118.

    6. [S1690] 1870 U.S. census, Gentry County, Missouri, population schedule, Albany, Bogle township, p. 16-17 (penned), p. 559-600 (stamped), dwelling 114, family 119, Elbert Best household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 776.

    7. [S1692] Missouri Secretary of State, “Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960,” digital images, Missouri State Archives (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 30 October 2011), for Stephen L. Best, certificate no. 851, Gentry County (1954). .

    8. [S1691] 1880 U. S. census, Gentry County, Missouri, population schedule, Huggins township, enumeration district (ED) 277, p. 7 (penned), p. 519 (stamped), dwelling 57, family 57, Elbert Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 687; FHL film no. 1,254,687.

    9. [S1912] Family group sheet, Phillip V. Walker (1812-1865) and Frances Best (1815-1899); compiled by Norma Jeane Belle (address for private use), 1986; digital image, sent to the author by David Walker (davidwalker@juno.com), December 2011. Both Ms. Belle and Mr. Walker are direct line descendants of Anthony Green Walker, son of Phillip V. and Frances (Best) Walker., citing Book 3: 1045.

    10. [S1675] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 26 October 2011), entry for Philip V. Walker-Frances Best, Macoupin County (1833); citing Macoupin County Marriage Book 1: [p. not stated], license no. 82.

    11. [S1680] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 28 October 2011), entry for Elbert Best-Angellaco Walker, Macoupin County (1856); citing [book and page not stated], license no. 2663.


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