Samuel A. Walker b. Apr 1832 Illinois, USA d. After 1910: Our Family History

1832 - 1910 (~ 78 years)

Name	Samuel A. Walker
Born	Apr 1832	Illinois, USA
Gender	Male
Census	5 Sep 1860	Dorchester, Township 7 Range 7, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA [1]
	1. Walker, Samuel, 27, male, farmer, [no real estate value stated], personal $300, Illinois 2. _____, Eliza, 20, female, "Inn" [Indiana?] 3. _____, Sarah, 5, female, Ill 4. _____, Jacob, 2, male, Ill 5. _____, Jonathan, 3 months, male, Illinois
Missing Census	1870
	Samuel and Eliza have not been located in the 1870 census.
Census	14 Jun 1880	Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA [2]
	1. Walker, Samuel, white, male, 48, married, day laborer, Illinois, Georgia, Tenessee 2. _____, Eliza, white, female, 43, wife, married, keeping house, Indiana, Tennessee, Indiana 3. _____, Sarah, white, female, 24, daughter, single, does housework, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana 4. _____, Jonathan, white, male, 20, son, single, works on farm, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana 4. _____, Mary, white, female, 16, daughter, single, does housework, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana 5. _____, Frank, white, male, 14, son, works on farm, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana 6. _____, James, white, male, 12, son, attends school, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana
Census	1 Jun 1900	Gillespie, Gillespie township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA [3]
	1. Walker, Samuel A., head, white, male, April 1832, 68, married, married 45 years, Illinois, Georgia, Ireland, day laborer, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Elisa A., wife, white, female, May 1837, 62, married, married 45 years, 10 children 4 living, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, can read and write
Census	21 Apr 1910	Gillespie, Gillespie township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA [4]
	1. Walker, Samuel A., head, male, white, 77, first marriage, married 56 years, Illinois, Tennessee, Ireland, own income, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Eliza A., wife, female, white, 73, first marriage, married 56 years, 6 children 5 living, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, can read and write 3. Snook, Jacob, son in law, male, white, 58, [fourth?] marriage, married 3 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, laborer, flour mill, can read and write 4. _____, Sarah, daughter, female, white, 55, [second?] marriage, married 3 years, no children none living, Illinois, Illinois, Indiana, can read and write
Died	After 1910 [4]
Death	5 Dec 1921	Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA [5]
	name: Jacob A. Walker titles and terms (original): death date: 05 Dec 1921 death place: Bloomington, McLean, Illinois gender: Male marital status: race or color: age: 64 estimated birth year: 1857 birth date: 22 Sep 1857 birthplace: Bunkerville, Illinois father: Samuel Walker father's titles and terms (original): father's birth place: Do not know mother: Eliza Ward mother's titles and terms (original): mother's birth place: Do not known, Indiania occupation: Miner residence: Bloomington, McLean, Illinois street address: spouse: Mrs. M. Walker spouse's titles and terms (original): spouse's birthplace: burial date: 07 Dec 1921 burial place: cemetery: Bloomington informant: additional relatives: digital folder number: 4008117 image number: 1934 film number: 1570827 volume/page/certificate number: 40352
Death	8 Aug 1932	Wood River, Madison County, Illinois, USA [6]
	name: Sarah E. Snook titles and terms (original): death date: 08 Aug 1932 death place: Wood River, Madison, Illinois gender: Female marital status: race or color: age: 77 estimated birth year: 1855 birth date: 10 Jun 1855 birthplace: Staunton, Illinois father: father's titles and terms (original): father's birth place: Illinois mother: mother's titles and terms (original): mother's birth place: Indiana occupation: housework residence: Gillespie, Illinois street address: spouse: Jacob Snook spouse's titles and terms (original): spouse's birthplace: burial date: 10 Aug 1932 burial place: Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois cemetery: Gillespie Cemetery informant: additional relatives: digital folder number: 4008351 image number: 1478 film number: 1684572 volume/page/certificate number: 543
Death	19 Nov 1937	Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA [7]
	John M. Walker titles and terms (original): death date: 19 Nov 1937 death place: Litchfield, Montgomery, Illinois gender: Male marital status: race or color: age: 79 estimated birth year: 1858 birth date: 29 May 1858 birthplace: Dorchester, Ill. father: Samuel Walker father's titles and terms (original): father's birth place: Indiana mother: Eliza Ward mother's titles and terms (original): mother's birth place: Indiana occupation: Painter residence: Gillespie, Macoupin, Ill. street address: spouse: Mary Walker spouse's titles and terms (original): spouse's birthplace: burial date: 21 Nov 1937 burial place: Gillespie, Macoupin, Ill. cemetery: Gillespie informant: additional relatives: digital folder number: 4030800 image number: 269 film number: 1787129
Person ID	I4364	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	4 Feb 2013

Father	Jacob Walker, b. Abt 1793, Georgia, USA , d. 3 Mar 1855, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 62 years)
Mother	Agnes McLean, b. Abt 1795, North Carolina, USA , d. After 1858 (Age ~ 64 years)
Married	Feb 1811	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [8]
Notes	Jacob's bounty land warrant file (the portion after Agnes was applying as widow) states that Jacob and Agnes had ten children together and near;y 50 years of marriage.
Family ID	F1448	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Father	Jehu's father Walker
Family ID	F1589	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Eliza Ann Ward, b. Between 1837-1840, Indiana, USA , d. After 1910 (Age ~ 71 years)

Married 3 Aug 1854 St. Louis, Missouri, USA [10]

It appears to have been not unusual for couples from Macoupin and Madison County to marry in St. Louis.

An Eliza Ann Ward is listed among the congregation of Round Prairie Church, Macoupin County; she joined the church "by letter" on 18 May 1853, and "removed her membership to Dorchester." Joining by letter on the same date were "J. G. Ward" and "Sarah Ward."

Additionally, the Illinois death index for John M. Walker states that his parents were Samuel Walker and Eliza Ann Ward. John M. was born 29 May 1858, in Dorchester, Illinois, and died on 19 November 1937 in Montgomery County, Illinois.

This is strong evidence that the St. Louis marriage was that of the subject Samuel Walker. [7, 9]

Children

	1. Sarah Walker, b. 10 Jun 1855, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA , d. 8 Aug 1932, Wood River, Madison County, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)
	2. Jacob A. Walker, b. 22 Sep 1857, Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA , d. 5 Dec 1921, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA (Age 64 years)
+	3. John G. Walker, b. 29 May 1860, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA , d. 19 Nov 1937, Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)
	4. Mary Walker, b. Abt 1864, Illinois, USA
	5. Frank Walker, b. Abt 1866, Illinois, USA
	6. James C. Walker, b. Abt 1867-1868, Illinois, USA , d. 4 Jul 1891, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 23 years)

Last Modified 6 Jan 2012

Family ID F1590 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		Samuel Walker (possible son of Jacob and Agnes Walker), 1860 Macoupin County, Illinois, census 1860 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester, Township 7 Range 7, p. 13 (penned), p. 543 (penned, recto), dwelling 94, family 94, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206; FHL film no. 803,206.
		Samuel Walker (possible son of Jacob and Agnes), 1900 Macoupin County, Illinois, census 1900 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie, Gillespie township, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 1B, [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 20, family 21, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 324.
		Samuel Walker (possibly son of Jacob and Agnes), 1880, Macoupin County, Illinois, census 1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie, enumeration district (ED) 115, p. 15 (penned), p. 178 (stamped, recto), dwelling 124, family 124, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232; FHL film no.…
		Samuel Walker (possibly son of Jacob and Agnes), 1910 Macoupin County, Illinois, census 1910 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie township, enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 6A, p. 227 (stamped, recto), dwelling 102, family 102, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 308.
		Hearing for conservatorship of Jehu Walker, filed by Samuel A. Walker and the state of Illinois, hearing 10 May 1894, Logan County, Illinois "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2011), Logan County, Probate Journal, vol. 19 (1894-1896), p. 99 [image no. 78], State of Illinois and Samuel Al Walker petition for appointment of a conservator for Jehu Walker, 10 May 1895, citing original records of the Logan…
		Conservator R. E. Dorsey appointed for Jehu Walker, "insane," and his estate, petitioned for by Samuel A. Walker and the State of Illinois "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 8 December 2011), Logan County, Probate Journal, vol. 19 (1894-1896), p. 103 [image no. 80], appointment of R. E. Dorsey as conservator for Jehu Walker, 12 May 1894, citing original records of the Logan County court, Lincoln.
		Bond posted for R. E. Dorsey, conservator for Jehu Walker, "insane." "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 8 December 2011), Logan County, Probate Journal, vol. 19 (1894-1896), p. 108 [image no. 83], bond posted by R. E. Dorsey as conservator for Jehu Walker, 12 May 1894, citing original records of the Logan County court, Lincoln.

Notes

Illinois Supreme Court case (1898) regarding Jehu Walker, born abourt 1813. Case reporter offers information that he had a brother in Macoupin County named Samuel, a deceased brother named Joseph (husband of the living Barbara Walker of Macoupin County), and a sister named Mary Best, residing in Texas.

Since Mary (Walker) Best is found in the home of Archalaus Walker in 1850 Madison Co IL, and is listed in sequence with children of Jacob and Agnes Walker, it has been assumed that Mary was the daughter of Jacob and Agnes. Additionally, Mary is found in Texas in 1900, and the court case mentions that Mary Best was residing in Texas, but was back in Illinois for a while at the period of the events being discussed (about 1892-1893).

This is indirect evidence that Samuel Walker was the son of Jacob and Agnes Walker. [11, 12]
This Samuel A. is close to the age of the Samuel A. who was a son of Phillip V. Walker. The two should not be confused. Phillip's Samuel moved to Gentry County, Missouri, with the rest of his family, and is found there in census from 1860 onward.

Sources

[S1663] 1860 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester, Township 7 Range 7, p. 13 (penned), p. 543 (penned, recto), dwelling 94, family 94, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206; FHL film no. 803,206.
[S1664] 1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie, enumeration district (ED) 115, p. 15 (penned), p. 178 (stamped, recto), dwelling 124, family 124, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232; FHL film no. 1,254,232.
[S1665] 1900 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie, Gillespie township, enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 1B, [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 20, family 21, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 324.
[S1666] 1910 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Gillespie township, enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 6A, p. 227 (stamped, recto), dwelling 102, family 102, Samuel Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 308.
[S1969] "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 January 2011), entry for Jacob A. Walker, McLean County (1921); citing McLean County deaths, [vol. and p. and not stated], certificate no. 40352; FHL film no. 1,570,827.
[S1960] "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 January 2011), entry for Sarah E. Snook, Macoupin County (1932); citing Macoupin County deaths, [vol. and p. and not stated], certificate no. 543; FHL film no. 1,684,572.
[S1875] "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2011), entry for John M. Walker [John G. Walker], Montgomery County (1937); FHL film no. 1,787,129; citing Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield, Illinois.
[S1401] Jacob Walker (Pvt. Capt. Adkins' Co., Col. Napier's Regt, Tenn. Mil., War of 1812), bounty land warrant file 48,610 (Act of 1855); Case Files of Pension and Bounty Land Applications Based on Service between 1812 and 1855; Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1960; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
[S1876] "Round Hill Church" database, Welcome to Macoupin County, Illinois, a division of Genealogy Trails (http://genealogytrails.com : accessed 10 December 2011), listing of members of Round Hill Church, Macoupin County; contributed by Crystal Jensen; citing original church records held by the Bunker Hill Public Library, Bunker Hill, Illinois. .
[S1874] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2011), St. Louis County, [vol. not stated]: 447, for Samuel Walker-Eliza Ann Ward (1854); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
[S1662] West’s Northeastern Reporter: Supreme Courts of Massachussetts, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Appellate Court of Indiana, and the Court of Appeals of New York, vol. 50, April 29-July 22 1898 (St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1898), 1015–1019, Dorsey v. Wolcott et al; digital image, GoogleBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 24 October 2011); hereinafter cited as Dorsey v. Wolcott, Northeastern Reporter, vol. 50: 1015 (1898).
[S1661] Isaac Newton Phillips, Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, vol. 173, Containing Cases in Which Opinions were filed in April and June, 1898, and Cases in which Rehearings were denied at the June Term, 1898 (Bloomington, Ill.: Isaac Newton Phillips, 1898), 539–552; digital image, GoogleBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 24 October 2011); hereinafter cited as Dorsey v. Wolcott, 173 Phillips Ill. 539 (1898).