Arcenith Walker

1845 - 1916  (71 years)

• Name	Arcenith Walker  [1]
  Born	11 Jan 1845	Madison County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	3 Aug 1861	Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  	Private, Co. K, 10th Illinois Infantry Personal Characteristics Residence EDWARDSVILLE, MADISON CO, IL Age 19 Height 5' 9 7/8 Hair BROWN Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER Nativity MADISON CO, IL Service Record Joined When AUG 3, 1861 Joined Where EDWARDSVILLE, IL Joined By Whom CPT LUSK Period 3 YRS Muster In SEP 1, 1861 Muster In Where CAIRO, IL Muster Out AUG 31, 1865 Remarks BY REASON OF EXPIRATION OF TERM
  Census	11 Jul 1870	Township 2N Range 7W, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	1. Walker, Arcenith, 25, male, white, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $300, Illinois 2. _____, Lucinda, 23, female, white, keeping house, Illinois 3. _____, John, 5, male, white, at home, Illinois 4. _____, Virginia, 3, female, white, Illinois 5. _____, Edward, 1, male, white, Illinois
  Census	4 Jun 1880	Neosho township, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  	1. Walker, [F.?] Arcenich [Arcenith], white, male, 35, husband, married, farmer, Illinois, Illinois, Virginia 2. _____, A. Lucinda, white, female, 32, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Kentucky, Kentucky 3. _____, W. John, white, male, 14, son, farm labor, attending school, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, L. Virginia, white, female, 13, daughter, at home, attending school, Michigan, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, A. Edward, white, male, 11, son, at home, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 6. _____ E. William, white, male, 9, son, at home, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 7. _____, L. Stephen, white, male, 6, son, at home, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 8. _____, A. Daniel, white, male, 5, son, at home, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 9. _____, A. Frederick, white, male, 3, son, at home, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois 10. _____, Myrtle, white, female, 2 months, born in April, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois 11. _____, Charity, white, female, 64, mother, widowed, retired, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia 12. Williams, Nettie, white, female, 30, sister, married, without occupation, Illinois, Illinois, Virginia 13. Edwards, C. Susan, white, female, 28, sister in law, married, without occupation, Illinois, Kentucky, Kentucky
  Biography	1904	Cherokee County, Kansas, USA   [1]
  	Mugbook bio of Arcenith Walker: ARCENITH F. WALKER, one of the prominent retired farmers of Neosho township, Cherokee County, who owns a well improved farm of 80 acres in section 12, township 34, range 22, was born in Madison County, Illinois, January 11, 1845, and is a son of Elijah and, Charity (Dove) Walker. The father of our subject was a farmer in Illinois for a number of years. During the gold excitement in California, in 1850, he made the overland trip to the mining regions, but never returned, his death taking place there when our subject was six years old. The mother of Arcenith F. Walker was born in Virginia, went then to Tennessee and from there to Illinois, and her death took place at Columbus, Kansas, when in her 74th year. The children of Elijah and Charity (Dove) Walker were: Mrs. Mary Morrisey, of Illinois; Cleopatra, of California; John, of Wichita, Kansas; Arcenith F., of this sketch; Mrs. Lucetta Burke, of Columbus; and Mrs. Zanetta Ellsworth, of Columbus. Mr. Walker remained on the home farm in Illinois until he was 16 years of age and then enlisted for service in the Civil War, one of the youngest soldiers to offer his loyal services to his country at that unhappy time. He entered Company K, 10th Reg., Illinois Vol. Inf., under Col. James D. Morgan, served three years and received an honorable discharge on August 24, 1864. He participated in many severe battles and served in the Atlanta campaign and in the Army of the Cumberland under General Thomas. After his return from the army, Mr. Walker resumed farming in Madison County, Illinois, and after a short residence in Missouri and Michigan, came in 1867 to Cherokee County, Kansas, driving the whole distance. Here he secured 160 acres of wild land on which he erected a box house 12 by 14 feet in dimensions and lived there until he had broken 50 acres, when he sold the property to advantage and removed to his present farm in Neosho township. As there was no house here, the family camped out until one was built. Mr. Walker worked very hard on this place, which shows the results in its good improvements, fine cultivation and general air of comfort and thrift. With his own hands he set out the beautiful walnut grove and made all the other improvements which converted it into a comfortable home. This property he now rents, having retired from active farming operations. On November 15, 1864, Mr. Walker was married to Lucinda A. Legrand, who was born in St. Clair County, Illinois, June 19, 1847, and they had nine children: John, of Lyon township; Mrs. Jennie Newton, deceased; Edward, of Lola township; William, of Lyon township; Stephen L., an attorney at Columbus, who is represented in this volume; Daniel A., a dentist at McCune, Crawford County; Frederick A., an attorney at Weir City; Richard, a student in the County High School; and Myrtle, who died at the age of one and a half years. Politically Mr. Walker is a Republican. He is a valued member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is one of the men of whom their fellow citizens speak with respect and esteem. While his life in this section has been one of much toil, he has accumulated a competency which permits him, while little past middle life, to enjoy its fruits.
  Military pension	Filed for pension 28 July 1876 Inv. pension 227,622 Widow's pension 829,992
  Died	15 Oct 1916	Cherokee County, Kansas, USA   [2]
  Buried	Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I4368	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Elijah Walker
  Mother	Charity Dove,   b. 1816-1817, Virginia, USA ,   d. Abt 1890, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Legrand,   b. 19 Jun 1847, St. Clair, Illinois, USA
  Married	15 Nov 1864  [1]
  Children	1. John Wesley Walker,   b. 7 Aug 1865, Illinois, USA ,   d. 3 Feb 1944, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA  (Age 78 years)   2. Virginia Walker,   b. Abt 1867, Michigan, USA   3. Arcenith Edward "Edward" Walker,   b. 6 Feb 1869, Freeburg, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 1934, Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA  (Age 65 years)   4. William Walker,   b. Abt 1871, Illinois, USA   5. Stephen L. Walker,   b. 22 Jun 1873, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1919  (Age 45 years)   6. Daniel Walker,   b. bt 1875, Illinois, USA   7. Frederick A. Walker,   b. 27 Sep 1877, Melrose, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 17 May 1950, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA  (Age 72 years)   8. Myrtle Walker,   b. 1 Apr 1879, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 18 Sep 1880, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA  (Age 1 years) + 9. Richard Walter "Dick" Walker,   b. 7 Jul 1884, Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1947, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F2185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Arcenith Walker, 1880 Cherokee County, Kansas, census; mother Charity (Dove) Walker in household. 1880 U. S. census, Cherokee County, Kansas, population schedule, Neosho township, enumeration district (ED) 46, p. 5 (penned), p. 550 (stamped, recto), dwelling 42, family 42, Arcenich [Arcenith] Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Jan 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 376; FHL film…

  
  

• Sources

  [S1669] "History of Cherokee County, Kansas, 1904," name index and transcribed biographies, Digital Library of the KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/ : accessed 26 October 2011), biographical entry for Arcenith F. Walker; citing Nathaniel Thompson Allison, History of Cherokee County, Kansas, and its Representative Citizens ([no publisher stated], 1904), transcribed by Justin Metcalf, student from USD 508, Baxter Springs Middle School, Baxter Springs, Kansas, 1-13-1997. [S5048] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 August 2016), memorial 21150211, 25 August 2007, by "Anonymous," for Arcenith Fisher Walker, citing Columbus City Cemetery (Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA). Image of marker. [S5056] Illinois State Archives, "Illinois Civil War Detail Report," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com : accessed 15 August 2016), entry for Arsenith F. Walker (pvt., Co. K, 10th Ill. Inf., Civil War, Union). [S4451] 1870 U. S. census, St. Clair County, Illinois, population schedule, Twp 2S Range 7W, p. 4 (penned), p. 296 (stamped, verso), dwelling 26, family 28, Arcenith Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 28 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 279. [S2088] 1880 U. S. census, Cherokee County, Kansas, population schedule, Neosho township, enumeration district (ED) 46, p. 5 (penned), p. 550 (stamped, recto), dwelling 42, family 42, Arcenich [Arcenith] Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 Jan 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 376; FHL film no. 1,254,376.