Susan M. Walker

Abt 1823 -

• Name	Susan M. Walker  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1823	Illinois, USA
  Gender	Female
  Census	2 Nov 1850	Township 7N 6W, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	1. Best, Joseph, 50, male, farmer, 700, North Carolina 2. _____, Susan, 27, female, Illinois 3. _____, Fanny, 12, female, Illinois 4. _____, Mary, 10, female, Illinois 5. Alhousen, Samuel, 10, male, Illinois 6. _____, Henry, 8, male, Illinois 7. _____, Christian [Christina], 7, female, Illinois 8. Best, Henry, 6, male, Illinois 9. Alhousen, James, 6, male, Illinois 10. _____, Masoura, 4, female, Missouri [Though the name is clearly spelled as "Christian," she is designated female. In light of Elvin Best appearing in the home of "Christina" Cullaron, age 28, in the 1860 Macoupin County census.
  Census	26 Sep 1860	Township 7 Range 6, Staunton (post office), Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	1. Best, Joseph, 62, male, farmer, real estate $880, personal $200, North Carolina 2. _____, Susan, 38, female, Illinois 3. _____, Missouri, 13, female, Missouri 4. _____, Elvin, 10, male, Missouri
  Parents	Susan is consistently named as a daughter of Samuel Allen Walker based on her 1839 marriage to Charles N. Ohlhousen. She was underage and the marriage required her father's consent. See "Ohlhousen Notes 1" and "Ohlhousen Notes 2," both from Darryl Morrison (Richland, WA), by way of Lawson "Stan" Howland, with whom I have communicated by email on several occasions. He sent me two pages of Darryl's work, email dated 18 June 2014, containing references to this permission. I have obtained copies of the certificate and the filing for Susan's marriage, but neither references a permission. WPA records indicate that permissions were required for underage brides and were filed. I called the county clerk, who assured me that I have all of the records available for this marriage. I contact an archivist at the Illinois State Archives who stated that those records are all retained in the counties, and the archives has none of them. I sent a sub-contracted researcher in person to search for the document and she had no more success than I did. On 19 June 2014 I called Darryl Morrison in Richland, WA (509-375-1125) and left a message with both my phone number and my email address, telling him my interest and asking for a contact.  [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I4416	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel Allen Walker,   b. Abt 1785, Amherst County, Virginia, USA ,   d. After 1860  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	[First Wife],   d. Between 1823-1826
  Family ID	F1546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charles N. Ohlhousen,   d. 1846-1849
  Married	25 Jun 1839	Rock Island County, Illinois, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  	Susan was not of age and her father had to grant permission for her to marry, thus identifying her as the daughter of Samuel A. Walker. Marriage license does not reflect this. Another marriage record somewhere?
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Alexander Ohlhousen,   b. Abt 1840, Illinois, USA   2. Henry Ohlhousen,   b. Abt 1842, Illinois, USA + 3. Christina Ohlhousen,   b. Abt 1843, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1900  (Age ~ 58 years) + 4. Ann Missouri Allhousing,   b. Abt 1846, Illinois, USA ,   d. 1869  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F1545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph Best,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina, USA
  Married	10 Sep 1849	Madison County, Illinois, USA   [9, 10]
  	"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B2K-5Y4 : 22 August 2021), film 005203007 > image 496 of 724, for Joseph Best-Susan Allhousen, Madison County (1849); county clerk, Edwardsville.
  Children	+ 1. Elvin Elliot Best,   b. 24 Jul 1850, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1935, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F1547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Joseph and Susan (Walker) Allhousen Best, 1850 Macoupin County, Illinois, census 1850 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 7N 6W, p. 628 (penned, top right), p. 317 (stamped, recto), dwelling 7, family 7, Joseph Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 November 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 118.
  		Susan M. Walker-Charles N. Olhousen, marriage and return, 1839, Rock Island Co IL Rock Island County, Illinois, Marriage Book A:8, Charles N. Olhousen-Susan M. Walker, 15 June 1839; FHL microfilm 1,428,580, item 4.
  		Marriage certificate, 1839, to Charles N. Ohlhausen Rock Island County, Illinois, Marriage Book A:8, certificate no. 79, Charles N. Ohlhausen-Susan M. Walker, 15 June 1839.
  		Marriage, Susan (Walker) Allhousen to Joseph Best, 1848, Madison Co IL "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B2K-5Y4 : 22 August 2021), film 005203007 > image 496 of 724, for Joseph Best-Susan Allhousen, Madison County (1849); county clerk, Edwardsville.

  
  

• Notes

  Susan is consistently named as a daughter of Samuel Allen Walker based on her 1839 marriage to Charles N. Ohlhousen. She was underage and the marriage required her father's consent. See "Ohlhousen Notes 1" and "Ohlhousen Notes 2," both from Darryl Morrison (Richland, WA), by way of Lawson "Stan" Howland, with whom I have communicated by email on several occasions. He sent me two pages of Darryl's work, email dated 18 June 2014, containing references to this permission. I have obtained copies of the certificate and the filing for Susan's marriage, but neither references a permission. WPA records indicate that permissions were required for underage brides and were filed. I called the county clerk, who assured me that I have all of the records available for this marriage. I contact an archivist at the Illinois State Archives who stated that those records are all retained in the counties, and the archives has none of them. I sent a sub-contracted researcher in person to search for the document and she had no more success than I did. On 19 June 2014 I called Darryl Morrison in Richland, WA (509-375-1125) and left a message with both my phone number and my email address, telling him my interest and asking for a contact.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4361] Darryl Morrison (Richland, Wash.), snippets from his research notes on Charles N. Ohlhousen and wife Susan M. Walker. Mr. Morrison’s wife descends from William Thompson and a sister of Charles Ohlhousen. He shared his notes in 2001 with Lawson “Stan” Howland (showland@cableone.net). . [S4362] Illinois Historical Records Survey Project Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration, _No. 81: Rock island County_ (Chicago: Illinois Historical Records Survey Project, December 1939), 116-117; digital image, _Internet Archive_ (https://archive.org/ : downloaded 29 April 2014). [S4363] Lawson Howland ("Stan") to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 18 June 2014, subject "Thomas M. Walker, son of John L. Walker, Macoupin Co IL". [S1802] 1850 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 7N 6W, p. 628 (penned, top right), p. 317 (stamped, recto), dwelling 7, family 7, Joseph Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 November 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 118. [S3104] 1860 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 7 Range 6, Staunton (post office), p. 257(penned, top left), p. 437 (penned, top right), dwelling 1841, family 1815, Joseph Best household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 January 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206. . [S1713] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 5 November 2011), entry for Charles E Ohlhousen-Susan M. Walker, Rock Island County (1839); citing [book and page not stated], license no. 2663. [S4201] Rock Island County, Illinois, Marriage Book A:8, Charles N. Olhousen-Susan M. Walker, 15 June 1839; FHL microfilm 1,428,580, item 4. [S4360] Lawson Howland (showland@cableone.net), “Paul-Dunlap-Jenrich-Schumacher Tree,” tree pages, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 June 2014), for Susan M. Walker. Attached media, “Susan M. Walker,” details Samuel A. Walker’s written permission for Susan to marry Charles N. Ohlhousen, 1839, Rock Island County, Illinois. [S1714] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 8 November 2011), entry for Joseph Best-Mrs. Susan Allhousen, Madison County (1849); citing book 6: 86, license no. 422. [S6428] "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B2K-5Y4 : 22 August 2021), film 005203007 > image 496 of 724, for Joseph Best-Susan Allhousen, Madison County (1849); county clerk, Edwardsville.