Nancy A. Best

Abt 1825 -

• Name	Nancy A. Best  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 1824–1825	Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	22 Jun 1880	Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	1. Walker, Nancy A., head, white, female, 56, widowed, farming, [can read, implied], cannot write, Tennessee, North Carolina, North Carolina 2. _____, Lavinia, white, female, 19, daughter, single, keeping house, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee 3. _____, Julius E., white, male, 15, daughter, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee 4. _____, Leonora, white, female, 13, daughter, attending school, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee [By the age and name, "Julius E.," age 15 in this census is probably the same person as "Ephraim," age 6 in the 1870 census home of Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker. He is recorded here as a male, but "daughter" is erroneously recorded in the sex column.]
  Person ID	I4433	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Aaron Walker, [Possible Son],   b. Abt 1819, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Mar 1880, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1839	Madison County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Sarilda Walker,   b. 29 Jun 1840, Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 13 May 1874, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA  (Age 33 years)   2. Elizabeth Walker,   b. Abt 1842, Illinois, USA ,   d. After March 1880  (Age ~ 38 years) + 3. Nancy F. Walker,   b. Abt 1844, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1910  (Age ~ 67 years) + 4. Clarissa Clementine Walker,   b. 3 Oct 1847, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1906, Navarro County, Texas, USA  (Age 58 years)   5. Henry Aaron Walker,   b. Abt 1850, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. After March 1880  (Age ~ 30 years) + 6. William Walker,   b. Abt 1851, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1900  (Age ~ 50 years)   7. Maria Walker,   b. Abt 1852, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. Between 1870-1880  (Age ~ 28 years) + 8. Hiram Wesley Walker,   b. 15 Dec 1853, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 16 Jan 1927, Omphghent, Madison County, Illinois, USA  (Age 73 years)   9. Lavina Walker,   b. Abt 1860, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. After March 1880  (Age ~ 20 years)   10. Julius Ephraim Walker,   b. Abt 1864, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1880  (Age ~ 17 years)   11. Leanora Walker,   b. Abt 1866, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1880  (Age ~ 15 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2012
  Family ID	F1552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Nancy (Best) Walker, widow of Aaron Walker, 1880, Macoupin County, Illinois, census 1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester township, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 25 (penned), p. 167 (stamped, recto), dwelling 173, family 183, Nancy A. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Dec 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232; FHL film…
  		Appointment of Nancy A. (Best) Walker as administrtrix of the estate of her husband Aaron Walker's estate, March 1880. Macoupin County, Illinois, Administrators Records, Vol. E:30a, appointment of adminstratirx for estate of Aaron Walker (1880); "Illinois, Probate Records, 1772-1999," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 7 March 2016). [Page number appears on right page of spread only.]
  		Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker, 1840 Madison County, Illinois, census 1840 U.S. census, Madison County, Illinois, Omph Gent [Omphghent] precinct, pp. 71–72 (penned), p. 108 (stamped), line 16, Aaron Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 January 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 64.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1733] "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2011), for Hiram Wesley Walker, died Omphghent, Madison County (1927); citing Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, FHL film no. 1,613,726. Naming his parents as "Arron Walker" and "Nancy Best." [S2014] 1880 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Dorchester township, enumeration district (ED) 114, p. 25 (penned), p. 167 (stamped, recto), dwelling 173, family 183, Nancy A. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Dec 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 232; FHL film no. 1,254,232. [S1626] 1850 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, "townships 7 and 8, range 6 West," p. [no penned no.], p. 320 (stamped, recto), dwelling 1, family 1, Aaron Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 118. [S1734] 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 Aaron Walker-Nancy Best, Madison County (1839); citing marriage book 6: 44, license no. 739.