James C. Walker

Abt 1868 - 1891  (~ 23 years)

• Name	James C. Walker  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1867-1868	Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Jul 1891	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Buried	Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I4553	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Samuel A. Walker,   b. Apr 1832, Illinois, USA ,   d. After 1910  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Eliza Ann Ward,   b. Between 1837-1840, Indiana, USA ,   d. After 1910  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	3 Aug 1854	St. Louis, Missouri, USA   [6]
  	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. [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  James C. Walker, probate index, after 1888 (probably 1891), Macoupin County, Illinois "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2011), Macoupin County, Probate Index, vol. B (1881-1910), "W" and "1890" [image no. 190],entry for the estate of James C. Walker, administratrix Eliza A. Walker, [no date]; citing original records of the Macoupin County court,…

  
  

• Notes

  A James C. Walker was buried at Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County; his stone offers the death date as "July 4, 1891" and although it does not offer a birth date it states that he was age 24, calculating to an approximate birth year of 1867. A James Walker appears as the son of Samuel and Eliza A. (Ward) Walker in the 1880 Macoupin County census. He was age 12, calculating to a birth year of 1868 The Macoupin County probate index has an entry for the estate of James C. Walker, administratrix Eliza A. Walker. While no specific date is attached to the record, the page is headed "1888" indicating that the estate was processed after 1888, in the natural sequence of "W" estates and probates Wayne Cemetery is where Stephen/Steven A. Sutton, the first husband of Samuel and Eliza's daughter Sarah, was buried. In the 1900 Macoupin Co census enumeration Eliza is recorded as having borne 6 children, 5 of whom were living. Sarah, Jacob, and Jonathan/John were known to be living after 1910, leaving only Mary, Frank, and James as the possibly deceased child. It is probable that the James C. Walker who died 4 July 1891 was James Walker, the son of Samuel and Eliza A. (Ward) Walker.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S1979] "Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois," database and some digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 January 2012), entry for James C. Walker (1891), Find A Grave memorial no. 39054099. [S1978] "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819-1970," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 25 November 2011), Macoupin County, Probate Index, vol. B (1881-1910), "W" and "1890" [image no. 190],entry for the estate of James C. Walker, administratrix Eliza A. Walker, [no date]; citing original records of the Macoupin County court, Carlinville. [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. [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.