Henry Aaron Walker

Abt 1850 - 1880  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Henry Aaron Walker  [1, 2]
  	In the 1850 enumeration "Aaron." In the 1860 enumeration "Henry."
  Born	Abt 1850	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Jun 1870	Staunton (post office), Township 7 Range 7, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	1. Walker, Henry, 21, male, white, renting farm, [no real estate value], personal $150, Illinois 2. _____, Ann, female, white, 16, keeping house, Illinois
  	This is almost certainly the son of Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker The age of this Henry Walker is 21, precisely matching the age of Aaron's son Henry in the 1860 census (11) This Henry is found in the entry directly following the Aaron Walker household It is likely that Henry and Ann were recently married, based on her age and the absence of children in the household. They were probably married between 1868?1870. However, no likely marriage record has been located, to date.
  Died	After March 1880  [4]
  Possible Census	7 Jun 1880	Omphghent township, Madison County, Illinois, USA
  	1. Walker, Henry [F.?], white, male, 30, married, farmer, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee 2. _____, Mary E., white, female, 21, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio 3. _____, Lily May, white, female, 5, daughter, Illinois, Illinois, illinois 4. _____, John A., white, male, 4, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, Levina F., white, female, 3, daughter, Illinois, Illinois, illinois
  	Indicators that this might be the son of Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker Henry, age 11, born abt 1849, appears in the Aaron Walker home in 1860; he also appears, age 21, in the household next to Aaron Walker in 1870. This Henry Walker calculates to a birth year of 1850, a close approximation. This Henry Walker reports a father born in Kentucky and a mother born in Tennessee, matching the birthplaces of Aaron and Nancy (Best) Walker. Conflicting: In the 1870 census, Henry Walker was married to "Ann," born abt 1854, Illinois (no marriage record located), while this Henry is married to "Mary E." born about 1859. An 1873 St. Louis marriage record has been located for Henry F. Walker to Mary E. Mur, both of Macoupin County. Could Henry's first wife have died between 1870 and 1873, and he remarried?
  Person ID	I4701	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Aaron Walker, [Possible Son],   b. Abt 1819, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Mar 1880, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Nancy A. Best,   b. Abt 1824–1825, Tennessee, USA
  Married	12 Sep 1839	Madison County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F1552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nothing further is known of Henry Walker.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S1627] 1860 U. S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton, Township 7 Range 7, p. 5 (penned), p. 535 (penned), dwelling 38, family 39, Aaron Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206. [S2040] 1870 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Staunton (P.O.), Township 7 Range 7, p. 20 (penned), dwelling 132, family 133, Henry Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 250. [Preceding page out of sequence; p. 21, following, is stamped no. 118]. [S2080] Macoupin County, Illinois, Administrators Records, Vol. E: 30, appointment of administratrix in the estate of Aaron Walker (1880); "Illinois, Probate Records, 1819–1970," digital images FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 18 January 2012). [Image 53]. [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.