John Riley Walker b. 29 Jan 1842 Macoupin County, Illinois, USA d. 9 Jan 1913 Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA: Our Family History

1842 - 1913 (70 years)

Name	John Riley Walker [1, 2, 3, 4]
Born	29 Jan 1842	Macoupin County, Illinois, USA [1, 3, 5]
	Ancestral File (FamilySearch) gives birth as 29 January 1842, Macoupin Co IL. !850 census indicates "J. R. Riley" age 8, supporting a birth year of 1842, in Illinois. 1900 census gives birth as "January 1842."
Gender	Male
Census	18 Jul 1870	Township 4-8 [Township 4 Range 8?], Madison County, Illinois, USA [6]
	1. Walker, John R., 29, male, white, farmer, real estate $5000, personal $500, Illinois 2. _____, Sarah, 22, female, white, keeps house, Illinois 3. _____, Chas. E., 1, male, white, Illinois
Census	18 Jun 1880	Illinois township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [7]
	1. Walker, John, white, male, 38, married, farmer, Illinois, [father?s bp blank], Virginia 2. _____, Anna, white, female, 32, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee 3. _____, Emma, white, female, 11, daughter, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, Julia, white, female, 9, daughter, attending school, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, George, white, male, 7, son, attending school, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois 6. _____, [Bertie?], white, male, 4, son, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois 7. _____, Jesse, white, female, 2, daughter, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois
State Census	1895	Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [8]
	1. Walker, John R., 53, male, born Illinois, moved from Illinois, farmer 2. _____, Sarah A., 47, female, Illinois, Illinois, 3. _____, Burt, 19, male, Kansas 4. _____, Jesie [Jessie], 17, female, Kansas, attending school 5. _____, Blanche, [10?], female, Kansas, attending school
Census	1 Jun 1900	Illinois township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [3]
	1. Walker, John R., head, white, male, born Jan. 1842, 58, widowed, Illinois, American, Virginia, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 19 2. _____, Myrtle B., daughter, female, July 1885, 14, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois, housekeeper, attended school 6 months, can read and write
Newspaper Article	9 Apr 1905	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [9]
	"Would Set Aside Decree Mrs. Walker Alleges Divorce Was Procured by Fraud Eliza J. Walker filed suit in the district court yesterday to set aside a decree of divorce which the court granted to John R. Walker October 10, 1904. The plaintiff states in her petition that the decree was obtained by fraudulent representations on the part of John Walker. The plaintiff states that she was married to the defendant July 11, 1904, and that she came with him from Illinois to his farm in Illinois township, in this county. She alleges that through threats of violence he forced her to place her mark on a paper which proved to be a waiver of summons in a divorce suit. She says that she cannot read and write and did not understand the nature of the paper which was read to her and which she signed. The plaintiff further states that the defendant has been guilty of gross neglect of duty and that he fraudulently contracted the marriage with her. She says that at the time of her marriage to him she was drawing a widow?s pension and had an interest in a homestead in Illinois, both of which she lost when she married him. She says that the defendant possesses valuable property in Sedgwick county. She asked the court to set aside and declare void the decree which was granted to John Walker in October, 1904. Her attorneys are Parks & Story and Stanley, Vermillion & Evans." [Citation:
Census	18 Apr 1910	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [10]
	1. Walker, John R., head male, white, 68, widowed, Illinois, [no bp for father], [no bp for mother], farmer, income, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage 2. _____, Myrtle B., daughter, female, white, 25, single, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write
Died	9 Jan 1913	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [5, 11]
Buried	Ruby Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA [11]
Person ID	I4768	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	9 Mar 2015

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 1 Sarah Anna Walker, b. 1 Mar 1848, Illinois, USA , d. 24 Oct 1899 (Age 51 years)

Married 3 Jul 1865 St. Louis, Missouri, USA [6, 12]

Children

	1. Charles E. Walker, b. Abt 1868-1869, Illinois, USA
	2. C. Emma Walker, b. Abt 1869, Illinois, USA
+	3. Julia Ann Walker, b. 1870, d. 1938 (Age 68 years)
	4. George Walker, b. Abt 1873, Kansas
+	5. Albert Oliver "Bert" Walker, b. 19 Feb 1876, Kansas, USA , d. 16 Jan 1938, Santa Clara County, California, USA (Age 61 years)
	6. Jessie Walker, b. Abt 1878, Kansas, USA
	7. Myrtle Blanche Walker, b. Jul 1885, Kansas, USA

Last Modified 9 Mar 2015

Family ID F1671 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Eliza J. Wood
Married	11 Jul 1904	Bond County, Illinois, USA [13, 14]
Divorced	Oct 1904	Kansas, USA [9]
Last Modified	9 Mar 2015
Family ID	F2264	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		Marriage, John R. Walker-Anna Walker, 1865, St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri, marriage, John R. Walker-Anna Walker, 3 July 1865 [no book or page no. stated] ; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2014); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Record states that both the bride and the groom…
		1880 Sedgwick Co KS census, John Riley Walker and wife Anna Walker 1880 U. S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Illinois township, enumeration district (ED) 228, p. 17 (penned, recto), p. 430 (stamped, recto), dwelling 81, family 83, John Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 22 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 396.
		1910 Sedgwick County, Kansas, census, John Riley Walker 1910 U.S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Wichita, enumeration district (ED) 187, sheet 4A (penned), p. 173 (stamped, recto), dwelling 79, family 88, John R Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 22 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 456.
		Newspaper article, regarding divorce of John R. Walker from second wife, 1905

Notes

Is this the brother John Walker mentioned in Arcenith's 1904 bio? Or is this Arcenith? And if this is not Arcenith, where has he been enumerated--he should have been in the home, age 5.

Sources

[S2090] 1850 U.S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 6N Range 7W, [no penned no. stated], p. 439 (stamped, verso), dwelling 13, family 13, Elijah Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 January 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 119.
[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.
[S2095] 1900 U.S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Illinois township, enumeration district (ED) 252, sheet 7A, p. 7 (stamped, recto), dwelling 21, family 21, John R. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 January 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 499.
[S4338] Judith Elaine Wink (winkum48@msn.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, Ancestry.com message, 8 June 2014, subject “Re: Elijah Walker/Charity Dove, DNA testing. Detailing Judith’s line of descent from Elijah Walker and Charity Dove.
[S4410] "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M48X-4FM : accessed 2014-08-23), entry for John Riley WALKER ;[Rev.].
[S2098] 1870 U.S. census, Madison County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 4 -8 [Township 4 Range 8?], p. 10 (penned),p. 239 (stamped, verso), dwelling 70, family 72, John R. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 January 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 251.
[S4412] 1880 U. S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Illinois township, enumeration district (ED) 228, p. 17 (penned, recto), p. 430 (stamped, recto), dwelling 81, family 83, John Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 22 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 396.
[S4459] 1895 Kansas State Census, Sedgwick County, population schedule, [township not stated], p. 10 (penned), line 1, dwelling 67, family [not stated], John R. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:/?www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2014); citing 1895 Kansas State Census, roll v115_140, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.
[S4793] "Would Set Aside Decree: Mrs. Walker Alleges Divorce Was Procured by Fraud," The Wichita (Kansas) Daily Eagle.9 April 1905, p. 3, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 23 August 2014). Item regarding the divorce of John R. Walker and Eliza J. Walker, October 1904.
[S4413] 1910 U.S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Wichita, enumeration district (ED) 187, sheet 4A (penned), p. 173 (stamped, recto), dwelling 79, family 88, John R Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 22 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 456.
[S2096] "Ruby Cemetery, Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas," database and digital image, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 January 2012), entry for John R. Walker (1913), FindAGrave memorial no. 27725778.
[S4411] St. Louis, Missouri, marriage, John R. Walker-Anna Walker, 3 July 1865 [no book or page no. stated] ; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 August 2014); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Record states that both the bride and the groom are “of Madison Cy, Ill.”.
[S4791] Walker, John R. (Elijah, Sam A, Progen), newspaper article, April 1905, Wichita KS.
[S4790] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 5 March 2015), entry for John R. Walker-Eliza J. Wood, Bond County, 11 July 1904; citing county clerk's office, vol. 2:153, license no. 1372, Greenville.