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Clara A. Walker

Clara A. Walker

Female 1854 - 1920  (65 years)

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  • Name Clara A. Walker  [1
    Born 2 Feb 1854  Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    • 1880 census offers Clara's age as 18, calculating to 1852 as birth year.
    Gender Female 
    Census 8 Jun 1880  Desarc [Des Arcs] township, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 1. Yerby, W. N., white, male, 26, married, laborer, unemployed 4 months, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina
      2. _____, Clara, white, female, 26, wife, married, keeping house, Mississippi, Tennessee, [blank]
      3. _____, Nina G., white, female, 6, daughter, Arkansas Mississippi, Mississippi
      4. _____, Emma L., white, female, 4, daughter, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mississippi
      5. _____, Ella M., white, female, 2, daughter, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mississippi
    Census 25 Jun 1900  Justice Precinct no. 5, Denton County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 1. Yerby, William N., head, white, male, January 1854, 46, married, married 27 years, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Alabama, farming, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 215
      2. _____, Clara, wife, white, female, February 1854, 46, married 27 years, 15 children 9 living, Mississippi, Tennessee, Mississippi, can read and write
      3. _____, Evert, son, white, male, November 1883, 16, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, at school, 1 month, can read and write
      4. _____, Etta, daughter, white, female, March 1886, 14, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, at school, 6 months, can read and write
      5. _____, Dolph, son, white, male, March 1888, 12, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, at school, 6 months, can read and write
      6. _____, Lila, daughter, white, female, May 1890, 10, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, at school, 6 months, can read and write
      7. _____, Eva, daughter, white, female, June 1896, 3, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    1. Yerby, Wm N., head, male, white, 56, first marriage, married 36 years, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, own income, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage
    2. _____, Clara, wife, female, white, 56, first marriage, married 36 years, 13 children 8 living, Mississippi, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
    3. _____, L. D., son, able, white, 22, single, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, farm labor, working out, can read and write, attended school
    4. _____, Lila, daughter, female, white, 20, single, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, can read and write, attending school
    5. _____, Ava, daughter, female, white, 13, single, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, can read and write, attending school
    6. [Walker, lined through], Mrs. G., daughter, female, white, 29, widowed, 3 children 2 living, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mississippi, can read and write
    7. _____, Vera, granddaughter, female, white, 8, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, attending school
    8. _____, Rena, granddaughter, female, white, 6, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas 
    RESEARCH Her 1920 death certificate said she was "single." However, her husband did not die until 1924. They have not been located in the 1920 census. 
    Died 17 Jan 1920  Normal Street, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis
    Buried 19 Jan 1920  I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I4885  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2017 

    Father John M. Walker,   b. 18 Sep 1824, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1873, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Rachel D. Barnett,   b. 25 Jul 1833, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1887, White County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1850  Marshall County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F1715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William N. Yerby,   b. 2 Jan 1854, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1924  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1872  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2012 
    Family ID F1718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Death certificate, Clara A. (Walker) Yerby, 1920, Denton Co TX
    Death certificate, Clara A. (Walker) Yerby, 1920, Denton Co TX
    Denton County, Texas, death certificate no. 1087 (1920), Mrs. C. A. Yerby; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.

  • Notes 
    • Married name may have been "Yearby" or "Yerby" rather than the "Yeby" recorded on her marriage record. Yearby and Yerby individuals were buried at Center Hill Baptist Church where Clara A.'s parents were married.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2422] 1870 U.S. census, White County, Arkansas, population schedule, Searcy (post office), Marion township, p. 1 (penned), p. 382 (stamped, recto), dwelling 5, family 5, J. M. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 67. .

    2. [S2429] "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1944," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 June 2012), entry for W. N. Yeby-Clara A. Walker (1872), White County, Arkansas.

    3. [S2447] 1900 U.S. census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct no. 5, enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 13B, p. 233 (stamped, verso), dwelling 237, family 240, William N. Yerby household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1627.

    4. [S2448] Denton County, Texas, death certificate no. 1087 (1920), Mrs. C. A. Yerby; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.

    5. [S2444] 1880 U. S. census, White County, Arkansas, population schedule, Desarc [Des Arc] township, enumeration district (ED) 285, p. 14 (penned), p. 108 (stamped, verso), dwelling 116, family 119, W. A. Yerby household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 80; FHL film no. 1,254,080.

    6. [S5136] 1910 U.S. census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Denton, enumeration district (ED) 79, p. 2B (penned), sheet 106b (stamped), dwelling, 36, family 36, Wm N. Yerby household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 June 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1546. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/4449199_00221/27915339 .

    7. [S2423] "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 June 2012), John M. Walker-Rachel. D. Barnett (1850), Marshall County, Mississippi; citing FHL film no. 894,365.

    8. [S4838] White County, Arkansas, Marriages, E:90, John M. Walker-Rachel D. Barnett (1850); FHL film no. 894,365.