James Stephen "Jim" Walker

1903 - 1927  (23 years)

• Name	James Stephen "Jim" Walker  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	16 Dec 1903	Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	"Jimmy" was a member of the Baylor basketball team, and one of the ten who were killed when a train, the Sunshine Special, struck their team bus. The ten killed are still known and celebrated today at Baylor as the "Immortal Ten."
  Occupation	Jan 1927	Waco, McLennon County, Texas, USA
  	Student at Baylor University, playing on their basketball team.
  Died	22 Jan 1927	Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, USA   [3, 4]
  Buried	Gatesville City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I4911	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	George Barnett Walker,   b. 8 Feb 1870, White County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1937, Milton Powell Memorial Hospital, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Bettie Matthews,   b. 27 Jan 1870, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 21 Feb 1940, Uvalde County, Texas, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1891	White County, Arkansas, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F1723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  James S. Walker, death certificate, 1927, Williamson County, Texas. Died in bus accident with Baylor basketball team. Williamson County, Texas, death certificate no. 3828D (1927), James Stephen Walker; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2452] 1910 U.S. census, McLennan County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 7 (Waldo V. Asage Road), enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 15B, p. 179 (stamped, verso), dwelling 111, family 111, George B. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1576. [S2451] 1920 U.S. census, Coryell County, Texas, population schedule, Gatesville (Saunders St.), Justice Precinct 1, enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 6A, p. 95, (stamped, recto), dwelling 119, family 125, G. B. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1787. [S2462] Williamson County, Texas, death certificate no. 3828D (1927), James Stephen Walker; "Texas, Deaths 1890–1976," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2012); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Death Records, State Registrar's Office, Austin. [S2457] "Gatesville City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 June 2012), entry for James Stephen Walker (1871903-1927); memorial no. 36773644, posted 2009 by "Paula J" (no contact info). [S2454] White County, Arkansas, Marriage Book J: 119, license and return, George B. Walker-Bettie Matthews (1891); "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957,"digital images, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 4 June 2012).