Martha Elvira "Matt" Walker

1857 - 1940  (82 years)

• Name	Martha Elvira "Matt" Walker  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Often seen in census as "Martha E.," she is named as "Mat" or Matt" twice in census, as well as in her cemetery record. The Alabama death index (extracted and transcribed from death certificate) gives her full name as "Martha Elvira Walker."
  Born	26 May 1857	Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [1, 5, 6]
  	1900 census offers "May 1857." Cemetery listing offers "26 May 1857."
  Gender	Female
  Census	25 Jul 1860	Lexington (post office), District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [1]
  	1. Walker, John, 27, male, [white], farmer, [no real estate value], personal $327, Alabama 2. _____, Mary F., 27, female, Alabama 3. _____, Martha E., 2, female, Alabama 4. _____, James F., 2 months, Alabama
  Census	26 Jul 1870	Rogersville (post office), township 1 range 8, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [2]
  	1. Walker, John, 35, male, white, farmer, real estate value $125, personal $200, Alabama 2. _____, Mary, 37, female, white, keep house, Alabama 3. _____, Martha, 12, female, white, Alabama, attending school 4. _____, Frank, 10, male, white, Alabama, attending school 5. _____, Elizabeth, 8, female, white, Alabama, attending school 6. _____, Arabell, 4, female, white, Alabama
  Census	15 Jun 1880	Beat 3 and 2, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [7]
  	1. Walker, J. F., white, male, 20, single, farmer, attended school this year, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 2. _____, Martha E., white, female, 22, wife [sic], single, keeps house, attending school, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 3. _____, Sarah E., white female, 18, single, attending school, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 4. _____, Nancy R., white, female, 13, attending school, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 5. _____, Mary F., white, female, 8, attending school, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama [This family was enumerated separately but shared a dwelling with two other families, that of A. M. Hammond and wife Eliza, and that of J. C. Hammond and wife Sarah. It appears that after James Frank Walker died in 1879, his new wife left the home with her child (John R.). Frank's older children, including 8-year-old Mary F. were left with other relatives--or perhaps they left their step-mother for reasons of their own. The youngest, Mary F., is about the right age that her mother Mary F. Harmon/Herman (Frank's first wife) could have died in childbirth.]
  Census	19 Jun 1900	Cross Roads Precinct, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [5]
  	1. Belew, John H., head, white, male, Oct 1862, 37, married 10 years, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, farmer, can read and write, [owns?] farm, mortgaged, farm schedule no. 183 2. _____, Mary F., wife, white, female, Sept 1871, 28, married 10 years, 4 children 3 living, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, can read and write 3. _____, Herbert F., white, male, Sept 1893, 6, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 4. _____, Melvin O., son, white, male, Sept 1895, 4, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 5. _____, John H., son, white, male, Sept 1898, 1, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 6. Walker, Martha E., sister in law, white, female, May 1857, 43, single, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, farm labor, can read and write 7. _____, Nancy A., sister in law, white, female, May 1867, 33, single, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, farm labor, can read and write 8. Ingram, Abb, boarder, black, male, [no month of birth] 1878, single, Alabama, Tennessee, Alabama, farm labor, cannot read or write
  Census	7 May 1910	Cross Roads Precinct 4 (Huntsville Rd.), Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [3]
  	1. Belew, John, head, male, white, 47, married 20 years, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 303 2. _____, Mary, wife, female, white, 38, married 20 years, 8 children 4 living, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, can read and write 3. _____, Herbert, son, male, white, 17, single, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, farm labor, home farm, can read and write, attending school 4. _____, Thomas, son, male, white, 8, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, attending school 5. _____, Lola, daughter, female, white, 7, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 6. _____, Ceical [Cecil?], son, male, white, 5, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 7. Walker, Mat, sister in law, female, white, 52, single, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, can read and write 8. _____, Belle, sister in law, female, white, 42, single, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, can read and write
  Census	19 Apr 1930	Cross Roads Precinct 4 (Bayview Rd.), Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [8]
  	1. Belew, John H., head, owns, value $1200, not a farm, male, white, 67, married, first married age 27, can read and write, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, laborer, odd jobs, not a veteran 2. _____, Mary F., wife, female, white, married, first married age 18, can read and write, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 3. _____, George L., grandson, male, white, 4, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama 4. Walker, Mattie, sister in law, female, white, 72, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
  Parents	Martha's death certificate states her parents' names as "John Walton Walker" and "Mary Francis Hermans."  [4]
  Died	6 Jan 1940	Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [6]
  Buried	Belew Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I4948	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	John W. Walker,   b. 5 Mar 1833, Alabama, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1879, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Mary F. Harmon,   b. 24 Oct 1833,   d. 18 Oct 1871, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Married	Before 1858  [1]
  Family ID	F1729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2485] 1860 U.S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, population schedule, Lexington (post office), District no. 1, p. 72 (penned), p. 245 (stamped, verso), dwelling 516, family 516, John Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 13. [S2487] 1870 U.S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, population schedule, Rogersville (post office), Township 1 Range 8, p. 51 (penned), p. 438 (stamped, recto), dwelling 350, family 350, John Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 21. [S2495] 1910 U.S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, population schedule, Cross Road Precinct 4 (Huntsville Road), enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 15B, p. 74 (stamped, verso), dwelling 289, family 291, John Belew household, detail for Mat [Martha E.] Walker; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 20. [S2498] "Alabama, Deaths, 1908–1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 12 June 2012), entry for Martha Elvira Walker (1940), Lauderdale County. [S2494] 1900 U.S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, population schedule, Crossroads Precinct, enumeration district (ED) 49, sheets 11B-12A, p. 221b-222a (stamped), dwelling 202, family 202, John H. Belew household, detail for Martha E. Walker; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 24. [S2497] "Belew Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2012), entry for Matt Walker (1857–1940); memorial no. 81154839, posted 2011 by Joy Favors (JFavors681@aol.com). [S2493] 1880 U. S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat 2 and 3, enumeration district (ED) 151, p. 21 (penned), p. 16[5] (stamped, recto), dwelling 7, family 9, J. F. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 18; FHL film no. 1,254,018. . [S2496] 1930 U.S. census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, population schedule, Cross Roads Precinct 4 (Bayview Rd.), enumeration district (ED) 39-7, sheet 10B, [no stamped p. no.], dwelling 202, family 202, John H. Belew household, detail for Mattie Walker [Martha E. Walker]; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 33.