Samuel Rufus Walker b. 25 Dec 1853 Texas, USA d. 28 Jul 1928: Our Family History

1853 - 1928 (74 years)

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Name	Samuel Rufus Walker [1, 2, 3, 4]
Born	25 Dec 1853	Texas, USA [1, 2, 5, 6]
	"December 1854" given in 1900 census, where he was head of household. Year of birth on cemetery stone "1853." Josephine H. Jones numbered genealogy gives his birth as 25 December 1853.
Gender	Male
Census	17 Jul 1860	Town Tract of Gonzales, Gonzales (post office), Gonzales County, Texas, USA [1]
	1. Walker, E. M., 35, male, physician, real estate $2500, personal $3500, Tennessee 2. _____, Caroline, 20, female, Tennessee 3. _____, Saml R., 6, male, [Miss.?], attended school this year 4. _____, Mary H., 4, female, [ditto, above state] 5. _____, W. W., 2, male, [ditto] 6. Kaufman, M., 19, female, Baden, attended school this year
Census	1 Aug 1870	Precinct 5, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, USA [2]
	Two families same dwelling:] 1. King, Wilber, 30, male, white, farmer, real estate $500, personal $850, Texas 2. _____, Josephine, 24, female, white, housekeeping, Mississippi 3. _____, [Jerry? Terry?], 4, male, Texas 4. _____, John A., 2, male, white, Texas 5. _____, Salina, 5 months, female, white, Texas [then in separate family, same dwelling, the children of her brother Elijah M. Walker:] 6. Walker, Rufus, 15, male, white, school boy, real estate $3000, personal $245, Texas, attending school 7. _____, Mary, 13, female, white, school girl, [included in real estate value], Texas, attending school 8. _____, Walter, 11, male, white, school boy, [included in real estate], Texas, attending school 9. _____, Charles, 9, male, white, school boy, Texas, attending school
Census	7 Jun 1880	District 71, Gonzales County, Texas, USA [3]
	1. King, Wilbur F., white, male, 39, married, farmer, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina 2. _____, Josephine, white, female, 36, wife, married, keeping house, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee 3. _____, Carrie L., white, female, 13, daughter, helping, attending school, Texas, Texas, Mississippi 4. _____, John A., white, male, 12, son, scholar, attending school, Texas, Texas, Mississippi 5. _____ Salina H., white, female, 10, daughter, scholar, attending school, Texas, Texas, Mississippi 6. _____, Mary D., white, female, 9, daughter, scholar, attending school, Texas, Texas, Mississippi 7. _____, Dora B., white, female, 6, daughter, [twins]Texas, Texas, Mississippi 8. _____, Cora B., white, female, 6, daughter, [twins], Texas, Texas, Mississippi 9. _____, Walker W., white, male, 4, son, Texas, Texas, Mississippi 10. _____, John A., white, male, 77, father, widowed, [illegible word] surveyor, Tennessee, Tennessee, [illegible] 11. Walker, Rufus S., white, male, 25, nephew, single, stock trader, Texas, Tennessee, Tennessee 12. _____, Mollie H., white, female, 23, niece, single, teacher, Texas, Tennessee, Tennessee 13. _____, Walter W., white, male, 21, nephew, single, stock driver, Texas, Tennessee, Tennessee 14. _____, J. Charles, white, male, [19?], nephew, single, stock driver, Texas, Tennessee, Tennessee 15. Walker, Hanah V., white, female, 46, sister in law, single, sister in law, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee 16. _____, M. Kate, white, female, 44, sister in law, single, sister in law, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee 17. Journey, Chas. A., white, male, 20, visitor, single, farmer, Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee
Census	21 Jun 1900	Precinct 4, LaSalle County, Texas, USA [5]
	1. Walker, Samuel R., head, white, male, December 1854, 45, single, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, farm overseer, can read and write, renting house 2. Corneell, John E., servant, white, male, April 1874, 26, single, New York, New York, New York, book keeper, can read and write 3. Harris, Nickolas, servant, black, male, March 1858, 42, single, Texas, Virginia, Alabama, cook, cannot read or write
Census	15 Jan 1920	Precinct 16 Walker's Ranch, DeBaca County, New Mexico, USA [7]
	1. Walker, Charles W., head, owns, mortgaged, male, white, 58, widowed, can read and write, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, farmer, stock farm, own account, farm schedule 5 2. _____, Samuel R., brother, [inserted to apply to all three brothers], ?partners.? male, white, 66, single, can read and write, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, farmer, stock farm, own account, farm schedule 5 3. _____, Walter W., brother, male,w hite, 61, single, can read and write, Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, farmer, stock farm, own account, farm schedule 5 4. Cottin, T. Ray, hired man, male, white, 15, single, attending school, can read and write, Texas, Texas, United States, laborer, stock farm, worker 5. Peck, Earnest L., hired man, male, white, 18, single, attending school, New Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, laborer, stock farm, worker
Died	28 Jul 1928 [4, 7]
Buried	Byhalia Cemetery, Byhalia, Marshall County, Mississippi, USA [4]
Person ID	I5265	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	1 Aug 2014

Father	Elijah Millington Walker, b. 17 Nov 1824, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 18 Jul 1868, Gonzales County, Texas, USA (Age 43 years)
Mother	Carrie Thayer King, b. 2 Mar 1829, Texas, USA , d. 27 Aug 1869, Gonzales County, Texas, USA (Age 40 years)
Married	22 Jul 1852	Grenada County, Mississippi, USA [6]
Family ID	F1837	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents		Charles W. Walker, census, 1920, DeBaca Co NM; with him were his brothers Samuel R. and Walter W. 1920 U.S. census, DeBaca County, New Mexico, population schedule, Precinct 16 Walker
Documents		Samuel R. Walker, census, 1900, LaSalle County, Texas 1900 U.S. census, LaSalle County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 4, enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 2A, p. 307 (stamped, recto), dwelling 17, family 17, Samuel R. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1653.

Sources

[S3127] 1860 U.S. census, Gonzales County, Texas, population schedule, Gonzales (town tract), Gonzales (post office), p. 116 (penned, recto), p. 129 (stamped, recto), dwelling 822, family 769, E. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1295.
[S3128] 1870 U. S. census, Gonzales County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 5, Belmont (post office), p. 4 (penned), p. 500 (stamped verso), dwelling 24, family 26, Wilber King dwelling for Rufus Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 442.1587 .
[S3134] 1880 U. S. census, Gonzales County, Texas, population schedule, [township not stated], enumeration district (ED) 71, p. 17 (penned), p. 502 (stamped, recto), dwelling 254, family 153, Wilbur F. King household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1306.
[S4343] Teresa Randall Walker, contributor, "S. R. Walker,".
[S4341] 1900 U.S. census, LaSalle County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 4, enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 2A, p. 307 (stamped, recto), dwelling 17, family 17, Samuel R. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1653.
[S4381] Josephine H. Jones (P.O. Box 95, Byhalia, MS 38611), "Descendants of Celina Huntington King I," family group sheet; copies in possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC). No source citations, no date. Mrs. Jones is a descendant of George H. Walker and wife Celina Huntington King through their son Elijah Huntington Walker, his son James Charles Wilson Walker, and his daughter Josephine Kaufman (Walker) Stanback.
[S4339] 1920 U.S. census, DeBaca County, New Mexico, population schedule, Precinct 16 Walker’s Ranch, enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 2A (penned), p. 8 (stamped, recto), dwelling 5, family 5, Charles W. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 June 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1076.