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Calvin Monroe Walker

Calvin Monroe Walker

Male 1848 - 1930  (82 years)

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  • Documents
    Elijah Walker, 1850 Humphreys County, Tennessee, census    		Elijah Walker, 1850 Humphreys County, Tennessee, census
    1850 U.S. census, Humphreys County, Tennessee, population schedule, [township not stated], p. 290 (penned), p. 145 (stamped, verso), dwelling 754, family 754, Elijah Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 884.

    1860 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Middle Division, Danielsville, p. 49 (penned), p. 226 (stamped), dwelling 347, family 347, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2007); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247.

  • Name Calvin Monroe Walker  [1, 2] 
    Born 22 Mar 1848  Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
      • Death certificate gives place of birth as Humphreys County and birthdate as 2 March 1848
      • Collins Walker Bible omits Calvin from the child births
      • The McMillan Gaelic Bible lists Calvin's birth as 22 March 1848
    Gender Male 
    Census 1 Nov 1850  Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 1. Elijah Walker, 48, male, farmer, Georgia, cannot read or write
      2. Mary Walker, 37, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
      3. Sarah Walker, 19, female, Tennessee
      4. William Walker, 16, male, farmer, Tennessee
      5. Levi Walker, 14, male, Tennessee
      6. James, 12, male, Tennessee
      7. Matilda, 10, female, Tennessee
      8. Ritha, 9, female, Tennessee
      9. Margaret, 7, female, Tennessee
      10. George, 5, male, Tennessee
      11. Calvin, 3, male, Tennessee
      12. Archalus, 1, male, Tennessee
    Census 11 Jul 1860  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1. Elijah Walker, 57, male, farmer, real estate $600, personal $800, Georgia
      2. Mary Walker, 47, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
      3. James Walker, 22, male, farmer, personal $400, Tennessee, cannot read or write
      4. Ritha S. Walker, 17, female, Tennessee
      5. Margret M. Walker, 15, female, Tennessee
      6. Geo. R. Walker, 14, male, Tennessee
      7. Calvin M. Walker, 12, male, Tennessee
      8. R.M. Walker, 10, male, Tennessee
      9. Jacob R. Walker, 8, male, Tennessee
      10. L.D. [Alonzo Denson] Walker, 6, male, Tennessee
    Note 1876  1st District, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    After his wife's death Calvin was left with two small children, Emma about 4 and Dillard about 2. According to the Charles Bowen typescript, he lived
    ". . . joining farms to an old negro couple, Lige and Martha Eleazer. He would carry his two little children to the old negro woman's house and she would care for them through the day, then he would take them home at night." 
    Census 24 Jun 1880  District 1, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 1. Walker, C. M., white, male, 32, married, farming, Tennessee, Georgia, Tennessee
      2. _____, T. A., white, female, 29, wife, married, keeping house, cannot write, Tennessee, North Carolina, Tennessee
      3. _____, Emma L., white, female, 8, daughter, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, H. D. white, male, 6, son, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 2 Jul 1900  5th Civil District, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 1. Walker, C. M., head, white, male, March 184, 52, married 9 years, Tennessee, Virginia, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 168
      2. _____, N. A., wife, white, female, Mary 1869, 31, married 9 years, 4 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Hardie, son, white, male, June 1880, 20, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, laborer, farm, can read and write
      4. _____, Clara, daughter, white, female, Nov 1891, 8, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, at school, attended school 2 months
      5. _____, Mary, daughter, white, female, [January] 1894, 6, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      6. _____, Dimple, daughter, white, female, September 1895, 4, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      7. _____, Irene, daughter, white, female, June 1897, 2, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 10 May 1910  Dickson Rural Route 2, District 5, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 1. Walker, C. M., head, male, white, 62, 4th marriage, married 19 years, Tennessee, Virginia, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 134
      2. _____, N. V., wife female, white, 40, 1st marriage, married 19 years, 8 children 7 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Clara, daughter, female, white, 17, single, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school
      4. _____, Mary, daughter, female, white, 16, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school
      5. _____, Dimple, daughter, female, white, 14, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school
      6. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write, attending school
      7. _____, Scott, son, male, white, 9 10/12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      8. _____, Ben, son, male, white, 7 10/12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee,
      9. _____, Louise, daughter, female, white, 2 7/12, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 12 Jan 1920  Dickson and White Bluff Road, District 5, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • 1. Walker, Calvin M., head, owns free of mortgage, male, white, 72, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia, farmer, general farm, farm schedule no. 38
      2. _____, Nannie V., wife, female, white, 50, married, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      3. _____, Irene, daughter, female, white, 22, single, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, Samuel S., son, male, white, 19, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      5. _____, Louse V., daughter, female, white, 12 11/12, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      6. _____, Baxter L., son, male, white, 8 7/12, attending school, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    Census 11 Apr 1930  3811 Elkins Ave., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • 1. Larkins, Joseph S., head, owns, value $1600, not a farm, male, white, 38, married, first married age 24, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, carpenter, street [car co.?], employee, veteran, WW [World War]
      2. _____, Clara, wife, female, white, 37, married, first married age 23, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      3. _____, Josephine, daughter, female, white, 10, attending school, can read and write, Tennesse, Tennessee, Tennessee
      4. _____, Mary L., daughter, female, white, 7, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      5. Walker, Calvin M., father in law, male, white, 82, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, no occupation
    Died 7 Sep 1930  3811 Elkins Ave., Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • The residence of his daughter Clara (Walker) Larkins, the home in which he was enumerated earlier the same year.
    Buried Fielder Cemetery, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I2902  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 19 May 2013 

    Father Elijah Walker,   b. 14 Sep 1802, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1872, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary "Polly" McMillan,   b. 17 Mar 1813, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1835  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12, 13] 
    • Esther Pratt states: "The record of Elijah to Polly McMillan was blown from the marriage book, but the original was in a drawer in the courthouse, was saved, and I have a copy."
    Family ID F569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha A. Baker,   b. 27 Apr 1849, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1876, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 13 Jul 1871  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16] 
    • Marriage bond signed by Calvin M. Walker and John T. Baker.
    Children 
    +1. Emma Lee Walker,   b. 15 April 1872, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1962  (Age 90 years)
     2. Houston Dillard "Dillard" Walker,   b. 9 Sep 1873, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1959  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 19 May 2013 
    Family ID F972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Texanna Bruce,   b. Abt 1853, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1884, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1876  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18, 19] 
    • Marriage bond dated 2 December 1876, bond signed by Calvin and his younger brother Alonzo Denson Walker.
    Children 
    +1. Hardy Arthur Walker,   b. 4 Jun 1880, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1972, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Cleveland Walker,   b. 1881, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1883, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
    Last Modified 5 May 2013 
    Family ID F1427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ellen C. Ferrell,   b. 20 May 1862, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1937, 4509 Nevada Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1886  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22] 
    Divorced Before 26 March 1891  [23, 24, 25] 
    Children 
    +1. Effie Walker,   b. Sep 1886, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1951  (Age ~ 65 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2013 
    Family ID F1424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Nannie England,   b. Abt 1870, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1927, Kenelworth [sic] Apts., 1st Civil District, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1891  Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25] 
    Children 
     1. Clara M. Walker,   b. Nov 1891, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1974  (Age ~ 82 years)
     2. Mary Elizabeth Walker,   b. 24 Jan 1894, Rural Route no. 2, Civil District 5, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1980, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Dimple "Dee" Walker,   b. 12 Sep 1895, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1968, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     4. Irene Walker,   b. 11 Jun 1897, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1921  (Age 24 years)
    +5. Samuel Scott Walker,   b. 28 Jun 1900, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1992, Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +6. Ben Walker,   b. 31 May 1902, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1973, McEwan, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +7. Louise T. Walker,   b. 24 Aug 1907, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1972, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +8. Baxter L. Walker,   b. 12 Jul 1911, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1963, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 18 May 2013 
    Family ID F1203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • See attached sources. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.

    2. [S3366] "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 May 2013), Calvin Monroe Walker, 7 September 1930, Davidson County, certificate no. 20306; citing FHL microfilm no. 1,876,769; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

    3. [S913] U.S. GenWeb Archives, "Dickson County, Tennessee, Cemeteries: Fields [Fielder] Cemetery," (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/dickson/cemeteries/fielder.txt : accessed 4 April 2013), entry for Martha A. Walker, "wife of C. M. Walker.", entry for C.M. Walker (1930) (Reliability: 3), 20 Jun 2006.
      WALKER, C. M. 22 Mar. 1848 07 Sep. 1930

    4. [S1348] 1850 U. S. census, Humphreys County, Tennessee, population schedule, [no township], p. 289 (verso, penned), p. 145 (verso, stamped), dwelling 754, family 754, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 Nov 2008); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 884.

    5. [S1358] 1860 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Middle Division, Danielsville, p. 49 (penned), p. 226 (stamped), dwelling 347, family 347, Elijah Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 August 2007); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1247. .

    6. [S3450] Charles Dewey Bowen, "The Descendants of Elijah Walker, Jr., and Mary (Polly) McMillan Walker of Middle Tennessee," unpublished typescript, undated. Internal evidence dates the document to after 1981 (see p. 11, listing a 1981 death). While riddled with error, the document still offers useful information and clues to the lives of Elijah Walker's descendants, particularly his younger children.

    7. [S3361] 1880 U. S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, District 1, enumeration district (ED) 31, p. 9 (penned), p. 258 (stamped, recto), dwelling 59, family 60, C. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1252.

    8. [S3362] 1900 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, 5th Civil District, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 37A [dimly crossed through and "19" added] (penned), p. 57 (stamped, recto), dwelling 351, household 369, C. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1567.

    9. [S3363] 1910 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 5 (Dickson Rural Route 2), enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 21A (penned), p. 65 (stamped, recto), dwelling 430, family 431, C. M. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1498.

    10. [S3364] 1920 U.S. census, Dickson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Fifth District (Dickson and White Bluff Rd.), enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 5A (penned), p. 46 (stamped, recto), dwelling 83, family 84, Calvin M. Walkern household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1737.

    11. [S3365] 1930 U.S. census, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Ward 11, Nashville (3811 Elkins Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 19-35, sheet 24A, p. 290 (stamped, recto), dwelling 285, family 314, Joseph S. Larkins household, detail for Calvin M. Walker, father-in-law; digital images, _Ancestry.com_ (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 2240.

    12. [S108] Sherry J. Kilgore, comp., Dickson County, Tennessee: Marriages 1817-1856 (Nashville, Tn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987), entry for Elijah Walker and Polly McMillian, p. 30 (1835).

    13. [S5085] FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619127) > Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 > Dickson > Marriage records, 1817-1836 > images 1134-37, Elijah Walker-Polly McMillan [McMillan], licensed 30 March 1835, marriage 2 April 1835; FHL film 497,399; [Courthouse Annex, Charlotte.].

    14. [S3370] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Calvin Walker-M. A. Baker, marriage bond no. 2226, Dickson County, 12 July 1871; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,046; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    15. [S3371] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Calvin Walker-Martha A. Baker, marriage license and return, Dickson County, issued 12 July 1871, married 13 July 1871; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,046; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    16. [S3376] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Calvin Walker-Texanna Bruce, marriage record, Marriage Book [Jan. 1858-June 1881]: 127, Dickson County, 13 July 1871; FHL microfilm no. 497,401; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    17. [S3367] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Calvin Walker-Texanna Bruce, marriage bond no. 2684, Dickson County, 2 December 1876; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,047; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    18. [S3368] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Calvin Walker-Texanna Bruce, marriage license and return, Dickson County, issued 2 December 1876, married 3 December 1876; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,047; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    19. [S3369] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Calvin Walker-Texanna Bruce, marriage record, Marriage Book [Jan. 1858-June 1881]: 179, Dickson County, 3 December 2013; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,047; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    20. [S3373] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Wallker-Elle O'Ferrell, marriage license and return, Dickson County, issue and return 25 September 1886; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,116; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    21. [S3372] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Walker-Ellen O'Ferrell, marriage bond no. 3816, Dickson County, 25 September 1886; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,116; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    22. [S3377] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Walker-Ellen O'Ferrell, marriage record, Marriage Book [May 1881-March 1889]: 64, Dickson County, 25 September 1886; FHL microfilm no. 497,401; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    23. [S3484] "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 May 2013), Dickson County, Tennessee, marriage license no. 5839, Asa Bishop-Ellen Ferrell, 2 September 1899, and return, 19 September 1899; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [no. not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

    24. [S3375] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Walker-Nanie [Nannie] England, marriage bond no. 4451, Dickson County, 26 March 1891; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,117; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.

    25. [S3374] "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," index and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), C. M. Wallker-Nanie [Nannie] England, marriage license and return, Dickson County, issue and return 26 March 1891; FHL microfilm no. 2,114,117; original marriage records, Dickson County Courthouse Annex, Charlotte, Tenn.


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