Esther Elizabeth Thornton

1837 - 1908  (70 years)

• Photos		Esther Elizabeth (Thornton) Walker, 1837-1908 Probably around 1900, in Howell County, MIssouri
  		Esther Elizabeth Thornton (1837-1908)

  
  

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  Esther Elizabeth Thornton (1837-1908) Possibly taken during the Civil War?

  
  

• Name	Esther Elizabeth Thornton  [1]
  Born	1 Oct 1837	Alabama, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1840	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Ewin Thornton household 1 male under 5 [??] 1 male of 20 and under 30 [Ewin Thornton] 1 female under 5 [Esther Elizabeth, about 2 or 3 1 female of 20 and under 30 [Obedience "Bedie" Clark]
  Census	29 Oct 1850	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	1. Thornton, Beda, 36, female, N. Carolina, cannot read or write 2. _____, Elizabeth, 13, female, Alabama, attending school 3. _____, Benjamin, 9, male, Tennessee, attending school 4. _____, Howell, 7, male, Tennessee 5. _____, Polena, female, Tennessee
  Died	22 Apr 1908	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [5, 6]
  Buried	23 Apr 1908	Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I3202	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Ewin K. Thornton,   b. Between 1810 and 1815, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Between 1846 and 1850  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Mother	Obedience "Bedie" Clark,   b. 9 Aug 1816, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1895, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1836	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F1195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helton Rutherford Walker,   b. 21 Oct 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 29 Aug 1901, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	26 Jan 1854	Hickman County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Eudocia Josephine "Docia" Walker,   b. 15 Dec 1854, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 4 Sep 1945, Glencoe, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 90 years) + 2. William E. "Bud" Walker,   b. 31 Jan 1856, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 15 Feb 1893, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 37 years) + 3. Thomas Newell "Tom" Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1858, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 5 Sep 1942, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 84 years) + 4. Mary Carolina "Molly" Walker,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 26 Feb 1920, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA  (Age 60 years)   5. Sarah A. Walker,   b. 24 May 1862, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 24 Jul 1881, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 19 years) + 6. Bedy Etta Walker,   b. 22 Feb 1866, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1941, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico  (Age 74 years) + 7. Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker,   b. 25 Jan 1868, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1957, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 89 years) + 8. Martha Jane "Matt" Walker,   b. 2 Jan 1870, Pine Wood [Pinewood], Hickman County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Mar 1947, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 77 years) + 9. Robert Moore "Bob" Walker,   b. 6 Mar 1871, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1954, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 83 years) + 10. Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker,   b. 10 Aug 1874, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1957, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri  (Age 83 years) + 11. Theodore Hardman "The" Whitfield Walker,   b. 3 Mar 1876, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 23 Apr 1962  (Age 86 years) + 12. Minnie Bertrude Walker,   b. 22 Oct 1880, Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1941, Simla, Elbert County, Colorado, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F1072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S940] Helton Rutherford Walker Family Bible Records, Holy Bible (publication data unavailable), loose page of family data, held by Pat Simmons [address and phone number for private use] and the Bible from which they were removed privately held by her sister, Mona; the Bible was left to Rutherford's eldest daughter, Eudocia (Walker) Stokes; from Eudocia it passed to her son, William Earnest Stokes; from William Earnest to his daughter, Clarice Marie (Stokes), who left it to her daughters, Pat and Mona (continued in their possession Jan 2008). [S3647] 1840 U. S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, [township not stated], [no penned p. no.] p. 194 (stamped, second page), line 21, Ewin Thornton household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 524. [S3646] 1850 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule, [no township stated] p. 128 (penned, recto), p. 64 (stamped, verso) dwelling 912, family 912, Beda Thornton household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 884. [S52] Missouri, Howell - Cemeteries, 1795-1987 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1988.), p. 342, Walker Chapel Cemetery, entry for Estes [Ester] E. Walker (1 Oct 1837-22 April 1908) (Reliability: 3). Estes E. WALKER [sic] 1 Oct 1837 - 22 April 1908 [S41] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Walker Chapel, (County Road 2980, near Trask, Howell County, Missouri), marker for Ester E. Walker (1 Oct 1837-22 April 1908) (Reliability: 3). "Ester E. WALKER 1 Oct 1837 - 22 April 1908" [S986] Thornton, Esther Elizabeth - newspaper article re her death, (South Central Missouri Genealogical Society newsletter (West Plains, Mo. South Central Missouri Genealogical Society), 4th Q, 1998; citing an item first published in the «i»World's Cresset«/i», Trask, Missouri, 14 March 1908.). Apparently a conflict between the date cited for publication (March 14 1908) and the date cited within the article for her burial (April 23 1998). [S41] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Walker Chapel, (County Road 2980, near Trask, Howell County, Missouri), marker for Bedie Thornton (Reliability: 3). "Bedie Thornton, 9 Aug 1816 - 7 Aug 1895" [S311] Helton Rutherford Walker obituary, photo copy of undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, sent to the author by Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1990. Mr. Reeves is now deceased. The State Historical Society of Missouri has searched their microfilm collection of West Plains and Mountain View (Howell County) newspapers for the obituary without success.