Obituary of Archeleous Walker, digital. Privately held by Janis Walker Gilmore, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Pawleys Island, South Carolina.

• Title	Obituary of Archeleous Walker, digital. Privately held by Janis Walker Gilmore, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
  Short Title	Walker, Archeleous - obit, 1866
  Source ID	S1193
  Text	Two emails, 12 June 2009, regarding the Jacob and Archalus Walker, and the digital images sent by Jon Bjorkman of 1) obituary of Arch, 2) cemetery stone of Arch and 3) Dorchester Twp, Macoupin, data. Janis, As you may have noticed, the copy of the obituary I sent you does not show the name of the newspaper or the date of publication. I was just now looking at some notes that Judy York gave me and saw that she has the information from Archelaus' obituary. She gives the following reference for the obituary: Bunker Hill Union Gazette Dec 21, 1866 pg3 - Macoupin Co., IL Jon --------------------- Hi Janis, Sorry for taking awhile to get back to you (I have been out of town). I know of two Archelaus and Jacob Walker pairs (brothers). I think you probably are referring to the older set (i.e., Archelaus b: 17 Dec 1783 in Virginia, d: 12 Dec 1866 in Macoupin, IL, and Jacob b: abt 1793 in SC; d: 4 Mar 1855 in Macoupin, IL; m: Agnes McLean). I am forwarding you the email (see below) that I received which had the obituary and tombstone photo. I am afraid the obituary may be a bit disappointing (only limited info), but the email also has some additional information that you may find useful. On the other hand, I have a sneaking suspicion that you may have been the original source. Are you the Janice Gilmore that I have heard about? Please keep me informed about your progress on the Dickson Co. Walkers. Also I would be most interested in any information that you would be willing to share about Jacob's parents etc. I have yet to tackle the Dickson Co. Walkers - you are very brave! Jon Begin forwarded message: From: Debbie Hawk Date: April 5, 2008 9:09:25 PM GMT-04:00 To: Jon Bjorkman Subject: Re: Walker Hi Jon, Good to hear from you. I am sending a couple of things of interest that I got when I went to Macoupin County. The tomb stone is A. Walker b. 12/17/1783 d. 12/12/1866 He was buried close to Mary Sawyer Walker. (but not right next to her) But the obit that I found states that he died on 12/11 @ 4 p.m. The paper was probably off a day ( I would believe the tomb stone.) I also came across alittle history on Dorcester and one of the founding fathers was John Walker. Could it be yours??? I feel certain that the man name William McKimmey was my Martha Spence Walker's Grandfather. I'm attaching this stuff and as I find more, I'll send. Let me know what you need from Texas. Take Care, Debbie Jon Bjorkman wrote: Hi Cousin Debbie, I was quite delighted to receive your email message. It is always nice to discover another relative. I gather you descend from the Texas branch of Walkers. I will have several questions for you about them because I have many loose ends there. The short answer to your question is that the information I have for the ancestors of Jacob and Agnes is somewhat speculative (actually the connection to Jacob and Agnes may not be entirely secure either). Most of what I know comes from a very helpful lady by the name of Judy York. She is an expert on the Walkers of Macoupin County Illinois. Here is her email: kron1636@aol.com I think she is the one that made the connection to the Walkers of Dickson Co., Tennessee. See http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNDICKSO/2002-11/1038075876 In the information she sent me, she credits Janice Gilmore http://www.howellcountymo.com/index.html with information indicating that Elijah Walker and Mary Elizabeth "Piney" McGill are the parents of Jacob. My connection to the walkers is via my great grandmother Jane (Walker) Clark, daughter of John McLean Walker. I only recently obtained reasonable evidence that Jane was indeed the daughter of John McLean Walker - she is mentioned in the Will of Dinah Moore's brother. So I am now reasonably sure of this connection. I just now saw that there is a Walker DNA project, and you are listed there! So does the DNA support Elijah being the father of Jacob? I am most eager to hear what you know. Jon On Apr 5, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Debbie Hawk wrote: > Hi, > My name is Debbie Walker Hawk and I have been doing some research on > my Walker side of the family. I just now found your tree on line. > I am a decendent of Jacob and Martha Spence. My GG Grandfather was > Edwin Mitchell Walker and My grandfather was Roy E. Walker. > Have you found anything past Jacob and Agnes? I believe we have > found that Jacob was the son of Elijah and Piney McGill Walker from > Dickson County, Tenn. But very difficult to absolutely confirm. > > You have done a wonderful job searching, If there is anything I can > help you fill in I will be happy to. > > Cousin Debbie > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Jon E. Bjorkman Phone: +1 (419) 530-8535 Associate Professor Fax: +1 (419) 530-5167 Ritter Observatory, MS 113 Email: jon@physics.utoledo.edu Dept. of Physics & Astronomy University of Toledo Office: 102 Ritter Observatory Toledo, OH 43606-3390 USA WWW: www.physics.utoledo.edu >

  
  

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  unidentified clipping, stating that he died on 11 December [1866]; from the Bunker Hill Union Gazette, p. 3, 21 Dec 1866, Macoupin County, Illinois.