Walker Family Information

 

William Burrell Walker
[son of ? Walker and ? Isom]
born: 22 February 1789 - Montgomery County, Virginia
died: 29 April 1873 - near Ashland, Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Ashland Cemetery - near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee
married: 18 April 1811 - Montgomery County, Virginia
wife: Ann Scott
[daughter of Matthew Scott and Lucretia Ogle]
born: 8 March 1794 - Montgomery County, Virginia
died: 28 June 1874 - Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Ashland Cemetery - near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee

Children of William Burrell Walker and Ann Scott Walker:

1. Diane Walker
born: 9 February 1812 - Virginia
died: 30 October 1884 - Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Ashland Cemetery - near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee
1st marriage:
1st husband: James C. Nichols
[son of Robert Nichols and Margaret Craig]
born: c1808
died: before 29 November 1843

Children of Diane Walker Nichols and James C. Nichols:

1.1. Margaret Nichols

1.2. William Andrew Nichols
born: c1832 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: Texas
buried: Post Oak, Texas
married:
wife: Mary Voorhies
[daughter of David Voorhies and Elizabeth McBride]
born: c1838 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: Texas
buried: Post Oak, Texas

1.3. Sarah Nichols

1.4. Rebecca Caroline Nichols
born: 1 March 1837 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died:
married: 20 July 1852 - Wayne County, Tennessee
husband: Jacob Jackson Stowe
born: 19 February 1827

1.5. George A. Nichols
born: c1839
died: Texas

1.6. James C. Nichols
born: c1842
died: Texas
married: 15 March 1865
wife: Sarah A. Paton

2nd marriage of Diane Walker Nichols: 29 November 1843
2nd husband of Diane Walker Nichols: John Craig
born: 21 June 1799 - North Carolina
died: 2 January 1877 - Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Ashland Cemetery - near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee

2. Burrell Walker
born: 18 July 1814 - Virginia
died: 6 March 1852 - Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Ashland Cemetery, Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee
married: 2 March 1837
wife: Mary Adelaide Johnson
[daughter of Alexander Johnson and Elinor "Nelly" Craig]
born: 15 February 1818 - Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee
died: 5 March 1852
buried: Ashland Cemetery, Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee

Children of Burrell Walker and Mary Adelaide Johnson Walker:

2.1. John Luther Walker
born: c1838 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: before 26 October 1875

2.2. William Alexander Walker
born: 25 April 1840 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 5 July 1910
married: 27 September 1877
wife: Mary Mildred Merriman

2.3. Martha Ann Walker
born: c1842 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 1920-1924
married:
husband: Terry Dalton Young

2.4. Elizabeth Elinor Walker
born: 24 September 1844 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 30 January 1913
married: 18 October 1863
husband: James A. Burns

2.5. Minerva Jane "Jennie Maude" Walker
born: 16 December 1847 or 1848 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 25 December 1924
married: 18 February 1868
husband: Andrew Jackson Swinebrod

2.6. James Edwin Walker
born: c1848 - Wayne County, Tennessee

2.7. Burrell Creed Walker
born: c1850 - Wayne County, Tennessee

2.8. Mary Adelaide Walker
born: c1851 or 1852 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 1852

3. Sarah Walker
born: 21 June 1816 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died:
married:
husband: William B. Craig

4. George Isom Walker
born: 18 January 1819 - on Forty Eight Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 30 March 1885 - on Forty Eight Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Old Dabbs Cemetery near the Wayne-Lewis County Line - Lewis County, Tennessee
1st marriage:
1st wife: Eliza Ann Nichols
[daughter of Robert Nichols and Peggy Craig]
born: 25 January 1817 - Maury County, Tennessee
died: 13 January 1872 - Wayne County, Tennessee
buried: Old Dabbs Cemetery near the Wayne-Lewis County Line - Lewis County, Tennessee

Children of George Isom Walker and Eliza Ann Nichols Walker:

4.1. Margaret Ann Walker
born: 30 October 1840
died:
married:
husband: John Voorhies

4.2. John Allen Walker
born: 8 December 1842
died:
married:
wife: Eliza Ellen Pollock

4.3. Mary Rebecca Walker
born: 18 August 1845
died:
married:
husband: Mark Fletcher Edwards

4.4. Adeline Jane Walker
born: 18 July 1848 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 24 August 1862
buried: Ashland Cemetery - Lewis County, Tennessee

4.5. George Leonard Walker
born: 19 November 1850 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 31 August 1872 - Ashland, Wayne County, Tennessee
Never Married
buried: Old Dabbs Cemetery near the Wayne-Lewis County Line - Lewis County, Tennessee

4.6. William Henderson Walker
born: 28 July 1853 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 18 January 1901
buried: Old Dabbs Cemetery near the Wayne-Lewis County Line - Lewis County, Tennessee

4.7. Eliza Josephine Walker
born: 24 December 1855
died:
married:
husband: J. Richard Stockard

4.8. James Luther Walker
born: 28 September 1859
died:
married:
wife: Lenora Annabelle Meredith

2nd marriage of George Isom Walker: 5 September 1873
2nd wife of George Isom Walker: Eliza Ann Hardin (Biffle) [widow of J. I. Biffle]
[daughter of ? Hardin and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried: Ashalnd Cemetery - Wayne County, Tennessee

5. John Floyd Walker
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 17 January 1821 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 20 September 1895 - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
buried: Pleasant Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
census: 1870 Giles County, Tennessee
married: 21 March 1855 - Madison County, Tennessee
wife: Emily Ann Brown
[daughter of Rev. Basdil Brown and Mary Mays]
born: 17 January 1831 - Perry County, Tennessee
died: 4 March 1907 - Triana, Alabama
buried:

Children of John Floyd Walker and Emily Ann Brown Walker:

5.1. Ellura Medora "Lura" Walker
born: 21 June 1856 - Campbellsville, Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 1 June 1900 - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
married: 23 September 1879 -
husband: Thomas Madden Waters
[son of Mark Smith Waters and Margaret Matilda White]
born: December 1857 - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
died: March 1905 - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee

Children of Ellura Medora "Lura" Walker Waters and Thomas Madden Waters:

5.1.1. Effie Waters
born: July 1880 - Giles County, Tennessee
died: June 1917
married: December 1901
husband: Charles Sumter Logan

Children of Effie Waters Logan and Charles Sumter Logan:

5.1.1.1. Sumter Logan

5.1.1.2. Harry Logan

5.1.1.3. Nell Logan

5.1.1.4. Joe Logan

5.1.2. Lula Waters
born: January 1882 - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
died: February 1950 - Oxford, Mississippi
buried: Oxford, Mississippi
married: June 1901 - Bethel, Tennessee
husband: Marvin B. Gregory
[son of Joseph B. Gregory and Sara Elizabeth Sims]
born: June 1881 - Randolph, Pontotoc County, Mississippi
died: January 1968 - Oxford, Mississippi
buried: Oxford, Mississippi

Children of Lula Waters Gregory and Marvin B. Gregory:

5.1.2.1. Harold Walker Gregory
born: July 1904 - Giles County, Tennessee
died: July 1974
married: c1925
wife: Louise Higdon

5.1.2.2. Joseph Gregory
c1906 - Birmingham, Alabama
died: 1907

5.1.2.3. Lura Elizabeth Gregory
born: October 1908 - Birmingham, Alabama
died: April 1991 - Abbeville, Mississippi
married: September 1929
husband: Sidney Roy

5.1.2.4. James Marvin Gregory
Presbyterian Minister
born: April 1911 - Birmingham, Alabama
died: January 1998 - Davidson, North Carolina
buried: Sunset Cemetery - Shelby, North Carolina
married: July 1935, Carrollton, Kentucky
wife: Martha Nan McCrackin
[daughter of Ralph B. McCrackin and Margaret Swango]
born: May 1914 - Carrollton, Kentucky
died: December 1995 - Davidson, North Carolina
buried: Sunset Cemetery - Shelby, North Carolina

5.1.2.5. Carl Gordon Gregory

5.1.3. Vassar Waters
born: 1886 - Giles County, Tennessee
died: 1954
1st marriage: August 1907
1st husband: J. Dee Gregory

2nd marriage: February 1951
2nd husband: Marvin B. Gregory

5.1.4. Lura Madeline Waters
born: September 1888 - Giles County, Tennessee
married: May 1911
husband: Clair Landis Rodgers
minister

5.1.5. Basdell Waters
born: 1890 - Giles County, Tennessee
died: April 1958
married: 1917
wife: Lucille Davis

5.2. Herschel Porter Walker
born: 29 November 1858
died:
buried:
married: 1 September 1881
wife: Lila M. Morrison
[daughter of ? Morrison and Rosa Henderson]

5.3. William Basdil Walker
born: 13 October 1859
died: 29 January 1892 - Bryson City
buried: Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
Never married

5.4. Ada Octaveine Walker
born: 29 April 1861
died: 1942 - Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
married: 8 December 1881 - Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
husband: William J. Herring
died: 25 February 19??
buried: Madison, Alabama

5.5. John Baxter Walker
born: 7 May 1863
died: 16 December 1864
buried: Campbellsville, Giles County, Tennessee

5.6. Joseph Luther Walker
born: 6 March 1865
died: 17 March 1899 - Manila, Philippines
buried: on Luzon reinterred at National Cemetery - San Francisco, California
Never married

5.7. Kitty Desdemona "Dezzie" Walker
born: 4 March 1867
died: November 1938 - Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
buried: Aspen Hill, Giles County, Tennessee
married: 6 December 1899
husband: Dr. J. Pinckney May
born: 25 February 1854
died: 12 October 1920

5.8. Curry Herbert Walker
birth: 10 January 1871 - Campbellsville, Giles County, Tennessee

death: 2 June 1949 - Pampa, Gray County, Texas
buried:
1st marriage: December 1893
1st wife: Nitia Lou Blasingame
born: 1873 - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee
died: 1898
buried: Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Stella, Giles County, Tennessee

2nd marriage: 30 April 1901
2nd wife: Marcella Lambeth Bull
[daughter of Charles Ordway Bull and Clarissa Lambeth]
born: 12 September 1875 - Elkton, Giles County, Tennessee
died:

6. William Carroll Walker
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 15 February 1823 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 22 March 1899 - Bellevue or near Newport, Clay County, Texas
buried:
married: 10 March 1853 - near Prospect, Tennessee
wife: Caroline Paisley Kerr
[daughter of Samuel Kerr and Anna Paisley]
born: 31 March 1823 - Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
died: 16 February 1915 - Bellevue, Texas
buried:

Children of William Carroll Walker and Caroline Paisley Kerr Walker:

6.1. Anna Josephine Walker
born: 3 June 1854
married: 4 January 1871 - Savannah, Hardin County, Tennessee
husband: William M. Wagner

Children of Anna Josephine Walker Wagner and William M. Wagner:

6.1.1. Elvin Wagner
born: 6 October 1871

6.1.2. Addie Wagner
born: 2 August 1873

6.2. Mary Frances "Fannie" Walker
born: 24 September 1856
died: 1902
husband: Dr. Crook Welch

6.3. Elizabeth Adalet "Lizzie" Walker
born: 12 February 1859
husband: Lewis Kendall

6.4. William Jahu Walker
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 8 July 1861 - near Pulaski, Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 11 December 1940 - Vashti, Clay County, Texas
buried: Vashit, Clay County, Texas
1st marriage: 27 December 1883 -
1st wife: Lillie Ann Phillips
[daughter of Edwin Phillips and Amanda Dorothy Miller]
born: 21 November 1860 - Palestine, Texas
died: May 1928 - Vashti, Clay County, Texas

Children of William Jehu Walker and Lillie Ann Phillips Walker:

6.4.1. Daughter Walker
born: 24 November 1884

6.4.2. Edwin Dewitt Walker
Basptist Minister
born: 25 July 1886
died:
married: 1910
wife: Mary Agnes Williams
[daughter of Charles Lemuel Williams and Minnie Elizabeth Harber]
born: 1890
died: 21 July 1971 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Children of Edwin Dewitt Walker and Mary Agnes Williams Walker:

6.4.2.1. Dorothy Walker

6.4.2.2. Paula Walker
born: c1916
died: March 1937 - Dill City, Oklahoma

6.4.2.3. Stuart Walker

6.4.2.4. Nina Walker

6.4.2.5. Phillips Walker

6.4.2.6. Lota Walker

6.4.2.7. Joy Walker

6.4.3. William Lee Walker
born: 10 November 1888 - Newport, Clay County, Texas
died: 21 October 1971 - Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado
buried: Masonic Cemetery - Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado
married: 3 June 1934 - LaVeta, Huerfano County, Colorado
wife: Mabel Evelyn Capps
[daughter of Samuel John Capps and Amelia Frances Strange]
born: 28 September 1896 - LaVeta, Huerfano County, Colorado
died: 8 February 1992 - LaVeta, Huerfano County, Colorado

6.4.4. Luther Earl Walker
born: 7 April 1892
wife: Johanna Summ

6.4.5. Mary Beulah Walker
husband: Roy Hodges

Child of Mary Beulah Walker Hodges and Roy Hodges:

6.4.5.1. Ann Hodges

6.4.6. Jahu W. Walker
born: 26 August 1901
died: 30 August 1901

6.4.7. Anna Agnes Walker
husband: Roy Thompson

Children of Anna Agnes Walker Thompson and Roy Thompson:

6.4.7.1. Bennie Thompson

6.4.7.2. Jimmy Thompson

2nd marriage of Rev. William Jahu Walker: after May 1928
2nd wife: Fannie ? [widow of John Thompson]

6.5. Luther J. Walker
born: 4 Octoaber 1863
wife: George Anna White

6.6. Ada Alice Walker
born: 22 November 1865
died: 5 October 1866

6.7. Emma Etta Walker
born: 22 November 1865
died: 29 May 1882

6.8. Nannie Ella Walker
born: 22 March 1868
died: 1901

7. James Mitchell Walker
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 31 January 1825 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 20 December 1905 - Gibson County, Tennessee
buried: North Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Gibson County, Tennessee
married: 29 October 1856 - Giles County, Tennessee
wife: Eleanor Hannah Kerr
[daughter of Samuel Kerr and Ann Paisley]
born: 19 July 1832 - Giles County, Tennessee
died: 30 September 1889 - Gibson County, Tennessee
buried: North Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Gibson County, Tennessee

Children of James Mitchell Walker and Eleanor Hannah Kerr Walker:

7.1. Eliza Jane Walker
born: 4 September 1857
died:
married:
husband: Dr. Andrew F. Franks

7.2. Valutia Allis "Alice" Walker
born: 15 August 1859 - Florence, Alabama
died: 6 February 1943
buried: Kenton, Gibson County, Tennessee
married: 21 January 1886 - Gibson County, Tennessee
husband: William David Kerr
[son of William Harrison and Arkana Leonard]
born: 9 August 1856

7.3. Addison Kerr Walker
born: 21 February 1861
died:
Never married

7.4. Rufus Donnell Walker
born: 25 April 1863
died:
buried:
married:
wife: Myrtle Alston
[daughter of ? Alston and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

Children of Rufus Donnell Walker and Myrtle Alston Walker:

7.4.1.

7.4.2.

 

7.5. Felix Alvis Walker
born: 15 June 1866
died:
married:
wife: Maggie Brown
No children

7.6. Sarah Elizabeth Walker
born: 1 July 1866
died:
married:
husband: Lewis C. Kendell

7.7. Samuel James Walker
born: 5 April 1875
died:
Never married

8. Jahu Creed Walker
born: 19 April 1827 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 18 February 1917 - Tennessee
married: 22 January 1856 -
wife: Elizabeth Sloan Ross
born: 23 January 18??
died: 17 February 1917

Children of Jahu Creed Walker and Elizabeth Sloan Ross Walker:

8.1. Annie Scott Walker
born: 1874
died: 22 June 1899 - Savannah, Tennessee
buried:
married: 16 December 1896 - Hardin County, Tennessee
husband: Alfred Stansberry Grigg
[son of Isaac W. Grigg and Mary Adela Montague]
born: 24 March 1869 - Maury County, Tennessee
died: 17 September 1937 - Washington County, Tennessee

Children of Annie Scott Walker Grigg and Alfred Stansberry Grigg:

8.1.1. Luella Grigg
born: 29 September 1897 - Hardin County, Tennessee
died: 22 September 1974
married: 24 June 1919 - Tennessee
husband: Charles Henry Churchwell
[son of Eli Polk Churchwell and Sarah Coldonia Kerr]
born: 13 November 1894
died: 10 August 1948 - Savannah, Hardin County, Tennessee

Children of Luella Grigg Churchwell and Charles Henry Churchwell:

8.1.1.1. Charles Henry Churchwell, Jr.

8.1.1.2. Nannibeth Churchwell
husband: James Forrest Barlow

8.1.1.3. Alfred Grigg Churchwell
born: 24 June 1926 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 17 May 1997 - Savannah, Hardin County, Tennessee
wife: Harriet Dasher Ashley

9. Rufus Scott Walker
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 29 April 1829 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died: 25 May 1890 - near Clifton, Wayne County, Tennessee
buried:
married: 1854 -
wife: A. Alice Voorhies
[daughter of ? Voorhies and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

10. Eliza Ann Walker
born: 7 January 1831 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died:
1st marriage:
1st husband: John Gibson
2nd marriage:
2nd husband: David Spring Skillern

11. Mary A. Walker
born: 27 January 1833 - Wayne County, Tennessee
died:
1st marriage:
1st husband: W. J. Harbinson
2nd marriage:
2nd husband: Henry N. Smith

 


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