Name: Bartlett
Yancy WALKER
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Birth: 31
Oct 1819 Surry
Co., North Carolina
Death: 19
Mar 1912 Weiser,
Washington Co., Idaho
Burial: Greenbay
Cemetery, Van Wert, Iowa?
Occupation: Homesteaded Nr.
Van Wert, Iowa
Father: William
WALKER
Mother: Catherine
KIMBREL
Robert WALKER Esq. (Abt 1717/20 -
bef Aug 1786) & Unknown
Robert WALKER Jr. (1 Sep
1748 - ) & Mary JONES (1 Nov 1758 - 9 Jun 1853)
William WALKER* (27 Mar 1790 - Jun 1855) & Catharine KIMBREL (abt
1790 - 13 Aug 1835)
Bartlett Yancy WALKER (31 Oct
1819 – 19 Mar 1912) & Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 1891)
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853
- 28 May 1902)
Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (30
Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974)
Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY
(1901 - 1998)
Misc. Notes
Following notes from Geraldine Walker Wooley
Binning -
Our
Great-Grandad Bartlett Yancy Walker homesteaded a mile East of Van Wert. There are no buildings there now. He went by his initials,
"B.Y.".
His
son Cyrus Walker was our dad's father.
Cruiso Walker is buried in Leon cemetery - no family that I know
of. Hansford Walker went west and
was never heard from again.
Malinda
Walker Downey was his only girl. We
visited her grand daughter this summer (1983), at Hawthorne California, when
Alma, Mary, Bert & I visited our sister Florence - this was the first time
we ever saw her.
Note:
8/31/03, LFC: Found ÒThumbnail BiosÓ on the Decatur County rootsweb site,
with
the following extracted from
Down One Hundred Years by L. Dale Ahern
This
is a book no longer in publication. It may be found in several libraries, most
likely in their reference room. The first part of his book are facts and
stories, most of locations. The second are short informational biographies.
Key
to Abbreviations: b. born; p. parents; w. wife; c. children; o. occupation; ch.
church; 1. lodges; d. died.
ÒWALKER,
B. T. - b. 1819; p. William and Katherine; c. to D. c. 1857: w. Francis Maxey;
c. Malinda, Cyrus, W. H., W. C., Albert, Frances: o. farmer; ch.
MethodistÓ
This
is clearly our "B.Y." Walker. The only name I can't identify is
"Albert"?
(DECATUR COUNTY - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP maps)
shows
Walker,
B.Y.-Section 7-Farmer-Surry Co., NC-l857-Patriot
Walker,
Cyrus-Section l7-Farmer-Knox Co., IL-l857-Patriot
with
legend of ÒReference: Name-Residence-Business-Nativity-Came To State-Post Office
Address:Ó I read this as ÒB.Y.Ó settled in ÒSection 7Ó, was born in Surry Co.,
NC, and moved to Iowa in 1857. His son, Cyrus, came to Iowa at the same time.
(LFC)
1850 CENSUS, KNOX CO., ILL:
Bartlett
is found living near his father-in-law, Robert Maxey (see RobertÕs notes).
His
age is 31, and he lists his occupation as ÒHorticulturalÓ (? an educated
farmer?) and was born in North Carolina. His wife Frances is 22, born in
Virginia. Living at home are 3 children: Elizabeth age 4, Cyrus age 2, and
Washington age 5 months. (My original source, Aunt Geraldine, did not name
ÒElizabethÓ – but think her name was "Elizabeth Malinda".)
Cyrus and Washington are a perfect fit to Geraldine's data.) All the children
were born in Illinois.
1855 ILLINOIS CENSUS, KNOX COUNTY,
ORANGE TWP:
Bartlet
Y Walker is living next door to his brother-in-law, Richard A Maxey. They have
three boys under 10 (Cyrus, Washington Hansford, & William Cruso), one male
20-30 (a hired hand?), one male 30-40 (B.Y.), one female under 10 (Elizabeth),
and one female 20-30 (Frances). Two men are in the militia. They have livestock
worth $315.
1860 CENSUS, IOWA, DECATUR COUNTY,
FRANKLIN TWP., PAGE 162:
Bartlett
Y. is age 40, a farmer, with real estate worth $3600 and other personal estate
worth $600. He was born in North Carolina. Wife Frances is age 36, born in
Virginia. At home are Elizabeth age 15, Cyrus age 14, Washington age 10,
William C. age 7, and Claiborn A. age 4. Also in the household is Bartlett's
brother, Richard B. Walker, age 31, occupation house joiner, born in North
Carolina. And they have a farm laborer, Joseph Ray, age 20, born in Illinois.
1870 CENSUS, DECATUR CO., FRANKLIN
TWP., IOWA:
Although
he got indexed as ÒBartletzÓ, the census taker meant ÒBartlet YÓ. He is age 50,
a farmer, with real estate worth $7750 and other property worth $1916, born in
North Carolina. His wife Frances is age 38 (obviously she ages slowly!) born in
Virginia. Children are Cyras (age 22, worth $325), Washington (20), William C.
(18), and Claborn A. (15). All the boys are listed as Farm Laborers, but the
youngest two have been attending school as well.
1880 CENSUS, DECATUR COUNTY,
FRANKLIN TWP., IA:
Bartlet
(sic) Y Walker, age 60. Farmer, was born in NC. His father was born in NC, and
his mother in Virginia. His wife Frances is age 52, and she and her parents
were all born in Virginia.
Their
farm is adjacent to that of his son Claborn and wife Mary. They also live near
Robert Maxey, who is probably related to BartlettÕs wife Frances (Maxey).
1885
IOWA CENSUS, DECATUR COUNTY
B. Y. and Francis are living next door to
son Cyrus.
1900 CENSUS, DECATUR COUNTY, LONG
CREEK (VAN WERT), IA:
B.
Y. Walker is found along with his second wife M (Melissa). He was born October
1819, is age 80. He and his parents were born in NC. He can read, write, and
speak English. He owns his property, has no mortgage, and it is a farm. His
(second) wife was born April 1836, she has had 3 children and they are still
living. She was born in Ohio.
1905 IOWA CENSUS, DECATUR COUNTY:
B.
Y. and Melissa are present (no additional info).
1910 CENSUS, IDAHO, WASHINGTON
COUNTY, WEISER:
This
was a revelation, never knew he had been in Idaho! Bartlett Y. Walker is age
90, has been married twice, and is living with his son Cyrus and Cyrus' second
wife Adelia. See notes with Cyrus.
IDAHO DEATH INDEX:
Certificate Number is
001740. He was born 10/31/1819 and died 3/19/1912 in the City of Weiser, County
of Washington, Idaho.
FIND-A-GRAVE:
B.
Y. Walker and wife Frances are buried in Green Bay Cemetery, Clarke County,
Iowa. Marker photo online. ÒFrances R Daughter B.Y. & F WalkerÓ is buried
in same cemetery. (Photo of daughterÕs stone is poor, canÕt really make out age
at death – my best guess is Ò3 years 26 daysÓ? Absence from any census suggests
she was born after 1850?)
Marriage
#1: 20 Feb 1845 Knox Co., IL
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Spouse: Frances
Nixon MAXEY
Birth: 7
Apr 1827 Virginia
Death: 19
Apr 1891 Van Wert,
Decatur Co., IA
Burial: Greenbay
Cemetery, Van Wert, Iowa
Father: Robert
Taylor MAXEY (1800-1875)
Mother: Ridley
R NIXON (1800-1848)
Misc. Notes
ÒFrances
died on 19 April 1891. On 14 December 1893, in Decatur County, Bartlett married
Mrs. Melissa (Durham) Bassett, a daughter of James and Salinda (Wright) Durham.Ó
Bartlett Yancy WALKER (31 Oct 1819
– 19 Mar 1912) & Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Elizabeth Malinda WALKER
(1846 - )
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 -
Sep 1926) & Delia BUTTS
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847
- Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)
Washington Hansford WALKER
(abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT (Sep 1860 - )
William Cruso WALKER (1853 -
) & Ida (abt 1857 - )
Claborn WALKER (Feb 1856 - )
& Mary A EASTER (abt 1862 - )
Frances Rozella WALKER (?
– d: 10 Sep 1859)
Marriage
#2: 14 Dec 1893 Decatur Co., IA
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Spouse: Melissa
DURHAM
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Birth: Apr
1836 Ohio
Misc. Notes
ÒFrances died on 19 April 1891, and
on 14 December 1893, in Decatur County, Bartlett married Mrs. Melissa (Durham)
Bassett, a daughter of James and Salinda (Wright) Durham.Ó
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APPENDIX:
I had an interest in
finding living male descendents of my Walker family (those with the surname
"Walker") for possible DNA testing. A y-chromosome test on a known
male from our family could establish a connection with other Walker families,
and guide future genealogical research. After much frustration, the search was
a success and a cousin was found to take the DNA test. Have kept the research data,
see below:
Living males are most
likely to be found descending from B. Y. Walker, born in 1819. Following is a
partial descent, with the male "ends of the Walker line" marked in
red. I will comment on each of those shortly. Those who are promising for
further research are "Bold Red Underscored".
Robert WALKER Jr. (1 Sep 1748 - )
& Mary JONES (1 Nov 1758 - 9 Jun 1853)
William WALKER* (27 Mar 1790
- Jun 1855) & Catharine KIMBREL (abt 1790 - 13 Aug 1835)
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (31 Oct 1819
– 19 Mar 1912) & Frances Nixon MAXEY (1827 - 1891)
Frances Rozella WALKER
Elizabeth Malinda WALKER (1846 - )
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853
- 28 May 1902)
Virgil E. WALKER (6 Jun 1875 - ) & Emma
Daisy Blondell WALKER (10 Dec 1878 - ) & William H BINFORD
Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (30
Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974)
Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY
(1901 - 26 Oct 1998)
Roscoe Alton WALKER (7 Dec 1904 - 14 Mar 1905)
Virgil Everett WALKER (26 Jul 1909 - 7 Apr 1966)
& Gaynell COMBS (1 Oct 1915 - )
Karen Sue WALKER (3 Dec 1942 - ) & Neil NETLEY
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Leo B. WALKER (1879 - bef 1900)
Thomas A. WALKER (1879 - bef 1900)
Ralph Garfield WALKER (24 May 1882 - 7 Jun 1960) & Alice PATTERSON
(abt 1883 - )
Edna Fay WALKER (abt 1910 - ) & CUNNINGHAM
Willard CUNNINGHAM (abt 1929 - )
Edith WALKER (abt 1912 - )
Leo
B WALKER (31 Jul 1914 - 5 Feb 1986)
Harold Hansford WALKER (14 Oct 1916 - 4 May 1992)
Kenneth WALKER (abt 1919 - )
Ulisses WALKER (abt 1923 - )
Mary WALKER (abt 1925 - )
Charles William WALKER* (Oct 1883 - ) &
Unknown
Bertie F WALKER (abt 1908 - )
Charles William WALKER* (Oct 1883 - ) &
Millie E. (abt 1893 - )
Ida WALKER (abt 1918 - )
Wilma
WALKER (abt 1924 - )
Catherine E. WALKER (Feb 1890 - )
Otho A WALKER (abt 1908 - )
William Cruso WALKER (1853 - ) & Ida (abt 1857 - )
Jessie WALKER (abt 1878 - )
Roland O. WALKER (abt 1883 - )
Bartlett Y WALKER (Feb 1884 - ) & Daisy I (abt 1884 - )
Thelma V WALKER (abt 1910 - )
Vivian WALKER (abt 1915 - )
Bartlett
O. WALKER Jr. (2 Dec 1917 - 12 May 1989)
Margaret WALKER (abt 1922 - )
Daisy WALKER (abt 1924 - )
Claborn WALKER (Feb 1856 - ) & Mary A EASTER
(abt 1862 - )
Lena V WALKER (Aug 1881 - )
Gertie E. WALKER (Dec 1885 - )
Now
let's start looking at each of these, showing first how each descends from B.
Y. Walker, with observations regarding the likelihood of unknown descendents:
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853
- 28 May 1902)
Virgil E. WALKER (6 Jun 1875 - ) & Emma.
Virgil
is a definite dead end. In 1900 he was a student in Des Moines, Family reports
(Marilyn Shamp) are that he taught school in Iowa and married "Emma".
He and Emma are then found in the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census in Rochester, New
York. And no census indicates there are any children.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853
- 28 May 1902)
Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (30
Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974)
Roscoe Alton WALKER (7 Dec 1904 - 14 Mar 1905)
Roscoe
died as an infant.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853
- 28 May 1902)
Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (30
Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974)
Virgil Everett WALKER (26 Jul 1909 - 7 Apr 1966)
& Gaynell COMBS (1 Oct 1915 - )
Karen Sue WALKER (3 Dec 1942 - ) & Neil NETLEY
Virgil's
only child was a daughter, Karen.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Leo B. WALKER (1879 - 1882)
Thomas A. WALKER (1879 - 1882)
These
two sons are found in the records for the Van Wert Cemetery, they died in 1882.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Ralph Garfield WALKER (24 May 1882 - 7 Jun 1960) & Alice PATTERSON
(abt 1883 - )
Leo B WALKER (31 Jul 1914 - 5 Feb 1986)
Now we come to a very
promising candidate for a person who might have living male descendents. He
first appears in the 1920 census for University Place, Lancaster Co., Nebraska
at age 5. In the 1930 census he is age 15, and in Omaha, Nebraska. No census
after 1930 is available, and the only further records are the California Death
Index and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). These show he died 5 Feb 1986
in Castro Valley, Alamedia Co., California 94546. With no records yet found
between 1930 and 1986, there is every possibility he has a family, perhaps with
sons.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Ralph Garfield WALKER (24 May 1882 - 7 Jun 1960) & Alice PATTERSON
(abt 1883 - )
Harold Hansford WALKER (14 Oct 1916 - 4 May 1992)
This candidate is as
promising as his brother, Leo, above. And there is evidence that they lived
very close to each other at their death, in adjacent California counties.
Harold is found in the 1920 census in Nebraska at age 3. In 1930 he is in
Omaha, age 14. The California Death Index says he died 4 May 1992 in San Joaquin
County, California. We're missing 62 years of his life, certainly leaving room
for a family.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Ralph Garfield WALKER (24 May 1882 - 7 Jun 1960) & Alice PATTERSON
(abt 1883 - )
Kenneth WALKER (abt 1919 - )
While I haven't yet found
info on the death of Kenneth Walker, he also remains a promising candidate for
"surviving family". In the 1920 census for Nebraska he is 10 months
old, so he was born in1919. In the 1930 census for Omaha, Nebraska, he is age
11.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Ralph Garfield WALKER (24 May 1882 - 7 Jun 1960) & Alice PATTERSON
(abt 1883 - )
Ulisses WALKER (abt 1923 - )
I
have found very little on "Ulisses" (probably actually
"Ulysses"?) who was age 7 in the 1930 census for Omaha. But he is
certainly a candidate.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Washington Hansford WALKER (abt Dec 1849 - ) & Mary Agnes CORBETT
(Sep 1850 - )
Charles William WALKER* (Oct 1883 - ) &
Unknown
Bertie F WALKER (abt 1908 - )
Charles William WALKER* (Oct 1883 - ) &
Millie E. (abt 1893 - )
Ida WALKER (abt 1918 - )
Wilma WALKER (abt 1924 - )
Charles
William Walker appears to have had only daughters; Bertie, Ida and Wilma.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
William Cruso WALKER (1853 - ) & Ida (abt 1857 - )
Roland O. WALKER (abt 1883 - )
This
child is found as a member of the right family only in the 1885 Iowa Census.
There is, however, a Roland O. Walker of exactly the right age found in the
1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census - - in the "Iowa Institution for Feeble
Minded Children" in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa. It would appear that he
was born permanently handicapped, and that his family was unable to care for
him.
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
William Cruso WALKER (1853 - ) & Ida (abt 1857 - )
Bartlett Y WALKER (Feb 1884 - ) & Daisy I (abt 1884 - )
Bartlett O. WALKER Jr. (2 Dec 1917 - 12 May
1989) & Minnie Louie REID (29 Sep 1920 - )
This also is a promising
candidate. He is first found in the
1920 census for Kansas City Ward 3, Wyandotte County, Kansas at age 2. He is
still at the same location in 1930, at age 12. The SSDI shows he was issued a
Social Security # in Kansas before 1951, and that he died 12 May 1989 in Blue
Springs, Jackson County, Missouri 64015. Again, nearly 60 years of his life are
presently missing records, but there is every possibility he had a family. (I
called every male "Walker" in Blue Springs, but none would admit to
knowing Bart.).
SUCCESS: Found a son of Bartlett O. Walker who
agreed to the DNA test! This was a match to the expected group, confirming our
descent from Robert Walker Esquire!
Bartlett Yancy WALKER* (1819 - 1912)
& Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891)
Claborn WALKER (Feb 1856 - ) & Mary A EASTER
(abt 1862 - )
Lena V WALKER (Aug 1881 - )
Gertie E. WALKER (Dec 1885 - )
Claborn
had only the two daughters, Lena and Gertie.
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