James Walker - Revision history

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	== Linn Clan Entry on the Walkers<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553</ref> ==		== Linn Clan Entry on the Walkers<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553</ref> ==

	~~John~~ Walker, an Ohio farmer, was married to Sarah Burnett, who was three-fourths American Indian. ~~John~~'s three sons: Samuel, James, and Joseph, emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa from Ohio in 1837. Their father followed his sons in 1841. [[Samuel Walker]] and his wife, [[Elizabeth Ann Stover\|Elizabeth Stover]], were members of very respected families which were community leaders in the early pioneer days of Iowa. Their son John S. Walker, married Sarah Woodruff. John and Sarah and their two daughters, Libbie and Hattie, moved to western Iowa and thence to the silver mines of Jefferson City, Montana. Elizabeth Stover Walker, having lost her husband, Samuel, in 1852, accompanied them. Elizabeth died on 29 July 1888 in Jefferson City. The walker family returned to Iowa by wagon, as they had gone. They settled near Shelby, Iowa, where Libbie married Frank B. Linn. The children of Libbie and Frank were 3/64ths American Indian.		[James] Walker, an Ohio farmer, was married to Sarah Burnett, who was three-fourths American Indian. [James]'s three sons: Samuel, James, and Joseph, emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa from Ohio in 1837. Their father followed his sons in 1841. [[Samuel Walker]] and his wife, [[Elizabeth Ann Stover\|Elizabeth Stover]], were members of very respected families which were community leaders in the early pioneer days of Iowa. Their son John S. Walker, married Sarah Woodruff. John and Sarah and their two daughters, Libbie and Hattie, moved to western Iowa and thence to the silver mines of Jefferson City, Montana. Elizabeth Stover Walker, having lost her husband, Samuel, in 1852, accompanied them. Elizabeth died on 29 July 1888 in Jefferson City. The walker family returned to Iowa by wagon, as they had gone. They settled near Shelby, Iowa, where Libbie married Frank B. Linn. The children of Libbie and Frank were 3/64ths American Indian.

			(Note: the above claims of Native Americanness are suspect. See [[Mary Sarah Burnett]]'s page for a discussion.)

	== Walker School House<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/754/mode/2up/search/walker</ref> ==		== Walker School House<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/754/mode/2up/search/walker</ref> ==

	The first school house was a log one, built by the neighbors clubbing together and doing all the work themselves. It stood on the banks of Buck creek, on James Walker's claim, which was the southwest quarter of section 36. It was very near the line of Freemont township, and was the same one referred to in the history of that township, which see in another place, where the house is more fully described. Jerry Stover taught the first school. It was called the Walker schoolhouse.		The first school house was a log one, built by the neighbors clubbing together and doing all the work themselves. It stood on the banks of Buck creek, on James Walker's claim, which was the southwest quarter of section 36. It was very near the line of Freemont township, and was the same one referred to in the history of that township, which see in another place, where the house is more fully described. Jerry Stover taught the first school. It was called the Walker schoolhouse.

			== Resting Place ==

			James is buried in the [[Walker Family Cemetery]] in Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>:

			[[File:James walker gravestone.jpg\|thumb]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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Jim.lindstrom at 02:28, 8 January 2011

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	== Linn Clan Entry on the Walkers<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553</ref> ==		== Linn Clan Entry on the Walkers<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553</ref> ==

	John Walker, an Ohio farmer, was married to Sarah Burnett, who was three-fourths American Indian. John's three sons: Samuel, James, and Joseph, emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa from Ohio in 1837. Their father followed his sons in 1841. [[Samuel Walker]] and his wife, [[Elizabeth ~~Ralston~~ Stover\| Elizabeth Stover]], were members of very respected families which were community leaders in the early pioneer days of Iowa. Their son John S. Walker, married Sarah Woodruff. John and Sarah and their two daughters, Libbie and Hattie, moved to western Iowa and thence to the silver mines of Jefferson City, Montana. Elizabeth Stover Walker, having lost her husband, Samuel, in 1852, accompanied them. Elizabeth died on 29 July 1888 in Jefferson City. The walker family returned to Iowa by wagon, as they had gone. They settled near Shelby, Iowa, where Libbie married Frank B. Linn. The children of Libbie and Frank were 3/64ths American Indian.		John Walker, an Ohio farmer, was married to Sarah Burnett, who was three-fourths American Indian. John's three sons: Samuel, James, and Joseph, emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa from Ohio in 1837. Their father followed his sons in 1841. [[Samuel Walker]] and his wife, [[Elizabeth Ann Stover\|Elizabeth Stover]], were members of very respected families which were community leaders in the early pioneer days of Iowa. Their son John S. Walker, married Sarah Woodruff. John and Sarah and their two daughters, Libbie and Hattie, moved to western Iowa and thence to the silver mines of Jefferson City, Montana. Elizabeth Stover Walker, having lost her husband, Samuel, in 1852, accompanied them. Elizabeth died on 29 July 1888 in Jefferson City. The walker family returned to Iowa by wagon, as they had gone. They settled near Shelby, Iowa, where Libbie married Frank B. Linn. The children of Libbie and Frank were 3/64ths American Indian.

	== Walker School House<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/754/mode/2up/search/walker</ref> ==		== Walker School House<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/754/mode/2up/search/walker</ref> ==

Elindstr at 21:11, 17 November 2010

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	\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>		\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| children = [[Robert B. Walker]] (1810 - 1861)<br>[[Nancy Ann Walker]] (1812-1863)<br>[[Samuel Walker]] (1814-1852)<br>[[James Walker, Jr.]] (1816-1904)<br>[[Elizabeth Eliza Walker]] (1818-1898)<br>[[Joseph Walker]] (1819-1893)<br>[[Laura Cara Walker]] (1822-1911)<br>[[Frances Ann Walker]] (1826-1868)<br>[[Henry Walker (1829\|Henry Walker)]] (1829-1911)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| children = [[Robert B. Walker]] (1810 - 1861)<br>[[Nancy Ann Walker]] (1812-1863)<br>[[Samuel Walker]] (1814-1852)<br>[[James Walker, Jr.]] (1816-1904)<br>[[Elizabeth Eliza Walker]] (1818-1898)<br>[[Joseph Walker]] (1819-1893)<br>[[Laura Cara Walker]] (1822-1911)<br>[[Frances Ann Walker]] (1826-1868)<br>[[Henry Walker (1829)\|Henry Walker]] (1829-1911)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>		\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>
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Elindstr at 21:10, 17 November 2010

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	\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>		\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<~~ref~~>~~http://familytreemaker~~.~~genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William~~-Walker-~~OK/GENE9~~-~~0011.html~~<~~/ref~~><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>~~<br />[[Joseph Walker]]<br />[[James Walker, Jr.]]~~		\| children = [[Robert B. Walker]] (1810 - 1861)<br>[[Nancy Ann Walker]] (1812-1863)<br>[[Samuel Walker]] (1814-1852)<br>[[James Walker, Jr.]] (1816-1904)<br>[[Elizabeth Eliza Walker]] (1818-1898)<br>[[Joseph Walker]] (1819-1893)<br>[[Laura Cara Walker]] (1822-1911)<br>[[Frances Ann Walker]] (1826-1868)<br>[[Henry Walker (1829\|Henry Walker)]] (1829-1911)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>		\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>
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	== Walker Pioneer Family Bio<ref>http://iagenweb.org/johnson/families/WalkerFamily.htm</ref> ==		== Walker Pioneer Family Bio<ref>http://iagenweb.org/johnson/families/WalkerFamily.htm</ref> ==

	<blockquote><p>James and Mary Sarah "Betsey" Walker arrived [in Johnson County, Iowa] with three more of the family's nine children in 1840. They were 18-year-old Laura, 14-year-old Frances (Fannie) and 11-year-old Henry. Their two oldest daughters had stayed in Ohio or Indiana with their husbands.</p>		<blockquote><p>James and Mary Sarah "Betsey" Walker arrived [in Johnson County, Iowa] with three more of the family's nine children in 1840. They were 18-year-old Laura, 14-year-old Frances (Fannie) and 11-year-old Henry. Their two oldest daughters had stayed in Ohio or Indiana with their husbands.</p>

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	\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>		\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><br />[[Joseph Walker]]<br />[[James Walker, Jr.]]
	\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>		\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>
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	John Walker, an Ohio farmer, was married to Sarah Burnett, who was three-fourths American Indian. John's three sons: Samuel, James, and Joseph, emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa from Ohio in 1837. Their father followed his sons in 1841. [[Samuel Walker]] and his wife, [[Elizabeth Ralston Stover\| Elizabeth Stover]], were members of very respected families which were community leaders in the early pioneer days of Iowa. Their son John S. Walker, married Sarah Woodruff. John and Sarah and their two daughters, Libbie and Hattie, moved to western Iowa and thence to the silver mines of Jefferson City, Montana. Elizabeth Stover Walker, having lost her husband, Samuel, in 1852, accompanied them. Elizabeth died on 29 July 1888 in Jefferson City. The walker family returned to Iowa by wagon, as they had gone. They settled near Shelby, Iowa, where Libbie married Frank B. Linn. The children of Libbie and Frank were 3/64ths American Indian.		John Walker, an Ohio farmer, was married to Sarah Burnett, who was three-fourths American Indian. John's three sons: Samuel, James, and Joseph, emigrated to Johnson County, Iowa from Ohio in 1837. Their father followed his sons in 1841. [[Samuel Walker]] and his wife, [[Elizabeth Ralston Stover\| Elizabeth Stover]], were members of very respected families which were community leaders in the early pioneer days of Iowa. Their son John S. Walker, married Sarah Woodruff. John and Sarah and their two daughters, Libbie and Hattie, moved to western Iowa and thence to the silver mines of Jefferson City, Montana. Elizabeth Stover Walker, having lost her husband, Samuel, in 1852, accompanied them. Elizabeth died on 29 July 1888 in Jefferson City. The walker family returned to Iowa by wagon, as they had gone. They settled near Shelby, Iowa, where Libbie married Frank B. Linn. The children of Libbie and Frank were 3/64ths American Indian.

			== Walker School House<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofjohnson00iowa#page/754/mode/2up/search/walker</ref> ==

			The first school house was a log one, built by the neighbors clubbing together and doing all the work themselves. It stood on the banks of Buck creek, on James Walker's claim, which was the southwest quarter of section 36. It was very near the line of Freemont township, and was the same one referred to in the history of that township, which see in another place, where the house is more fully described. Jerry Stover taught the first school. It was called the Walker schoolhouse.

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	\| birth_place = Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| birth_place = Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| death_date = {{dda\|1848\|1\|8\|1767\|6\|3}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| death_date = {{dda\|1848\|1\|8\|1767\|6\|3}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| resting_place = Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://~~familytreemaker~~.~~genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK~~/~~GENE9-0011~~.~~html~~</ref>		\| resting_place = [[Walker Family Cemetery]], Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=131383</ref>
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>

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	\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| parents = Robert Walker Jr<ref>http://~~familytreemaker~~.~~genealogy~~.~~com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK~~/~~GENE9-0011~~.~~html~~</ref>		\| parents = [[Robert Walker III]]<br />[[Elizabeth Brice]]<ref>http://www.lapella.net/wordstorywalkersfromjim_opfell.doc</ref>
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	<p>It was very near an existing Indian town, Walker said, but the natives were friendly with the Walkers and vice versa (the treaty forcing Iowa's native residents to move to Fort Des Moines in Tama County wasn't signed until 1843).</p></blockquote>		<p>It was very near an existing Indian town, Walker said, but the natives were friendly with the Walkers and vice versa (the treaty forcing Iowa's native residents to move to Fort Des Moines in Tama County wasn't signed until 1843).</p></blockquote>

	(Note: See [[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Iowa_From_the_Earliest_Times_to_the_Beginning_of_the_Twentieth_Century/1/8\| History of Iowa from its Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (p88)]] for the story on the removal of the Sac and Fox tribes from Western Iowa.)		(Note: See [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Iowa_From_the_Earliest_Times_to_the_Beginning_of_the_Twentieth_Century/1/8 History of Iowa from its Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (p88)] for the story on the removal of the Sac and Fox tribes from Western Iowa.)

	== Linn Clan Entry on the Walkers<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553</ref> ==		== Linn Clan Entry on the Walkers<ref>[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553</ref> ==

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	\| resting_place = Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| resting_place = Pleasant Valley, Johnson, Iowa<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| spouse = [[Mary Sarah Burnett]]<ref>~~[[The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century]], p553~~</ref>		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Mary Sarah Burnett]]\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| children = ~~{{marriage\|~~[[Samuel Walker]]~~\|February 26, 1807\|1848}}~~<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| children = [[Samuel Walker]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref><ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
	\| parents = Robert Walker Jr<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>		\| parents = Robert Walker Jr<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/l/William-Walker-OK/GENE9-0011.html</ref>
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