John Samual Walker

John Samual Walker
Born	January 3, 1850(1850-01-03) Iowa City, Johnson Co, Iowa
Died	November 16, 1933 (aged 83) Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
Resting place	Silent Homes Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
Spouse	Sarah E Woodruff (m. 1873) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Sarah E Woodruff to John Samual Walker" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/John_Samual_Walker) in Johnson County, Iowa
Children	Sherman Lloyd Walker (1873-1931) Hannah Elizabeth ("Libbie") Walker (1875-1959) John Samuel Walker (1876-1943) Harriet ("Hattie") Jane Walker (1879-1968) Anna Walker (1880-?) Elma and Elmer Walker (1881-1881)
Parents	Samuel Walker Elizabeth Ann Stover

Historical Records

• John (age 19) is living in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa in the 1870 Federal Census
• John (age 29) and Sarah (age 26) and children Sherman (age 7), Elizabeth (age 6), Samuel (age 4), and Hattie J (age 2) live in Freemont, Johnson, Iowa in the 1880 Federal Census
• 1880: Anna was born in 1880 and died as a small child
• 1881: Elmer (m) and Elma (f) were twins that died in infancy
• Iowa City Weekly Republican, April 2, 1884: About 9 o'clock last Wed. nite, John Walker who resides just south of Ryerson's Mill on the West side of the river, crossed the Rock Island Bridge on his way home and started to descend by the flight of high stone steps which lead from the bridge to the road below. In some way, he lost his footing and fell over the unprotected edge to the hard ground below. He was caried home and Dr. Lytle summoned. It was found on examination that no bones had been broken, but his body and limbs were severely bruised. As his injuries were not of a serious character, he will doubtless soon recover.
• The 1885 Johnson County, Iowa Census lists Sarah and John, along with: Sherman, Elizabeth, Samuel, Hattie
• June 04, 1894, John had a wooden leg--lost his leg in Altoona when it was run over by a train
• In June 1894 the Des Moines Leader reported John Samuel's foot being cut off. It was also reported in the Iowa City Republican.
• Des Moines Leader, June 5, 1894: J.S. Walker of Shelby had one foot cut off at Altoona last night. He was a passenger on the train and jumped off before it stopped. He was brought to DesMoines and taken to Cottage Hospital. [Family legend is that he got on the wrong train and when he discovered that he wasn't headed to Shelby, he jumped off.]
• The 1900 Federal Census has Sarah and John living with son Samuel in Township 28, Peoria, Indian Territory
• The 1910 Federal Census lists John as a widow, in Elk, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, living with S., Daisy, Sadie, Hattie, and John Walker
• The 1920 Federal Census lists John as a widow, in Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas, with Sherman's family
• Cause of John's death (Facts Pg): Stomach trouble of years duration
• A 1889 Atlas of Pleasant Valley shows a number of Walker plots: J Walker, J Walker, J L Walker, H A Walker, Walker. (User:Jim.lindstrom: I haven't yet tried to determine whether any of these plots belongs to John Samual Walker.)

Other notes:

• Son Sherman's wife Mary was "a full blooded Indian."
• Jim (Opfell?) also has Anna Walker b 1869 died 1895 on this listing of children. But he says "We do not know who Anna's parents are, she is listed next to Wallace W. Walker in record. She is not listed with the family in 1880." So I haven't listed her here.
• There are three Walker children born after the group in the L.T.,IA Book. Jim has them as Elma, Elmer and ? Child Walker.

Photos

John's death certificate	Back (L-R): Sherman, Hannah; Middle: John, Samuel (Jr.), Sarah; Hattie