Martha Jane (Trotter) Walker (1874 - 1960)

Born 28 Oct 1874 in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Wylie Walker — married 24 Nov 1897 in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States of America

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1960 at age 85 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Martha (Trotter) Walker was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Martha Jane (Trotter) Walker was born on 28 Oct 1874 in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States, daughter of William Jackson Trotter (~1851 - 1895) and Mary Ann (Trevena) Trotter (1856 - 1896).

Her siblings were:

1. George Bunyon Trotter (1876 - 1903)
2. Mary Ann Tryphena (Trotter) Walker (1879 - 1969)
3. Sarah Elizabeth Trotter (1880 - 1895)
4. John Valentine Trotter (1882 - 1939)
5. Nancy Caroline (Trotter) Hughes (1883 - 1920)
6. Barbara Alice (Trotter) Brewer (1885 - 1974)
7. Asa Evelyn (Trotter) Henry (1887 - 1966)
8. Laura Ellen (Trotter) Headrick (1890 - 1973)
9. William Harrison Trotter (1892 - 1976)
10. Lena Maye Trotter (1894 - 1952)

Martha married William Wiley Walker (1868 - 1925) on 24 Nov 1897 in Sevier County. Their children were:

1. Mary Jane (Walker) Abbott (1899 - 1989)
2. Martha Alice Walker (1901 - 1947)
3. Nancy Lena Walker (1904 - 1991)
4. Louisa Evelyn (Walker) Abbott (1906 - 1963)
5. John Frank Walker (1908 - 1974)
6. Josie W (Walker) Ward (1912 - 2001)
7. Marjorie Walker (1915 - 2004).

Martha Jane passed away January 25, 1960 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee and was laid to rest in the Mattox Cemetery in the Wears Valley Community of Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.

Sources

• "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD99-BQF : 11 February 2018), W. W. Walker and M. J. Trotter, 24 Nov 1897; citing , Sevier County, Tennessee, reference 2:2B66V5P; FHL microfilm 969,967.
• "United States Federal Census, 1900"; Census Place: Civil District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee; Roll: 1595; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1241595
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #61115438 (accessed 31 July 2022)
  Martha J Walker Jr (21), wife, in household of Wily W Walker (27) in Civil District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee, USA.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXJ-H1Z : accessed 20 July 2019), Martha J Walker in household of William W Walker, Civil District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 140, sheet 1B, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1518; FHL microfilm 1,375,531.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNP1-ZXR : accessed 20 July 2019), Martha J Walker in household of Wiley Walker, Civil District 6, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 143, sheet 3A, line 8, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1762; FHL microfilm 1,821,762.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1BQT-YLN : accessed 31 July 2022), Household of Martha Jane Walker, District 06, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 9A, line 31, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.
• "United States Census, 1940"; citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 21;
  FamilySearch Record: K4Z5-CPT (accessed 31 July 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9M1-64PN
  Martha Walker (65), widowed head of household in Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
• "United States Federal Census, 1950"; United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; Roll: 1325; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 97-55
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #104743493 (accessed 31 July 2022)
  Martha J Walker (75), widowed mother, in household of Josie C Ward (37) in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMS-3BFW : 11 October 2018), Martha J Walker, 25 Jan 1960; Death, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6638541/martha-jane-walker: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for Martha Jane Trotter Walker (28 Dec 1874–25 Jan 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #6638541, citing Mattox Cemetery, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Paula Franklin (contributor 46504584).
• Photo provided by photographer Paula (Brewer) Franklin

See Also

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSW7-BZP : 23 February 2021), Martha J. Trotter in entry for Martha Alice Walker Ault, 23 Mar 1947; Death, Fountain City, Knox County, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.