Born in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Caswell Lincoln Walker
and Ann Caroline (McKinney) Walker
Sister of
Dawson Armstrong Walker, Mary H (Walker) Browder, Maacha Caroline (Walker) McMahan, Nancy Louisa Walker, David LaFayette Walker, Seth Julian Walker, Rebecca E. Walker, Joseph Clinton Walker, Caswell Lincoln Walker jr, Albert Harrison Walker [half] and Miranda (Bayless) Walker [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 56
in Sweetwater, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
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| Created 17 Apr 2019
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Biography
Sally was born about 1820. She is the daughter of Caswell Walker and Ann McKinney.
She was first married on 19 January 1843 in Monroe County, Tennessee, to Reuben Madison Wilhite the son of Reuben and Elizabeth Jenkins Wilhite.[1] After Reuben died in the Mexican War she was remarried in about 1855 to William S. Morris.
Sallie is the mother of four children:
Children by 1st marriage to Reuben Madison Willhite:[2]
- 1. Cally Ann Wilhite 1844 -
- 2. Mary Matilda Wilhite 1846 - 1878 Married William Franklin Burkd. 3 Children: William Emmett, John Leon and Joseph Wilburn Burk. Died Catoosa County, Georgia
- 3. Joseph Madison Wilhite 1848 - 1917 Married Buna Vista Caldonia "Cally" McDonald. 10 Children:Hugh Reuben, Joseph D, Charles B, Lee Garland, Jesse L, C Landy, Lafayette M, Molly M, Doss W and Andrew Jackson Wilhite. Buried: Roby Cemetery, Roby, Fisher County, Texas #24930950.
Children by 2nd Marriage to William S Morris (1):[3]
- 4. Caswell L Morris 1957 - 1934 Married Nancy Emeline Bennett.[4] Buried: Blue River Chapel Cemetery, White Cloud, Harrison County, Indiana. #28475403
She passed away in 1878 at the age of 56.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6D-36R : 4 December 2014), Reuben Wilhite and Sarah I Walker, 19 Jan 1843; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 217, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDT-9Y9 : 23 December 2020), Sarah Willhite in household of Reuben Willhite, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-PG9 : 18 February 2021), Sarah J Morris in entry for Wm S Morris, 1860.
- ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZDB-35T5 : 3 August 2022), Sarah Jane Walker in entry for Caswell L Morris, 1928.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248690589/sarah-jane-wilhite_morris: accessed 06 June 2023), memorial page for Sarah Jane “Sallie” Walker Wilhite Morris (2 Jul 1821–1878), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248690589, citing Walker Family Cemetery, Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by John Connie Wilhite, Jr (contributor 48140210).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Nancy (Walker) Smith 
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member nancy243148
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~3.12%
Robert Walker :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #845369
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~1.56%
Carl Lowry :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Daniel Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member djs6978
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~0.78%
C (Russell) Berganza :
23andMe, GEDmatch M438559 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Lamar Ross :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member web777
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~0.78%
David Christopher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A121258 [compare], Ancestry member chrstdvd
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