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Erbian Olney Walker (1895 - 1964)

Erbian Olney (Erby) Walker
Born in Telford, Washington, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Son of and
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Died at age 68 in Signal Mountain, Hamilton, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

Erby Walker was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.
Erby Walker was born in Washington County.

Erbian "Erby" Olney Walker was born on 6 August 1895 in Telford, Washington County, Tennessee, the son of Nelson Walker and Florence Desler.[1]

Eighteenth Civil District, Washington County, Tennessee, 15 June 1900
Nelson Walker (42), wagon and carriage maker, born November 1857, and his wife, Florence (41), born January 1859, married 19 years, property owners. Florence reported she had 7 children, 3 surviving, in household with Winfred S (16), born June 1883, Wm C (12), born September 1887, and Erbian (3), born August 1896. Winfred and Wm attended school 6 months within the census year. All in household were able to read, write, and speak English except Erbian, not reported, and all were born in Tennessee. [2]

Eighteenth Civil District, Washington County, Tennessee, 19 April 1910
W N Walker (52), undertaker, and his wife, Florence V (51), married 31 years, mortgage free property owners. Florence reported she had 7 children, 3 surviving, in household with their son, Erby O (15), attended school within the census record. All in household were able to read, write, and speak English and all were born in Tennessee.[3]

Erby Olney Walker (21), registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917 in Washington County, Tennessee, described as medium height, stout build, with gray eyes and black hair.[4] Erby served in the military as a Private in the Aero Squad, in Decatur, Alabama, enlisted on 8 November 1917 and discharged 23 June 1919.[5]

Eighteenth Civil District, Washington County, Tennessee, 9 January 1920
W Nelson Walker (65), real estate agent, and his wife, Florence (61), mortgage free property owners, in household with their children, Clarence W (32), American League ball player, Winnie S (36), real estate agent, and Irby O (23), real estate agent, and also Eva Miller (17), servant. All in household were able to read, write, and speak English and all were born in Tennessee.[6]

Erby Olney Walker married Katherine Marie Moore on 13 October 1920 in McMinn County, Tennessee.[7][8]

Erby Olney Walker and his wife, Katherine Marie Moore Walker had an unnamed son die stillborn on 31 May 1921.[9][10]

Veterans Administration Mountain Home, Civil District 9, Washington County, Tennessee, 4 April 1940
Irby O Walker (44), lodger at the Veterans Administration Mountain Home, married, completed 3 years college, born in Tennessee, at the same location in 1935. Irby was a stewart, worked 52 weeks during the census year and earned $1680. [11]

Bath Village, Steuben County, New York, 11 April 1950
Erby O Walker (55), assistant commissary, US V Facility, and his wife, Katherine (50), completed 10th grade, both born in Tennessee.[12]

Erbian Olney Walker died on 4 March 1964 in Signal Mountain, Hamilton County, Tennessee of myocardial infarction and arteriosclerotic heart disease, and was buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.[13][14]

Research Notes

Unable to locate the 1930 census records

Erby's brother, Clarence "Tilly" Walker was a major league baseball player for the Washington Senators, St Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics, won a World Series championship and was an American League home run leader. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Walker

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7S-7P2Z : 10 February 2023), Erby Olney Walker
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZN-R3G : Wed Mar 06 05:21:07 UTC 2024), Entry for Nelson Walker and Florence Walker, 1900
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNJ-XPB : Fri Mar 08 07:44:00 UTC 2024), Entry for W M Walker and Florence V Walker, 1910
  4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6R-9BS : 29 December 2021), Erby Olney Walker, 1917-1918
  5. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQG2-5GT2 : Sat Mar 09 21:33:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Erby Olney Walker, 23 June 1919
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN55-873 : Sun Mar 10 13:16:23 UTC 2024), Entry for W Wilson Walker and Florence Walker, 1920
  7. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNHK-N7V : 4 December 2014), Erby Olney Walker and Katherine Marie Moore, 13 Oct 1920; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 170, Mcminn, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
  8. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5HJ-XLL : Fri Mar 08 23:20:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Erby Olney Walker and Katherine Marie Moore, 13 Oct 1920
  9. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSPZ-PGH : Fri Mar 08 19:40:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Walker and Erby O. Walker, 1921
  10. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC9-4RKF : Fri Mar 08 19:40:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Walker and Erby O. Walker, 1921
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HN-6QG : Fri Mar 08 13:29:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Erby O Walker, 1940
  12. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XT1-WPS1 : Fri Oct 06 15:35:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Erby O Walker, 11 April 1950
  13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2997253/erby_olney-walker: accessed April 9, 2024), memorial page for Erby Olney Walker (6 Aug 1895–4 Mar 1964), Find A Grave: Memorial #2997253, citing Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Theresa/Thunderbird (contributor 47100429)
  14. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1P-LSJT : Thu Mar 07 06:55:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Erby O Walker and Nelson Walker, 4 March 1964




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