Mary (Towns) Walker
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Mary Elizabeth (Towns) Walker (abt. 1822 - aft. 1880)

Mary Elizabeth Walker formerly Towns
Born about in Wilkes County, Georgia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 22 Dec 1842 in Houston, Georgia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 58 in Georgia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Descendant
Descendant of Gideon Towns.

Mary was born about 1823 to Gideon Towns and Sarah Corbin. She had at least 5 siblings: Johnson C, James L, Sarah Ann Jane, Gideon M, and Peter Tatum.

She married in 1842 to Pvt. John W. Walker (parents unknown). She was about 20 years old. They had about 10 children together:

  1. Bennett J Walker
  2. James L Walker
  3. Pvt Joseph Andrew T "Joel" Walker
  4. Margaret Ann Walker
  5. Mary J Walker
  6. Sarah Ann Rebecca Walker
  7. John Corbin Walker
  8. Catherine Elizabeth Walker
  9. William R Walker
  10. Emily Caroline Walker
  • Fact: Residence (1850) Telfair county, Telfair, Georgia
  • Fact: Residence (1860) 338th District, Telfair, Georgia
  • Fact: Residence (1870) Telfair, Georgia
  • Fact: Residence (1880) District 1026, Coffee, Georgia (She is living with 3 of her youngest children: John Corbin, Emily Caroline, and Catherine Elizabeth.

It is not known when she died or where she is buried. It is presumed she died after 1880. There are no further records found.

Research Notes

It should be noted there is another Pvt John Walker, born in Georgia about 1824, married to Mary, who served in the Civil War. He died in 1965 in New York. His children were Daniel, Mary, Marthy, Jackson, Serenia, and Joel; and his parents were Littleberry Walker and Nancy Newbern and they lived in Ware and Pierce County, Georgia.

There is a death record for a Mary Walker, born about 1821 in Georgia, aged 60 with a DOD of 27 May 1881 in Savannah, Georgia. [1] Cause of death is consumption. It is not known if this is a match.

Sources

  1. Ancestry.com. Savannah, Georgia Vital Records, 1803-1966 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. record for Mary Walker, 1881, Savannah, Georgia.
  • The Descendants of William Towne (E.E. Towne, Newtonville, Mass., 1901), page 334
  • "Georgia, Houston County, Marriage Records, 1832-2015," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3C-6ZTJ : 29 August 2019), John Walker and Mary Elizabeth Towns, 22 Dec 1842; citing Marriage, Houston, Georgia, United States, citing probate court judge, Houston County, Georgia.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYX-8KQ : 12 April 2016), Mary E Walker in household of John Walker, Telfair county, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing family 158, NARA microfilm publication M432 (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:MZMB-2XZ : 13 December 2017), Mary Watson in entry for John Watson, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3Y-7W3 : 11 June 2019), Mary E Walker in entry for James L Walker, 1870.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LK-6MZ : 11 August 2017), Mary E Walker in household of John C Walker, District 1026, Coffee, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 228D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,141.
  • "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDV6-N8C : 4 December 2018), Touns in entry for Joseph Andrew Walker, 1923.
  • "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-9MVS : 1 August 2019), Mary Walker in entry for Sarah Ann Towns, 17 Mar 1937; citing Telfair, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.

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Acknowledgement

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Towns-117 was created by Greg Cavalli through the import of Gregory Cavalli family tree.ged on 7 Feb 2014. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Greg and others.





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I'm not convinced that 8 Mar 1886 in Coffee Co is her DOD. Mary Underhill Walker's DOD is 8 Mar 1886 in Pierce Co., Georgia. Mary Towns Walker is listed in the 1880 Coffee County census record of her son, John Corbin Walker. There are no records of her DOD found so far.
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