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Walter Kirkland Walker (1879 - 1966)

Walter Kirkland Walker
Born in Plevna, Madison, Alabama, USAmap
Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 1 Jan 1914 in Cross Plains, Callahan, Texas, USAmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 86 in Spur, Dickens, Texas, USAmap
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Biography

Walter was born in 1879 to Robert Steele Walker and Cynthia Erwin. His first marriage was to Maude Olive Harpoole. They had three children. His second marriage was to the sister of his sister, Ezella's, husband (Jordan Garrett). Walter passed away in 1966 at 86 years old.

Obituary

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in First Methodist Church for Walter Kirkman Walker, 86. Rev. Wm. D. McReynold officiated.

Mr. Walker, a retired farmer, died at his home March 3. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and an elder in that church for a number of years.

Born in Plevna, Alabama, he came to Dickens County in 1927. He had resided in Spur since 1960.

Survivors include his wife, Spur; four sons; Olney, Spur; Elbert, Jayton; Loyd Abilene and Eldon, Plainview; one daughter, Mrs. H.S. Moore, Abilene; 2 brothers, Herbert, Hermleigh and Finis, Abilene; one sister, Mrs. Cordula Marshall, Big Spring; eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Interment was in Spur Cemetery.

The Texas Spur, March 10, 1966


Timeline

  • 1879 Sep 2 - Birth - Plevna, Madison, Alabama, USA
  • 1880 United States Federal Census - Madison, Alabama[1]
  • 1900 United States Federal Census[2] - Justice Precinct 4, Stephens, Texas
  • 1904 Jul 31 - Marriage to Maude Olive Harpoole - Callahan, Texas, USA[3]
  • 1910 United States Federal Census[4] - Justice Precinct 6, Callahan, Texas
  • 1913 Aug 25 - Death of Wife Maude Olive Harpole - Cross Plains, Callahan, Texas, USA[5]
  • 1918 Sep 12 - WWI Draft Registration - Callahan, Texas, USA[7]
  • 1920 United States Federal Census[8] - Justice Precinct 6, Callahan, Texas
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
Walter K WalkerHeadMale40AlabamaMFarmer
Minnie WalkerWifeFemale30TexasM
Aleta WalkerDaughterFemale14TexasS
Eldon WalkerSonMale12TexasS
Olney WalkerSonMale10TexasS
Elbert WalkerSonMale3TexasS


  • 1930 United States Federal Census[9] - Precinct 3, Dickens, Texas
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
Walter K WalkerHeadMale50AlabamaMFarmer
Minnie M WalkerWifeFemale40TexasM
Willie E WalkerSonMale13TexasS
Bertha N WalkerDaughterFemale4TexasS
Loyd K WalkerSonMale1TexasS


  • 1940 United States Federal Census[10] - Dickens, Texas - Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 1st to 8th grade
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
W K WalkerHeadMale60AlabamaMFarmer
Minnie WalkerWifeFemale50TexasM
Bertha Nell WalkerDaughterFemale14TexasS
Loyd WalkerSonMale11TexasS


  • 1942 Apr 27 - WWII Draft Registration - Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA[11]
  • 1966 Mar 3 - Death - Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA[12] — Burial: Spur Cemetery, Spur, Dickens County, Texas, Plot: Watson Addition 1 13 S 1/2[13]


Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J1-26Q : 19 February 2021), Walter Walker in household of R S Walker, Township 1 Range 2 East, Madison, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 212, sheet 179C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,022.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35Z-V57 : accessed 24 July 2021), Walter K Walker in household of Robert S Walker, Justice Precincts 4 & 7, Stephens, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 3A, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,670.
  3. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61B-S59 : 23 February 2021), W K Walker and Maud Olive Harpole, 31 Jul 1904; citing Marriage, citing Callahan, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 2,403,926.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29Z-RKD : accessed 24 July 2021), Maud O Walker in household of Walter K Walker, Justice Precinct 6, Callahan, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 10A, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1534; FHL microfilm 1,375,547.
  5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35191121
  6. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-9WQL : 10 December 2017), W K Walker and Minnie Garrett, 01 Jan 1914; citing Marriage, citing Callahan, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 4,178,415.
  7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXS-2ZP : 23 February 2021), Walter Kirkman Walker, 1917-1918.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCM9-CVH : accessed 20 September 2019), Minnie Walker in household of Walter K Walker, Justice Precinct 6, Callahan, Texas, United States; citing ED 40, sheet 12B, line 96, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1783; FHL microfilm 1,821,783.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5CV-FN2 : accessed 20 September 2019), Minnie M Walker in household of Walter K Walker, Precinct 3, Dickens, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 2A, line 15, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2323; FHL microfilm 2,342,057.
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJB-VC2 : 29 July 2019), Minnie Walker in household of W K Walker, Commissioner's Precinct 3, Dickens, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-8, sheet 4A, line 39, family 74, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4022.
  11. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 - Texas - Walker, Rivers Euzebee - Wallin, James Bowden - Vann, York - Zyrongul, Joseph Gabriel - Image 574 - Ancestry Image
  12. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XY-63J : 20 February 2021), Walter Kirkman Walker, 04 Mar 1966; citing certificate number 15734, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,925.
  13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #22317855




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