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Note: (Research): TEXAS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: T. H. Walls Death date: 24 Mar 1933 Death place: Prec. 1, RFD 2, Abilene, Taylor, Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): White Age at death: 67 years Estimated birth year: Birth date: 1866 Birth place: Arkansas Marital status: Widowed Spouse name: Father name: Father birth place: Mother name: Mother birth place: Occupation: none - (Epileptic) Residence: Cemetery name: Abilene State Burial place: Burial date: 28 Mar 1933 Additional relatives: Informant - records Abilene State School, Abilene, Texas Film number: 2115358 Digital GS number: 4163854 Image number: 2305 State File Number (Certificate Number): 15558 Reference: Family Search (L.D.S.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Cemetery Tombstone has name as Tom Walls (Plot 611), d. Mar. 24, 1933. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Married: 1st. Allice 'Alice' Morris. Married 2nd. Fannie Belle Griffin.
Apparently, only 'living' child of Levi M. Walls and Elizabeth Young.
{Reference: Letters of Administration of Levi M. Walls, Date d Aug. 09, 1876. Independence County, Arkansas}
Note: Big Bottom Township is near Newark, Arkansas off S H 122, approx.. 15 mile S. E. of Batesville, AR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Epileptic: Due to blow to the head by a board ( at age 18 ) from a colored man in 'Alabama'; this per Opal Gladys (Walls) Scarborough. 'Note: If he was born in Arkansas, this can not be true, unless he was visiting in Alabama. His visiting Alabama is highly unlikely. Opal may have confused Alabama with 'Arkansas'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REFERENCE
Mack A. Walls. City: Cooper. County: Delta. State: Texas. Birth Date: Sep 15 1899. Race: White. Roll: 1953186. DraftBoard: 0. Date: 1918. Employer: J. E. Haddock. Mack Alvie Walls in his W. W. I Draft registration of Sept 12 1918 states that nearest relative is T. H. Walls and is living at High, Texas. Note: High, Texas is located in the Roxton Division of Lamar County, Texas; S.E. of present day Brookston, Lamar County, Texas.(A.M.S.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miscellaneous
From Note's of Abilene State Hospital (Date d Nov. 3, 1927).
Admitted to the Abilene State Hospital in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas on Jan 29, 1925. First Admission papers from Lamar County, Texas and Abilene State Hospital (lists age as 59) (number of Children 6) (First seizure age 21). (Apparently was self admitted by petition, then furloughed, then Admitted by Court Order of Lamar County, Texas). (Abilene State Hospital Record of Nov 3, 1927 lists mothers name, unknown , born Arkansas). Statement by Dr. L. B. Stephens, M.D. (Date: Nov. 3, 1927) states he has known T.H. Walls 20 years, statement lists age as 63 and a Native of Arkansas.
Lamar County (Application To Be Adjudged An Epileptic), Date d Nov 3, 1927 lists age as 63 and native of Arkansas and that he is a bona fide resident of The State of Texas for one year; no persons legally liable for his support, occupation Farming; Wife is dead; Children, G. F. Walls, age 40 male; Mack A. Walls, age 26 male; Eugene Walls, age 23 male; Lizzie Haddock, age 38 female; Florence Lewis, age 30 female. {One son, Mark Hugh Walls, not listed in document}. Document Signed: T. H. Walls 03 Nov, 1927.
Note: ..................... Abilene State School: " The first predecessor of Abilene State School was authorized by the Texas legislature of 1899 to establish a ' branch asylum' to be known as the 'Epileptic colony' for the care and treatment of epileptic patients. An act of the legislature in 1901 designated the colony's location at Abilene on 640 acres of land donated by the city. In 1925 the name was changed to Abilene State Hospital. In 1957 the legislature changed the function of the facility to that of a school for the care and training of persons with mental retardation and changed the name to Abilene State School. There are five original buildings still in existence; however, 19 buildings have been designated as having historical meaning and placed on the National Register of Historic Places." ( Reference: Note attached to letter from Sandra J. Robertson, Records Secretary, Date d September 13, 2000 addressed to Albert M. Scarborough, 1109 Jeanette, Abilene, Texas 79602. )
Note: Lamar County, Texas is in the North Eastern part of Texas and Borders Oklahoma to the North and Delta County, Texas on the South; County Seat of Government is Paris, Texas.
'Grandma Walls' ( Lena Elizabeth (Haddock) Walls, { according to the memory of Opal Gladys (Walls) Scarborough} did not want him near her children, when they lived in Delta County, Texas.
Opal Gladys (Walls) Scarborough thinks Mack Alvie Walls may have visited Thomas H. Walls {at least in 1931 or 1932}, at the Abilene State Hospital in Abilene, Texas.
Died: March 24, 1933 Abilene State Hospital, Taylor County, Texas. Buried at Abilene State Hospital Cemetery., Plot 611. For Information on visiting grave site, call Chaplains Office 325-795-3217. Cemetery. is located on the North side of Industrial Blvd. between Loop 322 and Oldham Lane, entrance by vehicle is barred by an Iron Gate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAND
Note: A Thomas Wall bought 40.34 Acres from B.L.M., E1/2NE, Sec. 26, Twp. 12N, Range 4W, T. H. County: Independence. Arkansas; Accession/Serial # Ar0500_307, Vol. 500, Pg. 307, Doc. # 1775 on Sept. 05, 1842. A Thomas Walls bought 61.08 acres of land in Independence County, Arkansas, July 10, 1844. Batesville, AR., B. L. M. Certificate #2434, Accession/Serial # AR0510_.205. This is Thomas Harvey Walls Grandfather, who died Aft. July 10, 1844. Note: Also see Levi Walls Probate Court Petition, Independence County, Arkansas, June 1871. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Harvey Walls, Born Arkansas, Big Bottom Township, Abt. Sep 1866, Son of Levi Walls and Elizabeth Young. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL POPULATION SCHEDULES
Census of 1870, Independence County, Arkansas, Big Bottom Township. Levi Walls (Age 36, b. MO., Farmer), Martha (Age 35, b. AL., Keeping House), Elizabeth (Age 14, b. AR.), Leouisa (Age 12, b. AR.), Thomas H. (Age 4, b. AR.), Sarah J. Merritt (Age 12, b. CA.), Isaac Merriman (Age 49, b. TN., Farmer). [Date: Aug 05, 1870] Thomas M. Gibbs (Age 48, b. PA., Grocer), Phebe B. (Age 35, b. KY., Keeping House), Maggie Humlett (Age 8, b. AR.), Thomas H. Walls (Age 5, b. AR.), Thomas G. Metcalf (Age 7 Mo., b. AR.). [Date: Aug 12, 1870] {See 1880 Census below.} NARA M593-55, Pg. 30A. E.D. Big Bottom, Pg. 17. {Date: Apr 5 1870} Note: See Levi Walls. Thomas H. Walls listed twice in Census of 1870. Note: 1870 Census, White River Township, Sulphur Rock P. O., Pg. 07.
Census of 1880, Sulphur Rock, Independence County, Arkansas. Thomas M. Gibbes (Age 58, b. PA., Farmer), Phoebe D. (Age 48, b. KY., Wife, Keeping House), Martha Freeman (Age 48, b. TN.,Other, Hlp. House Keeping), Thomas H. Walls (Age 14, b. AR., Nephew, Works on Farm), Thomas G. Metcalf (Age 10, b. AR., Nephew, Works on Farm). NARA T9-47, Pg. 176D. E.D. 122, Pg. 4D. {Date: Jun 3 1880} {Note: A Thomas M. Gibbs, J. P. married Thomas H. Walls to Allice Morris on Oct. 13, 1885.} {Note: Gibbs F. Walls probably named after Gibbes Family?}
Census of 1890, mostly destroyed by fire.
Census of 1900, Barren Township, Independence County, Arkansas. Thomas H. Walls (Age 34, b. AR.{Sep 1866}, Food Industry), Fannie B. (Age 24, b. AR.{Jul 1875}, Wife ), McAlvie (Age 8 Mo., b. Indian Territory) {Sep 1899}, Son), Gibbes F. (Age 13, b. AR.{Jan 1887}, Farm Laborer, Son), Lizzia B. (Age 11, b. AR.{Oct 1888}, Dau. ), Hugh B. (Age 9, b. AR.(Aug 1890} , Son ), Florence (Age 8, b. AR.{Oct 1892}, Dau. ), Physi Lay D. Gibbes (Age 68, b. KY.{Apr 1832}, Aunt). {Note: Name is probably Phillis}. NARA T623-61. Pg. 17A. E.D. 31, Line 36, Page 4A. {Date: Jun 6 & 7 1900} Note: Barren Twp is in Northern part of Independence County, Barren Twp is north of Gainsboro Twp; N N E of Batesville; Barren Twp. borders Sharp County, Arkansas. Note: Hickory Valley is the only Note d Town located on present day maps (Nov 1996) in Barren Twp; off of U. S. 167, North from Batesville to Cave City, Sharp County, Arkansas.
Census of 1910, Lamar County, Texas, E. D. 85, Sheet 326, Vol. 91. T. H. Wall (Age 45, b. AR., Laborer), Fannie (Age 34, b. AR., Wife), Geb (Age 23, b. AR., Son), Hugh (Age 19, b. AR., Son), Florence (Age 17, b. AR., Dau.), Mack (Age 10, b. AR., Son), Eugene (Age 4, b. OK., Son). NARA T624-1572, Pg. 15B. E. D. 85, Pg. 15B. {Apr 15, 1910} Note: Sometime before 1910, Gibbs Walls left home [hopped a R. R. freight car] and was gone for about a year before coming back home. Reference: A tale told by Mack Alvie Walls to Opal Gladys (Walls) Scarborough. Note: Lizzia Dosson Walls already married to John Estes Haddock in 1910. [Note: Mack Alvie Walls - born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Sep 15, 1899; Eugene was born in Independence County, Arkansas, Abt. 1906.]
Census of 1920, Not Found.
Census of 1930, Abilene State Hospital, Taylor County, Texas, E.D.221-19, Pg. 5B. T. H. Walls (Age 74. b. TX., Inmate). NARA T626-2399, Pg. 279B. E.D. 221-19, Pg. 5B. {Date: Apr 03 1930} Note: Actual age 64 and born in Arkansas, married but a widower. At the Date of the Census of 1930 there were 891 Patients at Abilene State Hospital. Then Superintendent of Abilene State Hospital was Thomas B. Bass, Physician; he lived on the Hospital grounds in a home furnished by the State of Texas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miscellaneous HISTORY
1876 Levi Walls Dies, Independence County, Arkansas.
1885, Thomas H. Walls married Allice Morris Oct 13 1885, Independence County, Arkansas by Thomas M. Gibbs, J. P.
1893 Thomas H. Walls married Fannie Bell Griffin. November 27 1893, Independence County, Arkansas, by J. R. ( J. F. ? ) Edwards.
1920, Note: Thomas Harvey's daughter, Florence Walls, married Henry R. Lewis, June 07, 1920 in Lamar County, Texas.
1925, First Admission to Abilene State Hospital (Epileptic Colony) [Probably Self Admission?] on Jan. 29, 1925.
1927, Second Admission to Abilene State Hospital (Epileptic Colony) by Court Order of Lamar County, Texas, Nov. 23, 1927.
1933, Thomas Harvey Walls died Mar. 24, 1933, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. Buried: Abilene State Hospital Cemetery. Taylor County, Texas.
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