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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. James Gardner Walker: Birth: 1 NOV 1867 in Alabama. Death: 12 JAN 1924

  2. Robert Emmett Walker: Birth: 13 FEB 1870 in Hebron, Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 3 MAR 1948 in Guntersville, Alabama

  3. Martha Ann Walker: Birth: 18 FEB 1872 in Hebron, Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 5 JAN 1904

  4. Sally Rebecca Walker: Birth: 4 MAR 1876 in Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 19 JAN 1932 in Alabama

  5. Emma Jett Walker: Birth: 1878 in Hebron, Marshall County, Alabama. Death: UNKNOWN

  6. Erskine Walker: Birth: 1879 in Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 1 MAY 1904

  7. Tomonie Elizabeth Walker: Birth: 2 NOV 1881 in Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 22 MAR 1901 in Marshall County, Alabama

  8. William Rush Walker: Birth: 20 JAN 1884 in Hebron, Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 17 OCT 1957 in Alabama

  9. Frank Carlton Walker: Birth: 1885 in Marshall County, Alabama. Death: 1953 in Alabama


Sources
1. Source:   ["The Book" - John W. and Nancy (Owen) Walker and Their Descendants].

Notes
a. Note:   Benjamin Franklin WALKER (1378), born 11 Jun 1837 in Mar� shall County, died 30 Mar 1916 in Marshall County. Benjamin Franklin WALKER, the twelfth child of John WALKER and Nancy OWEN to be born, but the ninth child to live past childhood, was born in Marshall County, Alabama, in 1837. He grew up on his father's farm in the Hebron community and attended the local schools as far as they could teach him. He was a hard worker, as most WALKER men are, on his father's farm. He may have gone to Texas just before the Civil War as he was not listed in his father's household in the 1860 census and he was not yet married in 1860 and did not have a house� GenServ Report Output: vitals 9 Oct 1999 hold of his own. Many of his brothers went to Texas in the 1850s after their mother, Nancy Owen WALKER died. After the Civil Wa,r he was back in Marshall County and married the girl on the next farm, Eliza Ann SIMPSON. They bought land from Eliza's mother and raised nine children there. Annie WALKER, wife of Oscar WALKER, has lived on and owned the old Benjamin Franklin WALKER place since before 1924. Oscar was a grandson of Benjamin Frank. The nine children of Benjamin Franklin WALKER were very intelligent and industrious. His daughter, Emma J. WALKER, taught school. She married a teacher and her son was a teacher and her grandchildren were teachers. Emma's son, James E. IKARD, received his B. A. degree from college when he was only 19 years old, when most children are only finishing high school. James E. went to private schools in Huntsville, Alabama, when young though. The B. F. WALKER family were staunch Primitive Baptists, no doubt taking the religion of their mother and grandmother, who were also of the Primitive Baptist faith. The Primitive Baptists "wash each other's feet" as a sacrament instead of "Holy Communion" of bread and wine. They may take the bread and wine also. Several of Benjamin Franklin's brothers died during the Civ� il War. His oldest brother died in July 1862 while fighting in the service of the Confederate states at Richmond, Vir� ginia. His youngest brother died in the Confederate service at Roanoke, Virginia, in 1862. His brother, Joseph, died at Vicksburg. Other brothers fought in the Confederate service from Texas. We do know what happened to his brother, Mont� gomery Hamilton, but we have no record of this brother after he left Marshall County, Alabama, before the Civil War. Anyway, both B. F. and Eliza Ann lost several brothers and sisters by death when they were quite young. The worst tragedies to strike the B. F. WALKERs were the death of their beautiful young daughter, Tommie Elizabeth, who took suddenly ill and died a few days later at the age of 19, and the murder of their handsom son, Erskine WALKER, by a ruffian who came into the Hebron community for that purpose. Bad blood had existed between the two because they were dating the same girl and she was carrying tales between them and enjoying the jealousy of the two, which resulted in the senseless death of handsome Erskine WALKER. The girl died without ever marrying. Who wanted her after the killing? Erskine's mother was visiting her brother who lived in New Hope that day. Her niece said she would never forget "Aunt Lisa" as she went from room to room falling down on each bed as she went with her screams of anguish reverberating GenServ Report Output: vitals 9 Oct 1999 throughout the house and community after learning of the murder of her handsom son, Erskine WALKER. Pictures of Er� skine can verify the fact that he was the most handsome of the sons. Eliza Ann, whose two sisters died in their twenties, and whose children died at the ages of 19 and 23, went into a depression of some kind. After her husband died in 1916, she, like Johnnie Cash, wore black until she died in July 1924. The burials of Benjamin F. and Eliza Ann WALKER were in Walker Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama. ["The Book" - John W. and Nancy (Owen) Walker and Their Descen� dants].[FLOURNOY.juch.kk.ged.FTW] [Ingram Family.FTW] Benjamin Franklin WALKER, the twelfth child of John WALKER and Nancy OWEN to be born, but the ninth child to live past childhood, was born in Marshall County, Alabama, in 1837. He grew up on his father's farm in the Hebron community and attended the local schools as far as they could teach him. He was a hard worker, as most WALKER men are, on his fa� ther's farm. He may have gone to Texas just before the Civ� il War as he was not listed in his father's household in the 1860 census and he was not yet married in 1860 and did not have a household of his own. Many of his brothers went to Texas in the 1850s after their mother, Nancy Owen WALKER died. After the Civil Wa,r he was back in Marshall County and married the girl on the next farm, Eliza Ann SIMPSON. They bought land from Eliza's mother and raised nine chil� dren there. Annie WALKER, wife of Oscar WALKER, has lived on and owned the old Benjamin Franklin WALKER place since before 1924. Oscar was a grandson of Benjamin Frank. The nine children of Benjamin Franklin WALKER were very intelli� gent and industrious. His daughter, Emma J. WALKER, taught school. She married a teacher and her son was a teacher and her grandchildren were teachers. Emma's son, James E. IKARD, received his B. A. degree from college when he was only 19 years old, when most children are only finishing high school. James E. went to private schools in Huntsville, Alabama, when young though. The B. F. WALKER family were staunch Primitive Baptists, no doubt taking the religion of their mother and grandmother, who were also of the Primitive Baptist faith. The Primitive Baptists "wash each other's feet" as a sacrament instead of "Holy Commu� nion" of bread and wine. They may take the bread and wine also. Several of Benjamin Franklin's brothers died during the Civ� il War. His oldest brother died in July 1862 while fighting GenServ Report Output: vitals 9 Oct 1999 in the service of the Confederate states at Richmond, Vir� ginia. His youngest brother died in the Confederate service at Roanoke, Virginia, in 1862. His brother, Joseph, died at Vicksburg. Other brothers fought in the Confederate service from Texas. We do know what happened to his brother, Mont� gomery Hamilton, but we have no record of this brother after he left Marshall County, Alabama, before the Civil War. Anyway, both B. F. and Eliza Ann lost several brothers and sisters by death when they were quite young. The worst tragedies to strike the B. F. WALKERs were the death of their beautiful young daughter, Tommie Elizabeth, who took suddenly ill and died a few days later at the age of 19, and the murder of their handsom son, Erskine WALKER, by a ruffian who came into the Hebron community for that purpose. Bad blood had existed between the two because they were dating the same girl and she was carrying tales between them and enjoying the jealousy of the two, which resulted in the senseless death of handsome Erskine WALKER. The girl died without ever marrying. Who wanted her after the killing? Erskine's mother was visiting her brother who lived in New Hope that day. Her niece said she would never forget "Aunt Lisa" as she went from room to room falling down on each bed as she went with her screams of anguish reverberating throughout the house and community after learning of the murder of her handsom son, Erskine WALKER. Pictures of Er� skine can verify the fact that he was the most handsome of the sons. Eliza Ann, whose two sisters died in their twenties, and whose children died at the ages of 19 and 23, went into a depression of some kind. After her husband died in 1916, she, like Johnnie Cash, wore black until she died in July 1924. The burials of Benjamin F. and Eliza Ann WALKER were in Walker Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama. ["The Book" - John W. and Nancy (Owen) Walker and Their Descendants]. Married 3 Jan 1867 in Marshall County, Eliza Ann SIMPSON (1379), born 29 Jun 1845 in Alabama, died 24 Jul 1924 in Al� abama, daughter of Sawyer SIMPSON (5377) and Rebecca HARRIS (5378). Sources of information: ["The Book" - John W. and Nancy (Owen) Walker and Their Descendants].; Ingram Family.FTW; FLOURNOY.juch.kk.ged.FTW.


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