My mother gathered a lot of the early Johnson information
that we have. She sat down at a table
with my grandfather many years ago and asked him about his family. My grandfather didn’t really believe that he
had that impressive of a family. He had
heard that he was related to President Andrew Johnson – but didn’t really know
how. See blog about Andrew Johnson (http://genheirlooms.blogspot.com/2012/01/am-i-related-to-andrew-johnson.html
) Other than that, there wasn’t anything all that surprising or unusual, at
least on the surface.
Laura Mayfield Johnson was the sixth child of eleven. She was born in Kirkman, Shelby Co., IA on 1
Dec 1865 during a turbulent time. Her
parents had left Tennessee in late 1861 to escape the Civil War. They went to Jasper Co., IA where her father’s
brother lived and then traveled to Shelby Co., IA. There Laura and her remaining siblings were
born and it was there she married Nicholas Walker. At one point another Johnson
researcher and I joked that it would be funny if the Nicholas Walker that Laura
Mayfield Johnson married was her cousin.
According to the marriage records posted online at the Shelby Co., IA
genealogy website at http://iagenweb.org/shelby/marriage/br-ik.htm
- they were cousins. Nicholas was the
son of Martha Johnson and Granville or Green Walker and Martha was the younger
sister of Washington Abraham Johnson, Laura’s father.
Nicholas is a mystery to me.
During the Civil War, Green Walker fought with his father in law (Moses)
and brother in law (Nicholas) blowing up bridges for the 13th TN
Calvary. However, after the Civil War,
the Walker family seems to disappear.
Only Nicholas appears again in a marriage record in 1886 in Kirkman,
Shelby Co., IA. I’ve never been able to
discover what happened to his parents or his siblings, nor do I know how he
ended up in Iowa. I’m sure he must have
followed family members – but Hampton, Carter Co., TN is a long way away from
Shelby Co., IA. I talked to one their
grandchildren and they were unaware that Nicholas and Laura were 1st
cousins. So…as more records become
available, I hope to discover more about the Walkers and what happened between
the close of the Civil War and 1886 when Nicholas marries Laura Mayfield
Johnson. The family ended up moving to South
Dakota and Nicholas and Laura and both died in Tulare, Spink Co., ND and are
buried at Garfield Cemetery, Tulare, Spink Co., ND.
Descendants of Nicholas W. Walker
Generation No. 1
1. NICHOLAS
W.2 WALKER (GRENVILLE
C.1)
was born 10 Jan 1855 in Hampton, Carter Co., TN, and died 21 Apr 1938 in
Tulare, Spink Co., SD. He married LAURA
MAYFIELD JOHNSON
11 Aug 1886 in Kirkman, Shelby Co., IA, daughter of WASHINGTON
JOHNSON and MARY SMITH. She was born 01 Dec 1865 in Kirkman, Shelby
Co., IA, and died 07 Nov 1927 in Tulare, Spink Co., SD.
Burial:
24 Apr 1938, Garfield Cemetery, Spink Co., SD
Census
1: 1860, 2nd Division, Carter Co., TN, Pg. 87, #588
Census
2: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
Census
3: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co., SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Census
4: 1930, Dist. 20, Garfield Twp., Spink Co., SD, Pg. 1A, #9
More
About LAURA MAYFIELD
JOHNSON:
Burial:
Nov 1927, Garfield Cemetery, Spink Co., SD
Census
1: 1880, Douglas, Shelby Co., IA, Pg 135A, #131
Census
2: 1870, Jackson Twp., Hardin Co., IA, pg 29, #1
Census
3: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
Census
4: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co., SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Children
of NICHOLAS WALKER
and LAURA JOHNSON
are:
i. MAHLAN
WILLIARD3
WALKER, b. 12 Jul 1887, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA;
d. 13 Feb 1957, Yakima, Yakima Co., WA; m. (1) ELLA
MAY PRICE;
b. Jul 1896, SD; d. 1972; m. (2) GRACE
PRICE; b. Feb 1889, SD; d. 1918; m. (3) BLANCHE
M., Abt. 1908; b. Abt. 1888, IA.
More About MAHLAN
WILLIARD WALKER:
Census 1: 1920, Lake Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg 1A, #7
Census 2: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby
Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
Census 3: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Census 4: 1930, Dist 36., Redfield, Spink
Co., SD, Pg. 28A, #723 - Listed as Inmate
More About ELLA
MAY PRICE:
Census 1: 1920, Lake Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg 1A, #7
Census 2: 1900, Dist. 305, Garfield,
Spink Co., SD, Pg. 4A, #63
Census 3: 1930, Dist.44, Tulare, Three
Rivers, Spink Co., SD, Pg. 3B, # 65
More About BLANCHE
M.:
Census: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg. 5B, #95
ii. ALBERT
LEE WALKER,
b. 08 Nov 1888, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. 30 Dec 1967, Huron, Beadle Co., SD;
m. LULA BESSIE
PRICE, 04 Nov 1913, Redfield, Spink Co., SD;
b. 03 Mar 1894, Tulare, Spink Co., SD; d. 09 Oct 1997, Huron, Beadle Co., SD.
More About ALBERT
LEE WALKER:
Burial: 02 Jan 1968, Riverside Cemetery,
Huron, Beadle Co., SD
Census 1: 1930, Dist. 8, Clear Lake, Duel
Co., SD, Pg. 4B, #93
Census 2: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby
Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
Census 3: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Social Security Number: 503-38-9030,
Issued SD
More About LULA
BESSIE PRICE:
Burial: 11 Oct 1997, Riverside Cemetery,
Huron, Beadle Co., SD
Census 1: 1930, Dist. 8, Clear Lake, Duel
Co., SD, Pg. 4B, #93
Census 2: 1900, Dist. 305, Garfield,
Spink Co., SD, Pg. 4A, #63
Social Security Number: 503-42-3302,
Issued SD
iii. MYRTLE
NOLA WALKER,
b. 06 Jan 1891, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. Feb 1978, Paramount, Los Angeles, CA;
m. BERNARD CHRISTIAN
HAGMANN, 21 May 1911, SD; b. 02 Oct 1890, SD; d.
26 Sep 1959, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
More About MYRTLE
NOLA WALKER:
Burial: Feb 1978, Westminster, Orange
Co., CA
Census 1: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Census 2: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby
Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
More About BERNARD
CHRISTIAN HAGMANN:
Burial: Sep 1959, Westminster, Orange
Co., CA
iv. FRANCIS
ALVIN WALKER,
b. 08 Dec 1892, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. 09 Aug 1965, Branson, Taney Co., MO;
m. ELIZABETH C.
SWANSON, 05 May 1919, Beadle Co., SD; b. Abt.
1892, SD.
More About FRANCIS
ALVIN WALKER:
Census 1: 1920, Lake Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg 11B, #200
Census 2: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby
Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
Census 3: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
More About ELIZABETH
C. SWANSON:
Census: 1920, Lake Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg 11B, #200
v. OLLIE
JOHNSON WALKER,
b. 03 Sep 1895, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. Oct 1978, Sioux City, Dakota Co., IA;
m. MABEL HATCH.
More About OLLIE
JOHNSON WALKER:
Census 1: 1920, Lake Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg 11B, #200
Census 2: 1900, Dist 169, Greeley, Shelby
Co., IA, Pg. 1A, #4
Census 3: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Social Security Number: 479-01-8467,
Issued IA
vi. RUSSELL
MARION WALKER,
b. 28 Aug 1897, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. Sep 1978, Lakeport, Lake Co., CA; m.
(1) FAE WILSON;
m. (2) BELLE HANNA,
1944; d. 1954.
More About RUSSELL
MARION WALKER:
Burial: Sep 1978, Westminster, Orange
Co., CA
Census 1: 1930, Dist. 20, Garfield Twp.,
Spink Co., SD, Pg. 1A, #9
Census 2: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
vii. CORNELIA
ELEANOR WALKER,
b. 09 Sep 1900, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. Feb 1987, Denison, Crawford Co., IA;
m. NELS JENSEN,
05 Jul 1928, Spink Co., SD; b. 03 Feb 1900; d. 19 Sep 1997, Harlan, Shelby Co.,
IA.
More About CORNELIA
ELEANOR WALKER:
Census 1: 1920, Lake Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg 11B, #200
Census 2: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
Social Security Number: 485-40-1083 IA
viii. VELMA
MAE WALKER,
b. 11 Feb 1904, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. 02 Feb 2000, Orange Co., CA.
More About VELMA
MAE WALKER:
Burial: Feb 2000, Westminster Memorial
Park, Orange Co., CA
Census 1: 1930, Dist. 20, Garfield Twp.,
Spink Co., SD, Pg. 1A, #9
Census 2: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co.,
SD, Pg. 5B, #95
ix. ELMER
LEON WALKER,
b. 20 Apr 1907, Irwin, Shelby Co., IA; d. Oct 1973, Long Beach, Los Angeles
Co., CA; m. DOROTHY STEVENSON,
02 Nov 1935, Spink Co., SD.
More About ELMER
LEON WALKER:
Died 2: 1973, Long Beach, CA
Census: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg. 5B, #95
Social Security Number: 572-18-6291
SSN issued: California
x. LYLE
BERNARD WALKER,
b. Jan 1910, Huron Co., SD; d. Abt. 1994, Palm Springs, CA; m. (1) ADA
RUE, 1935; m. (2) VELMA
TIMPE, 1955.
More About LYLE
BERNARD WALKER:
Census: 1910, Tulare Twp., Spink Co., SD,
Pg. 5B, #95
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