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Charles Pleasant Walker 1844 – 1924 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Sep 1844

Birth Location: Bedford County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 26 Oct 1924

Death Location: Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Father: James Walker

Mother: Nancy Jopling

Spouse(s): Octavia Wells

Children(s): Olive Walker, Nancy Walker, Charles Walker, Ida Walker, Flora Walker, Mary Walker, Bessie Walker

Charles Pleasant Walker was born in 1844 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA, the child of James Alexander Walker and Nancy Moorman Jopling. Charles Pleasant Walker married Octavia Frances Wells, and had children including Olive Maywood Walker, Nancy Maude Walker, Charles Fitzhugh Walker, Ida Braxton Walker, Flora Walker, Mary Agnes Walker, Bessie Lee Walker. Charles Pleasant Walker passed away in 1924 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Charles Pleasant Walker was born in 1844 in Bedford County, Virginia, USA, the child of James Alexander Walker and Nancy Moorman Jopling.
  • Charles Pleasant Walker married Octavia Frances Wells, and had children including Olive Maywood Walker, Nancy Maude Walker, Charles Fitzhugh Walker, Ida Braxton Walker, Flora Walker, Mary Agnes Walker, Bessie Lee Walker.
  • Charles Pleasant Walker passed away in 1924 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.

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Charles Walker's Ancestors

Self
Charles Walker
1844 – 1924
Birth Place: Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Parents
James Alexander Walker
1802 – 1869
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Nancy (Moorman) Jopling
1814 – 1873
Peaksville, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert (Munford) Walker
1771 – 1827
Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States of America
Mary Smith
1777 – 1811
Sussex County, Virginia, USA
James (Ware) Jopling
1769 – 1852
Amherst County, Virginia Colony
Nancy Martin
1776 – 1848
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Col. Walker
Peletiah Jones
Isham Smith
1729 – 1795
Patience Drew
1726 – 1800
Josiah Jopling
1742 – 1798
Elizabeth Ware
1749 – 1786
Pleasant Martin
1756 – 1836
Rebecca Joplin
1758 – 1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Smith
1688 – 1751
Anne Isham
1699 – 1771
Newitt Drew
1700 – 1774
Mary Purcell
1700 –
Thomas Joplin
1708 – 1789
Hannah Freeman
1718 – 1789
Thomas Martin
1714 – 1792
Anne Moorman
1717 – 1766
Thomas Joplin
1708 – 1789
Hannah Freeman
1718 – 1789

Charles Walker's Descendants

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Charles (Pleasant) Walker (9 Sep 1844 – 26 Oct 1924) m. Octavia (Frances) Wells (11 Apr 1849 – 25 May 1936)
  1. 1. Olive (Maywood) Walker (4 Jun 1868 – 13 Jan 1948)
  2. 2. Nancy (Maude) Walker (9 Mar 1870 – 30 May 1935)
  3. 3. Charles (Fitzhugh) Walker (16 Dec 1871 – 17 Dec 1949) m. Callie (Bramlet) McGhee (15 Dec 1878 – 7 Dec 1950)
    1. 1. Charles (Edward) Walker (11 Sep 1896 – 29 Dec 1981)
    2. 2. Nelson (Fitzhugh) Walker (20 Jan 1901 – 30 Jan 1997)
    3. 3. Kate (Octavia) Walker (2 Aug 1902 – 20 Nov 1968)
    4. 4. Nannie (Ruth) Walker (28 Oct 1906 – 7 April 1950)
    5. 5. Marvin (Henry) Walker (10 Jul 1907 – 01 Dec 1986)
    6. 6. James (Smith) Walker (11 Feb 1908 – 08 Jun 1911)
    7. 7. George (Washington) Walker (2 Jan 1911 – 5 Jan 2004)
    8. 8. Mary (Edna) Walker (28 Nov 1912 – 15 Dec 2001) m. Russell (Lee) Young (16 Oct 1910 – 01 Oct 1980)
      1. 1. Howard (Walker) Young (14 Sep 1932 – 01 Jan 2008)
      2. 2. Virginia (Lee) Young (01 Feb 1937 – 22 Aug 2020) m. George (Everett) Schleife (19 Dec 1934 – 01 Oct 2017)
        1. 1. David (Russell) Schleife (16 Jul 1964 – ) m. Dawn (Marie) Walker (10 Mar 1970 – )
        2. 2. Sharon (Renee) Schleife (15 May 1967 – ) m. William (Eugene) Robertson (27 Apr 1967 – )
    9. 9. John (Wesley) Walker (5 Sep 1914 – 2 May 1986)
    10. 10. Rachel (Elizabeth) Walker (22 Jan 1916 – 01 Mar 2010)
    11. 11. Samuel (Lewis) Walker (8 Aug 1918 – 3 Apr 1930)
  4. 4. Ida (Braxton) Walker (26 Mar 1874 – 30 Aug 1949)
  5. 5. Flora Walker (6 Apr 1876 – 5 Oct 1963)
  6. 6. Mary (Agnes) Walker (3 Nov 1877 – 28 Dec 1942)
  7. 7. Bessie (Lee) Walker (4 Jul 1887 – 18 Feb 1961)

Charles Walker's Timeline

2 Records

1844
9 Sep 1844
Birth of Charles Pleasant Walker in Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
1924
26 Oct 1924
Age 80
Death of Charles Pleasant Walker in Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1844
    Event Place: Bedford County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Oct 1924
    Event Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA

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