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Samuel Walker 1775–1848 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Aug 1775

Birth Location: Adair County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: Abt. 1848

Death Location: Shelby, Indiana OR Jefferson Co., Iowa

Father: Joseph Walker

Mother: Nancy McClung

Spouse(s): Emily Walker, Elizabeth Reed, Leah Walker?

Children(s): William Walker, Washington Walker, Sarah Walker, Samuel Walker, Mary Walker, Nancy Jackson, Thomas Walker, George Walker, Joseph Walker, James Walker, Saunders Walker, Henry Walker, Eliza Maze, Blanche Walker

Samuel Walker was born in 1775 in Adair County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Joseph Rutherford Walker And Nancy Mcclung. In 1830, Samuel Walker resided in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA. Samuel Walker married Elizabeth Reed, Emily H Smith Walker, Hannah Conwell, Leah Adams Walker, and had children including Blanche Walker, Eliza Jane Walker Maze, George Liberty Walker, Henry Walker, James Madison Walker, Joseph Elvin Walker, Mary Walker, Nancy Walker Jackson, Samuel Walker, Sarah Walker, Saunders Walker, Thomas Harrison Walker, Washington Walker, William Harrison Walker. Samuel Walker passed away in 1848 in Shelby, Indiana OR Jefferson Co., Iowa.

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Biography

  • Samuel Walker was born in 1775 in Adair County, Kentucky, USA, the child of Joseph Rutherford Walker And Nancy Mcclung.
  • In 1830, Samuel Walker resided in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA.
  • Samuel Walker married Elizabeth Reed, Emily H Smith Walker, Hannah Conwell, Leah Adams Walker, and had children including Blanche Walker, Eliza Jane Walker Maze, George Liberty Walker, Henry Walker, James Madison Walker, Joseph Elvin Walker, Mary Walker, Nancy Walker Jackson, Samuel Walker, Sarah Walker, Saunders Walker, Thomas Harrison Walker, Washington Walker, William Harrison Walker.
  • Samuel Walker passed away in 1848 in Shelby, Indiana OR Jefferson Co., Iowa.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Samuel Walker's Ancestors

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Samuel Walker
1775–1848
Birth Place: Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Joseph Rutherford Walker
1705–1778
Newry, County Down, Ireland
Nancy McClung
1729–1789
Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John (Alexander McKnight Walker) II
1680–1734
Wigton Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland/Newry Ireland
Katherine (Jane Rutherford) Walker
1682–1738
Wigton Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland
John (William) McClung
1706–1787
Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland
Rebecca Stuart\Stewart
1710–1781
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Walker
1650–1732
Jane McKnight
1650–1734
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dr. Sr
1587–1677
Lady Walker
1617–1654

Samuel Walker's Descendants

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Samuel Walker (14 Aug 1775–Abt. 1848) m. Emily (H Smith) Walker (betw/ 1790 and 1800–Dec 1833) m. Elizabeth Reed (1775 or 1780–1828) m. Leah (Adams?) Walker? (1793–28 Feb 1856)
  1. 1. William (Harrison) Walker 1813–1880 m. Mary (Polly Campbell) Walker 1810–1837 m. Phoebe Robinson 1818–1891
    1. 1. James Walker 1835–
  2. 2. Washington Walker 1811–1841 m. Matilda (Williams Walker Lewis) Hays 1814–1884
    1. 1. John (Reed) Walker 1835–1900 m. Madora (Belle Campbell) Walker 1848–1874
      1. 1. Scott (Ray) Walker 1871–1953
      2. 2. Armina (Jane) Walker 1869–1960
      3. 3. Anna (L) Walker 1869–
      4. 4. Walter (L.) Walker 1862–1914
      5. 5. James (Harley) Walker 1868–1936 m. Jessie (L. A.) Harness 1873–1958
        1. 1. Rhoda (M) Walker 1892–1971
        2. 2. Verna (C.) Walker 1897–1936
        3. 3. Vivia (Cleo) Walker 1902–1987
      6. 6. Grace (C.) Walker 1873–1874
    2. 2. William (H.) Walker 1833–1872 m. Charity Wood 1844–1880
    3. 3. Thomas (W.) Walker 1835–
    4. 4. Charlotte Walker 1838–
  3. 3. Sarah Walker 1810–1885 m. George (Washington) Burnes 1805–1890 m. Washington Burns 1807–
  4. 4. Samuel Walker 1822–1888
  5. 5. Mary Walker 1805–1868
  6. 6. Nancy (Walker) Jackson 1814–1860
  7. 7. Thomas (Harrison) Walker 1819–1862
  8. 8. George (Liberty) Walker 1807–1848
  9. 9. Joseph (Elvin) Walker 1818–1874
  10. 10. James (Madison) Walker 1803–1854 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Jackson 1806–1843 m. Jane Garrett 1799–1849
  11. 11. Saunders Walker 1831–1896
  12. 12. Henry Walker 1832–
  13. 13. Eliza (Jane Walker) Maze 1831–1860 m. John (Campbell) Maze 1829–1912
  14. 14. Blanche Walker 1833–

Samuel Walker's Timeline

5 Records

1775
14 Aug 1775
Birth of Samuel Walker in Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Adair County, Kentucky, USA
1830
1830
Age 55
Samuel Walker resided here in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA
Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA
1833
betw/ 1833 and Oct 1843
Age 58
Samuel Walker was married in Indiana
Indiana
1848
Abt. 1848
Age 73
Death of Samuel Walker in Shelby, Indiana OR Jefferson Co., Iowa
Shelby, Indiana OR Jefferson Co., Iowa
1849
18 Oct 1849
Age 74
Death of Samuel Walker in Des Moines, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Des Moines, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Aug 1775
    Event Place: Adair County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: betw/ 1833 and Oct 1843
    Event Place: Indiana

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Jackson, Shelby, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 28; Page: 406; Family History Library Film: 0007717

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1849
    Event Place: Des Moines, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1848
    Event Place: Shelby, Indiana OR Jefferson Co., Iowa

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