Life History

Notes

• Walker Family Bible
  Births of First Children:
  Robert Milton Walker Jan 18, 1880
  Rosie Lee Walker Jan 18, 1882
  Izella Walker Oct 19, 1888
  James M Walker March 11, 1893
  Calvin Martin Walker Apr 11, 1895
  J M Walker was married to Miss Sarah Jane Brown Aug 1878
  She was born Aug 2, 1861
  Died 1905 at the age of 43 yrs
  --  Bible originally owned by Verda Walker, copy provided by Elizabeth Walker Brandon, daughter of Verda & James M Walker. Copy in possession of Melinda Dean Chrestman.  Accessed on Ancestry.com 4 March 2016.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 13 June, Weatherford, District 63, page 6A, Hse/Fam #89
  Walker, Jas A Head W M Aug 1861  38 Married 21 yrs TX GA AL No Occup Rents
  Walker, Sarah J Wife W F Aug 1861  38 Married 21 yrs 8 children/8 living TX AL IL
  Walker, Rosa Wife W F June 1891  13 36 yrs TX TX TX
  Walker, Pearl Dau W F Dec 1886 11 TX TX TX
  Walker, Isila Dau W F Oct 1888 11 TX TX TX
  Walker, Charles M Son W M May 1891  9 Colorado TX TX
  Walker, James Son W M March 1893  7 Colorado TX TX
  Walker, Calvin Son W M April 1895  5 TX TX TX
  King, Sarah E Mother W F Feb 1824 66 AL AL AL
  
  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
  Calvin M. Walker
  Death 28 Mar 1939 Parker County
  Certificate #14974
  
  U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
  Calvin M Walker
  Sgt, Co L, 144th Infantry
  Enlistment May 10, 1916
  Mustered into Federal Service May 17, 1916
  Mustered out March 24, 1917.  Reported for Federal Service (W.W.) April 1, 1917
  Discharge dates June 1, 1919, Honorable, Demobilization
  Death 28 Mar 1939
  Burial Oakland Cemetery, Weatherford [Parker County], Texas
  Ship marker to Mrs Calvin M Walker, Weatherford, Texas
  Date of Order 18 July 1939, Ordered Columbus, Miss, 24 Aug 1939
  Shipped 13 October 1939
  
  Note that his headstone order says he was buried in the Oakland Cemetery, where some other Walker famliy members are buried.  But we actually find his grave in the East Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, as reported in the Find a Grave memorial.  His death certificate also reports he was to be buried in East Greenwood.
  
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  Calvin M Walker
  Birth Apr 11, 1895
  Death Mar 28, 1939
  
  Parents:
  James M Walker (1861 - 1942)
  Sarah Jane Brown Walker (1861 - 1907)
  
  Spouse Lillie M Vance Walker (1892 - 1965)
  Children:
  Inez Walker Buhl (1920 - 1969)
  Sybol May Walker Dean (1921 - 2012)
  
  Siblings:
  Rosa Lee Walker Lee (1882 - 1973)
  Pearl Maude Walker Martin (1886 - 1931)
  Izella Walker Williams (1888 - 1970) Half-sibling
  James Martin Walker (1893 - 1958)Half-sibling
  
  Burial East Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  
  Created by KindredWhispers Feb 28, 2013
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #105959549, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=105959549
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Sources

• 1. Walker Family Bible
• 2. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 13 June, Weatherford, District 63, page 6A, Hse/Fam #89
• 4. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry