Life History

Notes

• The 12900 census reports that Pearl was born in Texas, as were all the children before her and the next child, Izella.
  
  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
  
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  We now have Ruby Martin, James Alfred Charles Martin’s daughter from a marriage we knew nothing about.  He was married to Pearl Walker Parsons Martin.  I have added documentation to my tree. Linda Martin Bussell went to court house and got marriage info which is included in tree.
  
  Pearl had a sister Jimmie Sue Walker married to a Cleo Vernon Yeary which I have added to the tree and researched with the hope it may produce a tie to Nancy Elizabeth Jackson and Jim Yeary’s daddy.  After inputting and researching back 4 generations I have found nothing that may help us find the Yeary tied to Nancy Elizabeth Jackson.
  --  Marion L Mixon, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins and Kati Jackson Cain, 28 February 2016
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  Parker County, Texas, Marriage Certificate
  J A Martin and Pearl Parson
  License issued 26 Oct 1914
  Ceremony performed 26 Oct 1914 by Charles H Lewis, "A Minister"
  Recorded 30 October 1914 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  Marriage record on file in the Weatherford Parker County Court House Annex, provided by research of Linda Martin Bussell, via Marion L Mixon, originally posted on Ancestry.com 23 Feb 2016;  Used by permission
  
  Their daughter Ruby was born in April 1916.  But by 1920 they were separated, perhaps already divorced.  No divorce record has been found, and in 1920, Pearl was still reported as Married.  But she is living with her single brother Jim, next door to her parents, right there in Weatherford, and James is not in that household.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 17 January, Weatherford Ward 4, District 64, page 14B, Hse #311, Fam #333
  Walker, Jim  Head  Rents  M W 26 Single TX TX TX Cotton Compress Laborer
  Martin, Pearl Sister F W 31 Married [but husband James not in the household] Colorado TX TX [b abt 1889]
  Martin [Parsons], Leon  Dau [Son of Pearl] F [Male] W 7 TX US Colorado [b abt 1912]
  Martin, Ruby  Dau [of Pearl] F 3yrs8mos TX US Colorado [b abt Apr 1906]
  --  Ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=100693575&indiv=try
  
  Pearl is also reported born in Colorado in the above census.  All the other children of James and Sarah Jane Brown were reported born in Parker County, Texas.  Pearl's death certificate reports her place of birth as Custer County, Colorado.  The informant for the certificate was her brother JM.
  
  Pearl's stepmother Verda Smith Walker had a Bible with the list of birth dates of James and Sarah Jane's children.  Note that Pearl's name is not included in the following list.  But her age in the 1920 census is a good match for the birth date in late 1888 of the daughter named Izella.  However, Pearl's birth date on her death certificate is 25 Dec 1886, and on her FAG memorial her name is Pearl Maude Martin.  It is not clear why her name is not in the Bible birth list.  Also missing from the list is Charles M, reported in 1900 as 9 years old and born in Colorado.
  
  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.
  
  Jim and Pearl's father and his young wife are living next door.  James Walker's wife Berdie is 9 years younger than his daughter Pearl Martin.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 17 January, Weatherford Ward 4, District 64, page 14B, Hse #310, Fam #332
  Walker, James Head Owns M W 55 Married TX US US No Occup
  Walker, Berdie Wife F W 37 Married TX AL TX Keeper Small Granary Store
  Walker, Fritz Son M W 6 TX TX TX [b abt 1913]
  Walker, Lizzie Dau F 5 TX TX TX [b 1914]
  
  On Pearl's death certificate she is named Pearl M Martin.  Her burial memorial on Find a Grave has her name as Pearl Maude Walker Martin.  The birth date on her grave matches the report by her brother Jim on her death certificate.  Note that the informant on her death certificate reports that Pearl's birth place was Colorado, as did the 1920 census.  However, in 1900, she and the next child, Izella were reported born in Texas, while the next three children after Izella were reported born in Colorado.
  
  This later report that Pearl was also born in Colorado seems likely a case of faulty memory by other family members.  This likelihood is strongly supported by the fact that Izella, born 2 years after Pearl, and 2 years before Charles, was reported born in Texas.  It does not seem likely they were in Colorado for Pearl's birth, back to Texas for Izella's birth, then back to Colorado for the birth of the next three children, born over a period of about 5 years.
  
  It is not clear whether the informant on Pearl's death certificate was her brother or her father, who have the same initials, and both of whom were still alive when Pearl died.
  
  Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  Pearl M Martin
  Birth 25 Dec 1886 Custer County, Colorado
  Residence Weatherford, Parker, Texas
  Age at Death 44 yrs 9 days, Widowed [but her 2nd husband JAC Martin was still living, and they were divorced; he married again before 1920]
  J M Walker born Hood County, Texas [James' death certificate says he was born in Somervell Co TX]
  Mother Miss Sarah Brown born Parker County, Texas
  Informant J M Walker [brother, or maybe father - same initials, both living], Weatherford
  Death 07 Jan 1931 Weatherford, Parker, Texas
  Cause of Death Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  Burial [date not reported] Authon Cemetery, Authon, Parker County, Texas by Cotten Brothers Funeral Home, Weatherford
  Certificate #4553 filed 7 January 1931
  
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  Pearl Maude Walker Martin
  Birth Dec 25, 1886 Custer County, Colorado
  Death Jan 3, 1931 Parker County, Texas
  
  Daughter of James M and Sarah J Brown Walker. Married 1) Charles A. Parsons 2) ? [James Alfred Charles] Martin. Mother of Leon (Cox) and Ruby.
  
  Parents:
  James M Walker (1861 - 1942)
  Sarah Jane Brown Walker (1861 - 1907)
  
  Spouse James Charles Martin (1870 - 1942)
  
  Siblings:
  Rosa Lee Walker Lee (1882 - 1973)
  Izella Walker Williams (1888 - 1970) Half-sibling
  James Martin Walker (1893 - 1958) Half-sibling
  Calvin M Walker (1895 - 1939)
  
  Burial Authon Cemetery, Authon, Parker County, Texas
  
  Created by Lynn Walden Sep 09, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #41777734, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41777734
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Sources

• 1. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 13 June, Weatherford, District 63, page 6A, Hse/Fam #89
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 17 January, Weatherford Ward 4, District 64, page 14B, Ft Worth St, Hse #311, Fam #333
• 5. Texas Marriage Certificate
• 6. Marion L Mixon
• 7. Texas Birth Certificate