 1876 - 1947 (70 years)
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| Name |
WALKER William Bailey |
| Born |
14 Jun 1876 |
Crittenden County, Kentucky  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
13 Feb 1947 |
Lutesville, Bollinger, MO [2] |
| Buried |
17 Feb 1947 |
East Woodlawn Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO [3] |
| Person ID |
I1836 |
Combo |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2009 |
| Father |
WALKER Hugh Mack, b. 4 Feb 1832, Livingston County, Kentucky , d. 26 Jun 1876, Crittenden County, Kentucky (Age 44 years) |
| Mother |
HURLEY Mary Jane, b. 4 Nov 1843, Crittenden Co., Kentucky , d. 19 Feb 1919, Crittenden Co., KY (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
3 Jul 1865 |
Crittenden County, KY |
| Notes |
- From B. J. Jerome Feb 2007:
"Crittenden County, KY Marriage Records 1842-1866 and Abstracts of Wills Book 1 1842-1924" page 111: 3 Jul 1865. H.M. Walker - Mary J. Craig No return.
[The date is the bond date, but there is no marriage return and apparently no license. Often the license was returned to the county clerk with the date of
marriage. There is none in this case. It may have been lost, never returned by the minister or J.P. or they may have actually married in another KY county.]
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| Family ID |
F0736 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
BOLLINGER Martha Louisa, b. 9 May 1884, Patton, Bollinger, MO , d. 20 Nov 1969, Malden, Dunklin, MO (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1900 |
| Notes |
- Common law partners, per Vicci Sweeney 8/2002.
Bailey and Martha separated about 1934, when Pearl was 12 years old.
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| Children |
| | 1. WALKER Ada Lee, b. 15 Oct 1902, d. 4 Oct 1965 (Age 62 years) |
| | 2. WALKER Erma, b. Abt 1904, d. 1931 (Age ~ 27 years) |
| | 3. WALKER Lola, d. Abt 1908 |
| | 4. WALKER William Theodore, b. 18 Jun 1909, d. Dec 1978 (Age 69 years) |
| | 5. WALKER Mina Marie, b. 28 Mar 1912, d. 16 May 1994, Kansas City, Jackson, MO (Age 82 years) |
| | 6. WALKER Harmon Hurley, b. 23 Mar 1915, Puxico, MO , d. 14 Mar 2003 (Age 87 years) |
| | 7. WALKER Alma Hortense, b. 17 Jul 1919, Wappapello, Butler, MO , d. 12 Aug 1972, Flint, Genesse, MI (Age 53 years) |
| | 8. WALKER Pearl, b. 18 Jun 1922, d. 22 Oct 2004 (Age 82 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0729 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
JACKSON Mittie Ann Sneed, b. 18 Sep 1877, Henry County, TN , d. 6 Mar 1945, Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
20 Mar 1939 |
Judge Probate Court, Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO |
| Family ID |
F0734 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
TINSLEY Addie, b. 25 Sep 1876, North Carolina , d. 19 Jul 1957, Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO (Clark Nursing Home) (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
26 Jun 1945 |
Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO |
| Family ID |
F0735 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Bailey's third wife was Mittie Sneed of Tennessee. Her grandaughter, Ann Dickerson, remembers that Bailey and Mittie lived across the street from a railroad track. Ann and Bailey would run to count the cars and wave to the passengers. This would have been between 1939 when Mittie and Bailey married, and 1943 when Mittie died. [Ann was born in 1936, so she would have been a small child at the time.]
Burial at East Woodlawn Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, MO, Lot 46E-(5), next to his third wife Addie. Funeral was handled by Greer Croy & Fitch of Poplar Bluff, MO Headstone reads "W.B.Walker 1876 - 1947 Father Oh How We Miss You".
"A mean man with a real hot temper, and he liked to drink now and then. His kids didn't like him, and married early just to get away from him. "
Bailey had a home at 105 Henry Street in Poplar Bluff. When he died, none of his kids would go claim the house. His fourth wife at the time, Addie, was a real wild woman, and she didn't want his children at his funeral. John and Jamile attempted to find the house in November 2002 but it had been torn down.
Death certificate number 3914 from Lutesville, MO (Bollinger County) shows that Bailey had been living in Lutesville for 6 months when he died, but that his usual residence was at 105 E. Henry, Poplar Bluff, MO. Jamile paid Glen Sedrick [gsedrick@mycitycable.com] in Sept. 2002 to do a research for obits on Bailey and Addie Walker, but nothing was found.
Jamile has copy of WWI Registration Card for Bailey, signed September 12, 1918. It says he had blue eyes, black hair, and had lost one finger. He was listed as medium height and slender build. He lists Martha Walker as his wife.
Vicci Medler Sweeney said her mother Pearl was about 12 when Martha and the children "ran off" Bailey. This would have been around 1934.
Jamile has copy of mariage licenses of Bailey to Mittie A. (Sneed) Jackson and Addie Tinsley.
Deed Book Y, page 350-351, Crittenden County, KY
September 27, 1890
Mary J. Walker and husband J. M. Walker, H. E. Walker and wife Wilmouth Walker, John W. Kapplar and wife Elizabeth E. Kapplar, D. H. Walker and wife Minnie Walker, H. M. Walker, I. S. Walker and W. B. Walker, "all and the only heirs at law of H. M. Walker deceased, all of Crittenden County, except H. E. Walker and wife, John W. Kapplar and wife, of Stoddard County, MO, convey to Alex Woods of Crittenden County a tract of land in Crittenden County, beginning on a double white oak which are stumps now on the waters of Hoods Creek... to where King's fence originally struck the drain ...containing 82 acres more or less. The land is conveyed for the sum of $625 to be paid as follows: Mary J. Walker $175 cash for her dowry right, she being the widow of H. M. Wlaker, before her marriage with J. M. Walker, her present husband; H. E. Walker, $70; John W. Kappalar and wife Elizabeth, $70; H. M. Walker, $70 paid by J. B. Lowey, D. H. Walker $35 cash paid and the remainder being $35 to be paid "when he becomes of age" and makes Woody a deed to his interest to the land and J. B. Lowey to execute his notes to I. S. Walker and W. B. Walker, who are minor Heirs $70 a piece with 6% interest until they become of age and make Lowey a Deed to their interest in the land [signed] Mary J. Walker, J. M. Walker, H. E. Walker, Wilmoth Walker, J. W. Kappler, Lizzie Kappler, Mack ...
1900 Census
POSSIBLE: Found a Bailey Walker with wife Maud (Lucus) in KY/Crittenden County/Bells Mines, District 36. This couple had been married less than a year and had a 2 month old baby daughter named Bela. Further research shows that a W. B. Walker and Maud Lucus were married in Gallatin County, IN on July 15, 1899. It ws very common for people to go to Shawneetown, Gallatin County to marry and then return to their home county. This may be our Bailey Walker, but it has not been proven.
1910 Census
Bayley and Martha Walker with 3 children MO/Butler County/St. Francois/District 12
1920 Census
Bailey, Martha and 5 children, including Alma MO/Butler County/St. Francis Township
Albert Bounds was living nearby; he later married Erma Walker.
Ada (Walker) and her husband "Gorky" Adamson were living next door, too.
1930 Census
William B., Martha, and 5 children, including Alma MO/Stoddard County/Liberty Township/District 14 (including Bernie and Dexter Cities)
Ralph Murphy (who later married Mina Walker) MO/Stoddard County/Elk Township/District 10
Albert Bounds and wife Erma (Walker) and 2 children.
Also found several Ham families nearby MO/Butler/St. Francois/District 22/Page 5
Ada (Walker) and Louis Adamson and 3 daughters MO/Butler County/St. Francois
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| Sources |
- According to Bailey Walker's registration card for the World War.
- [S01772] Death Certificate.
- Jamile has a photo of headstone.
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