John W. Walker, 1827–1867 (aged 40 years)

Name
John W. /Walker/
Birth
about 1827
Birth of a daughter
Death of a wife
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Census
Occupation
School Teacher
1860
Death
about 1867 (aged 40 years)
Family with Catharine ?
himself
1827–1867
Birth: about 1827 — Tennessee
Death: about 1867 — Decatur Co. TN
partner
daughter
1855–1944
Birth: March 3, 1855 28 — Tennessee
Death: January 6, 1944 — Oklahoma
Family with Lucy Ann Montgomery
himself
1827–1867
Birth: about 1827 — Tennessee
Death: about 1867 — Decatur Co. TN
wife
1835–1921
Birth: December 20, 1835 29 35 — Tennessee
Death: December 3, 1921
Marriage Marriage — before March 10, 1859 — Decatur Co. TN
5 months
daughter
1859–1931
Birth: August 20, 1859 32 23 — Tennessee
Death: November 15, 1931
Bird S. Newman + Lucy Ann Montgomery
wife’s husband
1833–1919
Birth: September 7, 1833 — Virginia
Death: November 29, 1919
wife
1835–1921
Birth: December 20, 1835 29 35 — Tennessee
Death: December 3, 1921
Marriage Marriage — about 1865 —
4 years
stepdaughter
1868–…
Birth: about 1868 34 32 — Tennessee
2 years
stepson
3 years
stepdaughter
1871–…
Birth: about 1871 37 35 — Tennessee
1 year
stepson
1871–1957
Birth: 1871 37 35 — Tennessee
Death: October 4, 1957 — Decatur Co. TN
8 years
stepdaughter
1878–1955
Birth: 1878 44 42 — Tennessee
Death: 1955
Shared note

John Walker was a school teacher at Dunbar in Decatur Co. TN. He may have taught at the Clardy School which was located near the Clardy (now Keeton) Springs. He married Catharine ? and they had two daughters, Nancy and Martha. Nancy married William David Kelley who was involved with the Dunbar Cotton Gin and later operated cotton gins in Sallisaw, OK and Stillwell, OK. Martha married Robert James Montgomery and they had eleven children.

John married Lucy Montgomery after Catharine's death some time after 1859. Lucy married Capt. Byrd Newman after John's death about 1867.

In the 1860 census, S. Montgomery, 24, inmate; E. J. Walker, 21, inmate and school teacher; M. M. Walker, age 19, school teacher; and J. C. Montgomery, 26, day laborer are all living in the John W. Walker household.

Source: 1860 census, Calvin Kelley