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Year Settled in Iowa: 1853
County where ancestor first settled: Mahaska
Born: February 13, 1830
Birth Place: Morgan Co, Ohio
Married: Januray 13, 1852
Marriage Location: Logan Co, Illinois
Died: August 29, 1901
Burial Location: Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, IA
Father: Laurance Walker
Mother: Elizabeth Eveland Walker
Spouse: Mary Ann Dixon
Born: March 21, 1833
Birth Location: Logan Co., Illinois
Died: September 29, 1889
Burial Location: Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Ia
Father: Jesse Dixon
Mother: Mary Reid
Proof:
Obituary of WB Walker from the Newton
Record dated September 5, 1901.
Additional information in this obituary includes his enlistment in
Company C, 33rd Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. This service record
has been verified with records from the National Archives and an artical
about the 33rd Iowa Infantry's participation in the Battle of Jenkins
Ferry Arkansas
Children:
Surviving children were Harriet (Mrs. Hayden) Reynolds of Newton
- Miss Melissa Walker of Newton
- Frank Irving Walker of Newton
- Ruth (Mrs George) Rogers of Colfax (later of Newton)
- Ethal (Mrs Fred) Barbee of Washington state
- William S. Walker of Westphalia Kansas. A daughter Jenny proceeded him in death
I have the following information for Ruth Walker Rogers (my grandmother):
Born in 1871
Died in November 1949; buried Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Iowa
Married George B. Rogers December 25, 1899
George B Rogers was born in New York in 1871, came to Newton in the 1890's, and died in 1957. He is also buried at Newton Union Cemetery.
Ruth and George B. Rogers had 4 children:
Melissa Irene (Mrs Alvin Case)
Wilma (Mrs. Roscoe Brock)
LeRoy William Rogers (born May 2, 1907; died September 2, 1999)
Esther Alice (Mrs. Lyle Page) born September 25, 1912; died September 7, 2000
Additionally there were 5 Case grandchildren, 3 Brock grandchildren and 3
Rogers grandchildren.
Data Submitted Fri Jun 5 13:43:16 1998 by: Ruth E. Rogers ruthrogers@rcn.com
Updated: April 2003
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