Sarah Caroline Walker

1 January 1828–22 May 1888 (Age 60)
Van Buren, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Sarah Caroline

When Sarah Caroline Walker was born on 1 January 1828, in Van Buren, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States, her father, Micajah Walker, was 45 and her mother, Jane Jenny Anderson, was 45. She married James K Polk Howard on 6 November 1852, in Van Buren, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Humphreys, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Tennessee, United States in 1870. She died on 22 May 1888, in Van Buren, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

James K Polk Howard
1826–1892
Sarah Caroline Walker
1828–1888
Marriage: 6 November 1852
Nancy Howard
1853–
Sarah J. Howard
1855–
Mary Howard
1856–1930
Emmaline Howard
1860–1936
Isaac J. Howard
1864–1919
Lodema E. Howard
1865–1875
Caroline Howard
1867–1944
Morgan Howard
1869–
Cager D Howard
1870–1936

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 November 1852Van Buren, Tennessee, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 2
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1835 · The Hermitage is Built
    Age 7
    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
    1846
    Age 18
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly North and Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English walker, Old English wealcere (an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’), ‘one who trampled cloth in a bath of lye or kneaded it, in order to strengthen it’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker . As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’. This surname is also very common among African Americans.History: The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, c. 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen County, VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Walcher
    Waker
    Fuller
    Walke
    Walck

    Sources (12)

    • Sarah Howard in household of James Howard, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Sarah Walker, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
    • Sallie Walker in entry for Emmaline Medley, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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