Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Walker was born on 15 January 1838, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States, his father, Archelaus Walker, was 36 and his mother, Ellender Chaffin, was 35. He married Elizabeth Martin on 8 October 1856, in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 6, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 2 February 1917, in Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States.
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- J W Walker, "United States Census, 1860"
- J. W. Walker, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- John W Walker, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1840
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Lamar, Republic of Texas 1845: Lamar, Texas, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
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.
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