Brief Life History of John Beauchamp
When John Beauchamp Walker was born on 24 March 1814, in Livingston, Kentucky, United States, his father, Ephraim Walker, was 42 and his mother, Mary Beauchamp, was 35. He married Elizabeth Ann Brown on 1 May 1835, in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1840. He registered for military service in 1853. He died on 10 March 1856, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- John Walker, "United States Census, 1840"
- John Beauchamp Walker, "Find A Grave Index"
- John B Walker in entry for Sarah Elizabeth Hale, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1817
Mississippi is the 20th state.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
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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Life Sketch of John Beauchamp Walker
A life sketch of John Beauchamp Walker 1814 – 1856 There have been several spellings of the name Beauchamp - Beachem and Beacham. The original spelling was Beauchamp, but since the pronunciation …
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