granddaughter Ada Opal (Walker),
daughter of Ballard, married to Andy J. Miller
Alex
son-in-law, Charles Alex Ridenour,
married to Ida Mae
Alex Stout
unknown
Allie Sexton
unknown
Andy Miller
grandson-in-law, husband of
Ada Opal (Walker), Ballard's daughter
Anna Acres
unknown
Austin
Austin Peay
B., B.I.
her son Ballard
B.W.H.
her daughter Birdee
Ballard
her son, Ballard Ira Walker
Berry Duncan
unknown
Big Linsey Newport
unknown
Billie Washam
unknown
Birdie
her daughter, Birdie Bibee (Walker)
Humphrey, married to Elmer Lee Humphrey
Birt
nickname for her daughter Birdie
Chloe
granddaughter Chloe Walker,
daughter of Ballard
Coker
unknown family
Columbus Grant
son of James Hamilton Grant
and Catherine Comers
Cooper
unknown family
Cross
unknown person or family
Dan Chambers
unknown
Dana Bolinger
unknown; may have been related
to her son-in-law William Herman Bolinger
Deck
her brother, Rev. Dexter Snow
Owen
Della
grandaughter Della Harriet
Ridenour, daughter of Ida
Della Humphrey
unknown; may have been related
to her son-in-law Elmer Lee Humphrey
Dester S.
Carlos Dester Sexton, widower
of her late daughter Lula O.
Dewey
grandson-in-law John Dewey Pebley,
husband of Verlie Vivian Walker, Ballard's daughter
Dock, Dr.
nickname for her husband, Dr.
Andrew Calvin Walker
Dr. Goliher
unknown
Dr. McGill
unknown
Ebert
grandson Harry Ebert Bolinger,
son of Ina
Elmer
her daughter Birdie's husband,
Elmer Lee Humphrey
Elmer Brown
unknown
Enoc Hamblin
unknown
Esther Sexton
unknown
Fran Butler
unknown
Frank
her son George Franklin Walker
Frank Kinney
unknown
Freeman Sharp
unknown
G.F.W.
her son George Franklin Walker
Georgia Baker
unknown
Grady
unknown person or family
Hank
unknown
Henry Coker
unknown
Henry Cross
unknown
Hiram Sharp
unknown
Hugh Massie
unknown
Hump C.
unknown
Ida
her daughter, Ida Mae (Walker)
Ridenour, married to Alex and living nearby
Ida Loyd
unknown
Ina
her daughter, Ina Belle, married
to William Herman Bolinger
Irene Simpson
unknown
Isham Bolin
unknown
Isham Chambers
unknown
J.P.
grandson James Parke Humphrey,
son of Birdie
J.R. Hatfield
unknown
Jackie Thompson
unknown
Jake Butler
unknown
Jennie Walker
probably wife of Andrew's brother
Silas Anderson Walker
Jessie
unknown (Jessee Hicks?)
Jessee Hicks
unknown
Jim
unknown (perhaps Jim Eades)
Jim Carson
unknown
Jim Eades
unknown
Joe Hablen
unknown
John B.
unknown (perhaps John Newport
or John Butler)
John Butler
unknown
John Friar
unknown
Julie
unknown
Kezie Anderson
unknown
Kirtie Pemberton
unknown
Lamen Humphrey
unknown
Laura C.
Laura Click
Laura Click
daughter of Andrew's sister
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Walker) Click
Lawrence Gaylor
unknown
Lectie B.
unknown
Leland Sexton
unknown
Lester
her grandson, Lester Roscoe
Ridenour, son of Ida
Lillith Bebee
married Corilda's son Ruby;
actually "Lillith Beebe"
Lizzie Click
Andrew's sister, Elizabeth (Walker)
Click
Lmon
(Lemon?) unknown
Loranga Robbins
unknown
Lou York
unknown
Louis Phillips
unknown
Lu
daughter-in-law Lu Vernia (Massingale)
Walker, wife of Ballard
Luther Sharp
unknown
M. D. Lawson
unknown
Mabel Butler
unknown
Manard Phillps
unknown (probably Maynard Phillips)
Marcum
unknown family
Marlie Sexton
unknown
Margrate Sharp
unknown (probably Margaret Sharp)
Marshall Smiddee
unknown
Mary Ann Butler
unknown
Mattie
unknown
McCormick
unknown family
Mr. Cross
unknown
Mr. Engles
unknown
Mr. Hammon
unknown
Mr. McGhee
unknown
Mr. Vermillion
probably Douglas Irby Vermillion,
who at least at one time was postmaster
Mr. Woods
unknown
Mr. & Mrs. Lael
unknown
Mrs. Akers
unknown
Mrs. B.
Mrs. Butler
Mrs. Butler
unknown
Mrs. Engles
unknown
Mrs. Harding
Florence Kling Harding, wife
of the late president
Mrs. Lee
unknown
Mrs. Murley
unknown
Mrs. Newport
probably the wife of Bill Newport
at New River Lumber Company
Mrs. Parks
unknown
Mrs. Pemberton
unknown; family mentioned too
Mrs. Saxton
unknown
Mrs. Smithers
unknown
Mrs. Walden
Kizzie (Hatfield) Walden, wife
of Daniel W. and mother of Rosa Etta
Mrs. York
unknown; perhaps Lou York
Nannie Walden
unknown; may have been Rosa's
sister
Nettie Hatfield
unknown
Nora
unknown
Novee Murlie
unknown; perhaps Murley
Opal W.
grandaughter Ada
Opal Newport
unknown
Otis Sharp
unknown
P
son Paris Clyde Walker
Pa
nickname for her husband
Paris
her son, Paris Clyde Walker
Paul Raley
unknown
Pearl
granddaughter Pearl, daughter
of Ida
Pemberton
unknown family
Prof. Laxton
unknown (perhaps Saxton)
R, R.E.
son Ruby
Rab, Rabbit
nickname for her son Ruby
Rob Sexton
unknown
Rosa Walden
daughter of Daniel and Kizzie
Walden, became Corilda's daughter-in-law in 1920, marrying Frank
Roy
grandson William Roy Bolinger,
son of Ina
Ruby
Ruby Emmit Walker, her son
Russel Bird
unknown
S.A.
Silas Anderson Walker (same
as Silas W.)
Sam Ridner
unknown
Shultz
unknown
Sid
unknown
Silas W.
Silas Anderson Walker, Andrew's
brother and a doctor in Walnut Grove
Spark Plug
their horse
Taylor
Alfred Alexander Taylor
Tim Laws
unknown
Tim Murley
unknown
Tom Butts
unknown
Tom Overton
unknown
Ulas Hatfield
unknown
Verland
grandson Verland Emmit Bolinger,
son of Ina
Verlie Walker
granddaughter Verlie Vivian
Walker, daughter of Ballard, married John Dewey Pebley
Vermillion
unknown family
Violet Laxton
unknown
Wain Brown
unknown (probably Wayne Brown)
Walter Jeffers
murdered in Huntsville
Ward
grandson Ward W. Walker, son
of Ballard
Will Butler
unknown
Winfred
Winfred Sharp (male), best friend
of her son Ruby
Dr. Andrew Calvin Walker
and Corilda Catherine (Owen) Walker; photo courtesy
Laura Robbie (Sneed) Stooksbury.
Still living in Caryville.
Tuesday, January 27, 1925
Cold wind from North. Hominy snow. Temp 28. Some snow
on ground. I wrote Deck a card. Pearl R. is here. B.I.'s
gone to Nashville.
Sunday, February 1, 1925
Clear and warm - Paris set on porch in swing and 9
O.C. AM
Saturday, April 11, 1925
I planted popy's and some California seed. Eat a small
radish and some mustard. Wrote Birdie little, wrote
Rab little.
Sunday, April 12, 1925
Everything green in. Leaves on trees half grown. Temp
85 eav, windy, part cloudy - gone on the mountains.
Made picnic. Paris gone fishing.
Sunday, April 19, 1925
Chloe is up at Ada's - been there three weeks. We've
got all of our corn ground. Plowed one hill - planted
- garden looks well - beans up.
Saturday, April 25, 1925
Rained little. Temp 60
Sunday, April 26, 1925
Rain hard.
Monday, April 27, 1925
Rain nite, thunder.
Tuesday, April 28, 1925
Cold - Temp 55 at 6. Ill dry wind from north - cloudy
all day.
Wednesday, April 30, 1925
Ebert Bolinger came Feb 25, snowed and this is April
30, 1925. Ebert's at Colo Springs and the rest of them
in Wyoming.
Thursday, May 1, 1925
Paris B.D. Got letter from Ruby 25 April. Temp 40 AM
9 O.C. Clearing off. Lu's sick. Della there.
Thursday, May 1, 1925 [entry elsewhere]
Got cloth from Birdie Sept 8th to make C. Covers. I've
got them goods yet and this is May 1, 1925.
Friday, May 2, 1925
Began on last tablets. Hot AM
Thursday, May 8, 1925
Cloudy, rain.
Sunday, May 10, 1925
Cloudy
Monday, May 11, 1925
Raining AM
Tuesday, May 12, 1925
Cloudy
Wednesday, May 13, 1925
Cloudy and warm
Friday, May 15, 1925
Temp 53. Some clear days. First clear in three weeks.
Saturday, May 16, 1925
Got a letter from Ruby yesterday. Little lite clouds,
cool, little wind from west and north. Temp 53. Planted
beets. 12 O.C. same day - wind blowing hard from southeast
- part cloudy. Paris and me planted sunflowers and beans.
Sunday, May 17, 1925
Verlie took dinner here. Cloudy - Temp 85 at noon.
74 at 4 O.C. - cool wind.
Monday, May 18, 1925
Cloudy, cool wind.
Tuesday, May 19, 1925
Cloudy till noon. Clear'd off - wind blowing little.
Sun hot. Paris is plowing over at B.I.'s orchard. Planted
flowers all round yard. Planted few cucumbers in garden
Friday, May 22, 1925
Wrote Birdie. Temp 90. Told her to sent it to Rab.
Hen hatching.
Sunday, May 24, 1925
Rain'd hard.
Monday, May 25, 1925
Cold wind from north. Cloudy in AM Temp 43. Eav - Clear
Temp 60
Tuesday, May 26, 1925
Planted beets, toms, squashes. Clear AM Temp 38
[Undated]
Frank and Rosa came March - Della came - went to Knoxville
with Frank and Rosa, April 8.
Monday, June 9, 1925
Lu cleaned dining room. Little shower done no good.
Ain't rained 3 weeks. Eav came up the hardest storm
I most ever saw - wind and rainy - lasted thru three
quarters of an hour. Hot as if it hadn't rained. 9 O.C.
Temp 90
Monday, June 15, 1925
Rained good shower
Wednesday, June 17, 1925
Shower no good. Birdie came the 11th of June, stay'd
till 17. We had a picnic down on the creek, B.I.'s and
us.
Monday, June 22, 1925
Planted Ky wonder beans in corn. Clear and hot. Temp
was 96 yesterday. It's 84 now - 8 O.C. 11 O.C. temp
- 96
Sunday, June 28, 1925
Alex, Ida and Lester came. Went back 29th.
Thursday, July 2, 1925
Temp 98, 2 O.C.
Friday, July 3, 1925
Temp 68. Rain'd little sprinkle last nite. Got letter
from GFW and check - 20.00. Letter from R's. 11:30 O.C.
- 97, 12 O.C. - 96, 12:30 - 101, 2:30 - 102.
Saturday, July 4, 1925
12 O.C. - 86, 2 O.C. - 90, Big storm at Laf and other
places. Uprooted trees at LaFollette - telephone poles,
etc.
Friday, July 10, 1925
Alex Stout came. Stayed all nite. Temp all along now
is 96 and 99.
July 26, 1925
Ain't rain'd for most 4 weeks. Everything burning up.
Daddy and Paris on new shoes and slippers. Verlie and
Dewey at B.I.'s Grass in yard is dying. 1925-1926 was
a time of severe drought in Tennessee.
Monday, July 27, 1925
I wrote Clicks a short letter.
August 4, 1925
Rain'd good rain - first time in a month. Corn won't
make mor'n half brak. Got a letter from Ruby and wife.
They've mov'd in their new house.
Sunday, August 9, 1925
Paris and Ballard went up to the fork to reunion this
AM. Lu, Chloe and kids to town. Lonesome time for me.
(gee) No rain since Tue 4th. Corn Ruin'd. Some ain't
even got shoots - Half or more of our new ground.
Monday, August 10, 1925
Temp 93.
Tuesday, August 11, 1925
10 O.C. Temp 101. Partly cloudy at 12 O.C. - Temp 103
at 2 O.C. - 100. At 3 O.C. - 99.
Got announcement of Ruby's baby Sat. 10. I answered
or wrote him - Paris and I, Mon. 17th.
Thursday, August 20, 1925
At 10 O.C. Temp 100. Sprinkled at 11 - Temp 99. Had
some sweet taters. Ruby's baby was born Aug. 6, 1925.
Thursday, August 27, 1925
Dock got sick Fri 21, was bad Fri nite and Sat. He'd
lay'd around and run off ever since - this is 27th.
He's better. Cut wood this AM. Temp 93 at 12 O.C. Ain't
rain'd for bout 12 days. 2 O.C. Temp - 99. 3 O.C. temp
91. 4 O.C. Temp 90.
Tuesday, September 1, 1925
Began raining at 12 O.C. Thundering constantly. Temp
fell 22 degrees by 2 O.C. Still raining hard now. 2:30
O.C. rain over. Good wetting rain. first for three weeks
and 4 days. 6 O.C. clearing off.
Friday, September 4, 1925
Clear. Temp 104
Saturday, September 5, 1925
Temp 102 at 11 O.C. Paris work'd on a house in town
4th and 5th.
Sunday, September 6, 1925
Temp 60 at 7 AM. 12 O.C. - 108. 1 O.C. - 106. 1:30
- 102. Hot steam in every room. Warm wind most all time.
Birdie, Elmer and boy came nite.
Monday, September 7, 1925
Temp from 12 O.C. to 3 O.C. - 105 to 110.
Tuesday, September 8, 1925
Temp from 99 to 101 til 1 O.C. Wind. Birdie, Elmer
and J. P. went home.
Wednesday, September 9, 1925
Temp - 105. 4 O.C. - 92. Rain over round north. Paris
and [unreadable] cutting corn.
Thursday, September 10, 1925
Temp at 1 O.C. 93, cloudy til 12 O.C. Some wind.
Friday, September 11, 1925
Hot all day, Windy. Temp 94 AM, PM-85.
Saturday, September 12, 1925
9:30 AM raining. 2:30 O.C. rain went round - wind blowing
hard now. Part cloudy.
Sunday, September 13, 1925
Wind and rain pretty good. Lasted half hour 2 O.C.
Chloe ate dinner here. 3 O.C. still cloudy.
Sunday, September 27, 1925
Part cloudy, wind blow'd all day. Pleasant. Got a letter
from Rab and wife. Lu's sister and cousins came yesterday.
No rain for 3 weeks.
Monday, September 28, 1925
Temp 59 AM. P.C. worked in town today. Frank came bout
nite.
Tuesday, September 29, 1925
He mailed a letter to Rab for Paris, him and me. He's
moving to Cincy next wk, I think.
October 1, 1925
Began raining 11 O.C. Stop'd at 12:30. Began again
at 1:30 hard. Stop at 2 O.C Chestnuts falling out in
yard. Cool Temp 69.
Friday, October 2, 1925
Cloudy all nite. Began raining at 7:30, drizle. Temp
67 AM. Frank and Paris gone to C'ville. 1 O.C. still
raining and cool
Saturday, October 3, 1925
No rain today - cloudy
Sunday, October 4, 1925
Rain from 8 O.C. till 11. Windy and cool, PM Part cloudy.
Monday, October 5, 1925
Frank went home Sunday 4th. Temp 60, Part cloudy, wind
from north - cool. Paris gone to town to work on Cooper's
house. Got letter from B.I. in Ky.
Tuesday, October 6, 1925
Some rain.
Wednesday, October 7, 1925
Cloudy
Thursday, October 8, 1925
Rain half day.
Friday, October 9, 1925
Hard wind from north - Cold.
Saturday, October 10, 1925
Clear and cold
Sunday, October 11, 1925
Big frost this AM. Kill'd tomatoes and most everything.
Ice think as knife blade. Temp 28. 12 O.C. Sunday wind
from southeast Temp 60. Kill'd hen for dinner.
Monday, October 12, 1925
Part cloudy, cool, drizle little but cloudy most all
day and no rain. Temp about 70. I wrote Birdie. Paris
work'd in town.
Wednesday, October 14, 1925
Drizle till about 9 O.C. Set in raining hard. Paris
gone to work. Lu's in town. 2 O.C. still pouring rain.
Rain'd all day.
Thursday, October 15, 1925
Drizle most all night and is raining strait down this
PM. Got letter from Rab and wife last nite. I sent Ridenours
one this morning. Stop'd raining at 10 O.C. Temp 65
AM. Woods most half brown.
Friday, October 16, 1925
Rained 10 then began at 11 and is still raining. B.I.
came home. Temp 70 at noon. Wind from south.
Saturday, October 17, 1925
Cloudy all day. Temp 60 AM
Sunday, October 18, 1925
Part cloudy, cool all day.
Monday, October 19, 1925
Cloudy, drizle, cold wind from north. Temp 44 at 9
O.C. B.I. went back to Ky. PC working for Roy [unreadable]
11:30 O.C. Temp 56, clear.
Tuesday, October 20, 1925
Temp 28 AM. 12 O.C. - 65. 3 O.C - 57. Paris is hauling
wood for us and Lu.
Tuesday, October 27, 1925
Wrote Rab a long letter. Clear all day, cool wind.
Paris work'd for Mr. Woods today.
Wednesday, October 28, 1925
Clear, 9 O.C. Temp 30. Sent Ruby's letter to office.
Paris working for Mr. Woods again today. 3 O.C. Cloudy.
Hard wind - Temp 39. Wind lay off after nite. Clear
this AM.
Thursday, October 29, 1925
Temp 22. Got a letter from Birdie.
Friday, October 30, 1925
Snowing hominy snow. I put my new slippers - Felt.
9:30 - still hominy snowing. Temp 35. 12 O.C. - It's
been pouring soft snow ever since 10:15 O.C. Snowed
soft snow even 2 hours. Got letter from B.W.H. Tacked
rug down by fire today.
Saturday, October 31, 1925
Temp 35. Still cloudy AM. Snow melting. 10 O.C. - Temp
39. 12 O.C. - Temp 42. Still light cloudy. 12:30 O.C.
- sun shining a little, 2:30 O.C. Temp 48 - cloudy again.
Sunday, November 1, 1925
Cloudy AM Temp 40. 2 O.C. - drizling - Temp 47. 2:30
O.C. - raining strait down. Stopp'd at dark and didn't
rain any all nite.
Monday, November 2, 1925
Cloudy all day. Temp 49. Lu came up and washed for
us. Sent Birdie a letter. Driz'ld a little this AM.
Tuesday, November 3, 1925
Still cloudy and no wind. Temp 50 AM. 1 O.C. - Cloudy
- Temp 60. 2 O.C. clear'd off - temp 58, little wind.
Lu's sick today.
Wednesday, November 4, 1925
12 O.C. - cloudy, cool wind, temp 42 AM. Paris working.
Lu's gone to town. Sun's about to shine. Had hog head
for dinner.
Thursday, November 5, 1925
Raining AM 11 O.C. - still raining Temp 48. Foggy on
mountains.
At the bottom of this page is printed:
"Manola is of special value in convalescence after
protracted fevers, such as Typhoid and Malaria. "Following,
in what appears to be Corilda's handwriting, is: "How
do I no? I never try'd it."
Friday, November 6, 1925
Temp 49. 12 O.C. - Cloudy. Temp 57 - Nite - still cloudy.
Paris gone to lodge.
Saturday, November 7, 1925
Still cloudy and foggie. 8 O.C. AM Temp 54. 1 O.C.
- part cloudy, hard wind. Some sunshine Temp 70. 2 O.C.
- drizzling, wind still blowing hard - temp 66. Leaves
falling (a sight). Leaves all brown.
At the bottom is printed: "Manola
is the remedy in Anemia". Handwritten is: "That's
a lie"
Sunday, November 8, 1925
Part Cloudy - Temp 52 AM 1 O.C. - Temp 46, cool wind.
Storm last nite - wind, rain and hale. Ballards' all
gone. Paris gone to town. Everything still lonesome
this eavning. 4:30 O.C. - clear.
Monday, November 9, 1925
Clear - temp 24. Ice and frost, lots. Dark. Got a letter
from Ina. Val sent me 5 dollars.
Tuesday, November 10, 1925
Temp 26 AM Clear. 12 O.C. - clear - Temp 59. Little
cool wind from North. Sundown - clear - temp 52. I wrote
B.W.H.
Wednesday, November 11, 1925
Clear AM Temp 33. Chloe stay'd here late nite. 2:30
- clouding up. 6 O.C. - cloudy - Temp 68. Armistis day.
7 years today since the World War ended. 7 long years.
Thursday, November 12, 1925
Raining AM Temp 51. 9 O.C. - still raining - temp 51.
Paris gone to work for Carden. Wind from East. 2,20
minutes almost clear. "sunshine", little wind.
Dock got new pants. Showering along. Windy.
Friday, November 13, 1925
Dock put on new pants. Cloudy AM Temp 69, 11 O.C. -
bout clear. Hard wind all nite. Some wind today. B.I.
came home last nite. There's a few clouds - if it wasn't
for cool wind from northwest, it would be warm and pretty
as summer. Woods all brown. There's been 4 big frost,
one snow. This is Nov. 13.
Saturday, November 14, 1925
Clear AM Temp 40. 12 O.C. - still clear - temp 70,
little wind. B.I. sold his cow and calf. Got letters
from Birt and Rab yesterday. B. and P. digging S. potatoes.
I was born Dec. 27, 1858. This is Nov 14., 1925. I'll
be 67 Dec. 27th. C.O. Walker
An unidentified person wrote after this
entry:
She was 66 when she wrote the above, and lived to be
72 yrs old. Died July 9, 1931.
Sunday, November 15, 1925
Part Cloudy. Hard wind from east - temp AM 60 9:30
O.C. - raining and wind. I hear the 9:30 Locomotive
coming into the city of Caryville. 11 O.C. - still raining.
Paris has gone to B.I.'s for dinner. Dick Mccall and
wife are down there visiting. 1 O.C. - windy - temp
55. The wind has blowed the hardest I've heard it blow
since we lived here - ever since 1 O.C. Temp has fell
12 degrees in 2 hours. Temp 42 at dark. Got 12 cans
cream. Put on my under shirt.
Monday, November 16, 1925
Partly cloudy, Temp 23 AM. Little sprinkle of snow.
Cold wind. B.I. started back to Ky. Put new oilcloth
on dinner table Sat. 14th. Bought it myself. 1.00 plus
6 cents. 10 O.C. - snowing little. I wrote Val today.
2 O.C. - Temp 48, windy.
Tuesday, November 17, 1925
Temp AM 32, Clear. Cool wind. 2 O.C. - temp 56.
Wednesday, November 18, 1925
Part cloudy. Temp AM 26. Mailed letter to Val, card
to Della.
This is Nov. 18, 1925. I ache all over and my stomache
is swell'd. I just have to poke around to do my work.
Don't sleep more than half the nite's. Don't know how
long I will stand it this way? but guess not long. Wish
I was in My Happy Home now.
November 24, 1925
Coldest morning. Temp 14
November 25, 1925
Started Rab a letter. Got one from Ridenours and Frank
yesterday. Cloudy, Temp 25 AM.
Nov 26, 1925
B.I. came home. Raining a little. Foggie and dark -
nothing to give thanks for today. We old folks by ourselves.
November 30, 1925
Clear. Lu and me washed a little. They're talking moving
to Ky and let Rid'nrs move here in his house.
December 1, 1925
Sold 1 doz eggs, 5 O.C.
December 5, 1925
Birdie and boy came and Ada and Ward.
December 6, 1925
Birdie went back. Dewey, Verlie, Chloe came to B.I.'s
and Flo Vermillion took dinner at B.I.'s and Birdie
up here.
December 20, 1925
Ain't seen a soul all day. B.I. been gone a week today.
Awful lonesome. Got a pkg from Frank Fri. and one from
Rab Sat. 19. One from Lizzie Click 17th.
December 26, 1925
B.I.'s moved to Ky.
December 29, 1925
Clipping in Pathfinder says "Dr. Barlow went to
China among the diseased Chinamen and swallowed the
germs. Came back and went to the Johns Hopk's hospital
to try his experiment to see if he could cure that disease."
