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WALKER FAMILY
Growing up in the Walker Family meant going to Mammaw's and swinging. The two story frame houses had porches that wrapped around the house. What fun it was to play on the porch and to swing. The upstairs most always had a room filled with family memories. My Grandmother Mabel Morrow had a house with an attic under the roof and oh the fun things to find in the attic that is if the bats did not get there before we did. On the way back down the stairs from the attic, it was even more fun playing leap frog as we made our way down the stairs. And we didn't even get a bruise. Now those were the days when we didn't have to worry about a thing. So, guess what? today I have a swing on my patio, but no stairs for playing leapfrog

Mary Adelaide Hunt & Henry Andrew Walker

MARY ADELAIDE HUNT & HENRY ANDREW WALKER, married December 23, 1897 and eight children were born to them

1. Herbert Carter Walker - December 10, 1898 married (1)Jessie Pauline Diehl (2)Lucille Morrow

2. Maynard Buren Walker - July 23, 1901 married Lucille McGee of New York City

3. Lois Amanda Walker - May 17, 1904 married James Roy Hale

4. Robert James Walker - August 10, 1905 married (10) FloBell Gray (2) Trixie Range

5. Amy Glen Walker - January 04, 1907 married Joseph Bowman

6. Henry Martin Walker, II - October 08, 1908 married Flora Caroline Deakins

7.Baby Walker born and died January 29, 1914

8. Mary Ann Walker - November 24, 1915 married Bruce Hunt Bacon, I

August 11, 1903, Henry Andrew Walker joined the Mount Zion Methodist Church. Mount Zion was first organized in 1885 at Victory School on Buffalo Ridge. The church was called Mount Zion and met at Victory School until a severe snow storm destroyed the school in 1886. A one room church was then built a short distance from the site of the school building. The church's trustees were: Henry A. Martin, Robert E. Hunt, John Maden, G.M. Archer, and Charles Cox. Henry Martin gave the lumber for building the church and it was sawed by Dewey Barnes at the sawmill of Chamberlain Hale. The church was served for many years by the Sulphur Springs Circuit. In 1926, the congregation decided to move to Gray, where it erected a new building using the bell and some of the wood from the old building.

Henry Martin Walker,Lieut. Walker joined the Regiment at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, in December, 1863, having previously done valuable service under Captain G.W. Doughty during the siege of Knoxville, mention of which is made in the history of Captain Doughty's detachment. As First Lieutenant of Company K he was frequently in command of that company, and was a brave and active officer, always ready to perform every duty assigned him He took part in every march, skirmish and battle in which the Regiment was engaged. He was in the fights at Greeneville, Lick Creek, Carter's Depot, Tenn; Saltville, Wytheville, and Marion, Virginia, and Saulsbury, North Carolina. He was mustered out at Knoxville, Tennessee, September 5, 1865.He has resided in Washington County, Tennessee, since the war, and is still living, a prosperous and highly respected citizen Lieut. Walker was not only a good officer but a most genial comrade and friend, liked by his men and popular with the officers of the Regiment * History of the Thirteenth Regiment Tennessee volunteer Cavalry by Samuel Scott & Samuel Angel (Ziegler Co.) c1900

FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS

Joe Bowman, Roy Hale, and Herbert Walker with Kreed Bowman on his shoulders. Herbert must have had warm feelings for Kreed, because he had just lost a son, Billy Joe and a wife, Jessie Diehl Walker, the year before, 1924

Young Mary Adelaide Hunt and young Amy Glen Walker

seated, Bob, Mary Adelaide, Herbert; standing, Ann, Lois, Amy and Henry Martin, II

Herbert, as a young man, the oldest son and child of Henry Andrew and Mary Adelaide Hunt Walker

Henry Martin, II and Mary Ann Walker the two youngest children of Henry Andrew and Mary Adelaide Hunt Walker

Lucille Morrow and Herbert Carter Walker visiting the Morrows on a Sunday afternoon

Saturday Evening Post for January 15, 1950 had this advertisement for Pullman Co. Family members are most certain this is Maynard on one of his many trips

1933 Chicago World's Fair theme "A Century of Progress" was opened from May 27, 1933 through October 31, 1934. 39 million Visitors toured 47.4 acres. Featured was Sally Rand's Fan Dancing and The Skyride. Herbert was at the fair and Mother stayed home with little Jacqueline and tended the grocery store

Herbert and his father Henry Andrew Walker liked their horses and mules. They were an important part of their lives. They had horses to ride for pleasure, to work the fields and to drive the cattle to the stockcars in Jonesborough, Henry and Arthur Barron were neighbors and friends as well as cousins. They bought mules, cattle,and traded together. They drove mules, cattle, and hauled pigs in a covered wagon to Jonesborough where they put them on the train and shipped to Georgia, South Carolina, and various places. Either Henry or Arthur had a white mare that they rode while driving the livestock to Jonesborough. The first Monday of the month was jockey day where people gathered to trade and make deals. This was told to me by Guy Barron, son of Arthur

Herbert and his love for horses as showing below

This must "Flute" that
Guy Barron told me about that was Pappaw Walker's horse

My dad with Janelle, Bill Clyde and Jean Martin and his horses Dan and Dutch, raking the hay

Walker Bend is near the new Ridgeview Elementary School and joins the land of Henry Martin Walker ; developed by Don Walker great grandson of Henry Martin Walker

Ida Walker, b.March 3,1874 d.Feb.5,1890 /sister to Henry Andrew Walker

Sarah Lou and Etta Walker/sisters to Henry Andrew Walker

Present generations of the Walker family living today in Northeast Tennessee - Litchfield, Connecticut - California - Satellite Beach, Florida > Washington

Janelle, age 2